U-Isaya 32
1 Khangelani, inkosi izabusa ngokulunga lababusi bazabusa ngemfanelo.
Lo, for righteousness doth a king reign, As to princes, for judgment they rule.
2 Umuntu ngamunye uzakuba njengesihonqo sokuvikela umoya, lesiphephelo sokucatshela isiphepho, njengezihotsha zamanzi enkangala njengomthunzi wedwala elikhulu elizweni elomileyo.
And each hath been as a hiding-place [from] wind, And as a secret hiding-place [from] inundation, As rivulets of waters in a dry place, As a shadow of a heavy rock in a weary land.
3 Lapho-ke amehlo alabo ababonayo kawasayikuvaleka, lezindlebe zalabo abezwayo zizalalela.
And not dazzled are the eyes of beholders, And the ears of hearers do attend.
4 Ingqondo yowalazelayo izakwazi, iqedisise, ogagasayo ulimi lwakhe luzatshwaphuluka luzwakale kuhle.
And the heart of those hastened Understandeth to know, And the tongue of stammerers hasteth to speak clearly.
5 Isithutha kasisayikuthiwa ngumhlonitshwa, lesigangi kasiyikuhlonitshwa.
A fool is no more called 'noble,' And to a miser it is not said, 'rich;'
6 Ngoba isithutha sikhuluma ubuwula, ingqondo yaso isebenza ububi: Senza imisebenzi yenkohlakalo, siqambe amanga ngoThixo; abalambayo kasibaniki lutho, abomileyo sibancitsha amanzi okunatha.
For a fool speaketh folly, And his heart doth iniquity, to do profanity, And to speak concerning Jehovah error, To empty the soul of the hungry, Yea, drink of the thirsty he causeth to lack.
7 Izindlela zesigangi zimbi, senza amacebo amabi ukuba sichithe abayanga ngamanga, lanxa isikhalazo sabaswelayo siqotho.
And the miser — his instruments [are] evil, He hath counselled wicked devices, To corrupt the poor with lying sayings, Even when the needy speaketh justly.
8 Kodwa umuntu ohloniphekayo wenza amacebo ahloniphekayo, njalo uma ngezenzo ezihloniphekayo.
And the noble counselled noble things, And he for noble things riseth up.
9 Lina besifazane elingakhathazeki ngalutho, vukani lilalele kimi; lina madodakazi elizizwa livikelekile, lalelani engikutshoyo!
Women, easy ones, rise, hear my voice, Daughters, confident ones, give ear [to] my saying,
10 Ngesikhatshana nje esedlula umnyaka lina elizizwa livikelekile lizathuthumela; ukuvunwa kwevini akuyikuphumelela, lokuvunwa kwezithelo akuyikuba khona.
Days and a year ye are troubled, O confident ones, For consumed hath been harvest, The gathering cometh not.
11 Thuthumelani lina madodakazi azizwa evikelekile; qhaqhazelani lina madodakazi azizwa evikelekile! Khululani izigqoko zenu, lithandele inkalo zenu ngamasaka.
Tremble ye women, ye easy ones, Be troubled, ye confident ones, Strip and make bare, with a girdle on the loins,
12 Zitshayeni izifuba zenu ngenxa yamasimu amahle, langenxa yezivini ezithela izithelo,
For breasts they are lamenting, For fields of desire, for the fruitful vine.
13 langenxa yelizwe labantu bami, ilizwe eligcwele ukhula lameva, yebo, lilelani zonke izindlu zenjabulo ledolobho lokuzitika lentokozo.
Over the ground of my people thorn — brier goeth up, Surely over all houses of joy of the exulting city,
14 Inqaba enkulu izatshiswa, idolobho elilomsindo lizatshiywa; inqaba lomphotshongo wokulinda kuzakuba ngumhlabathi ongatheli lutho kokuphela, kube yintokozo yabobabhemi lamadlelo emihlambi,
Surely the palace hath been left, The multitude of the city forsaken, Fort and watch-tower hath been for dens unto the age, A joy of wild asses — a pasture of herds;
15 umoya uze uthelwe phezu kwethu uvela phezulu, inkangala ibe ngumhlaba ovundileyo, umhlaba ovundileyo ube njengenhlabathi.
Till emptied out on us is the Spirit from on high, And a wilderness hath become a fruitful field, And the fruitful field for a forest is reckoned.
16 Ukwahlulela kuhle kukaThixo kuzakuba khona enkangala, ukulunga kube khona emhlabeni ovundileyo.
And dwelt in the wilderness hath judgment, And righteousness in the fruitful field remaineth.
17 Izithelo zokulunga zizakuba yikuthula; okufaneleyo kuzaletha ukuthula zwi lethemba kuze kube nininini.
And a work of the righteousness hath been peace, And a service of the righteousness — Keeping quiet and confidence unto the age.
18 Abantu bami bazahlala ezindaweni ezilokuthula, emakhaya avikelekileyo, ezindaweni zokuphumula ezingelahlupho.
And dwelt hath My people in a peaceful habitation, And in stedfast tabernacles, And in quiet resting-places.
19 Lanxa isiqhotho sitshabalalisa ihlathi ledolobho lidilizwe laphela nya,
And it hath hailed in the going down of the forest, And in the valley is the city low.
20 yeka ukubusiswa elizakuba yikho, lihlanyela inhlanyelo yenu emaceleni ezifula zonke, njalo liyekela inkomo zenu labobabhemi benu ukuba kusabalale.
Happy [are] ye sowing by all waters, Sending forth the foot of the ox and the ass!
