Isaya 24

₁Bukani la, Simakadze

utawubhubhisa umhlaba,

awente ube lihlane.

Umhlaba utawenta ubhidlike,

asakate bonkhe labahlala kuwo.

₂Bonkhe bantfu bayawuhlupheka ngalokufananako:

Umphristi njengebantfu,

umcashi njengesisebenti,

inkhosikati njengencekukati, umtsengisi njengemtsengi,

umbolekisi njengemboleki, umkweledisi njengemkweledi.

₃Umhlaba utawubhidlitwa ube lite, uphangwe nekuphangwa.

Simakadze ulikhulumile lelivi.

₄Umhlaba uyoma ubune, live lonkhe liyahhohhobala libune,

labaphakeme bemhlaba nabo bayahhohhobala.

₅Umhlaba ungcoliswe bantfu bawo.

Umtsetfo waNkulunkulu abawulalelanga,

bephule imiyalo,

bephula sivumelwane saphakadze.

₆Ngako-ke sicalekiso siyawushwabudzela umhlaba,

bantfu bawo kufanele baletfwale licala labo.

Ngako-ke labahlala emhlabeni bayashiswa,

kusale babe mbalwa kakhulu.

₇Liwayini lelisha liyoma,

nemvini uyabuna;

bonkhe labatijabulisako bayabubula.

₈Kutsakasa kwemafahlawane sekubindzisiwe,

nemsindvo walabatijabulisako sewuthulisiwe,

lihabhu lekutjakadvula selibindzile.

₉Liwayini abasalinatsi ngengoma,

tjwala sebuyababa kubanatsi babo.

₁₀Lidolobha lelibhidlitiwe,

selisele lilihlane;

onkhe emasango asavaliwe, akusangeni muntfu.

₁₁Etitaladini bakhalela liwayini;

konkhe kujabula sekugucuke kwaba lusizi,

konkhe kutsakasa sekudzingisiwe emhlabeni.

₁₂Lidolobha selisele litindzala,

emasango alo abhidlitwe aba ticucu.

₁₃Kuyawuba njalo emhlabeni,

nakuto tonkhe tive

kube njengesihlahla semncumo nasivitsitiwe,

nanjengaloko lokusele nakuvunwa emagelebisi.

₁₄Bantfu baphakamisa emaphimbo abo,

bamemeta ngenjabulo;

kusukela ngasenshonalanga

badvumisa bukhosi baSimakadze.

₁₅Ngako-ke nine basemphumalanga,

nikani Simakadze ludvumo,

niphakamise Libito laSimakadze,

longuNkulunkulu wema-Israyeli,

nimphakamise etichingini taselwandle.

₁₆Siva kuhlabela

kuchamuka emikhawulweni yemhlaba, kutsi:

“Ludvumo kuLolungile!”

Kodvwa mine ngatsi:

“Ngiyahusheka! Ngiyahusheka!

Maye kimi!

Labenta luzungu bachubeka ngeluzungu!

Luzungu lwekutsengisa labanye bantfu!”

₁₇Kwesabisa, nemgodzi kanye nelugibe

kulindzele nine, yebo, nine bantfu bemhlaba.

₁₈Lowo lobalekela umsindvo wekwesabisa,

uyakuhholokoshela emgodzini;

lowo loyawukhuphuka kulomgodzi,

uyawubanjwa lugibe.

Tivalo temanti emazulwini tivuliwe,

tisekelo temhlaba tiyanyikatiswa.

₁₉Umhlaba wephukile,

umhlaba uchekeke ekhatsi,

umhlaba unyakatiswa kakhulu.

₂₀Umhlaba uyadzayitela njengesidzakwa,

ujikita njengesidleke senyoni emoyeni.

Umhlaba usindvwa kakhulu licala lawo lekuhlubuka,

sewuze uyawa, futsi ungeke uphindze usukume.

₂₁Ngalelo langa Simakadze uyawujezisa

tiphatsimandla tasemazulwini etulu,

nemakhosi asemhlabeni phansi.

₂₂Bayawubutselwa ndzawonye

njengetiboshwa letiboshelwe ekhulukuthu,

bayawuvalelwa ejele,

bajeziswe emvakwemalanga lamanyenti.

₂₃Inyanga iyawufiphala,

lilanga lidliwe ngemahloni;

ngobe Simakadze longuSomandla uyawubusa

eNtsabeni yaseSiyoni naseJerusalema,

yebo, abuse ngeludvumo embikwebaholi bayo.