Isaiah 3

Ukwahlulelwa KweJerusalema Lelizwe LakoJuda

1Khangelani khathesi UThixo,
uThixo uSomandla
usezasusa eJerusalema lelizweni lakoJuda
okufunekayo losizo:
konke ukudla lamanzi,
2iqhawe lebutho,
umahluleli lomphrofethi,
isangoma lomuntu omdala,
3induna yebutho labangamatshumi amahlanu
lamadoda ayizikhulu,
umeluleki, ingcitshi yemisebenzi,
lesanuse esihlakaniphileyo.

4“Ngizakwenza abafana babeyizikhulu zabo;
abantwana nje bazababusa.”

5Abantu bazancindezelana,
umuntu avukele umuntu,
umakhelwane avukele umakhelwane.
Abatsha bazavukela abadala,
abeyisekayo bavukele abahlonitshwa.

6Indoda izabamba omunye wabafowabo
emzini kayise ithi,
“Ulesembatho, woba ngumkhokheli wethu,
inqwaba yamanxiwa le
izakuba ngaphansi kombuso wakho.”
7Kodwa ngalolosuku uzakhala athi,
“Angilamasiza.
Endlini yami akulakudla loba izigqoko;
ungangenzi umkhokheli wabantu.”

8IJerusalema liyadiyazela,
uJuda uyawa;
amazwi abo lezenzo zabo kuphambene loThixo,
kweyisa ubukhosi bakhe.
9Ukukhangeleka kobuso babo kufakaza kubi ngabo;
babukisa izono zabo njengeSodoma;
kabazifihli.
Maye kubo!
Bazilethele incithakalo phezu kwabo.

10Tshela abalungileyo ukuthi kuzakuba kuhle kubo,
ngoba bazakholisa izithelo zezenzo zabo.
11Maye kwababi!
Incithakalo isiphezu kwabo!
Bazaphindiselwa
ngalokho izandla zabo ezikwenzileyo.

12Abatsha bancindezela abantu bami,
abesifazane bayababusa.
Awu, bantu bami, abakhokheli benu bayaliduhisa;
bayaliphambula endleleni.

13 UThixo uphakama ukuba afakaze indaba yakhe,
uyasukuma ukuba ahlulele abantu.
14 UThixo uqalisa ukwahlulela
abadala labakhokheli babantu esithi,
“Yini elitshabalalise isivini sami;
elikuthumbe kubayanga kusezindlini zenu.
15Litshoni ngokuchoboza abantu bami
langokuchola ubuso babayanga?”
kutsho iNkosi, uThixo uSomandla.

16 UThixo uthi,
“Abesifazane baseZiyoni bayaziphakamisa,
bahamba belule izintamo,
behuga ngamehlo abo,
begwenxeka ngamanyathelo amancane,
izigqizo zikhencezela enqagaleni zabo.
17Ngakho-ke uThixo uzakwenza amakhanda
abesifazane baseZiyoni abe lezilonda;
uThixo uzakwenza
isikhumba samakhanda abo siphuceke.”
18Ngalolosuku uThixo uzahluthuna imiceciso yabo: amasongo, imincwazi, lemigaxo yentanyeni 19amacici, izigqizo lezimbombozo, 20amaqhiye, izigetsho lamabhanti; amambodlela amakha lezintebe, 21indandatho ezilophawu lamasongo empumulo, 22izembatho ezinhle lezingubo lezigqoko, izikhwama 23lezibuko, lezigqoko zelineni, imiqhele lamaveli.

24Endaweni yephunga elimnandi
kuzakuba lomnuko omubi;
endaweni yebhanti kuzakuba legoda,
endaweni yenwele ezilungiswe kuhle
kuzakuba lempabanga,
endaweni yezigqoko ezinhle
kuzakuba ngamasaka,
endaweni yobuhle, kuzakuba lihlazo.
25Amadoda akini azakuwa ngenkemba,
kanjalo lamabutho akini empini.
26Amasango aseZiyoni azakhala alile,
kuthi yona ihlale phansi ichithekile.