U-Ezra 7 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

Ezra 7

¹ Emva kwalezi zinto, ekubuseni kuka-Aritahishashita, inkosi yasePheresiya, u-Ezra, indodana kaSeraya, indodana ka-Azariya, indodana kaHilikiya,

² indodana kaShalumi, indodana kaSadoki, indodana ka-Ahithubi,

³ indodana ka-Amariya, indodana ka-Azariya, indodana kaMerayoti,

⁴ indodana kaSeragiya, indodana ka-Uzi, indodana kaBuki,

⁵ indodana ka-Abishuwa, indodana kaFinehasi, indodana ka-Eleyazare, indodana ka-Aroni, umpristi omkhulu;

⁶ U-Ezra lo wenyuka evela eBhabhiloni; futhi wayengumbhali ohlakaniphile emthethweni kaMose uJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli ayewunike wona;

⁷ Abanye babantwana bakwa-Israyeli nabanye babapristi namaLevi nabahlabeleli nabalindisango namaNethini bakhuphukela eJerusalema ngonyaka wesikhombisa wenkosi u-Aritahishashita.

⁸ Wafika eJerusalema ngenyanga yesihlanu, ngonyaka wesikhombisa wenkosi.

⁹ Ngoba ngosuku lokuqala lwenyanga yokuqala waqala ukukhuphuka eBhabhiloni, futhi ngosuku lokuqala lwenyanga yesihlanu wafika eJerusalema, ngokwesandla esihle sikaNkulunkulu wakhe esasiphezu kwakhe.

¹⁰ U-Ezra walungisa inhliziyo yakhe ukufuna umthetho kaJehova nokuwenza nokufundisa izimiso nezahlulelo kwa-Israyeli.

¹¹ Nansi ikhophi yencwadi inkosi u-Aritahishashita eyayinika u-Ezra, umpristi, umbhali, umbhali wamazwi emiyalo kaJehova nezimiso zakhe ku-Israyeli.

¹² U-Aritahishashita, inkosi yamakhosi, ku-Ezra umpristi, isazi somthetho kaNkulunkulu wezulu, ukuthula okupheleleyo nangaleso sikhathi.

¹³ Ngikhipha umyalo wokuthi bonke abantu bakwa-Israyeli nabapristi babo namaLevi embusweni wami, abayothanda ukukhuphukela eJerusalema ngokuzithandela kwabo, kumelwe bahambe nawe.

¹⁴ Ngokuba uthunywe yinkosi nabeluleki bayo abayisikhombisa ukuba uhlole uJuda neJerusalema ngokomthetho kaNkulunkulu wakho osesandleni sakho;

¹⁵ nokuthwala isiliva negolide inkosi nabeluleki bayo abanikela ngayo ngokuzithandela kuNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli ondlu yakhe iseJerusalema;

¹⁶ nalo lonke isiliva negolide ongalifumana kuso sonke isifunda saseBabele, kanye nomnikelo wesihle wabantu nowabapristi abavuma ukuhlabela indlu kaNkulunkulu wabo eseJerusalema;

¹⁷ ukuze usheshe uthenge ngale mali izinkunzi, nezinqama, namawundlu, neminikelo yako yokudla, neminikelo yako yokuphuzwa, unikele ngakho e-altare lendlu kaNkulunkulu wenu eseJerusalema.

¹⁸ Noma yini okuhle ngawe nabafowenu ukuba niyenze ngalo lonke elinye isiliva negolide, niyenze ngokwentando kaNkulunkulu wenu.

¹⁹ Futhi izitsha onikelwe zona zenkonzo yendlu kaNkulunkulu wakho, lezi uzigcine phambi kukaNkulunkulu waseJerusalema.

²⁰ Konke okunye okudingwa endlini kaNkulunkulu wakho oyakuba nethuba lokukunika kona, kukhiphe endlini yengcebo yenkosi.

²¹ Futhi nami, nkosi u-Aritahishashita, ngiyaleza bonke abaphathi-zimali abangaphesheya komfula ukuthi konke u-Ezra umpristi, isazi somthetho kaNkulunkulu wezulu, ayakukubuza kini, makwenziwe masinyane;

²² kuze kube ngamathalenta esiliva ayikhulu, amakhora kakolweni ayikhulu, nezindebe zewayini ezifika eziyikhulu, nezimbiza zamafutha nosawoti eziyikhulu ngaphandle kokusho ukuthi yimalini.

²³ Konke okuyalezwa nguNkulunkulu wezulu makwenzelwe ngenhliziyo yonke indlu kaNkulunkulu wezulu; ngoba kungani kufanele kube nolaka embusweni wenkosi namadodana ayo?

²⁴ Futhi siyanitshela ukuthi ngeke kube ngokomthetho ukubakhokhisa intela, intela noma intela, uma bethinta noma yimuphi wabapristi namaLevi, nabahlabeleli, nabalindisango, namaNethini, nezinceku zale ndlu kaNkulunkulu.

²⁵ Wena-ke, Ezra, ngokuhlakanipha kukaNkulunkulu wakho okusesandleni sakho, misa abahluleli nabahluleli abangahlulela bonke abantu abangaphesheya komfula, bonke abayaziyo imithetho kaNkulunkulu wakho; futhi bafundise abangaziyo.

²⁶ Noma ngubani ongawenzi umthetho kaNkulunkulu wakho nomthetho wenkosi, makugwetshwe masinyane kuye, noma elokufa, noma elokuxoshwa, noma elokudliwa kwempahla, noma elokuboshwa.

²⁷ Makabongwe uJehova uNkulunkulu wawobaba owafaka into enjalo enhliziyweni yenkosi ukuhlobisa indlu kaJehova eseJerusalema.

²⁸ Wangenzela umusa phambi kwenkosi nabeluleki bayo naphambi kwazo zonke izikhulu zenkosi ezinamandla. Ngaba namandla njengoba isandla sikaJehova uNkulunkulu wami sasiphezu kwami, futhi ngabutha izikhulu kwa-Israyeli ukuba zikhuphuke nami.