2 Esdras 13:1 Kwathi, ekupheleni kweentsuku ezisixhenxe, ndaphupha iphupha ebusuku. 13:2 Kwabonakala kukho umoya uvela elwandle, wawashukumisa onke amaza ngayo. 13:3 Ndabona, nantso indoda esomelela ngamawaka-waka ezulwini: yaye xa wabujika ubuso bakhe wakhangela, zonke izinto zangcangcazela, ezazibonakala phantsi kwakhe. 13:4 Kwaye lathi lakuphuma ilizwi emlonyeni wakhe, batshisa yonke loo nto waliva ilizwi lakhe njengokudakumba komhlaba ekuveni komlilo. 13:5 Kwaye emva koko ndabona, nabo babehlanganisene ndawonye inkitha yabantu, esiphuma kwimimoya yomine yezulu, ukuya ndoyise umntu ophume elwandle 13:6 Ndabona, nantso isitsho intaba enkulu, yaphaphazela phezulu phezu kwayo. 13:7 Bendinge ndiwubone ummandla, nendawo ekrolwe kuyo induli; kwaye andizange ndikwazi. 13:8 Kwaye emva koko ndabona, nabo bonke babehlanganisene ndawonye bameyisa, basuka boyika ukulwa. 13:9 Yabonani, akukubona ukugonyamela kwendimbane eliyeza, yena akabanga nanto uphakamise isandla sakhe, akanakrele, nanye into yokulwa; 13:10 Ndabona ndedwa, ukuba ekhuphe umoya emlonyeni wakhe ngumlilo, emilebeni yakhe impefumlo edangazelayo, ephuma elulwimini lwakhe khupha iintlantsi nezaqhwithi. 13:11 Baye ke bexutywe bonke; ukuvutha komlilo, umoya odangazelayo, noqhwithela olukhulu; yawa ngogonyamelo phezu kwendimbane leyo yayilungiselwe ukulwa, yabatshisa elowo elowo, kwada kwayima Ngequbuliso kwisihlwele esingenakubalwa nto yayiza kuqondwa, kodwa kuphela uthuli nevumba lomsi: ndakubona oku ndoyika. 13:12 Ndayibona loo ndoda isihla entabeni, ndabiza kuye esinye isihlwele esinoxolo. 13:13 Ke kaloku kweza kuye indimbane enkulu, eyathi inxenye yavuya, inxenye yavuya Uxolo, kwaye abanye kubo babekhonkxiwe, kwaye abanye bezisa kuzo ndaye ndagula kukoyika okukhulu, ndavuka, ndavuka uthe, 13:14 Umbonisile umkhonzi wakho lo mqondiso kwasekuqaleni, waza wenjenjalo ndibalele ekuthini ndifanele ukwamkela umthandazo wam; 13:15 Khawundityhilele ngoku intsingiselo yeli phupha. 13:16 Kuba njengoko ndikhawulayo engqondweni yam, Yeha ke abo baya kubakho! Kwabaseleyo ngaloo mihla, kobeka phi na ke ukungxamiseka kwabangengabo! 13:17 Kuba abo babengekho babenobuhlungu. 13:18 Ngoku ke ndiyaziqonda izinto, ezibe zibekwe ngemihla yokugqibela, ezizayo iya kubafikela nakwabaseleyo. 13:19 Ngenxa yoko beze emngciphekweni omkhulu nakwiintswelo ezininzi, njengokungathi kunjalo axela la maphupha. 13:20 Kuba kulula ke ukuba usesichengeni ukufika kwezo zinto. kunokuba adlule njengelifu, asuke ehlabathini, angaziboni izinto oko kwenzeka ngemihla yokugqibela. Wandiphendula, wathi, 13:21 Ndiya kukubonisa ukutyhilwa kombono, ndikutyhile into oyicelileyo kuwe. 13:22 Uthethe ngabaseleyo ngasemva, lilo eli ingcaciso: 13:23 Lowo uwunyamezelayo umngcipheko, ngelo xesha uzigcinile; abo banemisebenzi, nabanokholo kuyo, boba sesichengeni USomandla. 13:24 Yazini ke oku, ukuba abo baseleyo banethamsanqa ngakumbi kunabo bafileyo. 13:25 Yiyo le ke intsingiselo yombono: Wabona indoda inyuka; esazulwini solwandle. 13:26 Lowo ngulo uThixo Osenyangweni umgcinele ixesha elikhulu, athe ngalo Okwakhe uya kuyihlangula indalo yakhe; bashiywe ngasemva. 13:27 Wakubonayo nje ukuba kuphuma emlonyeni wakhe, kuphuma umoya womoya umoya, nomlilo, nesaqhwithi; 13:28 nokuba ayiphathanga krele namkhosi nanye; ngokungxama kuye, wayitshabalalisa yonke inkitha ebisiza kumeyisa; nantsi ingcaciso. 13:29 Yabona, kuza imihla, awothi Osenyangweni aqale ukubahlangula; eziphezu komhlaba. 13:30 Kwaye uya kumangaliswa abo bemiyo phezu komhlaba. 13:31 Kwaye omnye uya kuzama ukulwa nomnye, omnye umzi nxamnye enye indawo ngokuchasene nenye, abantu ngokuchasene neyomnye, kunye nabanye umhlaba ngokuchasene nomnye. 13:32 Kwaye kuya kuba lixesha lokuba ezi zinto zenzeke, kwaye ziya kubakho kuya kwenzeka imiqondiso endikubonise yona ngenxa engaphambili, abe ke nguNyana wam lowo Wabuya waxela, owambonayo njengomntu enyuka. 13:33 Baliva ke bonke abantu izwi lakhe, elowo kokwakhe oko ilizwe liyeke idabi elijongene nalo. 13:34 Yaye iya kuhlanganisana isihlwele esingenakubalwa, njengoko wabonayo bezimisele ukuza, bameyise ngokulwa. 13:35 Ke yena uya kuma encotsheni yentaba yeZiyon. 13:36 Kwaye iZiyon iya kuza, kwaye iya kubonakala kubo bonke abantu, kwaye iya kubonakala Yakhiwe, njengoko wayibonayo induli ikrolwa kungengazandla. 13:37 Lo Nyana wam wozikhalimela izenzo ezingendawo zezo ntlanga; abathe ngenxa yobungendawo babo bawelwa luqhwithela; 13:38 Babeke phambi kwabo iingcinga zabo ezimbi, neentuthumbo zabo; abaya kuqala ukuthuthunjiswa ngayo, enjengelangatye; kwaye uya kubatshabalalisa bengenamsebenzi ngomthetho onjengawo mna. 13:39 Wabona nje ukuba wahlanganisa esinye isihlwele esinoxolo kuye; 13:40 Zizo ke ezo izizwe ezilishumi, ezathi bafuduswa bephuma ezweni lazo Ngexesha lika-Oseya ukumkani, lowo uSalmanazare ukumkani wakhona uAsiriya wabathimba, wabathwalela amanziamanzi; bafika kwelinye ilizwe. 13:41 Babhunga ke bona ukuba bahlukane nebandla iphuma ihambela kwelinye ilizwe, apho zange abantu bahlale, 13:42 ukuze bayigcine khona imimiselo yabo, abangayigcinanga umhlaba wabo. 13:43 Bangena ke emEfrati, ngasemacaleni omlambo. 13:44 Ngokuba Osenyangweni wababonisa imiqondiso, Wawubamba unogumbe; bada bawela. 13:45 Kuba bekukho indlela enkulu yokuhambahamba kwelo lizwe, oko kukuthi, umnyaka nesiqingatha; loo mmandla ubizwa ngokuba yiArsareti. 13:46 Bahlala khona ke kwada kwasekupheleni; kwaye ngoku baya kwenza nini na qala ukuza, 13:47 Osenyangweni uya kuyimisa imithombo yomlambo, ukuze ihambe ngenxa yoko wasibona isihlwele sinoxolo. 13:48 Ke abo baseleyo phakathi kwabantu bakho, abafunyanwayo emideni yam. 13:49 Xa ke eyitshabalalisayo ingxokolo yeentlanga ezihlanganisene ekanye uya kubakhusela abantu bakhe abaseleyo. 13:50 Kwaye uya kubabonisa izimanga ezikhulu. 13:51 Ndathi ke, Nkosi yam, khawundixelele oku Wayibona indoda leyo, inyuka ivela phakathi elwandle? 13:52 Sathi kum, Kwanjengokuba ungenakukufuna, ungenakukwazi izinto ezisenzulwini yolwandle: ngokunjalo akukho mntu phezu komhlaba bona uNyana wam, okanye abo bakunye naye, kodwa ngexesha lasemini. 13:53 Siso esi ukutyhilwa kwephupha olibonileyo, nokutyhilwa kwalo nguwe wedwa okhanyiselwe apha. 13:54 Ngokuba uyishiyile indlela yakho, Nenzondelelo yakho uyibekezelele kum. umthetho, wawufuna. 13:55 Uzibambile ngobulumko ubomi bakho, Ingqondo uyibize ngokuba nguwe umama. 13:56 Ngenxa yoko ndikubonise ubuncwane bOsenyangweni; ngeminye imihla emithathu, ndothetha ezinye izinto kuwe, ndinixelele izinto ezimangalisayo nezimangalisayo. 13:57 Ndaphuma ke ndaya entsimini, ndibulela, ndibulela kakhulu Osenyangweni ngenxa yemisebenzi yakhe ebalulekileyo, awayenzayo ngexesha elifanelekileyo; 13:58 Kwaye ngenxa yokuba yena elawula efanayo, kwaye nezinto eziwela phakathi kwabo Ndahlala khona iintsuku zantathu.