Isaya
63 Ngubani na lo uthi gqi ngakwaEdom,+
Lo uvela eBhotsera,+ enxibe iimpahla ezimibalabala,*
Lo unxibe iimpahla ezimbejembeje,
Engqisha ngamandlakazi?
“Ndim lo, Lowo uthetha ngobulungisa,
Lowo unamandla okusindisa angathethekiyo.”
3 “Ndiye ndaxovula ndodwa emkhumbini wewayini.
Akukho mntu wezizwana oye wazokundincedisa.
Ndiqhubekile ke ndizixovula ndinomsindo,
Ndaqhubeka ndizinyathela ndicaphuke kakhulu.+
Iimpahla zam zachatshazelwa ligazi lazo,
Ndiye ndazingcolisa zonke iimpahla zam.
5 Ndakhangela, kodwa kwakungekho mntu wakundinceda;
Kwandimangalisa ukungafumani nomnye umntu ofuna ukundincedisa.
6 Ndazinyathela ndinomsindo izizwana,
Ndazinxilisa ngomsindo wam+
Ndaza ndalichithela phantsi igazi lazo.”
7 Ndiza kuthetha ngemisebenzi kaYehova yothando olungagungqiyo,
Imisebenzi kaYehova efanele ukuzukiswa,
Ngenxa yazo zonke izinto uYehova asenzele zona,+
Izinto ezininzi ezintle azenzele indlu kaSirayeli,
Ezenza ngenceba, nothando lwakhe olungathethekiyo, uthando olungagungqiyo.
8 Kuba uThixo wathi: “Bangabantu bam ngokuqinisekileyo, oonyana abaza kuthembeka kum.”*+
Ngoko ke, waba nguMsindisi wabo.+
9 Wayehlala ekhathazekile xa bekhathazekile.+
Yaye isithunywa sakhe sabasindisa.*+
10 Kodwa bona basuka abamthobela,+ bawenza buhlungu umoya wakhe oyingcwele.+
11 Baza abantu bakhe bakhumbula imihla yakudala,
Imihla yomkhonzi wakhe uMoses, besithi:
“Uphi na Lowo wabanyusa waza wabakhupha elwandle+ nabalusi bomhlambi wakhe?+
Uphi na Lowo wafaka umoya wakhe oyingcwele kuMoses,+
12 Lowo wahambisa ingalo Yakhe ezukileyo nesandla sikaMoses sasekunene,+
Lowo wahlukanisa amanzi phambi kwabo+
Ukuze azenzele igama eliza kukhunjulwa ngonaphakade,+
13 Lowo wabanqumlisa emanzini alwayo,*
Ukuze bangakhubeki,
Njengehashe ethafeni elithe tyaba?*
Andizifumenanga mna.
Nokuba asaziwa nguAbraham
Esenokungasazi noSirayeli,
Wena Thixo wethu Yehova unguTata wethu.
Igama lakho unguMhlawuleli wethu wakudala.+
17 Yehova Thixo wethu, kutheni usiyeka sizishiye iindlela* zakho?
Kutheni uvumela* iintliziyo zethu zibe lukhuni size singakoyiki?+
Buya ngenxa yabakhonzi bakho,
Izizwe ezililifa lakho.+
18 Liye laba lelabantu bakho abangcwele okwethutyana.
Iintshaba zethu ziyinyathele indawo yakho engcwele.+
19 Kangangethuba elide siye safana nje nabantu abangazange balawulwe nguwe,
Njengabantu abangazange babizwe ngegama lakho.