UNehemiya 5:1 Kwaba khona ukukhala okukhulu kwabantu nabafazi babo ngokumelene nabo abazalwane abangamaJuda. 5:2 Ngoba kwakukhona ababethi, Thina, amadodana ethu, namadodakazi ethu, sibaningi. ngalokho siyabathathela amabele, ukuze sidle, siphile. 5:3 Kwakukhona futhi abathi: Sibambise ngamasimu ethu, izivini. nezindlu, ukuze sithenge amabele ngenxa yendlala. 5:4 Kwakukhona futhi ukuthi, Siboleke imali yenkosi intela, nokuthi phezu kwamazwe ethu nezivini zethu. 5:5 Nokho manje inyama yethu injengenyama yabafowethu, nabantwana bethu njengabantwana babo bhekani, siyakugqilaza amadodana ethu namadodakazi ethu libe yizigqili, lamanye amadodakazi ethu eseyizigqili. futhi akukho emandleni ethu ukubahlenga; ngoba amanye amadoda anemihlaba yethu nezivini. 5:6 Futhi ngathukuthela kakhulu lapho ngizwa ukukhala kwabo futhi la mazwi. 5:7 Khona-ke ngabuza mina ngokwami, futhi ngakhuza izikhulu nababusi. wathi kubo: Nibiza inzalo, kube yilowo nalowo kumfowabo. Futhi ngihlezi ibandla elikhulu ngokumelene nabo. 5:8 Futhi ngathi kubo, "Thina, njengoba amandla ethu, sihlengile abafowethu abaJuda ababethengisiwe kwabezizwe; futhi ningathengisa ngisho nenu bazalwane? noma ziyakuthengiswa kithi na? Bathula ke wathola lutho ukuphendula. 5:9 Futhi ngathi, "Akukuhle lokho enikwenzayo. Akufanele nihambe ngokwesaba kaNkulunkulu wethu ngenxa yehlazo labezizwe abayizitha zethu na? 5:10 Nami ngokufanayo, nabafowethu, nezinceku zami, bangase babakhokhise imali namabele: Ake sikuyeke lokhu kuzalanisa. 5:11 Buyisela, ngiyakuncenga, kubo, ngisho namuhla, amazwe abo, yabo izivini, neminqumo yabo, nezindlu zabo, nengxenye yekhulu imali, namabele, newayini, namafutha, enikubiza ngakho bona. 5:12 Base bethi: "Sizobuyisela kubo, futhi ngeke sifune lutho kubo; kanjalo siyakwenza njengokusho kwakho. Ngase ngibiza abapristi, ngathatha isifungo kubo, ukuthi bazakwenza njengalesisithembiso. 5:13 Futhi nganyakazisa ingubo yami, futhi ngathi: "Ngakho-ke uNkulunkulu anyakazise wonke umuntu esandleni sakhe endlini, nasekukhandlekeni kwakhe ongasifezi lesi sithembiso, kanjalo kanyakaziswe, angabi nalutho. Ibandla lonke lathi: Amen! wadumisa uJehova. Abantu benza njengesithembiso. 5:14 Ngaphezu kwalokho, kusukela esikhathini engamiswa ngaso ukuba umbusi wabo e ezweni lakwaJuda, kusukela onyakeni wamashumi amabili kuya kowamashumi amathathu nambili umnyaka ka-Aritahishashita inkosi, okungukuthi, iminyaka eyishumi nambili, mina nabafowethu abasidlanga isinkwa sombusi. 5:15 Kodwa ababusi bangaphambili ababengaphambi kwami babenecala abantu, wathatha kubo isinkwa newayini, ngaphandle kwamashekeli angamashumi amane eyesiliva; yebo, nezinceku zabo zabusa phezu kwabantu; angikwenzanga ngenxa yokwesaba uNkulunkulu. 5:16 Yebo, futhi ngaqhubeka emsebenzini walolu donga, futhi asithenganga lutho futhi zonke izinceku zami zabuthana lapho emsebenzini. 5:17 Ngaphezu kwalokho, kwakukhona amaJuda ayikhulu namashumi amahlanu etafuleni lami ababusi, ngaphandle kwalabo abeza kithi bevela kwabezizwe abakhona Mayelana NATHI. 5:18 Manje lokho okwalungiselelwa mina nsuku zonke kwaba inkabi eyodwa futhi eziyisithupha ukukhetha izimvu; kwalungiselelwa mina nezinyoni, kanye ngezinsuku eziyishumi inqwaba zonke izinhlobo zewayini; nokho angifunanga isinkwa sikaJehova kukho konke lokho umbusi, ngoba ubugqila babunzima phezu kwalababantu. 5:19 Cabanga kimi, Nkulunkulu wami, kube kuhle, ngokuvumelana nakho konke engikwenzile laba bantu.