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| 1. | Ilizwi uIsaya indodana kaAmozi alibona ngoJuda leJerusalema. |
| 2. | Kuzakuthi-ke ekupheleni kwezinsuku intaba yendlu ye Nkosi imiswe engqongeni yezintaba, iphakanyiswe phezu kwamaqaqa; lazo zonke izizwe zizajulukela kuyo. |
| 3. | Lezizwe ezinengi zizahamba zithi: Wozani senyukele entabeni ye Nkosi, endlini kaNkulunkulu kaJakobe, njalo uzasifundisa ngendlela zakhe, sihambe emikhondweni yakhe; ngoba kuzaphuma umlayo eZiyoni, lelizwi le Nkosi eJerusalema. |
| 4. | Njalo izakwahlulela phakathi kwezizwe, ikhuze abantu abanengi; bazakhanda inkemba zabo zibe yimilomo yamakhuba, lemikhonto yabo ibe zingqamu zokuthena izihlahla; isizwe kasiyikuphakamisela isizwe inkemba, kasisayikufunda impi futhi. |
| 5. | Ndlu kaJakobe, wozani sihambe ekukhanyeni kwe Nkosi. |
| 6. | Ngakho ubalahlile abantu bakho, indlu kaJakobe, ngoba bagcwele okwempumalanga, bayizanuse njengamaFilisti, babambana izandla labantwana bezizwe. |
| 7. | Lelizwe labo ligcwaliswe isiliva legolide, njalo kakulakuphela kwenotho yabo; lelizwe labo ligcwaliswe amabhiza, njalo kakulakuphela kwenqola zabo. |
| 8. | Lelizwe labo ligcwaliswe izithombe; bakhothamela imisebenzi yezandla zabo, lalokho iminwe yabo ekwenzileyo. |
| 9. | Lomuntukazana uyakhothama, lomuntu omkhulu azithobe; ngakho kawubaxoleli. |
| 10. | Ngena edwaleni, ucatshe othulini, ngenxa yokwesabeka kwe Nkosi, langenxa yodumo lokuphakama kwayo. |
| 11. | Amehlo aziqhenyayo omuntu azakwehliselwa phansi, lokuzikhukhumeza kwabantu kuzakhothanyiswa, le Nkosi kuphela izaphakanyiswa ngalolosuku. |
| 12. | Ngoba usuku lwe Nkosi yamabandla luzakuba phezu kwakhe wonke ozigqajayo lozikhukhumezayo, lumelane laye wonke oziphakamisayo, njalo athotshiswe; |
| 13. | lumelane layo yonke imisedari yeLebhanoni emide lephakemeyo, lumelane lazo zonke izihlahla zama-okhi* zeBashani, |
| 14. | lumelane lazo zonke intaba ezinde, lumelane lawo wonke amaqaqa aphakemeyo, |
| 15. | lumelane lawo wonke umphotshongo ophakemeyo, lumelane lawo wonke umthangala obiyelweyo, |
| 16. | lumelane layo yonke imikhumbi yeTarshishi, lumelane layo yonke imifanekiso eloyisekayo. |
| 17. | Lokuziqhenya kwabantu kuzakhothanyiswa, lokuzikhukhumeza kwabantu kuzathotshiswa, le Nkosi kuphela izaphakanyiswa ngalolusuku. |
| 18. | Lezithombe zizaphela du. |
| 19. | Bazangena-ke ezimbalwini zamadwala lemihomeni yomhlaba, ngenxa yokwesabeka kwe Nkosi langenxa yodumo lokuphakama kwayo, lapho izavuka ukuqhaqhazelisa umhlaba. |
| 20. | Ngalolosuku umuntu uzalahlela emagundwaneni lakubolulwane izithombe zakhe zesiliva lezithombe zakhe zegolide abazenzela yena ukuzikhonza, |
| 21. | ukungena emifantwini yamadwala lezingoxweni zamawa, ngenxa yokwesabeka kwe Nkosi langenxa yodumo lokuphakama kwayo, lapho izavuka ukuqhaqhazelisa umhlaba. |
| 22. | Lina phezani kumuntu, omphefumulo wakhe usemakhaleni akhe; ngoba unakanwa kukuphi? |
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