Isa 33 | NdeIBE | STEP | Maye kuwe, wena mchithi, wena ongachithwanga! Maye kuwe, wena mthengisi, wena ongacetshwanga! lapho uyekela ukuthengisa, lawe uzacetshwa.

Isaiah 33

Usizi Losizo

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

2 Awu Jehova, woba lomusa kithi; siyakulangazelela. Woba ngamandla ethu ekuseni konke, ube yinsindiso yethu esikhathini sosizi.

3 Ekukhwazeni kwelizwi lakho, izizwe ziyabaleka; lapho uphakama izizwe ziyahlakazeka.

4 Elakuthumbayo, lina zizwe, kubuthwa njengangathi kuqoqwa yibuyane, abantu beqela kukho njengomtshitshi wezintethe.

5 UJehova uphakeme ngoba uhlala phezulu, uzagcwalisa iZiyoni ngokufaneleyo langokulunga.

6 Uzakuba yisisekelo esithembekileyo sesikhathi senu, isiphala esigcwele usindiso, ukuhlakanipha lokwazi; ukumesaba uJehova kuyisiqokoqela sokuzuza ingcebo le.

7 Khangelani, amaqhawe akibo ahlaba umkhosi emigwaqweni! izithunywa zokuthula ziyakhala kakhulu.

8 Imigwaqo emikhulu ibetha umoya, akulazihambi kuyo. Isivumelwano sephulwe, ofakazi baso beyisiwe, kakho ohlonitshwayo.

9 Ilizwe liyalila njalo liyachitheka. ILebhanoni iyangekile njalo iyabuna; iSharoni injengenkangala, iBhashani leKhameli akhithizwa amahlamvu awo.

10 UJehova uthi, “Khathesi sengizavuka, khathesi sengizadunyiswa, khathesi sengizaphakanyiswa.

11 Liqukethe ngamakhoba, lizale izibi; umoya wenu eliwuphefumulayo ungumlilo oliqedayo.

12 Abantu bazatshiswa bafane lekalaga; bazathungelwa ngomlilo njengamahlahla ameva aganyuliweyo.”

13 Lina elikhatshana, zwanini engikwenzileyo; lina abaseduze, vumani amandla ami!

14 Izoni zaseZiyoni ziyathuthumela; abangamesabiyo uNkulunkulu bayaqhaqhazela: “Ngubani wakithi ongahlala lomlilo oqothulayo na? Ngubani wakithi ongahlala lokutshisa okungapheliyo na?”

15 Ngulowo owenza okulungileyo, ekhuluma okuqotho oyalayo inzuzo yokucindezelwa, ale ukwamukela imvalamlomo, owalayo ukulalela amaqhinga okubulala, avale amehlo akhe ukuze angaboni okubi –

16 lo nguye umuntu ozahlala ekuphakameni, osiphephelo sakhe sizakuba yinqaba yasentabeni. Uzalethelwa isinkwa sakhe, lamanzi kayikuwaswela.

17 Amehlo enu azayibona inkosi ebuhleni bayo, abuke lelizwe elibanzi.

18 Ezingqondweni zenu lizakhumbula ukwesaba kwakuqala lithi: “Ingaphi induna yezikhulu leyana? Ungaphi owayethatha imali yemithelo? Singaphi isikhulu esigcina imiphotshongo na?”

19 Abantu labayana abaklolodayo kalisayikubabona futhi, abantu labayana abolimi olungazwakaliyo, abolimi olungaziwayo, olungaqondakaliyo.

20 Khangelani iZiyoni, idolobho lemikhosi yethu; amehlo enu azabona iJerusalema indawo yokuhlala elokuthula, ithente elingeke lisuswe; izikhonkwane zalo kaziyikusitshunwa lezintambo zalo kaziyikuqamuka.

21 Khonapho uJehova uzakuba ngolaMandla wethu. Kuzafana lendawo elemifula ebanzi kanye lezifula. Akukho mkhumbi wempi ozagwedlwa khona, akukho mkhumbi olamandla ozahamba khona.

22 Ngoba uJehova ungumahluleli wethu, uJehova usinika imithetho, uJehova unguJehova wethu; nguye ozasikhulula.

23 Izintambo zakho zeseyili ziyaxega. Insika kayiqiniswanga; iseyili kayivulekanga. Lapho-ke impango enengi izakwabiwa kuthi labaqhulayo labo bazazuza impango.

24 Akulamuntu ohlala eZiyoni ozakuthi, “Mina ngiyagula;” labantu abahlala khona bazathethelelwa izono zabo.