U-Isaya 16 - iBhayibhili Elingcwele 1978

Ukuhlupheka kweMowabi

¹ AbaseMowabi bayathumela amawundlu kumbusi welizwe, bewasusa eSela enkangala, aye entabeni yaseZiyone.

² Njengenyoni ezizulazulayo labantwana benyoni abachithekileyo, banjalo abantu baseMowabi emazibukweni aseArinoni.

³ Bathi: Selulekeni, lisiqumele; lenze isithunzi senu sisivikele emini, lifihle abaxotshiweyo, lingabanikeli ababalekayo;

⁴ vumelani abaxotshiweyo baseMowabi bahlale phakathi kwenu, libe yisiphephelo kibo kumchithi. Lapho engasekho umcindezeli, lokuchitheka sekuphelile, lonyathezela phansi engasekho elizweni,

⁵ kuzakumiswa isihlalo sobukhosi ngothando olungapheliyo, kuhlale kiso ngobuqotho ethenteni likaDavida umahluleli ofuna ukwahlulela lokufaneleyo, lophangisa ukwenza ukulunga.

⁶ AbakoJuda bathi: Sizwile ngokuziphakamisa kukaMowabi ukuthi uzigqaja kangakanani, sizwile langokuzikhukhumeza kwakhe lokuziqhenya kwakhe, langokungahloniphi kwakhe, ukuzincoma kwakhe kuyize.

⁷ Ngakhoke abaseMowabi kabamkhalele uMowabi, bonke balile kanyekanye, bakhalele izinkwa ezilezithelo zevini zaseKiri‐Haresethi, bakhale badabuke kakhulu.

⁸ Ngoba amasimu aseHeshiboni abunile, kanye lamavini aseSibima; iwayini elivela kulawomavini lalidakisa amakhosi ezizwe, ingatsha zawo zazifika eJazeri, zafinyelela lasenkangala, futhi zagcwala indawo yonke zaze zawela ulwandle.

⁹ Ngakhoke ngiyakhalela amavini aseSibima, njengalokhu ngikhalela iJazeri; ngikuthela ngezinyembezi zami, wena Heshiboni lawe Eleyale; ngoba phakathi kwezithelo zenu lesivuno senu usuphelile umsindo wabavunayo.

¹⁰ Ukuthokoza kanye lokujabula kuphelile emasimini, lasezivinini kakuzwakali ukuhlatshelwa kwengoma, kakukho lokumemeza kwabathokozayo, kabakho labanyathela iwayini ezikhamelweni, lokumemeza kwabavunayo kuphelile.

¹¹ Ngakhoke ngiyakhala njengechacho ngoMowabi, lenhliziyo yami ikhalela iKiri‐Haresethi.

¹² Kuzakuthi lapho uMowabi esesondela, lapho esezidinisa endaweni ephakemeyo yokukhonzela, lalapho esiza endlini yakhe engcwele ukukhuleka, kayikuphumelela.

¹³ Yilo lelilizwi iNkosi elikhulume ngoMowabi ezikhathini ezidlulileyo.

¹⁴ Kodwa khathesi iNkosi ithi: Phakathi kweminyaka emithathu elingana leminyaka yoqatshiweyo, udumo lukaMowabi luzadelelwa, lanxa elabantu abanengi; abazasala kibo bazakuba balutshwana kakhulu, bangabi lamandla.