Nehemiah 5

Xhosa 2024 (ITestamente Entsha)

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1Ke kaloku kwabakho ukukhala okukhulu ebantwini nabafazi babo ngabazalwana babo amaYuda.

2Bekukho ababesithi, Thina, oonyana bethu, neentombi zethu, sibaninzi; ngoko ke, sibathabathele ingqolowa, ukuze sidle, ukuze siphile.

3Kwakukho nabanye ababesithi: “Ngenxa yokuswela kwethu siye sabeka amasimi ethu, nezidiliya, nezindlu zethu, ukuze sithenge ingqolowa.

4Kwakukho nababesithi, Saboleka imali kwirhafu yokumkani, namasimi ethu, nezidiliya zethu;

5Kungokunje, inyama yethu injengenyama yabazalwana bethu, nabantwana bethu banjengoonyana babo; uyabona, siyabafaka oonyana neentombi zethu ebukhobokeni, neentombi zethu sezikhonziswe; kananjalo akukho semandleni ethu ukubakhulula; kuba abanye abantu banamasimi nezidiliya zethu.

6Ndaba noburhalarhume obukhulu ekubabizeni kwam, ndaweva la mazwi.

7Ndacamanga phakathi kwam, ndabakhalimela abathetheli nabathetheli, ndathi kubo, Ningxamele elowo umzalwana wakhe. Ndaza ndabavelisela ibandla elikhulu.

8Ndathi ke kubo, Sibakhulule, njengoko sinako, abazalwana bethu amaYuda, ebe kuthengiswe ngabo kwiintlanga; kwaye ungathengisa nabantakwenu? okanye ziza kuthengiswa kuthi? Bathe cwaka ke, abafumana nto yokuphendula.

9Kananjalo ndathi, Akulungile ukuba nenze loo nto; nibe ningafanele na ukuhamba ekoyikeni uThixo wethu, ngenxa yehlazo leentlanga eziziintshaba zethu?

10Kwangokunjalo, mna nabazalwana bam, nabakhonzi bam, sibe nako ukubiza kubo imali nengqolowa;

11Babuyisele namhla amasimi abo, nezidiliya zabo, neminquma yabo, nezindlu zabo, nekhulu lemali, nelengqolowa, nelewayini, neoli, enilithabathileyo kubo.

12Bathi ke bona, Asiyi kukubuyisa oko, asiyi kubiza nto kubo; siya kwenza njengoko utshoyo. Ndababiza ababingeleli, ndabafungela ukuba baya kwenza ngokwelo lizwi.

13Ndavuthulula ingubo yam, ndathi, uThixo makenjenje, elowo endlwini yakhe, nasemsebenzini wakhe, nabani na ongawufeziyo lo mbandela naye wancothulwa kwangolo hlobo, engaswele nto. Lathi lonke ibandla, Amen, bongani uYehova; Abantu bayenza loo nto.

14Ngaphezu koko, ukususela kwixesha endamiselwa ngalo ukuba ndibe yirhuluneli yabo kwilizwe lakwaYuda, ukususela kunyaka wamashumi amabini ukuya kutsho kunyaka wamashumi amathathu anesibini ka-Artashashta, oko kukuthi, iminyaka elishumi elinesibini, mna nabantakwethu asizange siwudle umthendeleko.

15Ke zona iirhuluneli zokuqala ezazikho phambi kwam zathetha kakubi ngabantu, zathabatha kubo isonka newayini, ngaphandle kweeshekele zesilivere ezimashumi mane; ewe, kwanabakhonzi babo ngokwenene babalawula abantu; ke andikwenzanga oko, ngenxa yokoyika uThixo.

16Ewe, ndawuqhuba umsebenzi wolu donga, yaye asithenganga mhlaba, yaye bonke abakhonzi bam bahlanganisana khona ukuze basebenze.

17Kananjalo amaYuda, nabathetheli abalikhulu elinamanci mahlanu, babesidla etafileni yam, kwanabo babeze kuthi bevela ezintlangeni ezisijikelezileyo.

18Kwaye bekulungiselelwa imini enye inkomo, neegusha ezikhethiweyo ezintandathu; kwaye iintaka zazilungiselelwa mna, kwaye kanye ngeentsuku ezilishumi, zonke iintlobo zewayini zaziqokelelwa; noko ke andisifunanga isonka serhuluneli, ngokuba ubukhoboka belunzima phezu kolu hlanga.

19Ndikhumbulele okulungileyo, Thixo wam, ngako konke endakwenzayo kolu hlanga.

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