² Sicinga ngaloo ngongoma, sinokuyiqonda intsingiselo yoko kwachazwa ngumprofeti uIsaya. Wathi: “Khangela! ubumnyama buya kuwugubungela umhlaba, nesithokothoko amaqela eentlanga.” (Isaya 60:2) Kakade ke, oku akubhekiseli kubumnyama bokoqobo. UIsaya wayengathethi kuthi ngenye imini ilanga, inyanga neenkwenkwezi zaziya kuyeka ukukhanyisa. (INdumiso 89:36, 37; 136:7-9) Kunoko, wayethetha ngobumnyama bokomoya. Kodwa ubumnyama bokomoya buyabulala. Ekuhambeni kwexesha, asinakuphila ngaphandle kokukhanya kokomoya kanye njengoko singenakuphila ngaphandle kokukhanya kokoqobo.—Luka 1:79.

 3. Ngokuphathelele amazwi kaIsaya, yintoni efanele yenziwe ngamaKristu?

³ Ngenxa yoku, kuyinto exhalabisayo ukuphawula ukuba amazwi kaIsaya, nangona azaliseka kuYuda wamandulo, anenzaliseko enkudlwana namhlanje. Ewe, kulo mhla wethu ihlabathi ligutyungelwe bubumnyama bokomoya. Kuloo meko iyingozi ngolo hlobo, ukukhanya kokomoya kubaluleke gqitha. Kungenxa yoko le nto amaKristu efanele anikele ingqalelo kwisibongozo sikaYesu esithi: “Malukhanye ngokunjalo ukhanyiselo lwenu phambi kwabantu.” (Mateyu 5:16) AmaKristu athembekileyo anokukhanyisa kubumnyama obugubungele abo balulamileyo, ngaloo ndlela ebanika ithuba lokuzuza ubomi.—Yohane 8:12.

 4. Azaliseka nini okwesihlandlo sokuqala amazwi esiprofeto sikaIsaya, kodwa yiyiphi imeko eyayisele ikho ngomhla wakhe?

⁴ Amazwi kaIsaya xa wayethetha ngobumnyama obugubungele umhlaba azaliseka okokuqala xa uYuda washiywa eyinkangala nabantu bakhe bethinjiwe eBhabhiloni. Noko ke, kwanangaphambi koko, ngomhla kaIsaya inkoliso yolo hlanga yayisele igutyungelwe bubumnyama bokomoya, sibakala eso esamshukumisela ukuba abongoze abantu bakowabo esithi: “Owu bantu bendlu kaYakobi, yizani size sihambe ekukhanyeni kukaYehova”!—Isaya 2:5; 5:20.