2 Esdra 6:1 Wathi kimi, Ekuqaleni, lapho umhlaba wenziwa, ngaphambili imikhawulo yomhlaba yama, kwaze kwavunguza imimoya; 6:2 Ngaphambi kwaduma futhi kwakhanya, noma njalo izisekelo zepharadesi zabekwa, 6:3 Ngaphambi kokuba izimbali ezinhle zibonakale, noma amandla anyakazayo ayekhona kuqiniswe, ngaphambi kokuba kuqoqwe uquqaba lwezingelosi ndawonye, 6:4 Noma nanini ukuphakama kwesibhakabhaka kwaphakanyiswa, ngaphambi kwezilinganiso ze umkhathi wabizwa ngamagama, noma oshimula eSiyoni bake bashisa. 6:5 Futhi ngaphambi kweminyaka yamanje kwafunwa, futhi noma naphakade okusunguliwe labo manje sebephendukile, ngaphambi kokuba babekwe uphawu wabutha ukukholwa kwaba ingcebo; 6:6 Khona-ke ngacabanga lezi zinto, futhi zonke zenziwa ngami zodwa, kungabi ngomunye; ngami futhi ziyakuqedwa akekho omunye. 6:7 Ngasengiphendula ngathi: Kuyoba yini ukuhlukaniswa kwethempeli? izikhathi? kumbe kuzakuba nini ukuphela kokokuqala, lokuqala kwakho lokho kulandela? 6:8 Wathi kimi, Kusukela ku-Abrahama kuze kube Isaka, lapho uJakobe no-Esawu ezelwe nguye, isandla sikaJakobe sibambe isithende sikaEsawu kuqala. 6:9 Ngoba u-Esawu ukuphela kwezwe, futhi uJakobe uyisiqalo salo ukuthi kulandela. 6:10 Isandla somuntu siphakathi kwesithende nesandla; Esdras, ungabuzi. 6:11 Ngaphendula ke ngathi: O Nkosi, ophethe, uma ngithole umusa emehlweni akho, 6:12 Ngiyakuncenga, ubonise inceku yakho isiphetho izimpawu zakho, okuyinto wena wangibonisa ingxenye ngobusuku bokugcina. 6:13 Ngakho waphendula, wathi kimi, Sukuma ngezinyawo zakho, uzwe a izwi elizwakalayo elinamandla. 6:14 Futhi kuyoba sengathi ukunyakaza okukhulu; kodwa indawo lapho wena ukuma akuyikunyakaziswa. 6:15 Ngakho nxa likhuluma lingesabi, ngoba ilizwi livela eNkosini ekupheleni, futhi isisekelo somhlaba siqondwa. 6:16 Futhi ngani? ngokuba inkulumo yalezi zinto iyathuthumela, inyakaze; iyazi ukuthi ukuphela kwalezi zinto kufanele kuguqulwe. 6:17 Kwathi, lapho ngizwile, ngema ngezinyawo zami, futhi walalela, bheka, kwavela izwi elikhulumayo, nomsindo we kwakunjengomsindo wamanzi amaningi. 6:18 Futhi wathi: "Bheka, izinsuku ziyeza, lapho ngiyoqala ukusondela, futhi ukuhambela abakhileyo emhlabeni. 6:19 Futhi uzoqala ukubuza kubo, ukuthi bayini abaye balimaza ngokungafanele nokungalungi kwabo, nalapho usizi lwaseSiyoni zizogcwaliseka; 6:20 Futhi lapho umhlaba oyoqala ukunyamalala uyobe usuphelile. khona ngiyakubatshengisa lezi zimpawu: izincwadi ziyakuvulwa phambi kukaJehova umkhathi, futhi bayobona bonke kanyekanye. 6:21 Futhi abantwana ngonyaka ubudala bayokhuluma amazwi abo, abesifazane okhulelweyo uzazala abantwana abangafikanga bezinyanga ezintathu kumbe ezine abadala, futhi bayophila, futhi bavuswe. 6:22 Futhi ngokuzumayo, izindawo ezihlwanyelwe ziyobonakala zingahlwanyelwanga, izinqolobane ezigcwele izotholwa ngokuzumayo ingenalutho; 6:23 Futhi lelocilongo liyokhala, lapho wonke umuntu ezwa, bayakuzwa luzakwethuka masinyane. 6:24 Ngaleso sikhathi, abangane bayolwa bodwa njengezitha, futhi umhlaba uyakwesaba, nabakhileyo kuwo, imithombo emithonjeni ziyakuma, futhi ngamahora amathathu ngeke gijima. 6:25 Noma ubani osalayo kukho konke lokhu engikutshelile uyophunyuka. futhi ubone insindiso yami, kanye nokuphela komhlaba wakho. 6:26 Futhi amadoda wamukelwe bayokubona, abangazange bakuzwe ukufa kusukela ekuzalweni kwabo: futhi inhliziyo yabakhileyo iyoguqulwa, futhi yaphenduka enye incazelo. 6:27 Ngoba ububi buyocishwa, futhi inkohliso izocinywa. 6:28 Ngokuqondene ukholo, kuyochuma, ukonakala kuyonqotshwa, futhi iqiniso, osekuyisikhathi eside kangaka ngaphandle izithelo, liyomenyezelwa. 6:29 Futhi lapho ekhuluma nami, bheka, Ngabuka kancane kancane phezu yena engangimi phambi kwakhe. 6:30 Futhi la mazwi wathi kimi; ngize ukukukhombisa isikhathi sombuso ubusuku obuzayo. 6:31 Uma uzokhuleka futhi futhi, futhi uzile ukudla izinsuku eziyisikhombisa, Ngizokutshela izinto ezinkulu kunalezo engizizwile emini. 6:32 Ngoba izwi lakho lizwakala phambi koPhezukonke, ngoba uMninimandla onke ubonile ukulunga kwakho ukubonile nokuhlanzeka kwakho onakho kusukela ebusheni bakho. 6:33 Ngakho-ke ungithumile ukuba ngikubonise zonke lezi zinto, futhi ukusho kuwe, khululeka, ungesabi 6:34 Futhi ungasheshi nezikhathi ezidlule, ukucabanga izinto eziyize, ukuthi ungasheshi kusukela ezikhathini ezizayo. 6:35 Futhi kwenzeka ngemva kwalokhu, ukuthi ngakhala futhi, futhi ngizile ukudla izinsuku eziyisikhombisa ngokunjalo, ukuze ngigcwalise amasonto amathathu angitshela wona. 6:36 Futhi ngobusuku besishiyagalombili inhliziyo yami yakhathazeka phakathi kwami futhi, futhi ngaqala ukukhuluma phambi koPhezukonke. 6:37 Ngoba umoya wami wavutha kakhulu umlilo, futhi umphefumulo wami wasosizini. 6:38 Futhi ngathi, O Nkosi, wena wakhuluma kusukela ekuqaleni kwendalo. ngisho nangosuku lokuqala, washo kanje; Makwenziwe izulu nomhlaba; futhi izwi lakho lalingumsebenzi opheleleyo. 6:39 Futhi ke kwaba umoya, futhi ubumnyama nokuthula kwakukhona nxazonke; umsindo wezwi lomuntu wawungakakheki. 6:40 Khona-ke wayala ukukhanya okuhle ukuba kuphume engcebweni yakho, ukuthi umsebenzi wakho ungase ubonakale. 6:41 Ngosuku lwesibili wenza umoya womkhathi, futhi walaya ukuthi lihlukane phakathi, lehlukanise phakathi amanzi, ukuze enye ingxenye ikhuphuke, enye ihlale ngaphansi. 6:42 Ngosuku lwesithathu wayala ukuba amanzi kufanele abuthwe engxenyeni yesikhombisa yomhlaba, womisa izinqamu eziyisithupha, wagcina kubo, ukuze kulaba abanye batshalwe nguNkulunkulu, balinywe angase akukhonze. 6:43 Ngoba ngokushesha lapho izwi lakho waphuma, umsebenzi wenziwa. 6:44 Ngoba masinyane kwakukhona izithelo ezinkulu ezingenakubalwa, futhi eziningi futhi izinjabulo ezihlukahlukene zokunambitheka, nezimbali ezinombala ongashintshi, kanye iphunga elimangalisayo: futhi lokhu kwenzeka ngosuku lwesithathu. 6:45 Ngosuku lwesine wayala ukuba ilanga kukhanye futhi inyanga inika ukukhanya kwayo, nezinkanyezi kufanele zihleleke: 6:46 Futhi wabayala ukuba benze inkonzo kumuntu, okwakumelwe yenziwe. 6:47 Ngosuku lwesihlanu, wena wathi engxenyeni yesikhombisa, lapho amanzi kwabuthelwa ukuba kuveze izidalwa eziphilayo, izinyoni kanye izinhlanzi: kwaba njalo. 6:48 Ngoba amanzi ayizimungulu futhi ngaphandle ukuphila kwaveza izinto eziphilayo at the umyalo kaNkulunkulu, ukuze bonke abantu badumise izimangaliso zakho. 6:49 Khona-ke wamisa izidalwa ezimbili eziphilayo, lowo obizile u-Enoke, noLeviyathani; 6:50 Futhi wahlukanisa omunye komunye: okwesikhombisa, okungukuthi, lapho amanzi ayebuthene khona, kawababamba bobabili. 6:51 Wamnika u-Enoke ingxenye eyodwa, eyayisomile ngosuku lwesithathu, ukuthi kufanele ahlale endaweni efanayo, lapho kukhona amagquma ayinkulungwane. 6:52 Kodwa uLeviyathani ingxenye yesikhombisa, okumanzi; futhi umgcine ukuba adliwe ngubani othanda ukushwabadela, nini. 6:53 Ngosuku lwesithupha wayala emhlabeni, ukuthi ngaphambi uyakukuvezela izilwane, nezinkomo, nezilwanyana ezinwabuzelayo; 6:54 Futhi emva kwalezi, u-Adamu futhi, owamenza inkosi yazo zonke izidalwa zakho. sivela kuye sonke, nabantu obakhethileyo. 6:55 Konke lokhu ngikukhulumile phambi kwakho, O Nkosi, ngoba wawenza umhlaba ngenxa yethu 6:56 Ngokuqondene nabanye abantu, okuyinto futhi evela ku-Adamu, ukushilo lokho abayilutho, kepha bafana namathe; ngobuningi babo kuze kube yithonsi eliwa esitsheni. 6:57 Futhi manje, O Nkosi, bheka, lezi zizwe eziye zabizwa ngokuthi lutho, sebeqalile ukubusa phezu kwethu, nokusishwabadela. 6:58 Kodwa thina abantu bakho, oye wabiza izibulo lakho, wena kuphela ozelwe, nesithandwa sakho esishisekayo, sinikelwe ezandleni zabo. 6:59 Uma izwe manje senziwa ngenxa yethu, kungani thina singenalo ifa nomhlaba? koze kube nini lokhu?