Isaya
26:1 Ngalolo suku lesi sihlabelelo siyakuhlatshelelwa ezweni lakwaJuda. Sine a
idolobha eliqinile; uNkulunkulu uyakumisa insindiso ibe yizindonga nezivikelo.
26:2 Vulani amasango, ukuze isizwe esilungile esigcina iqiniso
ngena.
26:3 Uyakumgcina ngokuthula okupheleleyo, onhliziyo yakhe ihlezi kuwe.
ngoba ethembele kuwe.
26:4 Thembani kuJehova kuze kube phakade, ngokuba uJehova umi phakade
amandla:
26:5 Ngoba wehlisela phansi abahlezi phezulu; umuzi ophakemeyo uyawubeka
iphansi; uyawuwisa phansi, kuze kube semhlabathini; uyakuletha ngisho nasethempelini
uthuli.
26:6 Unyawo luyonyathela phansi, ngisho izinyawo abampofu, futhi izinyathelo
kwabasweleyo.
26:7 Indlela yabalungileyo iqotho;
indlela yabalungileyo.
26:8 Yebo, endleleni yezahlulelo zakho, O Jehova, siye sikulindile. i
isifiso somphefumulo wethu sisegameni lakho, nasesikhumbuzweni sakho.
26:9 Ngomphefumulo wami ngikufise ebusuku; yebo, ngomoya wami
phakathi kwami ngizakufuna ekuseni, ngoba lapho izahlulelo zakho zisenyameni
emhlabeni, abakhileyo emhlabeni bayofunda ukulunga.
26:10 Makube umusa komubi, kepha akafundi ukulunga.
ezweni lobuqotho uyakwenza ngokungafanele, angaboni
ubukhosi bukaJehova.
26:11 Jehova, lapho isandla sakho siphakeme, ngeke babone, kodwa bayobona.
babe namahloni ngomhawu wabo ngabantu; yebo, umlilo wakho
izitha zizobashwabadela.
26:12 Jehova, uyakusimisela ukuthula, ngokuba wena wenzile konke esinakho.
isebenza kithi.
26:13 O Jehova Nkulunkulu wethu, amanye amakhosi ngaphandle kwakho aye abusa phezu kwethu
ngawe wedwa siyakukhumbula igama lakho.
26:14 Bafile, ngeke baphile; bafile, ngeke
vuka; ngalokho ubahambele, wabachitha, wenza konke okwabo
inkumbulo ukubhubha.
26:15 Wandisa isizwe, O Jehova, wandisa isizwe.
ukhazimulisiwe, wawususile kude nasemikhawulweni yonke yezwe
umhlaba.
26:16 Jehova, ekuhluphekeni bakuvakashele, bathulula umthandazo lapho
isijeziso sakho sasiphezu kwabo.
26:17 Njengowesifazane okhulelweyo, esondela esikhathini sokubeletha.
usezinhlungwini, uyakhala emihelo yakhe; saba njalo emehlweni akho, O
NKOSI.
26:18 Siye wakhulelwa, siye saba nobuhlungu, sibe sengathi
wakhipha umoya; asenzanga insindiso emhlabeni;
nabakhileyo ezweni abawa.
26:19 Abafileyo bakho bayophila, kanye nesidumbu sami bayovuka.
Vukani nihlabelele nina enihlala othulini, ngokuba amazolo enu anjengamazolo
imifino, futhi umhlaba uyokhipha abafileyo.
26:20 Wozani, bantu bami, ungene emakamelweni akho, futhi uvale iminyango yakho nxazonke
wena: zicashe isikhashana kuze kube ulaka
udlule.
26:21 Ngokuba bheka, uJehova uyaphuma endaweni yakhe ukuze ajezise abakhileyo.
bomhlaba ngobubi babo; umhlaba uyakukuveza
igazi, kalisayikusibekela ababuleweyo bayo.