Isaya
33:1 Maye kuwe ophangayo, futhi awuzange uphangwe; futhi dealest
ngobuqili, kabakwenzanga ngokukhohlisa. lapho wena
uyakuyeka ukuphanga, uyakuchithwa; nalapho usenza
ekugcineni ukwenza ngokukhohlisa, bayakukukhohlisa.
33:2 O Jehova, yiba nomusa kithi; sikulindele; yiba yingalo yabo
njalo ekuseni, insindiso yethu ngesikhathi sokuhlupheka.
33:3 Ngomsindo wokuxokozela abantu babaleka; ekuziphakamiseni kwakho
izizwe zahlakazeka.
33:4 Futhi impango yakho iyobuthwa njengokubutha kwenkumbi.
njengokugijima kwesikhonyane uyakugadla phezu kwazo.
33:5 UJehova uphakeme; ngoba uhlezi phezulu, ugcwalise iZiyoni
ukwahlulela nokulunga.
33:6 Futhi ukuhlakanipha nolwazi kuyoba ukuzinza kwezikhathi zakho, futhi
amandla ensindiso: ukumesaba uJehova kuyingcebo yakhe.
33:7 Bheka, amaqhawe abo bayokhala ngaphandle: izithunywa zokuthula
izokhala kamunyu.
33:8 Imigwaqo iyize, umhambi uphelile;
isivumelwano, udelele imizi, akanaki muntu.
33:9 Umhlaba uyalila, futhi uyadangala;
iSharoni linjengehlane; iBashani neKarmeli ziyazamazama
izithelo.
33:10 Manje ngizosukuma, kusho uJehova; manje ngiyakuphakanyiswa; manje ngizophakamisa
phezulu mina.
33:11 Niyokhulelwa amakhoba, niyozala amabibi
umlilo, uyakunishwabadela.
33:12 Futhi izizwe ziyoba njengokushiswa umcako, njengoba ameva anqunyiwe
bashiswe emlilweni.
33:13 Zwanini, nina enikude, engikwenzile; nani eniseduze.
vuma amandla ami.
33:14 Izoni eZiyoni bayesaba; ukwesaba kuyabamangaza
bazenzisi. Ngubani phakathi kwethu ongahlala emlilweni oqothulayo? ngubani phakathi
siyakuhlala nokushiswa okuphakade na?
33:15 Lowo ohamba ngokulunga futhi okhuluma ngobuqotho; odelelayo
inzuzo yokucindezelwa, oxhawula izandla zakhe ekubambeni izifumbathiso;
ovala izindlebe zakhe ekuzweni igazi, ovala amehlo akhe ukuze angaliboni
ukubona ububi;
33:16 Uyohlala endaweni ephakemeyo, inqaba yakhe iyoba yizinqaba
amadwala: isinkwa uyakunikwa; amanzi akhe ayakuqiniseka.
33:17 Amehlo akho ayobona inkosi ebuhleni bayo, bayobona izwe
lokho kukude kakhulu.
33:18 Inhliziyo yakho iyozindla ngokwesaba. Uphi umbhali? iphi i
umamukeli? uphi yena owabala imibhoshongo?
33:19 Ngeke ubone abantu abanolaka, abantu inkulumo ejulile kunaleyo
ungabona; ngolimi olungingizayo, ukuze ungakwazi
qonda.
33:20 Bheka iZiyoni, idolobha solemnities zethu: amehlo akho ayobona
IJerusalema liyindawo yokuhlala ezolile, itabernakele elingayikudilizwa;
akukho nesisodwa sezigxobo zawo eziyoke zisuswe, futhi ngeke zisuswe
izintambo zawo zigqashulwe.
33:21 Kodwa lapho iNkosi ekhazimulayo kuyoba kithi indawo emifula ebanzi futhi
imifudlana; okungayikuhamba kuwo umkhumbi onamaphini, noma ubuqhawe
umkhumbi udlule lapho.
33:22 Ngoba uJehova ungumahluleli wethu, uJehova ungumniki-mthetho wethu, uJehova ungowethu
inkosi; uzosisindisa.
33:23 Izintambo zakho zixegisiwe; abakwazanga ukuqinisa insika yabo;
azikwazanga ukwelula useyili, kube yimpango yempango enkulu
ihlukaniswe; izinyonga zithatha impango.
33:24 Futhi abakhileyo ngeke bathi: "Ngiyagula," abantu abahlala
khona bayakuthethelelwa ububi babo.