U-Isaya 32
1 Khangela, inkosi izabusa ngokulunga, leziphathamandla zibuse ngesahlulelo.
Listen to this! Some day there will be a righteous king, and his officials will help him to rule justly/fairly.
2 Lomuntu uzakuba njengendawo yokucatshela umoya lesivikelo kuzulu lesiphepho; njengemifula yamanzi endaweni eyomileyo, njengomthunzi wedwala elikhulu elizweni elomileyo.
Each [of them] will be like [MET] a shelter from the wind and a (refuge/place to be protected) from the storm. They will be like [SIM] streams of water in the desert, like the shade under a huge rock in a very hot and dry land.
3 Lamehlo alabo ababonayo kawayikufiphala, lezindlebe zalabo abezwayo zizalalela.
When that happens, [those leaders will enable] people who have not understood [MET] [God’s truth] to understand it, and [they will enable] those who have not paid attention to [MET] [God’s truth] to pay attention to it.
4 Lenhliziyo yabalamawala izaqedisisa ulwazi, lolimi lwabagagasayo luzaphangisa ukukhuluma ngokucaca.
[Even] those who act very hastily will have good sense, and those who cannot speak well will speak fluently and clearly.
5 Isithutha kasisayikubizwa ngokuthi sihloniphekile, loncitshanayo angathiwa uyaphana.
[At that time], people who are foolish/unwise will no longer be (admired/looked up to), and scoundrels will no longer be respected.
6 Ngoba isithutha sikhuluma ubuthutha, lenhliziyo yaso isebenze okubi, ukwenza ubuzenzisi, lokukhuluma okuphambeneyo ngeNkosi, ukwenza umphefumulo wolambileyo ube ze, senze kusweleke okunathwayo kowomileyo.
Foolish people say things that are foolish, and they plan to do evil things. Their behavior is disgraceful, and they say things about Yahweh that are false. They do not give food to those who are hungry, and they do not give water to those who are thirsty.
7 Izikhali zoncitshanayo lazo zimbi; yena uceba amacebo akhohlakeleyo ukuze achithe abayanga ngamazwi amanga, lanxa oswelayo ekhuluma okulungileyo.
Scoundrels do things that are evil and that deceive people; they plan to do evil things; by telling lies [in court] they cause poor people to (have trouble/be convicted), even when what the poor [people] are requesting is fair/just.
8 Kodwa ohloniphekayo uceba izinto ezihloniphekayo; langezinto ezihloniphekayo yena uzakuma.
But honorable people plan to do honorable/good things, and they do the honorable/good things that they plan to do.
9 Vukani, besifazana abonwabileyo, lizwe ilizwi lami; madodakazi avikelekileyo, bekani indlebe ekukhulumeni kwami.
You women [of Jerusalem] who think that you are very secure/safe and think that everything is going well, listen to [IDM] what I say!
10 Izinsuku ezedlula umnyaka lizathuthumela, besifazana abavikelekileyo, ngoba ukuvunwa kwevini kuzaphela, ukubutha kakuyikufika.
One year from now, you who now (are not worried about anything/think that everything is going well) will tremble, because there will be no grapes for you to harvest and no [other] crops to harvest.
11 Thuthumelani, besifazana abonwabileyo, liqhuqhe, bavikelekileyo; khululani, lizinqunule, libhince amasaka enkalweni.
[So] tremble [now], you women who are not worried about anything! Take off your [fancy] clothes and put rough sackcloth around your waists.
12 Bazakhalela amabele okumunya, amasimu amahle, ivini elithelayo.
Beat/Hit your breasts to show that you are grieving about [what will happen in] your fertile fields and to your fruitful grapevines,
13 Phezu komhlabathi wabantu bami kuzakhula ameva lokhula oluhlabayo; yebo, phezu kwezindlu zonke zenjabulo, emzini wentokozo.
because [only] thorns and thistles will grow in your soil. Your houses where you had joyful parties and your city where you have been happy will be gone.
14 Ngoba isigodlo sizadelwa, inengi lomuzi lizatshiywa; inqaba lemiphotshongo kuzakuba yimihome kuze kube phakade, intokozo yabobabhemi beganga, lamadlelo emihlambi;
The [king’s] palace will be empty; there will be no people in the city that [now] is very noisy. Wild donkeys will walk around and flocks of sheep will eat grass in the empty forts and watchtowers.
15 aze athululelwe phezu kwethu uMoya evela phezulu, lenkangala ibe yinsimu ethelayo, lensimu ethelayo ithiwe lihlathi.
[It will be like that] until God pours his Spirit out on us from heaven. [When that happens], the deserts will become fertile fields, and abundant crops will grow in those fertile fields.
16 Khona isahlulelo sizahlala enkangala, lokulunga kuhlale ensimini ethelayo.
People [PRS] will act/rule justly/fairly in those desert areas, and people will act/rule righteously in those fertile fields.
17 Lomsebenzi wokulunga uzakuba yikuthula, lokwenza kokulunga kube yikuthula lokuqinisekiswa kuze kube nininini.
And the result of their acting righteously will be that there will be peace, the land will be tranquil/quiet, and people will be secure/safe forever.
18 Labantu bami bazahlala endaweni yokuhlala elokuthula, lezindaweni zokuhlala ezivikelekileyo, lezindaweni zokuphumula ezonwabileyo.
My people will live in their homes peacefully, and safely, and calmly, in places of rest.
19 Kodwa lizakuna ngesiqhotho ekwehleni kwehlathi, lomuzi uzathotshiswa endaweni ephansi.
[Even if a severe] hailstorm knocks down [the trees in] the forest, and [all the buildings in] the city are blown down,
20 Libusisiwe lina elihlanyela ngasemanzini wonke, lithumezela lapho inyawo zezinkabi labobabhemi.
Yahweh [will greatly] bless you; you will plant [seeds in fields] alongside the streams [and there will be abundant crops]. Your donkeys and cattle will easily find grass to eat.
