UNehemiya
6:1 Kwathi lapho uSanibhalati, noThobiya, noGeshem umArabiya,
ezinye izitha zethu zezwa ukuthi ngalwakhile ugange nokuthi
akwasala ukubhodloza kuyo; (nakuba ngaleso sikhathi ngangingakaqali
iminyango emasangweni;)
6:2 OSanibhalati noGeshemi bathumela kimi, bathi: "Woza, sihlangane."
ndawonye komunye wemizana ethafeni lase-Ono. Kodwa bona
wacabanga ukungenza okubi.
6:3 Ngathuma izithunywa kubo, ngathi: "Ngenza umsebenzi omkhulu
ukuthi ngingehli; kungani umsebenzi kufanele ume, ngisawuyeka,
futhi ngize kuwe?
6:4 Nokho bathumela kimi kanjalo kane; ngabaphendula
emva kwendlela efanayo.
6:5 Khona-ke uSanibhalati wathumela inceku yakhe kimi ngendlela efanayo ngokwesihlanu
ephethe incwadi evulekile esandleni sakhe;
6:6 Kwakulotshwe kuyo ukuthi, Kubikwa phakathi kwabezizwe, noGashimu uthi
ukuthi wena namaJuda nicabanga ukuhlubuka;
udonga, ukuze ube yinkosi yabo ngokwalawa mazwi.
6:7 Futhi umisile abaprofethi ukuba bashumayele ngawe eJerusalema.
ngokuthi: 'Kukhona inkosi kwaJuda; manje kuyakubikwa kuJehova.'
inkosi ngokwala mazwi. Ngakho wozani, sithathe;
lulekana ndawonye.
6:8 Ngase ngithumela kuye, wathi: "Akukho izinto ezifana nawe
uyakusho, kepha uyazenzisa kweyakho inhliziyo.
6:9 Ngoba bonke basethusa, bathi: "Izandla zabo ziyoba buthaka kusukela
umsebenzi, ukuze ungenziwa. Ngalokho-ke, Nkulunkulu, ngiqinise
izandla.
6:10 Ngasengifika endlini kaShemaya indodana kaDelaya indodana
kaMehetabheli owayevalelwe; wathi: Asihlanganeni endaweni
endlini kaNkulunkulu, phakathi kwethempeli, futhi masivale iminyango yethempeli
ithempeli: ngokuba bayakuza ukukubulala; yebo, ebusuku bayokwenza
woza ukukubulala.
6:11 Ngase ngithi: "Ingabe umuntu onjengami kufanele abaleke? futhi ubani okhona, lowo, ukuba
njengami, angangena ethempelini ukusindisa ukuphila kwakhe na? Ngeke ngingene.
6:12 Futhi bheka, Ngaqonda ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayengamthumanga; kodwa ukuthi waphimisa
lesi siprofetho ngami, ngokuba uThobiya noSanibhalati babemqashile.
6:13 Ngakho waqashwa, ukuze ngesabe, futhi ngenze kanjalo, futhi ngone, futhi
ukuze babe nendaba embi, bahlambalaze
mina.
6:14 Nkulunkulu wami, cabanga ngoThobiya noSanibhalati ngokwalezi zabo
imisebenzi, naphezu komprofethikazi uNowadiya, nabanye abaprofethi, lokho
ngabe ungifake ovalweni.
6:15 Ugange lwaqedwa ngosuku lwamashumi amabili nanhlanu lwenyanga ka-Eluli.
ezinsukwini ezingamashumi amahlanu nambili.
6:16 Kwathi, lapho zonke izitha zethu, futhi bonke
abezizwe ababesizungezile bazibona lezi zinto, baphoseka kakhulu
phansi emehlweni abo, ngokuba babona ukuthi lo msebenzi wenziwa ngawo
uNkulunkulu wethu.
6:17 Futhi ngalezo zinsuku izikhulu zakwaJuda zathumela izincwadi eziningi
uThobiya nezincwadi zikaThobiya zafika kubo.
6:18 Ngoba babebaningi kwaJuda abafunga kuye, ngoba wayeyindodana
umthetho kaShekaniya indodana ka-Ara; indodana yakhe uJohanani yayithathile
indodakazi kaMeshulamu indodana kaBerekiya.
6:19 Futhi babika izenzo zakhe ezinhle phambi kwami, futhi wakhuluma amazwi ami kubo
yena. Futhi uThobiya wathumela izincwadi ukungethusa.