1 Esdra
4:1 Khona-ke owesibili, owayekhulume amandla enkosi, waqala
ithi,
4:2 O nina madoda, musani amadoda angaphezu kwamandla abusa ulwandle nomhlaba
nakho konke kuzo?
4:3 Kodwa nokho inkosi inamandla kakhulu, ngoba iyinkosi yazo zonke lezi zinto, futhi
uyabusa phezu kwabo; futhi konke abayala ngakho bayakwenza.
4:4 Uma eziyala ukuba zilwe, omunye nomunye, ziyakwenza;
bathumele ezitheni, bahambe, babhidlize izintaba
izindonga nemibhoshongo.
4:5 Babulala futhi babulawa, futhi abaweqi umyalo wenkosi: uma
bathola ukunqoba, baletha konke enkosini, kanye nempango, njengoba
zonke ezinye izinto.
4:6 Ngokufanayo kulabo abangewona amasosha, futhi abahlangene nezimpi,
kodwa sebenzisani ukulima, lapho sebevune futhi lokho abakuhlanyelayo;
bakuyisa enkosini, baphoqe omunye komunye
Inkosi.
4:7 Nokho ungumuntu oyedwa kuphela: uma uyala ukubulala, bayabulala; uma yena
bayala ukuthi bayeke;
4:8 Uma eyala ukuba bashaye, bayashaya; uma eyala ukwenza incithakalo, bona
yenza incithakalo; uma eyala ukwakha, bayakwakha;
4:9 Uma eyala ukuba kugawulwe, bagawula; uma eyala ukuthi kutshalwe, bona
isitshalo.
4:10 Ngakho bonke abantu bakhe namabutho akhe bayamlalela; phezu kwalokho uyalala, yena
uyadla, aphuze, aphumule;
4:11 Futhi laba baqapha nxazonke zakhe, futhi kungabikho muntu osuka, futhi enze
okwakhe, futhi abamlaleli nangayiphi indlela.
4:12 O nina madoda, akufanele kanjani inkosi ibe namandla kakhulu, lapho esesimweni esinjalo
walalela? Wazibamba ngolimi.
4:13 Khona-ke owesithathu, owayekhulume ngabesifazane, nangeqiniso, (lokhu kwaba
Zorobabel) waqala ukukhuluma.
4:14 O nina madoda, akuyona inkosi enkulu, noma uquqaba lwabantu, futhi akukho
yiwayini, eledlulayo; ngubani-ke obabusayo, noma onegunya
ubukhosi phezu kwabo? akubona abesifazane?
4:15 Abesifazane baye bathwala inkosi nabo bonke abantu ababusa olwandle kanye
umhlaba.
4:16 Nakubo bafika, babondla ababetshala
izivini, lapho iwayini liphuma khona.
4:17 Nalaba benza izingubo amadoda; lezi zikhazimulisa abantu; futhi
ngaphandle kwabesifazane ngeke amadoda abe.
4:18 Yebo, futhi uma abantu bebuthene ndawonye igolide nesiliva, noma yimuphi omunye
okuhle, abamthandi yini owesifazane obukekayo futhi
ubuhle?
4:19 Futhi ukudedela zonke lezo zinto, ingabe abavuleki, ngisho ngokuvula
umlomo ugxilisa amehlo abo kuye; futhi kabakufisi bonke abantu
kunesiliva noma igolide nanoma yini enye enhle na?
4:20 Umuntu ushiya uyise owamkhulisayo kanye nezwe lakubo.
wanamathela kumkakhe.
4:21 Akanamathele ukuchitha ukuphila kwakhe nomkakhe. futhi akakhumbuli
ubaba, noma umama, noma izwe.
4:22 Ngalokhu futhi kumelwe nazi ukuthi abesifazane bayabusa phezu kwenu
ukukhandleka nokukhandleka, futhi ukunikeza futhi ukuletha konke kowesifazane?
4:23 Yebo, umuntu uthatha inkemba yakhe, aphume ukuphanga, ukweba, ukuphanga.
hamba phezu kolwandle naphezu kwemifula;
4:24 Futhi ubheka ingonyama, futhi uhamba ebumnyameni; futhi lapho enakho
intshontshiwe, iphangiwe, iphangiwe, uyakuyisa othandweni lwakhe.
4:25 Ngakho indoda ithanda umkayo ngaphezu uyise noma unina.
4:26 Yebo, baningi asebephelelwe ingqondo ngenxa yabesifazane, futhi baba
izinceku ngenxa yazo.
4:27 Abaningi futhi baye babhubha, baye baphambuka, futhi bonile, ngenxa yabesifazane.
4:28 Futhi manje anikholwa kimi? Inkosi ayinkulu yini emandleni ayo? ungenzi
zonke izifunda zesaba ukumthinta?
4:29 Nokho ngimbonile kanye noApame isancinza senkosi, indodakazi ka
uBarthaku otusekayo, ehlezi ngakwesokunene senkosi;
4:30 Futhi ethatha umqhele ekhanda lenkosi, futhi ebeka phezu kwakhe
ikhanda; wayishaya nenkosi ngesandla sobunxele.
4:31 Nokho kukho konke lokho inkosi yakhamisa yamgqolozela ngomlomo ovulekile.
uma emhleka, naye uhleke; kepha uma ethatha
inkosi yathanda ukumbambatha, ukuze abe nomusa kuye
babuyisana laye futhi.
4:32 O nina madoda, kungaba kanjani kodwa abesifazane kufanele babe namandla, njengoba benza kanjalo?
4:33 Khona-ke inkosi nezikhulu babuka omunye komunye, ngakho waqala ukuba
khuluma ngeqiniso.
4:34 O nina madoda, ingabe abesifazane abanamandla? mkhulu umhlaba, liphakeme izulu;
Ilanga liyashesha endleleni yalo, ngokuba lizungeza amazulu
abuye abuyele endaweni yakhe ngosuku olulodwa.
4:35 Akayena yini omkhulu owenza lezi zinto? ngakho-ke likhulu iqiniso,
futhi unamandla kunazo zonke izinto.
4:36 Umhlaba wonke ukhala ngeqiniso, futhi izulu liyabusisa: konke
imisebenzi inyakaza futhi ithuthumele ngenxa yayo, futhi akukho lutho olungalungile kanye nayo.
4:37 Iwayini libi, inkosi imbi, abesifazane ababi, bonke abantwana
abantu bakhohlakele, futhi injalo yonke imisebenzi yabo emibi; futhi akukho
iqiniso kubo; nasekungalungini kwabo bayakubhubha.
4:38 Iqiniso liyakhuthazela, liqinile njalo; iyaphila futhi
onqobayo kuze kube phakade.
4:39 Naye akukho ukwamukela abantu noma imivuzo; kodwa yena uyakwenza
izinto ezilungile, futhi ezigwema kuzo zonke izinto ezingalungile nezimbi;
futhi bonke abantu benza kahle njengemisebenzi yakhe.
4:40 Futhi akukho ukungalungi ekwahluleleni kwakhe; futhi yena ungamandla,
umbuso, amandla, nobukhosi, beminyaka yonke. Makabongwe uNkulunkulu weqiniso.
4:41 Futhi ngalokho wathula. Basebememeza bonke abantu, njalo
wathi: Likhulu iQiniso, linamandla phezu kwezinto zonke.
4:42 Inkosi yasisithi kuye:
embhalweni, sizakunika wona, ngoba ufunyenwe uhlakaniphe kakhulu;
futhi uyohlala eduze kwami, futhi uyobizwa ngokuthi umzala wami.
" 4:43 Wathi enkosini, "Khumbula isithembiso sakho, owasithembisa
yakha iJerusalema ngosuku owangena ngalo embusweni wakho.
4:44 Nokuthuma zonke izitsha ezazithunjwe eJerusalema.
awakungcwelisa uKoresi, lapho enza isithembiso sokubhubhisa iBabele, nokuthuma
baphinde lapho.
4:45 Futhi ufungile ukwakha ithempeli, okuyinto abakwa-Edomi bashisa
lapho iJudiya lenziwa incithakalo ngamaKaledi.
4:46 Manje, O nkosi, nkosi, yilokhu engikufunayo, futhi mina
isifiso sakho, futhi lokhu kuyinkululeko yenkosi evela
Ngakho-ke ngifisa ukuba usigcwalise isithembiso nesifezekiso
owafunga ngakho ngomlomo wakho eNkosini yezulu.
4:47 Khona-ke uDariyu inkosi wasukuma, futhi wamanga, futhi wabhala izincwadi kuye
kubo bonke abaphathimali, nezinduna, nezinduna, nababusi, ukuthi
kufanele bamdlulisele ngokuphepha endleleni yabo yena nabo bonke abahambayo
phezulu naye ukwakha iJerusalema.
4:48 Wabhala nezincwadi izinduna zaseKelossyria futhi
iFenike, nakubo eLebhanoni, ukuba balethe imisedari
kusukela eLebanoni kuze kufike eJerusalema, futhi bayokwakha umuzi
yena.
4:49 Ngaphezu kwalokho, wabhalela wonke amaJuda aphuma embusweni wakhe wenyukela
amaJuda, mayelana nenkululeko yawo, ukuze kungabikho nduna, nambusi, na
uLieutenant, noma umgcinimafa, kufanele angene ngendluzula eminyango yabo;
4:50 Futhi ukuze lonke izwe abakulo kufanele libe khulula ngaphandle intela;
nokuthi abakwa-Edomi banike imizana yamaJuda
base bebamba:
4:51 Yebo, ukuze kube minyaka yonke anikezwe amathalenta angamashumi amabili ukuze kwakhiwe
ithempeli, kwaze kwaba yisikhathi elakhiwa ngalo;
4:52 Futhi amanye amathalenta ayishumi ngonyaka, ukuze kugcinwe iminikelo yokushiswa phezu kwethempeli
I-altare nsuku zonke, njengoba babenomyalo wokunikela abayishumi nesikhombisa.
4:53 Futhi ukuthi bonke abasuka eBhabhiloni ukuze bakhe umuzi kufanele babe
inkululeko ekhululekile, kanye nabo nezizukulwane zabo, nabo bonke abapristi lokho
wahamba.
4:54 Wabhala futhi mayelana. imfanelo, nezingubo zabapristi
abakhonza ngakho;
4:55 Ngokufanayo, ukuze izimfanelo zamaLevi, inikezwe kubo kuze kube
ngosuku okwaqedwa ngalo indlu, nokwakhiwa kweJerusalema.
4:56 Futhi wayala ukuba bonke abagcina umuzi impesheni kanye iholo.
4:57 Futhi wathumela kude nazo zonke izitsha eBhabhiloni, ukuthi uKoresi wabeka
ngokuhlukana; nakho konke uKoresi ayekuyale ngakho, wakuyala kanjalo
futhi kufanele kwenziwe, futhi ithunyelwe eJerusalema.
4:58 Manje lapho le nsizwa waphuma, yena waphakamisela ubuso bakhe ezulwini
ngaseJerusalema, futhi badumisa iNkosi yezulu,
4:59 Wathi: "Kuvela kuwe ukunqoba, ukuhlakanipha kuvela kuwe, nokwakho."
yinkazimulo, mina ngiyinceku yakho.
4:60 Ubusisiwe wena onginike ukuhlakanipha, ngokuba ngiyakubonga, O
Nkosi yobaba bethu.
4:61 Futhi ngakho wathatha izincwadi, waphuma, futhi wafika eBhabhiloni, futhi
wabatshela bonke abafowabo.
4:62 Futhi bamdumisa uNkulunkulu wawoyise, ngoba wayebanike
inkululeko kanye nenkululeko
4:63 Ukukhuphuka, futhi ukwakha iJerusalema, futhi ithempeli elibizwa ngeyakhe
badla ngezinsimbi zokubethwa nangentokozo kasikhombisa
izinsuku.