Israel's Redeemer

¹Kepha manje usho kanje uJehova owakudalayo wena Jakobe, nowakubumba wena Israyeli, uthi: “Ungesabi ngokuba ngikuhlengile, ngikubizile ngegama lakho; ungowami.

²Lapho udabula emanzini, mina nginawe; nasemifuleni, ayiyikukukhukhula; lapho uhamba emlilweni, awuyikusha, nelangabi aliyikukushisa.

³Ngokuba nginguJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, oNgcwele ka-Israyeli, uMsindisi wakho; ngiyanika iGibithe libe yihlawulo lakho, iKushe neSheba esikhundleni sakho.

⁴Ngenxa yokuba ubuyigugu emehlweni ami, futhi ubudumile, uthandekile kimi, ngiyakunika abantu esikhundleni sakho, nezizwe esikhundleni sokuphila kwakho.

⁵Ungesabi, ngokuba nginawe; ngiyakuyiletha inzalo yakho iphume empumalanga, ngikubuthe nasentshonalanga.

⁶Ngiyakusho kuyo inyakatho, ngithi: ‘Balethe,’ nakuyo iningizimu: ‘Ungabagodli.’ Lethani amadodana ami akude, namadodakazi ami ukuba aphume emikhawulweni yomhlaba,

⁷onke abizwe ngegama lami, nengiwadalele inkazimulo yami, engiwabumbile nengiwenzile.”

⁸Lethani abantu abayizimpumputhe abanamehlo nezithulu ezinezindlebe.

⁹Izizwe zonke mazibuthelwe ndawonye, abantu bonke babuthane; ngubani phakathi kwabo ongamemezela lokhu, asizwise izinto zakuqala; mabalethe ofakazi babo ukuba balungisiswe, bezwe, bathi: “Kuyiqiniso.”

¹⁰“Ningofakazi bami,” usho uJehova, “nenceku yami engiyikhethileyo ukuba nazi, ningethembe, niqonde ukuthi nginguye; ngaphambi kwami akwenziwanga uNkulunkulu, nangasemva kwami akayikuba khona.

¹¹Mina, mina nginguJehova, ngaphandle kwami akakho umsindisi.

¹²Ngimemezele, ngisindisile, ngizwisile, kungakabikho unkulunkulu wabezizwe phakathi kwenu; yebo, ningofakazi bami,” usho uJehova, “mina nginguNkulunkulu.

¹³Yebo, kwasendulo nginguye; akakho ongophula esandleni sami; lapho ngisebenza, ngubani ongakuvimbela na?”

¹⁴Usho kanje uJehova, uMhlengi wenu, oNgcwele ka-Israyeli, uthi: “Ngenxa yenu ngithumele eBabele, ngiyakwehlisa bonke njengababaleki, namaKaledi ngemikhumbi yokujabula kwawo.

¹⁵NginguJehova oNgcwele wenu, uMdali ka-Israyeli, iNkosi yenu.”

¹⁶Usho kanje uJehova owenza indlela elwandle, nomkhondo emanzini anamandla,

¹⁷okhipha izinqola namahhashi, impi namandla; kuyalala kanyekanye, akusenakuvuka; kucishile, kucinyiwe njengomongo.

¹⁸“Ningakhumbuli izinto zakuqala, ningazindli ngezindaba zasendulo.

¹⁹Bhekani, ngiyakwenza okusha; kuyakuqhamuka manje, angithi niyakwazi na? Yebo, ngiyakwenza indlela ehlane nemifula kwahlongasibi.

²⁰Izilwane zasendle ziyakungidumisa, amakhanka nezintshe, ngokuba ngiveza amanzi ehlane nemifula kwahlongasibi ukuphuzisa abantu bami abakhethiweyo,

²¹laba bantu engizenzele bona ukuba bashumayele udumo lwami.

²²“Kepha awungibizanga, Jakobe, ngokuba wadinwa yimi, Israyeli.

²³Awulethanga kimi izimvu zakho zomnikelo wokushiswa, awungidumisanga ngemihlatshelo yakho; angikukhonzisanga ngeminikelo, angikudinisanga ngenhlaka.

²⁴Awungithengelanga umhlanga othaphukayo ngemali, awungisuthisanga ngamanoni emihlatshelo yakho, kepha ungisebenzisile ngezono zakho, ungidinisile ngobubi bakho.

²⁵“Mina, mina nginguye owesula iziphambeko zakho ngenxa yami; angiyikukhumbula izono zakho.

²⁶Ngikhumbuze, masahlulelane; yisho wena ukuba ulungisiwe.

²⁷Uyihlo wokuqala wona, abahumushi bakho bangihlubukile.

²⁸Ngidumazile izikhulu zendlu engcwele, ngimenzile uJakobe abe yisiqalekiso, no-Israyeli abe yisithuko.