2 Esdras
4:1 Isithunywa eso sasithunyiwe kum, esigama linguUriyeli, sandinika
phendula,
4:2 wathi, Intliziyo yakho iyekele kude kweli hlabathi, kwaye ucinga ukuba kunjalo
Uyayiqonda na indlela yOsenyangweni?
4:3 Ndathi, Ewe, nkosi yam. Sandiphendula, sathi, Ndithunyiwe
Bonisa iindlela ezintathu, wenze imizekeliso emithathu phambi kwakho.
4:4 Ukuba ke unokundivakalisa ndibe mnye, ndonibonisa nendlela eya ngayo
unqwenela ukubona, ndikubonise apho uphuma khona intliziyo engendawo
uyeza.
4:5 Ndathi, Xela, nkosi yam. Yathi kum, Hamba uhambe, undilinganise
ubunzima bomlilo, ndilinganisele ukuvuthuza komoya;
kwakhona imini edlulileyo.
4:6 Ndaphendula ndathi, Ngubani na onako ukwenza oko, ukuba wena?
Ngaba ufanele ukubuza kum izinto ezinjalo?
4:7 Sathi kum, Ukuba ndithe ndikubuza ukuba mangaphi na amanqugwala akulo?
phakathi elwandle, nokuba mingaphi na imithombo esenzulwini yolwandle;
nokuba mingaphi na imithombo ephezu kwesibhakabhaka, okanye yeyiphi na ephumayo
yeparadesi:
4:8 Mhlawumbi ungathi kum, Andizange ndihle ndiye enzonzobileni;
nokuba ndingekangeni esihogweni, andizanga ndinyuke ndiye ezulwini.
4:9 Noko ke ngoku ndicele kuwe, kodwa ngomlilo kuphela nomoya nomoya
imini owadlula ngayo, nezinto owadlula kuzo
awunakwahlulwa, ukanti akunako ukundiphendula ngawo.
4:10 Wathi kum, Zezakho izinto, nabakhulileyo;
unawe, awunakukwazi;
4:11 Ungathini na ke ngoko ukuba nako ukuyiqonda indlela yasenyangweni?
yaye, ihlabathi ngoku lonakele ngokuphandle, ukuba liwuqonde
ukonakala okubonakalayo emehlweni am?
4:12 Ndathi kuye, Bekulunge kanye ukuba singabikho kunokuba singabikho
bekufanele ukuba sihleli ebubini, sibandezeleke, singazi
ngenxa yoko.
4:13 Sandiphendula, sathi, Ndingene ehlathini ethafeni, ndaza ndangena
imithi yacebisana,
4:14 Yathi, Yizani, silwe nolwandle, silwe nalo
suka phambi kwethu, senze iinkuni ezininzi.
4:15 Kwangokunjalo nemilambo yolwandle yacebisana, yathi, Yizani;
masinyuke, siwanyathele amahlathi aloo thafa, sibe nako nalapho
sisenze elinye ilizwe.
4:16 Kwaba lilize ukucinga ngeenkuni; kwafika umlilo, walidla.
4:17 Kwangokunjalo neengcinga zezandyondyo zolwandle zatshitshiswa;
wema isanti wabanqanda.
4:18 Ukuba ubugweba phakathi kwabo bobabini, ubuya kuqala bani na?
ukuthethelela? ungamgweba bani na?
4:19 Ndaphendula ndathi, Okunene bubudenge abanabo bobabini
ngokuba umhlaba unikwe ihlathi, kwanolwandle
indawo yakhe yokuthwala imisinga yakhe.
4:20 Sandiphendula ke sathi, Ugwebe ngobulungisa;
akuzigwebi kwawena na?
4:21 Kuba njengokuba umhlaba unikelwa emahlathini, nolwandle lunikelwa olwakhe
izikhukula, ukuze abo bemiyo phezu komhlaba bangaqondi nto
ke ngulowo uhleli phezu kwezulu;
ziqonde kuphela izinto eziphezu kokuphakama kwezulu.
4:22 Ndaphendula ndathi, Ndiya kukhunga, Nkosi yam;
ukuqonda:
4:23 Kuba ibingekukuthanda kwam ukuzo izinto eziphakamileyo;
sidlule kuthi imihla ngemihla, ngenxa yoko uSirayeli enikelwe njengesingcikivo
ezintlangeni, Kungenxa yoko le nto unike abantu obathandayo
ngenxa yezizathu ezibangela ukuba umthetho wookhokho bethu uziswe
iba yinto engento, ize neminqophiso ebhaliweyo iphuthiswe;
4:24 Kwaye siya kudlula ehlabathini njengeentethe, kwaye ubomi bethu
ukhwankqiswa noloyiko, yaye asikufanelekele ukwenzelwa inceba.
4:25 Uya kuthini na ke ngoko kwigama lakhe, esibizwa ngalo? kwezi
izinto ndizibuzile.
4:26 Yandiphendula, yathi, Okukhona uphengululayo, kokukhona ugonyamelayo
uya kumangaliswa; ngokuba ihlabathi liyakhawuleza ukudlula;
4:27 Kwaye akanakuziqonda izinto athenjiswe amalungisa kuyo
ngokuba eli hlabathi lizele kukungalungisi nokuswela amandla.
4:28 Kodwa ngeendawo ondibuza ngazo, ndokuxelela;
ngokuba ububi buhlwayelwa, ke akukafiki intshabalalo yabo.
4:29 Ukuba ngoko ke imbewu ibihlwayelwa, ibingagokwanga, nokuba ke ithe yahlwayelwa
indawo apho kuhlwayelwe khona ububi ayidluli, ayinako ukufika khona
ihlwayelwe ngokulungileyo.
4:30 Kuba ukhozo lwembewu engendawo luhlwayelwe entliziyweni ka-Adam, luthabathele kuye
Ukuqala, kwaye kungakanani na ukungahloneli Thixo okuthe kwavelisa ukuza kuthi ga ngoku?
Ingakanani na ke yona isaya kuvelisa, kude kufike ixesha lokubhula?
4:31 Khawuzibonele ngokwakho, ukuba zininzi kwazo na isiqhamo esingendawo, ukhozo lobubi
yaphuma imbewu.
4:32 Xa zithe zanqunyulwa iindlebe, ezingenakubalwa, hayi, ukuba nkulu kwazo!
Umgangatho baya kuwugcwalisa na?
4:33 Ndaphendula ke ndathi, Ziya kubakho nini na ezi zinto?
Yini na ukuba iminyaka yethu ibe mincinane, ibe mibi?
4:34 Sandiphendula, sathi, Musa ukukhawuleza usukele Osenyangweni;
kuba lilize ukuba ngaphezu kwakhe, ngokuba umgqithisele kakhulu.
4:35 Ayibuzanga na ngezo zinto imiphefumlo yamalungisa?
emagumbini abo, besithi, Koda kube nini na ndithembele ngale nto? nini
Sisiqhamo sesandeni somvuzo wethu na?
4:36 Wabaphendula ke u-Uriyeli isiphatha-zithunywa zezulu, wathi,
naxa inani lembewu lizaliswe kuni; ngokuba ulinganisile
ihlabathi kwibhalansi.
4:37 Uwalinganise ngomlinganiselo amaxesha; Ubale ngenani
amaxesha; akashukumi, akashukumi, ude ube umlinganiso lowo
izalisekile.
4:38 Ndaphendula ke mna ndathi, Nkosi yam, ùlawulayo, sihluthi sonke sonke
yokungahloneli Thixo.
4:39 Yithi ke ngenxa yethu, iziganga zamalungisa
abangazali, ngenxa yezono zabo bemiyo phezu komhlaba.
4:40 Sandiphendula, sathi, Hamba uye kumfazi omithiyo, ubuze
Xa athe wakuzalisa iinyanga ezisithoba, ukuba samgcina isizalo sakhe
kungabi sazala phakathi kwakhe.
4:41 Ndathi ke, Hayi, Nkosi, ayinako. Wathi kum, Endlwini
Ingcwaba lemiphefumlo linjengesibeleko somfazi;
4:42 Kuba, njengomfazi ozalayo, ungxamela ukuyiphepha intswelo
Kwangokunjalo ezi ndawo zingxamele ukuzisa ezo zinto
ezinikelwe kubo.
4:43 Ukususela ekuqaleni, khangela, into ongxamele ukuyibona, iya kuboniswa
wena.
4:44 Ndaphendula ndathi, Ukuba ndibabalwe nguwe, ukuba ndibabalwe nguwe
ukuba kunokwenzeka, kwaye ukuba ndiyafaneleka ngoko,
4:45 Ndiboniseni ngoko ukuba kuninzi na kuzayo, kunekwedluleyo, kusini na, kuninzi na kuxa kudluleyo;
kunokuba izayo.
4:46 Into edlulileyo ndiyakwazi, kodwa into ezayo andiyazi.
4:47 Yathi kum, Yima ngasekunene, ndikucacisele
ngumfanekiso wakho.
4:48 Ndema ke, ndabona, nanko kudlula ngaphambili iovenous evutha umlilo
mna: kwathi xa kudlula ilangatye ndajonga,
nanko uthe cwaka umsi.
4:49 Emveni koko, kwegqitha ilifu lamanzi phambi kwam, lehlisa into eninzi
imvula enesiphango; kwathi kwakudlula izandyondyo zemvula, asala amathontsi
nangoku.
4:50 Wathi kum, Camagu; njengoko imvula ingaphezu
amathontsi, njengoko umlilo umkhulu kunomsi; kodwa amathontsi kunye
umsi ushiyeka ngasemva: ngoko ke ubuninzi obudlulileyo bugqithise ngakumbi.
4:51 Ndathandaza, ndathi, Usadla ubomi na, kude kube lelo xesha? okanye
kuya kubakho ntoni na ngaloo mihla?
4:52 Sandiphendula, sathi, Imiqondiso ondibuzayo ngayo, ndiyayithetha
kodwa malunga nobomi bakho, andithunyelwanga
ukukubonisa; kuba andiyazi.