Isaiah 25
1 Jehovah, thou art my God: I will exalt thee; I will celebrate thy name, for thou hast done wonderful things; counsels of old [which are] faithfulness [and] truth.
Nkosi unguNkulunkulu wami; ngizakuphakamisa, ngidumise ibizo lakho; ngoba wenzile okumangalisayo; amacebo akho endulo aluthembeko leqiniso.
2 For thou hast made of the city a heap, of the fortified town a ruin, the palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built up.
Ngoba wenzile umuzi waba yinqwaba; umuzi obiyelweyo ube lunxiwa; isigodlo sabezizwe singabi ngumuzi; kasiyikwakhiwa kuze kube nininini.
3 Therefore shall the mighty people glorify thee, the city of terrible nations shall fear thee.
Ngenxa yalokho abantu abalamandla bazakudumisa; umuzi wezizwe ezilesihluku uzakwesaba.
4 For thou hast been a fortress to the poor, a fortress for the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat: for the blast of the terrible ones [has been] as the storm [against] a wall.
Ngoba ubungamandla kumyanga, amandla kosweleyo ekuhluphekeni kwakhe, isiphephelo kuzulu lesiphepho, umthunzi ekutshiseni, lapho ukuvuthela kwabalolunya kunjengezulu lesiphepho emdulini.
5 Thou hast subdued the tumult of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; [as] the heat, by the shadow of a cloud, [so] the song of the terrible ones is brought low.
Uzakwehlisa umsindo wabezizwe njengokutshisa endaweni eyomileyo; ukutshisa emthunzini weyezi; ingoma yabalolunya izathotshiswa.
6 And in this mountain will Jehovah of hosts make unto all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
Lakulintaba iNkosi yamabandla izakwenzela abantu bonke idili lezinto ezinonileyo, idili lamawayini alenzece, lezinto ezinonileyo zigcwele umnkantsho, lamawayini alenzece acengekileyo.
7 And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the veil which veileth all the peoples, and the covering that is spread over all the nations.
Izaginya kulintaba ubuso besembeso esembese bonke abantu, lesigubuzelo eselukiweyo phezu kwezizwe zonke.
8 He will swallow up death in victory. And the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken.
Izaginya ukufa ekunqobeni, leNkosi uJehova izakwesula inyembezi izisuse ebusweni bonke, isuse lehlazo labantu bayo emhlabeni wonke; ngoba iNkosi ikhulumile.
9 And it shall be said in that day, Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is Jehovah, we have waited for him; we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
Kuzakuthiwa-ke ngalolosuku: Khangela, lo nguNkulunkulu wethu; silindele kuye, njalo uzasisindisa; le yiNkosi; siyilindele, sizathaba, sithokoze kusindiso lwayo.
10 For in this mountain shall the hand of Jehovah rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, as straw is trodden down in the dunghill;
Ngoba isandla seNkosi sizaphumula kulintaba, loMowabi uzanyathelelwa phansi kwayo, njengamahlanga abuthelelweyo enyathelelwa enqunjini yomquba.
11 and he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth them forth to swim; and he shall bring down their pride together with the plots of their hands.
Njalo izakwelula izandla zayo phakathi kwakhe njengontshezayo ezelula ukuze antsheze; njalo izathobisa ukuzigqaja kwakhe kanye lokucathamela kwezandla zakhe.
12 And the fortress of the high defences of thy walls will he bring down, lay low, bring to the ground, into the dust.
Lenqaba ephakemeyo yemiduli yakho izayidilizela phansi, iyehlisele phansi, iyifikise emhlabathini, ethulini.
