UNehemiya 4:1-6

Kodwa lapho uSanibhalati ezwa ukuthi sasilwakhile ugange, wathukuthela, wathukuthela kakhulu, wawahleka usulu abaJuda. Wasekhuluma phambi kwabafowabo lebutho lebutho leSamariya wathi: Enzani lamaJuda abuthakathaka? bazoziqinisa na? bazahlabela yini? zizophela ngosuku? bayowavusa amatshe ezinqwabeni zemfucumfucu eshile na? UThobiya umAmoni wayenaye, wathi: “Nalokho abakwakhayo, uma kukhuphuka impungushe, iyakuludiliza ugange lwabo lwamatshe.” Yizwa, Nkulunkulu wethu! ngoba sidelelekile; uphendule isihlamba sabo phezu kwamakhanda abo, ubanikele njengempango ezweni lokuthunjwa. Ungasibekela ububi babo, ungasusi isono sabo phambi kwakho, ngokuba baklolode ngawe phambi kwabakhi. Ngakho salwakha umduli; ugange lonke lwahlanganiswa nengxenye yalo, ngokuba amadoda ayeshisekela ukusebenza.