UNehemiya
8:1 Bahlanganisana ke bonke abantu njengamntu mnye, bangena endlwini kaYehova
isitrato esasiphambi kwesango lamanzi; Bathetha ke noEzra
umbhali eze nencwadi yomyalelo kaMoses, abenawo uYehova
wayalela amaSirayeli.
8:2 UEzra umbingeleli wawuzisa umyalelo phambi kwebandla lamadoda omabini
nabafazi, nabo bonke ababenokuva ngengqondo, ekuqaleni
usuku lwenyanga yesixhenxe.
8:3 Walesa kuyo phambi kwembutho ephambi kwesango lamanzi
ukususela kusasa kwada kwasemini emaqanda, phambi kwamadoda nabafazi, nabo
enokuqonda; zaphulaphula iindlebe zabo bonke abantu
encwadini yomthetho.
8:4 Ke umchazi-mthetho uEzra lo wayemi phezu kweqonga elenziwe ngamaplanga, ababelenzelwe
izizathu; ecaleni kwakhe kumi uMatitiya, noShema, noAnaya, no
ngu-Uriya, noHilekiya, noMahaseya, ngasekunene kwakhe; nangasekhohlo kwakhe
ngesandla sikaPedaya, noMishayeli, noMalekiya, noHashum, noHashbhadana,
uZekariya, noMeshulam.
8:5 UEzra wayivula ke incwadi emehlweni abantu bonke; (kuba waye
ngaphezu kwabantu bonke;) ekuyivuleni kwakhe, besuka bema bonke abantu;
8:6 UEzra wambonga uYehova, uThixo omkhulu. Baphendula bonke abantu, bathi,
Amen, Amen, bephakamisa izandla zabo, bathoba iintloko zabo, kwaye
baqubuda kuYehova bebhekise ubuso emhlabeni.
8:7 noYeshuwa, noBhani, noSherebhiya, noYamin, noAkubhi, noShabhetayi, noHodiya;
noMahaseya, noKelita, noAzariya, noYozabhadi, noHanan, noPelaya, nabaLevi;
wabaqondisa abantu umyalelo; abantu bema emacaleni abo
indawo.
8:8 Balesa encwadini emyalelweni kaThixo, ngokucacileyo, banikela intetho
ingqiqo, waza wababangela ukuba bakuqonde ufundo.
8:9 noNehemiya, oyiTirshata, noEzra umbingeleli, umbhali.
bathi abaLevi ababefundisa abantu, ebantwini bonke, Yile nto
yimini engcwele kuYehova uThixo wakho; musani ukwenza isijwili, musani ukulila. Kuzo zonke
balila abantu, bakuweva amazwi omyalelo.
8:10 Wathi kubo, Hambani niye, nidle amanqatha, nisele izinto ezinencasa;
nithumele izabelo kwabangalungiselelwanga nto;
Ungcwele kuYehova; musani ukuba nosizi; ngokuba uvuyo lukaYehova inene
amandla akho.
8:11 AbaLevi babazolisa abantu bonke, bathi, Yithini tu, ngokuba uYehova
imini ingcwele; musani ukuba buhlungu.
8:12 Besuka ke bonke abantu, baya kudla, basela, bathuma
badla izabelo, bavuya kakhulu, ngenxa yokuba bewaqondile amazwi
ababezisiwe kubo.
8:13 Ngomhla wesibini bahlanganisana iintloko zezindlu zooyise
bonke abantu, nababingeleli, nabaLevi, beza kuEzra umbhali
ukuqonda amazwi omthetho.
8:14 Bafumana emyalelweni, abewuwisele uYehova ngesandla sikaMoses, kubhaliwe;
ukuze oonyana bakaSirayeli bahlale eminqubeni ngomthendeleko kaYehova
inyanga yesixhenxe:
8:15 nokuba bavakalise, babhengeze emizini yabo yonke, nasezixekweni zabo
iYerusalem, esithi, Phuma uye entabeni, uthabathe amasebe omnquma;
namasebe ompayini, nemimirtile, namasebe esundu, namasebe
yemithi eshinyeneyo, ukuba benze iminquba, njengoko kubhaliweyo.
8:16 Baphuma ke abantu, bazizisa, bazenzela iminquba;
elowo phezu kwendlu yakhe, nasezintendelezweni zabo, naphezu kwegumbi
nasezintendelezweni zendlu kaThixo, nasesitratweni sesango lamanzi, nasesitratweni
kwisitrato sesango lakwaEfrayim.
8:17 Lonke ibandla labo babebuyile bevela ebandleni
abathinjwa benza iminquba, bahlala phantsi kweminquba, ngokuba kususela kwimihla kaYehu
Oonyana bakaSirayeli bebengenzanga loo mini, uYeshuwa unyana kaNun
ngoko. Kwabakho uvuyo olukhulu kunene.
8:18 Walesa ebaleni imihla ngemihla, kwathabathela kumhla wokuqala kwezisa kumhla wokugqibela
incwadi yomthetho kaThixo. Benza umthendeleko iintsuku zasixhenxe; kwaye kwi
Ngosuku lwesibhozo yaba yingqungquthela ngokwesiko.