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.