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.