U-Isaya 6:1-13

Ngomnyaka wokufa kwenkosi u-Uziya ngabona iNkosi ihlezi esihlalweni sobukhosi esiphezulu nesiphakemeyo, umphetho wayo ugcwalisa ithempeli. Phezu kwalo kwakumi amaserafi, yilelo nalelo lalinamaphiko ayisithupha; ngamabili yamboza ubuso bayo, nangamabili yamboza izinyawo zayo, nangamabili yandiza. Enye yabiza enye, yathi: “Ungcwele, ungcwele, ungcwele uJehova Sebawoti; umhlaba wonke ugcwele inkazimulo yakhe. Izinsika zomnyango zanyakaza ngezwi lalowo owayememeza, indlu yagcwala umusi. Ngasengisithi: Maye kimi! ngoba sengiphelile; ngokuba ngingumuntu onezindebe ezingcolile, ngihlala phakathi kwabantu abazindebe zingcolile; ngokuba amehlo ami abonile iNkosi, uJehova Sebawoti. Landizela kimi elinye lamaserafi liphethe ilahle elivuthayo esandleni salo, elalilithatha ngodlawu e-altare. Yasibeka emlonyeni wami, yathi: “Bheka, isithinte izindebe zakho; ububi bakho sebususiwe, nesono sakho siyahlanjululwa. Ngase ngizwa izwi leNkosi lithi: “Ngiyakuthuma bani, futhi ngubani oyakusiyela na?” Ngase ngithi: Nangu mina; ngithumele. Wathi: “Hamba, uthi kulaba bantu: ‘Yizwani nokuzwa, kepha ningaqondi; niyabona, kepha aniboni. Yenza inhliziyo yalaba bantu ikhuluphale, wenze izindlebe zabo zibe lukhuni, uvale amehlo abo; funa babone ngamehlo abo, bezwe ngezindlebe zabo, baqedisise ngenhliziyo, baphenduke, baphiliswe. Ngasengisithi: Nkosi, koze kube nini? Wathi: Imizi ize ibe incithakalo, ingabi nabahlali, nezindlu zingabi namuntu, nezwe libe yincithakalo nokuchitheka. UJehova wabayisa kude abantu, kwaba khona incithakalo enkulu phakathi nezwe. Kodwa kuzakuba khona okwetshumi kulo, njalo lizabuya lidliwe: njengesihlahla setiye lanjengesihlahla se-okhi esiluthuli lwaso lapho sivuthulula amahlamvu awo; kanjalo inzalo engcwele iyakuba yimpahla yayo.