U-Isaya 9

¹Kodwa-ke akusayikuba khona ukudangala kulabo ababesosizini. Ensukwini ezedlulayo walithobisa ilizwe likaZebhuluni lelizwe likaNafithali. Kodwa ensukwini ezizayo uzayipha udumo iGalile yabezizweni, eNdleleni eya oLwandle elandela iJodani:

²Abantu abahamba emnyameni

³Usikhulisile isizwe

⁴Ngoba njengamhla wokwehlulwa kukaMidiyani

⁵Lonke inyathela lebutho elisetshenziswe empini,

⁶Ngoba sizalelwe umntwana,

⁷Ukwanda kombuso wakhe lokuthula

⁸INkosi isithumele ilizwi lesixwayiso kuJakhobe

⁹Abantu bonke bazakwazi

¹⁰“Izitina sezidilikele phansi,

¹¹Kodwa uThixo usebaqinisele izitha zikaRezini,

¹²Ama-Aramu avela empumalanga lamaFilistiya avela entshonalanga

¹³Kodwa abantu abakabuyeli kuye owabatshayayo.

¹⁴Ngakho uThixo uzaquma ko-Israyeli ikhanda lomsila,

¹⁵abadala lezikhulu balikhanda,

¹⁶Labo abakhokhela abantu laba bayabalahlekisa,

¹⁷Ngakho iNkosi kayiyikuthokoza ngezinsizwa zabo,

¹⁸Ngeqiniso ububi butshisa njengomlilo,

¹⁹Ngolaka lukaThixo uSomandla

²⁰Bazaqeda kwesokudla

²¹UManase uzakudla u-Efrayimi, u-Efrayimi adle uManase;