U-Isaya 50
1 Itsho njalo iNkosi: Ingaphi incwadi yesehlukaniso kanyoko engamlahla ngayo? Loba ngubani kubakweledisi bami engilithengise kuye? Khangelani, lathengiswa ngenxa yobubi benu, langenxa yeziphambeko zenu unyoko walahlwa.
Thus says the LORD, "Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, with which I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Look, for your iniquities were you sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.
2 Kungani ekufikeni kwami kwakungelamuntu? Ngibiza, kodwa engekho ophendulayo? Isandla sami sifinyeziwe lokufinyezwa yini ukuthi singehlenge? Kumbe kakulamandla kimi okukhulula yini? Khangela ngokukhuza kwami ngomisa ulwandle, ngenza imifula ibe yinkangala; izinhlanzi zayo zibe levumba ngoba kungelamanzi, zife ngenxa yokoma.
Why, when I came, was there no man? When I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it can't redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Look, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.
3 Ngigqokisa amazulu ngobumnyama, ngenze isaka libe yisembeso sawo.
I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering."
4 INkosi uJehova inginike ulimi lwabafundileyo, ukuze ngazi ukukhuluma ilizwi ngesikhathi esifaneleyo kokhatheleyo. Iyavuka ukusa ngokusa; ivusa indlebe yami, ukuze ngizwe njengabafundileyo.
The LORD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary: he wakens morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
5 INkosi uJehova ivule indlebe yami, njalo mina kangibanga lenkani, kangibuyelanga emuva.
The LORD has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away backward.
6 Nganika umhlana wami kubatshayi, lezihlathi zami kulabo abacutha indevu; kangifihlanga ubuso bami ehlazweni elikhulu lamathe.
I gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who tore out my beard; I did not cover my face from insults and spitting.
7 Ngoba iNkosi uJehova izangisiza; ngakho-ke kangiyangiswa; ngakho-ke ngimise ubuso bami njengensengetshe, njalo ngiyazi ukuthi kangiyikuyangeka.
But the LORD will help me; therefore I have not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be disappointed.
8 Useduze yena ongilungisisayo. Ngubani ongalwisana lami? Kasime ndawonye. Ngubani ummangaleli wami? Kasondele kimi.
He is near who justifies me; who will bring charges against me? Let us stand up together: who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.
9 Khangela, iNkosi uJehova izangisiza; ngubani ozangilahla? Khangela, bonke bazaguga njengesembatho; inundu izabadla.
Look, the LORD will help me; who is he who shall condemn me? Look, all they shall wax old as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.
10 Ngubani phakathi kwenu oyesabayo iNkosi, olalela ilizwi lenceku yayo, ohamba emnyameni, njalo engelakukhanya? Kathembele ebizweni leNkosi, eyame kuNkulunkulu wakhe.
Who is among you who fears the LORD, who listens to the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness, and has no light, let him trust in the name of the LORD, and rely on his God.
11 Khangelani, lina lonke eliphemba umlilo, elizigombolozela ngenhlansi: Hambani ekukhanyeni komlilo wenu, lenhlansini elizibasileyo. Lokhu kuzakwenzakala kini kuvela esandleni sami; lizalala phansi ngobuhlungu.
Look, all you who kindle a fire, who adorn yourselves with flaming arrows around yourselves; walk in the light of your fire, and among the flaming arrows that you have kindled. You shall have this of my hand; you shall lie down in sorrow.
