U-Isaya 42

¹“Nansi inceku yami engiyisekelayo,

²Kayikumemeza kumbe aklabalale,

³Umhlanga ohluzukileyo akayikuwuquma,

⁴akayikudinwa kumbe ephulwe inhliziyo

⁵Lokhu yikho okutshiwo nguNkulunkulu uThixo,

⁶“Mina, uThixo ngikubizile ngokulunga;

⁷uvule amehlo eziphofu,

⁸Mina nginguThixo, lelo yilo ibizo lami!

⁹Khangela, izinto zakuqala sezenzakele,

¹⁰Hlabelelani uThixo ingoma entsha,

¹¹Inkangala lamadolobho ayo kakuphakamise amazwi akho;

¹²Kabamdumise uThixo,

¹³UThixo uzaphuma njengendoda elamandla,

¹⁴“Bengithule okwesikhathi eside kakhulu,

¹⁵Ngizabhidliza izintaba lamaqaqa;

¹⁶Ngizakhokhela iziphofu ngezindlela ezingazaziyo,

¹⁷Kodwa labo abathemba izithombe,

¹⁸“Zwanini, lina zacuthe;

¹⁹Ngubani oyisiphofu ngaphandle kwenceku yami,

²⁰Selabona izinto ezinengi, kodwa kalinakanga;

²¹Kwamthokozisa uThixo

²²Kodwa laba ngabantu abaphangiweyo bathunjwa;

²³Ngubani wenu olalela lokhu,

²⁴Ngubani owanikela uJakhobe ukuba abe yinto yokuthunjwa

²⁵Ngakho wathela ulaka lwakhe oluvuthayo phezu kwabo,