U-Isaya 54

₁“Jabula wena nyumba, wena ongazalanga,

uqhumuke ngokuhlabelela,

umemeze wena ongabanga namihelo,

ngokuba abantwana boyisikhwebu baningi

kunabantwana bonendoda,” usho uJehova.

₂“Yenza ibe banzi indawo yetende lakho;

mabazelule izindwangu zamakhaya akho,

ungazibambezeli, welule izintambo zakho,

uziqinise izikhonkwane zakho.

₃Ngokuba uyakusabalala ngakwesokunene nangakwesokhohlo,

nengalo yakho iyakuqeda abezizwe,

yakhe imizi echithekileyo.

₄“Ungesabi, ngokuba awuyikujabha,

ungabi namahloni,

ngokuba awuyikujabhiswa,

ngokuba uyakukhohlwa ihlazo lobusha bakho,

ungabe usawakhumbula amahloni obufelokazi bakho.

₅Ngokuba uMenzi wakho ungumyeni wakho,

nguJehova Sebawoti igama lakhe;

oNgcwele ka-Israyeli unguMhlengi wakho,

uyakubizwa ngokuthi uNkulunkulu womhlaba wonke.

₆Ngokuba uJehova ukubizile

njengomfazi oshiyiweyo nodabukileyo emoyeni;

umfazi wobusha ukhona omalayo na?”

usho uNkulunkulu wakho.

₇“Umzuzwana omncane ngakushiya,

kepha ngobumnene obukhulu ngiyakukubutha.

₈Ngentukuthelo echichimayo

ngabusitheza ubuso bami kuwe isikhashana,

kepha ngomusa ongapheliyo ngiyakukuhawukela,”

usho uJehova uMhlengi wakho.

₉“Ngokuba lokhu kunjengezinsuku zikaNowa kimi,

ngokuba njengalokho ngafunga

ukuthi amanzi kaNowa awayikube esadlula emhlabeni,

kanjalo sengifungile ukuthi angisayikukuthukuthelela,

ngikusole.

₁₀Yebo, izintaba zingamuka, namagquma angasuswa,

kepha umusa wami awuyikumuka kuwe,

nesivumelwano sami sokuthula asiyikususwa,”

usho uJehova okuhawukelayo.

₁₁“Wena ohluphekayo,

ohlukunyeziwe ungaduduzwanga,

bheka, ngiyakufaka amatshe akho abe mahle,

ngizibeke izisekelo zakho ngamasafire.*

₁₂Ngiyakwenza imibhoshongo yakho ngamarubi,*

namasango akho ngekristalo,*

nayo yonke imikhawulo yakho ngamatshe amahle.

₁₃Bonke abantwana bakho

bayakuba ngabafundi bakaJehova,

nokuthula kwabantwana bakho kuyakuba kukhulu.

₁₄Uyakumiswa ngokulunga;

uyakuba kude nokucindezelwa,

ngokuba awuyikwesaba,

nanovalo, ngokuba aluyikusondela kuwe.

₁₅Bheka, uma bebuthana,

kungaphandle kwami,

noma ngubani obuthanela wena,

uyakuwa ngenxa yakho.

₁₆“Bheka, mina ngidalile umkhandi

ofutha umlilo wamalahle,

azikhiphele isikhali somsebenzi wakhe;

mina ngidalile futhi umchithi wokuba abhubhise.

₁₇Asikho isikhali esenzelwa wena esiyakuphumelela,

nalo lonke ulimi olukuvukelayo luyakwahlulelwa;

lokhu kuyifa lezinceku zikaJehova

nokulunga kwazo okuvela kimi, usho uJehova.