1 Amezwi alandelako akhulunywa nguNerhemiya umsa kaRhakaliya: Kwathi ngenyanga kaKisilevu, emnyakeni wamatjhumi amabili ngisebuphephelweni beTjhutjhani
Woke amadoda wakwaJuda newakwaBhenjamini abuthana eJerusalema emalangeni amathathu. Inyanga yethoba beyinamalanga amatjhumi amabili lokha nakwenzeka lokho. Nje-ke abantwabo bahlala ecabazini phambi kwethempeli lakaZimu. Bebathuthumela ngendaba leyo nangenca yezulu elalina liwuluka.
Godu kwathi ngomnyaka wekhomba wokubusa kwaka-Aritarhitjhasta ikosi, kwakhuphuka eJerusalema abanye bama-Israyeli nabanye babaphristi nebamaLevi, abavumi nabalindisango kanye neensebenzi zethempeli.
Labo abafaka isigibo esibopheni bekungilaba: uNerhemiya umbusi omsa kaRhakaliya noTsedekhiya;
Kwathi ngenyanga kaNisani ngomnyaka wamatjhumi amabili wokubusa kwekosi u-Aritarhitjhasta, ngathatha iwayini ebelisetafuleni ngalinikela ikosi leyo. Njengombana bengingazange khengitlhuwe phambi kwayo ngaphambilini,
Iminyaka elitjhumi nambili yoke, okutjho emnyakeni wamatjhumi amabili ukuya ematjhumini amathathu nambili wekosi u-Aritarhitjhasta, lokha nagade ngisese mbusi enarheni yamaJuda, kungaba ngimi namkha abafowethu, akakho okhe wadla isabelo sombusi.
Kwathi ngesikhatheso ikosi u-Arhatjhiverotjhi ihlezi ebuphephelweni beTjhutjhani
Nje-ke iingijimi zaphuma zisunduzwa myalo wekosi. Isimemezelweso sakhutjhwa ngitjho nebuphephelweni beTjhutjhani. Kwathi ikosi noHamani basaditjhe njalo ngokusela, kwabe idorobho lona lisesiyaluyalwini.
Embonweni lowo ngazibona ngiseTjhutjhani, ihlokodorobho esesifundeni se-Elamu. Nje-ke embonwenapho bengizibona ngiseqadi komsele i-Ulayi.
Ngomnyaka wesine wokubusa kwekosi uDariyasi kwafika ilizwi lakaSomnini kuZakariya elangeni lesine lenyanga yethoba, okuyinyanga kaKhisilevu.