U-Isaya 20

₁Ngomnyaka wokufika kukaTharithani e-Ashidodi, ethunywe nguSarigoni, inkosi yase-Asiriya, walwa ne-Ashidodi, walithatha, ₂ngaleso sikhathi uJehova wakhuluma ngesandla sika-Isaya indodana ka-Amose, wathi: “Hamba uthukulule indwangu yamasaka okhalweni lwakho, ukhumule izicathulo zakho ezinyaweni zakho.” Wenze njalo, wahamba ze, akafakanga nazicathulo.

₃UJehova wathi: “Njengalokhu inceku yami u-Isaya isihambe ze ingafakile nazicathulo iminyaka emithathu, iyisibonakaliso nesimangaliso eGibithe naseKushe, ₄kanjalo inkosi yase-Asiriya iyakumukisa abathunjwa baseGibithe nabaxoshiweyo baseKushe, abasha nabadala, behamba ze, bengafakile nazicathulo, izinqe zabo zihlubuliwe, kube yihlazo laseGibithe. ₅Bayakuphela amandla, babe namahloni ngeKushe ithemba labo nangeGibithe udumo lwabo. ₆Abakhileyo kuleli elingasogwini bayakuthi ngalolo suku: ‘Bheka, linjalo ithemba lethu esabalekela kulo ukuba sisizwe, sophulwe enkosini yase-Asiriya; pho-ke, thina siyakuphunyuka kanjani na?’ ”