Isaya
42:1 Bheka inceku yami, engiyisekelayo; abakhethiweyo bami, okukubo umphefumulo wami
kuyajabulisa; ngibekile uMoya wami phezu kwakhe; uyakuveza ukwahlulela
kwabezizwe.
42:2 Ngeke akhale, noma aphakamise, noma enze izwi lakhe lizwakale phakathi
umgwaqo.
42:3 Umhlanga ofecekileyo akayikuwuphula, nefilakisi elithunqayo akayikuwephula.
vala: uyakuletha ukwahlulela eqinisweni.
42:4 Ngeke ahluleke noma adangale, aze abeke ukwahlulela
umhlaba: neziqhingi ziyolindela umthetho wakhe.
42:5 Usho kanje uNkulunkulu uJehova, owadala amazulu, futhi wawelula
ngaphandle; owendlala umhlaba, nokuphuma kuwo; yena
onika abantu abakulo ukuphefumula, abahambayo umoya
lapho:
42:6 Mina Jehova ngikubizile ngokulunga, futhi ngizobamba isandla sakho.
ngiyakukugcina, ngikwenze ube yisivumelwano sabantu, ngokuba a
ukukhanya kwabezizwe;
42:7 Ukuze uvule amehlo ezimpumputhe, ukuze akhiphe iziboshwa ejele, futhi
abahlezi ebumnyameni bephuma etilongweni.
42:8 Mina nginguJehova, lelo yilo ibizo lami, futhi inkazimulo yami angiyikumnika omunye.
nokudumisa kwami izithombe ezibaziweyo.
42:9 Bheka, izinto zakuqala ziye zenzeka, futhi izinto ezintsha ngimemezela.
zingakaphumi ngiyanitshela ngazo.
42:10 Hlabelelani kuJehova ihubo elisha, futhi indumiso yakhe kusukela emikhawulweni yomhlaba.
nina enehlela elwandle nakho konke okukulo; iziqhingi, kanye
abakhileyo khona.
42:11 Ihlane nemizi yalo mayiphakamise izwi lakho,
imizana eyakhe iKedari; mabahube abakhileyo edwaleni.
mabamemeze beseziqongweni zezintaba.
42:12 Mabanike inkazimulo kuJehova, futhi bamemezele udumo lwakhe ethempelini
iziqhingi.
42:13 UJehova uyophuma njengendoda enamandla, futhi uyovusa isikhwele
indoda yempi: iyakukhala, yebo, ibhonge; uyakumahlula owakhe
izitha.
42:14 Sekuyisikhathi eside ngithulile; ngithule, ngazibamba
manje ngiyakukhala njengobelethayo; ngizobhubhisa futhi
shwabadela kanye nje.
42:15 Ngiyokwenza incithakalo izintaba namagquma, futhi ngomisa yonke imifino yakhona. nami
ngiyokwenza imifula ibe yiziqhingi, futhi ngiyomisa amachibi.
42:16 Futhi ngizohambisa izimpumputhe ngendlela ababengayazi; ngizobahola
ezindleleni abangazaziyo: ngizokwenza ubumnyama bube ukukhanya ngaphambili
kubo, futhi izinto ezigwegwile ziqonde. Lezi zinto ngiyakuzenza kubo, futhi
ungabalahli.
42:17 Bayobuyiselwa emuva, bayoba namahloni kakhulu, ukuthi ithemba in
izithombe ezibaziweyo, ezithi ezithombeni ezibunjiweyo: Ningonkulunkulu bethu.
42:18 Yizwani, nina abayizithulu; futhi bhekani nina zimpumputhe, ukuze nibone.
42:19 Ngubani oyimpumputhe, ngaphandle kwenceku yami? noma isithulu, njengesithunywa sami engisithumayo? I-WHO
uyimpumputhe njengalowo opheleleyo, oyimpumputhe njengenceku kaJehova?
42:20 Ubona izinto eziningi, kodwa awuqapheli; evula izindlebe, kodwa yena
akezwa.
42:21 UJehova uyajabula ngenxa yokulunga kwakhe; uzokhulisa
umthetho, futhi uhlonipheke.
42:22 Kodwa lokhu kungabantu abaphangiwe futhi abaphangiwe; bonke babanjwe ogibeni
emigodini, bathukuswe etilongweni, bayimpango, abekho
uyakhulula; ngempango, akakho othi: 'Buyisa.'
42:23 Ngubani phakathi kwenu ozolalela lokhu? oyolalela, ezwe ngenxa kaJehova
isikhathi siyeza?
42:24 Ngubani owanikela uJakobe kube yimpango, futhi Israyeli kubaphangi? Akazange uJehova,
lowo esone kuye? ngoba kabavumanga ukuhamba ezindleleni zakhe.
futhi babengawulaleli umthetho wakhe.
42:25 Ngakho uthululele phezu kwakhe ukufutheka kwentukuthelo yakhe, futhi
amandla empi; yamthungela inhlangothi zonke, kodwa wayesazi
hhayi; wamshisa, nokho akakubekanga enhliziyweni.