| ← Isaiah (38/66) → |
| 1. | Ngalezonsuku uHezekhiya wagula waphos’ukufa. UIsaya indodana kaAmozi umprofethi wasefika kuye, wathi kuye: Itsho njalo i Nkosi: Layezela indlu yakho, ngoba uzakufa, kawuyikuphila. |
| 2. | UHezekhiya wasephendulela ubuso bakhe ngasemdulini, wakhuleka e Nkosi ni, |
| 3. | wasesithi: Ngiyakuncenga, Nkosi, ake ukhumbule, ukuthi ngihambe phambi kwakho ngobuqotho langenhliziyo epheleleyo, ngenza okulungileyo emehlweni akho. UHezekhiya wasekhala inyembezi ngokukhala okukhulu. |
| 4. | Kwasekufika ilizwi le Nkosi kuIsaya, lisithi: |
| 5. | Hamba, uthi kuHezekhiya: Itsho njalo i Nkosi uNkulunkulu kaDavida uyihlo: Ngiwuzwile umkhuleko wakho, ngibonile inyembezi zakho; khangela, ngizakwengezelela iminyaka elitshumi lanhlanu ensukwini zakho, |
| 6. | ngikukhulule wena lalumuzi esandleni senkosi yeAsiriya, ngiwuvikele lumuzi. |
| 7. | Lalesi yisibonakaliso kuwe esivela e Nkosi ni, esokuthi i Nkosi izayenza le into eyikhulumileyo. |
| 8. | Khangela, ngizabuyisela emuva isithunzi sezinyathelo esesehlile ezinyathelweni zikaAhazi zelanga, izinyathelo ezilitshumi emuva. Ilanga laselibuyela emuva izinyathelo ezilitshumi, ngezinyathelo elalehle ngazo. |
| 9. | Umbhalo kaHezekhiya inkosi yakoJuda lapho egula, esesile emkhuhlaneni wakhe. |
| 10. | Mina ngathi: Ekuqunyweni kwezinsuku zami ngizakuya emasangweni engcwaba; ngemukwe insali yeminyaka yami. |
| 11. | Ngathi: Kangiyikubona uJehova, uJehova elizweni labaphilayo; kangisayikubona muntu labahlali bomhlaba. |
| 12. | Isizukulwana sami sesisukile, sasuswa kimi njengethente lomelusi; ngiqume impilo yami njengomeluki; uzangiquma njengomkhuhlane ocikizayo; kusukela emini kuze kube sebusuku uzangiqeda. |
| 13. | Ngabalisa kwaze kwaba sekuseni; njengesilwane, ngokunjalo uzakwephula amathambo ami wonke; kusukela emini kuze kube sebusuku uzangiqeda. |
| 14. | Njengenkonjane kumbe ihemu, ngokunjalo ngatshiyoza ngilila njengejuba, amehlo ami afiphala ngokukhangela phezulu. Nkosi, ngicindezelwe; woba yisibambiso sami. |
| 15. | Ngingathini? Ikhulumile kimi, yona uqobo ikwenzile. Ngizahamba kabuthakathaka yonke iminyaka yami ekubabeni komphefumulo wami. |
| 16. | Nkosi, ngalezizinto bayaphila, lakuzo zonke lezizinto kulempilo yomoya wami. Njalo uzangelapha, ungiphilise. |
| 17. | Khangela, kulokuthula ngibe lokubaba okukhulu, kodwa wena uwuthandile umphefumulo wami wawukhulula egodini lencithakalo, ngoba uphosele ngemva komhlana wakho zonke izono zami. |
| 18. | Ngoba ingcwaba lingekubonge, ukufa ku nge kudumise, labo abehlela emgodini bangethembele iqiniso lakho. |
| 19. | Ophilayo, ophilayo, yena uzakudumisa, njengami lamuhla; uyise uzakwazisa abantwana iqiniso lakho. |
| 20. | I Nkosi yayilungele ukungisindisa, ngakho sizahlabelela ingoma zami ngamachacho insuku zonke zempilo yethu endlini ye Nkosi. |
| 21. | Ngoba uIsaya wayethe: Kabathathe isigaqa somkhiwa, basifake njengomnameko phezu kwethumba, uzasila. |
| 22. | UHezekhiya laye wayethe: Siyini isibonakaliso sokuthi ngizakwenyukela endlini ye Nkosi? |
| ← Isaiah (38/66) → |