Sehluko 18
Khristu utawuba njengelitje lelisikhubekiso kanye nelidvwala lesinengiso—Funani iNkhosi, hhayi batsakatsi labalungutako—Phendvukelani emtsetfweni kanye nasebufakazini kute nitfole kucondziswa—Catsanisa na-Isaya 8. Cishe ngemnyaka wa 559 kuya kuwa 545 ngaphambi kwekutalwa kwaKhristu.
1 Ngetulu kwaloko, livi leNkhosi latsi kimi: Tsatsa incwadzi lenkhulu legocotwako, ubhale kuyo ngelutsi lolwetayelekile, mayelana naMaheri-shalali-hashi-bazi.
2 Ngatsatsa bofakazi labatsembekile kutsi babhale, Uriya umphristi, kanye naZakhariya indvodzana yaJeberekhiya.
3 Ngaya kumphrofethikati; futsi wakhulelwa watala indvodzana. Emvakwaloko yatsi iNkhosi kimi: Camba libito layo utsi, nguMaheri-shalali-hashi-bazi.
4 Ngoba bukani, lomntfwana akanawukwati kutsi, Babe, noma make, ngaphambi kwekutsi ingcebo yaseDamaseko nemphango yaseSamariya kutsatfwe yiNkhosi yase-Asiriya.
5 INkhosi yaphindze yakhuluma kimi, yatsi:
6 Njengoba labantfu bawalile emanti aseShilowa lehla kamnandzi, bajabulela Resini kanye nendvodzana yaRemaliya;
7 Ngako-ke manje, bukani, iNkhosi iletsa etikwabo emanti emfula, lanemandla futsi lamaningi, ngisho inkhosi yase-Asiriya nenkhatimulo yayo yonkhe; futsi uyawuta ugcwale uphuphume kuyo yonkhe imifula yayo, futsi yendlule lonkhe lusentse lwayo.
8 Futsi uyawundlula kaJuda; uyawugcwala uphuphume futsi ukhukhule, uyawufinyelela nasentsanyeni; futsi kuvuleka kwemaphiko awo kuyawugcwalisa bubanti belive lakho, Awu Imanyuweli.
9 Tihlanganiseni, Awu nine bantfu, niyawuhleshulwa nibe ticucu; futsi phanini indlebe nonkhe nine mave lakhashane; tibopheni, niyawuhleshulwa nibe ticucu; tibopheni, niyawuhleshulwa nibe ticucu.
10 Bonisanani, kodvwa kuyawuba lite; khulumani livi, kodvwa aliyukuma; ngoba Nkulunkulu unatsi.
11 Ngoba iNkhosi yakhuluma kanje kimi ngesandla lesinemandla, futsi yangiyala kutsi ngingahambi ngendlela yalaba bantfu, yatsi:
12 Ningasho kutsi, Luzungu, kubo bonkhe labo bantfu labayawutsi, Luzungu; futsi ningakwesabi labakwesabako, noma nibe neluvalo.
13 Yingcweliseni iNkhosi yemaBandla lucobo lwayo, futsi yenteni ibe kwesaba kwenu, futsi yenteni ibe kutfutfumela kwenu.
14 Futsi iyawuba siphephelo; kodvwa iyoba litje lelisikhubekiso, futsi ibe lidvwala lelisinengiso kuto totimbili tindlu taka-Israyeli, ngoba iyoba lugibe kanye nasochaka kulabahlala eJerusalema.
15 Futsi labaningi emkhatsini wabo bayawukhubatela bawe, bephuke, batsiywe, futsi batsatfwe.
16 Bophisisa bufakazi, uvalele umtsetfo emkhatsini webafundzi bami.
17 Ngitawuyilindza iNkhosi, lefihla buso bayo kuyo indlu yaJakobe, futsi ngitawuyilindzela.
18 Bukani, mine kanye nebantfwana iNkhosi lenginike bona sibe tibonakaliso kanye netimangaliso ka-Israyeli letivela eNkhosini yemaBandla, lehlala eNtsabeni yaseSiyoni.
19 Futsi lapho bayawutsi kini: Funani kulababhulako, kanye nakubatsakatsi labanhhinklilako futsi bahlebe batsi—akukafaneli yini bantfu babute Nkulunkulu wabo kunekutsi labaphilako beve ngalabafile na?
20 Kuwo umtsetfo kanye nakubo bufakazi; uma bangakhulumi ngekwelivi, kungenca yekutsi kute kukhanya kubo.
21 Futsi bayawendlula kuko kuhlupheka bahacwe bulukhuni futsi balambe; futsi kuyawukwenteka kutsi uma sebalambile, bayawucansuka, bayicalekise iNkhosi yabo kanye naNkulunkulu wabo, futsi babuke etulu.
22 Futsi bayawubuka emhlabeni babone kukhatsateka, nebumnyama, nekufiphala ngenca yelusizi, futsi bayawufucelwa ebumnyameni.