Isaya
64:1 Sengathi ungadabula amazulu, wehle,
ukuze izintaba zehle phambi kwakho.
64:2 Njengalapho umlilo oncibilikayo uvutha, umlilo ubilisa amanzi.
ukuze wazise ibizo lakho ezitheni zakho, ukuze izizwe zamukele
thuthumela ebusweni bakho.
64:3 Lapho wenza izinto ezesabekayo, okuyinto singazange sibheke, wena wafika
phansi, izintaba zehla ebusweni bakho.
64:4 Ngoba kusukela ekuqaleni kwezwe, abantu abazange bezwe, futhi akazange aqonde
ngendlebe, alibonanga iso, Nkulunkulu, anakho ngaphandle kwakho
lilungiselwe omlindileyo.
64:5 Uhlangana nalowo ojabulayo futhi asebenze ubulungisa, labo ukuthi
khumbula wena ezindleleni zakho; bheka, uthukuthele; ngoba sonile.
kulezo kukhona ukuqhubeka, futhi siyakusindiswa.
64:6 Kodwa sonke sinjengento engcolile, futhi zonke zokulunga zethu zifana
amanikiniki angcolile; siyabuna sonke njengeqabunga; nobubi bethu, njengalokhu
umoya, usithathile.
64:7 Futhi akekho obiza igama lakho, ovusa ngokwakhe
ukuba sikubambe, ngokuba usifihlele ubuso bakho, wazuza
wasiqeda ngenxa yobubi bethu.
64:8 Kodwa manje, O Jehova, ungubaba wethu; silubumba, wena-ke wethu
umbumbi; thina sonke singumsebenzi wesandla sakho.
64:9 Ungathukutheli kakhulu, O Jehova, futhi ungakhumbuli ububi kuze kube phakade.
bheka, siyakuncenga, sonke singabantu bakho.
64:10 Imizi yakho engcwele iyihlane, iZiyoni liyihlane, iJerusalema a
incithakalo.
64:11 Indlu yethu engcwele futhi enhle, lapho okhokho bethu bakudumisa, kuyinto
zishiswe ngomlilo, nazo zonke izinto zethu ezithandekayo zichithiwe.
64:12 Ingabe uzozibamba lezi zinto, O Jehova? uzobamba owakho
ukuthula, usihluphe kakhulu?