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.