UNehemiya
4:1 Kwathi, akuva uSanebhalati ukuba siyalwakha udonga.
Wacaphuka, wacaphuka kakhulu, wawagculela amaYuda.
4:2 Wathetha phambi kwabazalwana bakhe nempi yakwaSamari, wathi, Yintoni na?
Ngaba la maYuda abuthathaka? Ziyakuzinqabisa na? baya kubingelela na?
ziya kuyigqiba imini enye na? baya kuwaphilisa amatye kaYehova
yimfumba yenkunkuma etshileyo?
4:3 Ke uTobhiya umAmon, engakuye, wathi, Nantsi into abayiyo
Yakha, ukuba kunyuke impungutye, yoluqhekeza udonga lwawo lwamatye.
4:4 Yiva, Thixo wethu; ngokuba sideliwe, ukubuyisele kungcikivo lwabo kubo
nentloko yakho, ubanikele ekuphangweni elizweni labathinjwa.
4:5 Musa ukubugubungela ubugwenxa babo, Ungacinywa isono sabo
phambi kwakho; ngokuba bakuqumbisile phambi kwabakhi.
4:6 Salwakha ke udonga olo; lwahlanganiswa udonga lonke, lwada lwesa esiqingatheni
ngokuba abantu babenentliziyo yokusebenza.
4:7 Kwathi, xa uSanebhalati, noTobhiya, nama-Arabhi,
beva oonyana baka-Amon, nama-Ashdode, ukuba iindonga zaseYerusalem
zakhiwe, kwaye ukuba iintanda zaqala ukumiswa, ngoko ke
unomsindo kakhulu,
4:8 Bacebisana bonke bephela, ukuba beze kulwa
iYerusalem, nokuyinqamla.
4:9 Thina sathandaza kuThixo wethu, samisa abalindi nxamnye nabo
imini nobusuku, ngenxa yabo.
4:10 Wathi uYuda, Amandla abathwali bemithwalo atshile;
kukho inkunkuma eninzi; ukuze singabi nako ukulwakha udonga.
4:11 Ababandezeli bethu bathi, Akayi kwazi, akayi kubona, side sifike
phakathi kwabo, nibabulale, bawumise umsebenzi.
4:12 Kwathi, akufika amaYuda abehleli ngakubo, afika
Wathi kuthi kalishumi, Niya kubuyela kuthi nivela ezindaweni zonke
ziya kuba phezu kwakho.
4:13 Ndamisa ke ezindaweni eziphantsi emva kodonga, nasezindaweni eziphakamileyo
Ndamisa abantu ngokwemizalwane yabo, benamakrele abo;
imikhonto yazo, nezaphetha zazo.
4:14 Ndabheka, ndavuka, ndathi kubanumzana nakubaphathi.
nakwabanye abantu, Musani ukuboyika; khumbulani uYehova
Yehova, lowo mkhulu, owoyikekayo, nibalwele abazalwana benu, abazalwana benu
oonyana, neentombi zenu, nabafazi benu, nezindlu zenu.
4:15 Kwathi, zakuva iintshaba zethu ukuba iyaziwa kuthi.
kwaye uThixo walitshitshisa icebo labo, ukuba sibuye sonke
eludongeni, elowo nomsebenzi wakhe.
4:16 Kwaye kwathi, ukususela ngelo xesha, ukuba isiqingatha sabakhonzi bam
esebenza umsebenzi, esinye isiqingatha sawo saphatha imikhonto yomibini.
iingweletshetshe, nezaphetha, neengubo zentsimbi; kunye nabalawuli
emva kwendlu yonke yakwaYuda.
4:17 abakha eludongeni, nabathwali bemithwalo, kunye nabo
abathwali, elowo wasebenza ngesandla sakhe, esebenza emsebenzini, na
ngesinye isandla siphethe isixhobo.
4:18 Kuba abakhi, elowo wayebhinqe ikrele lakhe ecaleni lakhe, yaye ngokunjalo
yakhiwe. Lowo uvuthela isigodlo wayesecaleni kwam.
4:19 Ndathi kwizidwangube, nakubaphathi, nakwabanye abantu
bantu, umsebenzi mkhulu, ubanzi; thina sithe saa eludongeni.
omnye ekude komnye.
4:20 Apho nithe nakuva isandi sesigodlo, hlanganisanani;
khona kuthi, uThixo wethu uya kusilwela.
4:21 Sabulaleka ke emsebenzini; esinye isiqingatha sabo siphethe umkhonto esandleni sabo
Ukusa kwada kwabonakala iinkwenkwezi.
4:22 Ndathi ke ebantwini ngelo xesha, Elowo makabe neyakhe
Umkhonzi ulala phakathi kweYerusalem, ukuze abe nokulinda ebusuku
thina, kwaye sisebenza emini.
4:23 Ke mna, nabazalwana bam, nabakhonzi bam, neqela labalindi
eyandilandela, akukho namnye kuthi owakhulula iimpahla zethu, ngaphandle kokuba ngamnye
zibeke phantsi ziyovasa.