2 Esdra
12:1 Kwathi lapho ingonyama ikhuluma la mazwi okhozini, I
wabona,
12:2 Futhi, bheka, inhloko eyayisele namaphiko amane ayisekho.
laba ababili baya kulo, bazibeka ukuba yinkosi kanye nezabo
umbuso wawumncane, ugcwele isiyaluyalu.
12:3 Ngabona, futhi, bheka, babengasekho, futhi wonke umzimba we
ukhozi lwasha, umhlaba wethuka kakhulu; ngase ngiphaphama
ngokukhathazeka nokuthuthumela kwengqondo yami, nokwesaba okukhulu, futhi wathi ku
umoya wami,
12:4 Bheka, lokhu okwenzile kimi, ngokuhlolisisa izindlela
oPhezukonke.
12:5 Bheka, nokho ngikhathele engqondweni yami, futhi ngibuthakathaka kakhulu emoyeni wami; futhi kancane
amandla akhona kimi, ngokwesaba okukhulu engangihlushwe ngakho
ngalobubusuku.
12:6 Ngakho manje ngizocela oPhezukonke, ukuze angiduduze
isiphetho.
12:7 Futhi ngathi, Nkosi, ophethe, uma ngithole umusa phambi kwakho
ukubona, futhi uma ngilungisiswa kuwe phambi kwabanye abaningi, futhi uma wami
khuphuka umkhuleko phambi kobuso bakho;
12:8 Ngakho ungiduduze, futhi ungibonise inceku yakho incazelo kanye plain
umehluko walo mbono owesabekayo, ukuze ungiduduze ngokuphelele
umphefumulo.
12:9 Ngoba uye wangibona ngifanele ukungibonisa izikhathi zokugcina.
12:10 Wathi kimi: "Nansi incazelo yombono.
12:11 Ukhozi, owalubona ekhuphuka olwandle, umbuso
wabonakala embonweni womfowenu uDaniyeli.
12:12 Kodwa kwakungachazelwanga kuye, ngakho manje ngiyakumemezela kuwe.
12:13 Bheka, izinsuku ziyeza, lapho kuyakuba khona umbuso phezu
umhlaba, futhi uyosabeka ngaphezu kwayo yonke imibuso eyayikhona ngaphambili
yona.
12:14 Ngayo kuyobusa amakhosi ayishumi nambili, omunye emva komunye.
12:15 Okuyothi owesibili aqale ukubusa, futhi uyoba nesikhathi esingaphezu
noma yimuphi kwabayishumi nambili.
12:16 Futhi lokhu amaphiko eziyishumi nambili zifanekisela, owubonile.
12:17 Ngokuqondene nezwi owalizwa likhuluma, futhi ukuthi awuboni
aphume emakhanda kodwa phakathi komzimba wawo, lokhu
incazelo:
12:18 Ukuthi emva kwesikhathi salowo mbuso kuyakuvela ukulwa okukhulu,
futhi iyokuma engozini yokwehluleka, nokho ngeke ngalesosikhathi
uyawa, kodwa uyobuyiselwa futhi ekuqaleni kwakhe.
12:19 Futhi njengoba wabona eziyisishiyagalombili ezincane ngaphansi izimpaphe enamathela kuye
amaphiko, nansi incazelo:
12:20 Ukuthi kuye kuyovela amakhosi ayisishiyagalombili, izikhathi zazo ziyoba nje
ezincane, futhi iminyaka yabo ngokushesha.
12:21 Futhi ezimbili zazo ziyoshabalala, isikhathi esiphakathi sisondela: ezine kuyoba
zigcinwa kuze kufike ukuphela kwazo, kepha ezimbili ziyakugcinwa kuJehova
ukuphela.
12:22 Futhi njengoba ubona amakhanda amathathu ephumula, lena incazelo.
12:23 Ezinsukwini zakhe zokugcina, oPhezukonke uyomisa imibuso emithathu, futhi avuselele
izinto eziningi kuwo, futhi ziyobusa umhlaba.
12:24 Futhi kulabo abahlala kulo, ngokucindezeleka okukhulu, ngaphezu kwabo bonke labo
ababengaphambi kwabo: ngalokho babizwa ngokuthi amakhanda okhozi.
12:25 Ngoba laba yibo abayofeza ububi bakhe, futhi lokho ngeke
aqedele isiphetho sakhe sokugcina.
12:26 Futhi njengoba ubonile ukuthi ikhanda elikhulu alisabonakali, it
kufanekisa ukuthi omunye wabo uyakufa embhedeni wakhe, kepha abe nobuhlungu.
12:27 Ngoba ababili abasele bayobulawa ngenkemba.
12:28 Ngoba inkemba omunye uyodla omunye, kodwa ekugcineni ngeke
uwela yena ngenkemba.
12:29 Futhi njengoba wena wabona izimpaphe ezimbili ngaphansi kwamaphiko edlula phezu
ikhanda elingakwesokunene;
12:30 Kufanekisa ukuthi laba yibo oPhezukonke abagcinele labo
isiphetho: lo ngumbuso omncane futhi ugcwele izinhlupheko, njengoba ubonile.
12:31 Futhi ingonyama, owayibona iphuma ehlathini, futhi ibhonga.
ekhuluma nokhozi, elukhuza ngobubi balo
wonke amazwi owazwileyo;
12:32 Lona ogcotshiweyo, oPhezukonke abagcinele bona kanye labo
ububi kuze kube sekupheleni; uyabasola, abasole
ngesihluku sabo.
12:33 Ngoba uyobabeka phambi kwakhe bephila ekwahluleleni, futhi uyobasola
bona, futhi ubalungise.
12:34 Ngoba bonke abanye abantu bami uyobakhulula ngesihe, labo abaye
becindezelwe emikhawulweni yami, futhi uyobenza bajabule kuze kube
ukufika kosuku lokwahlulelwa, engakhuluma ngalo kuwe ngivela kuwe
isiqalo.
12:35 Leli yiphupho olibonile, futhi lezi izincazelo.
12:36 Wena kuphela ubufanele ukwazi le mfihlo yoPhezukonke.
12:37 Ngakho-ke bhala zonke lezi zinto ozibonile encwadini, futhi uzifihle
kubo:
12:38 Futhi ubafundise abahlakaniphileyo abantu, izinhliziyo ozaziyo kungenzeka
qonda futhi ugcine lezi zimfihlo.
12:39 Kodwa wena hlala lapha wena futhi izinsuku eziyisikhombisa, ukuze kuboniswe
kuwe, noma yini ethanda ukukutshela oPhezukonke. Futhi nge
ukuthi ahambe.
12:40 Kwathi, lapho bonke abantu bebona ukuthi izinsuku eziyisikhombisa
esedlulile, kangiphindanga ngingena emzini, basebebuthana bonke
ndawonye, kusukela komncane kuye komkhulu, weza kimi, wathi:
12:41 Sikone ngani? Senze ububi bani kuwe na?
ukuthi usilahle, uhlale lapha kule ndawo?
12:42 Ngoba kubo bonke abaprofethi oshiywe kithi, njengehlukuzo labaprofethi
isivuno, nanjengekhandlela endaweni emnyama, nanjengesiphephelo noma umkhumbi
igcinwe esiphephweni.
12:43 Ingabe ububi esifike kithi azanele?
12:44 Uma usilahla, bekuyoba ngcono kangakanani kithi, uma nathi
wayeshiswe phakathi kweSiyoni?
12:45 Ngoba thina angcono kunalabo abafela khona. Basebekhala nge
izwi elikhulu. Ngase ngibaphendula, ngathi.
12:46 Yiba nenduduzo, Israyeli; ungapheli amandla, wena ndlu kaJakobe;
12:47 Ngoba oPhezukonke unikhumbuza, futhi uMninimandla onke akanalo
ekulingweni ukukhohliwe.
12:48 Mina-ke, angikushiyanga, angisukanga kuwe;
ngize kule ndawo, ukuze ngikhulekele incithakalo yaseSiyoni, nokuthi ngikhuleke
angafunela umusa endaweni ephansi yendlu yakho engcwele.
12:49 Manje hambani niye ekhaya, wonke umuntu, futhi ngemva kwalezi zinsuku ngizofika
kuwe.
12:50 Ngakho abantu bangena emzini, njengoba nje ngibayalile.
12:51 Kodwa ngahlala endle izinsuku eziyisikhombisa, njengoba ingelosi ingiyalile;
wadla ngalezo zinsuku kuphela izimbali zasendle, wadla ezami
inyama yamakhambi