2 Esdra
16:1 Maye kuwe, Babele, futhi Asia! maye kuwe Gibhithe neSiriya!
16:2 Bhincani izindwangu zamasaka noboya, nikhalele abantwana benu.
futhi uxole; ngoba ukubhujiswa kwakho sekusondele.
16:3 Inkemba ithunyelwe phezu kwakho, futhi ubani angase abuyisele emuva?
16:4 Umlilo uthunyelwa phakathi kwenu, futhi ubani ongawucisha?
16:5 Izinhlupho zithunyelwa kuwe, futhi yini yena ongase abaxoshe?
16:6 Umuntu angaxosha ingonyama elambile ehlathini? kumbe omunye angacima
umlilo wamabibi, lapho usuqalile ukuvutha?
16:7 Ingabe umuntu angawubuyisela futhi umcibisholo ocibishelwe ngomcibisholo onamandla?
16:8 INkosi enamandla ithumela izinhlupho futhi ngubani ongazixosha
kude?
16:9 Umlilo uyophuma entukuthelweni yakhe, futhi ngubani ongase awucime?
16:10 Uyophonsa imibani, futhi ngubani ongayikwesaba? uyakuduma, futhi
ngubani ongayikwesaba na?
16:11 INkosi uyosongela, futhi ngubani ongeke ashaywe ngokuphelele impushana
ebukhoneni bakhe?
16:12 Umhlaba uyazamazama, nezisekelo zawo; ulwandle luvuka kanye
amaza otwa, namagagasi alo ayanyakaza, nezinhlanzi
nakho, phambi kweNkosi, naphambi kwenkazimulo yamandla ayo.
16:13 Ngoba isandla sakhe sokunene sinamandla, egobisa umnsalo, imicibisholo yakhe
amahlumela abukhali, futhi awayikugeja, lapho eqala ukudutshulwa
emikhawulweni yomhlaba.
16:14 Bheka, izinhlupho uthunyelwe, futhi ngeke aphinde abuye, kuze kube
woza emhlabeni.
16:15 Umlilo uphekiwe, futhi ngeke ucime, uze uqede
isisekelo somhlaba.
16:16 Njengomcibisholo ocibishelayo onamandla ongabuyi
emuva: ngokunjalo nezinhlupho eziyakuthunyelwa emhlabeni aziyikuvela
buyela futhi.
16:17 Maye kimi! maye kimi! ngubani ozangikhulula ngalezonsuku?
16:18 Ukuqala kosizi nokulila okukhulu; ukuqala kwendlala
nokufa okukhulu; ukuqala kwezimpi, namandla ayakuma
ukwesaba; ukuqala kobubi! ngizakwenzani nxa lobububi bufika
woza?
16:19 Bheka, indlala, nesifo, nosizi nobuhlungu, kuthunyelwa njengeziswebhu.
yokuchitshiyelwa.
16:20 Kodwa kuzo zonke lezi zinto ngeke baphenduke ebubini babo, noma
qaphelani njalo izijeziso.
16:21 Bheka, ukudla kuyoba kuhle ezishibhile emhlabeni, kangangokuthi bayohlala
bacabanga ukuthi bahle, futhi nalapho ububi buyokhula
umhlaba, nenkemba, nendlala, nesiphithiphithi esikhulu.
16:22 Ngoba abaningi abahlala emhlabeni bayobhubha indlala; kanye ne
abanye abaphunyuka endlaleni, inkemba iyobabhubhisa.
16:23 Futhi abafileyo bayolahlwa ngaphandle njengomquba, futhi ngeke kube khona muntu
nibaduduze, ngokuba umhlaba uyakuba yincithakalo, nemizi ibe yincithakalo
phonsa phansi.
16:24 Ngeke kube khona umuntu osele ukuze alime umhlaba, futhi ukuhlwanyela kuwo
16:25 Izihlahla ziyothela izithelo, futhi ubani oyowabutha?
16:26 Izithelo zomvini ziyovuthwa, futhi ngubani oyakunyathela kubo? ngokuba zonke izindawo ziyakuba
yiba yincithakalo kubantu;
16:27 Ukuze umuntu uyofisa ukubona omunye, futhi ukuzwa izwi lakhe.
16:28 Ngoba emzini kuyakusala abayishumi, futhi ababili ensimini, okuyinto ngeke
bacashe ezikhotheni nasezimfantwini zamadwala.
16:29 Njengasensimini Yeminqumo kusala ezintathu noma ezine
iminqumo;
16:30 Kunjalo nasekubuthweni kwesivini, kusale amahlukuzo awo
abafuna ngenkuthalo esivinini.
16:31 Kanjalo ngalezo zinsuku kuyakuba khona kusele abathathu noma abane
pheshani izindlu zabo ngenkemba.
16:32 Umhlaba uyakuchithwa, namasimu awo aguge;
izindlela zakhe nazo zonke izindlela zakhe ziyakugcwala ameva, ngokuba akukho muntu
izohamba idlule lapho.
16:33 Izintombi ziyolila, zingenamkhwenyana; abesifazane bayolila,
engenamadoda; amadodakazi abo ayakulila, engenabasizi.
16:34 Ezimpini abakhwenyana babo bayobhujiswa, nabayeni babo
lizabhubha yindlala.
16:35 Manje yizwani lezi zinto futhi niqonde kubo, nina zinceku zeNkosi.
16:36 Bheka, izwi leNkosi ulamukele: ningakholwa onkulunkulu babo
iNkosi yakhuluma.
16:37 Bheka, izinhlupho zisondela, futhi azilibazisi.
16:38 Njengalapho owesifazane okhulelweyo ngenyanga yesishiyagalolunye ebeletha indodana yakhe.
ngamahora amabili noma amathathu okuzalwa kwakhe ubuhlungu obukhulu buzungeza isibeletho sakhe, okuyinto
izinhlungu ekuphumeni komntwana azilibazisi nakancane;
16:39 Kanjalo nezinhlupho aziyikulibazisa ukuza emhlabeni, kanye
izwe liyakulila, nosizi luyakulifikela nxazonke.
16:40 O bantu bami, yizwani izwi lami, nizilungiselele impi yakho, futhi labo
okubi makube njengabahambi emhlabeni.
16:41 Othengisayo makabe njengobalekayo;
njengalowo ozolahlekelwa:
16:42 Ohweba ngempahla, njengongenanzuzo ngayo;
owakhayo njengalowo ongahlali khona;
16:43 Ohlwanyela, sengathi ngeke ukuvuna, kanjalo nalowo otshalayo
isivini, njengalowo ongabuthi izithelo zomvini;
16:44 Labo abashadayo, njengabangenabantwana; lalabo abatshadayo
hhayi njengabafelokazi.
16:45 Ngakho-ke labo abasebenzela ize.
16:46 Ukuze abafokazi bayovuna izithelo zabo, futhi aphange izimpahla zabo, ukugumbuqela
izindlu zabo, futhi bathumbe abantwana babo, ngoba ekuthunjweni futhi
indlala bazathola abantwana.
16:47 Futhi labo abenza izinto zabo ngokuphanga, kakhulu bahlobisa
imizi yabo, nezindlu zabo, nempahla yabo, nabantu babo;
16:48 Ngiyobathukuthelela kakhulu ngenxa yesono sabo, isho iNkosi.
16:49 Njengesifebe sihawukela owesifazane olungileyo nolungileyo;
16:50 Ngakho ukulunga kuyokuzonda ububi, lapho ededeself, futhi
uyakummangalela ebusweni bakhe, lapho efika omvikelayo
uphenya zonke izono emhlabeni.
16:51 Ngakho-ke ningabi njengaye, noma imisebenzi yayo.
16:52 Ngoba kuseyingcosana, futhi ububi buyosuswa emhlabeni, futhi
ukulunga kuyakubusa phakathi kwenu.
16:53 Masingasho isoni ukuthi asonanga, ngoba uNkulunkulu uzoshisa amalahle
lomlilo ekhanda lakhe, othi phambi kweNkosi uJehova nenkazimulo yayo, I
angonanga.
16:54 Bheka, iNkosi iyayazi yonke imisebenzi yabantu, imicabango yabo, yabo
imicabango nezinhliziyo zabo.
16:55 owakhuluma ngaphandle kwezwi: Umhlaba mawenziwe; kwase kwenziwa: Let
makwenziwe izulu; futhi kwadalwa.
16:56 Ngezwi lakhe izinkanyezi zenziwa, futhi uyasazi isibalo sazo.
16:57 Uphenya utwa kanye nengcebo yakho; ulilinganisile
ulwandle, nalokho elikuqukethe.
16:58 Uvalile ulwandle phakathi kwamanzi; ngezwi lakhe
waphanyeka umhlaba phezu kwamanzi.
16:59 Weneka amazulu njengethawula; phezu kwamanzi unaye
wayisungula.
16:60 Ehlane wenza imithombo yamanzi, namachibi eziqongweni zamanzi.
izintaba, ukuze izikhukhula zithulule emadwaleni aphakeme
nisela umhlaba.
16:61 Wenza umuntu, futhi wafaka inhliziyo yakhe phakathi komzimba, futhi wamnika
umoya, ukuphila, nokuqonda.
16:62 Yebo, noMoya kaNkulunkulu uSomandla, owenza zonke izinto futhi waphenya
akhiphe zonke izinto ezifihliwe ezisithekweni zomhlaba,
16:63 Impela yena uyazazi izinto enizisungulile, nalokho enikucabangayo ezinhliziyweni zenu.
labo abonayo, njalo befihla isono sabo.
16:64 Ngakho-ke uJehova uye wahlola yonke imisebenzi yakho, futhi uyokwenza
nihlazeke nonke.
16:65 Futhi lapho izono zenu zikhishwa, niyakuba namahloni phambi kwabantu.
nezono zenu ziyakuba ngabamangaleli benu ngalolo suku.
16:66 Niyakwenzani na? noma ningazifihla kanjani izono zenu phambi kukaNkulunkulu nezakhe
izingelosi?
16:67 Bhekani, uNkulunkulu ngokwakhe ungumahluleli, mesabeni yena;
nikhohlwe iziphambeko zenu, ukuze ningabe nisagxambukela kubo kuze kube phakade;
uNkulunkulu uyakunihola, anikhulule kuzo zonke izinhlupheko.
16:68 Ngokuba bheka, ulaka oluvuthayo lwesixuku esikhulu luvutha phezu kwakho.
bayakumuka nabathile kini, baniphakele, bevilapha
okuhlatshelwe izithombe.
16:69 Futhi labo abavuma kubo bayohlekwa usulu
ukuthukwa, nokunyathelwa phansi.
16:70 Ngoba kuzo zonke izindawo, futhi emadolobheni alandelayo, kuyoba omkhulu
ukuhlubuka kwabamesabayo uJehova.
16:71 Bayoba njengamadoda mad, angagodli muntu, kodwa namanje ukuphanga futhi
ebhubhisa abamesabayo uJehova.
16:72 Ngoba bayochitha futhi bathathe impahla yabo, futhi baxoshwe out
izindlu zabo.
16:73 Khona-ke bayokwaziwa, abakhethiweyo bami; futhi bayovivinywa njengoba
igolide emlilweni.
16:74 Zwanini, sithandwa sami, isho iNkosi; bheka, izinsuku zosizi
ususeduze, kodwa ngizalikhulula kulo.
16:75 Ningesabi, ningangabazi; ngoba uNkulunkulu ungumkhokheli wakho,
16:76 Futhi umqondisi walabo abagcina imiyalo yami neziyalezo, kusho uJehova
Nkosi Jehova: izono zakho mazingakucindezeli, nobubi bakho bungakuvumeli
baziphakamise.
16:77 Maye kulabo ababoshwe ngezono zabo, futhi bembozwe ngezono zabo
ububi njengensimu imbozwe izihlahla, kanye nendlela
umbozwe ngameva, ukuze kungabikho muntu odabulayo.
16:78 Ishiywe ingagqokile, futhi iphonswe emlilweni ukuze ushiswe
ngakho.