2 Esdras
7:1 Ndithe ke, ndakugqiba ukuwathetha la mazwi, kwathunyelwa kuye
Ingelosi eyayithunyelwe kum ngobusuku obudlulileyo.
7:2 Yathi kum, Vuka, Ezra, uve amazwi endize kuwo
ndikuxelele.
7:3 Ndathi, Thetha, Thixo wam. Yathi kum, Ulwandle luhleli;
indawo ebanzi, ukuze ibe nzulu kwaye ibe nkulu.
7:4 Ke isango belimxinwa, linjengomlambo;
7:5 Ngubani na ke ongangena elwandle, alubone, alulawule? ukuba yena
akacanda emxinwa, ebenokuthini na ukuya kufika endaweni enkulu?
7:6 Kukho nenye into; Isixeko siyakhiwa, sibekwe phezu kobubanzi
intsimi, yaye izele zizinto zonke ezilungileyo.
7:7 Isango lawo limxinwa, libekwe endaweni eyingozi ukuba awe kuyo;
njengomlilo ekunene, nasekhohlo kukho ubunzulu
amanzi:
7:8 ibe nye indlela phakathi kwazo zombini, phakathi komlilo nomlilo
Amanzi, mancinane ngokokude kwangaxeshanye umntu abe mnye.
7:9 Ukuba lo mzi uthe ngoku ubunikwe umntu ukuba ube lilifa, akazanga
Wodlula ingozi ebekwe phambi kwayo, wothini na ukuyamkela le nto?
ilifa?
7:10 Ndathi ke, Kunjalo, Nkosi. Yathi kum, Kunjalo ke;
Isabelo sikaSirayeli.
7:11 ngokuba ihlabathi ndalenza ngenxa yabo, naxa uAdam wonayo
imimiselo eyamiselwayo ke, eyenzeke ngoku.
7:12 Asuka ke acanda amasango aleli hlabathi;
bambalwa, bangendawo, bazele ziingozi, zibuhlungu kakhulu.
7:13 Kuba iminyango yamadoda amakhulu ibibanzi, iqinile, yaziswa;
isiqhamo esingafiyo.
7:14 Ukuba ngoko abo badla ubomi babulalekela ekungeneni kwezo zinto zicuthayo, zingento zanto,
abanakuze bazifumane ezo ziqwetyelwe bona.
7:15 Kaloku ke yini na ukuba ukhathazeke, ungento yanto?
umntu owonakeleyo? Yini na ukuba ugxadazele, ungumntu nje?
7:16 Yini na ukuba ungayiqondi le nto izayo?
kunento ikhoyo ngoku?
7:17 Ndaphendula ke mna ndathi, Nkosi yam, ùthe wakulawula, wakumisile
ngomyalelo wakho, ukuze amalungisa azidle ilifa ezo zinto, kodwa abe lilifa
abangahloneli Thixo mabatshabalale.
7:18 Ke lona ilungisa liya kubandezeleka, lithembe
kuba abenzi bokungendawo babandezelekile;
ukanti aniyi kububona banzi.
7:19 Wathi kum. Akukho mgwebi mkhulu kunoThixo, akukho namnye unako
ukuqonda ngaphezu koPhezukonke.
7:20 Kuba baninzi abatshabalalayo ebomini, ngokuba bawudela umthetho
kaThixo obekwe phambi kwabo.
7:21 Kuba uThixo ubawisele umthetho ongqongqo, abo bafikileyo, ukuba mabathini na
benzeni ukuze baphile, njengokuba beza, noko bamele ukukuqaphela ukukunqanda
isohlwayo.
7:22 Noko ke abamlulamelanga; Wathetha ngaye, wathi
cinga izinto ezingento;
7:23 Bazikhohlisa ngezenzo zabo ezingendawo; kwaye uthe kakhulu
Uphakamileyo, ukuba akakho; Wayengazazi iindlela zakhe;
7:24 Ke umyalelo wakhe bawucekisile, bayikhanyela iminqophiso yakhe; kweyakhe
abathembekanga, abayenza imisebenzi yakhe.
7:25 Kwaye ngoko, Esdras, ngokuba engenanto bayinto engenanto, kwaye kuba izale
zizinto ezizeleyo.
7:26 Yabona, kuza ilixa lokuba le miqondiso ndiyithethileyo kuwe
kuya kwenzeka, kwaye umtshakazi uya kubonakala, kwaye yena aphume
Kuya kubonakala, ukuba ngoku urhoxile emhlabeni.
7:27 Kwaye nabani na osindisiweyo ebubini obuxeliweyo uya kuyibona imimangaliso yam.
7:28 Kuba unyana wam uYesu uya kutyhilwa, ndawonye nabo banaye, nabo ke
abaseleyo baya kuvuya phakathi kwamakhulu amane eminyaka.
7:29 Emveni kwale minyaka, uya kufa unyana wam uKristu, nabo bonke abadla ubomi;
7:30 Kwaye elimiweyo liya kujika libe yinto yokuzola yakudala, iintsuku ezisixhenxe
kwimigwebo yangaphambili, ngokokude kungabikho bani usalayo.
7:31 Kwaye emva kweentsuku ezisixhenxe ihlabathi, engekavuki, liya kuvuka
phezulu, kwaye uya kufa lowo wonakeleyo
7:32 Kwaye umhlaba uya kubabuyisela abo balele kuwo, kwaye kuya kuba njalo
kuba baya kuba luthuli abahleli elunxwemeni
bahlangule abo banikelwe kubo.
7:33 Kwaye Oyena Uphakamileyo uya kubonakala phezu kwesihlalo sokugweba nobubi
kuya kudlula, kwaye ukunyamezela kuya kuba nesiphelo.
7:34 Kodwa kuya kuhlala umgwebo kuphela, inyaniso iya kuma, kwaye ukholo luya kukhula
yomelele:
7:35 Kwaye umsebenzi uya kulandela, kwaye umvuzo uya kubonakala, kwaye okulungileyo
izenzo ezigwenxa aziyi kulawula.
7:36 Ndathi ke, Wawathandazela amaSodom uAbraham kuqala, uMoses wawathandazela
oobawo abo bona entlango;
7:37 Kwaye uYesu emva kwakhe ngenxa kaSirayeli ngexesha lika-Akan.
7:38 Ke ooSamuweli noDavide babatshabalalisa; uSolomon wabatshabalalisa
kufuneka beze engcweleni.
7:39 noEliyasi kwaba bafumene imvula; nakwabafileyo, ukuze abe nako
phila:
7:40 noHezekiya ebantwini ngexesha likaSaneribhe;
abaninzi.
7:41 Nangoku ke, bona ububi bukhulile, busanda ubutshinga;
Ke wona amalungisa ayabathandazela abangahloneli Thixo;
ngokunjalo ngoku?
7:42 Sandiphendula ke sathi, Obu bomi abusiso isiphelo
uzuko luhleli; ke ngoko bathandazele ababuthathaka.
7:43 Ke kaloku umhla wentshabalalo uya kuba kukuphela kweli xesha, nokuqaleka
ukungafi okuza kuza, apho ukonakala kudlule;
7:44 Kuphele kona ukuswela, kuphelile ubuhenyu, ubulungisa buphelile
ikhulile, inyaniso iyantshula.
7:45 Ngoko akuyi kubakho bani unako ukumsindisa lowo utshabalalayo, nokumcudisa;
lowo uzuze uloyiso.
7:46 Ndaphendula ngoko ndathi, Lilizwi lam elokuqala nelokugqibela eli belikho
Ngekungcono ukuba umhlaba ungawunikanga uAdam; okanye, xa wawunjalo
enikelwe kuye, ukuze athintelwe ukuba angoni.
7:47 Kuba bananzuzoni na ngoku ukuhlala kwabantu kweli xesha lakalokunje?
ubunzima, kwaye emva kokufa ukhangele isohlwayo?
7:48 Wena Adam, wenze ntoni na? kuba noko wonile wena;
akuwe wedwa, sisonke sivela kuwe.
7:49 Kuba kusinceda ntoni na kuthi, ukuba sithenjiswe ixesha lokungabhubhi?
sibe senze imisebenzi yokufa?
7:50 Kwaye sithenjiswe ithemba elingunaphakade, ngoxa thina ngokwethu
benziwe into engento, abangendawo na?
7:51 nokuba sibekelwe thina izindlu eziphilileyo nezikhuselekileyo;
kanti besinobubi nje?
7:52 Uzuko lOsenyangweni lugcinelwe abo banobulungisa
siphile ubomi obulumkileyo, ngoxa siye sahamba kwezona ndlela zingendawo?
7:53 Kwaye kuya kuboniswa iparadesi, esiqhamo sihlala sihleli
nanini na, apho kukho ukhuseleko kunye neyeza, ekubeni asiyi kungena
yona?
7:54 Kuba sihambe ezindaweni ezimbi.
7:55 Kwaye ukuba ubuso abo basebenzise ukuzithiba buya kukhanye ngaphezulu
Iinkwenkwezi, ubuso bethu buya kuba mnyama kunobumnyama?
7:56 Kuba oko besihleli nje sisenza ubugwenxa, asiqondanga ukuba thina
kufuneka aqale ukuva ubunzima ngenxa yoko emva kokufa.
7:57 Sandiphendula, sathi, Nantsi imeko yokulwa;
ngubani na ozalelwe emhlabeni oya kulwa;
7:58 ukuze, ukuba uthe woyisa, uya kuva ubunzima njengoko uthethileyo;
uya kuzuza uloyiso, uya kuyamkela into endiyithethayo.
7:59 Kuba bubo obu ubomi, awabuthethayo uMoses ebantwini oko wayesadla ubomi.
esithi, Nyula ke ubomi, ukuze uphile.
7:60 Noko ke abakholwanga nguye, kwanabaprofeti ababesemva kwakhe
nam ndithethe nabo.
7:61 ukuze kungabikho sithukuthezi, ekutshatyalalisweni kwabo, njengoko kuya kuba njalo
yibani nemihlali ngabo bakhuthalele usindiso.
7:62 Ndaphendula ngoko ndathi, Ndiyazi, Nkosi, ukuba Osenyangweni ubizwa
unenceba, ngokuba unenceba kwabangekangeni
Umhlaba,
7:63 Kwanabo babuyelayo emyalelweni wakhe;
7:64 nokuba unomonde, uzeka kade umsindo abo bonayo, njengoko
izidalwa zakhe;
7:65 nokuba ùnobubele, kuba kaloku ukulungele ukunika apho asukuba eswele khona;
7:66 nokuba unenceba enkulu, ngokuba uya esanda iimfesane zakhe phezu kwawo
kwabo bakhoyo, nabagqithileyo, kwanakwabakhoyo
ukuza.
7:67 Kuba, ukuba akayandisa imfesane yakhe, ihlabathi aliyi kuhlala
nabadla ilifa kulo.
7:68 Waxolela ke; kuba, ukuba akenzanga njalo ngenxa yokulunga kwakhe, ukuba abo
benze ubugwenxa kukhululwe kubo, ishumi lamawaka
Inxalenye yomntu mayingahlali iphila.
7:69 egweba ke, ukuba akabaxoleli abo baphiliswe ngowakhe
thetha, ukhuphe iingxabano ezininzi;
7:70 Kufuneka kubekho abambalwa kakhulu abaseleyo mhlawumbi kwisihlwele esingenakubalwa.