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.