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.