Isaya
25:1 O Nkosi, wena unguNkulunkulu wami; ngiyakukuphakamisa, ngidumise igama lakho; okwe
wenze izimangaliso; amasu akho asendulo athembekile
kanye neqiniso.
25:2 Ngoba wenze umuzi waba yinqwaba; yedolobha elivikelwe incithakalo: a
isigodlo sabafokazi singabi yidolobha; kayiyikwakhiwa naphakade.
25:3 Ngakho-ke, abantu abanamandla bayokukhazimulisa wena, idolobha esabekayo
izizwe ziyakwesaba.
25:4 Ngoba wena ube yinqaba kwabampofu, inqaba kwabampofu
usizi lwakhe, isiphephelo esivunguvungwini, ithunzi ekushiseni, lapho izulu liphuma
ukuqhuma kwabanamandla kunjengesiphepho odongeni.
25:5 Uyokwehlisa umsindo wezihambi, njengoba ukushisa endaweni eyomile
indawo; nokushisa kanye nethunzi lefu: igatsha leNkosi
abesabekayo bayakuthotshiswa.
25:6 Futhi kule ntaba uJehova Sebawoti uyokwenza kubo bonke abantu a
idili lokukhulupheleyo, idili lewayini elinenhlese, lokukhulupheleyo
umnkantsha, wewayini elicwengisiswe kahle.
25:7 Futhi uyobhubhisa kule ntaba ubuso esigubuzele
bonke abantu, nesimbombozo esigubungele izizwe zonke.
25:8 Uyakugwinya ukufa ngokunqoba; iNkosi uJehova izakwesula
izinyembezi kubo bonke ubuso; uyakuthatha ukusola kwabantu bakhe
emhlabeni wonke, ngokuba uJehova ukukhulumile.
25:9 Futhi kuyothiwa ngalolo suku: Bheka, lo unguNkulunkulu wethu; silindile
yena, futhi uyakusisindisa; lo nguJehova; simlindile.
siyakujabula, sithokoze ngensindiso yakhe.
25:10 Ngoba kule ntaba isandla sikaJehova siyohlala, futhi uMowabi uyakuba
kunyathelwa phansi kwakhe, njengokunyathelwa kotshani endaweni yomquba.
25:11 Futhi uyokwelula izandla zakhe phakathi kwabo, njengoba lowo
obhukudayo uyelula izandla zakhe ukuba abhukude;
ukuzidla kwabo kanye nempango yezandla zabo.
25:12 Futhi inqaba ephakeme yezindonga zakho uyokudiliza, walala
thoba, ulehlisele emhlabathini, othulini.