1Bazalwana bami, isifiso sehliziywami kanye nomthandazwami kuZimu kukobana ama-Israyeli asindiswe. 2Ngingafakaza bonyana anetjisakalo ngoZimu, kodwana akanawo umkhanyo. 3Ngokungayeleli kwawo ukulunga okuvela kuZimu, afuna ukuzenzela kwawo, azange azinikele ekulungeni kwakaZimu. 4Isiphetho somthetho nguKrestu ukuze kube nokulungisiswa kwabo boke abakholwako.
5UMosi uhlathulula ukulunga okuza ngomthetho bunje: “Umuntu owenza izintwezi uzokuphila ngazo.” 6Kodwana ukulunga okuvela ngokukholwa kuthi: “Ungadlumbani uthi, ‘Ngubani ozakwenyukela ezulwini na?’ ” (okutjho bona ayokwewula uKrestu), 7“namkha udlumbane uthi, ‘Ngubani ozakwehlela kabafileko na?’ ” (okutjho bona ayokwenyusa uKrestu ekufeni). 8Kodwana kuthini na? Kuthi: “Ilizwi lihlanu kwakho, lingemlonyenakho nangehliziywenakho.” Iye, ilizwi lokukholwa esilitjhumayelako. 9Lokha nawuvuma ngomlomakho bona uJesu uyiKosi, bewukholwe ngehliziywakho bona uZimu wamvusa kabafileko, uzokusindiswa 10ngombana ukholwa ngehliziyo, ulungisiswe; uvume ngomlomo, usindiswe. 11Umtlolo uthi: “Loyo okholwa kuye akasoze arhubutjhwa.” 12Akunamehluko phakathi komJuda nomGirigi ngombana uSomnini unguSomnini wabo boke begodu unesisa kibo boke ababiza ibizo lakhe. 13Nje-ke: “Boke ababiza ibizo lakaSomnini bazokusindiswa.”
14Kodwana bangambiza njani nabangazange bakholwe kuye na? Begodu bangakholwa njani kuye nabangazange khebezwe ngaye na? Godu bazakuzwa njani ngaphandle kobana kube khona otjhumayela ngaye na? 15Bazokutjhumayela njani ngaye nakube abakathunywa na? Njengombana kutloliwe kwathiwa: “Maye zithandeka kangangani iinyawo zalabo abaletha iindaba ezimnandi!” 16Kodwana akusibo boke abalalele umlayezwethu ngombana u-Isaya wathi: “Somnini, ngubani okholwe umlayezwethu na?” 17Nje-ke, ukukholwa kuvela ngokuzwa nokuzwa kuvela elizwini lakaKrestu.
18Kodwana ngiyabuza-ke: Abakezwa na? Mbala bezwile ngombana,
“Amaphimbo wabo azwakele ephasini loke;
namezwabo emaphethelweni womhlaba.”
19Godu ngiyabuza ngithi: “U-Israyeli akakazwisisi na?” Kokuthoma uMosi uthi:
“Ngizonivusela isikhwele
ngalabo abangasiso isizwe,
nginithukuthelise ngesizwe esisidlhadlha.”
20U-Isaya ukhuluma ngesibindi uthi:
“Ngifunyenwe ngabangazange bangifune,
ngaziveza kabangazange bangibawe.”
21Kodwana ngo-Israyeli uthi: “Imini yoke ngilulele izandla zami ebantwini abangalaleliko nabanekani.”
