2 Esdras 6:1 Wathi kum, Ekuqalekeni, ekudalweni komhlaba, ngenxa engaphambili imida yelimiweyo, kwaza kwavuthuza imimoya; 6:2 Ngaphambi kokuba idudume kwaye ikhanyise, okanye iziseko zeparadesi zabekwa, 6:3 Ngaphambi kokuba iintyatyambo ezintle zibonakale, okanye amandla ashukumayo abekho zimiselwe, phambi kokuba inkitha engenakubalwa yeengelosi ihlanganiswe kunye, 6:4 nokuba bekukade kuphakanyiswe amajukujuku ezulu, phambi kwemilinganiso yezulu isibhakabhaka sathiywa igama, Kukhe kube shushu iitshimini zaseZiyon; 6:5 Kwaye ngaphambi kokuba le minyaka yangoku yayifunwa, kwaye okanye nanini na ukuqanjwa kwe abo banesono ngoku baguqukile, bengekaqiniselwa abo batywiniweyo waqokelela ukholo ukuze abe yindyebo; 6:6 Ndaza ndazigqala ezi zinto, zabakho ngam zonke ziphela zodwa, zingabi ngangomnye; akekho omnye. 6:7 Ndaphendula ke mna, ndathi, Yoba yintoni na isahlulelo? amaxesha? okanye kuya kuba nini na ukuphela kweyokuqala, nokuqalwa kwayo? oko kulandela? 6:8 Wathi kum, Ukususela kuAbraham kuye kuIsake, oko babenguYakobi noEsawu ezelwe nguye, isandla sikaYakobi sibambe isithende sikaEsawu kuqala. 6:9 Kuba uEsawu sisiphelo sehlabathi, noYakobi sisiqalo salo uyalandela. 6:10 Isandla somntu siphakathi kwesithende nesandla; Esdras, musa ukubuza. 6:11 Ndaphendula ke ndathi, Nkosi yam, ukuba ndithe ndalufumana ubabalo emehlweni akho, 6:12 Khawusibonise umkhonzi wakho intsingiselo yemiqondiso yakho othe wayigqiba undibonise inxalenye yobusuku bokugqibela. 6:13 Saphendula sathi kum, Suka ume ngeenyawo zakho, uve ilizwi elinamandla. 6:14 Kwaye kuya kuba ngathi kukho intshukumo enkulu; kodwa yindawo apho wena indawo yokuma ayiyi kushukunyiswa. 6:15 Ngenxa yoko, xa lithethayo, musani ukoyika; kuba ilizwi eli liphuma kuThixo isiphelo, nesiseko sehlabathi siqondwe. 6:16 Kutheni? ngokuba intetho yezo zinto iyanyikima, iyashukuma; iyazi ukuba isiphelo sezi zinto simele ukuguqulwa. 6:17 Ke kaloku kwathi, ndakukuva oko, ndema ngeenyawo; Libaza indlebe, nalo izwi lithetha, nesandi selizwi sasingathi sisandi samanzi amaninzi. 6:18 Yathi ke, Yabonani, iyeza imihla endiya kuqalisa ukusondela ngayo; ukubavelela abemi behlabathi; 6:19 Kwaye uya kuqala ukubabuza ukuba uyintoni na abenzi bobubi ngokugqwetha kwabo, nasekucinezeleni iZiyon iya kuzaliseka; 6:20 Liya kuthi ke lakugqitywa ihlabathi eliya kubhanga. ndoyibonisa le miqondiso; iincwadi ziya kuvulwa phambi koYehova isibhakabhaka, kwaye baya kubona zonke kunye. 6:21 Oonyana abamnyaka mnye baya kuthetha ngelizwi labo, abafazi; omithiyo uya kuzala abantwana abangafezekanga beenyanga ezintathu okanye ezine abadala, kwaye baya kuphila, bavuke. 6:22 Ke kaloku baya kuvela ngesiquphe iindawo ezihlwayelweyo, oovimba abazeleyo liya kufunyanwa lilambatha ngephanyazo; 6:23 Nexilongo liya kuhlokoma, bathi, bakuva bonke abantu ziya kunkwantya ngephanyazo. 6:24 Ngelo xesha izihlobo ziya kulwa omnye nomnye njengeentshaba, kwaye liya kunkwantya ihlabathi, nabemi balo, nemithombo; emithonjeni iya kuma, ngeeyure ezintathu bangasayi baleka. 6:25 bonke abathe basinda kuzo zonke ezi zinto, endizithethileyo kuwe, bosinda; kwaye ulubone usindiso lwam, nesiphelo sehlabathi lakho. 6:26 Kwaye abantu abamkelweyo baya kubona, abo bangeva kufa ekuzalweni kwabo: kwaye intliziyo yabemi iya kuguqulwa, kwaye yajika yaba yenye intsingiselo. 6:27 Kuba ububi buya kucinywa, nenkohliso buya kucinywa. 6:28 Ke lona ukholo luya kuhluma, ukonakala kuya koyiswa; inyaniso, ekudala ingenasiqhamo, iya kuchazwa. 6:29 Ithe yakuthetha nam, yabona, ndakhangela kancinane, kancinane lowo bendimi phambi kwakhe. 6:30 Wawathetha kum la mazwi; Ndize kukubonisa ixesha leNkosi ubusuku obuzayo. 6:31 Ukuba uthe waphinda wathandaza, wabuya wazila ukudla iintsuku ezisixhenxe, ndokuxelela izinto ezinkulu kunam ngemini endazivayo. 6:32 Ngokuba ilizwi lakho livakala kOsenyangweni, ngokuba uSomandla ubonile Ububonile ubulungisa bakho, nobunyulu bakho onako kwasebuncinaneni bakho. 6:33 Kwaye ngenxa yoko undithumile ukuba ndikubonise zonke ezi zinto, ndize ndithethe kuwe kuwe, Yomelela, ungoyiki 6:34 musani ukukungxamela amaxesha adluleyo, nicinga izinto ezingento; uze ungangxami kumaxesha amva. 6:35 Kwathi emveni koko, ndalila kwakhona, ndazila ukudla iintsuku zasixhenxe kwangokunjalo, ukuze ndizizalise iiveki ezintathu awandixelela zona. 6:36 Ngobusuku besibhozo yaphinda yakhathazeka intliziyo yam, ndaqalisa ndithethe phambi koPhezukonke. 6:37 Kuba umoya wam wavutha umlilo kakhulu, kwaye umphefumlo wam ubandezelekile. 6:38 Ndathi ke mna, Nkosi, wena wathetha kwasekuqalekeni kwendalo. kwayimini yokuqala, wathetha wenjenje; Makwenziwe izulu nomhlaba; kwaye Ilizwi lakho belingumsebenzi ogqibeleleyo. 6:39 Kwabakho ke umoya, kwabakho ubumnyama nokuzola ngeenxa zonke; sasingekabikho isandi selizwi lomntu. 6:40 Wawisa umthetho, isikhanyiso esilungileyo, ukuba siphume ebuncwaneni bakho umsebenzi wakho ungabonakala. 6:41 Ngomhla wesibini wenza umoya wesibhakabhaka, wawenza wathi ukuba yahlule, yahlule phakathi kwebandla amanzi, ukuze kunyuke elinye icala, lihlale elinye ngaphantsi. 6:42 Ngomhla wesithathu wawisa umthetho ukuba amanzi ahlanganiswe; kwisahlulo sesixhenxe sehlabathi, amanqina amathandathu womile, wawagcina ukuze inxenye ihlwayelwe, yalinywa nguThixo ndingakukhonza. 6:43 Ngokuba ekuphumeni kwelizwi lakho, wasebenza umsebenzi. 6:44 Kuba kwaoko kwabakho isiqhamo esikhulu, esingenakubalwa; iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zokuzonwabisa ngenxa yencasa, kunye neentyatyambo ezinombala ongatshintshiyo, kunye Ivumba elithozamisayo lenziwa ngomhla wesithathu. 6:45 Ngomhla wesine wawisa umthetho ukuba ilanga likhanye, kukhanye inyanga ikhanyisele, neenkwenkwezi zilungelelane; 6:46 Wabawisela umthetho wokuba bakhonze umntu oza kwenziwa. 6:47 Ngomhla wesihlanu wathi kwisahlulo sesixhenxe, apho amanzi akhoyo zahlanganiswa ukuze kuvelise izinto eziphilileyo, iintaka kunye kwaba njalo. 6:48 Kuba amanzi angathethiyo, nangenabomi, awaphuma umphefumlo ephilileyo; Umyalelo kaThixo, Ukuze bonke abantu Bayidumise imisebenzi yakho ebalulekileyo. 6:49 Wazimisa ngoko izinto eziphilileyo zambini, owazibizayo uEnoki, noLeviyatan; 6:50 wabahlula aba, naba ngowesixhenxe; apho amanzi ayehlanganisene khona, ababanga nakuzibamba zombini. 6:51 UEnoki wamnika isahlulo enye, esomileyo ngomhla wesithathu; Ufanele ahlale kwakanye, ezineenduli eziliwaka. 6:52 Ke iLeviyatan wayinika isahlulo sesixhenxe esingumanzi; kwaye umgcine ukuba atshiswe ngubani na, nokuba nini na. 6:53 Ngomhla wesithandathu wawuwisela umthetho umhlaba ngenxa engaphambili Yokuvelisela izinto ezizitho zine, neenkomo, nezinambuzane. 6:54 Emveni koko, noAdam, owamenza inkosi kuyo yonke indalo yakho; sivela kuye thina sonke, kwanabantu obanyulileyo. 6:55 Ezo zinto zonke ndizithethile phambi kwakho, Yehova, ngenxa enokuba wenze wena umhlaba ngenxa yethu 6:56 Ngokukwanjalo nabanye abantu, abaphuma kuAdam, wena utshilo abanto, kodwa bafana namathe; intabalala yabo ide iye kutsho kwithontsi eliwa emkhombeni. 6:57 Kwaye ngoku, Owu Nkosi, khangela, ezi ntlanga, kudala bebizwa Akukho nto iqalileyo ukuba ngankosi phezu kwethu, nokusiqwenga. 6:58 Ke thina bantu bakho, lowo uthe ngokuba ngamazibulo akho, ngawenu kuphela Ozelweyo, nesithandwa sakho sinikelwe ezandleni zabo. 6:59 Ukuba ke ihlabathi ngoku lenze ngenxa yethu, thina singabi nalo ngani na? ilifa kunye nehlabathi? koda kube nini na?