UMIKA 4
4
Uxolo olungaphele ndawo
(Isaya 2:1-4)
1Ke kaloku ngemihla yokugqibela
intaba emi kuyo indlu *kaNdikhoyo
iya kuba yeyona ibalaseleyo,
izikrobele zonke iinduli;
nabantu baya kugxalathelana ukuya kuyo.
2Ewe, izizwe ezininzi ziya kuza zithi:
“Yizani siye entabeni kaNdikhoyo,
endlwini kaThixo kaYakobi.
Yena wosifundisa iindlela zakhe,
ukuze thina sihambe ngazo.”
Kaloku umthetho wophuma eZiyon,
liphume eJerusalem ilizwi likaNdikhoyo.
3Nguye oya kugweba phakathi kwabantu,
abe ngumlamli phakathi kwezizwe ezikude nezomeleleyo,
wona amakrele awenze amakhuba,
yona imikhonto ibe zizitshetshe zokuthena imithi.
Kaloku izizwe soze ziphinde ziqulelane ngamakrele,
zingasayi kuze ziphinde ziqeqeshelwe imfazwe.
4Bonke ngabanye bophumla phantsi kwemidiliya yabo,
umntu ahlale phantsi komkhiwane wakhe,
kungekho namntu uya kuboyikisa.
Kaloku uthethile uNdikhoyo uSomandla.
5Zonke izizwe ziya kuhamba emagameni *oothixo bazo;
ke thina siya kuhamba egameni likaNdikhoyo uThixo wethu nanini nanini.
Ukubuya ekuthinjweni
6Umlomo *kaNdikhoyo uthi:
“Ngaloo mini ndiya kuziqokelela neziqhwala,
neembacu ngokwazo ndizihlanganise,
ngokunjalo nâbo ndibabandezeleyo.
7Iziqhwala ndozenza amasalela,
iimbacu zibe sisizwe esomeleleyo,
uNdikhoyo abalawule kwintaba iZiyon
kusukela ngaloo mini kuse ephakadeni.
8Ke wena, nqaba yemboniselo yomhlambi,
wena nduli, ntombindini eyiZiyon,
wowubuyiselwa umbuso wamandulo;
ewe, ubukhosi bobuyiselwa kwintombi eyiJerusalem.”
9Ngani ke ukuba ubhomboloze?
Ngaba akunaye ukumkani?
Ngaba akusenalo na iphakathi,
sowupena-pena nje ngoku
ngathi ngumfazi efunyenwe yinimba?
10Pinyalaza uncwine, ntombindini eyiZiyon,
ube ngathi ngumfazi mhla ngenimba,
kuba uyaphuma ngoku kwesi sixeko.
Uza kuhlala empenge-mpengeni.
Uza kuya kwelaseBhabheli
apho uya kuhlangulwa khona.
Uya kukhululwa nguNdikhoyo khona,
akukhuphe esandleni seentshaba zakho.
11Ngoku ke zininzi izizwe ezihlanganisene ngawe.
Zithi: “Ewe, mayixabheleke iZiyon,
amehlo ethu akubone oko.”
12Kodwa ke bona abazazi iingcinga zikaNdikhoyo,
necebo lakhe abaliqondi.
Yena ubaqokelela njengezithungu
ingqolowa xa isiya kubhulwa.
13“Vuka kaloku ubhule, ntombindini iyiZiyon!
Ndokunika iimpondo ezingathi yintsimbi,
ube neempuphu ezinjengobhedu,
izizwe ezininzi uzinyhashe zibe ziintsali,
uze loo ngeniso yazo yobutshijolo uyinikele ibe yekaNdikhoyo,
ubutyebi bazo buye kwiNkosi yehlabathi lonke.”
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