U-Isaya 25
1 Nkosi unguNkulunkulu wami; ngizakuphakamisa, ngidumise ibizo lakho; ngoba wenzile okumangalisayo; amacebo akho endulo aluthembeko leqiniso.
Lord, you are my God. I will honor you and praise who you are, because you have done wonderful things that you planned long ago. You are faithful and trustworthy!
2 Ngoba wenzile umuzi waba yinqwaba; umuzi obiyelweyo ube lunxiwa; isigodlo sabezizwe singabi ngumuzi; kasiyikwakhiwa kuze kube nininini.
You have turned the city into a pile of rubble; the fortified town is now a ruin; the foreigner palace is gone. It is no longer a city and it will never be rebuilt.
3 Ngenxa yalokho abantu abalamandla bazakudumisa; umuzi wezizwe ezilesihluku uzakwesaba.
Because of this powerful nations will honor you; cities of brutal nations will be in awe of you.
4 Ngoba ubungamandla kumyanga, amandla kosweleyo ekuhluphekeni kwakhe, isiphephelo kuzulu lesiphepho, umthunzi ekutshiseni, lapho ukuvuthela kwabalolunya kunjengezulu lesiphepho emdulini.
But you have protected the poor and needy when they were in trouble, you shielded them from storms and shaded them from the heat. For the actions of brutal people are like rain beating against a wall,
5 Uzakwehlisa umsindo wabezizwe njengokutshisa endaweni eyomileyo; ukutshisa emthunzini weyezi; ingoma yabalolunya izathotshiswa.
like heat in a desert. You end the noisy uprising of foreigners. In the same way that a cloud's shadow cools down the heat of the day, so the song sung by brutal people is silenced.
6 Lakulintaba iNkosi yamabandla izakwenzela abantu bonke idili lezinto ezinonileyo, idili lamawayini alenzece, lezinto ezinonileyo zigcwele umnkantsho, lamawayini alenzece acengekileyo.
On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast for all nations, a lavish feast of aged wines, rich food, and the best meat.
7 Izaginya kulintaba ubuso besembeso esembese bonke abantu, lesigubuzelo eselukiweyo phezu kwezizwe zonke.
On this mountain he will destroy the veil that covers all the nations, the sheet that is over everyone.
8 Izaginya ukufa ekunqobeni, leNkosi uJehova izakwesula inyembezi izisuse ebusweni bonke, isuse lehlazo labantu bayo emhlabeni wonke; ngoba iNkosi ikhulumile.
He will destroy death forever. The Lord God will wipe away all tears, and everywhere he will take away the humiliation suffered by his people. The Lord has spoken.
9 Kuzakuthiwa-ke ngalolosuku: Khangela, lo nguNkulunkulu wethu; silindele kuye, njalo uzasisindisa; le yiNkosi; siyilindele, sizathaba, sithokoze kusindiso lwayo.
At that time his people will say, “Look! This is our God; we have trusted in him and he has saved us! This is the Lord we have been looking for. Now we can be happy and celebrate the salvation he brings!”
10 Ngoba isandla seNkosi sizaphumula kulintaba, loMowabi uzanyathelelwa phansi kwayo, njengamahlanga abuthelelweyo enyathelelwa enqunjini yomquba.
The Lord's hand of protection will be on this mountain. But the Moabites will be trampled underfoot like straw into the water of a manure pit.
11 Njalo izakwelula izandla zayo phakathi kwakhe njengontshezayo ezelula ukuze antsheze; njalo izathobisa ukuzigqaja kwakhe kanye lokucathamela kwezandla zakhe.
They will reach out their hands to try and save themselves, like swimmers using their hands to swim, but their pride will be humbled however much they thrash about.
12 Lenqaba ephakemeyo yemiduli yakho izayidilizela phansi, iyehlisele phansi, iyifikise emhlabathini, ethulini.
Moab, he will demolish your fortress with the high walls, bringing it down to the ground, into the dust.
