The Branch from the Stem of Jesse

¹Kuyakuvela ihlumela esiqwini sikaJese, kuphume igatsha ezimpandeni zakhe.

²UMoya kaJehova uyakuhlala phezu kwakhe, umoya wokuhlakanipha nowokuqonda, umoya wamasu nowamandla, umoya wokwazi nowokumesaba uJehova.

³Intokozo yakhe iyakuba sekumesabeni uJehova; akayikwahlulela ngokubona kwamehlo akhe, anganqumi ngokuzwa kwezindlebe zakhe.

⁴Kepha uyakwahlulela abampofu ngokulunga, anqume ngokufaneleyo abathobileyo bomhlaba, awushaye umhlaba ngentonga yomlomo wakhe, abulale ababi ngokuphefumula kwezindebe zakhe.

⁵Ukulunga kuyakuba yibhande lezinkalo zakhe, ukuthembeka kube yibhande lamanyonga akhe.

⁶Impisi iyakuhlala newundlu, ingwe ibuthise ndawonye nezinyane lembuzi, ithole nebhongo lengonyama kukhuluphaliswe kanyekanye, nomntwana omncane uyakukuqhuba.

⁷Inkomo nebhere kuyakuklaba, amazinyane akho abuthise ndawonye, ingonyama idle utshani njengenkabi.

⁸Umntwana oncelayo uyakudlala ngasemgodini webululu, olunyuliweyo elulele isandla sakhe esiseleni sikamantshingeyana.

⁹Abayikwenza okubi, bangachithi entabeni yonke yami engcwele, ngokuba umhlaba uyakugcwala ukumazi uJehova njengamanzi asibekela ulwandle.

¹⁰Kuyakuthi ngalolo suku impande kaJese ime iyibhanela lezizwe; abezizwe bayakuyifuna, nendawo yayo iyakuba nodumo.

¹¹Kuyakuthi ngalolo suku iNkosi ibuye yelule isandla sayo ngokwesibili ukuzuza insali yabantu bayo eyakusala e-Asiriya, naseGibithe, nasePhatirosi, naseKushe, nase-Elamu, naseShineyari, naseHamati, naseziqhingini zolwandle.

¹²Iyakuphakamisela abezizwe ibhandela, ibuthe abaxoshiweyo bakwa-Israyeli, iqoqe abahlakazekileyo bakwaJuda emagumbini omane omhlaba.

¹³Umhawu ka-Efrayimi uyakusuka, nabacindezela uJuda bayakunqunywa; u-Efrayimi akayikuba namhawu ngoJuda, noJuda kayikucindezela u-Efrayimi.

¹⁴Kepha bayakundizela ehlombe lamaFilisti ngasentshonalanga, baphange kanyekanye abantu basempumalanga, belulele izandla zabo ngaku-Edomi noMowabi, abakwa-Amoni babalalele.

¹⁵UJehova uyakuqalekisa itheku lolwandle lwaseGibithe, anikine isandla sakhe phezu koMfula ngokuhwamula komoya wakhe, awushaye ube yiminonjana eyisikhombisa, ukuze kuhanjwe ngezicathulo.

¹⁶Kuyakuba khona umgwaqo wensali yabantu bakhe, eyakusala e-Asiriya, njengalokho kwakunjalo ku-Israyeli ngosuku lokukhuphuka kwakhe ezweni laseGibithe.