2 Esdras
11:1 Ndabona iphupha, ndabona ukhozi lunyuka luphuma elwandle.
Yayinamaphiko aneentsiba ezilishumi elinambini, neentloko ezintathu.
11:2 Ndabona, nantso, iwawolule amaphiko ayo phezu kwawo wonke umhlaba, nabo bonke
wavuthuza imimoya yezulu phezu kwakhe, bahlanganisana.
11:3 Ndabona ke, kwiintsiba zayo kuhluma enye into echaseneyo
iintsiba; zaba ziintsiba ezincinci zancinci.
11:4 Iintloko zakhe beziphumle;
enye, kodwa wayiphumza kunye nentsalela.
11:5 Ndabona, nalo ukhozi luphaphazela kunye neentsiba zalo.
elawula emhlabeni, naphezu kwabemi bawo.
11:6 Ndabona ukuba zonke izinto eziphantsi kwezulu ziphantsi kwakhe, akukho bani
akukho nasinye isidalwa ehlabathini.
11:7 Ndabona, nalo ukhozi lunyuka ngeentsipho zalo, lwathetha naye.
iintsiba, esithi,
11:8 Musani ukulinda ngaxesha linye; elowo walala kweyakhe indawo, nilinde
ikhosi:
11:9 Ke iintloko mazigcinelwe okokugqibela.
11:10 Ndabona, nalo izwi lingaphumanga entlokweni yakhe, liphuma emazulwini.
phakathi komzimba wakhe.
11:11 Ndazibala iintsiba zakhe ezichaseneyo, nanzo zisibhozo kuzo
bona.
11:12 Ndabona, nanko, kuvuka usiba olunye, ngasekunene.
kwaye wayelawula phezu kwehlabathi lonke;
11:13 Kwathi ke, xa bulawulayo, kwafika ukuphela kwalo, nendawo
akuba sabonakala; besuka abalandelayo. kwaye walawula,
kwaye waba nexesha elimnandi;
11:14 Kwathi ke, kwakulawula, kwafika nokuphela kwawo, kwanjengoko
eyokuqala, ngokokude ingabi sabonakala.
11:15 Kwafika ilizwi kuwo, lathi,
11:16 Yiva, wena ulawula ihlabathi kwanini;
kuwe, ungekaqali ukubonakala,
11:17 Akuyi kubakho emva kwakho oya kufika kwixesha lakho, nokuba sisiqingatha
ngayo.
11:18 Wesuka ke owesithathu, walawula njengowesibini kuqala, akabonakalanga
ngakumbi kwakhona.
11:19 Bahamba ke bonke abaseleyo, omnye emva komnye, njengoko bonke bephela
walawula, waza akabuya abonakale.
11:20 Ndabona, nanzo, ekuhambeni kwexesha, iintsiba zilandela
bema ngasekunene, ukuze nabo balawule; kunye nezinye
balawula, kodwa kwakuba mzuzwana, abababikho.
11:21 Kuba inxenye kubo yamiswa, akwalawula;
11:22 Emveni koko ndabona, nanzo iintsiba ezilishumi elinambini zingasekho.
kwaneentsiba ezimbini ezincinci.
11:23 Akwaba sabakho phezu komzimba wokhozi, yaba ziintloko ezintathu ezo
ziphumle, namaphiko amathandathu amancinane.
11:24 Ndabona kananjalo ukuba iintsiba ezimbini ezincinci zahlukene phakathi
zantandathu, zahlala phantsi kwentloko esekunene;
abane baqhubeka endaweni yabo.
11:25 Ndabona, nanzo, iintsiba eziphantsi kwephiko zicinga
bazimise kwaye babe nomgaqo.
11:26 Ndaza ndabona, nanko emi, kodwa kamsinyane abonakale
Kaninzi.
11:27 Ke kaloku eyesibini yakhawuleza yaba kude kuneyokuqala.
11:28 Ndaza ndabona, nabo ababini abaseleyo babecinga ngaphakathi kwabo
ukulawula:
11:29 Ke kaloku, bakubon' ukuba bayacinga njalo, yasuka yavuka enye yeentloko,
babephumle, oko kukuthi, lowo uphakathi; ngokuba oko bekukukhulu
kuneentloko ezimbini.
11:30 Kwaye ndabona ezinye iintloko zombini zihlangene kuyo.
11:31 Yabona, yajika intloko nabo babenayo, benza
zidle iintsiba zombini eziphantsi kwephiko eliya kulawula.
11:32 Intloko leyo yaloyikisa ihlabathi lonke, yalawula phezu kwayo yonke into
abo behleli phezu kwehlabathi ngoxinezeleko olukhulu; kwaye yayinayo
ulawulo lwehlabathi ngaphezu kwawo onke amaphiko abekho.
11:33 Kwaye emva koko ndabona, nantso intloko isazulwini
ngequbuliso akwabakho kubonakala ngathi ngamaphiko.
11:34 Kwasala ke iintloko zombini, ezilawula kwangolo hlobo
Ehlabathini, naphezu kwabemi balo.
11:35 Ndabona, nantso intloko ngasekunene yayisidla ilidle.
kwicala lasekhohlo.
11:36 Ndaza ndeva ilizwi, lathi kum, Khangela phambi kwakho, uqonde
into oyibonayo.
11:37 Ndabona, nantso, ngathi yingonyama egqumayo, ilelekelwa ehlathini;
Ndabona ukuba likhuphe ilizwi lomntu ekhozini, lisithi.
11:38 Yiva, ndithethe nawe; Osenyangweni uya kuthi kuwe,
11:39 Asinguwe na wena usaseleyo kuzo izinto eziphilileyo zone, endawenza ukumkani?
Ehlabathini lam, ukuze ifike isiphelo samaxesha ayo?
11:40 Weza owesine, wawanqoba onke amarhamncwa adluleyo, awaba nawo
amandla phezu kwehlabathi ngoloyiko olukhulu, naphezu kwekhampasi yonke
behlabathi ngoxinezeleko olukhulu; kwaye ke wahlala ixesha elide
umhlaba ngenkohliso.
11:41 Ngokuba ihlabathi akuligwebanga ngenyaniso.
11:42 Ngokuba ubacinezele abalulamileyo, wabaphatha kakubi abanoxolo
uwathanda amaxoki, uwatshabalalise amakriwa abazalisayo
uzidilizile iindonga zabangengako.
11:43 Ngenxa yoko, ubutshinga bakho, nyuka uye phezulu, nawe;
iqhayiya kuSomandla.
11:44 Osenyangweni uwabonile amaxesha amabhongo;
azalisekile amasikizi akhe.
11:45 Kwaye ngoko akusayi kubonakala, wena khozi, namaphiko akho ezoyikekayo, okanye
neentsiba zakho ezimbi, nentloko yakho embi, nozipho lwakho olubi, nozipho lwakho olubi
umzimba wakho wonke ulilize.
11:46 ukuze lihlaziyeke ihlabathi lonke, libuye, lihlangulwe
kugonyamelo lwakho, nokuze abe nethemba lomgwebo nenceba kaYe
lowo wamenzayo.