U-Isaya
53 Ngubani osekukholiwe lokho abakuzwa ngathi?*+
Ngubani osevezelwe+ ingalo kaJehova?+
2 Uzahluma njengogatsha+ phambi kwakhe,* lanjengempande elizweni elomileyo.
Kamangalisi njalo ubuhle bakhe abukhanyi,+
Lanxa simbona, indlela akhangeleka ngayo ayisisondezi kuye.
3 Weyiswa waninelwa khatshana ngabantu,+
Waba ngumuntu obaziyo ubuhlungu, wajayelana lokugula.
Kwakungani sibufihlelwe ubuso bakhe.*
Weyiswa futhi samphatha njengento engelancedo.+
Kodwa thina samthatha njengomuntu ojezisiweyo,* ohluphekileyo njalo otshaywe nguNkulunkulu.
6 Sonke sihlanhlathile njengezimvu ezilahlekileyo,+
Umuntu ngamunye uphambukile wangena eyakhe indlela,
Kodwa uJehova uthethe icala lethu sonke wamethesa lona.+
Walethwa njengemvu esisiyahlatshwa.+
Wayenjengemvukazi ethuleyo phambi kwalabo abayigela uboya,
Kazange awuvule umlomo wakhe.+
8 Wathathwa* ngenxa yokucindezelwa lokwahlulelwa kubi,
Ngubani ozazihlupha ngezinto ezimayelana lesizukulwane sakhe?*
9 Waphiwa indawo yokungcwatshwa kanye labaxhwalileyo,+
Ekufeni kwakhe wangcwatshwa lezinothi*+
Lanxa kwakungelalutho olubi alwenzileyo,*
Njalo kungazange kube lobuqili emlonyeni wakhe.+
10 Kodwa kwakuyikuthanda kukaJehova* ukumchoboza lokumvumela ukuthi agule.
Nxa unganikela ukuphila kwakhe kube ngumnikelo wecala,+
11 Ngemva kokuhlupheka kabuhlungu, uzabona akwenzileyo asuthiseke.