ʻIsaia 31
1 ʻE malaʻia ʻakinautolu ʻoku ʻalu hifo ki ʻIsipite ke kumi ʻae tokoni; pea faʻaki ki he fanga hoosi, mo falala ki he ngaahi saliote, koeʻuhi ʻoku nau tokolahi; pea ʻi he kau tangata heka hoosi, koeʻuhi ʻoku nau mālohi ʻaupito; ka ʻoku ʻikai te nau vakai ki he tokotaha māʻoniʻoni ʻo ʻIsileli, pe kumi kia Sihova!
Maye kulabo abaya eGibhithe ukuyafuna usizo, abathemba amabhiza, abathembe ubunengi bezinqola zabo zempi lamandla amakhulu abagadi bamabhiza abo, kodwa bengathembeli koNgcwele ka-Israyeli, kumbe bacele usizo kuThixo.
2 Ka ʻoku ne poto foki mo ia, pea te ne fakahoko mai ʻae kovi, pea ʻe ʻikai fakafoki ʻene ngaahi folofola: ka te ne tuʻu hake ki he fale ʻoe fai kovi, pea kiate kinautolu ʻoku tokoni ki he kau fai kovi.
Ikanti laye uhlakaniphile njalo angaletha incithakalo; ilizwi lakhe kalibuyeli emuva. Uzavukela abendlu yababi lalabo abasiza abenza okubi.
3 Ko eni, ko e tangata pe ʻae kau ʻIsipite, ka ʻoku ʻikai ko e ʻOtua; pea ko e kakano pe ʻa ʻenau fanga hoosi, ka ʻoku ʻikai ke laumālie. ʻOku mafao atu ʻe Sihova hono nima, ʻe hinga ia ʻaia naʻe tokoni, pea ko ia naʻe maʻu ʻae tokoni ʻe tō ki lalo, pea te na vaivai fakataha.
Kodwa amaGibhithe ngabantu kawasiNkulunkulu; amabhiza awo yinyama kawasimoya. Lapho uThixo eselula isandla sakhe, lowo osizayo uzakhubeka, lowo osizwayo uzakuwa, bobabili bazabhubha.
4 He kuo folofola pehē ʻe Sihova kiate au, “ʻO hangē ko e ngungulu ʻoe laione mo e laione mui ʻi heʻene kai, ʻoka fakataha ʻae kau tauhi kotoa pē ke fai mo ia, ʻe ʻikai te ne manavahē ki honau leʻo, pe fakavaivai ia koeʻuhi ko honau tokolahi: ʻe pehē ʻae hāʻele hifo ʻa Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau ke fai ʻae tau, maʻa e moʻunga ko Saione, pea mo hono tafungofunga.
Lokhu yikho okutshiwo nguThixo kimi, ukuthi: “Njengesilwane sihwabha; isilwane esikhulu sibhongela esikubambileyo, lanxa ixuku lonke labelusi libizwa ukuba lisihlasele, kasethuswa yikuklabalala kwabo kumbe sithikanyezwe ngumsindo wabo, unjalo-ke uThixo uSomandla uzakwehla ukuba alwe entabeni iZiyoni laseziqongweni zayo.
5 ʻO hangē ko e puna ʻae fanga manu, ʻe fakahaofi pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau ʻa Selūsalema: ʻi heʻene maluʻi te ne fakamoʻui ia; pea ʻi heʻene hāʻele atu te ne fakahaofi ia.”
Njengezinyoni zitshaya amaphiko emoyeni, uThixo uSomandla uzavikela iJerusalema, uzalivikela alikhulule, uzadlula ‘ngaphezu’ kwalo alihlenge.”
6 Tafoki ʻakimoutolu kiate ia ʻaia kuo angatuʻu ʻaupito ki ai ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli.
Awu bantu bako-Israyeli, buyelani kulowo elamhlamukela kakubi.
7 Pea ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ʻe liʻaki ʻe he tangata kotoa pē ʻene ngaahi tamapua siliva, pea mo ʻene ngaahi tamapua koula, ʻaia kuo ngaohi ʻe homou nima kiate kimoutolu ko e angahala.
Ngoba ngalolosuku lonke lizazilahla izithombe zenu zesiliva lezegolide elizenze ngezandla zenu ezonayo.
8 “Pea ʻe toki tō ʻae tangata ʻAsilia ʻi he heletā, kae ʻikai ʻo ha tangata mālohi; pea ʻe kai ia ʻe he heletā, kae ʻikai ʻo ha tangata meʻa vale: ka te ne hola mei he heletā, pea ʻe vaivai ʻene kau talavou.
“I-Asiriya izachithwa ngenkemba engesiyabantu, inkemba engasiyo yabantu izababhubhisa. Bazayibalekela inkemba, izinsizwa zabo zizakwenziwa izigqili.
9 Pea ʻi he manavahē te ne ʻalu ki hono potu mālohi, pea ʻe manavahē hono ngaahi houʻeiki ki he fuka,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi Saione ʻene afi, pea ʻoku ʻi Selūsalema ʻene ngotoʻumu vela.
Inqaba yabo izadilika ngenxa yokwesaba; lapho bebona uphawu lwempi izinduna zabo zempi zizatshaywa luvalo,” kutsho uThixo omlilo wakhe useZiyoni, osithando sakhe siseJerusalema.
