2 Esdra
14:1 Futhi kwathi ngosuku lwesithathu, Ngahlala ngaphansi kwesihlahla se-oki, futhi, bheka!
kwavela izwi esihlahleni phambi kwami, lathi: Esdras!
Esdras.
14:2 Ngase ngithi: "Ngilapha, Nkosi." Ngasukuma ngezinyawo zami.
14:3 Wayesethi kimi: "Ehlathini Ngazibonakalisa kuye
uMose, wakhuluma naye, lapho abantu bami bekhonza eGibithe;
14:4 Ngamthuma, ngahola abantu bami eGibithe, ngamkhuphulela kuJehova
intaba lapho engamgcina khona isikhathi eside,
14:5 Futhi wamtshela izimangaliso eziningi, futhi wambonisa izimfihlo
izikhathi, lokuphela; wamyala wathi.
14:6 Lawa mazwi uzowamemezela, futhi lezi uyozifihla.
14:7 Manje ngithi kuwe:
14:8 Ukuze ubeke enhliziyweni yakho izibonakaliso engizenzile, futhi
amaphupho owabonileyo nezincazelo ozibonileyo
uzwile:
14:9 Ngoba uzosuswa kubo bonke, futhi kusukela manje kuqhubeke
hlala neNdodana yami, nabanjengawe, kuze kufike izikhathi
iphelile.
14:10 Ngoba izwe lilahlekelwe ubusha bakhe, futhi izikhathi ziqala ukuguga.
14:11 Ngoba izwe lihlukaniswe izingxenye eziyishumi nambili, futhi izingxenye eziyishumi kukhona
isihambile, nengxenye yeshumi;
14:12 Futhi kukhona okusele ngemva kwengxenye yeshumi.
14:13 Ngakho manje lungisa indlu yakho, futhi usole abantu bakho, induduzo
abasosizini, kepha manje bayakulahla ukonakala;
14:14 Dedela imicabango yabantu abafayo kuwe, ulahle imithwalo yomuntu, susa
manje isimo esibuthakathaka,
14:15 Futhi beka eceleni imicabango enzima kakhulu kuwe, futhi ngokushesha kuwe
ukubaleka kulezikhathi.
14:16 Ngoba nokho ububi obukhulu kunalezo oye wazibona zenzeka
kwenziwe emva kwalokhu.
14:17 Ngoba bheka ukuthi izwe liyoba buthakathaka kangakanani ngokuhamba kweminyaka, kakhulu the
kuzokwanda okubi phezu kwabakhileyo kulo.
14:18 Ngoba isikhathi ubalekile kude, futhi leasing siseduze: okwamanje
uyashesha ukufika kombono owubonileyo.
14:19 Ngase ngiphendula phambi kwakho, ngathi:
14:20 Bheka, Nkosi, ngiyakuhamba, njengoba nje ungiyalile, futhi
abantu abakhona: kodwa abayozalwa kamuva, ngubani
ngibayale? kanjalo izwe libe sebumnyameni, nalabo abanjalo
abahlala kuwo kabanakukhanya.
14:21 Ngoba umthetho wakho ushisiwe, ngakho akekho owazi izinto ezenziwayo
ngawe, noma umsebenzi oyoqala.
14:22 Kodwa uma ngithole umusa phambi kwakho, thumela uMoya oNgcwele kimi, futhi
Ngizobhala konke okwenziwa emhlabeni kusukela ekuqaleni,
ezilotshiweyo emthethweni wakho, ukuze abantu bathole indlela yakho, ukuze bathole indlela yakho
eziyophila ezinsukwini zokugcina zingaphila.
14:23 Futhi wangiphendula, wathi: "Hamba, ubuthe abantu ndawonye
uthi kubo: Kabakudingi insuku ezingamatshumi amane.
14:24 Kodwa bheka, uzilungisela izihlahla eziningi zamabhokisi, futhi uthathe nawe Sariya.
UDabria, uSelemia, u-Ecanus, no-Asiel, laba abahlanu abakulungele ukubhala
ngokushesha;
14:25 Futhi woza lapha, futhi ngizokhanyisa isibani ukuqonda kuwe
inhliziyo engayikucinywa, kuze kwenzeke lezo zinto
uzoqala ukubhala.
14:26 Futhi lapho usukwenzile, ezinye izinto uzomemezela, futhi ezinye izinto
Uzatshengisa ngasese kwabahlakaniphileyo; kusasa lelihola uzalikhuluma
qala ukubhala.
14:27 Ngase ngiphuma, njengoba nje wayala, futhi ngabutha bonke abantu
ndawonye, futhi wathi,
14:28 Yizwa lawa mazwi, O Israyeli.
14:29 Okhokho bethu ekuqaleni babengabafokazi eGibhithe, lapho abavela khona
zalethwa:
14:30 Futhi bamukela umthetho wokuphila, okuyinto abawugcinanga, okuyinto nani nina
baphambuka emva kwabo.
14:31 Khona-ke izwe, izwe laseSiyoni, lahlukaniswa phakathi kwenu ngenkatho
oyihlo, nani ngokwenu nenzile ukungalungi, anibanga nalutho
gcinani izindlela oPhezukonke aniyala ngazo.
14:32 Futhi njengoba engumahluleli olungileyo, wathatha kini ngokuhamba kwesikhathi
into ayekunike yona.
14:33 Futhi manje nilapha, nabafowenu phakathi kwenu.
14:34 Ngakho uma kungenzeka ukuthi niyothobisa ukuqonda kwenu siqu, futhi
lungisani izinhliziyo zenu, niyogcinwa niphila futhi emva kokufa niyogcinwa
uthole umusa.
14:35 Ngoba ngemva kokufa kuyofika ukwahlulelwa, lapho siyophila futhi: futhi
khona amabizo abalungileyo azabonakaliswa, lemisebenzi yabalungileyo
kuyomenyezelwa abangamesabi uNkulunkulu.
14:36 Ngakho makungabikho muntu ukuza kimi manje, futhi akekho ofuna kimi laba abangamashumi amane
izinsuku.
14:37 Ngawathatha amadoda ayisihlanu, njengalokho eyalile kimi, saya ensimini.
wahlala lapho.
14:38 Kwathi ngangomuso, bheka, izwi langibiza, lathi, Esdras, vula ifa lakho.
umlomo wakho, uphuze engikuphuzisa khona.
14:39 Khona-ke ngavula umlomo wami, futhi bheka, wafinyelela kimi indebe egcwele, okuyinto
ligcwele amanzi, kodwa umbala walo unjengomlilo.
14:40 Ngakuthatha, ngaphuza; lapho sengiphuzile, inhliziyo yami yakhuluma.
ukuqonda nokuhlakanipha kwakhula esifubeni sami, ngokuba umoya wami waqina
inkumbulo yami:
14:41 Futhi umlomo wami wavuleka, futhi angabe esavala.
14:42 OPhezukonke wabanika ukuqonda amadoda amahlanu, futhi babhala incwadi
imibono emangalisayo yasebusuku eyakhulunywa, ababengayazi: futhi
bahlala izinsuku ezingamashumi amane, babhala emini, ebusuku badla
isinkwa.
14:43 Kepha mina. Ngakhuluma emini, angibambanga ulimi lwami ebusuku.
14:44 Ngezinsuku ezingamashumi amane babhala izincwadi ezingamakhulu amabili nane.
14:45 Kwathi sezigcwele izinsuku ezingamashumi amane, oPhezukonke
wakhuluma, wathi: Elokuqala olilobileyo kumemezele obala, ukuthi umvangeli
abafanelekile nabangafaneleki bangayifunda:
14:46 Kodwa gcina abangamashumi ayisikhombisa ekugcineni, ukuze ukhulule kuphela kulabo
hlakaniphani phakathi kwabantu;
14:47 Ngoba kuzo kukhona umthombo wokuqonda, umthombo wokuhlakanipha, futhi
umfula wolwazi.
14:48 Ngenza njalo.