Isaiah 19

Isiphrofethi NgeGibhithe

1Isiphrofethi esimayelana leGibhithe sithi:

Khangela uThixo ukhwele phezu kweyezi elilesiqubu
esiza eGibhithe.
Izithombe zaseGibhithe ziyathuthumela phambi kwakhe,
njalo inhliziyo zamaGibhithe ziba buthakathaka ngaphakathi kwawo.

2“Ngizadunga umGibhithe alwe lomGibhithe,
umuntu uzakulwa lomfowabo,
umakhelwane alwe lomakhelwane,
idolobho lilwe ledolobho,
umbuso ulwe lombuso.
3AbaseGibhithe bazaphelelwa lithemba,
njalo ngizakwenza amacebo abo abe yize;
bazabuza izithombe lemimoya yabafayo,
amadlozi lezanuse.
4AbaseGibhithe ngizabanikela
enkosini elesihluku,
inkosi eyesabekayo izababusa,”
kutsho iNkosi, uThixo uSomandla.

5Amanzi omfula azakutsha,
umfula uzacitsha, wome.
6Imigelo izanuka,
izifula zaseGibhithe zizakwentsha zitshe.
Imihlanga lebhuma kuzabuna,
7kanjalo lezihlahlanyana emakhunjini kaNayili
lapho umfula othela khona.
Konke okuhlanyelwe eduzane loNayili
Kuzakoma, kuphephukele khatshana Kungabikhona.
8Abagoli benhlanzi bazabubula balile,
bonke abaphosa amawuka kuNayili,
loba abajika amambule emanzini
bazaphela amandla.
9Labo abasebenzisa isikusha bazadangala,
abeluka ilineni elihle bazaphelelwa lithemba.
10Izisebenzi zasemalenjini zizadana,
njalo bonke abahola imiholo bazakuba lusizi.

11Izikhulu zaseZowani azisilutho kodwa izithutha nje;
abaluleki bakaFaro abahlakaniphileyo banika izeluleko zobuwula.
Ungatsho kanjani kuFaro uthi,
“Mina ngingomunye wamadoda ahlakaniphileyo,
umfundi wamakhosi endulo?”

12Khathesi bangaphi abantu bakini abahlakaniphileyo?
Kabalitshengise balazise
ngalokhu uThixo uSomandla
asecebe ukukwenza emelana leGibhithe.
13Izikhulu zaseZowani sezibe yizithutha,
abakhokheli baseMemfisi bakhohlisiwe,
abazinsika zabantu bakhona
sebedukise iGibhithe.
14 UThixo usethele umoya wesiyezi phakathi kwabo;
benza iGibhithe ibhadazele kukho konke ekwenzayo,
njengesidakwa sidiyazela emahlanzweni aso.
15Akulalutho iGibhithe engalwenza,
ikhanda loba umsila, ugatsha lwelala loba umhlanga.
16Ngalolosuku abaseGibhithe bazafana labesifazane. Bazathuthumela ngokwesaba isandla esiphakanyisiweyo uThixo uSomandla abaphakamisele sona. 17Lelizwe lakoJuda lizaletha ukwesaba kwabaseGibhithe. Bonke okuzakhulunywa kubo ngoJuda bazathuthumela, ngenxa yalokho uThixo uSomandla aceba ukukwenza kubo.

18Ngalolosuku amadolobho amahlanu aseGibhithe azakhuluma ulimi lwaseKhenani, afungele ukwethembeka kuThixo uSomandla. Elinye lawo lizathiwa liDolobho leNcithakalo.

19Ngalolosuku kuzakuba le-alithari likaThixo phakathi kwelizwe laseGibhithe, lelitshe lesikhumbuzo sikaThixo emngceleni walo. 20Lizakuba yisibonakaliso lobufakazi kuThixo uSomandla elizweni laseGibhithe. Lapho bekhalaza kuThixo ngenxa yabancindezeli babo, uzabathumela umsindisi lomvikeli, abahlenge. 21Kanjalo uThixo uzakwenza ukuba azakale kwabaseGibhithe, njalo ngalolosuku bazamvuma uThixo. Bazakhonza ngemihlatshelo langeminikelo yamabele; bazakwenza izifungo kuThixo, bazigcine. 22UThixo uzatshaya iGibhithe ngesifo; uzabatshaya aphinde abasilise. Bazaphendukela kuThixo, njalo uzakuzwa imikhuleko yabo abasilise.

23Ngalolosuku bazakuba lomgwaqo osuka eGibhithe usiya e-Asiriya. Abase-Asiriya bazakuya eGibhithe, abeGibhithe labo baye e-Asiriya. AbaseGibhithe labase-Asiriya bazakhonza ndawonye. 24Ngalolosuku i-Israyeli izakuba ngeyesithathu kanye leGibhithe le-Asiriya kube yisibusiso emhlabeni. 25UThixo uSomandla uzababusisa esithi, “Kayibusiswe iGibhithe abantu bami, i-Asiriya umsebenzi wezandla zami le-Israyeli ilifa lami.”