Ukumiselwa kukaKoreshi

1 Wenjenje *uNdikhoyo ukuthetha

nomthanjiswa wakhe uKoreshi,Kwiincwadi zesiNgesi kuthiwa nguSirasi

amthe jize ngegunya namandla oloyiso jikelele,

khon’ ukuze avuthulule ookumkani,

avulelwe zonke iingcango,

angathintelwa ngamasango esixeko:

2 “Ndim ngokwam oya kukutshayelela;

iinduli neentaba ndosuka ndizilebele,

amasango enziwe ngobhedu ndiwakroboze,

nemivalo yentsimbi ndiyivuthulule.

3 Ndokunika ubutyebi obunqatyisiweyo;

ewe, obugcinwe kwiindawo ezifihlakeleyo.

Uya kutsho uqonde ukuba ndinguNdikhoyo uThixo kaSirayeli;

ngenene ndim okubize ngegama.

4 Ngenxa yesicaka sam uYakobi,

nditsho uSirayeli endimnyulileyo,

ndikubize ngegama,

ndakuthi jize ngesihomo nesithozela,

nangona wena ungandazi nje.

5 “Ndim uNdikhoyo; akukho Thixo wumbi.

Ndiya kukuxhobisa utsho uqine

nangona wena ungandazi.

6 Le nto ndoyenza ukuze baqonde bonke,

bazi emhlabeni wonke jikelele,

baqonde ukuba mna ndinguNdikhoyo,

bazi ukuba akukho Thixo wumbi.

7 Ndikudalile ukukhanya,

kanti ke nobumnyama;

ivela kum impumelelo,

ngokunjalo neshwangusha;

ndim mna Ndikhoyo ozenzayo ezi zinto.

8 Ndokuthobela ulungelelwano lune njengemvula,

ke wona umhlaba uya kulwamkela

kutsho kuthi qhakra inkululeko nobulungisa.

Ndim mna Ndikhoyo unobangela wezi zinto.”

NguNdikhoyo kuphela iNkosi

9 Mawoo kulowo uphikisana noMenzi wakhe!

Imbiza nje yomdongwe ingathini ukusuka iphikisane nombumbi wayo?

Ungathini umdongwe ukuthi kumbumbi: “Wenza ntoni kodwa?”

Ingakhalaza na imbiza ithi: “Uliqhithala, mbumbindini”?

10 Umntwana angamkhalazela na uyise nonina,

athi: “Nindizalele ntoni?”

11 *UNdikhoyo, uThixo oYedwa kaSirayeli,

umdali wakhe, uthi:

“Ningathini na ukundithethisa ngekamva,

nindinkqangise ngabantwana bam,

nide nindixelele ngemfanelo yam?

12 Ndim owalenzayo ihlabathi;

ndim owadala uluntu kulo;

ngezam izandla ndawatwabulula amazulu;

ndiyayilawula inyambalala yawo.

13 Ngobulungisa bam ndim oxhokonxe uKoreshi;

ndoyityeneneza indlela ayihambayo.

Isixeko sam iJerusalem wobuya asivuse;

uza kubakhulula abantu bam abathinjiweyo.

Loo nto woyenza ngaphandle kwembuyekezo;

kaloku uthethile uNdikhoyo uSomandla-onke.”

14 KuSirayeli utsho uNdikhoyo ukuthi:

“Ubutyebi beJiputa neKushe bobákhó,

iingxilimbela zaseSebha ngamakhoboka akho.

Zona ziza kulandela zikhonxiwe;

zokhahlela kuwe zivuma zisithi:

‘Nini kuphela abanoThixo;

akukho wumbi.’ ”

15 Thixo kaSirayeli, uyabahlangula abantu bakho;

wena unguThixo ofihlakeleyo.

16 Abaqingqi *bemifanekiso basehlazweni;

ngenene ke bona bonyoshoza bephoxekile.

17 Ke yena uSirayeli wahlangulwa nguNdikhoyo;

olwakhe usindiso lohlala luhleli;

yena akasoze ahlazeke aphoxeke nanini nanini.

18 UNdikhoyo nguye umdali wamazulu;

ngenene nguye oyena-yena Thixo.

Ihlabathi eli labunjwa nguye;

walenza waza walizinzisa.

Akalenzanga laba ngumqwebedu obharhileyo;

walenzela ukuze limiwe luluntu.

Yena ke uthi: “Ndim uNdikhoyo;

akukho Thixo wumbi.

19 Ewe, mna andithethanga ekusitheleni,

nenjongo yam andizange ndiyifihle.

Mna andiyixhamlanga indlu kaYakobi,

ndingatshongo nokuba mayindifune enkqantosini.

NdinguNdikhoyo; mna ndiyayithetha inyaniso,

mna ndiyakuvakalisa oko kuqinisekileyo.

20 “Qokelelanani, nonke zizwe;

nditsho nina, mingqandanda esindileyo.

Yizani kaloku nizokuxoxa,

bantundini bazizityhakala ezingazi nto,

nina batyethe imifanekiso yomthi,

nina banqula *oothixo abangento yanto.

21 Yizani kuxoxa enkundleni;

mabathetha-thethane abamangalelwa.

Ngubani owayixela kwamandulo le nto?

Ngubani owayivakalisa ingekenzeki?

Asindim na Ndikhoyo?

NdinguThixo osindisayo, olilungisa;

ngaphandle kwam akukho Thixo.

22 “Khangelani kum nisindiswe,

nina zizwe zehlabathi liphela.

Kaloku ndim uThixo, akukho wumbi.

23 Ngenene ndiyafunga,

yaye esam isifungo sinyanisekile;

ewe, sona soze siguquke:

Zonk’ iintlanga zokhahlela kum,

zifunge ukuba zondithobela.

24 Zovuma zithi: ‘KukuNdikhoyo kuphela ukuzuzwa kosindiso namandla.’ ”

Ke bona abamthiyileyo bohlazeka.

25 Kodwa ngenxa kaNdikhoyo yonk’ inzala kaSirayeli yogwetyelwa

ize imdumise.