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.