UNehemiya
5:1 Kwabakho ke ukukhala okukhulu kwabantu nabafazi babo ngakubo
abazalwana abangamaYuda.
5:2 Bekukho ababesithi, Thina, oonyana bethu, neentombi zethu, sibaninzi;
sibathabathele ingqolowa, ukuze sidle, siphile.
5:3 Bekukho ke abathile ababesithi, Amasimi ethu esiwabambise ngezidiliya;
nezindlu, ukuze sithenge ingqolowa ngenxa yendlala.
5:4 Bekukho nababesithi, Siboleke imali ngenxa yempahla yokumkani
irhafu, nokuba kumhlaba wethu nezidiliya zethu.
5:5 Ngoku ke inyama yethu injengenyama yabazalwana bethu, nabantwana bethu njengabo;
yabona, siyabakhonzisa oonyana bethu neentombi zethu
yibani ngabakhonzi, ukanti inxenye yeentombi zethu seyikhobokiswe;
kananjalo akukho semandleni ethu ukubakhulula ngentlawulelo; kuba amanye amadoda anemihlaba yethu
nezidiliya.
5:6 Ndacaphuka kunene, ndakukuva ukukhala kwabo, nala mazwi.
5:7 Ndaza ke ndaqiqa ngaphakathi kwam, ndabakhalimela abanumzana nabaphathi;
wathi kubo, Nibiza inzala elowo kumzalwana wakhe. Ndaye ndahlala
baba libandla elikhulu.
5:8 ndathi kubo, Thina, ngangoko sinako, sibakhulule abazalwana bethu
kuthengiswe ngamaYuda ezintlangeni; kwaye ningathengisa nangeenu
bazalwana? kuthengiswe na kuthi na? Bathi tu ke ngoko
akafumana nto yokuphendula.
5:9 Ndathi ke, Ayilungile le nto niyenzayo;
kaThixo wethu, ngenxa yokungcikiva kweentlanga eziziintshaba zethu?
5:10 Kananjalo mna, nabazalwana bam, nabakhonzi bam, sibaboleke imali
nengqolowa: makhe sikuyeke oku kuboleka imali;
5:11 Khawuwabuyisele kubo namhla, imihlaba yabo, imihlaba yabo
nezidiliya, nezinquma zabo, nezindlu zabo, nesahlulo sekhulu
Imali, nengqolowa, newayini, neoli, enibiza kubo nina
bona.
5:12 Bathi ke, Siya kusibuyisa, singabizi nto kubo;
siya kwenza njengoko utshoyo. Ndababiza ababingeleli, ndabathabatha
isifungo kubo, ukuba baya kwenza ngokwelo dinga.
5:13 Kananjalo ndavuthulula isondo lengubo yam, ndathi, Wenjenje uThixo ukuyivuthulula elowo esandleni sakhe
endlwini, nasekubulalekeni kwakhe, lowo ungaliphumeziyo elo dinga, ngokunjalo
Makavuthululwe, alahlulwe. Lathi lonke ibandla, Amen;
wambonga uYehova. Benza ke abantu ngokwelo lizwi.
5:14 Kananjalo, kususela kwixa endamiselwa ukuba ndibe yirhuluneli yabo phakathi
ilizwe lakwaYuda, lithabathele kumnyaka wamashumi amabini, kwesa kowamashumi amathathu anesibini
umnyaka ka-Artashashta ukumkani, oko kukuthi, iminyaka elishumi elinamibini, mna nabazalwana bam
abasidlanga sonka serhuluneli.
5:15 Ke bona abalawuli ababengaphambi kwam, babethwele uxanduva
abantu, wathabatha kubo isonka newayini, ngaphandle kweeshekele ezimashumi mane
eyesilivere; nabakhonzi babo babebalawula abantu;
andenzanga ngenxa yokoyika uThixo.
5:16 Kananjalo ndazamisa emsebenzini wolu donga, asathenganga namnye
bahlanganisana khona bonke abakhonzi bam emsebenzini.
5:17 Kananjalo kwakukho amaYuda alikhulu elinamanci mahlanu etafileni yam
abalawuli kwabaninzi, kwanabo bezayo kuthi bephuma ezintlangeni
ngathi.
5:18 Into ebilungiselelwa mna imini yonke yaba yinkomo enye, nezintandathu ezikhethiweyo
iigusha; kwalungiselelwa mna neentaka, kwaba kanye ngeentsuku ezilishumi
neentlobo ngeentlobo zewayini; noko ke andifunanga sonka sivela kuYehova
irhuluneli, ngokuba umsebenzi ubenzima phezu kwaba bantu.
5:19 Ndikhumbulele okulungileyo, Thixo wam, ngako konke endakwenzayo
aba bantu.