Isaiah 33

Usizi Losizo

1Maye kuwe, wena mchithi,
wena ongachithwanga!
Maye kuwe, wena mthengisi,
wena ongacetshwanga!
Lapho uyekela ukuthengisa,
lawe uzacetshwa.

2Awu Thixo, woba lomusa kithi;
siyakulangazelela.
Woba ngamandla ethu ekuseni konke,
ube yinsindiso yethu esikhathini sosizi.
3Ekukhwazeni kwelizwi lakho, izizwe ziyabaleka;
lapho uphakama izizwe ziyahlakazeka.
4Elakuthumbayo, lina zizwe, kubuthwa sengangathi kuqoqwa yisikhongwane,
abantu beqela kukho njengomtshitshi wentethe.

5 UThixo uphakeme ngoba uhlala phezulu,
uzagcwalisa iZiyoni ngokufaneleyo langokulunga.
6Uzakuba yisisekelo esithembekileyo sesikhathi senu,
isiphala esigcwele usindiso, ukuhlakanipha lokwazi;
ukumesaba uThixo kuyisiqokoqela sokuzuza ingcebo le.

7Khangelani, amaqhawe akibo ahlaba umkhosi emigwaqweni!
Izithunywa zokuthula ziyakhala kakhulu.
8Imigwaqo emikhulu ibetha umoya,
akulazihambi kuyo.
Isivumelwano sephulwe,
ofakazi baso beyisiwe,
kakho ohlonitshwayo.
9Ilizwe liyalila njalo liyachitheka.
ILebhanoni iyangekile njalo iyabuna;
iSharoni injengenkangala,
iBhashani leKhameli akhithizwa amahlamvu awo.

10 UThixo uthi, “Khathesi sengizavuka,
khathesi sengizadunyiswa,
khathesi sengizaphakanyiswa.
11Liqukethe ngamakhoba,
lizale izibi;
umoya wenu eliwuphefumulayo ungumlilo oliqedayo.
12Abantu bazatshiswa bafane lekalaga;
bazathungelwa ngomlilo njengamahlahla ameva aganyuliweyo.”

13Lina elikhatshana, zwanini engikwenzileyo;
lina abaseduze, vumani amandla ami!
14Izoni zaseZiyoni ziyathuthumela;
abangamesabiyo uNkulunkulu bayaqhaqhazela:
“Ngubani owakithi ongahlala lomlilo oqothulayo na?
Ngubani owakithi ongahlala lokutshisa okungapheliyo na?”
15Ngulowo owenza okulungileyo,
ekhuluma okuqotho
oyalayo inzuzo yokuncindezelwa,
ale ukwamukela isivalamlomo,
owalayo ukulalela amaqhinga okubulala,
avale amehlo akhe ukuze angaboni okubi,
16lo nguye umuntu ozahlala ekuphakameni,
osiphephelo sakhe sizakuba yinqaba yasentabeni.
Uzalethelwa isinkwa sakhe,
lamanzi kayikuwaswela.

17Amehlo enu azayibona inkosi ebuhleni bayo,
abuke lelizwe elibanzi.
18Ezingqondweni zenu lizakhumbula ukwesaba kwakuqala lithi:
“Ingaphi induna yezikhulu leyana?
Ungaphi owayethatha imali yemithelo?
Singaphi isikhulu esigcina imiphotshongo na?”
19Abantu labayana abaklolodayo kalisayikubabona futhi,
abantu labayana abolimi olungazwakaliyo,
abolimi olungaziwayo, olungaqondakaliyo.

20Khangelani iZiyoni, idolobho lemikhosi yethu;
amehlo enu azabona iJerusalema
indawo yokuhlala elokuthula, ithente elingeke lisuswe;
izikhonkwane zalo kaziyikusitshunwa
lezintambo zalo kaziyikuqamuka.
21Khonapho uThixo uzakuba ngolaMandla wethu.
Kuzafana lendawo elemifula ebanzi kanye lezifula.
Akukho mkhumbi wempi ozagwedlwa khona,
akukho mkhumbi olamandla ozahamba khona.
22Ngoba uThixo ungumahluleli wethu,
uThixo usinika imithetho,
uThixo yinkosi yethu;
nguye ozasikhulula.

23Izintambo zakho zeseyili ziyaxega.
Insika kayiqiniswanga;
iseyili kayivulekanga.
Lapho-ke impango enengi izakwabiwa
kuthi labaqhulayo labo bazazuza impango.
24Akulamuntu ohlala eZiyoni ozakuthi, “Mina ngiyagula”;
labantu abahlala khona bazathethelelwa izono zabo.