Isaiah 54
1 to sing barren not to beget to break out cry and to cry out not to twist: writh in pain for many son: child be desolate: destroyed from son: child rule: to marry to say LORD
“Hlabela wena mfazi oyinyumba, wena ongazange uzale umntwana; susa ingoma, umemeze ngentokozo, wena ongakaze uhelelwe ngoba abantwana bomfazi olahliweyo banengi kulabalowo olendoda,” kutsho uThixo.
2 to enlarge place tent your and curtain tabernacle your to stretch not to withhold to prolong cord your and peg your to strengthen: strengthen
Qhelisa indawo yethente lakho, yelula amakhetheni ethente lakho abe banzi, ungathikazi, yelula izintambo zakho, uqinise izikhonkwane zakho.
3 for right and left to break through and seed: children your nation to possess: take and city be desolate: destroyed to dwell
Ngoba uzaqhela usiya kwesokudla lesenxele; inzalo yakho izazixotsha izizwe yakhe emadolobheni azo adilikayo.
4 not to fear for not be ashamed and not be humiliated for not be ashamed for shame youth your to forget and reproach widowhood your not to remember still
“Ungesabi, ngoba awuyikwehlelwa lihlazo. Ungesabi ukuyangeka, ngoba awuyikudumazeka. Uzalikhohlwa ihlazo lasebutsheni bakho, ungakhumbuli lesithuko sobufelokazi bakho.
5 for rule: to marry you to make you LORD Hosts name his and to redeem: redeem your holy Israel God all [the] land: country/planet to call: call by
Ngoba uMenzi wakho engumyeni wakho, uThixo uSomandla libizo lakhe oNgcwele ka-Israyeli unguMhlengi wakho; ubizwa ngokuthi nguNkulunkulu womhlaba wonke.
6 for like/as woman: wife to leave: forsake and to hurt spirit to call: call to you LORD and woman: wife youth for to reject to say God your
UThixo uzakubiza njengowesifazane olahliweyo, odabukileyo emoyeni, owesifazane owenda esesemncane, waphanga waliwa,” kutsho uNkulunkulu wakho.
7 in/on/with moment small to leave: forsake you and in/on/with compassion great: large to gather you
“Ngakutshiya okomzuzwana omncane, kodwa ngesihawu esikhulu ngizakubuyisa.
8 in/on/with overflowing wrath to hide face my moment from you and in/on/with kindness forever: enduring to have compassion you to say to redeem: redeem your LORD
Ngomfutho wokuthukuthela, ngakufihlela ubuso bami okomzuzwana, kodwa ngothando olungapheliyo, ngizakuba lesihawu kuwe,” kutsho uThixo uMhlengi wakho.
9 for water Noah this to/for me which to swear from to pass water Noah still upon [the] land: country/planet so to swear from be angry upon you and from to rebuke in/on/with you
“Kimi lokhu kunjengasezinsukwini zikaNowa, lapho engafunga khona ngathi amanzi kaNowa kawayikugcwala umhlaba futhi. Ngakho khathesi sengifungile ngathi angiyikukuthukuthelela futhi; angiyikukusola njalo.
10 for [the] mountain: mount to remove and [the] hill to shake and kindness my from with you not to remove and covenant peace my not to shake to say to have compassion you LORD
Lanxa izintaba zinganyikinyiswa, lamaqaqa asuswe, kodwa uthando lwami olungapheliyo kuwe kaluyikunyikinyiswa, kumbe isivumelwano sami sokuthula sisuswe,” kutsho uThixo olesihawu kuwe.
11 afflicted to rage not to be sorry: comfort behold I to stretch in/on/with color stone your and to found you in/on/with sapphire
Wena dolobho elihluphekileyo, elitshaywa yiziphepho alaze laduduzwa, ngizakwakha ngamatshe amahle, izisekelo zakho ngizakhe ngamasafire.
12 and to set: make ruby sun your and gate your to/for stone carbuncle and all border: boundary your to/for stone pleasure
Izakhiwo zakho zokuvikela ngizazenza ngamarubhi, amasango akho ngiwenze ngamatshe akhazimulayo, yonke imithangala yakho ngiyenze ngamatshe aligugu.
13 and all son: child your disciple LORD and many peace son: child your
Wonke amadodana akho azafundiswa nguThixo, njalo kuzakuba kukhulu ukuthula kwabantwana bakho.
14 in/on/with righteousness to establish: establish to remove from oppression for not to fear and from terror for not to present: come to(wards) you
Uzaqiniswa ngokulunga: uchuku luzakuba khatshana lawe, awuyikwesaba lutho. Ukwesaba kuzasuselwa khatshana, akuyikusondela phansi kwakho.
15 look! to quarrel to quarrel end from [obj] me who? to quarrel with you upon you to fall: fall
Nxa ekhona ozakuhlasela, kobe kungayisimi; loba ngubani okuhlaselayo uzazinikela kuwe.
16 (behold *Q(K)*) I to create artificer to breathe in/on/with fire coal and to come out: produce article/utensil to/for deed: work his and I to create to ruin to/for to destroy
“Khangela, yimi engadala umkhandi wensimbi ovuthela amalahle abe lilangabi, akhande isikhali esilungele umsebenzi waso. Njalo yimi engadala umchithi ukuba enze umonakalo;
17 all article/utensil to form: formed upon you not to prosper and all tongue to arise: attack with you to/for justice: judgement be wicked this inheritance servant/slave LORD and righteousness their from with me utterance LORD
akulasikhali esikhandelwe wena esizaphumelela, njalo bonke abakumangalelayo uzabehlula. Leli yilifa lezinceku zikaThixo, lokhu yikho ukwenaniswa kwazo yimi,” kutsho uThixo.
A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark
