2 Esdra
15:1 Bheka, ukhulume ezindlebeni zabantu bami amazwi esiprofetho, okuyinto
ngiyakufaka emlonyeni wakho, isho iNkosi;
15:2 Futhi ubangele ukuba zilotshwe ephepheni, ngoba zithembekile futhi ziyiqiniso.
15:3 Ungesabi imicabango ngokumelene nawe, ungavumeli incredulity yabo
bayakukhathaza abakhuluma kabi ngawe.
15:4 Ngoba bonke abangathembekile bayofa ngenxa yokungathembeki kwabo.
15:5 Bheka, kusho uJehova, Ngizoletha izinhlupho emhlabeni. inkemba,
indlala, ukufa, nokubhujiswa.
15:6 Ngoba ububi buye bangcolisa umhlaba wonke kanye nezabo
imisebenzi elimazayo iyagcwaliseka.
15:7 Ngalokho usho uJehova.
15:8 Ngeke ngiphinde ngibambe ulimi lwami mayelana nobubi babo, okuyinto bona
benza ngokuhlambalazayo, futhi angiyikubavumela kulezo zinto, lapho
bazijwayeza ngobubi: bheka, omsulwa nolungileyo
igazi liyakhala kimi, nemiphefumulo yabalungileyo ikhala njalo.
15:9 Ngakho-ke, isho iNkosi, Ngizokwenza impindiselo kubo, futhi ngamukele
kimi lonke igazi elingenacala phakathi kwabo.
15:10 Bheka, abantu bami bayiswa ekuhlatshweni njengomhlambi;
manje ukuba bahlale ezweni laseGibithe;
15:11 Kodwa ngizobaletha ngesandla esinamandla nangengalo eyeluliwe, futhi
ashaye iGibithe ngezinhlupho njengakuqala, achithe izwe lonke
kwakho.
15:12 IGibhithe liyolila, futhi isisekelo salo siyoshaywa
inhlupho nesijeziso uNkulunkulu azolethela phezu kwalo.
15:13 Labo abalima umhlabathi bayolila, ngoba imbewu yabo iyohluleka
ngokuqhuma nesichotho, nangomlaza owesabekayo.
15:14 Maye kuwo umhlaba nabakhileyo kuwo!
15:15 Ngoba inkemba nokubhujiswa kwabo kusondele, futhi isizwe esisodwa ngeke
basukume balwe nomunye, bephethe izinkemba ezandleni zabo.
15:16 Ngoba kuyakuba khona ukuhlubuka phakathi kwabantu, futhi bahlasele omunye nomunye; bona
abayikunaka amakhosi abo, nezikhulu zabo, nesigaba sabo
izenzo zizoma emandleni abo.
15:17 Umuntu uyofisa ukungena emzini, kodwa ngeke akwazi.
15:18 Ngoba ngenxa yokuzigqaja kwabo, imizi izothuthumela, izindlu
ziyakuchithwa, abantu besabe.
15:19 Umuntu ngeke abe nesihawu kumakhelwane wakhe, kodwa uyobhubhisa yabo
izindlu ngenkemba, futhi baphange impahla yabo, ngenxa yokuntuleka
isinkwa, kanye losizi olukhulu.
15:20 Bheka, kusho uNkulunkulu, Ngizobizela ndawonye wonke amakhosi omhlaba
ningihloniphe, abavela empumalanga, eningizimu, kusukela
empumalanga, neLebhanoni; ukuze baphenduke omunye komunye, babuyisele
izinto abazenze kubo.
15:21 Njengalokhu benza namuhla kwabakhethiweyo bami, kanjalo nami ngizokwenza, futhi
imbuyiselo esifubeni sabo. Isho kanje iNkosi uJehova;
15:22 Isandla sami sokunene ngeke abahawukele izoni, futhi inkemba yami ngeke ayeke
phezu kwalabo abachitha igazi elingelacala emhlabeni.
15:23 Umlilo uphumile entukuthelweni yakhe, futhi uqede izisekelo
umhlaba, nezoni, njengotshani obushiswayo.
15:24 Maye kulabo abonayo, futhi bangagcini imiyalo yami! isho iNkosi.
15:25 Angiyikubahawukela;
hhayi indlu yami engcwele.
15:26 Ngoba iNkosi uyabazi bonke abonayo kuye, futhi ngenxa yalokho
uyabanikela ekufeni nasekubhujisweni.
15:27 Ngoba manje izinhlupho sezifikile emhlabeni wonke futhi niyohlala kuwo
ngokuba uNkulunkulu akayikunikhulula, lokhu nonile kuye.
15:28 Bheka, umbono owesabekayo, futhi ukubonakala kwawo kusukela empumalanga.
15:29 Lapho izizwe of Dragons of Arabia ziyophuma eziningi
izinqola, nobuningi bazo buthathwe njengomoya
umhlaba, ukuze bonke abayizwayo besabe bathuthumele.
15:30 Futhi Carmanians ethukuthele ngokufutheka bayophuma njengoba izingulube zasendle
izinkuni, futhi ngamandla amakhulu bayofika, futhi bahlanganyele empini
kubo, futhi bayochitha ingxenye yezwe lase-Asiriya.
15:31 Khona-ke amadragoni ayoba nesandla esiphezulu, ekhumbula yabo
imvelo; uma bephenduka, benza ugobe kanyekanye
amandla okubahlupha,
15:32 Khona-ke laba bayakuthuthumela, futhi bathule ngamandla abo.
futhi bayobaleka.
15:33 Futhi kusukela ezweni lase-Asiriya, isitha siyobavimbezela, futhi
aqede abanye kubo, futhi embuthweni wabo kuyoba nokwesaba nokwesaba, futhi
ukuxabana phakathi kwamakhosi abo.
15:34 Bheka, amafu kusukela empumalanga futhi kusukela enyakatho kuya eningizimu, futhi
ezimbi kakhulu uma uzibuka, zigcwele ulaka nesiphepho.
15:35 Bayoshaya omunye phezu komunye, futhi bayoshaya phansi omkhulu
uquqaba lwezinkanyezi emhlabeni, ngisho inkanyezi yazo; negazi liyakuba
kusukela enkembeni kuze kufike esiswini,
15:36 Nobulongwe babantu kuze kube sekupheleni ikamela.
15:37 Futhi kuyoba khona ukwesaba okukhulu nokuthuthumela emhlabeni
ababona ulaka bayakwesaba, nokuthuthumela kuzobafikela.
15:38 Futhi-ke kuyoba khona iziphepho ezinkulu kusukela eningizimu, futhi kusukela
enyakatho, nenye ingxenye ngasentshonalanga.
15:39 Futhi imimoya enamandla uyovuka empumalanga, futhi uyoyivula; kanye ne
ifu aliphakamisa ngokuthukuthela, nenkanyezi yanyakaza yabangela ukwesaba
ngasemoyeni wasempumalanga nasentshonalanga, uyakuchithwa.
15:40 Amafu amakhulu nanamandla ayakuzikhukhumeza agcwele ulaka,
inkanyezi, ukuze bethuse umhlaba wonke nabakhileyo
kuwo; bayakuthulula phezu kwazo zonke izindawo eziphakemeyo neziphakemeyo
inkanyezi esabekayo,
15:41 Umlilo, nesichotho, nezinkemba endizayo, namanzi amaningi, ukuze wonke amasimu
gcwalani, nemifula yonke, ngobuningi bamanzi amakhulu.
15:42 Futhi bayobhidliza imizi nezindonga, izintaba namagquma.
imithi yehlathi, notshani basendle, namabele ayo.
15:43 Futhi bayohlala steadfastly ukuya eBhabhiloni, futhi bayomethusa.
15:44 Bayofika kuye, futhi bamvimbezele, inkanyezi futhi lonke ulaka
bayakuthululela phezu kwalo, uthuli nomusi kukhuphukele kuJehova
izulu, nabo bonke abalizungezile bayakulilela.
15:45 Futhi labo abasele ngaphansi kwakhe bayokhonza labo ababeke
ngokwesaba.
15:46 Futhi wena, Asia, ohlanganyela ithemba laseBhabhiloni, futhi ungumholi
inkazimulo yomuntu wakhe:
15:47 Maye kuwe, wena lusizi, ngoba uzenze wafana nawe
wakhe; wahlobisa amadodakazi akho ngobufebe ukuba athandeke
futhi uzidumise ngezithandwa zakho, ezihlale zifisa ukwenza ubufebe
nawe.
15:48 Umlandele ozondwayo kuyo yonke imisebenzi yakhe kanye eziqanjiwe.
ngalokho usho uNkulunkulu,
15:49 Ngiyakuthuma izifo phezu kwakho; ubufelokazi, ubumpofu, indlala, inkemba, kanye
isifo esiwumshayabhuqe, ukuchitha izindlu zakho ngokubhujiswa nokufa.
15:50 Futhi inkazimulo Amandla akho iyobuna njengembali, ukushisa ngeke
suka othunyiwe phezu kwakho.
15:51 Uyoba buthaka njengowesifazane ompofu nemivimbo, futhi njengomunye
bajeziswe ngamanxeba, ukuze abanamandla nezithandwa bangakwazi
ukukwemukela.
15:52 Ngingathanda, mina, ngomhawu, ngiqhubeke kanjalo ngokumelene nawe, kusho uJehova.
15:53 Uma ubungabulalanga njalo abakhethiweyo bami, uphakamise ukushaywa kwakho
izandla, futhi besho phezu kwabafileyo babo, lapho wena udakiwe.
15:54 Uveza ubuhle bobuso bakho?
15:55 Umvuzo wobufebe bakho uyakuba esifubeni sakho
thola imbuyiselo.
15:56 Njengoba nje wenzile kwabakhethiweyo bami, isho iNkosi, kanjalo uNkulunkulu uyakuba
yenza kuwe, uyakukunikela ebubini
15:57 Abantwana bakho bayokufa indlala, futhi wena uyokuwa ngenkemba.
imizi yakho iyakubhidlizwa, nakho konke okwakho kuyakubhubha kanye nawe
inkemba ensimini.
15:58 Labo abasezintabeni bayokufa indlala, futhi badle ezabo
inyama, futhi baphuze igazi labo siqu, ngenxa yokulambela kakhulu isinkwa, nokoma
kwamanzi.
15:59 Wena njengabangajabuleli uyodabula ulwandle, futhi wamukele izinhlupho futhi.
15:60 Futhi ephasishi bayotheleka phezu komuzi oyize, futhi bayobhubhisa
enye ingxenye yezwe lakho, futhi uqede ingxenye yenkazimulo yakho, futhi uyokwenza
buyela eBhabhiloni elabhujiswa.
15:61 Futhi uyophonswa phansi yibo njengamabibi, futhi bayohlala kuze
wena njengomlilo;
15:62 Futhi uyokuqeda, wena nemizi yakho, izwe lakho, nezintaba zakho; konke
izinkuni zakho nemithi yakho ethelayo kuyakushiswa ngomlilo.
15:63 Abantwana bakho bayakuthumba, futhi bheka, lokho onakho.
bayakuliphanga, bachithe ubuhle bobuso bakho.