Isaya 34

₁Sondzelani, nine tive, nitewulalela;

lalelisisani, nine tive!

Umhlaba awuve,

nako konkhe lokukuwo,

umhlaba,

nako konkhe lokuphuma kuwo!

₂Simakadze utitfukutselele tonkhe tive;

intfukutselo yakhe isetikwawo onkhe emabutfo ato.

Uyakuwabhubhisa onkhe awacedze,

awanikele kutsi agwazwe.

₃Lababulewe bawo bayawulahlwa ngephandle,

tidvumbu tawo tiyawunuka luboti;

tintsaba tiyawucwila engatini yawo.

₄Tonkhe tinkhanyeti tasemazulwini tiyawuncibilika,

nesibhakabhaka sigocotwe njengencwadzi legocotwako;

tonkhe letinkhanyeti tasesibhakabhakeni tiyakuwa

njengemacembe lomile lahhohloka esihlahleni semvini,

nanjengemakhiwa lasabunile

nakahhohloka esihlahleni semkhiwa.

₅Inkemba yami seyinatse yenela emazulwini,

bukani, yehla ngekwehlulela,

yehlela kulaka-Edomu,

sive lengitasibhubhisa ngisicedze.

₆Inkemba yaSimakadze icwiliswa engatini,

inemanoni yonkhe indzawo,

igcwele ingati yemazinyane etimvu, nengati yetimbuti,

nemanoni lesuka etinsweni tetihhanca.

Ngobe Simakadze unemhlatjelo eBhosra

nekuhlaba lokukhulu kulaka-Edomu.

₇Tinkhabi tesiganga tiyakuwa nabo,

tinkunzana kanye netinkunzi letinkhulu.

Live labo liyawucwila engatini,

nelutfuli luyawuba manti emanoni.

₈Ngobe Simakadze unelilanga lekuphindzisela,

umnyaka wekubuyisela ngenca yendzaba yaseSiyoni.

₉Imifudlana yaka-Edomu iyawuba litiyela,

lutfuli lwakhona lube sibabule lesivutsako,

live labo libe litiyela lelivutsako.

₁₀Singeke sicinywe ebusuku nasemini,

intfutfu yaso iyawubhunya phakadze naphakadze,

kusukela etitukulwaneni kuye etitukulwaneni

live liyawuhlala lilihlane,

kute namunye loyawuphindza adzabule ekhatsi kulo.

₁₁Sahhukulu sasehlane nesahhukulu lesikhalako

kuyawuyitsatsa lendzawo ibe yako.

Sahhukulu lesikhulu nelihhwabayi

kuyawukwakhela tidleke tako khona lapho.

Nkulunkulu uyakuselula etikwelive laka-Edomu

silinganiso sesiphitsiphitsi,

yebo, nekwekulinganisa lokuyincitsakalo.

₁₂Babusi balo kuyawubate labayawukubita batsi bukhosi,

bonkhe baholi balo bayawunyamalala.

₁₃Emanyeva ayakwehlula tigodlo talo,

emanyeva netinchachabutane kunyatsele tinqaba talo.

Kuyawuba yindzawo yekujangaza timphungutja,

nelikhaya letahhukulu.

₁₄Tilwane tesiganga tiyawuhlangana netimphisi,

netimbuti tesiganga timemetane todvwana,

netilwane tasebusuku tiyawulala lapho,

tititfolele khona indzawo yekuphumula.

₁₅Sahhukulu siyakwakha sidleke saso lapho,

sitalele emacandza,

siwachobosele khona lapho, sifukamele emazini aso,

ngaphansi kwemtfunti wetimphiko taso;

ngisho nabolohheya bayawuhlangana lapho,

ngulowo ahambe nesingani sakhe.

₁₆Ase nibuke encwadzini legocotwako yaSimakadze nifundze.

Kute nakunye kwaloku lokuyawusilela,

kute lokuyakweswela singani sako.

Ngobe ngumlomo wakhe lona lokhiphe lomyalo,

naMoya wakhe uyawukubutsela ndzawonye.

₁₇Ukunika tabelo tako ngenkatho,

sandla sakhe siyakwabela live njengekwesilinganiso,

seliyawuba lako kokuphela,

kuhlale khona situkulwane ngesitukulwane.