Isaya 4
1Ngalelo langa labasikati labasikhombisa bayawuhlanganyela indvodza yinye, batsi kuyo: “Sitatidlela kudla kwetfu siphindze sitembatsise; intfo nje, sicela kutsi simane sibitwe ngawe. Susa lelihlazo letfu!”
Ligala laSimakadze
2Ngalelo langa Ligala laSimakadze liyawuba lihle likhatimule, netitselo talelo live tiyawuba ludvumo nebuhle betinsali taka-Israyeli. 3Labo labashiyiwe eSiyoni, labasasele eJerusalema, bayawubitwa ngekutsi ngulabangcwele, bonkhe labo labayawube babhaliswe nalabaphila eJerusalema. 4Simakadze uyawukugeza kungcola kwalabasikati baseSiyoni; uyawuhlanta emacabhacabha engati aseJerusalema ngemoya wekwehlulela nangemoya wemlilo. 5Ngako Simakadze uyawudala lifu emini, intfutfu nelilangabi lemlilo ebusuku, lisibekele iNtsaba yonkhe iSiyoni nabo bonkhe labahlanganela kuyo; etikwayo yonkhe lenkhatimulo kuyawuba nempheme. 6Uyawuba sivikelo nemtfunti emini nakushisa lilanga, kube yindzawo yekuphephela neyekukhosela esivunguvungwini nasemvuleni.
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