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.