< Isaiah 47 >

1 to go down and to dwell upon dust virgin daughter Babylon to dwell to/for land: soil nothing throne daughter Chaldea for not to add: again to call: call by to/for you tender and dainty
“Yehla uhlale othulini Ndodakazi emsulwa yaseBhabhiloni, hlala emhlabathini ungelasihlalo sobukhosi, ndodakazi yamaBhabhiloni. Akusayikuthiwa ubuthakathaka loba kuthiwe uthambile.
2 to take: take millstone and to grind flour to reveal: uncover veil your to strip skirt to reveal: uncover leg to pass river
Thatha amatshe okuchola uchole impuphu; ukhuphe isimbombozo sakho. Phakamisa izidwaba zakho, uveze imilenze yakho, ugxabhaze udabule ezifuleni.
3 to reveal: uncover nakedness your also to see: see reproach your vengeance to take: take and not to fall on man
Ubunqunu bakho buzavezwa, ihlazo lakho lambuleke. Ngizaphindisela, kakho engizamyekela.”
4 to redeem: redeem our LORD Hosts name his holy Israel
Umhlengi wethu uThixo uSomandla libizo lakhe ungoNgcwele ka-Israyeli.
5 to dwell silence and to come (in): come in/on/with darkness daughter Chaldea for not to add: again to call: call by to/for you lady kingdom
“Hlala ngokuthula, yana emnyameni, ndodakazi yamaKhaladiya; awuyikubizwa ngokuthi ndlovukazi yemibuso futhi.
6 be angry upon people my to profane/begin: profane inheritance my and to give: give them in/on/with hand: power your not to set: make to/for them compassion upon old to honor: heavy yoke your much
Ngabathukuthelela abantu bami, ngangcolisa ilifa lami, ngabanikela ezandleni zakho, kawaze waba lesihawu kubo. Lasebeluphele, wabethesa ijogwe elinzima.
7 and to say to/for forever: enduring to be lady till not to set: put these upon heart your not to remember end her
Wathi, ‘Ngizaqhubeka kokuphela ngiyindlovukazi nini lanini.’ Kodwa kawuzinakanga lezizinto, kumbe unakane ngokungenzakala.
8 and now to hear: hear this voluptuous [the] to dwell to/for security [the] to say in/on/with heart her I and end I still not to dwell widow and not to know bereavement
Khathesi-ke lalela, wena sidalwa esingazibekanga, wena ocambaleleyo uvikelekile usithi ngenhliziyo yakho, ‘Mina yimi, njalo kakho omunye ngaphandle kwami, angisoze ngaba ngumfelokazi kumbe ngifelwe ngabantwana.’
9 and to come (in): come to/for you two these moment in/on/with day one bereavement and widower like/as integrity their to come (in): come upon you in/on/with abundance sorcery your in/on/with strength spell your much
Kodwa lokhu kokubili kuzakwehlela ngokuphangisa, ngasuku lunye ukufelwa ngabantwana lobufelokazi. Lokhu kuzakwehlela phezu kwakho ngokugcweleyo, bungakhathelekile ubuthakathi bakho layo yonke imilingo yakho elamandla.
10 and to trust in/on/with distress: evil your to say nothing to see: see me wisdom your and knowledge your he/she/it to return: turn back you and to say in/on/with heart your I and end I still
Wethembele ebubini bakho, njalo watsho wathi, ‘Kakho ongibonayo.’ Inhlakanipho yakho lolwazi lwakho kuyakukhohlisa lapho usithi kuwe, ‘Mina yimi, njalo kakho omunye ngaphandle kwami.’
11 and to come (in): come upon you distress: evil not to know dawn her and to fall: fall upon you misfortune not be able to atone her and to come (in): come upon you suddenly devastation not to know
Incithakalo izakwehlela phezu kwakho, njalo awuyikwazi ukuyivikela ngemilingo. Umonakalo uzakwehlela phezu kwakho, ongeke uwuvimbe ngenhlawulo, lengozi ongeke uyikhumbulele izakujuma.
12 to stand: stand please in/on/with spell your and in/on/with abundance sorcery your in/on/with in which be weary/toil from youth your perhaps be able to gain perhaps to tremble
Qhubeka-ke ngemilingo yakho, langobuthakathi bakho obunengi okusebenza kusukela ebantwaneni bakho. Mhlawumbe uzaphumelela, kumbe njalo wenze kube lokwesaba.
13 be weary in/on/with abundance counsel your to stand: stand please and to save you (to divide *Q(K)*) heaven [the] to see in/on/with star to know to/for month: new moon from whence to come (in): come upon you
Zonke izeluleko owazitholayo zikucobile. Izazi zezinkanyezi kazisondele, labahloli bezinkanyezi ababika ngokuzakwenzakala inyanga ngenyanga. Kabakuhlenge kulokhu okuzakwehlela.
14 behold to be like/as stubble fire to burn them not to rescue [obj] soul: myself their from hand: power flame nothing coal to/for to warm them flame to/for to dwell before him
Impela banjengamahlanga; umlilo uzabatshisa futhi bangeke bazihlenga emandleni amalangabi. Lapha akulamalahle okothiwa ngumuntu; lapha akulamlilo wokotha.
15 so to be to/for you which be weary/toil to trade your from youth your man: anyone to/for side: beyond his to go astray nothing to save you
Lokho yikho abangakwenzela khona labo owasebenza labo, uthengiselana labo kusukela ebuntwaneni. Omunye lomunye wabo uyaqhubeka ngesiphosiso sakhe; kakho ongakusindisa.”

< Isaiah 47 >