Isaya 26

¹Ngalolo suku lesi sihlabelelo siyakuhlatshelelwa ezweni lakwaJuda sokuthi: Umuzi onamandla sinawo; uyasimisela insindiso ibe yizingange nezindonga.

²Vulani amasango ukuba isizwe esilungileyo esigcina iqiniso singene.

³Inhliziyo eqinileyo uyayilinda ngokuthula okupheleleyo, ngokuba yethemba kuwe.

⁴Thembani kuJehova kuze kube phakade, ngokuba uJehova, yebo, uJehova uyidwala elingunaphakade.

⁵Ngokuba uthobisile ababehlezi phezulu, umuzi ophakemeyo; uyawubhidliza, uyawubhidliza kuze kube semhlabathini, awusondeze nasothulini.

⁶Unyawo luyakuwunyathela phansi, izinyawo zabaswelayo, izinyathelo zabampofu.

⁷Indlela yabalungileyo iqondile, umkhondo wabaqotho ulungile, uyawenza ukuba ulingane.

⁸Yebo, ezindleleni zezahlulelo zakho, Jehova, sikuhlalele. Umphefumulo uyalangazelela igama lakho nesikhumbuzo sakho.

⁹Ngomphefumulo wami ngikulangazelela ebusuku, yebo, ngomoya wami ophakathi kwami ngiyakufunisisa, ngokuba lapho izahlulelo zakho zisemhlabeni, abakhileyo bezwe bafunda ukulunga.

¹⁰Uma omubi ephiwa umusa, akafundi ukulunga; ezweni lobuqotho uyakwenza ukonakala, angaboni ukuphakama kukaJehova.

¹¹Jehova, isandla sakho siphakeme, kepha kababoni; kodwa mababone ukushisekela kwakho abantu, babe namahloni; yebo, umlilo uyakuqeda izitha zakho.

¹²Jehova, uyakusimisela ukuthula; ngokuba nayo yonke imisebenzi yethu senzelwe yona nguwe.

¹³Jehova Nkulunkulu wethu, amanye amakhosi angaphandle kwakho asibusile, kepha kuwena wedwa siyadumisa igama lakho.

¹⁴Abafileyo ababuyi baphile, izithunzi azibuyi zivuke; ngalokho wabahambela, wabachitha, wenza ukuba konke ukukhunjulwa kwabo kuphele.

¹⁵Wandisa isizwe, Jehova, wandisa isizwe, wadunyiswa, wavula yonke imikhawulo yezwe.

¹⁶Jehova, besekuhluphekeni bakuhambela, bazethula ngemikhuleko lapho belaywa nguwe.

¹⁷Njengokhulelweyo osondela ukuba abelethe ezwiswa ubuhlungu, saba njalo phambi kobuso bakho, Jehova.

¹⁸Sasikhulelwe, sasinobuhlungu, sabeletha kungathi umoya nje; asenzanga insindiso emhlabeni, nabayakwakha ezweni abasazalwa.

¹⁹Kepha abafileyo bakho bayakubuye baphile, izidumbu zabo zivuke. Phaphamani, nijabule nina enihlala othulini, ngokuba amazolo akho angamazolo okukhanya, nomhlaba uyakubakhipha abafileyo.

²⁰Wozani, bantu bami, ningene emakamelweni enu, nizivalele iminyango, nicashe ngokuphazima kweso, kuze kudlule ulaka.

²¹Ngokuba bhekani, uJehova uyaphuma endaweni yakhe ukuba ahambele ububi babakhileyo emhlabeni; umhlaba uyakubonakalisa igazi lawo, ungabe usabasibekela ababuleweyo babo.