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?