Isaya

Isahluko 41

“Thulani phambi kwami nina ziqhingi, izizwe zithole amandla amasha. Mazisondele, andukuba zikhulume, sisondelane ekwahluleleni.
2 “Ngubani ovusile ukulunga kuphume empumalanga, akubize ukuba kumlandele, anikele izizwe phambi kwakhe, amenze ukuba abuse amakhosi, abenze babe njengothuli ngenkemba yakhe, nanjengamabibi aphephezeliswayo ngomnsalo wakhe, na?
3 Uyabaxosha, adlule kahle ngezindlela angazihambanga ngezinyawo.
4 Ngubani okusebenzileyo, wakwenza, na? Nguye owazibiza izizukulwane kwasekuqaleni: mina Jehova engingowokuqala nenginguye nakwabokuphela.”
5 Iziqhingi ziyakubona, ziyesaba; imikhawulo yomhlaba iyathuthumela; isondele, isifikile.
6 Yilowo nalowo usiza umakhelwane wakhe; uthi komfowabo: “Yiba nesibindi.”
7 Umbazi uqunga umkhandi isibindi, nololonga ngesando uqunga oshaya isikhandelo isibindi, ethi ngokunamathelisa: “Kuhle,” ekubethela ngezipikili, funa kunyakaziswe.
8 “Kepha wena Israyeli, nceku yami, wena Jakobe engikukhethileyo, nzalo ka-Abrahama othandiweyo wami,
9 wena engikuthathile emikhawulweni yomhlaba, ngakubiza emagumbini awo, ngathi kuwe: ‘Wena uyinceku yami,’ ngikukhethile, angikulahlanga;
10 ungesabi, ngokuba mina nginawe; ungapheli amandla, ngokuba mina nginguNkulunkulu wakho; ngiyakuqinisa, futhi ngiyakusiza, yebo, ngiyakusekela ngesandla sokunene sokulunga kwami.
11 “Bheka, bonke abafuthekela wena bayakuba namahloni, bajabhe; abamelene nawe bayakuba njengento engelutho, babhubhe.
12 Uyakubafuna, ungabafumani kodwa, labo bantu abaxabana nawe; abalwa nawe bayakuba njengento engelutho nanjengeze.
13 Ngokuba yimina Jehova uNkulunkulu wakho obamba isandla sakho sokunene, nothi kuwe: Ungesabi, mina ngiyakusiza.
14 Ungesabi wena mpethu, Jakobe, nani bantu bakwa-Israyeli; mina ngiyakukusiza,” usho uJehova; uMhlengi wakho ungoNgcwele ka-Israyeli.
15 “Bheka, ngiyakukwenza ukuba ube yisibhulo esisha esibukhali esinamazinyo; uyakubhula izintaba, uzicolisise, wenze amagquma abe njengamakhoba.
16 Uyakuwahlakaza, umoya uwasuse, isivunguvungu siwachithe; wena uyakuthokoza ngoJehova, uzibonge ngoNgcwele ka-Israyeli.
17 “Abampofu nabaswelayo bafuna amanzi, kepha awakho, nolimi lwabo luphele ukoma; mina Jehova ngiyakubaphendula, mina Nkulunkulu ka-Israyeli angiyikubashiya.
18 Ngiyakuvula imifula emadulini angenalutho nemithombo phakathi kwezigodi; ngiyakwenza ihlane libe yichibi lamanzi, nomhlabathi owomileyo ube yiziphethu zamanzi.
19 Ngiyakutshala umsedari ehlane, umtholo, nombomvana, nomnqumo, ngibeke kwahlongasibi umsayipuresi, nomthidari, nomkhoba kanyekanye,
20 ukuze babone, bazi, baqaphele, baqonde kanyekanye ukuthi isandla sikaJehova sikwenzile lokhu nokuthi oNgcwele ka-Israyeli wakudala.
21 “Lethani indaba yenu,” usho uJehova, “nisondeze izizathu zenu,” isho iNkosi kaJakobe.
22 “Mabazisondeze, basitshele okuyakwenzeka; izinto zakuqala ziyini na? Mabasitshele zona ukuba sizibeke ezinhliziyweni zethu, sazi ukuphela kwazo, noma nisizwise okuzayo.
23 Sitsheleni okuzayo ngesikhathi esizayo, sazi ukuthi ningonkulunkulu; yebo, yenzani okuhle noma okubi, simangale, sikubone kanyekanye.
24 Bhekani, nivela kokungekho, nemisebenzi yenu ayiyinto yalutho; uyisinengiso onikhethileyo.
25 “Ukhona engimvusile esenyakatho, wafika, nasempumalanga, ukuba abize igama lami; uyakwehlela phezu kwezikhulu njengaphezu kodaka, njengombumbi exova ibumba.
26 Ngubani owakushoyo kwasekuqaleni ukuba sazi, nangaphambili ukuba sisho sithi: ‘Uqinisile,’ na? Cha, akakho okumemezileyo, akakho nokuzwisileyo, akakho nozwayo amazwi enu.
27 Ngingowokuqala othi kulo iSiyoni: ‘Bheka, babheke,’ nginike iJerusalema umbiki wendaba ethokozisayo.
28 Kepha lapho ngibheka, akukho muntu, akakho phakathi kwabo umluleki ongaphendula ngazwi, lapho ngibabuzayo.
29 Bheka, bayize bonke; imisebenzi yabo ayiyinto yalutho, nezithombe zabo ezibunjiweyo zingumoya nokuyize.