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.