2 Esdras
10:1 Ke kaloku kwathi, xa unyana wam wangena emsithweni wakhe
Wawa phantsi, wafa.
10:2 Saza sazibhukuqa sonke izibane, kwaye bonke abamelwane bam bavuka
Ndaphumla, kwada kwaba lusuku lwesibini ebusuku.
10:3 Kwathi, bakubon' ukuba bayemka bonke ukundithuthuzela, beza kuye
Ekugqibeleni ndingazola; Ndavuka ebusuku, ndabaleka, ndaya apha
kule ntsimi, njengoko ubonayo.
10:4 Ngoku ke andizimisele kubuyela kuwo umzi;
bangadli, bangaseli; kukuhlala sizilile, nokuzila ukudla, ndide mna
fa.
10:5 Ndaziyeka ke izicamango ebendinazo, ndathetha naye ndinomsindo.
esithi,
10:6 Ntokazindini isidenge, ngaphezu kwako konke okunye, akukuboni na ukulila kwethu;
kwenzeka ntoni kuthi?
10:7 ukuba iZiyon ke izele nguma, izele bububi bonke, ithobekile kakhulu;
ukuzila kubuhlungu kakhulu?
10:8 Ngoku ke sonke sisenza isijwili, sibuhlungu, ngokuba sibandezelekile sonke;
Ubuhlungu ngenxa yonyana wakho na?
10:9 Kuba bubuze umhlaba, wokuxelela, ukuba yinto efanele leyo
ukuzila ngenxa yokuwa kwabaninzi abakhula phezu kwayo.
10:10 Ngokuba baphuma kuyo bonke ekuqaleni, nabo bonke abanye baya kuphuma kuyo
yiza, nanko behamba phantse bonke, baye entshabalalweni;
inkitha yabo incothulwe kanye.
10:11 Ngubani na ke ongenza isijwili esikhulu kunaye, othe walahlekelwa bukhulu kangaka?
inkitha; Asinguwe ke, lusizi, kodwa?
10:12 Ukuba uthe kum, Isililo sam asinjengesehlabathini;
ngokuba ndiphelelwe sisiqhamo sesizalo sam, endaphuma ngaso
ungcungcuthekile;
10:13 Ke lona ihlabathi alibanga njalo;
ikhondo lehlabathi limkile njengoko lalinjalo;
10:14 Ndithi ke kuwe, Njengokuba uzele ngezibilini nje; ngokulinganayo
ngokunjalo umhlaba wavelisa iziqhamo zawo, oko kukuthi, umntu, kususela koko
iqalela kulowo wamenzayo.
10:15 Ke ngoko yigcine intlungu yakho kuwe, ube nomonde
into eyehleleyo.
10:16 Kuba, xa uthe wakuvuma ukumisa kukaThixo, ukuba ulilungisa, wena;
Womamkela nonyana wakho kwangexesha, yaye uya kunconywa phakathi kwabafazi.
10:17 Hamba uye kuwo umzi endodeni yakho.
10:18 Yathi kum, Andiyi kuyenza loo nto; andiyi kungena kuwo umzi.
ndiya kufela apha.
10:19 Ndabuya ndathetha naye, ndathi,
10:20 musa ukuba njalo; ngam: ngokuba zininzi iimbandezelo zika
eZiyon? nithuthuzeleke ngenxa yentlungu yeYerusalem.
10:21 Uyabona ukuba ingcwele yethu ibhuqiwe, sidiliziwe isibingelelo sethu;
itempile yethu itshatyalalisiwe;
10:22 Ubekwe emhlabeni umrhubhe wethu, Ingoma yethu ithulisiwe, wethu
ukugcoba kuphelile, ukukhanya kwesibane sethu kucinyiwe, umkhombe
zibhuqiwe umnqophiso wethu, neengcwele zethu zidyobhekile, negama
uphantse ukuhlanjelwa abantwana bethu
ihlazo, ababingeleli bethu batshisiwe, abaLevi bethu baye ekuthinjweni, bethu
iintombi zidyobhekile, abafazi bethu balahlwa; amalungisa ethu athwala
zimkile iintsana zethu, amadodana ethu enziwe ebukhobokeni;
namadoda ethu anamandla omelele;
10:23 Kwaye, eyona inkulu kunabo bonke, itywina leZiyon ngoku liyilahlekile
imbeko ngokuba unikelwe esandleni sabasithiyileyo.
10:24 vuthulula ngoko ubunzima bakho, uyigxothe ingxokolo
Ngentlungu, ukuze uSomandla aphinde abe nenceba kuwe, kunye nawe
Osenyangweni uya kukuphumza, akuphumze emigudwini yakho.
10:25 Kwathi, ndisathetha naye, nabo ubuso bakhe bukhangele;
ngequbuliso yabengezela ngokugqithisileyo, nobuso bakhe bakhazimla, ngokokude mna
waye esoyika, ecamanga ukuba ingaba yintoni na.
10:26 Kwasuka kwathi gqi isikhalo esikhulu esoyikekayo, ngokokude batsho
umhlaba wanyikima ngenxa yengxolo yomfazi.
10:27 Ndabona, nanko umfazi ebonakala kum, ekhona
wakhiwa umzi, kwaye yabonakala indawo enkulu kuyo
Ndasuka ndoyika, ndakhala ngezwi elikhulu, ndathi.
10:28 Uphi na ke u-Uriyeli isithunywa, oweza kum ekuqaleni? ngokuba unaye
Undirhintyele emaphupho amaninzi, Nesiphelo sam sajika saba
ukonakala, nomthandazo wam wokukhalimela.
10:29 Ndathi ndisawathetha la mazwi, yeza kum, yabona
phezu kwam.
10:30 Yabona, ndilele phantsi, ndinjengofileyo;
Wandibamba ngesandla sokunene, wandithuthuzela
wandimisa ngeenyawo zam, wathi kum.
10:31 Uhlelwe yintoni na? Yini na ukuba ukhathazeke? kutheni na ukuba yeyakho
Uyazi na izicamango zentliziyo yakho?
10:32 Ndathi ke, Kungenxa yokuba undishiyile, ndenza njengoko
amazwi akho, ndaya entsimini, yabona, ndibonile, ukanti ndiyabona.
ukuba andikwazi ukuyichaza.
10:33 Wathi kum, Phakama ndoda, ndikucebisa.
10:34 Ndathi, Thetha kum, nkosi yam; kodwa musa ukundishiya, hleze ndife
lityhafile ithemba lam.
10:35 Kuba ndibonile ukuba bendingazi, ndeva endingaziyo.
10:36 Ulahlekwe na ingqondo yam, Uphuphe na umphefumlo wam?
10:37 ngoko ke ndiyakubongoza ukuba usixelele umkhonzi wakho ngale nto
umbono.
10:38 Sandiphendula ngoko, sathi, Ndiphulaphule, ndokubikela, ndikuxelele
Zixelele ukuba woyika ntoni na; ngokuba Osenyangweni uya kutyhila abaninzi
Izinto ezifihlakeleyo kuwe.
10:39 Uyayibona ukuba ithe tye indlela yakho, Ngokuba uhleli uba nomvandedwa
wenze isijwili esikhulu ngeZiyon.
10:40 Yiyo ke le intsingiselo yombono owubonileyo mva.
10:41 Wabona inkazana yenza isijwili, wayithuthuzela;
10:42 Kungokunje awusiboni imbonakalo yenkazana; kusuke kubonakala
wena umzi owakhiweyo kuwe.
10:43 Ke yena ekuxeleleni ukufa konyana wakhe, isicombululo saso.
10:44 Le nkazana uyibonileyo yiZiyon;
lo ubona ngathi ngumzi wakhiwe.
10:45 Ndithi ke kuwe, uminyaka imashumi mathathu ezelwe
Yiminyaka emashumi mathathu apho kungekho mnikelo
yena.
10:46 Ke kaloku, ekupheleni kweminyaka emashumi mathathu, wawakha uSolomon umzi, wanyusa amadini;
waza wazala unyana olidlolo.
10:47 Ekubeni ke wayetshilo kuwe, ukuba wamgcina ebulaleka, kwaba ke kuko oko
indawo yokuhlala eYerusalem.
10:48 ekubeni uthe kuwe, Unyana wam esiza emtshatweni wakhe
latshitsha igumbi, lafa; yaba yintshabalalo le
weza eYerusalem.
10:49 Uyabona, wayibona imbonakalo yakhe, ngenxa yokuba ebemenzela isijwili
unyana wakho, waqala wamthuthuzela;
kuthi kanti uya kuvulelwa.
10:50 Kuba ngoku Osenyangweni uyabona, ukuba ukhathazekile, akuhanahanisi;
umelwe yena ngenxa yakhe ngentliziyo yakho iphela, ukuba akubonise yena
ukukhazimla kobuqaqawuli bayo, nobuhle bobuhle bayo.
10:51 ke ngoko ndathi kuwe, hlala entsimini, apho kungekho ndlu;
yakhiwe:
10:52 Kuba bendisazi ukuba Osenyangweni uya kukubonisa oku.
10:53 Ndikuwisele umthetho, uye entsimini, apho kungekho siseko sasisiseko
nasiphi na isakhiwo.
10:54 Kuba apho athe Osenyangweni waqala ukuwubonisa umzi wakhe, kulapho
akukho sakhiwo somntu sinokuma.
10:55 Musa ukoyika ngoko, mayingaqhiphuki intliziyo yakho; hamba uye kwakho
ungene, ubone ubuhle nobukhulu besakhiwo, kangangoko
amehlo akho ayakwazi ukubona;
10:56 Uya kwandula ukuva kangangoko iindlebe zakho ziya kukuqonda.
10:57 Ngokuba usikelelwe ngaphezu kwabanye abaninzi, wabizelwa phezu koPhezukonke;
kwaye ke bambalwa.
10:58 Ke wena ngomso ebusuku uya kulala apha;
10:59 Osenyangweni uya kunibonisa imibono yezinto eziphakamileyo, anibonise yona uYehova
Osenyangweni uya kwenza kwabo bemiyo phezu komhlaba ngemihla yokugqibela.
Ndalala ke obo busuku nobunye, njengoko wandiwisela umthetho ngako.