4, 5. U-Isaya waprofethani ngokuqondene nokuza kukaMesiya, futhi uMathewu wawasebenzisa kanjani amazwi ka-Isaya?

⁴ Kusasele amakhulu eminyaka ngaphambi kwesikhathi sika-Isaya, abanye abalobi beBhayibheli abangamaHeberu bakhomba ekuzeni kukaMesiya, uMholi wangempela uJehova ayezomthumela ku-Israyeli. (Genesise 49:10; Duteronomi 18:18; IHubo 118:22, 26) Manje, ngo-Isaya, uJehova unezela eminye imininingwane. U-Isaya uyabhala: “Kumelwe kuphume ihlumela esiphunzini sikaJese; ezimpandeni zakhe ihlumela liyokhiqiza.” (Isaya 11:1; qhathanisa neHubo 132:11.) Elithi “ihlumela” libonisa ukuthi uMesiya uyoba inzalo kaJese ngendodana yakhe uDavide, eyagcotshwa ngamafutha njengenkosi yakwa-Israyeli. (1 Samuweli 16:13; Jeremiya 23:5; IsAmbulo 22:16) Lapho uMesiya weqiniso efika, leli “hlumela,” elivela endlini kaDavide, liyoveza isithelo esihle.

⁵ UMesiya othenjisiwe nguJesu. Umlobi wevangeli uMathewu wayebhekisela emazwini ka-Isaya 11:1 lapho ethi ukubizwa kukaJesu ngokuthi “umNazaretha” kwakugcwalisa amazwi abaprofethi. Ngenxa yokuthi wakhulela emzini waseNazaretha, uJesu wayebizwa ngokuthi umNazaretha, ngokusobala okuyigama elihlobene nelesiHeberu elisetshenziswe ku-Isaya 11:1 kwelithi “ihlumela.”b—Mathewu 2:23, umbhalo waphansi; Luka 2:39, 40.