U-Izaya 6:1-13

Ngonyaka wokufa kwenkosi u-Uziya, ngabona uSimakade ehleli esihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi esiphezulu nesiphakemeyo; umsila wengubo yakhe ugcwalise ithempeli. Ngaphezu kwakhe kwakumi amaserafi; yilelo nalelo linamaphiko ayisithupha; ngamabili awo lamboza ubuso balo, ngamabili lamboza izinyawo zalo, nangamabili landiza. Elinye lamemeza kwelinye, lathi: “Ungcwele, ungcwele, ungcwele uSimakade Wamabandla, wonke umhlaba ugcwele inkazimulo yakhe.” Izinsika zomnyango zathuthumeliswa yizwi lomemezayo, indlu yagcwala intuthu. Ngase ngithi: “Maye kimi! Ngokuba ngiphelile, lokhu ngingumuntu ondebe zakhe zingcolile, futhi ngihleli phakathi kwabantu abazindebe zabo zingcolile. Ngokuba amehlo ami ayibonile iNkosi uSimakade Wamabandla.” Elinye lamaserafi landizela kimi liphethe ilahle elivuthayo esandleni salo, elalilithathe ngodlawu e-althare. Lathinta umlomo wami, lathi: “Uyabona, lokhu kuzithintile izindebe zakho; ububi bakho sebususiwe, nezono zakho sezihlanguliwe.” Ngabuye ngezwa izwi leNkosi lithi: “Ngiyothuma bani, ngubani oyosiyela na?” Ngase ngithi: “Bheka, nangu mina; thuma mina.” Yathi: “Hamba uthi kulaba bantu: “ ‘Yizwani, yizwani, kodwa ningaqondi; bonani, bonani, kodwa ningazi.’ Yenza inhliziyo yalaba bantu ibe lukhuni, izindlebe zabo zibe buthuntu; ufiphaze amehlo abo, funa babone ngamehlo abo, bezwe ngezindlebe zabo, baqonde ngenhliziyo yabo, babuye, baphiliswe.” Ngase ngithi: “Nkosi, kuyoze kube nini na?” Yathi: “Kuze kuchithwe imizi, kungabe kusaba khona ohlala kuyo, izindlu zingabe zisaba namuntu, nomhlaba ube yincithakalo neze, uSimakade aze adedisele kude abantu, nencithakalo ibe nkulu ezweni. Ngisho noma kusasele ingxenye yeshumi kulo, iyobuye ishiswe njengomtherebhinte nomu-okhi okusiqu sakho simi lapho kugawulwa khona, inzalo engcwele iyisiqu sakho.”