Isaya
53:1 Ngubani okholwe umbiko wethu? nengalo kaJehova ekuye
kwembulwe?
53:2 Ngoba uyokhula phambi kwakhe njengesitshalo esithambile, futhi njengempande ephuma
umhlabathi owomileyo, akanasimo nabuhle; futhi lapho sizombona.
abukho ubuhle ukuthi singamfisa.
53:3 Udelelekile futhi waliwa abantu; umuntu wosizi, nowaziyo
ngosizi: futhi samcashela ubuso bethu; wayedelelekile,
futhi kasimazi.
53:4 Impela wazithwala izinsizi zethu, wathwala usizi lwethu;
mazise ishaywe, ishaywe nguNkulunkulu, ihlushiwe.
53:5 Kodwa walinyazwa ngenxa yeziphambeko zethu, walinyazwa ngenxa yethu
ububi: isijeziso sokuthula kwethu sasiphezu kwakhe; kanye neyakhe
imivimbo siphilisiwe.
53:6 Sonke njengezimvu baye baduka; siphenduke kwaba yilowo nalowo kwelakhe
indlela; uJehova wehlisela phezu kwakhe ububi bethu sonke.
53:7 Wacindezelwa, futhi wahlukunyezwa, kodwa akazange awuvule umlomo wakhe
njengewundlu eliyiswa ekuhlatshweni, nanjengemvu phambi kwayo
abagundi bayisimungulu, ngakho akawuvuli umlomo wakhe.
53:8 Wathathwa etilongweni nasekwahlulelweni, futhi ngubani oyomemezela owakhe
isizukulwane? ngokuba wanqunywa ezweni labaphilayo;
isiphambeko sabantu bami washaywa.
53:9 Futhi wenza ithuna lakhe kanye ababi, futhi kanye nabacebile ekufeni kwakhe;
ngoba akenzanga ubudlova, futhi kwakungekho nkohliso emlonyeni wakhe.
53:10 Nokho kwaba kuhle emehlweni kaJehova ukumchoboza. umfake osizini: nini
uyakunikela umphefumulo wakhe ube ngumnikelo wesono, abone inzalo yakhe
uyakwandisa izinsuku zakhe, futhi intando kaJehova iyakuphumelela
isandla sakhe.
53:11 Uyobona ukuhlupheka komphefumulo wakhe, futhi uyokwaneliswa: by yakhe
ukwazi inceku yami elungileyo izalungisisa abanengi; ngoba uzazala
ububi babo.
53:12 Ngakho-ke, ngiyomabela isabelo kuye nabakhulu, futhi ngeke
hlukanani impango nabanamandla; ngoba uwuthululile umphefumulo wakhe
kuze kube sekufeni: wabalwa kanye nezoni; wazala
isono sabaningi, futhi wakhulekela abaphambukayo.