Isaiah 17

Umthwalo weDamaseko

1Umthwalo a weDamaseko b. Khangela, iDamaseko izasuswa, ingabi ngumuzi c, kodwa ibe lunxiwa oludilikileyo. 2Imizi yeAroweri d izatshiywa, ibe ngeyemihlambi elala phansi e, njalo kungabi lomethusi f , g. 3Lenqaba h izaphela koEfrayimi i, lombuso j weDamaseko k, lensali yeSiriya; bazakuba njengodumo lwabantwana bakoIsrayeli, itsho iNkosi yamabandla.

Ukugwetshwa kukaIsrayeli

4Kuzakuthi-ke ngalolosuku udumo lukaJakobe l lwehliselwe phansi, lokuzimuka m kwenyama yakhe kucakiswe. 5Njalo kube njengomvuni n evuna amabele amiyo, lengalo yakhe iqume izikhwebu; yebo, kube njengomuntu edobha izikhwebu esigodini seRefayimi o. 6Kodwa p umkhothozo q , r uzasala kukho, njengokunyikinyeka kwesihlahla somhlwathi s, imihlwathi emibili loba emithathu t engqongeni yogatsha oluphezulu u, emine loba emihlanu engatsheni zaso ezithelayo v, itsho iNkosi uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli.

7Ngalolosuku umuntu uzajolozela kuMenzi wakhe w, lamehlo akhe akhangele koNgcwele kaIsrayeli. 8Njalo kayikujolozela emalathini, umsebenzi wezandla zakhe x; njalo kayikukhangela kulokho iminwe yakhe ekwenzileyo, loba izixuku y , z loba amalathi elanga aa.

9Ngalolosuku imizi yabo eqinileyo izakuba njengegusu ab elideliweyo lengqonga yogatsha ac abaludelileyo ngenxa yabantwana bakoIsrayeli ad; njalo kuzakuba yincithakalo. 10Ngoba umkhohliwe uNkulunkulu wosindiso lwakho ae, kawukhumbulanga idwala lamandla akho af; ngenxa yalokho uzahlanyela izithombo ezinhle, uyihlanyele ngamahlumela angejwayelekanga. 11Ngosuku lokuhlanyela kwakho uzakwenza kuhlume, lekuseni wenze inhlanyelo yakho ikhuphe impoko; kodwa isivuno sizakuba yinqumbi ngosuku lomkhuhlane lobuhlungu obungelaphekiyo.

12Yeka ukuhlokoma kwabantu abanengi abahlokoma ag njengokuhlokoma kwezinlwandle ah, lokuduma kwezizwe ai eziduma njengomdumo aj wamanzi amanengi ak! 13Izizwe al ziduma njengomdumo wamanzi amanengi am, kodwa uzazikhuza an ukuze zibalekele khatshana, zixotshwe njengamakhoba ezintaba ao phambi komoya, lanjengokugiqikayo ap phambi kwesiphepho aq. 14Ngesikhathi sokuhlwa, khangela-ke, ukuthuthumela, kungakasi kasekho. Yiso isabelo sabasiphangayo ar lenkatho yabasihlaselayo.

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