Isaya
65:1 Ngafunwa yibo abangangibuzanga; Ngitholakala kubo lokho
ngathi: Bhekani, bhekani mina, esizweni esasingekho
obizwa ngegama lami.
65:2 Ngelulile izandla zami usuku lonke kubantu abahlubukayo, okuyinto
uhamba ngendlela engeyinhle, ngokwemicabango yabo;
65:3 Abantu abangithukuthelisayo njalo ebusweni bami; lokho
wenza imihlatshelo emasimini, ashise impepho phezu kwama-altare ezitini;
65:4 Abahlala phakathi kwamathuna, futhi ulale ezikhumbuzo, abadlayo
inyama yengulube, nomhluzi wezinto ezinengekayo kusezitsheni zabo;
65:5 Abathi, Yima wena, ungasondeli kimi; ngoba mina ngingcwele ukwedlula
wena. Laba bangumusi emakhaleni ami, umlilo ovutha usuku lonke.
65:6 Bheka, kulotshiwe phambi kwami: Ngeke ngithule, kodwa ngeke
ukuphindisela, nokuphindisela esifubeni sabo;
65:7 Ububi benu, kanye nobubi boyihlo kanyekanye, kusho uJehova
Jehova, oshise impepho ezintabeni, wangihlambalaza
phezu kwamagquma; ngalokho ngiyakulinganisa umsebenzi wabo wangaphambili ube ngumsebenzi wabo
esifubeni.
65:8 Usho kanje uJehova: Njengoba iwayini elisha litholakala ehlukuzweni, futhi eyodwa
uthi: Ungalichithi; ngokuba isibusiso sikulo;
ngenxa yezinceku, ukuze ngingababhubhisi bonke.
65:9 Futhi ngiyoveza inzalo kuJakobe, futhi kuJuda
indlalifa yezintaba zami: nabakhethiweyo bami bayakulidla, nefa lami
izinceku ziyakuhlala khona.
65:10 ISharoni iyoba yidlelo lemihlambi, nesigodi sase-Akori sibe yindawo.
ukuze imihlambi ilale phansi, ngenxa yabantu bami abangifunileyo.
65:11 Kodwa nina ningabashiya uJehova, futhi nikhohlwe intaba yami engcwele.
abalungisela iviyo itafula, abalungisela umnikelo wokuphuzwa
kuleyo nombolo.
65:12 Ngakho-ke ngizonibala enkembeni, futhi niyokhothama nonke
ngokuba lapho nginibiza, aniphendulanga; lapho ngikhuluma,
anizwanga; kodwa senza okubi phambi kwamehlo ami, ngakhetha lokho
engingathokozi ngakho.
65:13 Ngakho, itsho njalo iNkosi uNkulunkulu: Bheka, izinceku zami ziyakudla, kodwa nina
bayakulamba; bheka, izinceku zami ziyakuphuza, kepha nina niyakuba
bhekani, izinceku zami ziyakujabula, kepha nina niyakuba namahloni;
65:14 Bheka, izinceku zami ziyohlabelela ngokuthokoza kwenhliziyo, kodwa nina niyokhala
usizi lwenhliziyo, futhi bayokhala ngokudabuka emoyeni.
65:15 Futhi niyoshiya igama lenu libe yisiqalekiso kwabakhethiweyo bami, ngokuba iNkosi
UNKULUNKULU uyakukubulala, abize izinceku zakhe ngelinye igama;
65:16 Ukuze lowo ozibusisayo emhlabeni uyozibusisa ngoNkulunkulu
kweqiniso; nofunga emhlabeni uyofunga uNkulunkulu ka
iqiniso; ngoba izinhlupheko zakuqala sezikhohliwe, ngoba seziyikho
kucashile emehlweni ami.
65:17 Ngoba, bheka, Ngidala amazulu amasha nomhlaba omusha, futhi yangaphambili ngeke
lingakhunjuzwa, lingangeni enhliziyweni.
65:18 Kodwa jabulani futhi nethabe kuze kube phakade ngalokho engikudalayo, ngoba bheka!
ngidala iJerusalema libe yinjabulo, nabantu balo babe yinjabulo.
65:19 Futhi ngiyokwethaba eJerusalema, futhi ngijabule ngabantu bami, futhi izwi lika
ukukhala akusayikuzwakala kuyo, nezwi lokukhala.
65:20 Ngeke kusaba khona usana lwezinsuku, noma ixhegu ukuthi
akazigcwalisanga izinsuku zakhe, ngokuba umntwana uyakufa eneminyaka eyikhulu;
kepha isoni esineminyaka eyikhulu siyakuqalekiswa.
65:21 Futhi bayokwakha izindlu, futhi bahlale kuzo; bayakutshala
izivini, nidle izithelo zazo.
65:22 Ngeke bakhe, futhi omunye ahlale; abayikutshala, futhi
kudle omunye, ngokuba njengezinsuku zomuthi ziyakuba njalo izinsuku zabantu bami
abakhethiweyo bami bayojabulela isikhathi eside umsebenzi wezandla zabo.
65:23 Ngeke bakhandlekele ize, noma bazalele izinhlupheko; ngoba bona
inzalo yababusisiweyo bakaJehova, nenzalo yabo kanye nabo.
65:24 Kuyothi ngaphambi kokuba babize, mina ngiyosabela; futhi
besakhuluma, ngizwe.
65:25 Impisi newundlu bayodla ndawonye, futhi ingonyama uyodla utshani
njengenkunzi: nothuli luyakuba ngukudla kwenyoka. Ngeke
limazani, ningachithi entabeni yonke yami engcwele,” usho uJehova.