Isaya 41

₁“Thulani embikwami, nine tichingi!

Tive ativuselele emandla ato!

Atiphumele ebaleni tikhulume,

asihlangane kanyekanye endzaweni yekwehlulela.

₂Ngubani lochukulute lomunye kutsi esuke emphumalanga,

wambitela ekulungeni kutsi ahlangabetane nekuncoba

kuso sonkhe sinyatselo?

Tive utinikela kuye,

atfobise emakhosi embikwakhe.

Ngenkemba yakhe uyabagucula babe lutfuli,

nangebutjoki bakhe uyabaphephula njengemakhoba.

₃Ubalandzela ngemuva angavinjwa lutfo,

abacoshe ngendlela langazange asanyatsele kuyo.

₄Ngubani lowente loku wadzimate wakuphumelelisa,

wabita titukulwane kusukela ekucaleni?

Mine, Simakadze, lengangikhona ekucaleni

nalengiyawube ngikhona nasekugcineni, solo nginguye.”

₅Tichingi tikubonile tesaba,

imikhawulo yemhlaba iyatfutfumela,

bantfu bayasondzela,

baphumela ebaleni.

₆Ngulowo usita lomunye,

akhulume kumnakabo atsi: “Cina!”

₇Ingcweti kutekubata ikhutsata umbumbi wetegolide,

nalowo lobetsela ngesandvo

ushiyela kulowo locandvulako.

Kulowo loshiselako utsi: “Kuhle.”

Ubetsela sithico khona singetikuwa.

₈“Kodvwa wena, Israyeli, nceku yami,

Jakobe, wena lengikukhetsile,

wena situkulwane sa-Abrahama umngani wami,

₉ngakutsatsa emaphetselweni emhlaba,

ngakubita emagunjini awo lakhashane.

Ngakubita ngatsi: ‘Wena uyinceku yami,’

ngikukhetsile, ngangete ngakwala.

₁₀Ngako-ke ungesabi, ngobe mine nginawe;

ungajabhi, ngobe mine nginguNkulunkulu wakho.

Ngitakucinisa ngikusite,

ngiyakukubamba ngesandla sami sekudla lesilungile.

₁₁“Bonkhe labakubhavumulelako,

impela, bayakudliwa ngemahloni, bahlazeke;

labo labemelene nawe bayawuba lite, babhubhe baphele.

₁₂Nome sewutiphenyisisa titsa takho, ungeke utitfole.

Labo labaphekehla imphi nawe bayawuba lite lelite.

₁₃Ngobe mine nginguSimakadze, Nkulunkulu wakho,

lobamba sandla sakho sangesekudla,

atsi kuwe: ‘Ungesabi, ngitakusita.’

₁₄Ungesabi, wena mphetfu, Jakobe,

awu, mntfwanyana, Israyeli,

ngobe mine matfupha ngitakusita,”

kusho Simakadze, uMhlengi wakho,

Longcwele waka-Israyeli.

₁₅“Buka la, ngitakwenta ube sihhudlo sekubhula kolo,

lesisha nalesikhaliphako lesinematinyo lamanyenti.

Uyawushaya tintsaba utifohlote,

wehlise emagcuma abe ngemakhoba.

₁₆Uyakuwela, umoya uwakhetse,

sivunguvungu siyakuwaphephula.

Kodvwa wena uyawujabula ngaSimakadze,

utibonge ngaLongcwele waka-Israyeli.

₁₇“Labamphofu nalabeswele batfungatsa emanti,

kodvwa kute;

tilwimi tabo tomile ngenca yekweswela emanti.

Kodvwa mine Simakadze ngitabevela,

mine, Nkulunkulu waka-Israyeli, ngingeke ngibashiye.

₁₈Ngiyawukwenta imifula igelete

etindzaweni letiphakeme letilugwadvule,

netiyalu ekhatsi etihosheni.

Ngiyawugucula lihlane libe titiba temanti,

nemhlaba logagadzekile ube netiyalu temanti.

₁₉Ehlane ngiyawubeka

umsedari, nemgamba, nemabovana, nemncumo.

Ngiyawumilisa tipheshula eveni leligagadzekile

imferi nemsayipuresi kanyekanye,

₂₀kuze bantfu batewubona bati futsi,

bacabange bese bayacondza

kutsi sandla saSimakadze lesente loku,

nekutsi Longcwele waka-Israyeli ukudalile loku.”

“Bekani indzaba yenu.”

INkhosi yakaJakobe itsi:

“Khulumani kutsi niphika nitsini.”

₂₂Ngenisani tithico tenu

titesitjela kutsi kutakwentekani.

Tisitjele kutsi tintfo takucala kwakuyini,

kuze natsi siteticabanga sati siphetfo sato.

₂₃Nome-ke nisitjele ngetintfo letitakwenteka,

nisitjele kutsi likusasa liphetseni,

kuze sitekwati kutsi nibonkulunkulu.

Ase nente lutfo, loluhle nome lolubi,

kuze sitewujabha sesabe.

₂₄Kodvwa nibancane kabi kunelite,

nemisebenti yenu ilite nje.

Lowo lokhetsa nine unengekile.

₂₅“Ngivuse longasenyakatfo, futsi uyeta

lomunye lophuma ngasemphumalanga lobita Libito lami.

Unyatsela etikwebabusi

kube shangatsi baludzaka nje,

kube shangatsi yena ungumbumbi nakanyatsela libumba.

₂₆Ngubani lowase wakhuluma ngaloku

kusukela ekucaleni, kuze sitewukwati,

nome-ke kwasendvulo,

kuze natsi sitekusho sitsi: ‘Abecinisile’?

Kute lowase wasitjela ngaloku,

kute nalowakusho kungakenteki,

kute lowake weva emavi enu.

₂₇Ngaba wekucala kutjela iSiyoni, ngatsi:

‘Bukani, naba!’

IJerusalema ngayipha sitfunywa setindzaba letimnandzi.

₂₈Ngiyabuka, kodvwa kute namunye,

kute namunye emkhatsini wabo longeluleka,

kute longaphendvula nangibabuta.

₂₉Bukani la, bonkhe balite!

Tento tabo tilite;

titfombe tabo tingumoya nesiphitsiphitsi.”