U-Izaya 53:4-12

Kodwa yazithwala izifo zethu, yabetshatha ubuhlungu bethu, kepha thina sathi ijezisiwe, ishaywe nguNkulunkulu, ihlushiwe. Yebo, yahlatshwa ngenxa yeziphambeko zethu, yachotshozwa ngobubi bethu; isijeziso sethu saba phezu kwayo, ukuze sibe nokuthula; nangemivimbo yayo, siphilisiwe thina. Thina sonke sidukile njengezimvu; yilowo nalowo uphendukele endleleni yakhe. USimakade wehlisela phezu kwayo ububi bethu sonke. Yacindezelwa, yahlushwa, kodwa ayiwuvulanga umlomo wayo. Njengewundlu liyiswa ekuhlatshweni, nanjengemvu ithule phambi kwabagundi bayo, ayiwuvulanga umlomo wayo. Yasuswa ekucindezelweni nasekwehlulelweni. Ngubani esizukulwaneni sayo owacabanga ukuthi yanqunywa ezweni labaphilayo, ishayiwe ngesiphambeko sabantu bami na? Babeka ithuna layo kanye nababi; ekufeni yayinabenza okubi, noma ingenzanga ndluzula, kungekho nankohliso emlonyeni wayo. Nokho uSimakade wathanda ukuyishaya ngezifo. Wenza umphefumulo wayo waba ngumnikelo wecala. Iyakusibona isizukulwane sayo, yenze izinsuku zayo zibe ziningi, nentando kaSimakade iyakuphumelela esandleni sayo. Ekuhluphekeni kwayo iyakukubona, yaneliswe. Ngokwazi kwayo inceku yami elungileyo, iyakulungisisa abaningi, ithwale izono zabo. Ngalokho ngiyakuyabela indawo nabakhulu, iyakuhlukanisa impango nabanamandla, ngokuba yawuthulula umphefumulo wayo ekufeni, yabalwa kanye nezelelesi; nokho yathwala izono zabaningi, yakhulekela aboni.