U-Isaya 43

₁Kepha manje usho kanje uJehova

owakudalayo wena Jakobe,

nowakubumba wena Israyeli, uthi:

“Ungesabi ngokuba ngikuhlengile,

ngikubizile ngegama lakho;

ungowami.

₂Lapho udabula emanzini,

mina nginawe;

nasemifuleni, ayiyikukukhukhula;

lapho uhamba emlilweni, awuyikusha,

nelangabi aliyikukushisa.

₃Ngokuba nginguJehova uNkulunkulu wakho,

oNgcwele ka-Israyeli,

uMsindisi wakho;

ngiyanika iGibithe libe yihlawulo lakho,

iKushe neSheba esikhundleni sakho.

₄Ngenxa yokuba ubuyigugu emehlweni ami,

futhi ubudumile, uthandekile kimi,

ngiyakunika abantu esikhundleni sakho,

nezizwe esikhundleni sokuphila kwakho.

₅Ungesabi, ngokuba nginawe;

ngiyakuyiletha inzalo yakho iphume empumalanga,

ngikubuthe nasentshonalanga.

₆Ngiyakusho kuyo inyakatho,

ngithi: ‘Balethe,’

nakuyo iningizimu: ‘Ungabagodli.’

Lethani amadodana ami akude,

namadodakazi ami

ukuba aphume emikhawulweni yomhlaba,

₇onke abizwe ngegama lami,

nengiwadalele inkazimulo yami,

engiwabumbile nengiwenzile.”

₈Lethani abantu abayizimpumputhe abanamehlo

nezithulu ezinezindlebe.

₉Izizwe zonke mazibuthelwe ndawonye,

abantu bonke babuthane;

ngubani phakathi kwabo ongamemezela lokhu,

asizwise izinto zakuqala;

mabalethe ofakazi babo ukuba balungisiswe,

bezwe, bathi: “Kuyiqiniso.”

₁₀“Ningofakazi bami,” usho uJehova,

“nenceku yami engiyikhethileyo

ukuba nazi, ningethembe,

niqonde ukuthi nginguye;

ngaphambi kwami akwenziwanga uNkulunkulu,

nangasemva kwami akayikuba khona.

₁₁Mina, mina nginguJehova,

ngaphandle kwami akakho umsindisi.

₁₂Ngimemezele, ngisindisile, ngizwisile,

kungakabikho unkulunkulu wabezizwe phakathi kwenu;

yebo, ningofakazi bami,” usho uJehova,

“mina nginguNkulunkulu.

₁₃Yebo, kwasendulo nginguye;

akakho ongophula esandleni sami;

lapho ngisebenza,

ngubani ongakuvimbela na?”

₁₄Usho kanje uJehova, uMhlengi wenu,

oNgcwele ka-Israyeli, uthi:

“Ngenxa yenu ngithumele eBabele,

ngiyakwehlisa bonke njengababaleki,

namaKaledi ngemikhumbi yokujabula kwawo.

₁₅NginguJehova oNgcwele wenu,

uMdali ka-Israyeli, iNkosi yenu.”

₁₆Usho kanje uJehova owenza indlela elwandle,

nomkhondo emanzini anamandla,

₁₇okhipha izinqola namahhashi,

impi namandla;

kuyalala kanyekanye, akusenakuvuka;

kucishile, kucinyiwe njengomongo.

₁₈“Ningakhumbuli izinto zakuqala,

ningazindli ngezindaba zasendulo.

₁₉Bhekani, ngiyakwenza okusha;

kuyakuqhamuka manje,

angithi niyakwazi na?

Yebo, ngiyakwenza indlela ehlane

nemifula kwahlongasibi.

₂₀Izilwane zasendle ziyakungidumisa,

amakhanka nezintshe,

ngokuba ngiveza amanzi ehlane

nemifula kwahlongasibi

ukuphuzisa abantu bami abakhethiweyo,

₂₁laba bantu engizenzele bona

ukuba bashumayele udumo lwami.

₂₂“Kepha awungibizanga, Jakobe,

ngokuba wadinwa yimi, Israyeli.

₂₃Awulethanga kimi izimvu zakho zomnikelo wokushiswa,

awungidumisanga ngemihlatshelo yakho;

angikukhonzisanga ngeminikelo,

angikudinisanga ngenhlaka.

₂₄Awungithengelanga umhlanga othaphukayo ngemali,

awungisuthisanga ngamanoni emihlatshelo yakho,

kepha ungisebenzisile ngezono zakho,

ungidinisile ngobubi bakho.

₂₅“Mina, mina nginguye

owesula iziphambeko zakho ngenxa yami;

angiyikukhumbula izono zakho.

₂₆Ngikhumbuze, masahlulelane;

yisho wena ukuba ulungisiwe.

₂₇Uyihlo wokuqala wona,

abahumushi bakho bangihlubukile.

₂₈Ngidumazile izikhulu zendlu engcwele,

ngimenzile uJakobe abe yisiqalekiso,

no-Israyeli abe yisithuko.