UNehemiya 8:1 Bonke abantu babuthana ndawonye njengomuntu munye isitaladi esasiphambi kwesango lamanzi; bakhuluma ku-Ezra the umbhali ukuba alethe incwadi yomthetho kaMose, uJehova ayenayo walaya uIsrayeli. 8:2 U-Ezra, umpristi, wawuletha umthetho phambi kwenhlangano kokubili amadoda nabesifazane, nabo bonke abezwa ngokuqonda, ekuqaleni usuku lwenyanga yesikhombisa. 8:3 Futhi wafunda kuwo phambi komgwaqo owawuphambi kwesango lamanzi kusukela ekuseni kuze kube semini, phambi kwabesilisa nabesifazane, nalabo engaqonda; izindlebe zabo bonke abantu zazilalele encwadini yomthetho. 8:4 Futhi u-Ezra, umbhali, wayemi phezu epulpiti ngokhuni, ababelenzele injongo; eceleni kwakhe kwakumi uMatithiya, noShema, no-Anaya, kanye o-Uriya, noHilikiya, noMahaseya, ngakwesokunene sakhe; futhi ngakwesokhohlo sakhe isandla, uPhedaya, noMishayeli, noMalikhiya, noHashumi, noHashibadana, uZakariya, noMeshulamu. 8:5 U-Ezra wayivula incwadi phambi kwamehlo abo bonke abantu; (ngoba waye phezu kwabo bonke abantu;) lapho eyivula, bonke abantu basukuma; 8:6 U-Ezra wambonga uJehova, uNkulunkulu omkhulu. Basebephendula bonke abantu. Amen, Amen, bephakamisa izandla zabo: futhi bagebisa amakhanda abo, futhi bakhuleka kuJehova, ubuso babo bubheke phansi. 8:7 NoJeshuwa, noBani, noSherebiya, noJamini, no-Akubi, noShabethayi, noHodiya, noMahaseya, noKelitha, no-Azariya, noJozabadi, noHanani, noPhelaya, namaLevi, waqondisa abantu umthetho; abantu bema emandleni abo indawo. 8:8 Base befunda encwadini yomthetho kaNkulunkulu ngokucacile, banika izwi umqondo, futhi wabenza baqonda okufundwayo. 8:9 NoNehemiya, onguTirshatha, no-Ezra umpristi, umbhali. amaLevi ayefundisa abantu athi kubo bonke abantu: "Lokhu." usuku lungcwele kuJehova uNkulunkulu wakho; ningalili, ningakhali. Kubo bonke abantu bakhala, lapho bezwa amazwi omthetho. 8:10 Wayesethi kubo: "Hambani, nidle amanoni, niphuze okumnandi; nithumele izabelo kwabangalungiselwanga lutho kuze kube namuhla ungcwele eNkosini yethu; ngoba intokozo kaJehova injalo amandla akho. 8:11 AmaLevi abathulisa abantu bonke, ethi: "Thulani, ngokuba uJehova." usuku lungcwele; futhi ningadabuki. 8:12 Futhi bonke abantu bahamba ukuze badle, futhi baphuze, futhi ukuthumela izabelo, nokwenza intokozo enkulu, ngokuba babewaqondile amazwi lokho okwamenyezelwa kubo. 8:13 Kwathi ngosuku lwesibili kwabuthana izinhloko zawoyise bonke abantu, nabapristi, namaLevi, ku-Ezra umbhali, yebo ukuqonda amazwi omthetho. 8:14 Futhi bathola kulotshiwe emthethweni uJehova ayeyale ngesandla sikaMose. ukuze abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bahlale emadokodweni ngomkhosi kaJehova inyanga yesikhombisa: 8:15 Futhi ukuze bamemezele futhi bamemezele kuyo yonke imizi yabo, futhi eJerusalema, ethi: “Phumani niye entabeni, nilande amagatsha omnqumo; namagatsha ophayini, namagatsha ombomvana, namagatsha esundu, namagatsha yezihlahla eziminyene, ukwenza amadokodo, njengokulotshiweyo. 8:16 Base bephuma abantu, baziletha, bazenzela amadokodo. kwaba yilowo nalowo ophahleni lwendlu yakhe, nasemagcekeni abo, nasendlini namagceke endlu kaNkulunkulu, nasesigcawini sesango lamanzi, naphakathi isitaladi sesango lika-Efrayimi. 8:17 Futhi lonke ibandla labo ababebuye bephuma abathunjwa benza amadokodo, bahlala phansi kwamadokodo, ngokuba kusukela ezinsukwini zikaJehova UJeshuwa indodana kaNuni kuze kube yilolo suku abantwana bakwa-Israyeli babengenzanga ngakho. Futhi kwaba khona intokozo enkulu kakhulu. 8:18 Futhi usuku nosuku, kusukela osukwini lokuqala kuze kube usuku lokugcina, wafunda encwadini incwadi yomthetho kaNkulunkulu. Bawenza umkhosi izinsuku eziyisikhombisa; futhi ku ngosuku lwesishiyagalombili kwaba ngumhlangano onesizotha njengomthetho.