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.