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.