2 Esdras 8:1 Sandiphendula sathi, Osenyangweni ulenzele abaninzi eli hlabathi; kodwa elimiweyo liya kuba mbalwa. 8:2 Ndiya kukuxelela umzekeliso, Ezra; Njengoko uwubuzayo umhlaba, woba njalo liya kuthi kuwe, Lininzi isixovulelo, elineempahla zodongwe; zenziwa, kodwa uthuli oluncinane igolide ephuma kulo; eli hlabathi langoku. 8:3 Baninzi abadaliweyo, kodwa bambalwa abaya kusindiswa. 8:4 Ndaphendula ndathi, Gqitha, mphefumlo wam, ukuqonda, uqonde budle ubulumko. 8:5 Kuba uvumelene ngokubeka indlebe, kwaye uyathanda ukuprofeta akusenandawo kunokuphila kuphela. 8:6 Yehova, ukuba akuthanga umvumele umkhonzi wakho, ukuba athandaze phambi kwakho. kwaye usinike imbewu entliziyweni yethu, nenkcubeko ukuqonda kwethu; ukuze kubekho isiqhamo kuwo; wophila njani na umntu lowo? Ongendawo, ngubani na oya kuyithabatha indawo yomntu? 8:7 Ngokuba nguwe wedwa, simnye sonke singumsebenzi wezandla zakho utsho. 8:8 Kuba xa umzimba wakhiweyo ngoku esizalweni sikanina, ube unika ngamalungu, indalo yakho igcinwe emlilweni nasemanzini, neenyanga ezisithoba Uyayinyamezela na indalo yakho edalwe kuyo. 8:9 Ke loo nto igcinayo, igciniwe, iya kugcinwa kakuhle; kuza ixesha, isizalo esigciniweyo sikhuphe into ehlulileyo yona. 8:10 Kuba wawathethela emalungwini awo, ukuthi, emabeleni makunikwe ubisi, olusisiqhamo samabele; 8:11 ukuze into ebunjiweyo yondliwe okwexeshana, ude ube wena yibeke kwinceba yakho. 8:12 Wayikhulisa ngobulungisa bakho, wayikhulisa ngobulungisa bakho Uwulungise umyalelo, uze uwulungise ngokwesiko lakho. 8:13 Kwaye uya kuyixhela ngokwendalo yakho, kwaye uya kuyiphilisa njengomsebenzi wakho. 8:14 ukuba ngoko uthe wamtshabalalisa lowo usebenze nzima kangaka wenziwe, kulula ukumiselwa ngumthetho wakho, ukuba into eyenziweyo igcinwe. 8:15 Kaloku ke, Nkosi, ndiya kuthetha; ochukumisa umntu ngokubanzi, uyazi okona kulungileyo; ngokubhekisele kubantu bakho, endizohlwaya ngenxa yabo; 8:16 ngenxa yelifa lakho, endilililelayo ngenxa yalo; nakwaSirayeli, ngokuba endisindayo; nangenxa kaYakobi, endicinezelekileyo ngenxa yakhe; 8:17 Ngako oko ndiya kuqala ukuzithandazela phambi kwakho ngenxa yam, nangenxa yabo; Ndibona ukuwa kwethu bahleli elizweni. 8:18 Ke mna ndivile ukukhawuleza komgwebi lowo uzayo. 8:19 Ngako oko liveni ilizwi lam, niwaqonde amazwi am, ndithethe phambi kwakho. Oku kukuqala kwamazwi ka-Esdras, ngaphambi kokuba abekho ndaphakama: ndathi, 8:20 Owu Nkosi, wena uhleli ngonaphakade, obona phezulu izinto ezisemazulwini nezisezulwini; 8:21 Otrone yakhe ayinakulinganiswa nanto; obuqaqawuli bakhe bungenakuqondwa; ngaphambili omiyo inginginya yezithunywa zezulu ingcangcazela; 8:22 abankonzo yabo ihamba nomoya nomlilo; abalizwi liyinyaniso, yaye amazwi angatshintshiyo; omthetho unamandla, nommiselo wuyoyikeka; 8:23 Ubuso bakhe bomisa amanzi enzonzobila, Iintaba zikhwelete nyibilika; leyo ingqinayo inyaniso; 8:24 Wuve umthandazo womkhonzi wakho, ukubekele indlebe ukutarhuzisa kwakho isidalwa. 8:25 Ngokuba ndisadla ubomi, ndisadla ubomi, ndibe nengqiqo uya kuphendula. 8:26 Musa ukubukhangela ubugwenxa babantu bakho; kodwa ujonge abo bakukhonzayo inyaniso. 8:27 Musani ukubheka kwizinto ezikhohlakeleyo zeentlanga; Abazigcinayo izingqiniso zakho ezimbandezelweni. 8:28 Musa ukubacingela abo bahamba benyhwalaza phambi kwakho; bakhumbule abo bakwaziyo ngokokuthanda kwakho ukoyika kwakho. 8:29 Musa ukubatshabalalisa abahleli njengeenkomo; kodwa ndibabone abawufundisayo umthetho wakho ngokucacileyo; 8:30 Musa ukubacaphukela abo kuthiwa babi ngaphezu kweenkomo; kodwa bathande abakholosa ngamaxesha onke ngobulungisa nozuko lwakho. 8:31 Kuba thina noobawo bethu sisezandleni zezifo ezinjalo; Ukubizwa kwakho kuthiwe unenceba. 8:32 Kuba xa unqwenela ukuba nenceba kuthi, uya kubizwa nenceba kuthi, thina bangenamisebenzi yabulungisa. 8:33 Kuba amalungisa anemisebenzi emininzi emihle ebekwe kuwe, aya kuphuma kuwo izenzo zabo zamkela umvuzo. 8:34 Ngokuba uyintoni na umntu, ukuba usuke ube nomsindo ngaye? okanye yintoni Isizukulwana esonakalisayo, ukuba ube nobukrakra kuso nje? 8:35 Kuba okunene akukho namnye kwabazelweyo, usebenzile ngokukhohlakeleyo; phakathi kwabathembekileyo akukho namnye ungenzanga kakubi. 8:36 Kuba kule ndawo, Yehova, kuya kubakho ubulungisa bakho, nokulunga kwakho Wavakaliswa, ukuba unenceba kwabangàkholosiyo ngabo imisebenzi emihle. 8:37 Sandiphendula ke, sathi, Kukho izinto ezininzi ozithethileyo walungisa; kuya kuba ngokwamazwi akho. 8:38 Kuba okunene andiyi kucinga ngqalelo yabo bonayo; ngaphambi kokufa, ngaphambi komgwebo, ngaphambi kwentshabalalo; 8:39 Ke mna ndiya kuvuya ngesimilo samalungisa; khumbulani kwakhona uhambo lwabo, nosindiso, nomvuzo, oko ziya kuba nazo. 8:40 Njengoko ndithethileyo ngoku, kuya kuba njalo. 8:41 Kuba njengokuba umlimi wahlwayela imbewu eninzi emhlabeni, watyala imithi emininzi, ukanti loo nto ihlwayelwe ilungile ngexesha layo ayifiki Bonke abatyelweyo abayi kuntshula iingcambu; abo bahlwayelwa ehlabathini; abayi kusindiswa bonke. 8:42 Ndaphendula ngoko ndathi, Ukuba ndibabalwe, mandithethe. 8:43 kwanjengokuba imbewu yomlimi itshabalala, ukuba ayithanga ivele, yamkele; imvula yakho ingabi ngexesha elifanelekileyo; nokuba kuthe kwakho imvula enkulu, yonakele yona: 8:44 Kwangokunjalo naye uyatshabalala umntu obunjwe zizandla zakho, kwaye ukho wawuthiya umfanekiselo wakho, ngokuba ufana nalowo ungowakhe uzenze zonke izinto, wamfanekisa nembewu yomlimi. 8:45 Musa ukuba noburhalarhume kuthi; yesuka ube nenceba kubantu bakho, ube nenceba kwabakho ilifa: ngokuba unenceba kwindalo yakho. 8:46 Yandiphendula ke yathi, Izinto ezikhoyo zezangoku, nokuba zezangoku izinto ezizayo kulowo uya kuza. 8:47 Kuba ùfinyezile, ukuba ube nako ukundithanda okwam kodwa ndisondele kuwe futhi kodwa hayi kwabangengomalungisa. 8:48 Nale nto umangaliswe kOsenyangweni; 8:49 ngokuzithoba kwakho, njengoko ubufaneleyo, akwaba nako wazibona ukuba ukufanele ukuzukiswa phakathi kwamalungisa. 8:50 Kuba kuya kubakho iintlungu ezininzi eziya kubakho kwabo ngelo xesha baya kuhlala elimiweyo, ngokuba behambe ngozuko olukhulu. 8:51 Ziqonde wena ngokwakho, ufune uzuko lwabanjalo njengawe. 8:52 Ngokuba ivulelwe iparadesi yenu, umthi wobomi utyelwe lixesha izayo ilungisiwe, indyebo ilungisiwe, umzi uyakhiwa, yaye ukuphumla kuvunyelwe, ewe, ukulunga okugqibeleleyo nobulumko. 8:53 Ingcambu yobubi itywiniwe kuwe; ubuthathaka nenundu lifihliwe kwaye ukonakala kuya kubalekela kwelabafileyo ukuze kulityalwe. 8:54 Zigqithile iintsizi, yaye ubutyebi bobuncwane bubonakalalisiwe ukuphila kwam ngonaphakade. 8:55 Ngoko anisayi kuba sabuza nto mayela nengxokolo yabantu abatshabalalayo. 8:56 Kuba bathi, bakuba bekhululekile, bamdela Osenyangweni Wawudela umyalelo wakhe, Wazishiya iindlela zakhe. 8:57 Babunyhale phantsi ubulungisa bakhe; 8:58 Batsho entliziyweni yabo, ukuba akukho Thixo; ewe, kwaye ukwazi oko kufuneka bafe. 8:59 Kuba njengoko beniya kunamkela ngenxa engaphambili, ngokunjalo ninxaniwe neentlungu kuba ibingeyokuthanda kwakhe ukuba abantu beze kuye akukho nto: 8:60 Ke zona ezidaliweyo, zalenza inqambi igama lalowo wazenzayo; kwaye babengenambulelo kuye lowo wabalungiselela ubomi. 8:61 Ngoko ke umgwebo wam ukufuphi. 8:62 Ezi zinto andizibonisanga kubo bonke, kodwa kuwe, nabambalwa njengawe. Ndaphendula ke ndathi. 8:63 Khawubone, Nkosi yam, undibonisile kaloku intlaninge yemimangaliso. owokuqala ukuzenza ngamaxesha okugqibela; akhange undibonise.