U-Isaya 57

¹Abalungileyo bayabhubha,

²Labo abahamba ngokulunga

³“Kodwa lina wozani lapha lina,

⁴Ngubani elimklolodelayo na?

⁵Liyatshiseka ngenkanuko ezihlahleni zomʼOkhi,

⁶Izithombe eziphakathi kwamatshe abutshelezi emakhelekehleni yiso isabelo senu,

⁷Wenze umbheda wakho phezu koqaqa oluphakemeyo,

⁸Ngemva kwezivalo zakho langemva kwezinsika zomnyango wakho

⁹Uye kuMoleki ulamafutha e-oliva,

¹⁰Wadiniswa yizindlela zakho zonke,

¹¹Ngubani omesabe kangaka

¹²Ukulunga kwakho lemisebenzi yakho ngizakuveza obala,

¹³Lapho usukhalela ukusizwa,

¹⁴Njalo kuzathiwa:

¹⁵Ngoba ophakemeyo ongaPhezulu,

¹⁶Angiyikulisola kokuphela

¹⁷Ngathukutheliswa yibuhwaba bakhe obubi;

¹⁸Izindlela zakhe sengizibonile, kodwa ngizamsilisa.

¹⁹ngenze ukubonga ezindebeni zabalilayo ko-Israyeli.

²⁰Kodwa ababi banjengolwandle olugubhazelayo,

²¹“Akukho kuthula kwababi,” kutsho uNkulunkulu wami.