U-Isaya 16

₁Thumani amawundlu ombusi wezwe

aphume eSela ngasehlane,

aye entabeni yendodakazi yaseSiyoni.

₂Kuyakuthi njengezinyoni ezizulazulayo,

njengamaphuphu ahlakazekileyo,

abe njalo amadodakazi akwaMowabi

emazibukweni ase-Arinoni.

₃“Lulekanani, nenze izinqumo,

ubeke isithunzi sakho njengobusuku

phakathi kwemini,

nithukuse abaxoshiweyo,

ningadaluli ababalekileyo.

₄Abaxoshiweyo bakwaMowabi mabahlale kuwe;

mawube yisivikelo kubo ebusweni bomchithi.”

Lapho umcindezeli esephelile,

nokuchitha sekuyekiwe,

nabanyathelayo sebeqediwe ezweni,

₅kuyakumiswa isihlalo sobukhosi ngomusa,

kuhlale kuso ngeqiniso

etendeni likaDavide

umahluleli ofuna ukwahlulela esheshisa ukulunga.

₆Sizwile ngokuziphakamisa kukaMowabi

ukuthi uphakeme kakhulu,

nangokuzidla kwakhe

nokuziqhenya kwakhe nentukuthelo yakhe

nokuphafuza kwakhe okuzenzisayo.

₇Ngalokho uMowabi uyaklewula ngoMowabi;

bonke bayakuklewula.

Niyakukhala ngezigaxa zezithelo zomvini

ezomileyo zaseKhiri Haresheti

nidabukile kakhulu.

₈Ngokuba amasimu aseHeshiboni abunile

kanye nomvini waseSibima;

amakhosi ezizwe achithile amagatsha awo;

afinyelela naseJazeri, edukela nasehlane;

amahlumela awo elulwa,

awela ulwandle.

₉Ngalokho ngiyakukhalela umvini waseSibima

njengokukhala kweJazeri,

ngikumanzise, Heshiboni, ngezinyembezi zami,

nawe Elehale,

ngokuba phezu kwezithelo zakho nokuvuna kwakho

kuwile ukumemeza kwempi.

₁₀Ukuthokoza kususiwe kanye nokujabula ensimini;

nasezivinini akuhlatshelelwa, akujatshulwa;

abanyathelayo abalinyatheli iwayini ezikhamweni;

ngenze ukuba kuphele ukumemeza.

₁₁Ngalokho inhliziyo yami

iyakhala njengehabhu* ngoMowabi,

nokuphakathi kwami ngeKhiri Heresi.

₁₂Kuyakuthi lapho uMowabi esebonakala,

azikhathaze endaweni ephakemeyo,

aye endlini yakhe engcwele ukuba athandaze,

angaphumeleli.