2 Esdras 1:1 Incwadi yesibini yomprofeti uEzra, unyana kaSaraya, unyana ka uAzariya, unyana kaHelekiya, unyana kaSadamiya, unyana kaTsadoki, unyana ka-Ahitubhi, 1:2 unyana ka-Ahiya, unyana kaPinehasi, unyana kaEli, unyana ka UAmariya, unyana ka-Aziyi, unyana kaMarimoti, unyana kaYena wathetha kuBhoriti, unyana ka-Abhishayi, unyana kaPinehasi, unyana ka uElazare, 1:3 unyana ka-Aron, wesizwe sakwaLevi; eyayithinjwe elizweni lase amaMedi, ebukumkanini buka-Arteshashta ukumkani wamaPersi. 1:4 Kwafika ilizwi likaYehova kum, lisithi, 1:5 Yiya ubaxelele abantu bam ukreqo lwabo, nabantwana babo ububi babo ababenze kum; ukuze baxele abantwana babantwana babo: 1:6 ngokuba izono zooyise zandile kubo; Ndilibele, ndabingelela kwizithixo zasemzini. 1:7 Andinguye na owabakhuphayo ezweni laseYiputa? indlu yobukhoboka? Ke bona bandiqumbisa, bandicekisa okwam iingcebiso. 1:8 Ke wena, hlathulula iinwele zentloko yakho, uziphose phezu kwabo bonke ububi. ngokuba bengawuthobelanga umthetho wam, besuka baneenkani abantu. 1:9 Kuya kuda kube nini na ndibayeka, endibenzele okulungileyo okungaka? 1:10 Ngenxa yabo ke ookumkani abaninzi ndibabhangisile; uFaro nabakhonzi bakhe ndiwabethe onke amandla akhe. 1:11 Ndazitshabalalisa zonke iintlanga phambi kwabo; Wabachithachitha abantu bamazwe amabini, iTire neTsidon; wazibulala zonke iintshaba zabo. 1:12 Thetha ke kubo, uthi, Utsho uYehova ukuthi, 1:13 Ndanihambisa elwandle, ndaninika indawo ebanzi nekhuselekileyo ekuqaleni ipaseji Ndakunika uMoses ukuba abe yinkokeli, noAron abe ngumbingeleli. 1:14 Ndikukhanyisele ngomqulu womlilo, ndenza imisebenzi ebalulekileyo ebalulekileyo phakathi kwenu; Nindilibele noko; utsho uYehova. 1:15 Itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi, Izagwityi zaba ngumqondiso kuni; Ndinikile namantente enu, nambombozela khona. 1:16 Kwaye aniphumelelanga egameni lam, ukuze kutshabalale iintshaba zenu; Nisakrokra unanamhla. 1:17 Luphi na uncedo endinenzele lona? xenikweni ulambileyo, nakuva unxaniwe entlango, anikhalanga kum; 1:18 besithi, Yini na ukuba usingenise kule ntlango, uze kusibulala? ibenayo kube kusilungele kanye ukuba sikhonze amaYiputa, kunokuba sife ngenxa yoko entlango. 1:19 Ndaba nofefe ngezijwili zenu, ndaninika imana ukuba nidle; ngoko nina wasidla isonka sezithunywa zezulu. 1:20 Xa unxaniweyo, andicalulanga iliwa, ampompoza amanzi. ukuzalisa? ngenxa yobushushu ndakugubungela ngamagqabi emithi. 1:21 Ndaninela umhlaba otyebileyo, ndawagqogqa amaKanan AmaPerezi namaFilisti ephambi kwakho; ndisenokwenza ntoni na? yeyakho? utsho uYehova. 1:22 Itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi, Oko nisentlango, entlango; umlambo wama-Amori, unxaniwe, unyelise igama lam; 1:23 Andininikelanga mlilo ngenxa yezinyeliso zenu; ndiniphose umthi emanzini. wawenza wamnandi umlambo. 1:24 Ndikwenzele ntoni na, Yakobi? Wena, Yuda, akuvumanga ukundiphulaphula; uya kundiguqulela kwezinye iintlanga, kwaye kuzo ndiya kulinika igama lam bayigcine imimiselo yam. 1:25 Ekubeni nindishiyile, ndiya kunishiya nani; xa nindinqwenela ukuze ndibabalwe, ndingabi nanceba kuni. 1:26 nokuba nithe nandibiza, andiyi kuva; ngokuba ninako zidyobhe izandla zenu ngegazi, iinyawo zenu zinamendu ukwenza ukubulawa kwabantu. 1:27 Anibanga njengam nandishiyayo, nize ngokwenu; itsho iNkosi. 1:28 Itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi, Andikubongozanga na njengoyise? oonyana, njengonina iintombi zakhe, nowanyisayo iintsana zakhe; 1:29 nibe ngabantu bam, mna ndibe nguThixo wenu; ukuba niya kuba njalo bantwana bam, mna ndibe nguyihlo? 1:30 Ndanibutha, njengesikhukukazi siwabuthela phantsi; Phiko: ngoku ke mandenze ntoni na kuwe? ndiya kunigxotha ningabikho kwam ubuso. 1:31 Xa nindirhumela kum, ndobususa ubuso bam kuni, ngenxa yomthendeleko wenu imithendeleko, nokuthwasa kweenyanga zenu, nolwaluko lwenu, ndilushiyile; 1:32 Ndathumela kuni abakhonzi bam abaprofeti, enabathabathayo, nababulala; niziqwenge izidumbu zabo, igazi labo ndiya kulibiza kuni izandla, utsho uYehova. 1:33 Itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi, Indlu yakho ilinxuwa; kuphuma iindiza njengomoya. 1:34 Abayi kuqhama abantwana bakho; ngokuba bandidelile wawisa umthetho, wenze ububi phambi kwam. 1:35 Izindlu zakho ndizinike abantu abazayo; abangenayo Evile ke ngam, basaya kukholwa ndim; endingenzanga miqondiso kuye baya kukwenza endibawisele umthetho ngako. 1:36 Ababonanga baprofeti, baya kuzibizela kuye izono zabo khumbulani, nibazi. 1:37 Ndiyangqina ukuba kukho ubabalo lwabantu abazayo, abancinci vuyani nigcobe; nangona bengandibonanga ngamehlo enyama; kanti ke ngomoya bakholwa yiloo nto ndiyithethayo. 1:38 Ke kaloku, mzalwana, khangela! kwaye ubone abantu abavela impuma: 1:39 endiya kubanikela abathetheli, uAbraham, noIsake, noYakobi, noHoseya, uAmos, noMika, noYoweli, noAbhediya, noYona; 1:40 uNahum, noAbhakuki, noSofoniya, noAgeyu, noZekariya, noMalaki, ongukumkani waseBhabheli. kananjalo wabizwa ngokuba sisithunywa seNkosi.