U-Isaya 53:1-12

Ngubani owakholwa umbiko wethu? lengalo yeNKOSI yambulelwa bani? Ngokuba uyakumila phambi kobuso bakhe njengehlumela, nanjengempande emhlabathini owomileyo; futhi lapho sizoMbona, akukho buhle ukuthi singaMfisa. Udelelekile, waliwa ngabantu; umuntu wosizi nojwayelene nosizi; futhi samfihlela ubuso bethu njengokungathi; wayedelelekile, futhi asizange simhloniphe. Yebo, wathwala usizi lwethu, wathwala usizi lwethu, kepha thina sathi ishaywe, ishaywe nguNkulunkulu, icindezelwe. Kodwa yalinyazwa ngenxa yeziphambeko zethu, yachotshozwa ngobubi bethu; isijeziso sokuthula kwethu sasiphezu kwakhe; nangemivimbo yakhe siphilisiwe thina. Sonke sidukile njengezimvu; sajika yilowo nalowo indlela yakhe; uJehova wehlisela phezu kwakhe ububi bethu sonke. Wacindezelwa, waba lusizi, kepha akawuvulanga umlomo wakhe; njengewundlu uyiswa ekuhlatshweni, nanjengemvu isimungulu phambi kwabagundi bayo, kanjalo akawuvuli umlomo wakhe. Wasuswa etilongweni nasekwahlulelweni; futhi ngubani ongamemezela ubulili bakhe? ngoba waqunywa elizweni labaphilayo; ngenxa yesiphambeko sabantu bami washaywa. Futhi wenza ithuna lakhe kanye nababi kanye nabacebile ekufeni kwakhe; ngoba akenzanga ubudlova, futhi kwakungekho nkohliso emlonyeni wakhe. Kepha kwaba kuhle kuJehova ukumchoboza; waba lusizi; uma unikela umphefumulo wayo ube ngumnikelo wesono, iyakubona inzalo yayo, yandise izinsuku zayo, nokuthakazelelwa nguJehova kuyakuphumelela esandleni sayo. Uyobona umshikashika womphefumulo wakhe, asuthe; ngokwazi kwakhe uyakuyenza inceku yami elungileyo ilunge kakhulu; ngokuba uyakuthwala ububi babo. Ngalokho ngiyakuyabela izabelo kanye nabakhulu, yahlukanise impango nabanamandla; ngokuba wawuthulula umphefumulo wakhe ekufeni, wabalelwa kanye nezoni; futhi wathwala izono zabaningi futhi wathandazela aboni.