Isaiah 19
1 Isiphrofetho ngeGibhithe. Bheka, uSimakade ugibele efini elisheshayo, uyeza eGibhithe; onkulunkulu baseGibhithe bazothuthumela phambi kwakhe, nezinhliziyo zabaseGibhithe ziphele amandla phakathi kwabo.
2 “Ngizonyakazisa abaseGibhithe bavukelane bodwa, umfowabo alwe nomfowabo, umakhelwane alwe nomakhelwane, umuzi ulwe nomuzi, nombuso ulwe nomunye umbuso.
3 AbaseGibhithe bayokhanywa baphele umoya, ngizowabhuntshisa amacebo abo. Bayofuna, bahlole konkulunkulu mbumbulu, nasemimoyeni yabafileyo, nasemadlozini, nakubathakathi.
4 AbaseGibhithe ngiyobanikela esandleni senkosi enolunya namandla, ibabuse,” kusho uSimakade Wamabandla.
5 Amanzi olwandle ayokusha, umfula wome nkwe.
6 Imifula iyonuka, imifudlana eGibhithe iyoncipha, ishe, kubune umhlanga nebhuma.
7 Kuyoba namaqwaqwasi ngaseNayili, osebeni lweNayili, konke okutshalwe ngaseNayili kuyokoma, kuhlakazwe, kungabe kusaba bikho.
8 Abadoba izinhlanzi bayokhala; bonke abaphonsa izindobo eNayili balile, nabaphonsa amanetha emanzini ayo bayodabuka.
9 Abasebenza ngefilakisi, nabeluka ilineni bayodumala.
10 Abeluki bakhona bayodumala, nabasebenzela ukuhola badabuke ezinhliziyweni.
11 Izikhulu zaseZowani ziyiziwula ngempela, abeluleki abahlakaniphileyo bakaFaro beluleka ubuwula. Ningasho kanjani kuFaro, nithi: “Ngiyindodana yezihlakaniphi, isizukulwane samakhosi asemandulo” na?
12 Pho baphi manje abahlakaniphileyo bakini na? Mabakutshele, bakwazise okucetshwa nguSimakade Wamabandla ngeGibhithe.
13 Izikhulu zaseZowani seziphenduke iziwula, izikhulu zaseNofi ziluthekile. Labo abayizinsika zezizwe zalo balidukisile iGibhithe.
14 USimakade uthelile phakathi kwalo umoya wokudideka, balenze iGibhithe ladiyazela kukho konke elikwenzayo, njengesidakwa sididizela ebuhlanzweni baso.
15 Akukho lutho olungasiza iGibhithe, ngisho ikhanda noma umsila, igatsha lesundu noma umhlanga.
16 Ngalolo lusuku abaseGibhithe bayofana nabesifazane, bathuthumele ngukwesaba, ngenxa yesandla sikaSimakade Wamabandla esimelene nabo.
17 Izwe lakwaJuda liyobafaka ingebhe abaseGibhithe. Bonke okuyokhulunywa kubo ngalo bayongenwa wukwesaba ngenxa yecebo uSimakade Wamabandla alicebile ngalo.
18 Ngalolo lusuku, eGibhithe, kuyoba nemizi emihlanu ekhuluma ulimi lwaseKhanani, eyokwenza isifungo sokwethembeka kuSimakade Wamabandla. Omunye waleyo mizi uyobizwa ngokuthi nguMuzi Wembubhiso.
19 Ngalolo lusuku kuyoba khona i-althare likaSimakade phakathi nezwe eGibhithe, nensika kuSimakade emngceleni walo.
20 Liyokuba yisibonakaliso nobufakazi kuSimakade Wamabandla eGibhithe. Bayokhala kuSimakade ngenxa yabacindezeli; abathumelele umkhululi, abavikele, abakhulule.
21 USimakade uyozibonakalisa kwabaseGibhithe ngalolo lusuku, nabaseGibhithe bayomazi uSimakade, bayakumkhonza ngomhlatshelo nangomnikelo wokushiswa, benze izifungo kuSimakade, bazifeze.
22 USimakade uyolishaya iGibhithe, alishaye abuye aliphilise; bayobuyela kuSimakade, bamnxuse, abaphulukise.
23 Ngalolo lusuku kuyoba khona umgwaqo omkhulu osuka eGibhithe uye e-Asiriya, i-Asiriya liyokuya eGibhithe, neGibhithe liye e-Asiriya, abaseGibhithe bayokhonza nabase-Asiriya.
24 Ngalolo lusuku owakwa-Israyeli uyoba ngowesithathu, ehlangene nabaseGibhithe nabase-Asiriya, babe yisibusiso phakathi komhlaba.
25 USimakade Wamabandla awubusisile, ethi: “Malibusiswe iGibhithe, abantu bami ne-Asiriya, umsebenzi wezandla zami, no-Israyeli ifa lami.”