UISAYA 52

₁Vuka! Vuka, Ziyon!

Khawuvath' amandla nokomelela;

khawufak' ezingayiwayo ngokundileka.

Awu, Jerusalem, sixekondini esingcwele,

kula masango soze babe sangena abangalukanga nâbo *bagqwalisekileyo.

₂Vuk' uvuthulul' uthuli olo;

mbanjwandini Jerusalem, khululeka.

Thukulul' amakhamandel' akukhonkxileyo,

ungqendeve, mthinjwandini Ziyon.

₃UNdikhoyo uthi:

“Ukungena kwenu ebukhobokeni zange nihlawulelwe,

ngoko ke naxa nikhululekayo akuyi kwenziwa mrhumo.”

₄Ewe, uMhlekazi uNdikhoyo uthi:

“Kuqala abantu bam bâya kuhlala eJiputa;

kamva ke bangena phantsi kwedyokhwe yama-Asiriya.

₅Ngoku ngaba yiyiphi ke le imeko?” utsho uNdikhoyo.

“Kaloku abantu bam baqweqwedisiwe

bangena ebukhobokeni ngaphandle kwentlawulo,

nabaphathi babo baphoxisa ngabo.

Igama lam lihlala linyeliswa imihla yonke.

₆Kwithuba elizayo abantu bam baya kulazi igama lam,

baqonde ukuba ndim owatshoyo,

ewe, ndim kanye!”

₇Hayi ubuhle beenyawo zesigidimi sibhijel' iintaba,

sipheth' iindaba ezimnandi,

sibhengeza sisithi: “Uxolo lufikile!

Yonk' intw' ilungile! Nal' usindiso!”

Ewe, sibhekisa kwiZiyon sisithi:

“UThixo wakho uyalawula.”

₈Abalindi batsho ngentswahla,

batsho ngenzwinini yovuyo ngazwi-nye.

Kaloku ngoku sebebona ngamehlo;

nanko uNdikhoyo engena eZiyon!

₉Dandulukani ngemivuyo nemincili

nani ke, mabhodlo aseJerusalem.

UNdikhoyo wobathuthuzela abantu bakhe,

ayikhulule iJerusalem.

₁₀Yena wosebenza ngamandla awodwa,

zibone zonke izizwe,

usindiso loThixo wethu lutyhileke kuzo zonke iintlanga.

₁₁Ke nina phumani, hambani nimke apho,

ningachukumisi nento le *enomlaza.

Phumani ningenabala nimsulwa,

baphathi bobuncwane bendlu kaThixo.

₁₂Namhla aniyi kuphuma magxabha-gxabha.

Kaloku animki ngakuba nibhaca,

koko nikhokelwa nguNdikhoyo.

UThixo kaSirayeli wonikhusela ngeenxa zonke.

“Isicaka sam sophumelela;

siya kuphakamela phezulu ngendumasi.

₁₄Ke abaninzi bomangaliswa bakusibona;

suka santleke-ntleke asazeka,

imbonakalo yaso ingachazeki,

singasafani nanyana wamntu.

₁₅Nangoku ke wochaphazela izizwe ezininzi,

izikumkani zikhumnqe zisik' umlomo.

Kaloku zobona zide ziqondisise nento ezingazange zayazi.”