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.