Ukohlwaywa kweBhabheli
1Mayela neBhabheli nalu udaba olundilisekileyo awalutyhilelwayo uIsaya unyana ka-Amozi:
2Misani intshinga kwinduli ebharhileyo,
nidanduluke nihlab' umkhosi,
niwubize niwukhwebe umkhosi,
nize kungena emasangweni ezikhulu.
3Mna *Ndikhoyo ndiwagunyazisile onke amafa-nankosi;
ndithe makeze amagorha am,
abo bavuyisana noloyiso lwam,
khon' ukuze bathulule umsindo wam.
4Yaz'ba ngawani na loo mayeyeye avakalayo?
Ezintabeni phaya ngathi lugxudululu oluxokozelayo.
Ewe, izirhulumente ziyaphithizela;
nâzo izizwe zona ziqokelelana.
Ke yena uNdikhoyo uSomandla-onke selehlab' umkhosi.
5Nantso imikhosi ivela kwelikude,
iphuma eziphelweni zehlabathi.
UNdikhoy' uyaxhakazela zizixhobo;
uza kulivuthulula lonke ilizwe.
6Hlahlamba ke, utsho ngesikrakra.
Kaloku imini kaNdikhoyo isemnyango!
Yogaleleka ipheth' intshabalalo evela kuSomandla.
7Ke zona izandla zitsho zanomkhinkqi.
wonk' umntu wangenwa yintaka.
8Bonke ke bosuka bee nkamalala;
bosuka babhinyalaze bezibhija-bhija;
bopena-pena ngathi ngumfazi olunywayo.
Baya kukrwaqulana bethe khumnqa;
ewe, boba sebenyoshoza ziintloni.
9Ngenene imini kaNdikhoyo ifikile;
yona yimin' enzima yengqumbo,
elo lizwe loxusheka litsho libe yinkangala;
bonke abakhohlakeleyo kulo batshatyalaliswe.
10Esibhakabhakeni iinkwenkwezi namaqela azo
zosuka zifiphale zingabi nakukhanya.
Ke lona ilanga lophuma lizilile,
nenyanga ngokwayo iya kugungxa.
11Ihlabathi ndilizisela isithwakumbe,
ndibohlwaye abantu ngenxa yezono zabo,
ndilinqamle ikratshi labazikhukhumalisayo,
ziwe bhaxa izibhoja eziqholosayo.
12Amadoda oba njengegolide ukunqaba;
ewe, abantu bonqaba kunegolide yaseOfire.
13Amazulu ndiya kuwangcangcazelisa,
umhlaba utsho unyikime endaweni yawo
ngomhla wengqumbo kaNdikhoyo uSomandla-onke,
ngemin' enzima yomsindo ovuthayo.
14Baya kufana nenxala elizingelwayo
neegusha ezibhadula ziding' ozalusayo.
Elowo uya kubhenela kumawabo,
umntu ngamnye asabele kwelakowabo.
15Lowo ufunyenweyo uya kuhlatyaniselwa;
bonke ababanjiweyo baya kubulawa.
16Iintsana zabo ziya kuntlekezwa,
abazali bebukele ngawabo amehlo.
Imizi yabo iya kuphangwa,
nakubafazi ke kube yiloo nto.
17Ndiza kubaxhokonxela amaMedi;
wona akakhathalele nasiliva,
engenaxesha layo negolide.
18Okwakungabafana aya kubageqa ngeentolo;
wona akanalusini nasezintsaneni;
ewe, akavakalelwa nasebantwaneni.
19IBhabheli yinzwakazi phakathi kwezikumkani,
iligugu neqhayiya lamaKaledi,
kodwa yobhukuqwa ifane neSodom neGomora
mhla wazihlasela uThixo.
20Yona soze iphinde imiwe mntu.
Yoba zizizukulwana ingahlalwa mntu,
kungekho nam-Arabhu womisa ntente kuyo;
nabelusi soze babe salusela khona.
21Iya kuba likhaya lamarhamncwa;
badakase khona noodyakalashe;
iya kusala ilikhaya lezihulu-hulu,
nemigewu yeebhokhwe iqakathe khona.
22Ezingxandeni yoba sisijwili samaxhwili,
nodyakalashe atsho ngomkhulungwane kuloo mapomakazi.
Ewe, ngoku ixesha layo lisemnyango,
nemihla yayo isongekile.