1 Esdras 4:1 Ke owesibini, owathetha ngamandla okumkani, waqala yithi, 4:2 Musani ukuba ngamagorha, nina madoda, baphathi bolwandle nomhlaba nazo zonke izinto ezikuzo? 4:3 Kodwa ke ukumkani womelele ngakumbi; ngokuba uyinkosi yazo zonke ezi zinto unegunya phezu kwabo; kwaye nantoni na ebawisele umthetho ngayo bayenza. 4:4 Ukuba uthe wawoyisa imfazwe, eyomnye, ewenza; bakhuphele ezintshabeni, bahamba, bazidiliza iintaba iindonga neenqaba. 4:5 Bayabulala, babulawe, bangagqithi nomthetho wokumkani; bafumana uloyiso, bazisa bonke kukumkani, kunye namaxhoba, njengoko zonke ezinye izinto. 4:6 Ngokukwanjalo ke kwabo bangengamajoni, bangabi nanxaxheba kwiimfazwe; kodwa sebenzisani ubutyebi, xa bathe bakuvuna oko bebekuhlwayele; bayizisa kukumkani, banyanzelwa ukuba bahlawule irhafu ikumkani. 4:7 ukanti yena mnye kwaphela; ukuba yena bayalela ukuba bayeke; 4:8 Ukuba uthe mababethe, babethe; ukuba uthe wawisa umthetho, baya kuphanziswa yenza kube senkangala; ukuba uthe makwakhiwe, bakha; 4:9 Ukuba uthe wawisa umthetho, bagawula; ukuba uthe wahlwayela, wothi isityalo. 4:10 Bamthobela bonke abantu bakhe nemikhosi yakhe; kananjalo ulala phantsi Wadla, wasela, waphumla; 4:11 Aba bamlindile ngeenxa zonke, kungabikho bani uphumayo, enze lowo abamthobeli nangayiphi na into. 4:12 Utheni na ukuba ukumkani angabi ligorha, xa enje? wathobela? Uye wazibamba ulwimi. 4:13 Nowesithathu ke, obethetha ngabafazi, wathetha inyaniso Zorobhabheli) waqalisa ukuthetha. 4:14 Owu madoda, asinguye ukumkani omkhulu, okanye inkitha yabantu, hayi yiwayini, eyona ibalaseleyo; Ngubani na ke ngoko obalawulayo, nokuba ngoobawo? ubukhosi phezu kwabo? ayingobafazi na? 4:15 Abafazi bathwele ukumkani, nabantu bonke abalawula elwandle; umhlaba. 4:16 Baphuma ke nakubo, babakhulisela abo batyebileyo; nezidiliya, apho ivela khona iwayini. 4:17 Nazo ke zenzela abantu iingubo; ezi zizukisa abantu; kwaye ngaphandle kwabasetyhini abanako amadoda. 4:18 Ewe, kwaye ukuba abantu bahlanganisa ndawonye igolide nesilivere, okanye nayiphi na enye into into entle, abayithandi na inkazana ebukekayo, neyokuthandeka ubuhle? 4:19 Kwaye ke xa bekhulula zonke ezo zinto, bangaziqhayisi kwaye bavuleke umlomo uthe ntsho kuyo; yaye abantu bangabi ngabanqwenela ngakumbi Bungaphezu kwesilivere, negolide, nangantoni na entle? 4:20 Umntu umshiya uyise owamkhulisayo, nelizwe lakowabo; wanamathela emfazini wakhe. 4:21 Ayinamathele emfazini wayo. kwaye akakhumbuli uyise, nomama, okanye ilizwe. 4:22 Kananjalo yazini ngale nto, ukuba abafazi bayanigagamela; wabulaleka, wabulaleka, wanika, wazisa zonke emfazini; 4:23 Nothi ke umntu athabathe ikrele lakhe, ahambe ngendlela yakhe eya kuphanga, ebe, ukuba asinde. hamba elwandle nasemilanjeni; 4:24 Yaye ibona ingonyama, kwaye ihamba emnyameni; naxa enayo iziphangiwe, ziphangiwe, wozizisa eluthandweni lwakhe. 4:25 Ngenxa yoko indoda imthanda umfazi wayo ngaphezu koyise nokuba ngunina. 4:26 Ewe, baninzi abathe baphelelwa bubulumko kubafazi, baba abakhonzi ngenxa yabo. 4:27 Baninzi kananjalo abatshabaleleyo, abalahlekayo, bonile, ngenxa yabafazi; 4:28 Anikholwa na ngoku? Akamkhulu na ukumkani emandleni akhe? suku Yonke imimandla yoyika ukumchukumisa? 4:29 Ndambona ke, yena noApame ishweshwe lokumkani, intombi kakumkani uBhartako othandekayo, ehleli ngasekunene kokumkani; 4:30 Wathabatha isithsaba entlokweni yokumkani, wasibeka phezu kwakhe intloko nayo yabetha ukumkani ngesandla sayo sasekhohlo. 4:31 Kuko konke oko ukumkani waphonononga, wayiqwalasela ekhamisile umlomo. ukuba uthe wamhleka, naye uyahleka; kodwa ukuba uthe wathabatha Akabanga mnandi kuye, ukumkani wathanda ukuyicenga, ukuba ibe njalo waphinda waxolelaniswa naye. 4:32 Owu madoda, bangathini na ukuba nako ukuma omelele abafazi, besenjenjalo nje? 4:33 Bakhangelana ukumkani nabathetheli, waqala ukubabona thetha ngenyaniso. 4:34 Abafazi abanamandla na? mkhulu umhlaba, liphezulu izulu; Ilanga linamendu emendweni walo, Ngokuba liwujikeleza izulu ngeenxa zonke ajike, aze abuyele endaweni yakhe ngamini-nye. 4:35 Akamkhulu na umenzi wezo zinto? ngoko inkulu inyaniso, kwaye womelele ngaphezu kweento zonke. 4:36 Lonke ihlabathi limemeza ngenyaniso, nezulu liwusikelela; Kuyo akukho ntswela-bulungisa kuyo. 4:37 Iwayini ingendawo, ukumkani ungendawo; abafazi bakhohlakele bonke abantwana abantu bakhohlakele, kwaye injalo yonke imisebenzi yabo ekhohlakeleyo; kwaye akukho inyaniso kubo; Batshabalala ebugwenxeni babo. 4:38 Inyaniso yona iyama, ihleli yomelele; iphila kwaye uloyisa ngonaphakade. 4:39 Kuye akukho kukhetha buso, nakwamkela; kodwa yena uyawenza izinto ezibubulungisa, kwaye ezikhwebula kuzo zonke izinto ezingalunganga nezikhohlakeleyo; yaye bonke abantu benza kakuhle ngokwemisebenzi yakhe. 4:40 kananjalo ekugwebeni kwakhe akukho kungalungisi; kwaye unamandla, ubukumkani, namandla, nobungangamsha, kuzo zonke izizukulwana. Makabongwe uThixo wenyaniso. 4:41 Waza wathi cwaka emva koko. Baduma ke bonke abantu; Wathi, Inkulu Inyaniso, yomelele ngaphezu kweento zonke. 4:42 Wathi ukumkani kuye, Cela into osukuba uyithanda, ngaphezu kokumiselweyo sokunika kulo mbhalo, sakunika wona, ngokuba ufunyenwe ulumkile; uze uhlale ecaleni kwam, kuthiwe ungumzala wam. 4:43 Wathi kukumkani, Sikhumbule isibhambathiso sakho, owabhambathisayo ngaso yakha iYerusalem, ngemini yokungena kwakho ebukumkanini bakho; 4:44 nokuba kuzifuduse zonke iimpahla ezazithinjwe eYerusalem. awayingcwalisayo uKoreshi, oko wabhambathisayo ukuyitshabalalisa iBhabheli, nokuba ayithumele nabo kwakhona apho. 4:45 Kananjalo ufunge wena ukuba uya kuyakha indlu leyo, ayitshisileyo amaEdom xa elakwaYuda laphanziswa ngamaKaledi. 4:46 Kaloku ke, nkosi yam kumkani, nantsi into endiyicelayo, endiyifunayo; umnqweno wakho, kwaye le yinkululeko yobukhosi evela Wena ke, ndinga ungasizalisekisa isibhambathiso eso owabhambathisa ngayo ngomlomo wakho kuKumkani wamazulu. 4:47 Wesuka wema uDariyo ukumkani, wamanga, wambhalela iincwadi kubo bonke oonondyebo, nabathetheli, nabathetheli, namabamba, ukuba bamhambise ngendlela yabo bekholosile, yena nabo bonke abahambayo kunye naye ukuya kwakha iYerusalem. 4:48 Wabhala nazo iincwadi eziya kumabamba aseKelosiriya; ElaseFenike, nakubo eLebhanon, ukuba beze nemisedare ukusuka eLebhanon ukuya eYerusalem, nokuba bawakha ngawo umzi yena. 4:49 Kananjalo wawabhalela onke amaYuda, abephuma ebukumkanini bakhe, wenyuka wangena AmaYuda, ngokuphathelele inkululeko yawo, kungabikho mphathi, namphathi; u-lieutenant, okanye unondyebo, ufanele angene ngenkani kwiminyango yabo; 4:50 Lonke ilizwe abanalo libe likhululekile, lingafakwa irhafu; nokuba amaEdom ayinike imizana yamaYuda emva koko babamba: 4:51 ukuze minyaka le kunikwe amashumi amabini eetalente, ukuze kwakhiwe itempile, kwada kwayixesha eyakhiwa ngayo; 4:52 neshumi leetalente minyaka le, ukwenza amadini anyukayo phezu kweNkosi imihla ngemihla esibingelelweni, njengoko babewiselwe umthetho ngawo, belishumi elinesixhenxe; 4:53 nokuba bonke abo baphuma eBhabheli ukuya kwakha esi sixeko babefanele babe nabo inkululeko ekhululekileyo, kwanabo nembewu yabo, nabo bonke ababingeleli waya kude. 4:54 Wabhala kananjalo malunga. isigxina, neempahla zababingeleli abalungiselela kuzo; 4:55 kwanjalo ke ezigxineni zabaLevi, bafanele banikwe kude kube ngumhla wokugqibela mini yagqitywa ngayo indlu leyo, nokwakhiwa kwayo iYerusalem. 4:56 Wathi, makunikelwe imivuzo nemivuzo, bonke abawugcinayo umzi. 4:57 Wazisusa eBhabheli zonke iimpahla awayezimisile uKoreshi ngokwahlukeneyo; nazo zonke izinto abewise umthetho ngazo uKoreshi, wawisa umthetho ngazo nokuba yenzeke loo nto, ithunyelwe eYerusalem. 4:58 Ephumile ke lo mfana, wabuphakamisa ubuso bakhe ezulwini ebhekisa eYerusalem, bamdumisa uKumkani wezulu, 4:59 Wathi, Uloyiso luphuma kuwe; Luzuko, mna ndingumkhonzi wakho. 4:60 Unoyolo wena, ondinike ubulumko; ngokuba ndibulela kuwe, Owu Yehova! Nkosi yoobawo bethu. 4:61 Wazithabatha ke iincwadi, waphuma, waya eBhabheli wabaxelela bonke abazalwana bakhe. 4:62 Bamdumisa uThixo wooyise, ngokuba ebanike yena inkululeko kunye nenkululeko 4:63 ukuba kunyuke, akhe iYerusalem, netempile ebizwa ngokuba yeyakhe badla ngeempahla zokuvuma nangemivuyo ezisixhenxe iintsuku.