UNehemiya
4:1 Kodwa kwathi lapho uSanibhalati ezwa ukuthi sasilwakha ugange.
wathukuthela, wathukuthela kakhulu, waklolodela abaJuda.
4:2 Wakhuluma phambi kwabafowabo nempi yaseSamariya, wathi: "Ini
Ingabe lamaJuda abuthakathaka na? bayoziqinisa na? bazahlabela yini?
bazoqeda ngosuku olulodwa na? bayakuphilisa amatshe ethempelini
izinqwaba zemfucumfucu eshile?
4:3 Manje uThobiya, umAmoni, eduze kwakhe, futhi wathi, "Ngisho lokho abakwenzayo."
yakha, uma impungushe ikhuphuka, ingadiliza ugange lwabo lwamatshe.
4:4 Yizwa, Nkulunkulu wethu; ngokuba sideliwe, ubuyisele ihlazo labo phezu kwabo
ikhanda lakho, ubanikele babe yimpango ezweni lokuthunjwa.
4:5 Futhi ungasibekela ububi babo, futhi ungavumeli isono sabo sisuswe
phambi kwakho, ngokuba bakucunule phambi kwabakhi.
4:6 Salwakha kanjalo ugange; lonke ugange lwahlanganiswa kwaze kwaba ingxenyeni
ngoba abantu babezimisele ukusebenza.
4:7 Kodwa kwathi lapho uSanibhalati, noThobiya, nama-Arabiya.
ama-Amoni nama-Ashidodi ezwa ukuthi izingange zaseJerusalema
zakhiwe, nokuthi ukubhodloza kwaqala ukuvalwa, kwase kuba njalo
ukuthukuthela kakhulu,
4:8 Futhi benza uzungu bonke ndawonye ukuba beze futhi balwe
iJerusalema, nokulivimbela.
4:9 Nokho sakhuleka kuNkulunkulu wethu, futhi sabeka abalindi ngokumelene
imini nobusuku, ngenxa yabo.
4:10 UJuda wathi: "Amandla abathwali imithwalo uwohlokile, futhi
kukhona udoti omningi; ukuze singakwazi ukwakha udonga.
4:11 Futhi izitha zethu zathi: "Ngeke bazi, futhi ngeke babone, size sifike
phakathi kwabo, nibabulale, nimise umsebenzi.
4:12 Kwathi, lapho amaJuda ayehlala eduze kwabo, bafika
wathi kithi kayishumi: 'Niyakubuyela kithi nivela ezindaweni zonke.'
ziyoba phezu kwakho.
4:13 Ngakho ngamisa ezindaweni eziphansi ngemva kodonga, futhi phezulu
ezindaweni, ngamisa abantu ngemindeni yabo bephethe izinkemba zabo,
imikhonto yabo, neminsalo yabo.
4:14 Ngabuka, ngasukuma, ngathi kwabakhulu nakubabusi.
nakwabanye abantu: Ningabesabi; khumbulani uJehova
Jehova, omkhulu nowesabekayo, nilwele abafowenu, benu
amadodana, namadodakazi enu, omkenu, nezindlu zenu.
4:15 Kwathi lapho izitha zethu zizwa ukuthi kwaziwa kithi.
futhi uNkulunkulu wayesenze ize iseluleko sabo, ukuthi sibuye sonke
odongeni, yilowo nalowo emsebenzini wakhe.
4:16 Futhi kwenzeka ukuthi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, ukuthi ingxenye yezinceku zami
asebenza emsebenzini, enye ingxenye yawo yaphatha imikhonto yomibili.
izihlangu, neminsalo, nezigqoko; nababusi babe
ngemva kwayo yonke indlu kaJuda.
4:17 Labo abakha odongeni, futhi labo ababethwele imithwalo, kanye nalabo
ababethwele, kwaba yilowo nalowo ngesandla sakhe esinye sasebenza emsebenzini, futhi
ngesinye isandla ephethe isikhali.
4:18 Ngokuba abakhi, yilowo nalowo wayebhince inkemba yakhe ohlangothini lwakhe, futhi kanjalo
kwakhiwe. Owabetha icilongo wayeseduze kwami.
4:19 Ngathi ezicukuthwaneni, nakubabusi, futhi bonke abanye
bantu, Umsebenzi mkhulu, mkhulu, sahlukaniselwe odongeni;
omunye kude komunye.
4:20 Ngakho-ke, endaweni lapho nizwa khona ukukhala kwecilongo, hlanganani
lapha kithi: uNkulunkulu wethu uyakusilwela.
4:21 Ngakho sakhandleka emsebenzini, futhi ingxenye yabo ibambe imikhonto esandleni
ukuphuma kokusa kwaze kwavela izinkanyezi.
4:22 Ngokufanayo ngesikhathi esifanayo ngathi kubantu: "Makube yilowo nalowo nowakhe."
inceku ilale phakathi kweJerusalema, ukuze ebusuku babe abalindi
nathi, futhi sisebenze emini.
4:23 Ngakho mina, noma abafowethu, noma izinceku zami, noma amadoda onogada
okwangilandela, akekho noyedwa wethu owakhumula izingubo zethu, ukusindisa zonke
khumule uyowasha.