52 vuka, vuka, gqoka amandla akho+ ziyoni! gqoka izingubo zakho ezinhle+ jerusalema, muzi ongcwele!+ ngoba ngeke kuphinde kungene kuwe ongasokile nongcolileyo.+ 2 o jerusalema, zithintithe uthuli,+ vuka, hlala esihlalweni. zithukulule imichilo esentanyeni yakho, ndodakazi eyisithunjwa yaseziyoni.+ 3 yilokhu ujehova akushilo: “nathengiswa mahhala,+ futhi niyohlengwa ngaphandle kwemali.”+ 4 ngoba yilokhu inkosi engumbusi ujehova ekushilo: “abantu bami behlela egibhithe okokuqala ukuba bayogogobala khona;+ i--asiriya lona labacindezela ngaphandle kwesizathu.” 5 “manje, yini enginayo lapha?” kusho ujehova. “ngoba abantu bami bathathwa mahhala.+ bona kanye abababusayo babelokhu behewula,”+ kusho ujehova, “futhi njalo, usuku lonke, igama lami laliphathwa ngendelelo.+ 6 ngaleso sizathu abantu bami bayolazi igama lami,+ yebo ngaleso sizathu ngalolo suku, ngoba yimi okhulumayo.+ bheka! yimi.” 7 yeka ukuthi zibukeka kahle kanjani ezintabeni izinyawo+ zoletha izindaba ezinhle,+ omemezela ukuthula,+ oletha izindaba ezinhle zokuthile okungcono,+ omemezela insindiso,+ lowo othi kulo iziyoni: “unkulunkulu wakho usebe yinkosi!”+ 8 lalela! abalindi+ bakho siqu baphakamise izwi labo.+ balokhu bekhamuluka ngenjabulo kanyekanye; ngoba bayobona ngaso linye+ lapho ujehova ebutha iziyoni elibuyisa.+ 9 yenamani, khamulukani ngenjabulo kanyekanye, nina zindawo ezibhuqiwe zasejerusalema,+ ngoba ujehova ubaduduzile abantu bakhe;+ ulihlengile ijerusalema.+ 10 ujehova uyembulile ingalo yakhe engcwele phambi kwamehlo azo zonke izizwe;+ futhi yonke imikhawulo yomhlaba iyoyibona insindiso kankulunkulu wethu.+ 11 sukani, sukani, phumani lapho,+ ningathinti lutho olungcolile;+ phumani phakathi kwalo,+ zigcineni nihlanzekile, nina enithwala izitsha zikajehova.+ 12 ngoba aniyikuphuma ninetwetwe, futhi aniyikuhamba nibaleka.+ ngoba ujehova uyobe ehamba phambi kwenu,+ futhi unkulunkulu ka--israyeli uyobe eyibutho lenu labaqaphi elingemuva.+ 13 bheka! inceku yami+ iyokwenza ngokuqondisisa.+ iyoba sesikhundleni esiphakeme futhi ngokuqinisekile iyokhushulwa, iphakanyiswe kakhulu.+ 14 ngezinga abaningi abaye bayigqolozela ngalo bemangele+—ukubonakala kwayo kwakonakaliswe kakhulu+ ngaphezu kokwanoma yimuphi omunye umuntu nesimo sayo esinesithunzi+ sasonakaliswe ngaphezu kwesamadodana abantu— 15 iyokwethusa izizwe eziningi ngezinga elifanayo.+ amakhosi ayovala imilomo lapho eyibona,+ ngoba lokho ayengazange alandiswe kona ayokubona ngempela, futhi ayophendulela ukucabanga kwawo kulokho ayengakuzwanga.+"