Isaya 53

₁Ngubani lowakholwa ngumbiko wetfu?

Wona umkhono waSimakadze wembulwa kubani?

₂Inceku yakhe yakhula embikwakhe

njengelihlumela lelitsambile,

nanjengemphandze emhlabatsini lowomile.

Yayite buhle nome bukhosi

kuze isikhange kutsi sisondzele kuyo,

kute lebeyibonakala inako

lokwakungenta kutsi siyilangatelele, siye kuyo.

₃Yedzelelwa yaliwa bantfu,

umuntfu wetinsizi labekwetayele kuhlupheka.

Njengemuntfu bantfu labangafuni kumbuka,

yedzelelwa, asizange siyishaye mkhuba.

₄Impela yabetfwala butsakatsaka betfu,

yatetjatsa netinhlungu tetfu,

noko tsine sayitsatsa ngekutsi ishaywe nguNkulunkulu,

yamukulwa nguye, yahlushwa.

₅Kodvwa yagwazwa ngenca yetiphambuko tetfu,

yafihlitwa ngenca yekona kwetfu,

sijeziso saba setikwayo,

kuze tsine sibe nekuthula;

ngemanceba emivimbo yayo siyaphiliswa tsine.

₆Tsine sonkhe sedukile njengetimvu,

ngulowo nalowo utihambele ngendlela yakhe,

Simakadze wayetfwesa kona kwetfu sonkhe.

₇Yacindzetelwa, yahlushwa,

kodvwa ayizange iwuvule umlomo wayo;

yaba njengelizinyane lemvu leliyiswa ekuhlatjweni,

nanjengemvu lebindzile embikwebahhuli bayo,

nayo ayizange iwuvule umlomo wayo.

₈Yaboshwa, yalahlwa ngelicala, yesuswa.

Ngubani nje wesitukulwane sayo labenaka

kutsi yancunywa eveni lalabaphilako,

yashaywa ngenca yesono sebantfu bami?

₉Babeka lithuna layo nalababi,

yaba kanye nalabanjingile ekufeni kwayo,

noko yayingazange yente budlova,

nemacebo abengekho emlonyeni wayo.

“Noko kwaba yintsandvo yaSimakadze

kutsi ayinyatsele, ayente ihlupheke,

nome Simakadze enta kuphila kwayo

kwaba ngumhlatjelo welicala,

iyawubona situkulwane sayo,

yandzise nemalanga ekuphila kwayo,

intsandvo yaSimakadze iyawuphumelela ngesandla sayo.

₁₁Emvakwekuhlupheka kwemphefumulo wayo

iyawukubona kukhanya kwekuphila, yeneliswe,

ngelwati lwayo inceku yami lelungile

iyakwenta labanyenti bemukeleke kuNkulunkulu

kutsi balungile,

njengobe yetfwele tiphambuko tabo.

₁₂Ngako-ke ngiyawuyinika sabelo

emkhatsini walabakhulu,

iyakwehlukanisa imphango nalabanemandla,

ngobe yatfululela kuphila kwayo ekufeni,

yabalwa kanye netoni.

Ngobe yetfwala tono talabanyenti,

yancusela toni.”