2 Esdras
14:1 Kwathi ngomhla wesithathu, ndihleli phantsi komterebhinti;
kwaphuma ilizwi etyholweni malungana nam, lisithi, Esdras!
Esdras.
14:2 Ndathi ke mna, Ndilapha, Nkosi, ndema ngeenyawo zam.
14:3 Wathi kum, Ndizityhile kuye etyholweni
uMoses, wathetha naye ekukhonzeni kwabantu bam eYiputa;
14:4 ndamthuma, ndabakhupha abantu bam eYiputa, ndamnyusa ndaya ezweni
intaba apho ndambamba naye ixesha elide,
14:5 Wamxelela iindawo ezininzi ezingummangaliso;
amaxesha, nesiphelo; wamwisela umthetho, esithi.
14:6 La mazwi uya kuwaxela, uwafihle la mazwi.
14:7 Ngoku ke ndithi kuwe,
14:8 ukuba uyibeke entliziyweni yakho imiqondiso endiyibonileyo, kunye nenyaniso
amaphupha owabonileyo, nezityhilo ozibonileyo
uvile:
14:9 Kuba uya kushenxiswa kubo bonke, kwaye ukususela ngoku uya kuthi
hlala noNyana wam, nabo banjengawe, kude kube lixesha elo
iphelile.
14:10 Kuba ihlabathi lilahlekelwe bubutsha bakhe, kwaye amaxesha aqala ukuba mdala.
14:11 Kuba ihlabathi lahlulelene laba ngamacandelo alishumi elinamabini, namacandelo alo alishumi
sele ihambile, nesiqingatha sesishumi.
14:12 Kwaye kusele okusemva kwesiqingatha seshumi.
14:13 Ngoko yilungise indlu yakho, ubakhalimele abantu bakho, uthuthuzeleke
abo basebubini, bayakulahla ukubola;
14:14 Shiya iingcinga ezifayo kuwe, lahla imithwalo enzima ebantwini
ngoku indalo ebuthathaka,
14:15 Kwaye zibeke ecaleni iingcinga ezinzima kuwe, kwaye ngokukhawuleza kuwe
ukubaleka kula maxesha.
14:16 Kuba kusaya kubakho ububi obungaphezu kobu ububonileyo
kwenziwa emva koko.
14:17 Kuba yabona, liya kuba buthathaka ihlabathi, ngokuba liya kuba buthathaka ngakumbi
kuya kwanda ububi phezu kwabemi balo.
14:18 Ngokuba ixesha selibalekile, kwaye ukuqashiswa kunzima, okwangoku
ungxamisa umbono owubonileyo, ukuba uyeza.
14:19 Ndaphendula phambi kwakho, ndathi,
14:20 Uyabona, Nkosi yam, ndiyahamba njengoko undiwisele umthetho ngako, ndilohlwaye ilizwe.
abantu abakhoyo; ke abo baza kuzalwa emva koko, ngabo
uya kubakhalimela? ngenxa yoko ihlabathi liba sebumnyameni, nabo basebumnyameni
akunakukhanya ukuhlala kuyo.
14:21 Kuba umyalelo wakho ushile; ngenxa yoko akukho mntu uzaziyo izinto ezenzekayo
ngawe, okanye umsebenzi oza kuqala.
14:22 Ke ukuba ndibabalwe nguwe, thumela uMoya oyiNgcwele kum, uze
Ndiya kuzibhala zonke izinto ezenziweyo ehlabathini ukususela ekuqaleni.
Ezibhaliweyo emyalelweni wakho, Ukuze bayifumane indlela yakho, Bayifumane
oya kuphila kwimihla yokugqibela angaphila.
14:23 Sandiphendula, sathi, Hamba uhambe, ubahlanganise abantu, ubahlanganise
yithi kubo, Úngabafuni iintsuku ezimashumi mane.
14:24 Khangela ke, uzilungisele imithi emininzi, uthabathe iSareya, uhambe nayo;
UDabria, uSelemia, uEcanus, noAsiel, aba bahlanu bakulungele ukubhala
ngokukhawuleza;
14:25 uze apha, ndilumeke isibane sengqiqo kuwe
yintliziyo engayi kukhutshelwa ngaphandle, zide zenzeke ezo zinto
uya kuqalisa ukubhala.
14:26 Wakuba ukwenzile oko, wovakalisa ezinye izinto, uvakalise nezinye izinto
uya kuyixela kwizilumko emfihlekweni; wothi ngomso eli lixa
qala ukubhala.
14:27 Ndaphuma ke, njengoko wawisa umthetho, ndababutha bonke abantu
kunye, wathi,
14:28 Wave la mazwi, Sirayeli.
14:29 Oobawo bethu ekuqaleni babengabaphambukeli eYiputa, apho babesuka khona
zaziswa:
14:30 nabamkela umthetho wobomi, abangawugcinanga, enawo nani
wakreqa emva kwabo.
14:31 Ngoko ilizwe, ilizwe laseZiyon, labelwa kuni ngeqashiso;
ooyihlo, nani ngokwenu, nenze ubugwenxa, anaza noko
uzigcine iindlela owakuwisela umthetho ngazo uPhezukonke.
14:32 Nangenxa yokuba engumgwebi olilungisa, wanihlutha kwaxeshanye kuni
into awayekunike yona.
14:33 Ngoku nikho, nabazalwana benu baphakathi kwenu;
14:34 ngoko ke, ukuba nithe nazithobekisa ngokwenu ukuqonda, nize
ziguquleni iintliziyo zenu, niya kugcinwa niphila kwaye emva kokufa niya kugcinwa
yenzela inceba.
14:35 Kuba emva kokufa kuya kubakho umgwebo, xa siya kudla ubomi kwakhona
ngelo xesha aya kubonakala amagama amalungisa, nemisebenzi yeNkosi
baya kubhengezwa abangahloneli Thixo.
14:36 Makungabikho mntu ke uzayo kum ngoku, aze angabi sandifuna laa mashumi mane
iintsuku.
14:37 Ndawathabatha ke amadoda amahlanu, njengoko wandiwisela umthetho ngako, saya entsimini.
wahlala khona.
14:38 Ngengomso, nalo izwi landibiza, lisithi, Ezra, vula ikroba lakho.
Nomlomo wakho, nento eselwayo endikusezayo.
14:39 Ndawuvula ke umlomo wam, nanko, indifikele ngendebe ezeleyo, ezeleyo
Izele ngamanzi, kodwa umbala wayo ubunjengomlilo.
14:40 Ndasithabatha, ndasela; ndisele ndisele, yaphendula intliziyo yam.
Kwakhula ukuqonda nobulumko esifubeni sam, kuba umoya wam waqiniswa
inkumbulo yam:
14:41 Wavuleka umlomo wam, andaphinda ndivale.
14:42 Osenyangweni wawaqondisa amadoda amahlanu;
imibono emangalisayo yobusuku eyaxelwayo, ababengayazi: yaye
Bahlala iintsuku ezimashumi mane, babhala emini, badla ebusuku
isonka.
14:43 Ke mna. Ndathetha emini, andalubamba ulwimi ebusuku.
14:44 Ngeentsuku ezimashumi mane babhala iincwadi ezingamakhulu amabini anesine.
14:45 Kwathi, zakuzaliseka iintsuku ezimashumi mane, wathi Osenyangweni
Wathetha wathi, Elona lizwi ulibhalileyo, livakalise ekuhleni,
ufanelekile kwaye ungafanelekanga unokuyifunda:
14:46 Gcina abamashumi asixhenxe abokugqibela, ukuze unikele kwabanjalo bodwa
Yiba nobulumko phakathi kwabantu;
14:47 Kuba liphuma kubo ithende lengqondo, ithende lobulumko, no
umsinga wolwazi.
14:48 Ndenjenjalo.