U-Isaya 32
1 Khangela, inkosi izabusa ngokulunga, leziphathamandla zibuse ngesahlulelo.
Behold a king shall reign in justice, and princes shell rule in judgment.
2 Lomuntu uzakuba njengendawo yokucatshela umoya lesivikelo kuzulu lesiphepho; njengemifula yamanzi endaweni eyomileyo, njengomthunzi wedwala elikhulu elizweni elomileyo.
And a man shall be as when one is hid from the wind, and hideth himself from a storm, as rivers of waters in drought, and the shadow of a rock that standeth out in a desert land.
3 Lamehlo alabo ababonayo kawayikufiphala, lezindlebe zalabo abezwayo zizalalela.
The eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken diligently.
4 Lenhliziyo yabalamawala izaqedisisa ulwazi, lolimi lwabagagasayo luzaphangisa ukukhuluma ngokucaca.
And the heart of fools shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of stammerers shall speak readily and plain.
5 Isithutha kasisayikubizwa ngokuthi sihloniphekile, loncitshanayo angathiwa uyaphana.
The fool shall no more be called prince: neither shall the deceitful be called great:
6 Ngoba isithutha sikhuluma ubuthutha, lenhliziyo yaso isebenze okubi, ukwenza ubuzenzisi, lokukhuluma okuphambeneyo ngeNkosi, ukwenza umphefumulo wolambileyo ube ze, senze kusweleke okunathwayo kowomileyo.
For the fool will speak foolish things, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and speak to the Lord deceitfully, and to make empty the soul of the hungry, and take away drink from the thirsty.
7 Izikhali zoncitshanayo lazo zimbi; yena uceba amacebo akhohlakeleyo ukuze achithe abayanga ngamazwi amanga, lanxa oswelayo ekhuluma okulungileyo.
The vessels of the deceitful are most wicked: for he hath framed devices to destroy the meek, with lying words, when the poor man speaketh judgment.
8 Kodwa ohloniphekayo uceba izinto ezihloniphekayo; langezinto ezihloniphekayo yena uzakuma.
But the prince will devise such things as are worthy of a prince, and he shall stand above the rulers.
9 Vukani, besifazana abonwabileyo, lizwe ilizwi lami; madodakazi avikelekileyo, bekani indlebe ekukhulumeni kwami.
Rise up, ye rich women, and hear my voice: ye confident daughters, give ear to my speech.
10 Izinsuku ezedlula umnyaka lizathuthumela, besifazana abavikelekileyo, ngoba ukuvunwa kwevini kuzaphela, ukubutha kakuyikufika.
For after days and a year, you that are confident shall be troubled: for the vintage is at an end, the gathering shall come no more.
11 Thuthumelani, besifazana abonwabileyo, liqhuqhe, bavikelekileyo; khululani, lizinqunule, libhince amasaka enkalweni.
Be astonished, ye rich women, be troubled, ye confident ones: strip yen, and be confounded, gird your loins.
12 Bazakhalela amabele okumunya, amasimu amahle, ivini elithelayo.
Mourn for your breasts, for the delightful country, for the fruitful vineyard.
13 Phezu komhlabathi wabantu bami kuzakhula ameva lokhula oluhlabayo; yebo, phezu kwezindlu zonke zenjabulo, emzini wentokozo.
Upon the land of my people shall thorns and briers come up: how much more upon all the houses of joy, of the city that rejoiced?
14 Ngoba isigodlo sizadelwa, inengi lomuzi lizatshiywa; inqaba lemiphotshongo kuzakuba yimihome kuze kube phakade, intokozo yabobabhemi beganga, lamadlelo emihlambi;
For the house is forsaken, the multitude of the city is left, darkness and obscurity are come upon its dens for ever. A joy of wild asses, the pastures of flocks,
15 aze athululelwe phezu kwethu uMoya evela phezulu, lenkangala ibe yinsimu ethelayo, lensimu ethelayo ithiwe lihlathi.
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high: and the desert shall be as a charmel, and charmel shall be counted for a forest.
16 Khona isahlulelo sizahlala enkangala, lokulunga kuhlale ensimini ethelayo.
And judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and justice shall sit in charmel.
17 Lomsebenzi wokulunga uzakuba yikuthula, lokwenza kokulunga kube yikuthula lokuqinisekiswa kuze kube nininini.
And the work of justice shall be peace, and the service of justice quietness, and security for ever.
18 Labantu bami bazahlala endaweni yokuhlala elokuthula, lezindaweni zokuhlala ezivikelekileyo, lezindaweni zokuphumula ezonwabileyo.
And my people shall sit in the beauty of peace, and in the tabernacles of confidence, and in wealthy rest.
19 Kodwa lizakuna ngesiqhotho ekwehleni kwehlathi, lomuzi uzathotshiswa endaweni ephansi.
But hail shall be in the descent of the forest, and the city shall be made very low.
20 Libusisiwe lina elihlanyela ngasemanzini wonke, lithumezela lapho inyawo zezinkabi labobabhemi.
Blessed are ye that sow upon all waters, sending thither the foot of the ox and the ass.
