Nehemiah 4

Xhosa 2024 (ITestamente Entsha)

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1Akuva uSanebhalati ukuba silwakhile udonga, wacaphuka, waba nomsindo kakhulu, wawangcikiva amaYuda.

2Wathetha phambi kwabazalwana bakhe naphambi kwamaqela aseSamariya, wathi: “Enza ntoni na la maYuda abuthathaka? baya kuziqinisa na? baya kubingelela na? ziya kuphela ngamini-nye? Angawasusa na amatye kwiimfumba zenkunkuma?

3uTobhiya umAmon wayenaye, wathi, Nokuba yintoni na abayakha ngayo, ukuba kuthe gqi impungutye, iya kuluchitha udonga lwabo lwamatye.

4Yiva, Thixo wethu; ngokuba sideliwe; kwaye ubuyisele ihlazo labo phezu kweentloko zabo nokubanikela ukuba babe ngabathinjwa kwilizwe lokuthinjwa.

5Musa ukubugquma ubungendawo babo, ungasivumeli sicinywe isono sabo phambi kwakho, ngenxa yokuba bakwenza intlekisa phambi kwabakhi.

6Sakha ke udonga; kwahlanganiswa udonga lonke, kwada kwesiqingatha salo; ngokuba amadoda abekhuthalele ukusebenza.

7Kodwa xa uSanebhalati noTobhiya nama-Arabhu noonyana baka-Amoni noAshdode bevayo ukuba iindonga zeYerusalem zazakhiwe nokuba iintanda zazisele zivaliwe, bavutha ngumsindo.

8Babhunga bonke bephela, ukuba beze kulwa neYerusalem, bayithintele.

9Noko ke, sathandaza kuThixo wethu, samisa abalindi nxamnye nabo imini nobusuku ngenxa yabo.

10Wathi uYuda, Aphelile amandla abathwali, nenkunkuma ininzi; ngoko asinako ukwakha udonga.

11Zathi iintshaba zethu, khange bazi, ababonanga, sada sangena phakathi kwabo, sababulala, sawumisa umsebenzi.

12Athi akufika amaYuda awayekunye nawo, asixelela izihlandlo ezilishumi, esithi: “Zonke iindawo eninokubuyela kuzo kuthi, ziya kufika kuni.

13Ndamisa ezindaweni eziphantsi emva kodonga nasezigangeni, ndamisa abantu ngokwemizalwane yabo, benamakrele abo, nezikhali zabo, nezaphetha zabo.

14Ndakhangela, ndaphakama, ndathi kubanumzana, neerhuluneli nakwabanye abantu, Musani ukuboyika; khumbulani uYehova omkhulu owoyikekayo, nibalwele abazalwana benu, noonyana benu, neentombi zenu, nabafazi benu, nezindlu zenu.

15Zithe ke zakuva iintshaba zethu ukuba kuyaziwa kuthi, nokuba uThixo uliphelisile icebo lazo, sabuyela eludongeni, elowo emsebenzini wakhe.

16Ukususela ngelo xesha isiqingatha sabakhonzi bam sasebenza, esinye isiqingatha sabo siphethe iincula, namakhaka, nezaphetha, nabaninimzi; nezikhulu zazisemva kwendlu yonke yakwaYuda.

17Abo babesakha eludongeni nabo babethwala imithwalo kunye nabo babezala, ngamnye waqalisa ukusebenza ngesandla esinye, ephethe isixhobo ngesinye isandla.

18Kubakhi, elowo wabeka ikrele lakhe ecaleni lakhe, kwaye bakha ngale ndlela. Lavuthela ixilongo, waba nam.

19Ndathi kwizidwangube nakubathetheli nakubo bonke abanye abantu: “Lo msebenzi mkhulu, mkhulu, yaye sahlulwe ngodonga, omnye ukude komnye.

20Apho nithe nakuva isandi sesigodlo, yiyani khona; uThixo wethu wosilwela.

21Sandula ke sasebenza emsebenzini, yaye isiqingatha sabo sasiphethe umkhonto ukususela ngesifingo de kube sekuphumeni kweenkwenkwezi.

22Ndathi ke ebantwini ngelo xesha, Elowo makalale nesicaka sakhe eYerusalem, sibe ngumlindi wethu ebusuku, sisebenze emini.

23Ke mna, nabazalwana bam, nabakhonzi bam, namadoda omlindi abendilandela, akubangakho namnye uzikhululayo iingubo zakhe;

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