uEzra uEzra 3 - Contemporary Xhosa Bible 2024

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1Ithe yakufika inyanga yesixhenxe, oonyana bakaSirayeli besemizini yabo, bahlangana abantu eYerusalem njengamntu mnye.

2Wesuka wema ooYeshuwa unyana kaYotsadaki, nabazalwana bakhe, ababingeleli, noZerubhabheli unyana kaSalatiyeli, nabazalwana bakhe, basakha isibingelelo soThixo kaSirayeli, ukuze benze amadini anyukayo phezu kwaso, njengoko wenzayo ebhalwe emthethweni kaYehova. uMoses umfo wakwaThixo.

3Basibeka isibingelelo phezu kwesiseko saso; ngokuba bafikelwa kukunkwantya ngenxa yabemi baloo mazwe; yaye banikela iminikelo etshiswayo kuYehova phezu kwayo, iminikelo etshiswayo yakusasa nangokuhlwa.

4Babuya benza umthendeleko weminquba, njengoko kubhaliweyo;

5Emva koko wenza umnikelo otshiswayo othe rhoqo, wokuthwasa kwenyanga nowawo wonke amatheko angcwele kaYehova nawo wonke umntu obingelela ngokuzithandela kuYehova.

6Baqala ngomhla wokuqala wenyanga yesixhenxe ukwenza amadini anyukayo kuYehova; Kodwa isiseko setempile kaYehova sasingekabekwa.

7Imali bayinika abaqingqi bamatye nabachweli; nokudla nento eselwayo newayini kubantu baseTsidon nabaseTire, bathabathe imisedare eLebhanon, bayise elwandle lwaseYopa, ngokwesipho sikaKoreshi ukumkani wasePersi.

8Ngonyaka wesibini wokungena kwabo endlwini yoTHIXO oyinyaniso eYerusalem, ngenyanga yesibini, uZerubhabheli unyana kaShalatiyeli noYeshuwa unyana kaYosadaki abanye abazalwana babo, ababingeleli nabaLevi baqala ke bonke abo babephume ekuthinjweni beza eYerusalem; yaye wamisela abaLevi ukususela kwabaneminyaka engamashumi amabini ubudala ukusa phezulu ukuba benze umsebenzi wendlu kaYehova.

9Wema ke uYesu noonyana bakhe nabazalwana bakhe, uKademiyeli noonyana bakhe, oonyana bakaYuda, ukukhokela abasebenzi bendlu yoThixo oyinyaniso: oonyana bakaHenadadi noonyana babo nabazalwana babo, abaLevi.

10Abakhi bayiseka itempile kaYehova, bamisa ababingeleli, bevathe iingubo ezinde, benamaxilongo; nabaLevi, oonyana baka-Asafu, bephethe amacangci, bedumisa uYehova, ngokomyalelo kaDavide ukumkani kwaSirayeli.

11Bavuma kunye bezohlwaya, bezohlwaya kuYehova; ngokuba elungile, ngokuba ingunaphakade inceba yakhe kuSirayeli. Lwaduma ngodumo olukhulu lonke uhlanga, ekumdumiseni kwabo uYehova, ngenxa yokuba iziseko zendlu kaYehova zisekiwe.

12Ke isininzi sababingeleli, nabaLevi, neentloko zezindlu zooyise, namadoda amakhulu, awayeyibonile indlu yokuqala ekusekweni kwale ndlu emehlweni abo, balila ngezwi elikhulu; yaye abaninzi baduma ngovuyo.

13Apho abantu babengenakulihlula ilizwi lovuyo nokukhala kwabantu;