ISAHLUKO 1 1 Incwadi yesibili yomprofethi u-Esdra, indodana kaSaraya, indodana ka-Azariya, indodana kaHelkiya, indodana kaSadamiya, indodana kaSadoki, indodana ka-Ahithubi, 2 indodana ka-Ahiya, indodana kaFinehasi, indodana kaEli, indodana ka-Amariya, indodana ka-Aziyi, indodana kaMarimoti, indodana ka-Arna, indodana ka-Uziya, indodana kaBoriti, indodana ka-Abishayi. , indodana kaFinehasi, indodana ka-Eleyazare, 3 indodana ka-Aroni, owesizwe sakwaLevi; eyayithunjelwe ezweni lamaMede ekubuseni kukaAritahishashita inkosi yamaPheresiya. 4 Izwi leNkosi lafika kimi, lathi: 5 Hamba, utshele abantu bami izono zabo, nabantwana babo ububi babo ababenze kimi; ukuze batshele abantwana babantwana babo. 6 Ngokuba izono zawoyise zandile kubo, bangikhohliwe, bahlabela onkulunkulu bezizweni. 7 Angisiye yini mina owabakhipha ezweni laseGibithe, endlini yobugqila? kodwa bangithukuthelisile, badelela amacebo ami. 8 Khona-ke wena susa izinwele zekhanda lakho, ubeke phezu kwabo bonke ububi, ngoba abawulalelanga umthetho wami, kodwa bangabantu abahlubukayo. 9 Koze kube nini ngibabekezelela, engibenze kubo okuhle okungaka na? 10 Ngibhubhise amakhosi amaningi ngenxa yawo; uFaro nezinceku zakhe nawo wonke amandla akhe ngimshayile. 11 Zonke izizwe ngizichithile phambi kwabo, ngihlakazile empumalanga abantu bezifunda ezimbili, iTire neSidoni, ngabulala zonke izitha zabo. 12 Ngakho khuluma kubo uthi: Itsho njalo iNkosi: 13 Mina nganidabula ulwandle, ekuqaleni nganinika umhubhe omkhulu nolondekile; Ngakunika uMose abe ngumholi, no-Aroni abe ngumpristi. 14 Ngakunika ukukhanya ngensika yomlilo, ngenza izimangaliso ezinkulu phakathi kwakho; nokho ningikhohliwe,” usho uJehova. 15 Isho kanje iNkosi uJehova, ithi: Izigwaca zaziluphawu kini; Nganinika amatende ukuze nilondeke; nokho nabubula lapho; 16 futhi anizange ninqobe egameni lami ngokubhubhisa izitha zenu, kodwa nisabubula kuze kube namuhla. 17 Ziphi izinzuzo engikwenzele zona? lapho nilambile futhi nomile ehlane, anikhalanga kimi. 18 besithi: Usingeniseleni enkangala ukuthi usibulale? bekungaba ngcono kithi ukuba sikhonze abaseGibithe, kunokuba sifele kuleli hlane. 19 Ngase ngihawukela ukulila kwenu, nganinika imana ukuba nidle; kanjalo nadla isinkwa sezingelosi. 20 Lapho nomile, angiqhekezanga yini idwala, futhi amanzi aphuma asutha na? ngenxa yokushisa ngakumboza ngamaqabunga ezihlahla. 21 Nganihlukanisela izwe elithelayo, ngaxosha amaKhanani, namaPherezi, namaFilisti phambi kwenu; ngisanenzela ntoni na? isho iNkosi. 22 Isho kanje iNkosi uJehova, ithi: Nisehlane emfuleni wama-Amori, nomile, nihlambalaza igama lami; 23 Angininikanga umlilo ngenxa yenhlamba zenu, kodwa ngaphonsa umuthi emanzini, ngenza umfula ube mnandi.
24 Ngizakwenzani kuwe, Jakobe? wena Juda, awungilalelanga; ngiyakungiphendulela kwezinye izizwe, ngibanike igama lami, ukuze bagcine izimiso zami. 25 Njengoba ningishiyile, nami ngiyonishiya; lapho nifuna ukuba ngibe nomusa kini, angiyikuba nesihawu kini. 26 Lapho ningibiza, angiyikunizwa, ngokuba ningcolise izandla zenu ngegazi, nezinyawo zenu ziyashesha ukubulala umuntu. 27 Aninjengokungathi ningishiyile, kodwa nizenu uqobo, isho iNkosi. 28 Isho kanje iNkosi uJehova, ithi: “Angizange yini nginikhulekele njengoyise amadodana akhe, nomama amadodakazi akhe, nomancelisa izingane zakhe, 29 Ukuze nibe ngabantu bami, nami ngibe nguNkulunkulu wenu; ukuthi nibe ngabantwana bami, mina ngibe nguyihlo na? 30 Ngalibuthela ndawonye njengesikhukhukazi sibuthela amatshwele aso ngaphansi kwamaphiko aso; ngiyakukuxosha ebusweni bami. 31 Lapho ninikela kimi, ngiyakubufulathela ubuso bami, ngokuba imikhosi yenu emisiweyo, nokuthwasa kwezinyanga zenu, nokusoka kwenu, ngikushiyile. 32 Ngathumela kini izinceku zami abaprofethi, enibathathile, nibabulala, nadabula izidumbu zabo zibe yizicucu, igazi labo ngiyakulibiza ezandleni zenu, isho iNkosi. 33 Isho kanje iNkosi uJehova, ithi: “Indlu yenu iyincithakalo; 34 Futhi abantwana bakho abayikuzala; ngoba badelile umyalo wami, benza okubi phambi kwami. 35 Izindlu zakho ngiyakuzinika abantu abazayo; abangakezwanga ngami, bayakukholwa yimi; engingababonisanga zibonakaliso, nokho bayakwenza lokho engibayale ngakho. 36 Kababonanga baprofethi, kodwa bazakhumbula izono zabo, bazivume. 37 Ngifakaza ngomusa wabantu abazakuza, abantwababo bathokoza ngentokozo, lanxa bengangibonanga ngamehlo enyama, kodwa emoyeni bayakukholwa engikutshoyo. 38 Manje, mfowethu, bheka yeka inkazimulo; futhi ubone abantu abavela empumalanga. 39 Engizabanika bona babe ngabakhokheli, o-Abhrahama, lo-Isaka, loJakhobe, lo-Oseya, lo-Amose, loMikheya, loJoweli, lo-Abhidiya loJona, 40 oNahume, no-Abakuki, noSofoniya, no-Agiyu, noZakariya, noMalaki, othiwa futhi ingelosi yeNkosi. ISAHLUKO 2 1 Isho kanje iNkosi, ithi: Ngakhipha laba bantu ebugqilini, ngabanika imiyalo yami ngesandla sezinceku abaprofethi; ababengezwanga, kodwa badelela izeluleko zami. 2 Unina owabazalayo wathi kubo: Hambani, bantwanyana; ngoba ngingumfelokazi futhi ngishiyiwe. 3 Mina nganikhulisa ngokujabula; kepha nginilahlekele ngosizi nangosizi, ngokuba nonile phambi kukaJehova uNkulunkulu wenu, nenze okubi phambi kwakhe. 4 Kodwa manje ngizakwenzani kini? Ngingumfelokazi, ngishiyiwe; hambani, bantwana bami, nicele umusa kuJehova.
5 Mina-ke baba, ngibiza wena ube ngufakazi phezu komama walaba bantwana abangagcinanga isivumelwano sami; 6 ukuze ubadukise, nonina abe yimpango, kungabikho nzalo kubo. 7 Mabahlakazeke phakathi kwezizwe, amagama abo asuswe emhlabeni, ngokuba badelele isivumelwano sami. 8 Maye kuwe, Mzimbakazi, wena ofihla abangalungile kuwe! Nina bantu ababi, khumbulani engakwenzayo kulo iSodoma neGomora; 9 Izwe labo lisemagangeni ekolitayi nezinqwaba zomlotha, kanjalo nami ngiyakwenza kwabangangizwayo, isho iNkosi uJehova. 10 Itsho njalo iNkosi ku-Ezra, ithi: Tshela abantu bami ukuthi ngizabanika umbuso weJerusalema, ebengingawunika uIsrayeli. 11 Inkazimulo yabo futhi ngizoyithathela kimi, futhi ngibanike laba amadokodo aphakade, engibalungisele wona. 12 Bayakuba nomuthi wokuphila, ube ngamagcobo anamakha amnandi; abayikukhandleka, bangakhathali. 13 Hambani, lizakwamukeliswa; khulekani kini insuku ezilutshwana, ukuze zifinyezwe; 14 Thatha izulu nomhlaba ukufakaza; ngokuba ngiphihlize okubi, ngidale okuhle, ngokuba ngiyaphila,” usho uJehova. 15 Mama, bamba abantwana bakho, ubakhulise ngentokozo, uqinise izinyawo zabo njengensika, ngokuba ngikukhethile,” usho uJehova. 16 Abafileyo ngiyakubavusa ezindaweni zabo, ngibakhiphe emathuneni, ngokuba ngiyalazi igama lami kwa-Israyeli. 17 Ungesabi wena mama wabantwana, ngokuba ngikukhethile,” usho uJehova. 18 Ngosizo lwakho ngiyakuthuma izinceku zami u-Esay noJeremy, ngokweseluleko sabo engingcwelisele sona, ngakulungisela imithi eyishumi nambili ethwele izithelo eziningi; 19 nemithombo eminingi egeleza ubisi nezinyosi, nezintaba eziyisikhombisa ezinamandla, lapho kumila khona ama-roses neminduze, engiyogcwalisa ngayo abantwana bakho ngentokozo. 20 Yenzani okulungile kumfelokazi, yahluleleni izintandane, niphe abampofu, nivikele intandane, nembathise abanqunu, 21 Yelaphani abaphukileyo nababuthakathaka, ningahleki isishosha siklolodelwe, vikela izigoga, futhi impumputhe mayize emehlweni ami ukuba msulwa. 22 Gcina abadala nabancane phakathi kwezindonga zakho. 23 Nomaphi lapho othola khona abafileyo, bathathe futhi ubangcwabe, futhi ngizokunika indawo yokuqala ekuvukeni kwami. 24 Hlalani nithule, O bantu bami, niphumule, ngokuba ukuthula kwenu kuseza. 25 Yondla abantwana bakho, wena mhlengikazi olungileyo; baqinise izinyawo zabo. 26 Kepha izinceku engikunike zona akuyikubhubha namunye kuzo; ngoba ngizawabiza phakathi kwenani lakho. 27 Ungakhathali; 28 Izizwe zizakuba lomhawu ngawe, kodwa kabayikwenza lutho ngawe, itsho iNkosi. 29 Izandla zami ziyakusibekela, ukuze abantwana bakho bangaboni indawo yabafileyo.
30 Jabula, wena mama, nabantwana bakho; ngokuba mina ngiyakukukhulula, isho iNkosi. 31 Khumbulani abantwana benu abalalayo, ngokuba ngiyakubakhipha emikhawulweni yomhlaba, ngibenzele umusa, ngokuba nginesihe,” usho uJehova Sebawoti. 32 Banga abantwana bakho ngize ngifike ngibenzele umusa, ngokuba imithombo yami iyagobhoza, umusa wami awuyikucisha. 33 Mina Ezra nganikwa umyalo kaJehova entabeni yaseOrebe ukuba ngiye ku-Israyeli; kepha ekufikeni kwami kubo bangidelela, badelela umyalo weNkosi. 34 Ngakho-ke ngithi kini, O nina bezizwe, enizwayo futhi niqonde, bhekani uMalusi wenu, uyoninika ukuphumula kwaphakade; ngoba useduze, ozakuza ekupheleni kwelizwe. 35 Lungela umvuzo wombuso, ngokuba ukukhanya okuphakade kuzokhanya phezu kwakho kuze kube phakade. 36 Balekani ithunzi lalomhlaba, yemukela intokozo yenkazimulo yenu: ngifakaza ngoMsindisi wami obala. 37 Yamukelani isipho enisiphiwayo, nithokoze, nimbonge oniholele embusweni wasezulwini. 38 Sukumani, nime, bhekani isibalo sababekwa uphawu emkhosini weNkosi; 39 Abasukile ethunzini lomhlaba, futhi selamukele izembatho ezikhazimulayo zeNkosi. 40 Thatha inombolo yakho, O Siyoni, futhi uvale labo abembethe okumhlophe, abagcwalise umthetho weNkosi. 41 Isibalo sabantwana bakho obukade usilangazelela sesigcwalisekile; ncenga amandla eNkosi, ukuba abantu bakho ababiziweyo kusukela ekuqaleni, bangcweliswe. 42Mina u-Ezra ngabona eNtabeni iSiyoni abantu abaningi, engingakwazi ukubabala; bonke badumisa uJehova ngamahubo. 43 Phakathi kwabo kwakukhona insizwa ende, ende kunabo bonke abanye, futhi phezu kwawo wonke amakhanda abo yabeka imiqhele, futhi yayiphakeme kakhulu; engimangala ngakho kakhulu. 44 Ngasengiyibuza ingilosi, ngathi: Nkosi, ziyini lezi? 45 Yasiphendula yathi kimi: Laba yibo abakhumula izembatho ezifayo, bagqoke okungafiyo, bavume ibizo likaNkulunkulu; 46 Ngase ngithi kuyo ingelosi: “Ngumuphi umfana obathwesa umqhele, abapha izintende zezandla zabo, na? 47 Yasiphendula yathi kimi: YiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, abayivumayo emhlabeni. Ngase ngiqala ukubatusa kakhulu ababemi belukhuni kangaka egameni leNkosi. 48 Yayisithi kimi ingelosi: “Hamba, utshele abantu bami ukuthi yiziphi izinto, nokuthi uzibonile izimangaliso ezinkulu zeNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho. ISAHLUKO 3 1 Ngomnyaka wamashumi amathathu emva kokuchithwa komuzi ngase ngiseBabele, ngidangele embhedeni wami, imicabango yami yafika enhliziyweni yami; 2 Ngokuba ngabona incithakalo yaseSiyoni, nengcebo yabakhileyo eBabele. 3 Umoya wami wakhathazeka, ngaze ngakhuluma amazwi okwesaba koPhezukonke, ngathi: 4 O Nkosi, wena ophethe, wakhuluma ekuqaleni, lapho utshala umhlaba, futhi wena wedwa, futhi wayala abantu,
5 Futhi wanika u-Adamu umzimba ngaphandle komphefumulo, owawuwumsebenzi wezandla zakho, futhi waphefumulela kuye umoya wokuphila, futhi wenziwa waphila phambi kwakho. 6 Futhi wamyisa epharadesi, isandla sakho sokunene esawutshala, umhlaba ungakafiki. 7 Futhi yena wamyala ukuba athande indlela yakho, okuyinto wona, futhi ngokushesha wabeka ukufa kuye futhi ezizukulwaneni zakhe, okwavela kubo izizwe, nezizwe, nabantu, nemindeni, ngaphandle kwesibalo. 8 Bonke abantu bahamba ngokwentando yabo, benza izimangaliso phambi kwakho, badelela imiyalo yakho. 9 Futhi emva kwesikhathi waletha uzamcolo phezu kwabakhileyo emhlabeni, wababhubhisa. 10 Futhi kwenzeka kubo bonke, ukuthi njengoba ukufa kwaba ku-Adamu, kwaba njalo uzamcolo kulaba. 11 Nokho washiya oyedwa kubo, uNowa nendlu yakhe, okwaphuma kuye bonke abalungileyo. 12 Futhi kwenzeka ukuthi lapho labo abahlala emhlabeni sebeqala ukwanda, futhi sebezitholele abantwana abaningi, futhi sebengabantu abaningi, baqala futhi ukungamesabi uNkulunkulu kunabokuqala. 13 Kwathi bephila ngobubi obungaka phambi kwakho, wazikhethela indoda phakathi kwabo, obizo layo lalinguAbrahama. 14 Yena wamthanda, futhi kuye yedwa wenza intando yakho. 15 Wenza naye isivumelwano esiphakade, wamthembisa ukuthi awusoze wayishiya inzalo yakhe. 16 Wamupha u-Isaka, no-Isaka wamnika oJakobe noEsawu. UJakobe yena wazikhethela yena, wambeka ngesandla sika-Esawu; uJakobe waba yisixuku esikhulu. 17 Kwathi lapho usuyikhiphile inzalo yakhe eGibhithe, wayikhuphulela entabeni yaseSinayi. 18 Wakhothamisa amazulu, wamisa umhlaba, wanyakazisa umhlaba wonke, wazamazamisa utwa, wabakhathaza abantu balelo zwe. 19 Inkazimulo yakho yadabula amasango amane omlilo, nokuzamazama komhlaba, nomoya, namakhaza; ukuze unike inzalo kaJakobe umthetho, nesizukulwane sakwaIsrayeli ukukhuthala. 20 Nokho awususanga kubo inhliziyo embi ukuba umthetho wakho uthele izithelo kubo. 21 Ngokuba u-Adamu wokuqala owayenenhliziyo embi wona, wanqotshwa; kanjalo nabo bonke abazelwe nguye. 22 Ngakho ubuthakathaka benziwa bungapheli; kanye nomthetho (futhi) enhliziyweni yabantu ngobubi bempande; baze bamuka abalungileyo, nababi bahlale. 23 Ngakho izikhathi zadlula, leminyaka yaphela; 24 owayala ukuba wakhele igama lakho umuzi, unikele kuwo impepho neminikelo yempuphu. 25 Kwathi lokhu sekwenziwe iminyaka eminingi, abakhileyo emzini bakulahla; 26 Futhi kukho konke njengoba kwenza u-Adamu nezizukulwane zakhe zonke, ngokuba nabo babenenhliziyo embi. 27 Wawunikela kanjalo umuzi wakho esandleni sezitha zakho. 28 Ngakho-ke izenzo zabo zingcono yini kwabahlala eBhabhiloni ukuba babuse eSiyoni na?
29 Ngokuba lapho ngifika khona, ngabona amanyala angenakubalwa, umphefumulo wami wabona abenzi bobubi abaningi kule minyaka engamashumi amathathu. indlebe, ukuze inhliziyo yami iphele amandla. 30 Ngokuba ngibonile ukuthi ubayekela kanjani bona, ubayekele abenzi bokubi; 31 Kangikhumbuli ukuthi ingasala njani indlela le: Kambe baseBhabhiloni bangcono yini kulabeZiyoni? 32 Noma bakhona abanye abantu abakwaziyo ngaphandle kuka-Israyeli na? Noma yisiphi isizukulwane esikholwe kangaka ngezivumelwano zakho njengoJakobe na? 33 Nokho umvuzo wabo awubonakali, nokukhandleka kwabo akubanga nazithelo, ngoba ngidabula phakathi kwezizwe, futhi ngabona ukuthi zigeleza ingcebo, futhi azicabangi ngemiyalo yakho. 34 Ngakho-ke kala ububi bethu esilinganisweni, labo abahlala emhlabeni; kanjalo igama lakho aliyikutholwa ndawo ngaphandle kwa-Israyeli. 35 Kunini lapho abakhileyo emhlabeni bengonanga phambi kwakho? Noma yibaphi abantu abagcine imiyalo yakho na? 36 Uzathola ukuthi uIsrayeli ngebizo uzigcinile iziyalezo zakho; kodwa hhayi abezizwe. ISAHLUKO 4 1 Ingelosi eyayithunywe kimi, egama layo lalingu-Uriyeli, yangiphendula, 2 Wathi: "Inhliziyo yakho iye kude kuleli zwe, futhi ucabanga ukuqonda indlela yoPhezukonke na?" 3 Ngasengisithi: Yebo, nkosi yami. Yangiphendula, yathi: ‘Ngithunyiwe ukuba ngikubonise izindlela ezintathu, nokubeka izifanekiselo ezintathu phambi kwakho; 4 Uma ungangibonisa eyodwa, ngizakukukhombisa nendlela othanda ukuyibona, ngikubonise lapho kuvela khona inhliziyo embi. 5 Ngathi: “Khuluma, nkosi yami; Wayesethi kimi: “Hamba, ungikale isisindo somlilo, ungilinganisele ukufutha komoya, noma ungibize ngosuku oludlule. 6 Ngasengiphendula ngathi: Nguwuphi umuntu ongenza lokho, ukuthi ubuze kimi izinto ezinje? 7 Wathi kimi: “Uma ngikubuza ukuthi zingaki izindawo zokuhlala phakathi kolwandle, nokuthi zingaki iziphethu ekujuleni kotwa, nokuthi zingaki iziphethu eziphezu komkhathi, nokuthi zingaki iziphethu eziphezu komkhathi? ipharadesi: 8 Mhlawumbe ubungathi kimi: Angikaze ngehlele ekujuleni, noma ngiye esihogweni, futhi angikaze ngikhuphukele ezulwini. 9 Nokho manje ngikubuzile kuphela umlilo nomoya kuphela, nangosuku owedlule kulo, kanye nezinto ongehlukaniswe kuzo, futhi nokho awukwazi ukunginika impendulo yazo. 10 Wathi kimi: “Awukwazi okwakho, nabakhulele kuwe; 11 Khona-ke isitsha sakho kufanele sikwazi kanjani ukuqonda indlela yoPhezukonke, futhi, izwe njengoba manje lonakele ngaphandle ukuze liqonde ukonakala okubonakala emehlweni ami na? 12 Ngase ngithi kuye: “Bekungcono ukuba singabikho, kunokuba sihlale ebubini, sihlupheke, singazi ukuthi kungani.
13 Yangiphendula, yathi: “Ngangena ehlathini ethafeni, imithi yacebisana; 14 yathi: Wozani sihambe silwe nolwandle, ukuze lumuke phambi kwethu, sisenze amahlathi. 15 Kanjalo nezikhukhula zolwandle zacebisana, zathi: “Wozani sikhuphuke, sinqobe ihlathi lasethafeni, ukuze sizenzele khona futhi izwe. 16 Ukucabanga kwezinkuni kwaba yize, ngoba umlilo wafika waziqeda. 17 Nomcabango wezikhukhula zolwandle washabalala, ngoba isihlabathi sasukuma sabavimba. 18 Uma ubuwahlulela manje phakathi kwalaba ababili, ubungaqala bani ukulungisisa na? noma ungalahla bani na? 19 Ngaphendula ngathi: Impela kungumqondo obuwula abawucabile bobabili, ngokuba umhlabathi unikelwe izinkuni, nolwandle lunendawo yalo ukuba luthwale izikhukhula zalo. 20 Yasingiphendula yathi: Uthethe ukwahlulela okulungileyo, kodwa ungazihluleli ngani lawe? 21 Ngokuba njengomhlabathi unikelwa izinkuni, nolwandle izikhukhula zalo, ngokunjalo nabahlezi emhlabeni abaqondi lutho, kuphela okusemhlabeni; eziphezu kokuphakama kwezulu. 22 Ngasengiphendula ngathi: Ngiyakuncenga, Nkosi, ngivumele ngiqedisise; 23 Ngokuba kwakungeyona ingqondo yami ukufuna izinto eziphakemeyo, kepha kwabadlula kithi imihla ngemihla, okungukuthi u-Israyeli enikelwe njengehlazo kwabezizwe, nangenxa yokuthi abantu obathandayo banikelwa ngani. ezizweni ezingamhloniphiyo uNkulunkulu, futhi kungani umthetho wawokhokho bethu uchithwe, nezivumelwano ezilotshiwe zibe yize, 24 Futhi siyadlula emhlabeni njengezintethe, futhi impilo yethu iyamangala kanye nokwesaba, futhi asifanele ukuthola umusa. 25 Pho-ke uyakwenzani egameni lakhe esibizwa ngalo na? ngalezizinto ngizicele. 26 Yasengiphendula yathi: Lapho uhlolisisa, uzamangala kakhulu; ngokuba umhlaba uyashesha ukudlula; 27 njalo kakwazi ukuqedisisa izinto ezithenjiswe abalungileyo esikhathini esizayo, ngoba umhlaba lo ugcwele ukungalungi lobuthakathaka. 28 Kodwa mayelana le Ongibuza ngakho, ngizokutshela; ngoba ububi buyahlwanyelwa, kodwa ukubhujiswa kwabo akukafiki. 29 Ngakho-ke uma okuhlwanyelwe kungaphendukwa, nalapho indawo lapho okuhlwanyelwe khona okubi kungadluli, khona-ke okuhlwanyelwe okuhle akunakufika. 30 Ngokuba inhlamvu yembewu embi yahlwanyelwa enhliziyweni ka-Adamu kusukela ekuqaleni, futhi kungakanani ukungamesabi uNkulunkulu okukhuphule kuze kube manje na? futhi lizakuthela okungakanani kuze kufike isikhathi sokubhula? 31 Ake ucabange wena ngokwakho ukuthi uhlamvu lwembewu embi luthela kangakanani. 32 Lapho izindlebe zigawulwa, ezingenakubalwa, ziyogcwala isibuya esingakanani na? 33 Ngasengiphendula ngathi: Kanjani, futhi nini lezizinto ziyokwenzeka? kungani iminyaka yethu imbalwa futhi mibi?
34 Yangiphendula, yathi: Ungasheshi ukudlula oPhezukonke, ngokuba ukushesha kwakho kuyize ukuba ngaphezu kwakhe, ngokuba udlulele kakhulu. 35 Imiphefumulo yabalungileyo kayibuzanga yini ngalezizinto emakamelweni ayo, isithi: Koze kube nini ngiyethemba lokhu? sifika nini isithelo sesitezi somvuzo wethu? 36 U-Uriyeli, ingelosi enkulu, wabaphendula wathi: “Lapho imbewu isigcwalisiwe kini, ngokuba ulinganisile izwe esikalini. 37 Ulinganise izikhathi ngesilinganiso; Ubala izikhathi ngenani; futhi akazinyakazi futhi akazinyakazi, kuze kugcwaliseke isilinganiso esishiwoyo. 38 Ngasengiphendula ngathi: O Nkosi ebusayo, thina sonke sigcwele ukukhohlakala. 39 Futhi ngenxa yethu mhlawumbe kungukuthi izitezi zabalungileyo azigcwaliswa, ngenxa yezono zalabo abahlala emhlabeni. 40 Yangiphendula yathi: ‘Hamba uye kowesifazane okhulelweyo, umbuze lapho eseziqedile izinyanga zakhe eziyisishiyagalolunye, ukuthi isisu sakhe singase sigcine ukubeletha phakathi kwakhe na. 41 Ngasengisithi: Hatshi, Nkosi, lingeke. Wathi kimi: “Ethuneni amakamelo omphefumulo anjengesibeletho sowesifazane; 42 Ngoba njengowesifazana obelethayo ephangisa ukubalekela inhlupheko yomhelo, ngokunjalo lezizindawo ziyaphangisa ukukhulula izinto eziphathiswe kuzo. 43 Kusukela ekuqaleni, khangela, lokho ofisa ukukubona, uzabonakaliswa kuwe. 44 Ngasengiphendula ngathi: Uba ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho, njalo uba kungenzeka, njalo uba ngifaneleka, 45 Ngakho ngitshengiseni ukuthi kukhulu okuzayo yini kuledlule, kumbe okudluleyo kulokuzayo. 46 Lokho okwedlule ngiyakwazi, kodwa okuzayo angikwazi. 47 Yathi kimi: “Sukuma ngakwesokunene, ngikuchazele umfanekiso. 48 Ngase ngima, ngabona, bheka, kwadlula iziko elivuthayo phambi kwami; 49 Emva kwalokho kwadlula ifu lamanzi phambi kwami, lanisa imvula enkulu ngesivunguvungu; kwathi lapho imvula isidlulile, amathonsi athula. 50 Wayesethi kimi: “Zicabangele; njengemvula ingaphezu kwamathonsi, nomlilo umkhulu kunomusi; kepha kusasele amathonsi nomusi; 51 Ngase ngikhuleka, ngathi: Ungaphila, ucabanga, kuze kube yileso sikhathi? Kuzakwenzakalani ngalezonsuku? 52 Lase lingiphendula lathi: Mayelana lezibonakaliso ongibuza ngazo, ngizakutshela ingxenye; ngoba kangikwazi. ISAHLUKO 5 1 Nokho njengoba kuza izimpawu, bheka, izinsuku ziyofika, lapho labo abahlala emhlabeni bayothathwa ngenani elikhulu, futhi indlela yeqiniso iyofihlwa, futhi izwe liyobe liyigwadule lokholo. 2 Kodwa ububi buyokwanda ngaphezu kwalokho okubonayo manje noma lokho owakuzwa kudala.
3 Izwe osibonayo manje ukuthi linempande, uyakulibona selichithekile ngokuzumayo. 4 Kepha uma oPhezukonke ekunika ukuphila, uyakubona emva kwecilongo lesithathu ukuthi ilanga liyakukhanya ngokuzumayo ebusuku, nenyanga kathathu emini; 5 Igazi liyakuconsa emthini, itshe lizwakalise izwi lalo, abantu bathuthumele; 6 Futhi uyobusa, abangambheki abahlala emhlabeni, nezinyoni ziyobaleka kanyekanye. 7 Ulwandle lwaseSodoma luyokhipha izinhlanzi, luhlokome ebusuku, abaningi ababengakwazi, kodwa bonke bayakulizwa izwi lalo. 8 Kuyakuba khona isiphithiphithi ezindaweni eziningi, umlilo uphinde uthunyelelwe, izilo zasendle zishintshe izindawo zazo, nabesifazane abasesikhathini baveze izilo; 9 Futhi amanzi anosawoti ayotholakala emanzini amnandi, futhi bonke abangane bayobhubhisana; khona kuyakucasha, nokuqonda kuphume ekamelweni lakhe elisithekileyo; 10 Kuyakufunwa abaningi, kepha nokho bangatholakali; khona-ke ukungalungi nokungazithibi kuyokwanda emhlabeni. 11 Izwe liyakubuza elinye, lithi: Kungukulunga okwenza ukuba umuntu olungileyo ahambe ngawe? Lizakuthi: Hatshi. 12 Ngesikhathi esifanayo abantu bayakwethemba, kepha akukho lutho; bayakukhandleka, kepha izindlela zabo aziyikuphumelela. 13 Ngishiye ukukukhombisa izimpawu ezinjalo; futhi uma ukhuleka futhi, futhi ukhale njengamanje, futhi uzila ukudla ngisho nezinsuku, uzozwa izinto ezinkulu kakhulu. 14 Ngase ngiphaphama, ukwesaba okukhulu kwadabula umzimba wami wonke, ingqondo yami yakhathazeka, yaze yaquleka. 15 Ingelosi eyayize ukukhuluma nami yangibamba, yangiduduza, yangimisa ngezinyawo zami. 16 Kwathi ngobusuku besibili uSalatiyeli induna yabantu weza kimi, wathi: “Ubuphi na? futhi kungani ubuso bakho bunzima kangaka? 17 Awazi yini ukuthi u-Israyeli unikelwe kuwe ezweni lokuthunjwa kwakhe na? 18 Vuka-ke, udle isinkwa, ungasilahli, njengomalusi oshiya umhlambi wakhe ezandleni zezimpisi ezinonya. 19 Ngasengisithi kuye: Suka kimi, ungasondeli kimi. Wezwa engikushoyo, wasuka kimi. 20 Ngase ngizila ukudla izinsuku eziyisikhombisa, ngilila, ngikhala, njengalokho u-Uriyeli ingelosi yayingiyalile. 21 Futhi emva kwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa kwaba njalo, ukuthi imicabango yenhliziyo yami yaphinda yaba buhlungu kakhulu kimi. 22 Umphefumulo wami wawubuyisa umoya wokuqonda, ngase ngiqala ukukhuluma noPhezukonke, 23 Yathi: “O Jehova wena obusa kuzo zonke izinkuni zomhlaba nakuyo yonke imithi yawo, uzikhethele umvini owodwa wodwa. 24 Kuwo wonke amazwe omhlaba wazikhethela umgodi owodwa, nakuzo zonke izimbali zawo umnduze munye. 25 Ekujuleni kwakho konke ukugcwalisa umfula owodwa, futhi kuyo yonke imizi eyakhiwe wazingcwelisela iSiyoni. 26 Kuzo zonke izinyoni ezidaliweyo waqamba igama lakho ngokuthi ijuba;
27 Ezixukwini zonke zabantu uzitholele isizwe esisodwa, futhi kulaba bantu obathandayo wabanika umthetho ovunywa yibo bonke. 28 Manje, O Nkosi, kungani unikele lesi sizwe esisodwa kwabaningi na? futhi phezu kwempande eyodwa ulungiselele abanye, futhi kungani uhlakaze abantu bakho oyedwa phakathi kwabaningi na? 29 Futhi labo abazuza izethembiso zakho, futhi abangazikholwa izivumelwano zakho, bazinyathele phansi. 30 Uma ubazonda kangaka abantu bakho, uyakubajezisa ngezakho izandla. 31 Manje lapho sengiwakhulumile lawa mazwi, ingelosi eyafika kimi ngobusuku obudlule yathunyelwa kimi. 32 Wathi kimi: Lalela kimi, ngizakufundisa; lalela into engiyikhulumayo, ngibuye ngikutshele. 33 Ngase ngithi: Khuluma, Nkosi yami. Wayesethi kimi: “Uyakhathazeka enhliziyweni yakho ngenxa ka-Israyeli; uthanda abantu kakhulu kunalowo owabenzayo na? 34 Ngathi: “Qha, Nkosi, kepha ngikhulume ngokudabuka okukhulu, ngokuba izinso zami ziyangihlukumeza ihora lonke, lapho ngishikashikeka ukuqonda indlela yoPhezukonke, ngifune ingxenye yokwahlulela kwakhe. 35 Futhi yathi kimi: Ngeke. Ngathi: Ngani, Nkosi? Ngabe ngizalelwe kuphi na? Isizalo sikamame sasingesiso ngani ithuna lami, ukuze ngingawuboni umshikashika kaJakobe nomshikashika okhathazayo wozalo luka-Israyeli, na? 36 Wathi kimi: “Ngibale izinto ezingakenzi, ungibuthele amanyela ahlakazekileyo, ungenze amaluba abunileyo abe luhlaza; 37 Ngivuleleni izindawo ezivalekile, ungikhiphele imimoya evalelwe kuzo, ungibonise umfanekiso wezwi, khona-ke ngiyakukutshela lokho oshikashikeka ukukwazi. 38 Ngasengisithi: O Nkosi ebusayo, ngubani owazi lezizinto, ngaphandle kwalowo ongahlali ebantwini? 39 Mina-ke, angihlakaniphile; pho, ngingakhuluma kanjani ngalezi zinto ongibuza zona na? 40 Khona-ke yathi kimi, Njengoba ungeke wenze neyodwa yalezi zinto engikhulume ngazo, kanjalo awukwazi ukuthola ukwahlulela kwami, noma ekugcineni uthando engiluthembise abantu bami. 41 Ngathi: “Bheka, Nkosi, wena useduze nalabo abagcinelwe kuze kube sekupheleni; 42 Yathi kimi: “Ngiyakufanisa ukwahlulelwa kwami nendandatho; 43 Ngasengiphendula ngathi: Ubungeke yini wenze lezo ezenziweyo, lezikhona khathesi, lezizakuza, masinyane; ukuze uveze ukwahlulela kwakho masinyane? 44 Yasingiphendula, yathi: Isidalwa kayikushesha ukudlula umenzi; noma umhlaba ungababambe kanyekanye abayodalwa khona. 45 Ngasengisithi: Njengoba ushilo encekwini yakho ukuthi, Wena ophilisa bonke, wapha kanyekanye isidalwa osidalileyo, lezidalwa zakuthwala; manje ube khona kanyekanye. 46 Wathi kimi: “Buza isibeletho sowesifazane, uthi kuye: ‘Uma uzala abantwana, kungani ningazali, kodwa omunye emva komunye na? ngakho-ke mcele ukuthi azale abantwana abayishumi n kanye kanye. 47 Ngasengisithi: Angeke, kodwa kumele akwenze ngebanga lesikhathi.
48 Wayesethi kimi: “Ngokunjalo ngibanikile isizalo somhlaba kwabahlwanyelwe kuwo ngezikhathi zabo. 49 Ngoba njengoba nje umntwana engeke azale izinto zabadala, ngokunjalo ngiwumisile umhlaba engiwudalile. 50 Ngabuza ngathi: ‘Njengoba unginikile indlela, ngiyakukhuluma phambi kwakho, ngokuba umama ongitshele ngaye ukuthi usemncane, usesondele ebudaleni bakhe. 51 Yangiphendula yathi: Buza kowesifazana ozala abantwana, uzakutshela. 52 Yisho kuye ukuthi: ‘Kungani ukuba labo obazalayo manje babe njengakuqala, kodwa bebancane ngomumo? 53 “Uyakuphendula ngokuthi: ‘Abazelwe emandleni obusha bamzimba munye, nabazelwe ngesikhathi sobudala, lapho isibeletho siphela, bahlukile; 54 Ngakho-ke qaphelani nani ukuthi nibancane ngomzimba kunalabo ababengaphambi kwenu. 55 Futhi banjalo labo abeza emva kwenu bancane kunani, njengezidalwa eseziqala ukuguga, futhi esezidlule amandla obusha. 56 Ngase ngithi: “Nkosi, ngiyakuncenga, uma ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho, bonisa inceku yakho ukuthi uzihambela kanjani izidalwa zakho. ISAHLUKO 6 1 Yathi kimi: Ekuqaleni, mhla wenziwa umhlaba, kungakavunguzi imikhawulo yomhlaba, kungakavunguzi imimoya; 2 Ngaphambi kokuba lidume futhi likhanyise, noma zingakabekwa izisekelo zepharadesi, 3 Ngaphambi kokuba izimbali ezinhle zibonakale, noma kungakaze kumiswe amandla anyakazayo, ngaphambi kokuba uquqaba olungenakubalwa lwezingelosi lubuthwe ndawonye. 4 Kuze kuphakame ukuphakama kwezulu, kungakaqanjwa izilinganiso zomkhathi, otshimula baseSiyoni bengakashisi, 5 Futhi ngaphambi kokuba le minyaka yamanje icwaningwe, futhi noma nanini ukuqanjwa kwalabo asebenesono manje kuphendulwe, ngaphambi kokuba babekwe uphawu abaqoqe ukholo lube ingcebo; 6 Ngase ngizindla lezi zinto, futhi zonke zenziwa ngami ngedwa, azikho omunye; 7 Ngasengiphendula ngathi: Kuzakuba yini ukwehlukana kwezikhathi? Kuyakuba nini ukuphela kokokuqala, nokuqala kwakho okulandelayo na? 8 Wathi kimi: “Kusukela ku-Abrahama kuze kufike kuIsaka, lapho uJakobe no-Esawu bezalwa nguye, isandla sikaJakobe sasibambe isithende sika-Esawu kuqala. 9 Ngokuba u-Esawu ukuphela komhlaba, noJakobe uyisiqalo sawo. 10 Isandla somuntu siphakathi kwesithende nesandla; omunye umbuzo: Esdras, ungabuzi. 11 Ngasengiphendula ngathi: O Nkosi ebusayo, uba ngithole umusa emehlweni akho, 12 Ake ubonise inceku yakho isiphetho sezimpawu zakho ongibonise zona ngobusuku obudlule. 13 Yasiphendula yathi kimi: Sukuma ngenyawo zakho, uzwe ilizwi elilamandla. 14 Futhi kuyoba sengathi ukunyakaza okukhulu; kepha indawo omi kuyo ayiyikunyakaziswa.
15 Ngakho-ke nxa likhuluma lingesabi, ngoba ilizwi lingesokuphela, lesisekelo somhlaba siyaqonda. 16 Futhi ngani? ngokuba inkulumo yalezi zinto iyathuthumela, inyakaze; 17 Kwathi lapho ngikuzwa, ngama ngezinyawo zami, ngalalela, bheka, kwavela izwi elikhulumayo, nomsindo walo wawunjengomsindo wamanzi amaningi. 18 Lathi: “Bheka, izinsuku ziyeza, engiyakuqala ngazo ukusondela, ngihambele abakhileyo emhlabeni; 19 Futhi bayoqala ukubuza kubo, ukuthi bayini labo abalimaze ngokungafanele ngokungalungi kwabo, nalapho usizi lwaseSiyoni seluyogcwaliseka; 20 Kuzakuthi-ke lapho umhlaba ozakuqala ukunyamalala usuphelile, khona-ke ngizatshengisa lezizibonakaliso: Izincwadi zizavulwa phambi komkhathi, babone bonke kanyekanye. 21 Futhi abantwana abaneminyaka yobudala bayokhuluma ngamazwi abo, abesifazane abakhulelwe bayozala abantwana abakhulelwe abanezinyanga ezintathu noma ezine ubudala, futhi bayophila, futhi bavuswe. 22 Kungazelelwe izitsha ziyobonakala zingahlwanyelwanga, izinqolobane ezigcwele ziyotholwa ngokuzumayo zingenalutho. 23 Icilongo liyakukhala, lapho bonke abantu bezwa, bayakwesaba ngokuzumayo. 24 Ngaleso sikhathi abangani bayolwa bodwa njengezitha, futhi umhlaba uyokuma ngokwesaba nalabo abahlala kuwo, imithombo yemithombo iyokuma, futhi emahoreni amathathu abayikugijima. 25 Noma ubani oyosala kukho konke lokhu engikutshele khona uyophunyuka, futhi abone insindiso yami, nokuphela kwezwe lakho. 26 Abantu abamukelwayo bayakukubona, abangakuzwanga ukufa kwasekuzalweni kwabo, nezinhliziyo zabakhileyo ziyakushintshwa, zibe ngenye incazelo. 27 Ngokuba ububi buyakucinywa, nenkohliso iyakucinywa. 28 Ngokuphathelene nokukholwa, kuyochuma, ukonakala kuyonqotshwa, futhi iqiniso, osekuyisikhathi eside kangaka lingenazithelo, liyomenyezelwa. 29 Esekhuluma lami bheka, ngambheka kancane kancane engangimi phambi kwakhe. 30 Futhi lamazwi wawasho kimi; ngize ukukukhombisa isikhathi sobusuku obuzayo. 31 Uma uqhubeka ukhuleka futhi uzile ukudla izinsuku eziyisikhombisa, ngizokutshela izinto ezinkulu emini kunalokho engikuzwile. 32 Ngokuba izwi lakho lizwakala phambi koPhezukonke, ngokuba uSomandla ukubonile ukulunga kwakho, ukubonile nokuhlanzeka kwakho obunakho kwasebusheni bakho. 33 Ngakho ingithumile ukuthi ngikutshengise zonke lezizinto, lokuthi ngithi kuwe: Induduzo, ungesabi. 34 futhi ningasheshi ngezikhathi ezidlule, nicabange okuyize, ukuze ningasheshi kusukela ezikhathini zamuva. 35 Futhi kwathi emva kwalokho ngaphinda ngakhala, futhi ngazila ukudla izinsuku eziyisikhombisa, ukuze ngigcwalise amasonto amathathu ayengitshele wona. 36 Ngobusuku besishiyagalombili inhliziyo yami yabuye yadabuka phakathi kwami, ngaqala ukukhuluma phambi koPhezukonke.
37 Ngokuba umoya wami wavutha kakhulu, nomphefumulo wami wawusosizini. 38 Futhi ngathi, O Nkosi, wakhuluma kusukela ekuqaleni kwendalo, ngisho ngosuku lokuqala, futhi washo kanje; Makwenziwe izulu nomhlaba; izwi lakho lalingumsebenzi opheleleyo. 39 Futhi ngaleso sikhathi kwaba khona umoya, futhi ubumnyama kanye nokuthula kwakukhona nhlangothi zonke; umsindo wezwi lomuntu wawungakakheki. 40 Khona-ke wayala ukukhanya okuhle ukuba kuphume engcebweni yakho, ukuze umsebenzi wakho ubonakale. 41 Ngosuku lwesibili wenza umoya womkhathi, wawuyala ukuba uhlukane phakathi, wahlukanise amanzi, ukuze kukhuphuke enye ingxenye, enye ihlale phansi. 42 Ngosuku lwesithathu wayala ukuthi amanzi abuthwe engxenyeni yesikhombisa yomhlaba; izingxenye eziyisithupha womisile, wazigcina, ukuze kuzo lezi ezitshaliwe nguNkulunkulu futhi zilinywe zikukhonze. 43 Ngoba lapho nje izwi lakho liphuma umsebenzi wenziwa. 44 Ngokuba masinyane kwaba khona isithelo esikhulu esingenakubalwa, nezinjabulo eziningi nezinhlobonhlobo, nezimbali ezinombala ongaguquleki, nephunga elimnandi elimnandi; lokhu kwenzeka ngosuku lwesithathu. 45 Ngosuku lwesine wayala ukuthi ilanga likhanye, inyanga ikhanyise, izinkanyezi zihleleke. 46 Wabayala ukuthi benze inkonzo kumuntu eyayizakwenziwa. 47 Ngosuku lwesihlanu wathi enxenyeni yesikhombisa, lapho amanzi abuthene khona, ukuba kuveze izilwane eziphilayo, izinyoni nezinhlanzi; kwaba njalo. 48 Ngokuba amanzi ayizimungulu nokungenakuphila kwaveza okuphilayo ngomyalo kaNkulunkulu, ukuze bonke abantu badumise izimangaliso zakho. 49 Wabuye wamisa izidalwa ezimbili eziphilayo, enye wayibiza ngokuthi u-Enoke, futhi enye uLeviyathani; 50 Base behlukanisa omunye komunye, ngokuba ingxenye yesikhombisa, lapho amanzi ayebuthene khona, yayingenakubabamba bobabili. 51 Wamnika u-Enoke ingxenye eyodwa, eyomile ngosuku lwesithathu, ukuba ahlale kuyo, okukhona kuyo amagquma ayinkulungwane; 52 Kepha uLeviyathani ngokwesikhombisa wamnika okumanzi; futhi umgcine ukuba adliwe ngubani othanda ukushwabadela, futhi nini. 53 Ngosuku lwesithupha wayala umhlaba ukuba uveze izilo, nezinkomo, nezilwanyana ezinwabuzelayo phambi kwakho; 54 Emva kwalokho u-Adamu naye, owambeka inkosi yazo zonke izidalwa zakho; siphuma kuye sonke, nabantu obakhethileyo. 55 Konke lokhu ngikukhulumile phambi kwakho, O Nkosi, ngoba wadala umhlaba ngenxa yethu 56 Ngokuqondene nabanye abantu, abaphuma ku-Adamu, wena ushilo ukuthi abalutho, kodwa bafana namathe, futhi ukuchichima kwabo wafanisa nethonsi eliwa esitsheni. 57 Manje, O Nkosi, bheka, lezi zizwe ezingakaze zibhekwe njengento engelutho, seziqalile ukuba amakhosi phezu kwethu futhi zisidle.
58 Kepha thina bantu bakho, osibize ngokuthi izibulo lakho, ozelwe yedwa wakho, nesithandwa sakho esishisekayo, sinikelwe ezandleni zabo. 59 Uma umhlaba manje wenziwa ngenxa yethu, kungani singenalo ifa kanye nezwe? koze kube nini lokhu? ISAHLUKO 7 1 Futhi lapho sengiqedile ukukhuluma lawa mazwi, kwathunyelwa kimi ingelosi eyayithunyelwe kimi ngobusuku obudlule. 2 Wathi kimi: "Sukuma, Ezra, uzwe amazwi engize ukukutshela wona." 3 Ngase ngithi: Khuluma, Nkulunkulu wami. Wayesethi kimi: “Ulwandle luhlezi endaweni ebanzi ukuba lujule, lube lukhulu; 4 Kepha umphongolo wawuncane, njengomfula; 5 Ngubani ongangena elwandle alubuke, alubuse, na? uma engadabulanga endaweni ewumngcingo, ubengangena kanjani endaweni ebanzi na? 6 Kukhona futhi enye into; Umuzi uyakhiwa, ubekwe endaweni ebanzi, ugcwele zonke izinto ezinhle; 7 Isango lawo lincane, libekwe endaweni eyingozi yokuwa, njengokungathi kunomlilo ngakwesokunene nakwesokhohlo amanzi ajulileyo; 8 Kwakukhona indledlana eyodwa phakathi kwakho kokubili, phakathi komlilo namanzi, yayincane kakhulu kangangokuthi kwakungasenalutho akekho umuntu oya khona ngaleso sikhathi. 9 Uma lo muzi wanikwa umuntu ube yifa lakhe, uma engasoze adlula engozini ebekwe phambi kwawo, uyakulemukela kanjani lelifa na? 10 Ngathi: Kunjalo, Nkosi. Wayesethi kimi: “Naso sinjalo isabelo sika-Israyeli. 11 Ngokuba ngenza izwe ngenxa yabo; 12 Khona-ke iminyango yaleli zwe yenziwa yaba mincane, igcwele usizi nomshikashika, iyingcosana futhi imbi, igcwele izingozi, futhi ibuhlungu kakhulu. 13 Ngokuba iminyango yezwe elidala yayibanzi futhi iqinisekile, futhi yayiletha izithelo ezingabhubhi. 14 Ngakho-ke uma abaphilayo bekhandleka ukuze bangangeni kulezo zinto eziwumngcingo neziyize, abasoze bakwamukela lokho abakubekelwe bona. 15 Manje uzihluphelani, lokhu ungumuntu owonakalayo? Unyakaziswa ngani, wena ungumuntu ofayo na? 16 Awunakanga ngani enhliziyweni yakho lokhu okuzayo kunalokhu okukhona na? 17 Ngasengiphendula ngathi: O Nkosi ebusayo, umisile emthethweni wakho ukuthi abalungileyo bazazuza ilifa lalezozinto, kodwa ukuthi ababi babhubhe. 18 Nokho abalungileyo bayakuhlushwa yizinto ezilukhuni, banethemba elikhulu, ngokuba abenza okubi bahluphekile ngokucindezela, nokho abayikukubona okubanzi. 19 Futhi wathi kimi. Akakho umahluleli ngaphezu kukaNkulunkulu, akakho onokuqonda ngaphezu koPhezukonke. 20 Ngokuba baningi ababhubhayo kulokhu kuphila, ngokuba bedelela umthetho kaNkulunkulu obekwe phambi kwabo. 21 Ngokuba uNkulunkulu unikile umyalo olukhuni kulabo abezayo, ukuthi yini okufanele bayenze ukuze baphile,
njengoba nje bezile, nokuthi yini okufanele bayiqaphele ukuze bagweme isijeziso. 22 Nokho abamlalelanga; kepha wakhuluma ngokumelene naye, waceba okuyize; 23 Futhi bazikhohlisa ngezenzo zabo ezimbi; wathi koPhezukonke, akekho; njalo wayengazazi izindlela zakhe. 24 Kodwa umthetho wakhe bawudelile, baziphika izivumelwano zakhe; ezimisweni zakhe abathembekanga, futhi abenzanga imisebenzi yakhe. 25 Ngakho-ke, Esdras, ngoba okuyize kuyize, futhi kugcwele izinto ezigcwele. 26 Bhekani, isikhathi siyofika, lapho lezi zimpawu enginitshele zona ziyokwenzeka, futhi umakoti uyovela, futhi ephumayo uyobonakala, manje osehoxisiwe emhlabeni. 27 Futhi noma ubani oyokhululwa ebubini obashiwo ngaphambili uyozibona izimangaliso zami. 28 Ngokuba indodana yami uJesu iyokwambulwa kanye nalabo abakanye nayo, futhi abasele bayojabula phakathi neminyaka engamakhulu amane. 29 Emva kwale minyaka indodana yami uKristu iyakufa, nabo bonke abaphilayo. 30 Izwe liyakuguqulwa libe ngukuthula okudala izinsuku eziyisikhombisa njengasezahlulelweni zakuqala, ukuze kungabikho muntu osalayo. 31 Futhi emva kwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa umhlaba, ongakavuki, uyovuswa, futhi lowo oyokufa uyokufa. 32 Futhi umhlaba uyobuyisela labo abalele kuwo, futhi kanjalo nothuli luyobakhulula labo abahlala ngokuthula, futhi izindawo eziyimfihlo ziyokhulula leyo miphefumulo eyayinikelwe kubo. 33 Futhi oPhezukonke uyovela esihlalweni sokwahlulela, futhi usizi luyodlula, futhi ukubekezela kuyoba nokuphela. 34 Kodwa ukwahlulela kuphela kuyosala, iqiniso liyokuma, futhi ukholo luyoqina; 35 Futhi umsebenzi uyolandela, futhi umvuzo uyovezwa, futhi izenzo ezinhle ziyoba namandla, futhi izenzo ezimbi aziyikubusa. 36 Ngase ngithi: “U-Abrahama wakhulekela abaseSodoma kuqala, uMose wakhulekela oyise abona ehlane; 37 UJesu wamlandela ku-Israyeli ngesikhathi sika-Akani. 38 noSamuweli noDavide bezobhujiswa; uSolomoni waba ngabaza endlini engcwele; 39 Futhi uElias kulabo abathola imvula; labafileyo, ukuze baphile; 40 noHezekiya kubantu ngesikhathi sikaSaneheribi; abaningi kwabaningi. 41 Kanjalo namanje, njengoba ukonakala sekukhula, nobubi buyanda, nabalungileyo bathandazela abangamesabi uNkulunkulu, kungani kungayi kwenzeka namanje na? 42 Yangiphendula yathi: Lokhu kuphila kwamanje akusikho ukuphela lapho kukhona inkazimulo enkulu; ngakho-ke bakhulekele ababuthakathaka. 43 Kodwa usuku lwembubhiso luzakuba ukuphela kwalesisikhathi, lokuqala kokungabhubhiyo okuzafika, lapho ukonakala sekudlule; 44 Ukuzithiba kuphelile, ukungathembeki kunqunyiwe, ukulunga kukhulile, futhi iqiniso liyakhula. 45 Ngalesosikhathi kakho olamandla okusindisa obhujiswayo, loba ukucindezela ozuzayo ekunqobeni.
46 “Ngase ngiphendula ngathi: “Leli yizwi lami lokuqala nelokugcina, ukuthi bekungaba ngcono ukuba umhlaba ungawunikanga u-Adamu, noma esewunikiwe ukuba amnqande ukuba angoni. 47 Ngokuba kunanzuzoni ukuba abantu manje bahlale bedabukile, kuthi emva kokufa babheke ukujeziswa? 48 Wena Adamu, wenzeni na? ngoba noma kunguwe owonayo, awuwedwanga, kodwa thina sonke abavela kuwe. 49 Ngokuba kusizuzisani, uma sithenjiswa isikhathi esingabhubhi, na? Senzile imisebenzi yokufa na? 50 Futhi ukuthi sithenjiswe ithemba laphakade, kuyilapho thina esibabi kakhulu senziwe ize? 51 Futhi nokuthi sibekelwe thina izindawo zokuhlala zempilo kanye nokuphepha, kuyilapho thina siphila ngokukhohlakala na? 52 Futhi nokuthi inkazimulo yoPhezukonke igcinelwe ukuvikela labo abaye baphila impilo yokuxwaya, kuyilapho thina sihambe ezindleleni ezimbi kunazo zonke? 53 Futhi ukuze kuboniswe ipharadesi, elisithelo salo simi phakade, lapho kukhona ukulondeka nokwelapha, njengoba singayikungena kulo na? 54 Ngoba siye sahamba ezindaweni ezingezinhle. 55 Nokuthi ubuso balabo abake bazithiba buyokhanya ngaphezu kwezinkanyezi, kanti ubuso bethu buyoba mnyama kunobumnyama na? 56 Ngoba ngesikhathi sisaphila futhi senza ububi, kasicabanganga ukuthi sizaqala ukuhlupheka ngenxa yako emva kokufa. 57 Yayisingiphendula, yathi: “Nasi isimo sempi umuntu ozelwe emhlabeni ayakuyilwa; 58 ukuze kuthi, uma ehlulwa, ahlupheke njengokusho kwakho; kepha uma enqoba, uyakwamukela lokho engikushoyo. 59 Ngoba le yimpilo uMozisi ayikhulumayo ebantwini esaphila, esithi: Zikhetheleni ukuphila, ukuze liphile. 60 Nokho abakholwanga nguye, nabaprofethi emva kwakhe, nami noma mina engikhulume kubo. 61 Ukuze kungabi khona usizi olunjalo ekubhujisweni kwabo, njengoba kuyoba nenjabulo phezu kwalabo abathonyelwa ensindisweni. 62 Ngasengiphendula ngathi: Ngiyazi, Nkosi, ukuthi oPhezukonke ubizwa ngokuthi unesihe, ngokuba unesihe kwabangakafiki ezweni; 63 Naphezu kwalabo abaphendukela emthethweni wakhe; 64 Futhi nokuthi uyabekezela, futhi ubekezelela isikhathi eside labo abonile, njengezidalwa zakhe; 65 Futhi nokuthi uyaphana, ngokuba usekulungele ukupha lapho edinga khona; 66 Futhi nokuthi ungowomusa omkhulu, ngokuba uya ngokuya andisa isihawu kulabo abakhona, nalabo abedlule, futhi kanjalo nakulabo abasazofika. 67 Ngokuba uma engeke awandise umusa wakhe, umhlaba ubungeke uqhubeke nalabo abadla ifa kuwo. 68 Futhi uyathethelela; ngokuba uma engenzanga kanjalo ngobuhle bakhe, ukuze bakhululwe abenze okubi kubo, inkulungwane eyishumi yabantu ibingayikusala. 69 futhi uma ehlulela, uma engabathetheleli abaphulukiswa ngezwi lakhe, ekhipha imibango eminingi, 70 Kufanele kube khona okwenzekayo okumbalwa kakhulu esixukwini esingenakubalwa.
ISAHLUKO 8 1 Yangiphendula yathi: “OPhezukonke wenzele abaningi leli zwe, kodwa izwe elizayo libe ngabambalwa. 2 Ngizokutshela umfanekiso, Ezra; “Njengalokho ubuza umhlaba, uyakuthi kuwe: 'Unika isikhunta esiningi okwenziwa ngaso izitsha zobumba, kepha uthuli oluphuma igolide, unjalo nendlela yaleli zwe. 3 Baningi abadaliwe, kepha bayingcosana abayosindiswa. 4 Ngase ngiphendula ngathi: Gxila-ke, mphefumulo wami, ukuqonda, udle ukuhlakanipha. 5 Ngokuba uvumile ukubeka indlebe, uzimisele ukuprofetha, ngokuba awusenandawo kunokuba uphile kuphela. 6 O Nkosi, uma ungayivumeli inceku yakho, ukuthi sikhuleke phambi kwakho, futhi usinike inzalo enhliziyweni yethu, nesiko ekuqondeni kwethu, ukuze kuvele izithelo zakho; umuntu owonakeleyo uyakuphila kanjani, ethatha indawo yomuntu na? 7 Ngokuba uwedwa, sonke singumsebenzi munye wezandla zakho, njengokusho kwakho. 8 Ngokuba nxa umzimba usubunjwa esibelethweni sikanina, uwunike amalungu, okudaliweyo kwakho kuyagcinwa emlilweni nasemanzini, nomsebenzi wakho odaliweyo uyakuma izinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye. 9 Kodwa lokho okugcinayo futhi okugciniwe kuyogcinwa kokubili, futhi lapho kufika isikhathi, isizalo esigciniwe sikhipha okumila kuso. 10 Ngokuba uyalile ezithweni zomzimba, okungukuthi, eziphuma emabeleni, ukuphiwa ubisi, okuyinto isithelo samabele. 11 Ukuze into ebunjiweyo yondliwe okwesikhathi, uze uyibeke emseni wakho. 12 Wawukhulisa ngokulunga kwakho, wawunondla ngomthetho wakho, wawulungisa ngokwahlulela kwakho. 13 Futhi uyosibulala njengesidalwa sakho, futhi usiphilise njengomsebenzi wakho. 14 Ngakho-ke uma umchitha lowo owakhiwa ngomsebenzi omkhulu kangaka, kuyinto elula ukumiswa ngomyalo wakho, ukuze kulondolozwe lokho okwenziwayo. 15 Manje, Nkosi, ngizokhuluma; ukuthinta indoda ngokuvamile, wazi kangcono; kodwa ngokuthinta abantu bakho, engidabukileyo ngenxa yabo; 16 nefa lakho, engilila ngenxa yalo; naku-Israyeli, engisindwa nguye; nangenxa kaJakobe, engikhathazeke ngenxa yakhe; 17 Ngakho ngizaqala ukuzikhulekela mina labo phambi kwakho, ngoba ngibona ukuwa kwethu esihlezi elizweni. 18 Kodwa ngizwile ukuphangisa kukamahluleli ozayo. 19 Ngakho yizwa izwi lami, futhi uqonde amazwi ami, futhi ngizokhuluma phambi kwakho. Lokhu kungukuqala kwamazwi ka-Esdras, ngaphambi kokuba akhushulwe: futhi mina s usizo, 20 O Nkosi, wena ohlezi phakade obona phezulu okusezulwini nasemoyeni; 21 Isihlalo sakhe sobukhosi singenakulinganiswa; onkazimulo yakhe ingenakuqondwa; okumi phambi kwakhe amabutho ezingelosi ethuthumela. 22 Onkonzo yabo ihambisana nomoya nomlilo; ozwi labo liyiqiniso, namazwi angaguquki; omiyalo yabo inamandla, nesimiso siyesabeka;
23 Ukubukeka kwakhe komisa utwa, nokufutheka kwakhe kuncibilike izintaba; elifakazelwa liqiniso. 24 Yizwa umkhuleko wenceku yakho, ubeke indlebe ekunxuseni kwezidalwa zakho. 25 Ngokuba ngisekhona ngiyakukhuluma, ngisenakho ukuqonda ngiyakuphendula. 26 O ungabheki izono zabantu bakho; kodwa kulabo abakukhonza ngeqiniso. 27 Unganaki izenzo ezimbi zabezizwe, kepha isifiso sabagcina ubufakazi bakho ebubini. 28 Ungacabangi ngalabo abahamba ngokuzenzisa phambi kwakho, kodwa khumbula labo asebekwazi ukwesaba kwakho ngokwentando yakho. 29 Makungabi yintando yakho ukubhubhisa abaphila njengezilwane; kodwa ukubheka labo abawufundisile ngokucacile umthetho wakho. 30 Ungabathukutheleli abathi babi kunezilwane; kodwa bathande labo ababeka ithemba labo njalo ekulungeni nasenkazimulweni yakho. 31 Ngokuba thina nawobaba sikhathele yizifo ezinjalo, kepha ngenxa yethu izoni uyakubizwa ngokuthi unesihawu. 32 Ngokuba uma ufisa ukusihawukela, kuyothiwa unesihawu kithi thina esingenamisebenzi yokulunga. 33 Ngoba abalungileyo, abanemisebenzi eminengi emihle elibekelwe wena, bazazuza kweyabo umvuzo. 34 Ngoba uyini umuntu ukuthi uze uthukuthele? Kumbe siyini isizukulwane esibhubhayo ukuba ube muncu kuso na? 35 Ngokuba eqinisweni akakho phakathi kwabazelweyo, kepha wenze okubi; futhi phakathi kwabathembekileyo akukho noyedwa ongenzanga iphutha. 36 Ngokuba kulokhu, O Nkosi, ukulunga kwakho kanye nokulunga kwakho kuyomenyezelwa, uma unesihawu kulabo abangenalo ithemba lemisebenzi emihle. 37 Yasingiphendula, yathi: Ezinye izinto uzikhulume kahle, futhi zizakuba njengokwamazwi akho. 38 Ngokuba ngempela angiyikucabanga ngesimo salabo abona ngaphambi kokufa, ngaphambi kokwahlulelwa, ngaphambi kokubhujiswa; 39 Kodwa ngizathokoza ngesimilo sabalungileyo, njalo ngizakhumbula uhambo lwabo, losindiso, lomvuzo abazakuba lawo. 40 Njengalokho ngikhulumile manje, kuyakuba-njalo. 41 Njengobe umlimi ehlanyela inhlanyelo lenyenti emhlabatsini, ahlanyele tihlahla letinyenti, kepha lokuhlanyelwe kukuhle ngesikhatsi sako kungakhuli, nako konkhe lokutjaliwe akumileli impande; emhlabeni; kabayikusindiswa bonke. 42 Ngasengiphendula ngathi: Uba ngifumene umusa, mangikhulume. 43 njengembewu yomlimi ibhubha, uma ingakhuli, ingamukeli imvula yakho ngesikhathi sayo; noma uma kufika imvula enkulu, iyonakalise; 44 Kanjalo naye uyabhubha umuntu obunjwe ngezandla zakho, obizwa ngowakho umfanekiso, ngokuba ufana naye owenza zonke izinto ngenxa yakhe, wamfanisa nembewu yomlimi. 45 Ungasithukutheleli, kepha hawukela abantu bakho, uhawukele ifa lakho, ngokuba unomusa kubo. 46 Yasingiphendula yathi: Izinto ezikhona zingezesikhathi samanje, lezizayo kwabazayo.
47 Ngoba wena uyafinyela kakhulu, ukuze ukwazi ukuthanda isidalwa sami ukwedlula mina; 48 Ngalokhu futhi uyamangalisa phambi koPhezukonke. 49 Ngokuzithoba kwakho, njengokufanele kuwe, futhi awuzibonanga ukuthi ufanele ukudunyiswa kakhulu phakathi kwabalungileyo. 50 Ngokuba ziningi izinhlupheko ezinkulu eziyokwenziwa kubo labo ngesikhathi sokugcina abayohlala emhlabeni, ngenxa yokuthi bahambe ngokuzidla okukhulu. 51 Kodwa ziqonde wena, ufune udumo kwabanjengawe. 52 Ngokuba ipharadesi livulelwe nina, isihlahla sokuphila siyatshalwa, isikhathi esizayo silungisiwe, inala isilungisiwe, idolobha liyakhiwa, futhi ukuphumula kuvunyelwe, yebo, ubuhle nobuhlakani obuphelele. 53 Impande yobubi ivaliwe kini, ubuthakathaka nenundu lifihlekile kini, nokonakala kubalekele esihogweni ukuze kukhohlakale. 54 Usizi luyedlula, futhi ekugcineni ivezwe ingcebo yokungabhubhi. 55 Ngakho-ke ungabe usabuza mayelana nesixuku sababhubhayo. 56 Ngokuba lapho sebekhululiwe bamdelela oPhezukonke, badelela umthetho wakhe, bazishiya izindlela zakhe. 57 Banyathele phansi abalungileyo bakhe, 58 Basho enhliziyweni yabo ukuthi akakho uNkulunkulu; yebo, futhi nokwazi ukuthi kufanele bafe. 59 Ngokuba njengalokho okushiwo ngaphambili bayakunamukela, kanjalo ukoma nobuhlungu kulungiselwe bona; 60 Kodwa okudaliweyo banalo bangcolisa igama lalowo owabenzayo, futhi babengabongi kuye owabalungisela ukuphila. 61 Ngakho-ke ukwahlulela kwami sekuseduze. 62 Lezi zinto angizikhombisanga kubo bonke abantu, kodwa kuwena, nabambalwa abanjengawe. Ngase ngiphendula ngathi. 63 Bheka, O Nkosi, manje ungibonisile ubuningi bezimangaliso ozoqala ukuzenza ezinsukwini zokugcina, kodwa awuzange ungibonise ngaleso sikhathi. ISAHLUKO 9 1 Yasingiphendula yathi: Linganisa isikhathi ngokwakho, lalapho usubona ingxenye yezibonakaliso engikutshele zona ngaphambili, 2 Khona-ke niyoqonda, ukuthi kuseyiso kanye isikhathi, lapho oPhezukonke eyoqala ukuhambela izwe alenzile. 3 Ngakho nxa sekubonakala ukuzamazama komhlaba leziphithiphithi zabantu emhlabeni. 4 Khona uzaqonda ukuthi oPhezukonke wakhuluma lezozinto kusukela ezinsukwini ezazingaphambi kwakho, kusukela ekuqaleni. 5 Ngokuba njengalokhu konke okwenziwa ezweni kunesiqalo nesiphetho, nokuphela kusobala; 6 Ngokunjalo nezikhathi zoPhezukonke zineziqalo ezisobala ngezimangaliso nemisebenzi yamandla, neziphetho ngemiphumela nangezibonakaliso. 7 Futhi yilowo nalowo oyakusindiswa, abe namandla okusinda ngemisebenzi yakhe nangokukholwa enakholwa ngakho;
8 Izosindiswa kulezi zingozi ezishiwo, futhi ngiyobona insindiso yami ezweni lami, naphakathi kwemingcele yami; ngokuba ngizingcwelisele zona kusukela ekuqaleni. 9 Khona bazakuba sebujameni obudabukileyo, abasebezinukubeza izindlela zami khathesi; 10 Ngokuba abazuza okuhle ekuphileni kwabo, bengangazi; 11 Futhi labo abawenyanya umthetho wami, ngesikhathi besenenkululeko, futhi, ngesikhathi indawo yokuphenduka isabavulekele, abazange bawuqonde, kodwa bawudelela; 12 Okufanayo kumelwe kukwazi ngemva kokufa ngobuhlungu. 13 Ngakho-ke ungabuzi ukuthi abangamesabi uNkulunkulu bayakujeziswa kanjani, nokuthi nini; 14 Ngasengiphendula ngathi: 15 Ngishilo ngaphambili, namanje ngiyakhuluma, futhi ngiyakukhuluma futhi ngasemuva ukuthi baningi ababhubhayo kunabayosindiswa; 16 Njengegagasi likhulu kunethonsi. 17 Yangiphendula, yathi: Njengensimu injalo nembewu; njengezimbali, injalo nemibala; njengokuba sinjalo isisebenzi, unjalo nomsebenzi; njengomlimi yena, unjalo nensimi yakhe, ngokuba kwakuyisikhathi sezwe. 18 Manje ngesikhathi ngilungisa umhlaba, owawungakenziwa, ngisho ukuze bahlale kuwo manje, akekho owakhuluma ngokumelene nami. 19 Ngokuba ngaleso sikhathi bonke balalela; 20 Ngase ngibheka izwe, bheka, kwakukhona ingozi ngenxa yamacebo afikile kuwo. 21 Ngabona, ngayiyeka kakhulu, yangigcinela izithelo zomvini ehlukuzweni, nesitshalo sabantu abaningi. 22 Kalibe-ke ixuku elizalelwe ize; makugcinwe izithelo zomvini zami, nesithombo sami; ngoba ngomshikashika omkhulu ngiwuqedile. 23 Nokho, uma nisayeka izinsuku eziyisikhombisa, (kepha aniyikuzila ngazo, 24 Kodwa ngenani ensimini yezimbali, lapho kungakhiwanga ndlu, nidle izimbali zasendle kuphela; unganambithi inyama, ungaphuzi wayini, kodwa yidla izimbali zodwa;) 25 Futhi khuleka njalo koPhezukonke, khona ngizakuza ngikhulume lawe. 26 Ngasuka ngaya ensimini okuthiwa i-Ardati, njengokuyala kwakhe; ngahlala lapho phakathi kwezimbali, ngadla imifino yasendle, nokudla kwakho kwangisuthisa. 27 Kwathi emva kwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa ngahlala etshanini, inhliziyo yami yadabuka phakathi kwami njengakuqala; 28 Ngavula umlomo wami, ngaqala ukukhuluma phambi koPhezukonke, ngathi: 29 O Nkosi, wena ozibonakalisa kithi, waboniswa kobaba enkangala, endaweni lapho okunganyathelwanga muntu, endaweni ewugwadule, ekuphumeni kwabo eGibhithe. 30 Wasesithi: Ngizweni, Israyeli; uqaphele amazwi ami, wena nzalo kaJakobe. 31 Ngokuba bhekani, ngihlwanyela umthetho wami kini, uyakuthela izithelo kini, nibe nodumo kuwo kuze kube phakade. 32 Kepha obaba abawamukelayo umthetho, abawugcinanga, abagcinanga izimiso zakho; 33 Nokho abayamukelayo babhubha, ngoba kabagcinanga okuhlwanyelwe kubo.
34 Futhi, bheka, kuwumkhuba, lapho umhlabathi usuthole inhlanyelo, noma ulwandle umkhumbi, noma isiphi isitsha sokudla noma okunathwayo, ukuthi kubhubha okuhlwanyelwe kukho noma okuphonswe kukho. 35 Lokho okuhlwanyelweyo noma okuphonswe kukho noma okwemukelwayo kuyabhubha, futhi akuhlali nathi, kodwa kithina akwenzekanga kanjalo. 36 Ngoba thina esamukela umthetho sibhubha ngenxa yesono, lenhliziyo yethu esawamukelayo laye 37 Lanxa kunjalo umlayo kawubhubhi, kodwa uhlala uphakathi amandla akhe. 38 Lapho ngikhuluma lezi zinto enhliziyweni yami, ngabheka emuva ngamehlo ami, futhi ngakwesokunene ngabona owesifazane, futhi bheka, wayelila futhi ekhala ngezwi elikhulu, futhi wayedabukile kakhulu enhliziyweni, futhi wayenenhliziyo ebuhlungu. izingubo zaziklebhukile, nomlotha ekhanda lakhe. 39 Ngase ngidedela imicabango yami engangiphakathi kwayo, ngaphendukela kuye, 40 Wathi kuye: “Ukhalelani na? Kungani udangele kangaka engqondweni yakho? 41 Wathi kimi: “Nkosi, ngiyeke, ukuze ngizikhalele, ngengeze osizini lwami, ngokuba nginobuhlungu obukhulu enhliziyweni yami, ngiphansi kakhulu; 42 Ngasengisithi kuye: Ulani? Ngitshele. 43 Wathi kimi: “Mina incekukazi yakho bengiyinyumba, ngingenamntwana, nakuba nginendoda iminyaka engamashumi amathathu; 44 Futhi leyominyaka engamashumi amathathu angenzanga lutho olunye ubusuku nemini, namahora onke, kodwa ngenza owami, umkhuleko koPhezukonke. 45 Emva kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu uNkulunkulu wangizwa incekukazi yakho, wabheka usizi lwami, wabheka usizi lwami, wangipha indodana; ngajabula kakhulu ngaye, kanjalo nomyeni wami nabo bonke omakhelwane bami, samnika udumo olukhulu. uSomandla. 46 Futhi ngamondla ngomshikashika omkhulu. 47 Kwathi esekhulile, esefikile isikhathi sokuba lomfazi, ngenza idili. ISAHLUKO 10 1 Kwathi lapho indodana yami ingena ekamelweni layo lomshado, yawa, yafa. 2 Khona-ke sachitha izibani sonke, futhi bonke omakhelwane bami basukuma ukuze bangiduduze; ngakho ngalala kwaze kwaba usuku lwesibili ebusuku. 3 Kwathi lapho bonke sebehambile ukungiduduza, ngaze ngathula; ngase ngivuka ebusuku, ngabaleka, ngafika lapha kule nsimu, njengokuba ubona. 4 Kepha manje angiqondile ukubuyela emzini, kodwa ukuhlala lapha, nokungadli, nokungaphuzi, kepha ukulila njalo nokuzila ukudla ngize ngife. 5 Ngase ngiyeka ukuzindla engangikuyo, ngakhuluma kuye ngokuthukuthela, ngathi: 6 Wena wesifazane oyisiwula ngaphezu kwakho konke, awuboni yini ukulila kwethu, futhi kwenzekani kithi na? 7 Yeka ukuthi iSiyoni umama wethu ugcwele konke ukudabuka, futhi uthobekile kakhulu, ukulila kubuhlungu kakhulu?
8 Manje, njengoba sonke silila futhi sidabukile, ngokuba sonke sidabukile, ingabe wena udabukile ngendodana eyodwa? 9 Ngoba buza umhlaba, njalo uzakutshela ukuthi yiwo ofanele ukulila ngokuwa kwabanengi okukhulela phezu kwawo. 10 Ngokuba bonke baphuma kuyo ekuqaleni, futhi bonke abanye bayophuma kuyo, futhi, bheka, bahamba cishe bonke beya ekubhujisweni, futhi isixuku sabo sinqunywe nokusishulwa. 11 Ngubani-ke obezakwenza isililo esikhulu ukwedlula sona esilahlekelwe yisixuku esingaka? kanti wena odabukileyo kodwa ngoyedwa? 12 Kepha uma uthi kimi: ‘Isililo sami asinjengesomhlaba, ngokuba ngilahlekelwe isithelo sesisu sami, engisizalayo ngobuhlungu, ngisibele ngobuhlungu; 13 Kodwa umhlaba kawunjalo, ngoba ixuku elikuwo njengokuhamba komhlaba lingasekho njengokufika kwawo; 14 Bese ngithi kuwe: Njengalokho wazala ngokushikashikeka; ngokunjalo nomhlabathi wathela isithelo sawo, okuwukuthi, umuntu, kusukela ekuqaleni kuye owawenza. 15 Ngakho-ke zigcinele usizi lwakho, ukubekezelele ngesibindi lokho okukwehlele. 16 Ngokuba uma uvuma ukuzimisela kukaNkulunkulu ukuthi ulungile, uyokwamukela kokubili indodana yakho ngesikhathi, futhi uyotuswa phakathi kwabesifazane. 17 Hamba-ke uye emzini endodeni yakho. 18 Wathi kimi: "Angiyikukwenza lokho; angiyikungena emzini, kepha ngiyakufela lapha." 19 Ngakho ngaqhubeka ngikhuluma kuye, ngathi: 20 Ungenzi njalo, kodwa yelulekwa. ngami: ngoba zingaki izinhlupheko zaseSiyoni? duduzekani ngosizi lweJerusalema. 21 Uyabona ukuthi indlu yethu engcwele ichithiwe, nealtare lethu libhidliziwe, nethempeli lethu liyachithwa; 22 Ugubhu lwethu lubekwe phansi, ukuhlabelela kwethu kuthulisiwe, ukujabula kwethu kuphelile, nokukhanya kwezibani zethu kucinyiwe, umphongolo wesivumelwano sethu uchithiwe, izinto zethu ezingcwele zingcolisiwe, negama elingcwele elingcwele. abantwana bethu bajabhile, abapristi bethu bashisiwe, amaLevi ethu asiwe ekuthunjweni, izintombi zethu zingcolile, abafazi bethu badlwengulwa; abalungileyo bethu bathunjiwe, abancane bethu bachithwa, izinsizwa zethu zenziwe izigqila, namaqhawe ethu aphelile; 23 Futhi, okuyinto enkulu kunazo zonke, uphawu lwaseSiyoni manje selulahlekelwe ukuhlonishwa kwalo; ngoba unikelwe esandleni sabasizondayo. 24 Ngakho-ke susa usizi lwakho olukhulu, futhi ususe ubuningi bosizi, ukuze uMninimandla aphinde abe nomusa kuwe, futhi oPhezukonke akunikeze ukuphumula nokukhululeka emsebenzini wakho. 25 Kwathi ngisakhuluma naye, bheka, ubuso bakhe bukhazimula masinyane ngokuphazima kweso, nobuso bakhe bakhazimula, ngaze ngamesaba, ngacabanga ukuthi kungaba yini. 26 Bheka, wahle wamemeza kakhulu, kwaze kwazamazama umhlaba ngomsindo wowesifazane. 27 Ngase ngibona, bheka, owesifazane akabange esabonakala kimi, kepha kwase kwakhiwe umuzi, nomuzi
wawukhona. indawo enkulu yabonakala kwasezisekelweni; ngase ngesaba, ngamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, ngathi: 28 Uphi u-Uriyeli ingelosi, eyafika kimi ekuqaleni na? ngokuba ungenze ukuba ngiwele emibonweni eminingi, futhi ukuphela kwami kuphenduke ukonakala, nomkhuleko wami ukusola. 29 Futhi ngesikhathi ngikhuluma lamazwi bheka, weza kimi, futhi wangibuka. 30 Bheka, ngangilele njengomuntu ofileyo, nokuqonda kwami kwasuswa kimi; wangibamba ngesandla sokunene, wangiduduza, wangimisa ngezinyawo zami, wathi kimi: 31 Uyini na? Ukhathazekelani kangaka? Ukuqonda kwakho kudabukeni, nemicabango yenhliziyo yakho na? 32 Ngathi: ‘Ngokuba ungishiyile, ngenze njengamazwi akho, ngaya ensimini, bheka, ngibonile, nokho ngibonile ukuthi angikwazi ukukhuluma. 33 Wathi kimi: "Sukuma ndoda, futhi ngizokweluleka." 34 Ngase ngithi: “Khuluma, nkosi yami, kimi; kuphela ungangishiyi, funa ngife nethemba lami. 35 Ngoba ngibonile ukuthi bengingazi, njalo ngizwile engingakwaziyo. 36 Kumbe ingqondo yami ikhohlisiwe, kumbe umphefumulo wami usephutsheni? 37 Ngalokho ngiyakuncenga ukuba uyibonise inceku yakho lo mbono. 38 Wasengiphendula wathi: Ngizweni, ngizakutshela, ngikutshele ukuthi wesabani; 39 Ubonile ukuthi indlela yakho ilungile, ngokuba uhlala udabukile ngabantu bakho, wenzela iSiyoni isililo esikhulu. 40 Ngakho nansi incazelo yombono osanda kuwubona: 41 Wabona owesifazana elila, waseqalisa ukumduduza; 42 Kodwa kalokhu awusawuboni umfanekiso wowesifazana, kodwa kwabonakala kuwe umuzi owakhiwe. 43 Futhi njengoba ekutshele ngokufa kwendodana yakhe, lesi yisixazululo. 44 Lona wesifazane ombonileyo uyiSiyoni; 45 Kepha ngithi kuwe: Ubeneminyaka engamashumi amathathu eyinyumba; 46 Kwathi emva kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu uSolomoni wawakha umuzi, wanikela ngeminikelo, wazala oyinyumba. 47 Futhi lokhu ekutshelile ukuthi wamondla ngemihelo; 48 Kodwa njengoba ethe kuwe: ‘Indodana yami ingena ekamelweni layo lomshado yenzeka yaphela, yafa,’ lokhu kwaba yincithakalo efikile eJerusalema. 49 Futhi bheka, wabona isimo sakhe, futhi ngenxa yokuthi wayelilela indodana yakhe, waqala ukumduduza; 50 Ngokuba manje oPhezukonke usebonile ukuthi udabukile ngokungazenzisi, uhlupheka ngenhliziyo yakho yonke ngenxa yakhe, ukubonise ukukhazimula kwenkazimulo yalo nobuhle bobuhle balo. 51 Ngalokho ngithe kuwe hlala ensimini lapho kungakhiwanga ndlu; 52 Ngoba bengazi ukuthi oPhezukonke uzakutshengisa lokhu kuwe. 53 Ngalokho ngakuyala ukuba uye ensimini, lapho kungekho sisekelo sanoma yisiphi isakhiwo. 54 Ngoba endaweni lapho oPhezukonke aqalisa khona ukuveza umuzi wakhe, kakulasakhiwo somuntu esingema.
55 Ngakho-ke ungesabi, inhliziyo yakho mayingethuki, kepha ngena, ubone ubuhle nobukhulu besakhiwo, njengalokho amehlo akho engakubona; 56 Futhi emva kwalokho uyokuzwa lokho izindlebe zakho ezingakuzwa. 57 Ngokuba ubusisiwe ngaphezu kwabanye abaningi, futhi ubizwe ngoPhezukonke; kanjalo bayingcosana. 58 Kodwa kusasa ebusuku uzakuba lapha; 59 Kanjalo oPhezukonke uyakukukhombisa imibono yezinto eziphakemeyo, oPhezukonke ayakuyenza kwabahlezi emhlabeni ngezinsuku zokugcina. Ngalala ngalobo busuku nobunye njengokungiyala kwakhe. ISAHLUKO 11 1 Ngase ngibona iphupho, bheka, kwakhuphuka ukhozi elwandle, lunamaphiko ayishumi nambili anezimpaphe, namakhanda amathathu. 2 Ngabona, bheka, welula amaphiko akhe emhlabeni wonke, kwavunguza phezu kwakhe imimoya yonke yezulu, babuthana ndawonye. 3 Ngabona, futhi ezimpapheni zalo kwaphuma ezinye izimpaphe eziphambene; zaba yizimpaphe ezincane, zaba zincane. 4 Kepha amakhanda akhe ayephumulile; 5 Ngabona, bheka, ukhozi lwandiza nezimpaphe zalo, lwabusa emhlabeni naphezu kwabakhileyo kuwo. 6 Ngabona ukuthi zonke izinto eziphansi kwezulu zazingaphansi kwawo, akakho owakhuluma ngokumelene nawo, ngisho nesidalwa esisodwa emhlabeni. 7 Ngasengibona, khangela-ke, ukhozi luvuka phezu kwezipho zalo, lwakhuluma lempaphe zalo, lusithi: 8 Ningaqapheli kanyekanye: nilale, kube yilowo nalowo endaweni yakhe, nilinde ngokulandelana; 9 Kodwa amakhanda kawagcinelwe okokugcina. 10 Ngase ngibona, bheka, izwi aliphumanga emakhanda akhe, kodwa livela phakathi komzimba wakhe. 11 Ngabala izimpaphe eziphambene, bheka, zaziyisishiyagalombili. 12 Ngasengibona, khangela-ke, ngakwesokunene kwakuvuka insiba eyodwa, yabusad phezu komhlaba wonke; 13 Kwathi lapho isibusa, ukuphela kwayo kwafika, nendawo yayo ayibange isaba khona, kwasukuma okulandelayo. futhi wabusa, futhi waba nesikhathi esikhulu; 14 Kwathi lapho isibusa, nokuphela kwayo kwafika njengakuqala, kangangokuthi yayingabe isabonakala. 15 Kwase kufika kuyo izwi, lathi: 16 Zwana wena obusa umhlaba isikhathi eside kangaka: lokhu ngikutsho kuwe, ungakaqali ukubonakala; 17 Akuyikubakho namunye emva kwakho ofinyelela isikhathi sakho, noma ingxenye yaso. 18 Wasesukuma owesithathu, wabusa njengenye ngaphambili, kodwa kabe esabonakala futhi. 19 Kwahamba kanjalo kanye nabo bonke abaseleyo omunye emva komunye, kangangokuthi bonke babusa, futhi ngemva kwalokho akabe esabonakala. 20 Ngase ngibona, bheka, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi izimpaphe ezazilandela zema ngakwesokunene, ukuze zibuse nazo; abanye babo babusa, kodwa ngemva kwesikhatshana ababe besabonakala.
21 Ngoba abanye babo bamiswa, kodwa kababusanga; 22 Emva kwalokho ngabona, bheka, izimpaphe eziyishumi nambili azibange zisabonakala, nezimpaphe ezincane ezimbili. 23 Kwase kungasekho emzimbeni wokhozi, kodwa amakhanda amathathu ahlala, namaphiko amancane ayisithupha. 24 Ngabona futhi ukuthi izimpaphe ezincane ezimbili zahlukana neziyisithupha, zahlala ngaphansi kwekhanda elingakwesokunene, ngoba ezine zahlala endaweni yazo. 25 Ngase ngibona, bheka, izimpaphe ezazingaphansi kwephiko zazicabanga ukuzimisa nokuba negunya. 26 Futhi ngabona, futhi, bheka, kwakukhona owayemisiwe, kodwa ngokushesha wangabe esabonakala. 27 Futhi eyesibili yashesha kakhulu kuneyokuqala. 28 Ngase ngibona, bheka, ababili abasalayo babecabanga ukubusa phakathi kwabo. 29 Kwathi besacabanga kanjalo, bheka, kwavuka elinye lamakhanda ayesephumule, okungukuthi, eliphakathi; ngoba lalilikhulu kulamanye amakhanda amabili. 30 Ngase ngibona ukuthi amanye amakhanda amabili ahlangene nalo. 31 Bheka, ikhanda laphenduka kanye nabakanye nalo, badla izimpaphe ezimbili phansi kwephiko elalingabusa. 32 Kodwa leli khanda lesabisa umhlaba wonke, labusa kuwo phezu kwabo bonke abakhileyo emhlabeni ngokucindezelwa okukhulu; labusa umhlaba ngaphezu kwamaphiko onke ayekhona. 33 Emva kwalokho ngabona, bheka, ikhanda elaliphakathi alibange lisabonakala ngokuzumayo njengamaphiko. 34 Kodwa kwasala amakhanda amabili lawo ayebusa emhlabeni ngokufanayo laphezu kwabakhileyo kuwo. 35 Ngabona, bheka, ikhanda elingakwesokunene lashwabadela elingakwesokhohlo. 36 Ngase ngiphakamisa izwi, lathi kimi: "Bheka phambi kwakho, uqaphele lokho okubonayo." 37 Ngabona, bheka, kungathi ingonyama ebhongayo ixoshwa ehlathini, ngabona ukuthi yathumela izwi lomuntu okhozini, yathi: 38 Lalela wena, ngizakhuluma lawe, njalo oPhezukonke uzakuthi kuwe: 39 Awusiye yini oseleyo ezilwaneni ezine, engazenza ukuba zibuse ezweni lami, ukuze ukuphela kwezikhathi zazo kufike ngazo? 40 Neyesine yeza, yazinqoba zonke izilo ezazidlulile, yaba namandla phezu kwezwe ngokwesaba okukhulu, naphezu kwawo wonke umhlaba ngokucindezela okubi okuningi; futhi isikhathi eside kangaka wahlala emhlabeni ngenkohliso. 41 Ngokuba umhlaba awuwahlulelanga ngeqiniso. 42 Ngokuba ubahluphile abamnene, wabalimaza abanokuthula, wabathanda abaqambimanga, futhi wachitha izindawo zokuhlala zalabo abaveza izithelo, futhi wadiliza izindonga zalabo abangazange bakulimaze. 43 Ngakho ububi bakho bukhuphukela phezulu, nokuzigqaja kwakho koSomandla. 44 OPhezukonke uzibonile izikhathi zokuzidla, futhi bheka, seziphelile, nezinengiso zakhe ziyagcwaliseka. 45 Ngakho-ke ungabe usabonakala, wena lukhozi, nezimpiko zakho ezesabekayo, nezimpaphe zakho ezimbi,
namakhanda akho amabi, nezinzipho zakho ezilimazayo, nawo wonke umzimba wakho oyize; 46 Ukuze umhlaba wonke uvuselelwe, futhi ubuye, ukhululiwe ebudloveni bakho, futhi uthembele ukwahlulela nesihawu salowo owawenza. ISAHLUKO 12 1 Kwathi ingonyama ikhuluma lawa mazwi okhozini, ngabona; 2 Bheka, inhloko eyayisele namaphiko amane ayisabonakalanga, base beya kuyo bobabili, bazibeka ukuba abuse, umbuso wabo wawumncinyane, ugcwele isiyaluyalu. 3 Ngabona, bheka, azibange zisabonakala, nomzimba wonke wokhozi washa, umhlaba washaywa uvalo olukhulu; futhi wathi emoyeni wami. 4 Bheka, ukwenzile lokhu kimi, ngokuhlolisisa izindlela zoPhezukonke. 5 Bheka, nokho ngikhathele engqondweni yami, futhi ngibuthakathaka kakhulu emoyeni wami; futhi kukhona kimi amandla amancane, ngenxa yokwesaba okukhulu engihlushwe ngakho ngalobu busuku. 6 Ngakho manje ngiyakuncenga oPhezukonke ukuba angiduduze kuze kube sekupheleni. 7 Ngasengisithi: Nkosi ebusayo, uba ngithole umusa phambi kwami emehlweni akho, noma ngilungisiswa kuwe phambi kwabanye abaningi, uma umkhuleko wami ukhuphuka impela phambi kobuso bakho; 8 Ngakho ngiduduze, ungitshengise inceku yakho incazelo lomehluko ocacileyo walombono owesabekayo, ukuze ududuze umphefumulo wami ngokupheleleyo. 9 Ngoba ungibone ngifanele ukungitshengisa izikhathi zokucina. 10 Wathi kimi: “Nansi incazelo yombono. 11 Ukhozi olubonile lukhuphuka elwandle, lungumbuso owabonwa embonweni womfowenu uDaniyeli. 12 Kodwa akuchazelwanga kuye, ngakho-ke manje sengiyakumemezela kuwe. 13 Bheka, izinsuku ziyofika lapho umbuso uyovuka emhlabeni, futhi uyosabeka ngaphezu kwayo yonke imibuso eyayingaphambi kwawo. 14 Ngaso amakhosi ayishumi nambili ayakubusa, elinye emva kwelinye; 15 Okwesibili kuyoqala ukubusa, futhi iyoba nesikhathi esiningi kunabo bonke abayishumi nambili. 16 Futhi lokhu kufanekiswa amaphiko ayishumi nambili, owubonileyo. 17 Ngokuqondene nezwi owalizwa likhuluma, nokuthi awuzange ubone ukuthi liphuma emakhanda kodwa liphuma phakathi nomzimba walo, lokhu kuyincazelo. 18 Ukuthi emva kwesikhathi salowo mbuso kuyakuvela ukulwa okukhulu, futhi uyokuma engozini yokuhluleka, nokho ngaleso sikhathi awuyikuwa, kodwa uyobuyiselwa futhi ekuqaleni kwawo. 19 Njengoba wabona eziyisishiyagalombili ezincane ngaphansi kwezimpaphe zinamathele ezimpikweni zazo, yilesi incazelo. 20 ukuthi kuyakuvela kuye amakhosi ayisishiyagalombili, izikhathi zawo ziyakuba zincane, neminyaka yawo ibe ngejubane.
21 Kuyobhubha ezimbili zazo, ngesikhathi esimaphakathi sisondela, ezine ziyogcinwa kuze kufike ukuphela kwazo, kodwa ezimbili ziyogcinwa kuze kube sekupheleni. 22 Njengoba ubona amakhanda amathathu ehlezi, lokhu kuyincazelo: 23 Ezinsukwini zakhe zokugcina oPhezukonke uyakumisa imibuso emithathu, avuselele okuningi kuyo, abuse umhlaba; 24 nabakhileyo kulo ngokucindezela okukhulu ngaphezu kwabo bonke ababengaphambi kwabo; ngalokho babizwa ngokuthi amakhanda okhozi. 25 Ngokuba laba yibo abayofeza ububi bakhe, futhi abayoqeda ukuphela kwakhe. 26 Futhi njengoba ubonile ukuthi ikhanda elikhulu alisabonakali, kusho ukuthi oyedwa wabo uyofela embhedeni wakhe, kodwa nokho abe nobuhlungu. 27 Ngoba ababili abaseleyo bazabulawa ngenkemba. 28 Ngokuba inkemba yomunye iyakudla enye, kepha ekugcineni iyakuwa ngenkemba yena. 29 Futhi ubona izimpaphe ezimbili ngaphansi kwamaphiko zidlula phezu kwekhanda elingakwesokunene; 30 Kuyakhombisa ukuthi laba yibo oPhezukonke abagcinile kwaze kwaba sekugcineni kwabo; 31 nengonyama, owayibonayo iphuma ehlathini, ibhodla, ikhuluma nokhozi, ilikhuza ngobubi balo ngamazwi onke owazwileyo; 32 Lo nguye ogcotshiweyo oPhezukonke abagcinele ububi babo kuze kube sekupheleni; 33 Ngokuba uyakubabeka phambi kwakhe bephila ekwahluleleni, abasole, abaqondise. 34 Ngokuba bonke abanye abantu bami uyobakhulula ngesihe, labo ababecindezelwe emingceleni yami, futhi uyobenza bajabule kuze kufike usuku lokwahlulela, engikhulume ngalo kuwe kusukela ekuqaleni. 35 Nanti iphupho olibonileyo, lezi yizincazelo. 36 Nguwe kuphela ofanele ukwazi lemfihlo yoPhezukonke. 37 Ngakho bhala zonke lezizinto ozibonileyo egwalweni, uzifihle; 38 Futhi uzifundise abahlakaniphileyo babantu, izinhliziyo zabo ozaziyo zingase ziqonde futhi zizigcine lezi zimfihlo. 39 Kepha wena hlala lapha wena izinsuku eziyisikhombisa, ukuze ukuvezwe noma yini oPhezukonke athanda ukukutshela yona. Wasuka wahamba. 40 Kwasekusithi bonke abantu sebebonile ukuthi insuku eziyisikhombisa sezidlulile, ngingabuyi emzini, basebebuthana bonke, kusukela komncinyane kusiya komkhulu, beza kimi, bathi: 41 Sone ngani? Senze bubi bani kuwe, uze usilahle, uhlale lapha kule ndawo, na? 42 Ngokuba kubo bonke abaphrofethi nguwe kuphela osele kithi, njengehlukuzo lokuvuna amagilebhisi, nanjengekhandlela endaweni emnyama, nanjengesiphephelo noma umkhumbi ovikelwe esiphephweni. 43 Ububi obusehleleyo azanele yini? 44 Uma usilahla, bekungaba ngcono kangakanani kithi, uma nathi sashiswa phakathi kweSiyoni na? 45 Ngoba kasingcono kulalabo abafela khona. Bakhala ngezwi elikhulu. Ngase ngibaphendula, ngathi. 46 Duduzeka, Israyeli; ungapheli amandla, wena ndlu kaJakobe;
47 Ngoba oPhezukonke uyalikhumbula; 48 Mina-ke, angikushiyanga, futhi angisukanga kuwe; kodwa ngize kule ndawo ukuba ngikhulekele incithakalo yeSiyoni, futhi ngifunele umusa endaweni ephansi yakho. indlu yakho engcwele. 49 Manje hambani niye ekhaya, kube yilowo nalowo, kuthi emva kwalezi zinsuku ngize kini. 50 Ngakho abantu bahamba baya emzini, njengoba nje ngibayalile. 51 Kepha ngahlala ensimini izinsuku eziyisikhombisa, njengalokho ingiyalile ingelosi; ngadla ngalezo zinsuku kuphela izimbali zasendle, ngadla nemifino. ISAHLUKO 13 1 Kwathi emva kwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa ngaphupha iphupho ebusuku; 2 Bheka, kwavuka umoya olwandle, wanyakazisa onke amagagasi alo. 3 Ngabona, bheka, lowo muntu waba namandla ngezinkulungwane zezulu; 4 Kwakuthi lapho izwi liphuma emlonyeni wakhe, bonke abalizwa izwi lakhe bavutha njengokungathi umhlaba uphela lapho uzwa umlilo. 5 Emva kwalokho ngabona, bheka, kwabuthana uquqaba lwabantu, bevela emimoyeni yomine yezulu, bevela emimoyeni yomine yezulu, ukuze banqobe umuntu owaphuma elwandle. 6 Kodwa ngabona, futhi, bheka, wayezibambile intaba enkulu, futhi wandiza phezu kwayo. 7 Kodwa bengingathanda ukubona isifunda noma indawo lapho intaba iqoshwe khona, futhi ngehluleka. 8 Futhi emva kwalokhu ngabona, futhi, bheka, bonke labo ababebuthene ndawonye ukumehlisa besaba kakhulu, nokho babelokotha ukulwa. 9 Bheka, ebona ubudlova besixuku esasifika, akaphakamisanga isandla sakhe, akaphathanga inkemba, nanto yokulwa; 10 Kodwa ngabona kuphela ukuthi wayekhupha emlonyeni wakhe kungathi kungathi ukuvuthela komlilo, lendebeni zakhe umoya ovuthayo, lolimi lwakhe ekhupha inhlansi leziphepho. 11 Basebexutshaniswa bonke; ukufutha komlilo, nokuphefumula kwelangabi, nesiphepho esikhulu; yawela ngobudlova phezu kwesixuku ebesilungiselwe ukulwa, yabashisa bonke, kwaze kwathi ngokuzumayo kwesixuku esingenakubalwa okwabonwa lutho, kuphela uthuli nephunga lentuthu; lapho ngibona lokhu ngesaba. . 12 Ngasengimbona ehla entabeni, ngibiza elinye ixuku elinokuthula. 13 Kwasekusiza kuye ixuku elikhulu, abanye bathokoza, abanye bedabukile, abanye babo bebotshiwe, labanye balethwa kwabanikelwayo; ngase ngigula ngokwesaba okukhulu; 14 Wena wayibonisa inceku yakho lezi zimangaliso kwasekuqaleni, wangibona ngifanele ukuba wamukele umkhuleko wami; 15 Ake ngibonise ingcazelo yaleliphupho. 16 Ngokuba njengoba ngithatha ingqondo yami, maye kulabo abayosala ngalezo zinsuku, futhi maye kakhulu kulabo abangashiywa emuva!
17 Ngoba labo ababengasalanga babesebuhlungwini. 18 Manje sengiyaqonda izinto ezibekelwe ezinsukwini zokugcina eziyokwehlela bona nalabo abasasele emuva. 19 Ngakho bangena ezingozini ezinkulu lezidingo ezinengi, njengalokhu amaphupho lawa atsho. 20 Nokho kulula kulowo osengozini ukuba eze kulezizinto, kunokuba adlule njengefu lisuke ezweni, angaboni izinto ezenzeka ezinsukwini zokugcina. Wangiphendula, wathi: 21 Ngiyakukukhombisa incazelo yombono, ngikuvulele lokho okucelile. 22 Njengoba ukhulumile ngabaseleyo, le yincazelo: 23 Lowo obekezelela ubungozi ngaleso sikhathi uzigcinile; 24 Ngakho yazini lokhu ukuthi abaseleyo babusisiwe kunabafileyo. 25 Nansi incazelo yombono: Njengoba wabona umuntu ekhuphuka phakathi kolwandle; 26 Nguye lowo uNkulunkulu oPhezukonke amgcinele isikhathi esikhulu, azokhulula ngokwakhe indalo yakhe, futhi ahlele abasala ngemuva. 27 Ubonile ukuthi emlonyeni wakhe kuphuma ukufutha komoya, nomlilo, nesivunguvungu; 28 nokuthi akaphathanga inkemba nazikhali zokulwa, kepha ukuthi ukutheleka kwakhe kwabhubhisa isixuku sonke ebesiza ukumehlula; nansi incazelo: 29 Bheka, izinsuku ziyeza, lapho oPhezukonke eyoqala ukusindisa abasemhlabeni. 30 Futhi uyofika ngokumangala kwabakhileyo emhlabeni. 31 Futhi omunye uyothatha isinyathelo ukulwa nomunye, umuzi ngokumelene nomunye, indawo enye nenye, abantu ngokumelene nomunye, futhi omunye umbuso ngokumelene nomunye. 32 Futhi kuyofika isikhathi lapho lezi zinto ziyokwenzeka, futhi kuyokwenzeka izibonakaliso engikubonise zona ngaphambili, khona-ke kuyomenyezelwa ngeNdodana yami, owayibona njengomuntu ekhuphuka. 33 Futhi lapho bonke abantu bezwa izwi lakhe, yilowo nalowo ezweni lakubo uyoshiya impi ababhekene nayo. 34 Futhi isixuku esingenakubalwa siyobuthana ndawonye, njengoba usibonile, sizimisele ukuza futhi simnqobe ngokulwa. 35 Kepha uyakuma esiqongweni sentaba yaseSiyoni; 36 Futhi iSiyoni liyakufika, futhi liyobonakaliswa kubo bonke, lilungisiwe futhi lakhiwa. njengoba ubona intaba iqoshwe kungengazandla. 37 Futhi le Ndodana yami iyosola izinto ezimbi ezisunguliwe zalezo zizwe, eziwele esiphephweni ngenxa yempilo yazo embi; 38 Ibeke phambi kwabo imicabango yabo emibi, nezinhlupheko abayakuqala ukuhlushwa ngazo, okufana nelangabi, abachithe ngaphandle komshikashika ngomthetho onjengami. 39 Futhi njengoba ubonile ukuthi wabuthela kuye esinye isixuku sokuthula; 40 Lezo ziyizizwe eziyishumi, ezathunjwa ezweni lakubo ngesikhathi sika-Oseya inkosi, uSalmanasari inkosi yaseAsiriya azithumbayo, waziweza phezu kwamanzi, zaze zangena kwelinye izwe. . 41 Kodwa bacebisana ukuthi batshiye ixuku lezizwe, baye kwelinye ilizwe lapho okungahlalwanga khona muntu; 42 Ukuze bagcine lapho izimiso zabo, abangazange bazigcine ezweni lakubo.
43 Bangena e-Ewufrathe ngasezindaweni eziwumngcingo zomfula. 44 Ngokuba oPhezukonke wababonisa izibonakaliso, wabamba uzamcolo, baze bawela. 45 Ngoba kwakukhona indlela enkulu yokuhamba kulelolizwe, engumnyaka lengxenye; 46 Basebehlala khona kwaze kwaba yisikhathi sakamuva; futhi manje lapho sebeqala ukufika. 47 OPhezukonke uyakuvimba imithombo yomfula ukuba idlule; ngalokho wabona isixuku sinokuthula. 48 Kodwa labo abaseleyo phakathi kwabantu bakho yilabo abatholakala phakathi kwemingcele yami. 49 Manje lapho echitha uquqaba lwezizwe ezibuthene ndawonye, uyovikela abantu bakhe abasele. 50 Khona-ke iyobabonisa izimangaliso ezinkulu. 51 Ngase ngithi: “Jehova nkosi, ngibonise lokhu: Ngiboneleni umuntu ekhuphuka phakathi kolwandle na? 52 Yasisithi kimi: Njengalokhu ungeke wadinga loba ukwazi okusekujuleni kolwandle, ngokunjalo kakho emhlabeni ongabona iNdodana yami, kumbe labo abalayo, ngaphandle kwemini yemini. . 53 Nansi ingcazelo yephupho olibonileyo, olapha nguwe wedwa. 54 Ngokuba uyishiyile eyakho indlela, wasebenzisa inkuthalo yakho emthethweni wami, wawufuna. 55 Uyilungisile impilo yakho ngokuhlakanipha, wabiza ukuqedisisa ngokuthi ngunyoko. 56 Ngakho ngikutshengisile amagugu oPhezukonke; 57 Ngase ngihamba ngaya ensimini, ngidumisa futhi ngibonga kakhulu koPhezukonke ngenxa yezimangaliso zakhe azenzayo ngesikhathi; 58 Futhi ngenxa yokuthi ubusa okufanayo, nalokho okuwela ngesikhathi sazo, futhi ngahlala lapho izinsuku ezintathu. ISAHLUKO 14 1 Kwathi ngosuku lwesithathu ngihlezi phansi kwe-oki, bheka, kwavela izwi esihlahleni esiphambana nami, lathi: "Esdras, Esdras." 2 Ngasengisithi: Nangu mina, Nkosi, njalo ngema ngenyawo zami. 3 Wayesethi kimi: “Esihlahleni ngazibonakalisa kuMose, ngakhuluma naye lapho abantu bami bekhonza eGibithe; 4 Ngamthuma, ngabahola abantu bami eGibithe, ngenyukela entabeni lapho ngangimbambe khona isikhathi eside; 5 Wamtshela izimangaliso eziningi, wambonisa izimfihlo zezikhathi nokuphela; wamyala wathi. 6 Lawa mazwi uyakuwamemezela, futhi lawa uyakuwafihla. 7 Manje ngithi kuwe, 8 ukuze ubeke enhliziyweni yakho izibonakaliso engizenzile, namaphupho owabonileyo, nezincazelo ozizwileyo; 9 Ngokuba uyosuswa kubo bonke, futhi kusukela manje uyohlala neNdodana yami, futhi nalabo abanjengawe, kuze kuphele izikhathi. 10 Ngokuba umhlaba ulahlekelwe ubusha bakhe, futhi izikhathi ziqala ukuguga.
11 Ngokuba umhlaba uhlukaniswe waba izingxenye eziyishumi nambili, futhi izingxenye zawo eziyishumi sezihambile, nengxenye yengxenye yeshumi; 12 Futhi kusasele lokho okuyingxenye yengxenye yeshumi. 13 Ngakho-ke lungisa indlu yakho, ukhuze abantu bakho, ududuze abasosizini, ulahle ukonakala; 14 Yekani imicabango efayo, nilahle imithwalo yomuntu, nikhumule manje isimo esibuthakathaka; 15 Futhi susa imicabango enzima kakhulu kuwe, futhi usheshise ukubaleka kulezi zikhathi. 16 Ngokuba nokho ububi obukhulu kunalokhu obubonile kwenzeka buyokwenzeka kamuva. 17 Ngokuba bhekani ukuthi izwe liyakuba buthakathaka kangakanani ekuhambeni kwesikhathi, kakhulukazi ububi buyokwanda phezu kwabakhileyo kulo. 18 Ngokuba isikhathi sibalekele kude, nokuhlehla kuseduze; ngokuba umbono owubonileyo uyashesha ukufika. 19 Ngase ngiphendula phambi kwakho ngathi: 20 Bheka, Nkosi, ngiyakuhamba njengokungiyala kwakho, ngikhuze abantu abakhona, kepha abayozalwa kamuva, ngubani oyakubayala na? kanjalo izwe libe sebumnyameni, nabahlezi kulo abanakukhanya. 21 Ngokuba umthetho wakho ushile; kakho ozaziyo izinto ezenziwa nguwe, kumbe umsebenzi ozakuqala. 22 Kodwa uma ngifumene umusa phambi kwakho, thumela uMoya oNgcwele kimi, futhi ngizobhala konke okwenziwa emhlabeni kusukela ekuqaleni, okulotshiwe emthethweni wakho, ukuze abantu bathole indlela yakho, futhi ukuze bakuthole. eziyophila ezinsukwini zokugcina zingaphila. 23 Yasingiphendula yathi: Hamba, ubuthe abantu, uthi kubo: Kabayikukufuna okwensuku ezingamatshumi amane. 24 Kepha bheka, uzilungisele izigodo eziningi, uhambe noSareya, noDabriya, noShelemiya, no-Ekanu, no-Asiyeli, lezi ezinhlanu ezilungele ukubhala masinyane; 25 Futhi woza lapha, futhi ngizokhanyisa ikhandlela lokuqonda enhliziyweni yakho, elingayikucinywa, kuze kube yilapho kwenzeka izinto oyoqala ukuzibhala. 26 Njalo nxa usukwenzile, uzatshumayela ezinye izinto, lokunye uzakukhuluma ngasese kwabahlakaniphileyo; kusasa lelihola uzaqalisa ukuloba. 27 Ngase ngiphuma njengokulaya kwakhe, ngabutha bonke abantu, ngathi: 28 Yizwa lawa mazwi, Israyeli. 29 Okhokho bethu ekuqaleni babengabafokazi eGibhithe, lapho bakhululwa khona. 30 nawemukela umthetho wokuphila abangawugcinanga, enaweqa nani emva kwabo. 31 Khona izwe, izwe laseSiyoni, lahlukaniswa phakathi kwenu ngenkatho, kepha oyihlo, nani ngokwenu nenzile ububi, anizigcinanga izindlela aniyala ngazo oPhezukonke. 32 Futhi njengoba engumahluleli olungileyo, wathatha kuwe ngesikhathi esifanele lokho akunike khona. 33 Manje senilapha, nabafowenu phakathi kwenu. 34 Ngakho-ke uma kungenjalo nizokwehlisela ukuqonda kwenu, futhi niguqule izinhliziyo zenu, niyogcinwa niphila futhi emva kokufa niyothola umusa. 35 Ngokuba emva kokufa kuyakufika ukwahlulelwa, lapho sesibuye saphila, khona-ke amagama abalungileyo ayobonakaliswa, nemisebenzi yabangamesabi uNkulunkulu iyakumenyezelwa.
36 Ngakho kakungabi lamuntu oza kimi khathesi, longidingayo kulezinsuku ezingamatshumi amane. 37 Ngase ngiwathatha amadoda ayisihlanu, njengalokho eyalile kimi, sangena ensimini, sahlala khona. 38 Ngangomuso, bheka, izwi langibiza, lithi: "Esdras, vula umlomo wakho, uphuze engiyakunathisa ngakho." 39 Ngasengivula umlomo wami, khangela-ke, wanginika indebe egcweleyo, eyayigcwele kungathi ngamanzi, kodwa umbala wayo wawunjengomlilo. 40 Ngakuthabatha, ngaphuza, ngasengikuphuzile, inhliziyo yami yakhuluma ukuqonda, nokuhlakanipha kwakhula esifubeni sami, ngokuba umoya wami waqinisa inkumbulo yami. 41 Futhi umlomo wami wavuleka, futhi angabe ngisavala. 42 OPhezukonke wabanika ukuqonda amadoda ayisihlanu, aloba nemibono emangalisayo ebusuku eyayikhulunywa, ababengayazi, futhi bahlala izinsuku ezingamashumi amane, futhi babhala emini, futhi ebusuku badla isinkwa. 43 Mina-ke. Ngakhuluma emini, angibambanga ulimi lwami ebusuku. 44 Ngezinsuku ezingamashumi amane babhala izincwadi ezingamakhulu amabili nane. 45 Kwathi seziphelele izinsuku ezingamashumi amane, oPhezukonke wakhuluma, wathi: “Eyokuqala oyilobileyo kumemezele obala, ukuze abafaneleyo nabangafaneleki bayifunde; 46 Kodwa gcina abangamashumi ayisikhombisa ekugcineni, ukuze ubanikele kwabahlakaniphileyo phakathi kwabantu kuphela; 47 Ngokuba kuyo kukhona umthombo wokuqonda, umthombo wokuhlakanipha, nomfula wolwazi. 48 Ngenza njalo. ISAHLUKO 15 1 Bheka, khuluma ezindlebeni zabantu bami amazwi esiprofetho, engiyakuwabeka emlonyeni wakho, isho iNkosi; 2 Futhi wenze ukuba zilotshwe ephepheni: ngoba zithembekile futhi ziyiqiniso. 3 Ungawesabi amacebo ngawe, ungakukhathazi ukuduka kwabo abakhuluma kabi ngawe. 4 Ngoba bonke abangathembekanga bazakufa ngenxa yokungathembeki kwabo. 5 Bhekani, isho iNkosi, ngiyakwehlisela izinhlupho emhlabeni; inkemba, nendlala, nokufa, nokubhujiswa. 6 Ngokuba ububi buye bangcolisa kakhulu umhlaba wonke, nemisebenzi yabo elimazayo isigcwalisekile. 7Ngakho-ke i Nkosi ithi: 8 Angisayikubamba ulimi lwami ngokuphathelene nobubi babo ababenza ngokuhlambalaza, futhi ngeke ngibabekezelele kulezo zinto abazenza ngokubi; bheka, igazi elingenacala nelilungile liyakhala kimi, nemiphefumulo yabangcwele. vele ukhononde njalo. 9 Ngakho-ke, kusho iNkosi, ngokuqinisekile ngizobaphindisela, futhi ngemukele kimi lonke igazi elingenacala phakathi kwabo. 10 Bheka, abantu bami bayiswa ekuhlatshweni njengomhlambi; angiyikubavumela manje ukuba bahlale ezweni laseGibithe;
11 Kepha ngiyakubaletha ngesandla esinamandla nangengalo eyeluliweyo, ngishaye iGibithe ngezinhlupho njengakuqala, ngichithe lonke izwe lalo. 12 IGibhithe liyolila, futhi isisekelo salo siyoshaywa ngenhlupho nesijeziso uNkulunkulu ayosiletha phezu kwalo. 13 Abalima umhlabathi bayakulila, ngokuba imbewu yabo iyakuphela ngokuhamula nesichotho, nomlaza owesabekayo. 14 Maye kuwo umhlaba nabakhileyo kuwo! 15 Ngokuba inkemba nokubhujiswa kwabo kuyasondela, futhi isizwe esisodwa siyasukuma silwe omunye, lenkemba ezandleni zabo. 16 Ngokuba kuyakuba khona ukuhlubuka phakathi kwabantu, nokuhlaselana; abayikunaka amakhosi abo nezikhulu zabo, kepha indlela yezenzo zabo iyakuma emandleni abo. 17 Umuntu uyakufisa ukungena emzini, kepha ahluleke. 18 Ngokuba ngenxa yokuziqhenya kwayo imizi iyakunyakaziswa, nezindlu ziyobhidlika, abantu besabe. 19 Umuntu akayikuhawukela umakhelwane wakhe, kepha uyochitha izindlu zabo ngenkemba, aphange impahla yabo, ngenxa yokuswela isinkwa nangenxa yosizi olukhulu. 20 Bhekani, usho uJehova, ngibizele ndawonye onke amakhosi omhlaba ukuba angikhonze, avela empumalanga, naseningizimu, nasempumalanga, naseLebanoni; ukuze baphenduke omunye komunye, babuyisele lokho abakwenzileyo kubo. 21 Njengalokhu benza namuhla kwabakhethiweyo bami, ngiyakwenza kanjalo nami, ngiphindisele esifubeni sabo. Isho kanje iNkosi uJehova; 22 Isandla sami sokunene kasiyikuhawukela izoni, lenkemba yami kayiyikuphela phezu kwabachitha igazi elingelacala emhlabeni. 23 Umlilo uphumile entukuthelweni yakhe, waqeda izisekelo zomhlaba, nezoni njengotshani obubasiweyo. 24 Maye kulabo abonayo, futhi bangagcini imiyalo yami! isho iNkosi. 25 Kangiyikubahawukela; hambani, bantwanyana, emandleni, lingangcolisi ithempeli lami elingcwele. 26 Ngokuba uJehova uyabazi bonke abonayo kuye, ngalokho uyabanikela ekufeni nasekubhujisweni. 27 Ngokuba manje izinhlupho sezifikile emhlabeni wonke, nizohlala kuzo, ngokuba uNkulunkulu akayikunikhulula, ngokuba nonile kuye. 28 Bheka, umbono owesabekayo nokubonakala kwawo uvela empumalanga; 29 Lapho izizwe zamadrako ase-Arabiya ziyophuma khona nezinqola eziningi, futhi uquqaba lwazo luyothwalwa njengomoya phezu komhlaba, ukuze bonke labo abawazwayo besabe futhi bathuthumele. 30 Futhi amaKarmani athukuthele ngolaka ayophuma njengezingulube zehlathi, futhi ngamandla amakhulu ayofika, futhi ahlangane nawo empini, futhi ayochitha ingxenye yezwe lase-Asiriya. 31 Futhi ngaleso sikhathi odrako bayokuba nesandla esiphezulu, bekhumbula imvelo yabo; futhi uma bephenduka, benza ugobe kanyekanye ngamandla amakhulu ukubashushisa; 32 Khona-ke laba bayakuthuthumela, bathule ngamandla abo, babaleke.
33 Futhi kuvela ezweni lase-Asiriya isitha siyakubavimbezela, sibaqede abanye kubo, nasebuthweni labo kuyakuba khona ukwesaba nokwesabeka, nokuxabana phakathi kwamakhosi abo. 34 Bheka, amafu avela empumalanga nasenyakatho kuya eningizimu, esabekayo kakhulu ukuwabuka, agcwele ulaka nesivunguvungu. 35 Ziyoshaya omunye komunye, futhi ziyobulala isixuku esikhulu sezinkanyezi emhlabeni, ngisho inkanyezi yazo; igazi liyakusukela enkembeni kuze kufike esiswini; 36 nomswani wabantu emhlanjini wekamela. 37 Kuyakuba khona ukwesaba okukhulu nokuthuthumela emhlabeni; 38 Futhi emva kwalokho kuyofika izivunguvungu ezinkulu zivela eningizimu, nasenyakatho, nenye ingxenye entshonalanga. 39 Futhi imimoya enamandla iyovuka empumalanga, futhi iyoyivula; ifu aliphakamisile ngokufutheka, nenkanyezi eyanyakazisa ukwesabisa emoyeni wasempumalanga nangasentshonalanga, liyakuchithwa. 40 Amafu amakhulu anamandla ayakuzikhukhumeza agcwele ulaka, nenkanyezi, ukuze kwethuse wonke umhlaba nabakhileyo kuwo; bayakuthulula phezu kwazo zonke izindawo eziphakemeyo neziphakemeyo inkanyezi esabekayo; 41 Umlilo, nesichotho, nezinkemba ezindizayo, namanzi amaningi, ukuze kugcwale wonke amasimu, nayo yonke imifula, ngobuningi bamanzi amaningi. 42 Bayobhidliza imizi nezindonga, izintaba namagquma, nemithi yasehlathini, notshani bedlelo, namabele akho. 43 Bazakuya eBhabhiloni baqinise, balethuse. 44 Bayakuza kuye, balivimbezele, inkanyezi nakho konke ulaka bayakuthululela phezu kwalo; 45 Futhi abasala ngaphansi kwayo bayokhonza labo abamesabayo. 46 Nawe, Asia, ohlanganyela ethembeni laseBhabhiloni, futhi uyinkazimulo yobuso bayo. 47 Maye kuwe, wena lusizi, ngokuba uzenze wafana naye; wahlobisa amadodakazi akho ngobufebe, ukuze athandeke, azidumise ngezithandwa zakho, ezihlale zifisa ukuphinga nawe. 48 Umlandele ozondwayo kuyo yonke imisebenzi yakhe nangeziqambi zakhe; 49 Ngiyakuthuma izifo phezu kwakho; ubufelokazi, nobumpofu, nendlala, nenkemba, nesifo, ukuba kuchithwe izindlu zakho ngokubhujiswa nokufa. 50 Futhi inkazimulo yaMandla akho iyokoma njengembali, ukushisa okuthunyelwe phezu kwakho kuyovuka. 51 Uyakuba buthakathaka njengowesifazane ompofu oshaywa imivimbo, nanjengoshaywe ngemivimbo, ukuze abanamandla nezithandwa bangakwazi ukwamukela. ve wena. 52 Bengiyakwenyukela kanjalo yini ngomhawu,” usho uJehova; 53 Uma ubungabulalanga njalo abakhethiweyo bami, uphakamisa ukushaya kwezandla zakho, ukhulume ngabafileyo babo lapho udakiwe, 54 Uveza ubuhle bobuso bakho na? 55 Umvuzo wobufebe bakho uyakuba sesifubeni sakho;
56 Njengalokho wenze kwabakhethiweyo bami, isho iNkosi, kanjalo uNkulunkulu uyakukwenza kuwe, akunikele ebubini. 57 Abantwana bakho bayakufa ngendlala, wena uwe ngenkemba; 58 Abasezintabeni bayakufa yindlala, badle eyabo inyama, baphuze negazi labo, ngenxa yendlala yesinkwa, nokomela amanzi. 59 Wena njengabangathokoziyo uyakudabula ulwandle, futhi wemukele izinhlupho. 60 Esigodini bayothelekela emzini oyize, bachithe ingxenye yezwe lakho, baqede ingxenye yenkazimulo yakho, babuyele eBabele elachithwa. 61 Uyophonswa phansi ngabo njengamabibi, futhi bayoba njengomlilo kuwe; 62 Iyakuqeda wena, nemizi yakho, nezwe lakho, nezintaba zakho; zonke izinkuni zakho nemithi yakho ethelayo ziyakushiswa ngomlilo. 63 Abantwana bakho bayokuthumba, futhi bheka, lokho onakho bayokuphanga, futhi bayonakalise ubuhle bobuso bakho. ISAHLUKO 16 1 Maye kuwe, Babele, ne-Asiya! maye kuwe Gibhithe neSiriya! 2 Bhincani izindwangu zamasaka noboya, nikhalele abantwana benu, nidabuke; ngoba ukubhujiswa kwakho sekusondele. 3 Inkemba ithunyelwe phezu kwakho, ngubani ongayibuyisela emuva? 4 Umlilo uthunyelwa phakathi kwenu, ngubani ongawucima? 5 Izifo zithunyelwa kini, futhi uyini ongazixosha na? 6 Umuntu angaxosha ingonyama elambile ehlathini na? Ngubani ongacima umlilo ngamabibi, lapho usuqalile ukuvutha, na? 7 Umuntu angawuphendula yini umcibisholo ocibishelwe ngomcibisholo onamandla? 8 INkosi enamandla ithumela izinhlupho futhi ngubani ongazixosha na? 9 Umlilo uyakuphuma olakeni lwakhe, futhi ngubani ongawucima na? 10 Uyakuphonsa imibani, ngubani ongayikwesaba na? uyakuduma, ngubani ongayikwesaba na? 11 INkosi iyosongela, futhi ngubani ongayikushaywa aphele nya phambi kwayo? 12 Umhlaba uyazamazama, nezisekelo zawo; ulwandle lukhuphuka namaza otwa, namagagasi alo ayanyakaza, nezinhlanzi zalo, phambi kukaJehova naphambi kwenkazimulo yamandla akhe. 13 Ngokuba sinamandla isandla sakhe sokunene esinsala umnsalo; 14 Bheka, izinhlupho ziyathunyelwa, futhi aziyikubuya, zize zifike emhlabeni. 15 Umlilo uyaphemba, awuyikucishwa, uze uqede isisekelo somhlaba. 16 Njengomcibisholo ocibishelayo ocibishelayo ongabuyi emuva, kanjalo nezinhlupho ezithunyelwa emhlabeni aziyikubuya.
17 Maye kimi! maye kimi! ngubani ozangikhulula ngalezonsuku? 18 Ukuqala kwemihelo lokulila okukhulu; ukuqala kwendlala nokufa okukhulu; ukuqala kwezimpi, namandla ayakuma ngokwesaba; ukuqala kobubi! ngiyakwenzani lapho kufika lobu bubi na? 19 Bhekani, indlala, nesifo, nosizi, nobuhlungu, kuthunyelwa njengeziswebhu ukuba kulungiswe. 20 Kodwa ngenxa yazo zonke lezi zinto abayikubuya ebubini babo, futhi abayikukhumbula njalo izishayo. 21 Bhekani, ukudla kuyoba kuhle kushibhile emhlabeni, kangangokuthi bayozicabangela ukuthi basesimweni esihle, futhi ngisho nangaleso sikhathi ububi buyokhula emhlabeni, inkemba, indlala, kanye nesiphithiphithi esikhulu. 22 Ngokuba abaningi kwabakhileyo emhlabeni bayakufa yindlala; labanye, abaphunyuka endlaleni, inkemba izababhubhisa. 23 Abafileyo bayakulahlelwa ngaphandle njengomquba, kungabikho oduduzayo, ngokuba umhlaba uyakuchithwa, nemizi ibhidliziwe. 24 Kakuyikusalelwa muntu ukuba alime umhlabathi, awuhlwanyele; 25 Izihlahla ziyakuthela izithelo, ngubani ongazibutha na? 26 Izithelo zomvini ziyakuvuthwa, ngubani oyakunyathela na? ngokuba zonke izindawo ziyakuba yincithakalo yabantu; 27 ukuze umuntu afise ukubona omunye, nokuzwa izwi lakhe. 28 Ngokuba kuyakusala abayishumi emzini, nababili basendle, bacashe ezigxotsheni nasezimfantwini zamadwala. 29 Njengasesivandeni seminqumo kusala iminqumo emithathu noma emine emithini yonke; 30 Kumbe njengokubuthwa kwesivini, kusale amaxuku alabo abadinga ngesivini; 31 Kanjalo ngalezo zinsuku kuyakusala abathathu noma abane kwabahlola izindlu zabo ngenkemba. 32 Umhlaba uyochithwa, namasimu awo aguge, nezindlela zawo nazo zonke izindlela zawo ziyogcwala ameva, ngoba akukho muntu oyohamba kuwo. 33 Izintombi zizalila zingelabakhwenyana; abesifazane bayakuzila bengenamadoda; yabo amadodakazi ayakulila, engenabasizi. 34 Ezimpini abakhwenyana babo bayakubhujiswa, nabayeni babo bayakufa ngendlala. 35 Manje yizwani lezi zinto futhi niziqonde, nina zinceku zeNkosi. 36 Bheka, izwi leNkosi ilamukele; ungakholwa onkulunkulu uJehova akhulume ngabo. 37 Bheka, izinhlupho ziyasondela, azilibazisi; 38 Njengalapho owesifazane okhulelweyo ngenyanga yesishiyagalolunye ebeletha indodana yakhe, ubuhlungu obukhulu bamahora amabili noma amathathu esiswini sakhe buzungeza esizalweni sakhe, esibuhlungu ekuzalweni komntwana, abadikibali nakancane; 39 Kanjalo nezinhlupho aziyikulibala ukuza emhlabeni, futhi umhlaba uyolila, futhi usizi luyokwehlela phezu kwawo inhlangothi zonke. 40 O bantu bami, yizwani izwi lami: zilungiseleleni impi yenu, futhi kulezo bubi nibe njengezihambi emhlabeni.
41 Othengisayo makabe njengobalekayo, nothengayo abe njengolahlekelwayo; 42 Ohwebayo njengongenanzuzo ngayo, nowakhayo njengalowo ongahlali kuyo; 43 Ohlwanyelayo njengongavuni, kanjalo notshala isivini, njengalowo ongabuthi izithelo zomvini. 44 Abatshadayo njengabangatholi abantwana; labangashadi njengabafelokazi. 45 Ngakho-ke labo abakhandlekela ize. 46 Ngokuba abafokazi bayovuna izithelo zabo, futhi baphange impahla yabo, bachithe izindlu zabo, futhi bathumbe abantwana babo, ngokuba ekuthunjweni nasendlaleni bayothola abantwana. 47 Abahwebayo ngokuphanga bahlobisa kakhulu imizi yabo, nezindlu zabo, nempahla yabo, nabantu babo. 48 Ngizabathukuthelela kakhulu ngenxa yesono sabo,” kutsho uJehova. 49 Njengesifebe sihawukela owesifazane olungileyo nolungileyo; 50 Kanjalo ukulunga kuyakuzonda ukungalungi, lapho kuzidelela, kube kubeka icala ebusweni bakho, lapho efika oyakumela lowo ohlolisisa zonke izono emhlabeni. 51 Ngakho-ke maningafani nayo, noma imisebenzi yayo. 52 Ngoba kuseyisikhashana, futhi ububi buyosuswa emhlabeni, futhi ukulunga kuyobusa phakathi kwenu. 53 Isoni masingasho ukuthi asonanga, ngokuba uNkulunkulu uyakuvutha amalahle omlilo ekhanda laso, esisho phambi kweNkosi uJehova nenkazimulo yayo ukuthi: ‘Angonanga. 54 Bhekani, iNkosi iyayazi yonke imisebenzi yabantu, imicabango yabo, nemicabango yabo, nezinhliziyo zabo; 55 owakhuluma kodwa izwi lokuthi: Makwenziwe umhlaba; kwase kuba khona: Izulu malenziwe; futhi kwadalwa. 56 Ngezwi lakhe izinkanyezi zenziwa, futhi uyasazi isibalo sazo. 57 Uyaphenya utwa nengcebo yalo; ululinganisile ulwandle nalokho olukuqukethe. 58 Uvalile ulwandle phakathi kwamanzi, futhi ngezwi lakhe ulengise umhlaba phezu kwamanzi. 59 Weneka amazulu njengethala; ulisekele phezu kwamanzi. 60 Ehlane wenza imithombo yamanzi, namachibi eziqongweni zezintaba, ukuze izikhukhula zithulule emadwaleni aphakeme ukunisela umhlaba. 61 Wenza umuntu, wafaka inhliziyo yakhe phakathi nomzimba, wamnika ukuphefumula, nokuphila, nokuqonda. 62 Yebo, noMoya kaNkulunkulu uMninimandla onke, owenza zonke izinto, nophenya zonke izinto ezifihliwe ekusithekeni komhlaba; 63 Impela uyazazi izinto enizisungulile, kanye nalokho enikucabangayo ezinhliziyweni zenu, ngisho nalabo abonayo, futhi abafihla isono sabo. 64 Ngakho-ke iNkosi iyihlolisisile yonke imisebenzi yenu, futhi iyonihlazisa nonke. 65 Futhi lapho izono zenu sezilethiwe, niyojabha phambi kwabantu, futhi izono zenu siqu ziyoba ngabaphikisi benu ngalolo suku. 66 Lizakwenzani? Ningazifihla kanjani izono zenu phambi kukaNkulunkulu nezingelosi zakhe na?
67 Bhekani, uNkulunkulu ungumahluleli, yesabani yena; hlukanani nezono zenu, nikhohlwe ububi benu, ningabe nisagxambukela kubo kuze kube phakade; 68 Ngokuba bhekani, ulaka oluvuthayo lwesixuku esikhulu luyavuthela phezu kwenu, futhi bayothatha abanye kini, futhi baniphakele, ningenzi lutho, ngokuhlatshelwe izithombe. 69 Futhi labo abavuma kubo bayohlekwa futhi bahlanjalazwe, futhi banyathelwe ngezinyawo. 70 Ngokuba kuzo zonke izindawo nasemizini elandelayo kuyoba nokuvukela okukhulu kulabo abesaba uJehova. 71 Bayoba njengabantu abahlanyayo, abangamhawukeli, kodwa baqhubeke bephanga futhi babhubhise labo abesaba uJehova. 72 Ngokuba bayochitha futhi bathathe izimpahla zabo, futhi babakhiphe ezindlini zabo. 73 Khona-ke bayokwaziwa, abakhethiweyo bami; bayakuvivinywa njengegolide emlilweni. 74 Zwanini, o bathandwa bami, isho iNkosi; bhekani, izinsuku zosizi sezisondele, kepha ngiyonikhulula kuzo. 75 Ningesabi, ningangabazi; ngoba uNkulunkulu ungumkhokheli wakho, 76 Futhi umholi walabo abagcina imiyalelo nemithetho yami, isho iNkosi uJehova: izono zenu mazinganisindi, futhi ningazivumeli iziphambeko zenu ziphakame. 77 Maye kulabo ababoshwe ezonweni zabo, futhi bembozwe ngobubi babo njengensimu embozwe izihlahla, nendlela yayo imbozwe ngameva, ukuze kungabikho muntu odabula khona! 78 Liyekwa lingagqokisiwe, liphonswe emlilweni ukuze lishiswe ngawo.