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.