U-Isaya 22

¹Isiphrofethi ngesiGodi soMbono:

²wena dolobho eligcwele iziphithiphithi,

³Bonke abakhokheli bakho babaleke bebonke,

⁴Ngakho ngathi, “Sukani kimi;

⁵INkosi, uThixo uSomandla, ulosuku

⁶I-Elamu ithatha isikhwama semitshoko,

⁷Izigodi zakho ezinhle kakhulu zigcwele izinqola zempi,

⁸Ukuvikeleka kukaJuda kususiwe,

⁹wabona ukuthi iDolobho likaDavida

¹⁰Wabala izindlu zaseJerusalema,

¹¹Phakathi kwemiduli yomibili wakha indawo yokugcinela

¹²Ngalolosuku iNkosi, uThixo uSomandla,

¹³Kodwa khangela, kulokuthaba lokuthokoza,

¹⁴UThixo uSomandla usekuvezile lokhu ngisizwa: “Lesisono kasiyikuthethelelwa kuze kube lusuku lwakho lokufa,” kutsho iNkosi, uThixo uSomandla.

¹⁵Lokhu yikho okutshiwo yiNkosi, uThixo uSomandla, uthi:

¹⁶Wenzani lapha, njalo ngubani okuphe imvumo ukuba

¹⁷Qaphela, sekuseduze ukuthi uThixo akubambe aqinise,

¹⁸Uzakugoqa ngokuqinisa akubumbe njengebhola

¹⁹Ngizakususa esikhundleni sakho,

²⁰Ngalolosuku ngizabiza inceku yami, u-Eliyakhimu indodana kaHilikhiya.

²¹Ngizamgqokisa izembatho zakho, ngimbophe ngebhanti lakho, ngimnike amandla akho. Uzakuba nguyise walabo abahlala eJerusalema lakwabendlu kaJuda.

²²Ngizabeka phezu kwamahlombe akhe isivulo sendlu kaDavida; akuvulayo kakho ongakuvala.

²³Ngizambethela njengesikhonkwane endaweni eqinileyo; uzakuba yisihlalo sobukhosi sasendlini kayise.

²⁴Lonke udumo lwakwabo luzakuba kuye, inzalo yakhona lezizukulwane zonke, izitsha zakhona ezincinyane, kusukela emiganwini kusiya enkonxeni zonke.

²⁵“Ngalolosuku,” kutsho uThixo uSomandla, “isikhonkwane esabethelwa endaweni eqinileyo sizakhumuka; sizaqunywa siwe, umthwalo ophezu kwaso uzawela phansi.” UThixo usekhulumile.