2 Esdras 9:1 Sandiphendula ke sathi, Lilinganise kakuhle ixesha xa nithe nayibona imiqondiso edlulileyo, endiyithethileyo phambi kwakho, 9:2 Uya kwandula ke uqonde, ukuba kusengelo xesha linye, ekuya kuthi ngalo; Ophezulu uya kuqala ukutyelela ilizwe alenzileyo. 9:3 ngoko ke, xa kuya kubonakala iinyikima zomhlaba neziphithiphithi zabantu emhlabeni: 9:4 Uya kwandula uqonde, ukuba Osenyangweni uthethe ngabo Izinto ezisusela kwimihla yangaphambi kwakho, kwasekuqalekeni. 9:5 Kuba kwanjengokuba yonke into edaliweyo inesiqalo nesiphelo, sibonakalalisiwe ke isiphelo; 9:6 Kwangokunjalo ke namaxesha bOsenyangweni aneziqalelo ezicacileyo ngokumangalisayo kwanemisebenzi yamandla, neziphelo ngemiqondiso, nangemiqondiso. 9:7 Kwaye bonke abo baya kusindiswa, kwaye baya kuba nako ukusinda ngeyakhe ngemisebenzi nangokholo, enakholwa ngalo; 9:8 Uya kugcinwa kwiingozi ezixeliweyo, kwaye uya kulubona usindiso lwam umhlaba wam, naphakathi kwemida yam; ngokuba ndiwangcwalisele mna Isiqalo. 9:9 baya kuba lusizi ngenxa yoko bazihlambeleyo iindlela zam ngoku; abo bawalahlileyo baya kuhlala kwiintuthumbo. 9:10 Kuba abo bazuzayo ebomini, abandazi; 9:11 Kwaye abo bawucekisayo umthetho wam, ngoxa babesenenkululeko, yaye, nini njengokuba indawo yenguquko yayivulekile kubo, bengaqondwa, kodwa wayidela; 9:12 Okufanayo kufuneka uyazi emva kokufa ngeentlungu. 9:13 Ngoko ke musa ukuthandabuza ukuba baya kohlwaywa njani na abangahloneli Thixo; xa; kodwa buza ukuba aya kusindiswa njani na amalungisa, elihlabathi likhona, nabadalelwe bona ihlabathi. 9:14 Ndaphendula ke ndathi. 9:15 Senditshilo kade, ndiyathetha ngoku, ndiya kuthetha nangemva koku. ukuba baninzi abatshabalalayo, kunabo baya kutshabalala gcina: 9:16 Njengelaza lilikhulu kunethontsi; 9:17 Sandiphendula, sathi, Njengokuba injalo intsimi, ikwanjalo nembewu; njengoko zinjalo iintyatyambo, injalo nemibala; njengoko enjalo umsebenzi, unjalo ke umsebenzi; njengoko anjalo umlimi, unjalo owakhe nokulima, kuba bekuxesha lehlabathi. 9:18 Kwaye ngoku xa ndililungisa ihlabathi, elalingekabikho, kwanabo ukuba ndihlale kulo ngoku, akukho namnye uthethe ngam. 9:19 Kuba oko babemlulamela bonke abantu, kodwa ngoku ke babelulamela iziko zabo zidaliweyo kweli hlabathi limiyo liya konakala ngembewu engunaphakade, nangembewu engunaphakade umthetho ongaphengululekiyo bazikhulule. 9:20 Ndaligqala ke ihlabathi, nanko kukho ingozi ngenxa yayo izixhobo eziye zangena kuyo. 9:21 Ndabona, ndayibamba, ndasindela kuyo isidiliya eso Iqela, kunye nesityalo sabantu abaninzi. 9:22 Mayitshabalale ngoko isihlwele esazalelwa ilize; ndivuthe iidiliya zam gcinwa, nesityalo sam; ngokuba ndiyenze igqibelele ngokubulaleka okukhulu. 9:23 Noko ke, ukuba uthe wayiyeka imihla esixhenxe, wobuya musa ukuzila kuzo; 9:24 kodwa hamba uye entsimini yeentyatyambo, apho kungakhiwanga ndlu; iintyatyambo zasendle; musa ukungcamla nyama, ungaseli wayini, kodwa yidla iintyatyambo kuphela;) 9:25 Nithandaza ngamaxesha onke kOsenyangweni, ndoza ke ndithethe naye wena. 9:26 Ndaya entsimini ekuthiwa yiArdati, kwanjengaye wandiyalela; ndahlala phantsi phakathi kweentyatyambo, ndadla kuyo Imifuno yasendle, kwanenyama yayo, yandihluthisa. 9:27 Ndahlala engceni emva kweentsuku ezisixhenxe; njengangaphambili: 9:28 Ndawuvula umlomo wam, ndathetha kOsenyangweni, ndathi, 9:29 Owu Nkosi yam, wena owazibonakalisayo kuthi, wabonakaliswa kuthi Ootata entlango, endaweni enganyathelwanga mntu, endaweni eyintlango kwindawo yokuphuma kwabo eYiputa. 9:30 wathi wena, Ndiphulaphule, Sirayeli; uze waqonde amazwi am, wena mbewu kaYakobi. 9:31 Ngokuba, uyabona, ndiwuhlwayelela umyalelo wam kuni, uvelise isiqhamo kuni, niwuthwale niya kuzukiswa kuyo ngonaphakade. 9:32 Ke oobawo bethu, bona bawamkelayo umthetho, abawugcina, abawugcina nokuba asiphelanga isiqhamo somyalelo wakho, nokuba sesandleni sakho Akunjalo, ngokuba ibiyeyakho; 9:33 Abo ke bayamkelayo batshabalala, ngokuba abayigcinanga loo nto wahlwayelwa kubo. 9:34 Yabonani ke, kusisithethe, ukuba umhlaba wahlwayelwa imbewu, nokuba lulwandle. inqanawa, nayo nayiphi na isitya esidliwayo nesiselo, ekwatshabalalayo kuso yahlwayelwa, yaphoswa; 9:35 Kwaloo nto ihlwayelwayo, nokuba iphoswe kuwo, nokuba yamkelwe, iya kwenza Akabikho nathi, kuba akwenzekanga oko kuthi. 9:36 Kuba thina bawamkeleyo umthetho, sitshabalala ngaso isono; eyayifumanayo 9:37 Noko ke wona umthetho awutshabalali, uhleli amandla awo. 9:38 Ndathi ke ndakuzithetha ezi zinto entliziyweni yam, ndabheka ngasemva ngamehlo am. ngasekunene ndabona inkazana, yabona, yenza isijwili, ilila ngezwi elikhulu, ebuhlungu kakhulu entliziyweni, neengubo zakhe zisithelile ikrazukile, inothuthu entloko. 9:39 Ndaziyeka ke izicamango zam endandinazo, Ndazibuyisela kuye. 9:40 Wathi kuye, Ulilelani na? kutheni ukhathazeke kangaka ingqondo yakho? 9:41 Yathi kum, Nkosi, ndiyeke, ndenze isijwili, ndikhe ndikhale kongeza kwintlungu yam, ngokuba ndibuhlungu kakhulu engqondweni yam, kwaye ndiziswe kakhulu phantsi. 9:42 Ndathi kuye, Uhlelwe yintoni na? Ndixelele. 9:43 Wathi kum, Bendiludlolo, umkhonzazana wakho ndingenamntwana; nangona bendinomyeni iminyaka emashumi mathathu. 9:44 Loo minyaka imashumi mathathu andenzanga nto yimbi imini nobusuku, nangamaxa onke. kodwa thandazani kosenyangweni. 9:45 Emva kweminyaka emashumi mathathu, uThixo wandiva umkhonzazana wakho, wabubona ububi bam. wakugqala ukubandezeleka kwam, wandinika unyana; ndavuya kunene ngaye wayeyindoda yam, nabo bonke abamelwane bam; kuSomandla. 9:46 Ndamondla ngokubulaleka okukhulu. 9:47 Uthe ke, akukhula, wafika kwixesha lokuba abe nomfazi, I wenze isidlo.