U-Isaya 17

“IDamaseku liyakususwa,

lingabe lisaba ngumuzi,

libe yinxiwa nencithakalo

₂eshiyiwe kuze kube phakade,

neyakuba ngeyemihlambi ebuthisa khona,

ingesatshiswa muntu.

₃Inqaba iyakuphela kwa-Efrayimi,

nombuso eDamaseku,

nensali e-Aramu,

kube njengodumo lwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli,”

usho uJehova Sebawoti.

₄“Kuyakuthi ngalolo suku

udumo luka Jakobe lube buthakathaka,

kuzace ukukhuluphala kwenyama yakhe.

₅Kuyakuba njengomvuni ovuna amabele asemi

nengalo yakhe evuna izikhwebu,

kube njengokukha izikhwebu esiGodini samaRefa.

₆Kepha umkhothozo uyakusala khona njengokushaywa kweminqumo:

izithelo ezimbili noma ezintathu enhlokweni phezulu,

ezine noma eziyisihlanu emagatsheni omuthi,”

usho uJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli.

₇Ngalolo suku abantu bayakumbheka uMenzi wabo,

namehlo abo ayakumbuka oNgcwele ka-Israyeli.

₈Abayikubheka ama-altare abo,

umsebenzi wezandla zabo,

bangabuki okwenziwe yiminwe yabo,

o-Ashera* nama-altare empepho.

₁₀Ngokuba ukhohliwe uNkulunkulu wokusindiswa kwakho,

awukhumbulanga idwala lamandla akho;

ngalokho noma utshala izithombo ezimnandi,

uhlwanyele amahlumela angaziwayo,

₁₁ngosuku lokutshala kwakho,

lapho ubiyela,

nangokusa kokuhlwanyela kwakho,

lapho wenza ukuba kuqhakaze,

ukuvuna kuyakubaleka ngosuku losizi

nolobuhlungu obungenakupholiswa.

₁₂Wo kukho ukuhlokoma kwezizwe eziningi

ezihlokoma njengokuhlokoma kwezilwandle,

nomsindo wokuxokozela kwabezizwe

abaxokozela njengokuxokozela kwamanzi amaningi.

₁₃Izizwe ziyaxokozela njengokuxokozela kwamanzi amaningi,

kodwa uyakuzisola, zibalekele kude,

zixoshwe njengamakhoba asezintabeni phambi komoya,

nothuli olushwilayo phambi kwesiphepho.

₁₄Ngesikhathi sokuhlwa, bheka, yingebhe;

kungakasi azisekho.

Yilesi esiyisabelo sabasiphangayo,

nenkatho yabasamukayo.