UNehemiya 4 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

Nehemiya 4 UNehemiya unikeza umsebenzi nezikhali

¹ Kodwa lapho uSanibhalati ezwa ukuthi sasilwakhile ugange, wathukuthela, wathukuthela kakhulu, wawahleka usulu abaJuda.

² Wasekhuluma phambi kwabafowabo lebutho lebutho leSamariya wathi: Enzani lamaJuda abuthakathaka? bazoziqinisa na? bazahlabela yini? zizophela ngosuku? bayowavusa amatshe ezinqwabeni zemfucumfucu eshile na?

³ UThobiya umAmoni wayenaye, wathi: “Nalokho abakwakhayo, uma kukhuphuka impungushe, iyakuludiliza ugange lwabo lwamatshe.”

⁴ Yizwa, Nkulunkulu wethu! ngoba sidelelekile; uphendule isihlamba sabo phezu kwamakhanda abo, ubanikele njengempango ezweni lokuthunjwa.

⁵ Ungasibekela ububi babo, ungasusi isono sabo phambi kwakho, ngokuba baklolode ngawe phambi kwabakhi.

⁶ Ngakho salwakha umduli; ugange lonke lwahlanganiswa nengxenye yalo, ngokuba amadoda ayeshisekela ukusebenza.

⁷ Kodwa kwathi lapho uSanibhalati noThobiya nama-Arabhu nabantwana bakwa-Amoni nabase-Ashidodi bezwa ukuthi izindonga zaseJerusalema zazakhiwe nokuthi imifantu isiqalile ukuvalwa, bathukuthela kakhulu.

⁸ Bonke benza uzungu ukuze beze balwe neJerusalema futhi balivimbele.

⁹ Nokho sakhuleka kuNkulunkulu wethu, sabamisela abalindi imini nobusuku ngenxa yabo.

¹⁰ Wayesethi uJuda: “Amandla abathwali bemithwalo aphelile, kukhona nemfucuza eminingi; ngakho asikwazi ukwakha udonga.

¹¹ Kepha izitha zethu zathi: “Abayikukwazi, abayikukubona, size singene phakathi kwabo, sibabulale, simise umsebenzi.”

¹² Kwathi abaJuda ababehlala labo sebefikile, basibikela izikhathi ezilitshumi, bathi: Ezindaweni zonke lapho elizabuyela khona kithi, lizakuba phezu kwenu.

¹³ Ngase ngimisa ezindaweni eziphansi emva kodonga nasezindaweni eziphakemeyo, ngamisa abantu ngezizukulwane zabo ngenkemba yabo, nemikhonto yabo, neminsalo yabo.

¹⁴ Ngase ngibheka, ngasukuma ngathi ezikhulwini nakubabusi nakwabanye abantu: “Ningabesabi; khumbulani uJehova, omkhulu nowesabekayo, nilwele abafowenu, namadodana enu, namadodakazi enu, omkenu, nezindlu zenu.

¹⁵ Kwathi lapho izitha zethu zizwa ukuthi kwaziwa yithi nokuthi uNkulunkulu walichitha icebo lazo, sabuyela sonke odongeni, kwaba yilowo nalowo emsebenzini wakhe.

¹⁶ Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi inxenye yezinceku zami yenza umsebenzi, enye ingxenye yazo yaphatha imikhonto, nezihlangu, neminsalo, nabaninindlu; izikhulu zazilandela yonke indlu yakwaJuda.

¹⁷ Labo abakha odongeni, nabathwala imithwalo, nabayithwesayo, baqala ukusebenza ngesandla esisodwa, baphatha isikhali ngesinye;

¹⁸ Kubakhi, yilowo nalowo wabhinca inkemba yakhe okhalweni lwakhe, bakha kanjalo. Futhi owayeshaya icilongo wayenami.

¹⁹ Ngathi ezikhulwini nasezinduneni nakubo bonke abanye abantu: “Umsebenzi mkhulu, mkhulu, sahlukanisiwe odongeni, omunye kude nomunye;

²⁰ Nomaphi lapho nizwa khona ukukhala kwecilongo, niye khona; uNkulunkulu wethu uyakusilwela.

²¹ Sasesisebenza emsebenzini, ingxenye yabo yabamba imikhonto kusukela ekuphumeni kokusa kuze kuvele izinkanyezi.

²² Ngaso leso sikhathi ngathi kubantu: “Yilowo nalowo makalale nenceku yakhe eJerusalema, ukuze zibe abalindi bethu ebusuku, basebenze emini.

²³ Ngakho mina nabafowethu noma izinceku zami namadoda onogada ababengilandela, akukho noyedwa wethu owakhumula izingubo zethu, ngaphandle kokuthi kwaba yilowo nalowo wazikhumula ukuze azihlanze.