12 Mbala, abantu bakhamba kobana bayokudla, basele bebathumele isabelo konganalitho. Godu bebasase khulu ngombana bebazwisise amezwi amenyezelwe kibo.
Badla bebasela bathakasa khulu phambi kwakaSomnini uZimu mhlanokho. USolomoni umsa kaDavida godu wabekwa waba yikosi. Bamzesa njengomrholi emsebenzini kaSomnini uZimu bebazesa noTsadokhi bona abe mphristi omkhulu.
UNerhemiya wathi kibo: “Khambani nifese nibethe esimonyongwana, nithumele isabelo konganalitho. Iye, ilangeli licwengile kuSomnini, ngalokho ningaphatheki kumbi ngombana ukwenama enikuphiwa nguSomnini kumamandlenu.”
Godu namaLevi athulisa boke abantu athi: “Thulani ngombana ilangeli licwengile, ningaphatheki kumbi.”
Kwathi ngelanga lesibili abaphristi namaLevi kanye neenhloko zemindeni yoke, beza babuthana ku-Ezra omtloli kobana bazokutlhadlhuluka kuhle ngeemiso zakaSomnini.
kube malanga amaJuda afunyene ngawo ukuphumula ezitheni zawo nenyanga ephendulele isizi lawo ekwenameni nokulila kwawo ekugidingeni. Enza amalanga lawo aba ngewokugidinga nokwenama, iye, namalanga wokuritjhana nokupha abadududu izipho.
Azange ngisuke emiyalweni yomlomakhe, amezwakhe ngawafihla esifubeni sami.
Nini nanini ubufakazi bakho bulilifa lami; mbala, bukuthaba kwehliziywami.
Njengombana ngithanda imiyalwakho, ukudlula igolide, ngitjho igolidembala,
Isambulo selizwi lakho sikukhanya; sinikela ukuzwisisa kwabanganalwazi.
Ukukhamba ngobufakazi bakho kungijabulisa ngaphezu komnotho woke.
Ngiyathaba ngeemiso zakho, ilizwi lakho angeze ngalidela.
Iimbhena zami zizakuphuphuma ngokudumisa, ngombana ungifundisa iimiso zakho.
Somnini, ngilangazelela isindiswakho, iye, umthethwakho ukuthaba kwami.
Umthetho womlomakho muhle kimi, udlula amakhulukhulu weempaparwana zegolide nezesiliva.
Maye, ngiyawuthanda umthethwakho! Ngizindla ngawo ilanga loke.
Ngagoma amezwakho njengeliju; iye, ukutholakala kwamezwakho kwaba kukwethaba kimi nokwenama kwehliziywami, ngombana ngibizwa ngawe iye, ngebizo elithi Somnini, Zimu onguMninimandlawoke.
Babuzana bathi: “Iinhliziyo zethu bezingavuthi ngaphakathi kwethu lokha nakhuluma nathi endleleni nazasihlathululela imitlolo na?”
ngombana ngiyazi bona akunalitho elilungileko elihlala ngaphakathi kwami, lokho kusemvelwenami yenyama. Ngingathanda ukwenza okuhle kodwana ngiyabhalelwa bona ngikwenze
Abantu bephasi bazakucanasa ngabo bebagidinge ngokuphana izipho. Lokho bazakwenza ngombana abaphorofidi ababilabo babe lihlupho ebantwini abahlala ephasini.