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.