Isaiah 44
1 and now to hear: hear Jacob servant/slave my and Israel to choose in/on/with him
“Kodwa khathesi lalela, wena Jakhobe, nceku yami, Israyeli, engikukhethileyo.
2 thus to say LORD to make you and to form: formed you from belly: womb to help you not to fear servant/slave my Jacob and Jeshurun to choose in/on/with him
Nanku akutshoyo uThixo, yena owakwenzayo, owakubumba esiswini, njalo yena ozakusiza, uthi: Ungesabi, wena Jakhobe, nceku yami, Jeshuruni engikukhethileyo.
3 for to pour: pour water upon thirsty and to flow upon dry land to pour: pour spirit my upon seed: children your and blessing my upon offspring your
Ngoba ngizathela amanzi elizweni elomileyo, lezifula emhlabathini owomileyo. Ngizathela uMoya wami phezu kwenzalo yakho lezibusiso zami phezu kwezizukulwane zakho.
4 and to spring in/on/with between: among grass like/as willow upon stream water
Zizahluma njengotshani emadlelweni, lanjengeminyezane ezifuleni ezigelezayo.
5 this to say to/for LORD I and this to call: call to in/on/with name Jacob and this to write hand his to/for LORD and in/on/with name Israel to flatter
Omunye uzakuthi, ‘Mina ngingokaThixo’; lomunye azibize ngebizo likaJakhobe; omunye laye uzaloba esandleni sakhe ukuthi, ‘OkaThixo,’ azinike ibizo lika-Israyeli.”
6 thus to say LORD king Israel and to redeem: redeem his LORD Hosts I first and I last and from beside me nothing God
“Nanku akutshoyo uThixo, iNkosi loMhlengi ka-Israyeli, uThixo uSomandla: Mina ngingowokuqala njalo ngingowokucina; ngaphandle kwami kakho uNkulunkulu.
7 and who? like me to call: call out and to tell her and to arrange her to/for me from to set: appoint I people forever: antiquity and to come and which to come (in): come to tell to/for them
Pho ngubani onjengami? Kakumemezele lokho. Katsho, achaze phambi kwami okwenzakalayo kusukela ekubekeni kwami abantu bami bendulo; akutsho lokuzakwenzakala; yebo, kakuqambe okuzayo.
8 not to dread and not to fear not from the past to hear: proclaim you and to tell and you(m. p.) witness my there god from beside me and nothing rock not to know
Lingaqhaqhazeli, lingesabi. Lokhu angikutshongo ngabika ngakho kudala na? Lina lingofakazi bami. Kulomunye uNkulunkulu ngaphandle kwami na? Hatshi, kalikho elinye iDwala; kalikho engilaziyo.”
9 to form: formed idol all their formlessness and to desire their not to gain and witness their they(masc.) not to see: see and not to know because be ashamed
Bonke abenza izithombe kabasilutho, lezinto abaziqakathekisayo ziyize. Labo abangabakhulumela bayiziphofu, kabazi lutho, kulihlazo kubo.
10 who? to form: formed god and idol to pour to/for lest to gain
Ngubani obaza unkulunkulu abumbe isithombe, okungeke kumsize ngalutho?
11 look! all companion his be ashamed and artificer they(masc.) from man to gather all their to stand: stand to dread be ashamed unitedness
Yena labanjengaye bazayangiswa; izingcitshi kazisilutho, ngabantu nje. Kaziqoqane zonke zime ndawonye; bazakuba lokwesaba kanye lehlazo.
12 artificer iron axe and to work in/on/with coal and in/on/with hammer to form: formed him and to work him in/on/with arm strength his also be hungry and nothing strength not to drink water and to faint
Umkhandi uthatha insimbi ayifake emalahleni; enze isithombe ngezando, asikhande ngengalo yakhe elamandla. Uyalamba aphelelwe ngamandla. Anganathi manzi, amandla aphele.
13 artificer tree: carpenter to stretch line to delimit him in/on/with stylus to make him in/on/with plane and in/on/with compass to delimit him and to make him like/as pattern man like/as beauty man to/for to dwell house: temple
Umbazi welula intambo yokulinganisa asidwebe ngosungulo, asibaze ngetshizela, asidwebe ngensimbi ecijileyo, abaze umfanekiso womuntu, umuntu olobuhle bonke, ukuba sihlale endlini yokukhonzela.
14 to/for to cut: cut to/for him cedar and to take: take cypress and oak and to strengthen to/for him in/on/with tree wood to plant fir and rain to magnify
Ugamula isihlahla somsedari, loba athathe umsayiphresi kumbe umʼOkhi. Uyasikhulisa phakathi kwezihlahla zegusu, kumbe ahlanyele iphayini, izulu lisikhulise.
15 and to be to/for man to/for to burn: burn and to take: take from them and to warm also to kindle and to bake food: bread also to work god and to bow to make him idol and to prostrate to/for them
Lapho-ke siba zinkuni zomuntu zokubasa; okunye kwaso uyathatha othe, ubasa umlilo abhekhe izinkwa. Kodwa, njalo, wenza unkulunkulu amkhonze; abaze isithombe asikhothamele.
16 half his to burn in/at/by fire upon half his flesh to eat to roast roasted and to satisfy also to warm and to say Aha! to warm to see: see flame
Ingxenye yezinkuni ubasa ngayo umlilo, apheke ngawo ukudla kwakhe. Ose inyama yakhe adle asuthe. Njalo uyotha umlilo athi, “Ha! Ngiyafudumala; ngiyawubona umlilo.”
17 and remnant his to/for god to make to/for idol his (to prostrate *Q(k)*) to/for to prostrate and to bow and to pray to(wards) him and to say to rescue me for god my you(m. s.)
Ngeziseleyo wenza unkulunkulu, isithombe sakhe; uyasikhothamela, asikhonze. Uyakhuleka kuso athi, “Ngisindisa, ungunkulunkulu wami.”
18 not to know and not to understand for to be smeared from to see: see eye their from be prudent heart their
Kabazi lutho, kabaqedisisi lutho; amehlo abo abhadiwe ukuze bangaboni lezingqondo zabo zivalekile ukuze bangaqedisisi.
19 and not to return: recall to(wards) heart his and not knowledge and not understanding to/for to say half his to burn in/at/by fire and also to bake upon coal his food: bread to roast flesh and to eat and remainder his to/for abomination to make to/for produce tree: wood to prostrate
Kakho oke ame acabange, kakho olokwazi loba ukuzwisisa ukuba athi, “Ingxenye yazo ngabasa ngayo umlilo; ngaze ngabhekha izinkwa emalahleni awo, ngosa inyama ngayidla. Ngokuseleyo ngizakwenza into enengisayo na? Ngizasikhothamela na isigodo nje?”
20 to pasture ashes heart to deceive to stretch him and not to rescue [obj] soul: myself his and not to say not deception in/on/with right my
Udla umlotha, inhliziyo ekhohlisekileyo iyamlahla, angeke azihlenge, kumbe athi, “Into le esesandleni sami sokudla kayisimanga na?”
21 to remember these Jacob and Israel for servant/slave my you(m. s.) to form: formed you servant/slave to/for me you(m. s.) Israel not to forget me
“Khumbula lezizinto, wena Jakhobe, ngoba uyinceku yami, wena Israyeli. Ngakubumba, uyinceku yami; wena Israyeli, angiyikukukhohlwa.
22 to wipe like/as cloud transgression your and like/as cloud sin your to return: return [emph?] to(wards) me for to redeem: redeem you
Ngesule iziphambeko zakho njengeyezi, ngesula izono zakho njengenkungu yekuseni. Buyela kimi, ngoba ngikuhlengile.”
23 to sing heaven for to make: do LORD to shout lower land: country/planet to break out mountain: mount cry wood and all tree in/on/with him for to redeem: redeem LORD Jacob and in/on/with Israel to beautify
Hlabelelani ngentokozo, lina mazulu, ngoba uThixo usekwenzile lokhu; hlaba umkhosi, wena mhlaba ngaphansi. Tshayani ingoma lina zintaba, lina mahlathi lazozonke izihlahla zenu, ngoba uThixo usemhlengile uJakhobe, ubonakalisa udumo lwakhe ko-Israyeli.
24 thus to say LORD to redeem: redeem your and to form: formed you from belly: womb I LORD to make all to stretch heaven to/for alone me to beat [the] land: country/planet (who? from with me *Q(K)*)
“Nanku akutshoyo uThixo, uMhlengi wakho, owakubumbayo esiswini: Mina nginguThixo, owenza izinto zonke, owenza amazulu eyedwa, owendlala umhlaba eyedwa,
25 to break sign: indicator bluster and to divine to be foolish to return: turn back wise back and knowledge their be foolish
ofubisa izibonakaliso zabaphrofethi bamanga, enze izanuse zibe yizithutha, ochitha ulwazi lwezihlakaniphi alwenze lube yibuthutha,
26 to arise: establish word servant/slave his and counsel messenger his to ally [the] to say to/for Jerusalem to dwell and to/for city Judah to build and desolation her to arise: establish
ofeza amazwi ezinceku zakhe aphelelise amacebo ezithunywa zakhe. Athi kulo iJerusalema, ‘Kuzahlalwa kulo,’ ngamadolobho akoJuda athi, ‘Azakwakhiwa.’ Ngamanxiwa awo uthi, ‘Ngizawavusa,’
27 [the] to say to/for deep to dry and river your to wither
athi enzikini yamanzi, ‘Cima, ngizakomisa izifula zakho,’
28 [the] to say to/for Cyrus to pasture my and all pleasure my to complete and to/for to say to/for Jerusalem to build and temple to found
athi ngoKhurosi, ‘Ungumelusi wami, uzafeza konke engikufunayo; uzakuthi ngeJerusalema, “Kalakhiwe futhi,” ngethempeli athi, “Izisekelo zalo kazakhiwe.”’”
