2 Esdra 4:1 Futhi ingelosi eyayithunywe kimi, ogama layo lalingu-Uriyeli, wanginika phendula, 4:2 Wathi: "Inhliziyo yakho iye kude kuleli zwe, futhi ucabanga kanjalo uyayiqonda indlela yoPhezukonke na? 4:3 Ngasengisithi: Yebo, nkosi yami. Wangiphendula wathi: Ngithunyiwe akubonise izindlela ezintathu, abeke imifanekiso emithathu phambi kwakho; 4:4 Ngakho-ke, uma ukwazi ukungitshela eyodwa, ngizokukhombisa futhi indlela uyafisa ukubona, futhi ngizokukhombisa lapho ivela khona inhliziyo embi uyeza. 4:5 Ngase ngithi: "Khuluma, nkosi yami. Yasisithi kimi: Hamba, ungilinganise isisindo somlilo, ningilinganisele ukufutha komoya, noma ngibize futhi usuku oseludlulile. 4:6 Ngase ngiphendula ngathi: "Ngumuphi umuntu ongakwenza lokho, ukuba wena kufanele ubuze kimi izinto ezinjalo? 4:7 Wathi kimi, Uma ngingakubuza ukuthi zinkulu kangakanani izindawo zokuhlala ezweni phakathi kolwandle, nokuthi mingaki imithombo ekuqaleni kotwa; noma zingaki iziphethu eziphezu komkhathi, noma eziphumayo wepharadesi: 4:8 Mhlawumbe ubungathi kimi: Angizange ngehlele ekujuleni. noma ngiyongena esihogweni, futhi angizange ngikhuphukele ezulwini. 4:9 Nokho manje ngikucele kuphela umlilo nomoya, futhi usuku owedlule kulo, nezinto owadlula kuzo angehlukaniswa, nokho awukwazi ukunginika impendulo yawo. 4:10 Wathi kimi: "Izinto zakho siqu, futhi njengoba usukhulile." nawe, awukwazi; 4:11 Khona-ke isitsha sakho kufanele siqonde kanjani indlela yoPhezukonke, futhi, izwe njengoba manje lonakele ngaphandle ukuze liqonde ukonakala okubonakala emehlweni ami? 4:12 Ngase ngithi kuye: "Bekungcono ukuba singabi nhlobo, kunalokho kufanele siqhubeke siphila ebubini, futhi sihlupheke, futhi singazi ngani. 4:13 Wangiphendula, wathi: Ngangena ehlathini ethafeni, futhi izihlahla zacebisana, 4:14 Wathi, Wozani, sihambe silwe nolwandle, ukuze lulwe suka phambi kwethu, ukuze senze amahlathi amaningi. 4:15 Kanjalo nezikhukhula zolwandle zacebisana, zathi: “Woza! ake sikhuphuke, sinqobe amahlathi ethafa, ukuze singene khona asenze elinye izwe. 4:16 Umcabango wezinkuni kwaba yize, ngoba umlilo wafika wayiqeda. 4:17 Umcabango wezikhukhula zolwandle waba yize, ngoba asukume isihlabathi abamise. 4:18 Uma wahlulela manje phakathi kwalaba ababili, ubani ungathanda ukuqala thethelela? noma ungalahla bani na? 4:19 Ngaphendula ngathi: "Impela kuwubuwula umcabango wabo bobabili icebo, ngokuba umhlabathi unikelwe izinkuni, nolwandle lunamandla indawo yakhe yokuthwala izikhukhula zakhe. 4:20 Khona-ke wangiphendula, wathi: "Wenze ukwahlulela okuqondile, kodwa ngani awuzahluleli nawe na? 4:21 Ngoba njengoba nje umhlabathi unikezwa izinkuni, nolwandle olwayo izikhukhula: ngokunjalo nabakhileyo emhlabeni bangaqondi lutho kepha okusemhlabeni, nohlezi phezu kwezulu bangaqonda kuphela izinto ezingaphezulu kokuphakama kwezulu. 4:22 Ngase ngiphendula ngathi: "Ngiyakuncenga, O Nkosi, ngivumele ukuqonda: 4:23 Ngoba kwakungeyona ingqondo yami ukufuna izinto eziphakeme, kodwa kwabanjalo udlula kithi imihla ngemihla, okungukuthi, u-Israyeli unikelwe njengehlazo kuye abezizwe, nangenxa yokuthi abantu obathandayo baphiwe ezizweni ezingamhloniphiyo uNkulunkulu, futhi kungani ulethwa umthetho wawokhokho bethu ize, nezivumelwano ezilotshiwe zibe yize; 4:24 Futhi sidlula emhlabeni njengezintethe, futhi ukuphila kwethu ukumangala nokwesaba, futhi asifanele ukuhawukelwa. 4:25 Pho-ke uzokwenzenjani egameni lakhe esibizwa ngalo? zalezi izinto ngizibuzile. 4:26 Khona-ke wangiphendula, futhi wathi: "Lapho uphenya kakhulu, kulapho uya kakhulu uzomangala; ngokuba umhlaba uyashesha ukudlula; 4:27 Futhi engakwazi ukuqonda izinto ezithenjiswe abalungile in isikhathi esizayo: ngokuba leli zwe ligcwele ukungalungi nobuthakathaka. 4:28 Kodwa mayelana nezinto ongibuza ngazo, ngizokutshela; ngoba ububi buyahlwanyelwa, kodwa ukubhujiswa kwabo akukafiki. 4:29 Ngakho-ke uma okuhlwanyelwe kungaphenduki, indawo lapho okuhlwanyelwe khona okubi akudluli, khona-ke ngeke kufike lokho okukhona kuhlwanyelwe ngokuhle. 4:30 Ngoba imbewu embi ihlwanyelwe enhliziyweni ka-Adamu kusukela iqala, futhi kungakanani ukungamesabi uNkulunkulu okukhulisile kuze kube manje? futhi lizakuthela okungakanani kuze kufike isikhathi sokubhula? 4:31 Zindla manje ngokwakho, ukuthi sikhulu kangakanani isithelo sobubi okusanhlamvu okubi inzalo yathela. 4:32 Futhi lapho izindlebe ziyonqunywa, okuyizinto ezingenakubalwa, ukuthi zinkulu kangakanani Bayakugcwalisa phansi na? 4:33 Ngase ngiphendula ngathi: Kanjani, futhi nini lezi zinto ziyokwenzeka? kungani iminyaka yethu imbalwa futhi mibi? 4:34 Futhi wangiphendula, wathi: "Ungasheshi ukudlula oPhezukonke. ngokuba ukushesha kwakho kuyize ukuba ngaphezu kwakhe, ngokuba weqile kakhulu. 4:35 Imiphefumulo yabalungileyo kayibuzanga yini ngalezizinto? emakamelweni abo, bethi: Koze kube nini ngethemba lokhu na? nini isithelo sesibuya somvuzo wethu? 4:36 Futhi kulezo zinto u-Uriyeli ingelosi enkulu wabaphendula, wathi: Lanxa inani lembewu seligcwalisiwe kini, ngoba ulinganisile umhlaba ebhalansi. 4:37 Ulinganisile izikhathi ngesilinganiso; Ubale ngenombolo izikhathi; futhi akazinyakazi futhi akazinyakazi, kuze kufike isilinganiso esishiwoyo kugcwalisekile. 4:38 Ngasengiphendula ngathi: O Nkosi, ophethe, thina sonke sigcwele lokubi. 4:39 Futhi ngenxa yethu mhlawumbe kuba ukuthi phansi abalungileyo kabasuthi, ngenxa yezono zabakhileyo emhlabeni. 4:40 Wangiphendula, wathi, Hamba uye kowesifazane okhulelweyo, ubuze kuye, lapho eseqedile izinyanga zakhe eziyisishiyagalolunye, uma isizalo sakhe singagcina isisu sakhe ukuzalwa kuphinde kube phakathi kwakhe. 4:41 Ngase ngithi: Cha, Nkosi, angekwazi. Wasesithi kimi: Endlini indawo yabafileyo injengesibeletho sowesifazane; 4:42 Ngoba njengowesifazane obelethayo eshesha ukubalekela isidingo zokubeletha: ngokunjalo lezi zindawo ziyashesha ukuletha lezozinto ezinikelwe kubo. 4:43 Kusukela ekuqaleni, bheka, lokho ofisa ukukubona, kuyoboniswa wena. 4:44 Ngase ngiphendula, ngathi: "Uma ngithole umusa emehlweni akho, futhi uma kungenzeka, futhi uma ngifaneleka ngakho, 4:45 Ngakho-ke ngibonise ukuthi kukhona okuningi okuzayo kunangaphambili noma okudlule kunokuzayo. 4:46 Lokho okwedlule ngiyakwazi, kodwa okuzayo angikwazi. 4:47 Wathi kimi: "Sukuma ngakwesokunene, futhi ngizochaza umfanekiso kuwe. 4:48 Ngakho ngema, futhi ngabona, futhi bheka, ihhavini elivuthayo lalidlula ngaphambili mina: kwathi lapho ilangabi seliphumile ngabheka, futhi, bheka, kwathula umusi. 4:49 Emva kwalokho kwadlula ifu lamanzi phambi kwami, lehlisa okuningi imvula ngesiphepho; kwathi lapho imvula yesiphepho isidlulile, amathonsi asala namanje. 4:50 Wayesethi kimi: "Zicabangele wena; njengoba imvula ingaphezu amathonsi, nomlilo mkhulu kunomusi; kodwa amathonsi futhi intuthu isala ngemuva: ngakho-ke inani elidlule leqe kakhulu. 4:51 Khona-ke ngathandaza, ngathi: "Kwangathi ngingaphila, ucabanga, kuze kube yileso sikhathi? noma kuyakwenzekani ngalezo zinsuku na? 4:52 Wangiphendula, wathi: Ngokuqondene nezibonakaliso ongibuza ngazo, mina ngingakutshela nganxanye, kodwa mayelana lempilo yakho, kangithunywanga ukukubonisa; ngoba kangikwazi.