Ezra 3

Ndebele Bible - 2010

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1Isifikile inyanga yesikhombisa, labantwana bakoIsrayeli sebesemizini, abantu babuthana njengamuntu munye eJerusalema.

2Kwasekusukuma uJeshuwa indodana kaJozadaki labafowabo abapristi, loZerubhabheli indodana kaSalatiyeli labafowabo, bakha ilathi likaNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli ukuze banikele iminikelo yokutshiswa phezu kwalo, njengokubhaliweyo emlayweni kaMozisi.

3Basebemisa ilathi ezisekelweni zalo, ngoba ukwesaba kwakuphezu kwabo ngenxa yabantu belizwe, basebenikela eNni iminikelo yokutshiswa phezu kwalo, iminikelo yokutshiswa ekuseni lantambama.

4Basebesenza umkhosi wamadumba.

5Langemva kwalokho umnikelo wokutshiswa njalonjalo.

6Ngosuku lokuqala lwenyanga yesikhombisa baqalisa ukunikela iminikelo yokutshiswa eNni, kodwa isisekelo sethempeli leN sasinga ka bekwa.

7Basebenika imali kubabazi bamatshe lakubabazi bezigodo, lokudla lokunathwayo lamafutha kumaSidoni lakumaTire.

8Langomnyaka wesibili wokufika kwabo endlini kaNkulunkulu eJerusalema, ngenyanga yesibili, baqalisa oZerubhabheli indodana kaSalatiyeli.

9Kwasekusukuma oJeshuwa, amadodana akhe, labafowabo, amadodana abo labafowabo amaLevi.

10Abakhi sebebekile isisekelo sethempeli leN, bamisa abapristi begqokile.

11Baphendulana ngokuhlabela bedumisa bebonga iN KOSI. Bonke abantu basebememeza ngokumemeza okukhulu ekuyidumiseni iN, ngoba isisekelo sendlu yeN sasesibekiwe.

12Kodwa abanengi babapristi lamaLevi lenhloko zaboyise, abadala ababeyibonile indlu yokuqala, isisekelo salindlu sesibekiwe emehlweni abo, bakhala inyembezi ngelizwi elikhulu; kodwa abanengi baphakamisa ilizwi ngokumemeza ngentokozo.

13Ngokunjalo abantu kabehlukanisanga umsindo wokumemeza kwentokozo lomsindo wokukhala kwabantu, ngoba abantu baklabalala ngokuklabalala okukhulu, umsindo waze wezwakala khatshana.

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