Nehemiya
8:1 Ndipo anthu onse adasonkhana pamodzi monga munthu m’modzi
msewu umene unali pafupi ndi chipata cha madzi; ndipo ananena ndi Ezara
mlembi kuti abwere nalo buku la chilamulo cha Mose, limene Yehova anali nalo
analamula Israeli.
8:2 Ndipo Ezara wansembe anabweretsa chilamulo pamaso pa khamu la amuna onse awiri
ndi akazi, ndi onse amene anamva ndi kuzindikira, pa woyamba
tsiku la mwezi wachisanu ndi chiwiri.
Rev 8:3 Ndipo adawerenga m'menemo patsogolo pa msewu uli pafupi ndi chipata cha madzi
kuyambira m’mawa kufikira masana, pamaso pa amuna ndi akazi, ndi iwo
amene akanatha kumvetsa; ndipo makutu a anthu onse anali tcheru
kwa bukhu la chilamulo.
8:4 Ndipo Ezara mlembi anaimirira pa guwa lamtengo, limene iwo analipangira
cholinga; ndi pambali pake panayima Matitiya, ndi Sema, ndi Anaya, ndi
Uriya, ndi Hilikiya, ndi Maaseya, pa dzanja lace lamanja; ndi kumanzere kwake
ndi dzanja, Pedaya, ndi Misaeli, ndi Malikiya, ndi Hasumu, ndi Hasibadana,
Zekariya, ndi Mesulamu.
8:5 Ndipo Ezara anatsegula buku pamaso pa anthu onse; (chifukwa anali
pamwamba pa anthu onse;) ndipo pamene anatsegula, anthu onse anaimirira;
8:6 Ndipo Ezara analemekeza Yehova, Mulungu wamkulu. Ndipo anthu onse anayankha,
Amen, Amen, ndi kukweza manja awo: ndipo anawerama mitu yawo, ndipo
analambira Yehova ndi nkhope zawo pansi.
8:7 ndi Yesuwa, ndi Bani, ndi Serebiya, Yamini, Akubu, Sabetai, Hodiya.
Maaseya, Kelita, Azariya, Yozabadi, Hanani, Pelaya, ndi Alevi;
anadziwitsa anthu chilamulocho; ndipo anthu anaimirira m'mawo
malo.
8:8 Choncho anawerenga m'buku m'chilamulo cha Mulungu momveka, ndipo anapereka
kuzindikira, ndi kuwapangitsa iwo kumvetsetsa kuŵerenga.
8:9 ndi Nehemiya, amene ndiye Tirisata, ndi Ezara wansembe mlembi.
ndipo Alevi akuphunzitsa anthu ananena ndi anthu onse, Izi
tsiku liri lopatulikira Yehova Mulungu wanu; musalire, kapena kulira. Kwa onse
anthu analira pamene anamva mawu a chilamulo.
8:10 Ndipo iye adati kwa iwo, Pitani, idyani zonona, ndi kumwa zotsekemera.
ndipo tumizani magawo kwa iwo amene sanawakonzera kanthu;
ndi woyera kwa AMBUYE wathu: musachite chisoni; pakuti chimwemwe cha Yehova ndicho
mphamvu zanu.
8:11 Ndipo Alevi anatontholetsa anthu onse, ndi kuti, Khalani chete chifukwa Yehova
tsiku ndi lopatulika; musamve chisoni.
Act 8:12 Ndipo anthu onse adapita kukadya, ndi kumwa, ndi kutumiza
magawo, ndi kukondwera kwakukulu, popeza anazindikira mawuwo
zomwe zinanenedwa kwa iwo.
Act 8:13 Ndipo tsiku lachiwiri adasonkhana akulu a makolo a iwo
anthu onse, ansembe, ndi Alevi, kwa Ezara mlembi
kumvetsa mawu a chilamulo.
8:14 Ndipo anapeza m'chilamulo chimene Yehova analamulira mwa Mose.
kuti ana a Israyeli akhale m’misasa pa madyerero a Yehova
mwezi wachisanu ndi chiwiri:
Act 8:15 Ndipo alalikire, ndi kulalikira m'mizinda yawo yonse, ndi m'mizinda yawo yonse
Yerusalemu, kuti, Turukani ku phiri, tenga nthambi za azitona;
ndi nthambi za paini, ndi za mchisu, ndi za kanjedza, ndi nthambi
mitengo yokhuthala, kupanga misasa, monga kwalembedwa.
8:16 Pamenepo anthu anatuluka, nabwera nazo, nadzimangira misasa.
aliyense padenga la nyumba yake, m'mabwalo awo, ndi m'bwalo
mabwalo a nyumba ya Mulungu, ndi m’khwalala la pa chipata cha madzi, ndi m’kati
msewu wa pachipata cha Efraimu.
Act 8:17 Ndipo khamu lonse la iwo adatuluka m'kachisimo
undende anamanga misasa, nakhala pansi pa misasa: pakuti kuyambira masiku a
Yesuwa mwana wa Nuni sanachitepo kanthu mpaka tsiku lija ana a Israyeli
choncho. Ndipo panali kukondwera kwakukuru.
Act 8:18 Ndipo tsiku ndi tsiku, kuyambira tsiku loyamba kufikira tsiku lomaliza, adawerenga m'buku la Malemba
buku la chilamulo cha Mulungu. Ndipo anachita madyerero masiku asanu ndi awiri; ndi pa
tsiku lachisanu ndi chitatu linali msonkhano woletsa, monga mwa lemba.