Esaia
7 Mehleng ea Akaze+ morena oa Juda, mora oa Jothame, mora oa Uzia, Morena Rezine oa Siria le Peka+ mora oa Remalia morena oa Iseraele, ba hlasela Jerusalema empa ha baa ka ba* khona ho e hapa.+ 2 Ha tlaleheloa ba ntlo ea Davida ha thoe: “Siria e ikopantse le Efraime.”
Pelo ea Akaze le lipelo tsa batho ba hae tsa thothomela joaloka lifate tsa moru tse tsukutloang ke moea.
3 Jehova a re ho Esaia: “Ke kopa uena le mora oa hao Sheare-jashube*+ le tsamaee le khahlanyetse Akaze qetellong ea kotopo ea letamo le ka holimo,+ pel’a tsela e kholo e eang moo motho ea hlatsoang a sebetsang teng. 4 U tle u re ho eena: ‘Khoba matšoafo. U se ke oa tšoha ’me u se ke oa nyahamisoa pelo ke bohale bo tukang ba Rezine morena oa Siria le mora oa Remalia.+ Ba tšoana le litompo tse peli tsa patsi tse tukelang fatše. 5 Siria le Efraime le mora oa Remalia ba rerile ho u ntša kotsi, ba re: 6 “A re futuheleng Juda, re e harasoanye,* re ikhapele eona* ’me re etse mora oa Tabiele morena oa eona.”+
7 Jehova ’Musi oa Lintho Tsohle o re:
“Morero oa bona o ke ke oa atleha
Kapa oa phethahala.
8 Motse-moholo oa Siria ke Damaseka
’Me morena oa Damaseka ke Rezine.
Pele ho feta lilemo tse 65,
Efraime e tla senngoa e fele ’me e ke ke ea hlola e e-ba sechaba.+
Ntle le hore le be le tumelo e matla,
Le ke ke la sireletseha.”’”
10 Jehova a boela a bua le Akaze a re: 11 “Kopa pontšo ho Jehova Molimo oa hao.+ E ka ba e tebileng joaloka Lebitla* kapa ea phahama joaloka leholimo.” 12 Empa Akaze a re: “Nke ke ka e kopa ebile nke ke ka leka Jehova.”
13 Eaba Esaia o re: “Ka kopo, mamelang lona ba ntlo ea Davida. Na le utloa ho sa lekana hore le leke mamello ea batho? Na le boetse le batla ho leka mamello ea Molimo?+ 14 Jehova o tla le fa pontšo ena: Moroetsana o tla ima, a tsoale mora+ ’me a mo rehe Emanuele.*+ 15 Nakong eo a khonang ho hana bobe le ho khetha ho lokileng, o tla be a se a ntse a ja botoro le mahe a linotši. 16 Le pele moshanyana eo a khona ho hana bobe le ho khetha se lokileng, naha ea marena a mabeli ao le a tšabang e tla be e se na baahi.+ 17 Jehova o tla bakela uena, batho ba hao le ba ntlo ea ntate oa hao mahlomola a e-s’o ka a e-ba teng ho tloha mohla Efraime a arohanang le Juda+ hobane o tla tlisa morena oa Asiria.+
18 Ka letsatsi leo, Jehova o tla letsa mololi ho bitsa lintsintsi tse melatsoaneng e hole ea Nile e Egepeta le linotši tse naheng ea Asiria. 19 Li tla tla kaofela ’me li lule mapatsong a mafika, holim’a likhohlo* tse tebileng, holim’a lihlahla tsohle tsa meutloa le holim’a libaka tsohle tseo liphoofolo li noellang ho tsona.
20 Letsatsing leo, Jehova o tla le beola lihlooho le mohoete o maotong, a be a kute le litelu tsa lona ka lehare le hiriloeng le tsoang sebakeng sa Noka* e leng morena oa Asiria.+
21 Letsatsing leo, motho o tla boloka khomo e nyenyane mohlapeng le linku tse peli li phela. 22 Ka lebaka la bongata ba lebese, o tla ja botoro hobane e mong le e mong ea setseng ka har’a naha o tla ja botoro le mahe a linotši.
23 Letsatsing leo, moo ho neng ho e-na le lifate tsa morara tse 1 000 tse rekoang ka likotoana tsa silevera tse 1 000, ho tla ba le lihlabahlabane le litlama-tlama feela. 24 Banna ba tla ea moo ka metsu le liqha hobane naha eohle e tla fetoha lihlahla tsa meutloa le litlama-tlama. 25 Lithaba tsohle tse neng li hlaoloa ka mohoma, u ke ke oa li atamela ka lebaka la ho tšaba lihlaba-hlabane le litlama-tlama. E tla ba libaka tseo lipoho li fulelang ho tsona le libaka tse hatakeloang ke linku.”