Amazwi kaNehemiya indodana kaHagaliya. Kwathi ngenyanga kaKislewu, ngomnyaka wamashumi amabili, ngisesigodlweni uSusan,
Kwafika uHanani, omunye wabafowethu, yena namadoda akwaJuda; ngababuza ngabaJuda abakhululiweyo ababesele ekuthunjweni, langeJerusalema.
Base bethi kimi: “Insali yabathunjwa ezweni isekuhluphekeni okukhulu nasehlazweni; nogange lwaseJerusalema lwalubhidliziwe, namasango alo ashiswa ngomlilo.
Kwathi lapho ngizwa lawa mazwi, ngahlala phansi, ngakhala, ngalila izinsuku ezithile, ngazila ukudla, ngakhuleka phambi kukaNkulunkulu wezulu;
wathi: “Ngiyakhuleka kuwe Jehova Nkulunkulu wezulu, Nkulunkulu omkhulu nowesabekayo, ogcina isivumelwano nesihawu kwabamthandayo nabagcina imiyalo yakhe.
Manje izindlebe zakho mazilalele, uvule amehlo akho, ukuze uzwe umkhuleko wenceku yakho engiwuthandaza manje phambi kwakho, imini nobusuku ngenxa yabantwana bakwa-Israyeli, izinceku zakho, nezono zabantwana bakwa-Israyeli. Singavuma, ukuthi sonile kuwe: mina nendlu kababa sonile.
Senze okubi kakhulu kuwe, asigcinanga imiyalo, nezimiso, nezahlulelo, owayala ngakho inceku yakho uMose.
Khumbula izwi owayala ngalo inceku yakho uMose ngokuthi: Uma neqa, ngiyakunihlakazela ezizweni.
Kodwa uma niphenduka kimi futhi nigcina imiyalelo yami futhi niyenze; noma babekhona abanye kini abaxoshwa kwaze kwaba sekugcineni kwezulu, nokho ngiyakubabutha lapho, ngibayise endaweni engiyikhethile ukuba ngimise igama lami khona.
Laba sebeyizinceku zakho nabantu bakho obahlengile ngamandla akho amakhulu nangesandla sakho esinamandla.
Ngiyakuncenga, Jehova, ukuthi indlebe yakho mayizwe umkhuleko wenceku yakho nomkhuleko wezinceku zakho ezesaba igama lakho; umusa emehlweni alendoda. Ngoba ngangingumphathizitsha wenkosi.
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