uNehimiya 8 - Ndebele Bible (iBhayibhili Elingcwele) 1978

1Bonke abantu babuthana njengomuntu munye egcekeni eliphambi kweSango laManzi; bacela uEzra umbhali ukuletha ugwalo lomlayo kaMose iNkosi eyayiwunike uIsrayeli.

2UEzra umpristi wawuletha umlayo phambi kwebandla labesilisa labesifazana, labantwana bonke ababelamandla okuqedisisa. Kwakulusuku lokuqala lwenyanga yesikhombisa.

3Wabala ekhangelene legceke elaliphambi kweSango laManzi kusukela ekuseni kwaze kwaba semini, phambi kwabesilisa labesifazana, labantwana bonke abalamandla okuqedisisa; abantu bawulalela umlayo.

4UEzra umbhali wayemi phezu kwethala ababelenzile. Kwakumi eceleni kwakhe oMathithiya loShema loAnaya loUriya loHilikiya loMahaseya ngakwesokunene; oPedaya loMishayeli loMalikiya loHashuma loHashibadana loZekariya loMeshulamu bengakwesokhohlo.

5UEzra waluvula ugwalo phambi kwabo bonke abantu, wayemi ngaphezu kwabo bonke; nxa eluvula, bonke basukuma.

6UEzra wayibonga iNkosi, uNkulunkulu omkhulu. Bonke abantu baphakamisa izandla zabo bathi: Kakube njalo, kakube njalo. Bakhothama, bayikhonza iNkosi bethe mbo ngobuso phansi.

7OJeshuwa loBani loSherebiya loJamini loAkubi loShabethayi loHodiya loMahaseya loKelita loAzariya loJozabadi loHanani loPelaya ababengamaLevi bachasisela abantu umlayo, abantu besendaweni zabo.

8Babala ogwalweni lomlayo kaNkulunkulu ngokucacileyo, bechasisela abantu ukuba bawuzwisise.

9UNehemiya owayengumbusi, loEzra umpristi lombhali, lamaLevi ayefundisa abantu, bathi ebantwini bonke: Lolu lusuku olungcwele eNkosini uNkulunkulu wenu; lingalili likhale. Ngoba bonke abantu bakhala lapho besizwa amazwi omlayo.

10UEzra wasesithi kibo: Hambani kuhle, lidle inyama enonileyo, linathe iwayini elimnandi, labelane labo izabelo bonke abangelalutho; ngoba lolusuku lungcwele eNkosini yethu, kungabi khona ukudana, ngoba ukuthokoza ngeNkosi kungamandla enu.

11AmaLevi asebathulisa bonke abantu esithi: Thulani, ngoba lolusuku lungcwele, lingadani.

12Bonke abantu basebehamba, badla banatha, babelana labanye, bathokoza kakhulu, ngoba babewazwile kuhle amazwi ayekhulunywe kibo.

13Ngosuku lwesibili inhloko zezindlu zabo bonke abantu kanye labapristi lamaLevi babuthana kuEzra umbhali ukuba bafunde amazwi omlayo.

14Bafumanisa kulotshiwe emlayweni ukuthi iNkosi yayilayile ngoMose ukuba abantu bakoIsrayeli bahlale emadumbeni ngesikhathi somkhosi ngenyanga yesikhombisa,Levi 23:33–36, 39–43; Dute 16:13–15

15lokuba bamemezele kuzwakale kuyo yonke imizi yabo laseJerusalema bathi: Yanini ezintabeni liyegamula ingatsha zezihlahla zamaoliva, lezamaphane, lezomtshekisane, lezamalala lezezinye izihlahla ezilamahlamvu amanengi ukuba lakhe amadumba, njengokulotshiweyo.

16Basebehambake abantu, babuya lazo, bazakhela amadumba, ilowo lalowo ophahleni lwendlu yakhe, lasemagumeni abo, lasegumeni lendlu kaNkulunkulu, lasegcekeni eliseSangweni laManzi leliseSangweni lakoEfrayimi.

17Lonke ibandla lalabo ababebuyile ekuthunjweni bakha amadumba, bahlala kiwo. Ngoba kusukela ensukwini zikaJoshuwa indodana kaNuni kwaze kwaba yilolosuku abakoIsrayeli babengakwenzanga lokho. Bathokoza kakhulu.

18Insuku zonke kusukela osukwini lokuqala kwaze kwaba ngolokucina kwabalwa ugwalo lomlayo kaNkulunkulu. Bawugcina umkhosi insuku eziyisikhombisa; kwathi ngosuku lwesificaminwembili kwaba khona inkonzo yokucina, njengokumiswa komthetho.