Isaiah 7

Ilizwi likaIsaya kuAhazi

1Kwasekusithi ensukwini zikaAhazi a indodana kaJothamu, indodana kaUziya inkosi yakoJuda, uRezini b inkosi yeSiriya kanye loPheka c indodana kaRemaliya inkosi yakoIsrayeli wenyukela eJerusalema ukuya empini emelene layo, kodwa kabangalakho ukulwa layo ngokuphumelelayo. 2Kwasekubikwa endlini kaDavida ukuthi iSiriya ihlangene loEfrayimi; inhliziyo yakhe lenhliziyo yabantu bakhe zasezinyikinyeka njengezihlahla zegusu zinyikinywa ngumoya. 3INkosi yasisithi kuIsaya: Ake uphume uyehlangabeza uAhazi, wena loSheyari-Yashubi indodana yakho, ekucineni komfolo d wechibi elingaphezulu e, emgwaqweni omkhulu wensimu yomwatshi f, 4uthi kuye: Nanzelela, uthule, ungesabi, lenhliziyo yakho ingabi buthakathaka ngenxa yemisila emibili yalezizikhuni ezithunqayo g, ngenxa yokuvutha kolaka lukaRezini leSiriya, lendodana kaRemaliya h. 5Ngenxa yokuthi iSiriya, uEfrayimi, lendodana kaRemaliya, bacebise okubi ngawe, besithi: 6Asenyukele koJuda, simesabise, sizifohlelele kuye, sibeke inkosi phakathi kwakhe, indodana kaTabeyeli.

7Itsho njalo iNkosi uJehova: Kakuyikuma i, njalo kakuyikwenzeka. 8Ngoba inhloko yeSiriya j yiDamaseko k, lenhloko yeDamaseko nguRezini; laphakathi kuseleminyaka engamatshumi ayisithupha lanhlanu l uEfrayimi uzakwephulwa, angabi yisizwe. 9Njalo inhloko kaEfrayimi yiSamariya m, lenhloko yeSamariya yindodana kaRemaliya n. Uba lingakholwa, isibili kaliyikuqiniswa o.

Ilizwi likaIsaya ngoEmanuweli

10INkosi yasiqhubeka ikhuluma kuAhazi isithi: 11Zicelele isibonakaliso eNkosini uNkulunkulu wakho p; cela ekujuleni q loba ekuphakameni phezulu r. 12Kodwa uAhazi wathi: Kangiyikucela, kangiyikulinga iNkosi s. 13Wasesithi: Zwana-ke, ndlu kaDavida t; kuyinto encinyane kakhulu kuwe yini ukuthi udinise abantu u, ukuthi udinise loNkulunkulu wami? v 14Ngakho iNkosi uqobo izalinika isibonakaliso w , x: Khangela y, intombi emsulwa izathatha isisu z, ibelethe indodana aa, ibize ibizo layo ngokuthi nguEmanuweli ab. 15Uzakudla amasi ac loluju ad, aze azi ukwala okubi lokukhetha okuhle ae. 16Ngoba umntwana af engakakwazi ukwala okubi lokukhetha okuhle, ilizwe onengwa yilo ag lizatshiywa ngamakhosi alo amabili ah.

17INkosi izaletha phezu kwakho ai laphezu kwabantu bakho aj laphezu kwendlu kayihlo insuku ezingezanga kusukela osukwini uEfrayimi asuka ngalo koJuda ak; yinkosi yeAsiriya al. 18Kuzakuthi-ke ngalolosuku am iNkosi itshaye ikhwelo an empukaneni esephethelweni lwemifula yeGibhithe ao, lenyosini eselizweni leAsiriya ap. 19Zizakuza-ke, ziphumule zonke ezigodini zamawa, lezingoxweni zamadwala aq, lezihlahleni zonke zameva ar, lemadlelweni wonke. 20Ngalolosuku as iNkosi izaphuca ngensingo at eyebolekwe, phetsheya au komfula av, ngenkosi yeAsiriya, ikhanda loboya bezinyawo, futhi ihluthune lendevu. 21Kuzakuthi-ke ngalolosuku aw umuntu uzagcina kuphila ithokazi lezimvu ezimbili; 22kuzakuthi-ke ngenxa yobunengi bochago ezilwehlisayo adle amasi; yebo, wonke oseleyo phakathi kwelizwe uzakudla amasi ax loluju ay. 23Kuzakuthi-ke ngalolosuku az, yonke indawo lapho okwakukhona amavini ayinkulungwane ngenhlamvu zesiliva eziyinkulungwane, kube ngokwameva lokhula oluhlabayo ba. 24Bazakuya khona ngemitshoko langedandili bb, ngoba ilizwe lonke bc lizakuba ngameva lokhula oluhlabayo bd. 25Lazo zonke izintaba ezazilinywa ngekhuba kabayikuya kuzo ngokwesaba ameva lokhula oluhlabayo be; kodwa kuzakuba ngokokungenisa inkabi bf lokokunyathelwa yizimvu bg.

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