ʻIsaia 44
1 Ka ko eni, fanongo, ʻE Sēkope ko ʻeku tamaioʻeiki; mo ʻIsileli, ʻa koe kuo u fili:
“Kodwa khathesi lalela, wena Jakhobe, nceku yami, Israyeli, engikukhethileyo.
2 ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻaia naʻa ne ngaohi koe, pea naʻe fakafuofua koe mei he manāva, ʻaia te ne tokoniʻi koe; “ʻOua ʻe manavahē,” ʻE Sēkope, ko ʻeku tamaioʻeiki: pea mo koe, ko Sesuluni, ʻa koe kuo u fili.
Nanku akutshoyo uThixo, yena owakwenzayo, owakubumba esiswini, njalo yena ozakusiza, uthi: Ungesabi, wena Jakhobe, nceku yami, Jeshuruni engikukhethileyo.
3 He te u lilingi ʻae vai kiate ia ʻoku fieinu, pea mo e vai lahi ki he kelekele mōmoa: pea te u huaʻi hoku laumālie ki ho hako, mo ʻeku tāpuaki ki hoʻo fānau:
Ngoba ngizathela amanzi elizweni elomileyo, lezifula emhlabathini owomileyo. Ngizathela uMoya wami phezu kwenzalo yakho lezibusiso zami phezu kwezizukulwane zakho.
4 Pea te nau tupu hake ʻo hangē ʻoku ʻi he mohuku, ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi uilou ʻi he veʻe vaitafe.
Zizahluma njengotshani emadlelweni, lanjengeminyezane ezifuleni ezigelezayo.
5 ʻE pehē ʻe ha tokotaha, “ʻOku ʻo Sihova au;” pea ko e tokotaha ʻe ui ʻaki ʻae hingoa ko Sēkope; pea ko e tokotaha te ne tohi ʻaki hono nima kia Sihova, pea fakahingoa foʻou ia ʻaki ʻae hingoa ʻo ʻIsileli.
Omunye uzakuthi, ‘Mina ngingokaThixo’; lomunye azibize ngebizo likaJakhobe; omunye laye uzaloba esandleni sakhe ukuthi, ‘OkaThixo,’ azinike ibizo lika-Israyeli.”
6 ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e Tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli, pea ko hono huhuʻi ko Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau; “Ko au ko e ʻuluaki, pea ko au pe ko e ki mui; pea ʻoku ʻikai ha ʻOtua mo au.”
“Nanku akutshoyo uThixo, iNkosi loMhlengi ka-Israyeli, uThixo uSomandla: Mina ngingowokuqala njalo ngingowokucina; ngaphandle kwami kakho uNkulunkulu.
7 Pea ko hai, ʻo hangē ko au, ʻe ui, pea ʻe fakahā ia, pea ʻe fakatonutonu ia maʻaku, hili ʻeku fakanofo ʻae kakai ʻi muʻa? Pea ko e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku haʻu ni, pea mo ia ʻe hoko, tuku ke nau fakahā kiate kinautolu.
Pho ngubani onjengami? Kakumemezele lokho. Katsho, achaze phambi kwami okwenzakalayo kusukela ekubekeni kwami abantu bami bendulo; akutsho lokuzakwenzakala; yebo, kakuqambe okuzayo.
8 ʻOua te mou manavahē, pea ʻoua ʻe lilika: ʻikai kuo u fakahā kiate koe mei he kuonga ko ia, pea kuo fanongonongo ia? ʻIo, ko ʻeku kau fakamoʻoni ʻakimoutolu. ʻOku ai ha ʻOtua mo au? ʻIo, ʻoku ʻikai ha ʻOtua; ʻoku ʻikai te u ʻilo ha taha.”
Lingaqhaqhazeli, lingesabi. Lokhu angikutshongo ngabika ngakho kudala na? Lina lingofakazi bami. Kulomunye uNkulunkulu ngaphandle kwami na? Hatshi, kalikho elinye iDwala; kalikho engilaziyo.”
9 Ko e vaʻinga ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku ngaohi ʻae tamapua kuo tongi; pea ʻe ʻikai ʻaonga ʻae ngaahi meʻa ʻoku nau fiefia ai; pea ko e kau fakamoʻoni ʻakinautolu kiate kinautolu; ʻoku ʻikai te nau mamata, pe ʻilo, koeʻuhi ke nau mā ai.
Bonke abenza izithombe kabasilutho, lezinto abaziqakathekisayo ziyize. Labo abangabakhulumela bayiziphofu, kabazi lutho, kulihlazo kubo.
10 Ko hai kuo ne fakafuofua ha ʻotua, pe ngaohi ha tamapua kuo tongi ʻoku ʻaonga ki ha meʻa ʻe taha?
Ngubani obaza unkulunkulu abumbe isithombe, okungeke kumsize ngalutho?
11 Vakai, ʻe mā ʻene ngaahi kaumeʻa kotoa pē: pea ko e kau ngāue, ʻoku ʻoe tangata ʻakinautolu: tuku ke tānaki fakataha ʻakinautolu, tuku ke nau tuʻu hake; ka te nau manavahē, pea te nau mā fakataha.
Yena labanjengaye bazayangiswa; izingcitshi kazisilutho, ngabantu nje. Kaziqoqane zonke zime ndawonye; bazakuba lokwesaba kanye lehlazo.
12 Ko e tufunga ukamea ʻoku ne ngāueʻaki ʻae meʻa fakaū ʻi he malala, pea fakafuofua ia ʻaki ʻae ngaahi hamala, pea ʻoku ngaohi ia ʻaki ʻae mālohi ʻo hono nima: ʻio, ʻoku fiekaia ia, pea kuo tei ʻosi hono mālohi: ʻoku taʻeinu ia ha vai, pea ʻoku vaivai.
Umkhandi uthatha insimbi ayifake emalahleni; enze isithombe ngezando, asikhande ngengalo yakhe elamandla. Uyalamba aphelelwe ngamandla. Anganathi manzi, amandla aphele.
13 ʻOku mafao ʻe he tufunga ʻakau ʻene meʻa fuofua; ʻoku ne fakaʻilonga ia ʻaki ha afo; ʻoku ne fakatau ia ʻaki ʻae ngaahi tele, pea ʻoku ne fakaʻilonga ia ʻaki ʻae meʻa fua, pea ngaohi ia ko e fakatātā ki he tangata, ʻo hangē ko e toulekeleka ʻoe tangata; koeʻuhi ke nofo ia ʻi he fale.
Umbazi welula intambo yokulinganisa asidwebe ngosungulo, asibaze ngetshizela, asidwebe ngensimbi ecijileyo, abaze umfanekiso womuntu, umuntu olobuhle bonke, ukuba sihlale endlini yokukhonzela.
14 ʻOku ne tā hifo ʻae ngaahi sita, pea toʻo ʻae saipalesi pea mo e ʻoke, ʻaia ʻoku ne fakamālohi maʻana ʻi he ngaahi ʻakau ʻoe vao: ʻoku ne tō ʻae ʻasi, pea ʻoku moʻui ia ʻi he ʻuha.
Ugamula isihlahla somsedari, loba athathe umsayiphresi kumbe umʼOkhi. Uyasikhulisa phakathi kwezihlahla zegusu, kumbe ahlanyele iphayini, izulu lisikhulise.
15 Pea ʻe hoko ia ko e fefie ki he tangata: pea te ne toʻo mei ai, pea fakamafana ia; ʻio, ʻoku ne tutu ia, pea taʻo ʻae mā; ʻio, ʻoku ne ngaohi ha ʻotua, pea lotu ki ai; ʻoku ne ngaohi ia ko e tamapua kuo tongi, pea foʻohifo ki ai.
Lapho-ke siba zinkuni zomuntu zokubasa; okunye kwaso uyathatha othe, ubasa umlilo abhekhe izinkwa. Kodwa, njalo, wenza unkulunkulu amkhonze; abaze isithombe asikhothamele.
16 ʻOku ne tutu hono konga ʻi he afi; ʻoku ne teuteu ʻaki hono konga ʻae kakano ki he kai; ʻoku ne tunu ʻae kakano, pea mākona ai: ʻio, ʻoku ne mumū, pea ne pehē, “Ko eni, kuo u māfana, kuo u mamata ki he afi:”
Ingxenye yezinkuni ubasa ngayo umlilo, apheke ngawo ukudla kwakhe. Ose inyama yakhe adle asuthe. Njalo uyotha umlilo athi, “Ha! Ngiyafudumala; ngiyawubona umlilo.”
17 Pea ko hono toe ʻo ia ʻoku ne ngaohi ʻaki ha ʻotua, ʻio, ko ʻene tamapua kuo tongi: ʻoku ne foʻohifo ʻo hū ki ai, pea lotu ki ai, pea ne pehē, “Fakamoʻui au, he ko koe ko hoku ʻotua.”
Ngeziseleyo wenza unkulunkulu, isithombe sakhe; uyasikhothamela, asikhonze. Uyakhuleka kuso athi, “Ngisindisa, ungunkulunkulu wami.”
18 ʻOku teʻeki te nau fanongo pe ʻilo he kuo ne tāpuni honau mata, ke ʻoua te nau mamata; mo honau loto, ko ia ʻoku nau taʻeʻilo ai.
Kabazi lutho, kabaqedisisi lutho; amehlo abo abhadiwe ukuze bangaboni lezingqondo zabo zivalekile ukuze bangaqedisisi.
19 Pea ʻoku ʻikai ha tokotaha ʻoku tokanga ʻi hono loto, pea ʻoku ʻikai ha ʻilo pe ha fakakaukau ke pehē, “Kuo u tutu hono konga ʻi he afi; ʻio, pea kuo u taʻo mā ʻi hono malala ʻo ia; kuo u tunu ai ʻae kanomate, pea kai ia; pea te u ngaohi hono toe ko e meʻa fakalielia? He te u foʻohifo ki he sino ʻoe ʻakau?”
Kakho oke ame acabange, kakho olokwazi loba ukuzwisisa ukuba athi, “Ingxenye yazo ngabasa ngayo umlilo; ngaze ngabhekha izinkwa emalahleni awo, ngosa inyama ngayidla. Ngokuseleyo ngizakwenza into enengisayo na? Ngizasikhothamela na isigodo nje?”
20 ʻOku ne kai ʻae efuefu: ko e loto kākā kuo ne fakaafe ia, ko ia ʻoku ʻikai te ne faʻa fakamoʻui hono laumālie, pe pehē, “ʻIkai ko e loi ʻoku ʻi hoku nima toʻomataʻu?”
Udla umlotha, inhliziyo ekhohlisekileyo iyamlahla, angeke azihlenge, kumbe athi, “Into le esesandleni sami sokudla kayisimanga na?”
21 Manatuʻi ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni, ʻE Sēkope mo ʻIsileli; he ko ʻeku tamaioʻeiki koe: Naʻaku fakafuofua koe; ko koe ko ʻeku tamaioʻeiki: ʻE ʻIsileli, ʻo ʻikai te ke ngalo ʻiate au.
“Khumbula lezizinto, wena Jakhobe, ngoba uyinceku yami, wena Israyeli. Ngakubumba, uyinceku yami; wena Israyeli, angiyikukukhohlwa.
22 Kuo u tāmateʻi hoʻo ngaahi hia, ʻo hangē ko e ʻao matolu, pea hangē ko e ʻao, ʻa hoʻo ngaahi angahala: tafoki mai kiate au; he kuo u huhuʻi koe.
Ngesule iziphambeko zakho njengeyezi, ngesula izono zakho njengenkungu yekuseni. Buyela kimi, ngoba ngikuhlengile.”
23 Hiva, ʻakimoutolu ʻae ngaahi langi he kuo fai ia ʻe Sihova: kalanga, ʻakimoutolu ʻae ngaahi potu māʻulalo ʻo māmani: ke hā homou hiva, ʻae ngaahi moʻunga, ʻa koe ko e vao ʻakau, pea mo e ʻakau kotoa pē ʻi ai: he kuo huhuʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa Sēkope, pea kuo ne fakaongoongolelei ia ʻi ʻIsileli.
Hlabelelani ngentokozo, lina mazulu, ngoba uThixo usekwenzile lokhu; hlaba umkhosi, wena mhlaba ngaphansi. Tshayani ingoma lina zintaba, lina mahlathi lazozonke izihlahla zenu, ngoba uThixo usemhlengile uJakhobe, ubonakalisa udumo lwakhe ko-Israyeli.
24 ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, ko ho huhuʻi, pea ko ia naʻe fakafuofua koe mei he manāva, “Ko au ko Sihova kuo u ngaohi ʻae meʻa kotoa pē; kuo u folahi tokotaha pe ʻae ngaahi langi; ʻoku fofola atu ʻa māmani ʻe au pe;
“Nanku akutshoyo uThixo, uMhlengi wakho, owakubumbayo esiswini: Mina nginguThixo, owenza izinto zonke, owenza amazulu eyedwa, owendlala umhlaba eyedwa,
25 Ko au ia ʻoku taʻofi ʻae ngaahi fakaʻilonga ʻoe kau loi, pea fakavaleʻi ʻae kau kikite; mo fakafoki ʻae kau tangata poto, pea ʻoku ngaohi ʻa ʻenau ʻilo ko e vale;
ofubisa izibonakaliso zabaphrofethi bamanga, enze izanuse zibe yizithutha, ochitha ulwazi lwezihlakaniphi alwenze lube yibuthutha,
26 Ko ia ʻoku fokotuʻumaʻu ʻae lea ʻa ʻene tamaioʻeiki, pea fakamoʻoni ki he akonaki ʻo ʻene kau talafekau; ʻaia ʻoku pehē ki Selūsalema, ‘ʻE fakakakai koe;’ pea ki he ngaahi kolo ʻo Siuta, ‘ʻE langa ʻakimoutolu,’ pea ‘Te u toe fokotuʻu ʻae ngaahi potu maumau ʻi ai:’
ofeza amazwi ezinceku zakhe aphelelise amacebo ezithunywa zakhe. Athi kulo iJerusalema, ‘Kuzahlalwa kulo,’ ngamadolobho akoJuda athi, ‘Azakwakhiwa.’ Ngamanxiwa awo uthi, ‘Ngizawavusa,’
27 ʻAia ʻoku pehē ki he loloto, ‘Ke mōmoa koe,’ pea, ‘Te u fakamaha hoʻo ngaahi vaitafe;’
athi enzikini yamanzi, ‘Cima, ngizakomisa izifula zakho,’
28 ʻAia ʻoku pehē kia Kolesi, ‘Ko hoku tauhi ia, pea te ne fai hoku finangalo kotoa pē:’ ʻio, ʻo ne pehē ki Selūsalema, ‘ʻE langa koe;’ pea ki he falelotu lahi, ʻE ai ho tuʻunga.’”
athi ngoKhurosi, ‘Ungumelusi wami, uzafeza konke engikufunayo; uzakuthi ngeJerusalema, “Kalakhiwe futhi,” ngethempeli athi, “Izisekelo zalo kazakhiwe.”’”
