2 Esdra
13:1 Kwathi emva kwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa ngaphupha iphupho ebusuku.
13:2 Futhi, bheka, kwavuka umoya olwandle, ukuze wanyakazisa wonke amagagasi
kwakho.
13:3 Futhi ngabona, futhi bheka, lowo muntu waba namandla kanye nezinkulungwane
ezulwini: kwathi lapho ephendula ubuso bakhe ukuthi abuke, zonke izinto
ethuthumela okwakubonakala ngaphansi kwakhe.
13:4 Futhi lapho izwi liphuma emlonyeni wakhe, bonke bakushisa lokho
wezwa izwi lakhe njengokungathi umhlaba uphela lapho uzwa umlilo.
13:5 Futhi emva kwalokhu ngabona, futhi, bheka, kwakubuthene a
uquqaba lwabantu, ngaphandle kwesibalo, kusukela emimoyeni yomine yezulu, ukuze
nqoba umuntu ophuma elwandle
13:6 Kodwa ngabona, futhi bheka, wayezibambile intaba enkulu, futhi wandiza
phezulu phezu kwayo.
13:7 Kodwa bengingathanda ukubona isifunda noma indawo lapho intaba yaqoshwa khona,
futhi angikwazanga.
13:8 Futhi emva kwalokhu ngabona, futhi, bheka, bonke ababebuthene ndawonye
besaba kakhulu ukumehlisa, nokho balokotha ukulwa.
13:9 Futhi bheka, njengoba ebona ubudlova besixuku ababeza, akazange enze lutho
uphakamise isandla sakhe, akaphathanga inkemba, nazikhali zonke zokulwa;
13:10 Kodwa kuphela ngabona ukuthi wathumela emlonyeni wakhe njengoba kwakukade ukuqhuma
umlilo, nezindebe zakhe umoya ovuthayo, nasolimini lwakhe
khipha izinhlansi neziphepho.
13:11 Futhi bonke bahlangana ndawonye; ukuphefumula komlilo, umoya ovuthayo,
nesiphepho esikhulu; futhi yawela ngobudlova phezu kwesixuku esaba
walungiselwa ukulwa, wabashisa bonke, kwaba yilowo nalowo
kungazelelwe esixukwini esingenakubalwa akukho okwakungabonwa, kodwa kuphela
uthuli nephunga lentuthu: lapho ngibona lokhu ngesaba.
13:12 Ngemva kwalokho ngabona yena lo muntu ehla entabeni, futhi wabiza
kuye esinye isixuku esinokuthula.
13:13 Kwase kusondela kuye isixuku esikhulu, abanye bajabula, abanye bajabula
ngiyaxolisa, futhi abanye babo babeboshiwe, futhi abanye baletha kubo lokho
kwanikelwa: ngase ngigula ngokwesaba okukhulu, ngavuka, futhi
wathi,
13:14 Uyibonisile inceku yakho lezi zimangaliso kusukela ekuqaleni, futhi uye
wangibona ngifanele ukuba wamukele umkhuleko wami;
13:15 Ngibonise manje incazelo yaleli phupho.
13:16 Ngoba njengoba ngikhulelwa ekuqondeni kwami, maye kulabo abayoba khona
abashiywe ngalezo zinsuku, maye kakhulu kwabangasemuva!
13:17 Ngoba labo ababengashiywanga basebuhlungwini.
13:18 Manje ngiyaqonda izinto ezibekwe ezinsukwini zokugcina, okuyinto
kuzobehlela nakulabo abasala ngemuva.
13:19 Ngakho bangena ezingozini ezinkulu nasezidingweni eziningi, njengalokhu
lamaphupho ayamemezela.
13:20 Nokho kulula kulowo osengozini ukungena kulezo zinto.
kunokudlula njengefu ezweni, nokungaboni izinto
lokho kwenzeka ngezinsuku zokugcina. Wangiphendula, wathi:
13:21 Incazelo yombono ngizokubonisa, futhi ngizokuvulela
wena into oyicelile.
13:22 Njengoba ukhulumile ngalabo abasele ngemuva, lena yi
incazelo:
13:23 Lowo oyobekezelela ingozi ngaleso sikhathi uzigcinile: labo
abawela engozini yilabo abanemisebenzi, lokukholwa kubo
Somandla.
13:24 Ngakho yazini lokhu, ukuthi abasala ngemuva babusisiwe kakhulu
kunalaba abafileyo.
13:25 Nansi incazelo yombono: Wena wabona umuntu ekhuphuka
kusukela phakathi kolwandle.
13:26 Lowo nguye lowo uNkulunkulu oPhezukonke amgcinele inkathi enkulu, okuyinto by
yena ngokwakhe uyokhulula indalo yakhe: futhi uyobayala ukuthi
basala ngemuva.
13:27 Futhi njengoba ubonile, ukuthi emlonyeni wakhe kwaphuma kungathi umoya
umoya, nomlilo, nesiphepho;
13:28 Futhi ukuthi akaphathanga inkemba, noma iyiphi ithuluzi lokulwa, kodwa ukuthi inkemba
egijimela kuye, wabhubhisa ixuku lonke elalisiza ukumnqoba;
nansi incazelo:
13:29 Bheka, izinsuku ziyeza, lapho oPhezukonke eyoqala ukubakhulula
ezisemhlabeni.
13:30 Futhi uyofika ngokumangala labo abahlala emhlabeni.
13:31 Futhi umuntu uyothatha isinyathelo ukulwa nomunye, omunye umuzi ngokumelene
enye, indawo enye ngokumelene nenye, abantu ngokumelene nomunye, futhi omunye
umbuso ngokumelene nomunye.
13:32 Futhi kuyoba isikhathi lapho lezi zinto ziyokwenzeka, futhi
kuyakwenzeka izibonakaliso engikubonise zona ngaphambili, khona-ke iyakuba yiNdodana yami
wamemezela, owambona njengomuntu ekhuphuka.
13:33 Futhi lapho bonke abantu bezwa izwi lakhe, yilowo nalowo kokwabo
izwe shiya impi abanayo omunye komunye.
13:34 Futhi isixuku esingenakubalwa bayobuthana ndawonye, njengoba nje ubonile
labo, bethanda ukuza, lokumnqoba ngokulwa.
13:35 Kodwa uyokuma phezu kwentaba yaseSiyoni.
13:36 Futhi iSiyoni uyofika, futhi uyoboniswa kubo bonke abantu, elungiselelwe futhi
lakhiwe, njengalokhu ubona intaba iqoshwe kungengazandla.
13:37 Futhi le Ndodana yami izokhuza izenzo ezimbi zalezo zizwe,
okuthi ngenxa yokuphila kwabo okubi bawele esiphephweni;
13:38 Futhi uyobeka phambi kwabo imicabango yabo emibi, futhi izinhlupho
abayakuqala ukuhlushwa ngayo, kufana nelangabi;
futhi uyobabhubhisa ngaphandle komsebenzi ngomthetho ofana nawo
mina.
13:39 Futhi njengoba ubonile ukuthi wabutha esinye isixuku esinokuthula
kuye;
13:40 Labo yizizwe eziyishumi, okuyinto wathumba iziboshwa aphume kubo
ngesikhathi sika-Oseya inkosi, uSalmanasari inkosi yakhe
I-Asiriya yathumba abathunjwa, yabayisa phezu kwamanzi, kanjalo
bafika kwelinye izwe.
NgokukaLuka 13:41 Kepha bacebisana ukuthi bahambe
ixuku lezizwe, liphume liye kwelinye ilizwe, lapho
abantu abakaze bahlale,
13:42 Ukuze bagcine lapho izimiso zabo, okuyinto abazange bazigcine
izwe labo.
13:43 Futhi bangena e-Ewufrathe eduze izindawo emincane emfuleni.
13:44 Ngokuba oPhezukonke wababonisa izibonakaliso, wamisa uzamcolo.
baze bawela.
13:45 Ngoba kulelo zwe kwakukhona indlela enkulu yokuhamba, okungukuthi, unyaka
nengxenye; leso sifunda sibizwa ngokuthi iArsaretha.
13:46 Bahlala khona kwaze kwaba yisikhathi sokugcina; futhi manje lapho bezokwenza
qala ukuza,
13:47 OPhezukonke uyomisa imithombo yomfula futhi, ukuze bahambe
ngakho wabona isixuku sinokuthula.
13:48 Kodwa labo abasele ngemuva kwabantu bakho yibo abatholakala
phakathi kwemingcele yami.
13:49 Manje lapho ebhubhisa uquqaba lwezizwe ezibuthene
kanyekanye, uyakuvikela abantu bakhe abaseleyo.
13:50 Khona-ke uyobabonisa izimangaliso ezinkulu.
13:51 Ngase ngithi, O Nkosi ebusayo, ngibonise lokhu: Kungani ngikwenze
umbonile umuntu ekhuphuka phakathi kolwandle na?
13:52 Wathi kimi, Njengoba ungeke wafuna noma ukwazi
okusekujuleni kolwandle, ngokunjalo akakho noyedwa emhlabeni
bheka iNdodana yami, noma labo abanayo, kodwa ngesikhathi sasemini.
13:53 Nansi incazelo yephupho olibonile, futhi ngalo
nguwe wedwa lapha okhanyisiwe.
13:54 Ngokuba uyishiyile indlela yakho, wasebenzisa inkuthalo yakho kimi.
umthetho, futhi wawufuna.
13:55 Ukuphila kwakho ukumisile ngokuhlakanipha, futhi ukubiza ukuqonda kwakho
umama.
13:56 Futhi ngakho-ke ngikubonise ingcebo oPhezukonke: ngemva kwalokho
ngalezinye izinsuku ezintathu ngizakukhuluma ezinye izinto kuwe, ngikutshele zona
izinto ezinkulu nezimangalisayo.
13:57 Khona-ke ngaphuma ngaya ensimini, ngidumisa futhi ngibonga kakhulu
oPhezukonke ngenxa yezimangaliso zakhe azenzayo ngesikhathi;
13:58 Futhi ngoba ebusa efanayo, futhi izinto eziwela kubo
izinkathi: futhi ngahlala lapho izinsuku ezintathu.