2 Esdra
7:1 Futhi lapho sengiqedile ukukhuluma la mazwi, kwathunyelwa ku
mina ingelosi eyayithunyelwe kimi ngobusuku obudlule.
7:2 Wathi kimi: "Sukuma, Esdras, uzwe amazwi engize kuye
ngikutshele.
7:3 Ngasengisithi: Khuluma, Nkulunkulu wami. Yasisithi kimi: Ulwandle luhlezi luphakathi
indawo ebanzi, ukuze ijule futhi ibe nkulu.
7:4 Kodwa ukubeka icala umnyango wawuncane, futhi njengomfula;
7:5 Ubani-ke owayengase angene olwandle ukuze abuke phezu kwalo, futhi ukubusa? uma yena
Akadabulanga endaweni ewumngcingo, wayengangena kanjani endaweni ebanzi na?
7:6 Kukhona futhi enye into; Umuzi uyakhiwa, ubekwe endaweni ebanzi
insimu, futhi igcwele zonke izinto ezinhle.
7:7 Ukungena kwawo kuncane, futhi kubekwe endaweni eyingozi yokuwa;
njengokungathi kukhona umlilo esandleni sokunene, futhi ngakwesobunxele utwa
amanzi:
7:8 Futhi eyodwa kuphela indlela phakathi kwabo bobabili, ngisho phakathi komlilo kanye
amanzi, mancane kangangokuthi kwakungaya khona umuntu oyedwa ngaso leso sikhathi.
7:9 Uma lo muzi manje wanikwa umuntu njengefa, uma engazange
uzodlula ingozi ebekwe phambi kwayo, uzokwamukela kanjani lokhu
ifa?
7:10 Futhi ngathi: Kunjalo, Nkosi. Yasisithi kimi: Kunjalo futhi
Isabelo sika-Israyeli.
7:11 Ngoba mina ngenza umhlaba ngenxa yabo, futhi lapho u-Adamu eqa umthetho wami
izimiso, kwase kunqunywa ukuthi kwenziwe manje.
7:12 Khona-ke ukungena kwaleli zwe kwenziwa imingcingo, egcwele usizi futhi
imihelo: bayingcosana, babi, bagcwele izingozi, futhi kubuhlungu kakhulu.
7:13 Ngoba iminyango yezwe abadala zazibanzi futhi uqinisekile, futhi waletha
isithelo esingafi.
7:14 Uma-ke abaphilayo bekhandleka bengangeni kulezi zinto eziyize neziyize.
kabasoze bakwemukela ezibekelwe bona.
7:15 Manje kungani ukhathazeke ngokwakho, njengoba wena nje a
umuntu owonakele? Unyakaziswa ngani, wena ungumuntu nje?
7:16 Kungani ungakunakanga enhliziyweni yakho lokhu okuzayo?
kunalokhu okukhona na?
7:17 Ngasengiphendula, ngathi: O Nkosi, ophethe, wena omisiwe
emthethweni wakho, ukuze abalungileyo badle ifa lalezo zinto, kodwa ukuba abangcwele
abangamesabi uNkulunkulu kufanele babhubhe.
7:18 Nokho, olungileyo uyohlupheka izinto ezicindezelayo, futhi ithemba
ngokuba abenzi bokubi bahluphekile;
kepha nokho ubanzi awuyikubona.
7:19 Wathi kimi. Akekho umahluleli ngaphezu kukaNkulunkulu, futhi akekho onakho
ukuqonda ngaphezu koPhezukonke.
7:20 Ngoba kukhona abaningi ababhubhayo kulokhu kuphila, ngoba bedelela umthetho
kaNkulunkulu obekwe phambi kwabo.
7:21 Ngoba uNkulunkulu unikeze umyalo oqondile kulabo abezayo, ukuthi yini okufanele bayenze
benze ukuphila, njengoba beza, nalokho okufanele bakuqaphele ukukugwema
isijeziso.
7:22 Nokho abazange bamlalele; kodwa wakhuluma ngokumelene naye, futhi
cabanga izinto eziyize;
7:23 Futhi bazikhohlisa ngezenzo zabo ezimbi; futhi wathi kokuningi
High, ukuthi akekho; njalo wayengazazi izindlela zakhe.
7:24 Kodwa umthetho wakhe baye bawudelela, futhi baziphika izivumelwano zakhe. kweyakhe
Izimiso abathembekanga, futhi abayenzanga imisebenzi yakhe.
7:25 Futhi ngakho, Esdras, ngoba ezingenalutho kukhona izinto ezingenalutho, futhi ngokugcwele
yizinto ezigcwele.
7:26 Bheka, isikhathi siyofika, lapho lezi zimpawu engikutshelile
kuyokwenzeka, futhi umakoti uyovela, futhi yena ephuma
kuyakubonakala ukuthi manje usehoxisiwe emhlabeni.
7:27 Futhi noma ubani oyokhululwa ebubini kushiwo uyobona izimangaliso zami.
7:28 Ngoba indodana yami uJesu izokwambulwa kanye nalabo abanaye, futhi bona
abaseleyo bayakujabula phakathi neminyaka engamakhulu amane.
7:29 Emva kwalezi iminyaka, indodana yami uKristu, futhi bonke abantu abaphilayo.
7:30 Futhi izwe liyoguqulwa libe ukuthula endala izinsuku eziyisikhombisa, njengoba nje
ezahlulelweni zakuqala, ukuze kungasali muntu.
7:31 Futhi emva kwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa izwe, ukuthi ungakavuki, uyovuswa
phezulu, futhi lowo uyakufa lowo owonakele
7:32 Futhi umhlaba uyobuyisela labo abalele kuye, futhi kanjalo kuyoba
luthuli abahlezi ekuthuleni, nezinsika
khulula labo imiphefumulo enikelwe kubo.
7:33 Futhi oPhezukonke uyovela esihlalweni sokwahlulela nosizi
kuyakudlula, nokuhlupheka kuyakuphela;
7:34 Kodwa ukwahlulela kuphela kuyohlala, iqiniso liyokuma, futhi ukholo luyokhula
qinile:
7:35 Futhi umsebenzi uzolandela, futhi umvuzo uyoboniswa, futhi okuhle
izenzo ziyoba namandla, futhi izenzo ezimbi aziyikubusa.
7:36 Ngase ngithi: U-Abrahama wakhulekela abaseSodoma kuqala, futhi uMose wathandazela
oyise abona ehlane;
7:37 Futhi uJesu ngemva kwakhe ku-Israyeli ngesikhathi sika-Akani.
7:38 Futhi uSamuweli noDavide ekubhujisweni, futhi uSolomoni phezu kwabo
kufanele eze endlini engcwele;
7:39 Futhi uElias kulabo abathola imvula; nakwabafileyo, ukuze abe namandla
bukhoma:
7:40 Futhi uHezekiya kubantu ngesikhathi sikaSaneheribi: futhi abaningi for
abaningi.
7:41 Ngisho namanje, ebona inkohlakalo isikhulile, nobubi banda,
nabalungileyo bakhulekela abangamesabi uNkulunkulu; ngalokho akuyikuba njalo
kanjalo namanje?
7:42 Wangiphendula, wathi: Lokhu kuphila kwamanje akuyona ukuphela lapho okuningi
inkazimulo ihlezi; ngakho-ke bakhulekele ababuthakathaka.
7:43 Kodwa usuku lokubhujiswa kuyoba ukuphela kwalesi sikhathi, futhi ukuqala
ukungafi okuzayo, lapho ukonakala kudlulile;
7:44 Ukungathembeki sekuphelile, ukungathembeki kunqunywe, ukulunga kuphelile
khulile, futhi iqiniso liyakhula.
7:45 Khona-ke akukho muntu oyokwazi ukusindisa lowo obhujiswa, noma ukucindezela
lowo ozuze ukunqoba.
7:46 Ngaphendula ke ngathi: Leli yizwi lami lokuqala nelokugcina, ukuthi kwaba
bekungcono ukuba umhlaba ungawunikanga ku-Adamu: noma-ke, ngenkathi ukhona
amnikiweyo, ukuze amnqande ukuba angoni.
7:47 Ngoba kuyinzuzoni ukuba amadoda manje kulesi sikhathi samanje
ubunzima, futhi ngemva kokufa ukubheka isijeziso?
7:48 O Adam, wenzeni? ngoba noma kunguwe owonayo.
awuwedwanga, kodwa thina sonke abavela kuwe.
7:49 Ngoba kuyinzuzoni kithi, uma sithenjiswa isikhathi esingabhubhi?
kanti thina senze imisebenzi yokufa?
7:50 Futhi ukuthi kukhona sithenjiswe ithemba laphakade, kuyilapho thina ngokwethu
ngokuba ababi kakhulu benziwa ize na?
7:51 Futhi ukuthi kukhona ezibekelwe thina izindawo zokuhlala zempilo nokuphepha,
kanti siphile ngobubi?
7:52 Futhi ukuthi inkazimulo oPhezukonke igcinwe ukuze avikele labo abaye
siphila ukuphila okuqaphile, kuyilapho siye sahamba ezindleleni ezimbi kunazo zonke?
7:53 Futhi ukuthi kufanele kuboniswe ipharadesi, ogama isithelo sihlala
noma nini, lapho kukhona ukulondeka kanye nomuthi, njengoba ngeke singene
yona?
7:54 Ngoba siye sahamba ezindaweni ezimbi.
7:55 Futhi ukuthi ubuso balabo abaye basebenzisa ukuzithiba uyokhanya ngenhla
izinkanyezi, kanti ubuso bethu buyakuba mnyama kunobumnyama na?
7:56 Ngoba ngenkathi siphila futhi senza okubi, thina kucatshangelwe ukuthi thina
kufanele aqale ukukuhluphekela ngemva kokufa.
7:57 Wayesengiphendula, wathi: Lona umbandela wempi.
umuntu ozelwe emhlabeni uyakulwa;
7:58 Ukuze, uma ehlulwa, uzohlupheka njengoba nje ushilo, kodwa uma ehlulwa
uthole ukunqoba, uyakwamukela lokho engikushoyo.
7:59 Ngoba le yimpilo uMozisi ayikhulumayo ebantwini esaphila.
esithi: Khetha ukuphila, ukuze uphile.
7:60 Nokho abakholwanga nguye, nabaprofethi emva kwakhe, cha
noma mina engikhulumile kubo,
7:61 Ukuze kungabikho usizi olunjalo ekubhujisweni kwabo, njengoba kuyoba
jabulani phezu kwabathonyelelwa ekusindisweni.
7:62 Ngaphendula ke, futhi ngathi: Ngiyazi, Nkosi, ukuthi oPhezukonke ubizwa
unesihawu, ngokuba uhawukela abangakangeni
Umhlaba,
7:63 Naphezu kwalabo abaphendukela emthethweni wakhe;
7:64 Futhi ukuthi uyabekezela, futhi eside ebekezelela labo abonile, njengoba
izidalwa zakhe;
7:65 Futhi ukuthi unomusa, ngoba ukulungele ukunikeza lapho edinga khona;
7:66 Futhi ukuthi unesihe esikhulu, ngoba wandisa isihe ngokwengeziwe
kulabo abakhona, nalabo abedlule, futhi futhi nalabo abakhona
ukuza.
7:67 Ngoba uma ngeke andise isihe sakhe, izwe ngeke uqhubeke
kanye nalabo abadla ifa kulo.
7:68 Futhi wathethelela; ngoba uba engenzanga njalo ngobuhle bakhe, ukuthi labo
abenzile ububi bakhululwe kubo, inkulungwane eziyishumi
ingxenye yamadoda akufanele iqhubeke iphila.
7:69 Futhi njengoba umahluleli, uma engabathetheleli abaphulukiswa ngeyakhe
izwi, ukhiphe ukuphikisana okuningi;
7:70 Kufanele kube mbalwa kakhulu kwesokunxele mhlawumbe esixukwini esingenakubalwa.