U-ISAYA 54

₁“Hlokoma wena mfazi oyinyumba,

wena ongazange ubelethe umntwana!

Zwakalisa ukuhlokoma, iye, kwakwazela

wena ongazange ube nemirhelo,

ngombana banengi abantwana botjhiyiweko

kunebaloyo onendoda.”

Watjho njalo uSomnini.

₂“Yengeza indawo yetende lakho,

wendlale amatjhila wekhaya lakho!

Ungazibambi!

Yelula iintambo zetende lakho,

uqinise iinkhonkhwani zalo!

₃Uzakwenabela ngesewula nangetlhagwini:

Iinzukulwana zakho zizakuqotjha bezizwe,

zinzinze emizini eyatjhiywako.

₄“Ungesabi ngombana angeze warhubutjhwa.

Ungapheli amandla ngombana angeze wahlaziseka.

Uzakukhohlwa ukurhubutjhwa kobutjha bakho,

ungasakhumbuli godu ihlazo lobuhlolokazi bakho.

₅Mbala, okuthetheko ungumbumbi wakho,

ibizo lakhe nguSomnini uMninimandlawoke;

umhlengakho ungoCwengileko ka-Israyeli,

ubizwa bona nguZimu wephasi loke.

₆Ngambala, uSomnini wakubuyisa

lokha unjengomfazi otjhiyiweko

nodabukileko emoyeni.

Umfazi owenda asesemutjha

angeze alahlwa.”

Watjho njalo uZimu.

₇“Ngakhe ngakulahla kwesikhatjhana esincani,

kodwana ngesirhawu esikhulu ngiyakwamukela.

₈Ngokusilingeka okukhukhulako

ngifulatheze ubuso bami kuwe kwesikhatjhana,

kodwana ngomusa ongapheliko,

nginesirhawu kuwe.”

Watjho njalo uSomnini umhlengakho.

₉“Kimi lokhu kufana nemihleni kaNowa:

Njengombana ngafunga

bona amanzi kaNowa

akasazugubuzesa iphasi godu,

ngokunjalo ngiyafunga

bona angeze ngakusilingekekela

namkha ngikuthintithe.

₁₀Nanyana iintaba zinganyamalala

nemibundu isikinyeke,

nokho ukwethembeka kwami

akusoze kwanyamalala kuwe

nesivumelwano sami sokuthula

angeze sasikinywa.”

Watjho njalo uSomnini onesirhawu kuwe.

₁₁“Wena othotjisiweko,

owakhukhulwa ziinrhurhula, wangaduduzwa,

qala, sele ngizokubeka amatjakho

phezu kwedaka eliphazimako,

ngenze iinsekelo zakho ngamatje wesafaya

₁₂iinhlangu ezisemibhotjhongwenakho ngamarubi,

amasangwakho ngamatje webherili

nomthangalakho woke ngamatje aligugu.”

₁₃Woke amadodanakho azakufundiswa nguSomnini,

abantwabakho bazakuba nokuthula okukhulu.

₁₄Uzakunzinziswa ngokulunga:

Uzakuba kude negandelelo,

iye, awuzukwesaba

begodu uzakuba kude nokwethusako,

iye, angeze kwakutjhidela.

₁₅Nakube mbala uyasahlelwa,

kuzabe kungasikho ukwenza kwami.

Nanyana ngubani okusahlelako,

uzakuwa ngebanga lakho.

₁₆“Qala, ngimi owadala umkhandisimbi,

yena ovuthela amalahle bona abhebhedlhe,

akhande isikhali kobana senze umsebenzakhe.

Godu ngimi odale umrhayili

kobana abhubhise.

₁₇Nje-ke akunasikhali esibekelwe wena esizakuphumelela

begodu uzakubonisa loke ilimu elikumangalelako

bona alinaqiniso.

Lokhu kulilifa leenceku zakaSomnini,

nokuhlanjululwa kwazo okuvela kimi.”

Watjho njalo uSomnini.