Nehemiya 8 - Siswati 1996 Bible

Kufundzelwa kwebantfu umtsetfo ngu-Ezra

¹ Ngenyanga yesikhombisa onkhe ema-Israyeli abesatintile emadolobheni awo. Bonkhe bantfu bahlangana ndzawonye baba ngumuntfu munye eJerusalema enkhundleni lesembikweliSango Lemanti. Batjela Ezra, ingcweti yetemtsetfo, kutsi akaletse incwadzi yemtsetfo waSimakadze, labewunike sive sema-Israyeli ngaMosi.

² Kwatsi ngelilanga lekucala enyangeni yesikhombisa Ezra, umphristi, wabeka umtsetfo embikwawo wonkhe umhlangano, lapho kwakunemadvodza nebafati khona kanye nabo bonkhe lababekhona kuwucondzisisa.

³ Wabafundzela wona kusukela ekuseni kuseluvivi, kwaze kwaba ngusemini, abeme abheke kulenkhundla lesembikweliSango Lemanti, lapho kwakubutsene khona emadvodza nebafati kanye nabo bonkhe lababenekuwucondza. Bonkhe bantfu balalelisisa nakufundvwa lencwadzi yemtsetfo.

⁴ Ezra, ingcweti yetemtsetfo, bekeme endzaweni lephakeme leyayakhiwe ngemapulango, yakhelwe wona lowo msebenti. Eceleni kwakhe ngasesandleni sekudla bekume boMathithiya, naShema, na-Anaya, na-Uriya, naHilkiya kanye naMaseya; ngasesandleni sakhe sesancele bekume boPhedaya, naMishayeli, naMalkhiya, naHashumi, naHashabadana, naZakhariya kanye naMeshulamu.

⁵ Ezra wayivula lencwadzi. Bonkhe bantfu babembona, ngobe abeme endzaweni lephakeme kunabo. Watsi nakayivula nje lencwadzi, bonkhe bantfu basukuma bema ngetinyawo.

⁶ Ezra wadvumisa Simakadze, Nkulunkulu lomkhulu kakhulu. Bonkhe bantfu baphakamisa tandla tabo bananatela yena batsi: “Amen! Amen!” Baguca phansi bakhotsama Simakadze babhekise buso phansi.

⁷ Basukuma lapho bema etindzaweni tabo, kwase kutsi lamaLevi lalandzelako abachazela umtsetfo: boJeshuwa, naBani, naSherebiya, naJamini, na-Akhubi, naShabhethayi, naHodiya, naMaseya, naKhelita, na-Azariya, naJozabadi, naHanana kanye naPhelaya.

⁸ Bafundza incwadzi yemtsetfo waNkulunkulu, bawucacisa kahle. Babechazela sive inshokutsini yawo, kuze kutsi sonkhe sive sicondzisise kahle kutsi kukhulunywa ngani.

⁹ Batsi kube bantfu beve ngaloko lokwakufunwa ngumtsetfo, batsintseka badzimate bakhala. Ngako boNehemiya, umbusi, na-Ezra, labengumphristi nengcweti yetemtsetfo, kanye nemaLevi labenguwona achaza lomtsetfo, bakhuluma kulabantfu bonkhe, batsi: “Lelilanga lalamuhla lingcwele kuSimakadze Nkulunkulu wenu, ngako akukafaneli kutsi nilibale kukhala nidzindze sililo.”

¹⁰ Nehemiya wakhuluma esiveni, watsi: “Hambani niye emakhaya enu niyekudla kudla kwelikhetselo netinatfo letimnandzi, niphe nalabo labangenalutfo. Leli lilanga lelingcwele kuSimakadze wetfu. Ningakhatsateki, ngobe injabulo yenu levela kuSimakadze ingemandla enu.”

¹¹ EmaLevi abindzisa bonkhe bantfu, atsi: “Thulani, ngobe leli lilanga lelingcwele. Ningakhatsateki.”

¹² Ngako bonkhe bantfu bahamba badla banatsa ngekujabula, bapha nalabanye kudla, ngobe bese bawacondzisisa kahle lawo mavi lababechazelwe wona.

UMkhosi Wemadlangala

¹³ Ngelilanga lesibili kuleyo nyanga baholi bayo yonkhe imindeni, nebaphristi kanye nemaLevi babutsanela ku-Ezra, labeyingcweti yetemtsetfo, kuze batewufundza kahle timiso talomtsetfo.

¹⁴ Bakhandza kubhaliwe emtsetfweni Simakadze labeyale ngawo ema-Israyeli ngaMosi kutsi afanele ahlale emadlangaleni ngesikhatsi semkhosi wenyanga yesikhombisa,

¹⁵ nekutsi lelivi kufanele balisakate balimemetele kuwo onkhe emadolobha abo naseJerusalema, batsi: “Hambani, niye eveni letintsaba niyewugawula khona emagala etihlahla temncumo kanye newemncumo wesiganga, newabomabovana, newemasundvu kanye newetihlahla temtfunti nitekwenta emadlangala,” njengobe kubhaliwe emtsetfweni.

¹⁶ Ngako bantfu baphuma bahamba bayawugawula emagala, babuya nawo batawutakhela emadlangala etikwetindlu tabo, nasemabaleni abo, nasetibuyeni tendlu yaNkulunkulu, nasetinkhundleni letatingaseSangweni Lemanti kanye nangaseSangweni laka-Efrayimu.

¹⁷ Bonkhe bantfu labebabuya ekutfunjweni batakhela emadlangala, bahlala kuwo. Kusukela esikhatsini saJoshuwa, umsa waNuni, kwaze kwaba ngulelo langa babengazange bawugubhe lowo mkhosi ngaleyo ndlela labawugubha ngayo. Kujabula kwabo kwaba kukhulu kakhulu.

¹⁸ Lilanga ngelilanga kusukela kulekucala kwaze kwaba kulekugcina, Ezra abebafundzela kulencwadzi yemtsetfo waNkulunkulu. Lomkhosi bawugubha emalanga lasikhombisa, kwatsi ngelilanga lesiphohlongo bahlangana ndzawonye, njengobe kwakusho lomtsetfo.