U-Isaya 32

1 Khangelani, inkosi izabusa ngokulunga lababusi bazabusa ngemfanelo.

look! to/for righteousness to reign king and to/for ruler to/for justice to rule

2 Umuntu ngamunye uzakuba njengesihonqo sokuvikela umoya, lesiphephelo sokucatshela isiphepho, njengezihotsha zamanzi enkangala njengomthunzi wedwala elikhulu elizweni elomileyo.

and to be man: anyone like/as hiding-place spirit: breath and secrecy storm like/as stream water in/on/with dryness like/as shadow crag heavy in/on/with land: country/planet faint

3 Lapho-ke amehlo alabo ababonayo kawasayikuvaleka, lezindlebe zalabo abezwayo zizalalela.

and not to gaze eye to see: see and ear to hear: hear to listen

4 Ingqondo yowalazelayo izakwazi, iqedisise, ogagasayo ulimi lwakhe luzatshwaphuluka luzwakale kuhle.

and heart to hasten to understand to/for knowledge and tongue stammerer to hasten to/for to speak: speak dazzling

5 Isithutha kasisayikuthiwa ngumhlonitshwa, lesigangi kasiyikuhlonitshwa.

not to call: call by still to/for foolish noble and to/for rogue not to say rich

6 Ngoba isithutha sikhuluma ubuwula, ingqondo yaso isebenza ububi: Senza imisebenzi yenkohlakalo, siqambe amanga ngoThixo; abalambayo kasibaniki lutho, abomileyo sibancitsha amanzi okunatha.

for foolish folly to speak: speak and heart his to make: do evil: wickedness to/for to make: do profaneness and to/for to speak: speak to(wards) LORD error to/for to empty soul: appetite hungry and irrigation thirsty to lack

7 Izindlela zesigangi zimbi, senza amacebo amabi ukuba sichithe abayanga ngamanga, lanxa isikhalazo sabaswelayo siqotho.

and rogue article/utensil his bad: evil he/she/it wickedness to advise to/for to destroy (afflicted *Q(K)*) in/on/with word deception and in/on/with to speak: speak needy justice

8 Kodwa umuntu ohloniphekayo wenza amacebo ahloniphekayo, njalo uma ngezenzo ezihloniphekayo.

and noble noble to advise and he/she/it upon noble to arise: establish

9 Lina besifazane elingakhathazeki ngalutho, vukani lilalele kimi; lina madodakazi elizizwa livikelekile, lalelani engikutshoyo!

woman secure to arise: rise to hear: hear voice my daughter to trust to listen word my

10 Ngesikhatshana nje esedlula umnyaka lina elizizwa livikelekile lizathuthumela; ukuvunwa kwevini akuyikuphumelela, lokuvunwa kwezithelo akuyikuba khona.

day upon year to tremble to trust for to end: expend vintage gathering without to come (in): come

11 Thuthumelani lina madodakazi azizwa evikelekile; qhaqhazelani lina madodakazi azizwa evikelekile! Khululani izigqoko zenu, lithandele inkalo zenu ngamasaka.

to tremble secure to tremble to trust to strip and to strip and to gird upon loin

12 Zitshayeni izifuba zenu ngenxa yamasimu amahle, langenxa yezivini ezithela izithelo,

upon breast to mourn upon land: country delight upon vine be fruitful

13 langenxa yelizwe labantu bami, ilizwe eligcwele ukhula lameva, yebo, lilelani zonke izindlu zenjabulo ledolobho lokuzitika lentokozo.

upon land: soil people my thorn thorn to ascend: rise for upon all house: household rejoicing town jubilant

14 Inqaba enkulu izatshiswa, idolobho elilomsindo lizatshiywa; inqaba lomphotshongo wokulinda kuzakuba ngumhlabathi ongatheli lutho kokuphela, kube yintokozo yabobabhemi lamadlelo emihlambi,

for citadel: palace to leave crowd city to leave: forsake hill and watchtower to be about/through/for cave till forever: enduring rejoicing wild donkey pasture flock

15 umoya uze uthelwe phezu kwethu uvela phezulu, inkangala ibe ngumhlaba ovundileyo, umhlaba ovundileyo ube njengenhlabathi.

till to uncover upon us spirit from height and to be wilderness to/for plantation (and [the] plantation *Q(K)*) to/for wood to devise: think

16 Ukwahlulela kuhle kukaThixo kuzakuba khona enkangala, ukulunga kube khona emhlabeni ovundileyo.

and to dwell in/on/with wilderness justice and righteousness in/on/with plantation to dwell

17 Izithelo zokulunga zizakuba yikuthula; okufaneleyo kuzaletha ukuthula zwi lethemba kuze kube nininini.

and to be deed [the] righteousness peace and service: work [the] righteousness to quiet and security till forever: enduring

18 Abantu bami bazahlala ezindaweni ezilokuthula, emakhaya avikelekileyo, ezindaweni zokuphumula ezingelahlupho.

and to dwell people my in/on/with pasture peace and in/on/with tabernacle confidence and in/on/with resting secure

19 Lanxa isiqhotho sitshabalalisa ihlathi ledolobho lidilizwe laphela nya,

and to hail in/on/with to go down [the] wood and in/on/with humiliation to abase [the] city

20 yeka ukubusiswa elizakuba yikho, lihlanyela inhlanyelo yenu emaceleni ezifula zonke, njalo liyekela inkomo zenu labobabhemi benu ukuba kusabalale.

blessed you to sow upon all water to send: let go foot [the] cattle and [the] donkey