Esaya 8:1-22
8 Kabili Yehova anjebele ati: “Buula ilibwe ilyapaapaatala+ ilikalamba no kulembapo ukubomfya icilembelo ca muntunse ati, ‘Maheri-shalali-hashibashi.’
2 Kabili leka nkwate inte sha cishinka+ isha kunjikalilako ubunte,+ e kuti Uria shimapepo+ na Sekaria mwana Yeberekia.”
3 Awe napaleme kuli kasesema umwanakashi, na o alimite kabili umuya inshiku afyele umwana umwaume.+ Yehova nomba atile kuli ine: “Umwinike ati Maheri-shalali-hashibashi,
4 pantu ilyo uyu mwana umunono ashilatendeka ukulanda+ ati, ‘Tata!’ na ‘Mayo!’ abantu bakasenda ifyuma fya mu Damaseke ne fyapokololwa mu Samaria no kufitwala pa ntanshi ya mfumu ya ku Asiria.”+
5 Kabili Yehova akonkenyepo ukusosa kuli ine, ati:
6 “Apo aba bantu nabakaana+ amenshi ya ku Shiloa+ ayapita bwino, kabili kuli ukusekelela+ pali Resini no mwana wa kwa Remalia;+
7 e ico, moneni! Yehova aleleta pali bena+ amenshi ya maka kabili ayengi aya mu Mumana,+ imfumu ya Asiria+ no bucindami bwa iko bonse.+ Kabili akanina pa milonga yakwe yonse no kupoosa mu lulamba lwakwe lonse
8 no kupita mu Yuda. Akaba nge lyeshi no kupita.+ Akafika mu mukoshi.+ Kabili akatambulula amapindo+ yakwe pa kuti esushe mu bwipi bwa calo cobe, we Imanuele!”+
9 Baceneni, na imwe mukatobaulwa; kabili kutikeni, bonse mwe ba mu fitungu fya pe sonde ifyaba ukutali!+ Ipekanyeni,*+ lelo mukatobaulwa!+ Ipekanyeni lelo mukatobaulwa!
10 Pangeni amapange, na yo yakafulunganishiwa!+ Soseni amashiwi yonse ayo mulefwaya, na yo tayakacitike, pantu Lesa ali na ifwe!+
11 Ukuboko kwa kwa Yehova ukwa maka kwali pali ine, ukuti anenge ukwaluka no kuleka ukwenda mu nshila sha aba bantu, atile:
12 “Mwilatila, ‘Kupangana!’ kuli fyonse ifyo aba bantu baletila, ‘Kupangana!’+ kabili ico batiina, imwe mwilacitiina, nangu ukucitutuma.+
13 Yehova wa mabumba e o mulemona uwa mushilo,+ kabili e o muletiina,+ kabili e ufwile ukumututumya.”+
14 Kabili akaba incende ya mushilo;+ lelo ilibwe lya kuipununako kabili icilibwe ca kupunwisha+ ku mayanda yonse yabili aya kwa Israele, akaba ulukose kabili iciteyo ku bekashi ba mu Yerusalemu.+
15 Kabili abengi pali bena bakaipununa no kuwa no kutobaulwa, no kwikatwa mu citeyo.+
16 Funga icalembwa ca bunte,+ kakatika ifunde pa basambi bandi!+
17 Kabili nkalalolela Yehova,+ uulefisa icinso cakwe ku ba mu ng’anda ya kwa Yakobo,+ kabili e o nkasuubila.+
18 Moneni! Ine na bana abo Yehova ampeela+ tuli fishibilo+ kabili ifipesha amano mu Israele ukufuma kuli Yehova wa mabumba, uwikala mu Lupili lwa Sione.+
19 Kabili nga basosa kuli imwe abati: “Ipusheni ku bomfwana ne mipashi+ atemwa kuli balya abasobela, abalongofyanya+ no kutepelesha,” bushe te kuli Lesa wabo abantu bonse bafwile ukwipusha?+ Bushe umuntu epushisheko aba mweo ku bafwa?+
20 Ipusheni ku mafunde na ku bunte!+
Cine cine bakalalanda ukulingana na ya mashiwi+ lelo ulubuuto lwa ku macaca tabakalumone.+
21 Kabili onse akapita mu calo no bucushi kabili ne nsala;+ kabili pa mulandu wa kuti ali ne nsala na pa mulandu wa kukalipa, akalapisha imfumu yakwe na Lesa+ wakwe kabili akapunamina ku muulu.
22 Kabili akalolesha pa calo, awe, moneni! ukucululuka ne mfifi,+ ukufiita fititi, amacushi no kufiita ukwabula ulubuuto.+
Amafutunoti
^ Mu ciHebere paba ati “kakeni mu musana.”
