2 Esdra 8:1 Yangiphendula yathi: “OPhezukonke wenzele abaningi leli zwe. kodwa izwe elizayo yingcosana. 8:2 Ngizokutshela umfanekiso, Esdras; Njengalapho ubuza umhlaba, wona uyakuthi kuwe: 'Inika isikhunta esiningi izitsha zobumba.' zenziwa, kepha uthuli oluncane igolide eliphuma kulo: unjalo umkhondo lomhlaba wamanje. 8:3 Kukhona abaningi abadaliwe, kodwa abambalwa bayosindiswa. 8:4 Ngase ngiphendula ngathi: Gxila, mphefumulo wami, ukuqonda, futhi shwabadela ukuhlakanipha. 8:5 Ngoba uvumile ukulalela, futhi uzimisele ukuprofetha angisenandawo kunokuphila kuphela. 8:6 O Nkosi, uma ungavumeli inceku yakho, ukuze sithandaze phambi kwakho, futhi usinike imbewu enhliziyweni yethu, nesiko ekuqondeni kwethu; ukuze kuvele isithelo kuwo; umuntu ngamunye okhona uyakuphila kanjani onakele, ngubani othatha indawo yomuntu? 8:7 Ngoba wena wedwa, futhi sonke umsebenzi wezandla zakho munye, njengoba nje ushilo. 8:8 Ngoba lapho umzimba ulolongwa manje esibelethweni sikanina, futhi unikeza ngamalungu, isidalwa sakho silondolozwe emlilweni nasemanzini, nezinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye ingabe umsebenzi wakho uyakhuthazela indalo yakho edalwe kuyo. 8:9 Kodwa lokho okugcinayo futhi agcinwe kuyogcinwa kokubili: futhi lapho i isikhathi siyeza, isizalo sigciniwe siyakhupha okumilayo yona. 8:10 Ngoba wena wayala ezithweni, okungukuthi: emabeleni kuyakunikwa ubisi, oluyisithelo samabele; 8:11 Ukuze into eyenziwe ukuze ondliwe okwesikhathi, kuze kube wena yibeke emseni wakho. 8:12 Wena wakhuphula it ngokulunga kwakho, futhi wakhulisa it in yakho umthetho, uwulungise ngokwahlulela kwakho. 8:13 Futhi wena uyakuba mortify it njengoba isidalwa sakho, futhi uphile njengomsebenzi wakho. 8:14 Ngakho-ke uma uzombhubhisa lowo owasebenza kanzima kangaka enziwe, kuyinto elula ukumiswa ngomyalo wakho, ukuthi into eyenziwe ingalondolozwa. 8:15 Manje, Nkosi, Ngizokhuluma; othinta indoda ngokuvamile, uyazi best; kodwa mayelana labantu bakho, engidabuka ngenxa yabo; 8:16 Futhi ngenxa yefa lakho, engilila ngenxa yesizathu sakhe; futhi u-Israyeli, ngoba engisindayo; nakuJakobe, ngenxa yakhe ngikhathazekile; 8:17 Ngakho-ke ngizoqala ukuthandaza phambi kwakho mina kanye nabo Ngiyazibona izimpophoma zethu esihlala ezweni. 8:18 Kodwa ngizwile ukushesha umahluleli ozayo. 8:19 Ngakho yizwa izwi lami, futhi uqonde amazwi ami, futhi ngizokhuluma phambi kwakho. Lokhu kungukuqala kwamazwi ka-Esdras, ngaphambi kokuba abe khona uthathiwe: ngase ngithi, 8:20 O Nkosi, wena ohlala phakade, obona phezulu izinto ezisezulwini nasemoyeni; 8:21 Isihlalo sakhe sobukhosi singenakulinganiswa; onkazimulo yakhe ingenakuqondwa; ngaphambili izingelosi ezimi ngokuthuthumela; 8:22 Obani inkonzo conversant emoyeni futhi umlilo; ozwi labo liyiqiniso, futhi amazwi njalo; omiyalo yabo inamandla, nesimiso siyesabeka; 8:23 Obani ukubukeka kwabo komisa ekujuleni, futhi intukuthelo yenza izintaba ncibilika; elifakazelwa liqiniso. 8:24 Yizwa umkhuleko wenceku yakho, futhi ubeke indlebe ekunxuseni kwakho isidalwa. 8:25 Ngoba lapho ngisaphila ngizokhuluma, futhi uma nje ngisenakho ukuqonda I uzophendula. 8:26 O ungabheki izono zabantu bakho; kodwa kulabo abakhonza wena phakathi iqiniso. 8:27 Unganaki izinto ezimbi eziqanjwe abezizwe, kodwa isifiso salabo abagcina ubufakazi bakho ezinsizini. 8:28 Ungacabangi ngalabo abaye bahamba ngobuqili phambi kwakho, kodwa bakhumbule abakwaziyo ngokwentando yakho ukwesaba kwakho. 8:29 Makungabi intando yakho ukubhubhisa abaphila njengezilwane; kodwa ukubheka labo abawufundisile umthetho wakho ngokusobala. 8:30 Ungabathukutheleli labo okuthiwa babi kunezilwane; kodwa bathande labo ababeka ithemba labo njalo ekulungeni nasenkazimulweni yakho. 8:31 Ngoba thina nawokhokho bethu siphethwe izifo ezinjalo, kodwa ngenxa yethu izoni kuyakuthiwa unesihawu. 8:32 Ngoba uma unesifiso sokusihawukela, uzobizwa sibe lesihawu kithi, thina esingelamisebenzi yokulunga. 8:33 Ngoba abalungileyo, abanemisebenzi eminingi emihle ebekwe kuwe, bayophuma kuyo izenzo zabo zamukela umvuzo. 8:34 Ngoba uyini umuntu, ukuze uthukuthele ngaye? noma yini isizukulwane esibhubhayo, ukuze ube muncu kuso na? 8:35 Ngoba eqinisweni akukho muntu phakathi kwabo kuzalwa, kodwa uye wasebenza ngokukhohlakala; futhi phakathi kwabathembekileyo akekho noyedwa ongenzanga kabi. 8:36 Ngoba kulokhu, O Nkosi, ukulunga kwakho nokulunga kwakho kuyoba wamemezela, uba ulesihawu kwabangathembekiyo imisebenzi emihle. 8:37 Wayesengiphendula, wathi: Ezinye izinto uzikhulumile kahle, futhi kuyakuba njengokwamazwi akho. 8:38 Ngoba ngempela ngeke ngicabange ngesimo labo abonile ngaphambi kokufa, ngaphambi kokwahlulelwa, ngaphambi kokubhujiswa; 8:39 Kodwa mina ngiyojabula phezu isimo abalungile, futhi ngizokwenza khumbulani futhi uhambo lwabo, nensindiso, nomvuzo, lokho bayakuba nakho. 8:40 Njengoba nje ngikhulumile manje, kanjalo kuyokwenzeka. 8:41 Ngoba njengoba nje umlimi ehlwanyela imbewu eningi emhlabathini, futhi watshala imithi eminingi, kepha okuhlwanyelwe okuhle ngesikhathi sayo akufiki konke okutshaliwe akumile; kunjalo nakubo ezihlwanyelwe ezweni; kabayikusindiswa bonke. 8:42 Ngase ngiphendula ngathi: Uma ngithole umusa, mangikhulume. 8:43 Njengembewu yomlimi ibhubha, uma ingakhuli, yamukele hhayi imvula yakho ngesikhathi esifanele; noma uma kufika imvula eningi, yonakele yona: 8:44 Kanjalo umuntu uyabhubha, okuyinto kwakhiwa ngezandla zakho, futhi kuyinto wabiza umfanekiso wakho, ngokuba ufana naye, ngenxa yakhe wenze zonke izinto, wamfanisa nembewu yomlimi. 8:45 Ungasithukutheleli, kodwa uhawukele abantu bakho, futhi uhawukele abakho ifa: ngokuba unomusa esidalweni sakho. 8:46 Wayesengiphendula, wathi: "Izinto ezikhona okwamanje, futhi izinto ezizayo kwabazayo. 8:47 Ngoba wena uyafinyela kude ukuze ukwazi ukuthanda yami kodwa ngisondele kaningi kuwe, nakuwe wona, kodwa hhayi kwabangalungile. 8:48 Nakulokhu uyamangalisa phambi koPhezukonke. 8:49 Ngokuzithoba kwakho, njengoba kufanele kuwe, futhi awuzange wazibona ufanele ukudunyiswa kakhulu phakathi kwabalungileyo. 8:50 Ngoba usizi eziningi ezinkulu ziyokwenziwa kulabo ngesikhathi sokugcina bayakuhlala ezweni, ngokuba bahambe ngokuzidla okukhulu. 8:51 Kodwa wena qonda ngokwakho, futhi ufune udumo kwabanjalo njengawe. 8:52 Ngoba kini livulekele ipharadesi, umuthi wokuphila utshalwe, isikhathi okuzayo sekulungisiwe, inala ilungisiwe, umuzi uyakhiwa, njalo ukuphumula kuvunyelwe, yebo, ubuhle nokuhlakanipha okuphelele. 8:53 Impande yobubi ivaliwe kuwe, ubuthakathaka futhi inundu kufihliwe kini, nokonakala kubalekele esihogweni ukuze kukhohlakale; 8:54 Usizi kudlulile, futhi ekugcineni uboniswa ingcebo ukungafi. 8:55 Ngakho-ke ungabe usabuza mayelana noquqaba labo ababhubhayo. 8:56 Ngoba lapho sebethathe inkululeko, bamdelela oPhezukonke, wacabanga udelela umthetho wakhe, washiya izindlela zakhe. 8:57 Banyathele phansi abalungileyo bakhe; 8:58 Futhi bathi enhliziyweni yabo, ukuthi akekho uNkulunkulu; yebo, nokwazi lokho kufanele bafe. 8:59 Ngoba njengoba izinto ezishiwo ngaphambili niyokwamukela, kanjalo ukoma nobuhlungu wabalungisela, ngokuba kwakungeyona intando yakhe ukuthi abantu beze kukho lutho: 8:60 Kodwa abadaliweyo balingcolisile ibizo lalowo owabenzayo. futhi babengabongi kuye owabalungisela ukuphila. 8:61 Futhi ngakho ukwahlulela kwami manje sekuseduze. 8:62 Lezi zinto angibonisanga kubo bonke abantu, kodwa kuwe, futhi abambalwa njengawe. Ngase ngiphendula ngathi. 8:63 Bheka, O Nkosi, manje ungibonisile ubuningi bezimangaliso. oyoqala ukukwenza ngezikhathi zokugcina, kepha ngasikhathi sinye, wena kangitshengisanga.