Wabeka kubo abayizi-70 000 ukuba bathwale imithwalo, abayizi-80 000 ukuba babe ngababazi bamatshe ezintabeni, nabayizi-3 600 ukuba bengamele abantu abasebenzayo.
UNehemiya 4:10 - IsiZulu 2020 UJuda wathi: “Amandla abathwala imithwalo aphelile, maningi amabibi, asisakwazi ukuqhubeka sakhe kabusha ugange.” IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE UJuda wathi: “Amandla abathwalayo aphelile; amabibi maningi; asisenakuluvusa ugange.” Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024 Wayesethi uJuda: “Amandla abathwali bemithwalo aphelile, kukhona nemfucuza eminingi; ngakho asikwazi ukwakha udonga. |
Wabeka kubo abayizi-70 000 ukuba bathwale imithwalo, abayizi-80 000 ukuba babe ngababazi bamatshe ezintabeni, nabayizi-3 600 ukuba bengamele abantu abasebenzayo.
AbaLevi babengamele bonke ababethwala imithwalo, benza umsebenzi wezinkonzo ngezinkonzo. Abanye babaLevi babengababhali, beyizinduna nabalindimasango.
Izitha zethu zathi: “Sizobazuma, sibathelekele bengazelele, sibabulale, ungabe usaqhubeka umsebenzi.”
Wakhuluma nabangani bakhe nempi eSamariya, wathi: “Benzani laba baJuda abantekentekana na? Ngabe bazokwakha kabusha izinto? Bazokwenza imihlatshelo na? Bazoyiqeda ngosuku na? Ngabe bazovuselela amatshe engqumbini yamabibi, bese beshisela phezu kwawo na?”
“Ndodana yomuntu, uNebukhadinezari, inkosi yaseBhabhele, wawasebenzisa kanzima amabutho akhe ngesikhathi emelene neThire. Wonke amakhanda enziwa izimpandla, namahlombe wonke aklunyulwa, kodwa yena namabutho akhe abakhokhelwanga lutho ngomsebenzi wabo wokuhlasela iThire.
Usho kanje uSimakade Wamabandla, uthi: “Laba bantu bathi: ‘Asikafiki isikhathi sokuba kwakhiwe kabusha indlu kaSimakade.’ ”
Kepha amadoda ayenyuke naye athi: “Asinakwenyuka sihlasele laba bantu, ngokuba banamandla kunathi.”
Ekukhuphukeni kwabo beya esigodini i-Eshikholi balibona izwe, babathena amandla abakwa-Israyeli ukuba bangangeni ezweni uSimakade abanike lona.