UNehemiya 9
1 Ngelanga lamatshumi amabili lane aleyonyanga, ama-Israyeli ahlangana ndawonye, azila ukudla egqoke amasaka njalo bezithele uthuli emakhanda abo.
Pea ko eni ʻi hono uofulu mā fā ʻoe ʻaho ʻoe māhina ni naʻe kātoa fakataha ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ʻi he ʻaukai, mo e ngaahi kofu tauangaʻa naʻe pani ʻaki ʻae efu.
2 Labo ababengabako-Israyeli ngomdabuko bazehlukanisa kwabezizwe. Bema ezindaweni zabo bavuma izono zabo lobubi babokhokho babo.
Pea naʻe fakamavae ʻakinautolu ʻe he hako ʻo ʻIsileli mei he kakai muli kotoa pē, ʻonau tuʻu ʻo vete ʻenau ngaahi angahala, mo e hia ʻa ʻenau ngaahi tamai.
3 Bema khonapho ababekhona babala eNcwadini yoMthetho kaThixo uNkulunkulu wabo okwengxenye yesine yosuku, kwathi enye ingxenye yesine babevuma izono zabo njalo bekhonza uThixo uNkulunkulu wabo.
Pea naʻa nau tuʻu hake ʻi honau potu, pea lau ʻi he tohi ʻoe fono ʻa Sihova ko honau ʻOtua, ʻi hono vahe fā ʻe taha ʻoe ʻaho; pea ʻi hono vahe ʻe taha naʻa nau vete, pea hū kia Sihova ko honau ʻOtua.
4 Ethaleni kwakumi abaLevi, uJeshuwa, loBhani, loKhadimiyeli, loShebhaniya, loBhuni, loSherebhiya, loBhani loKhenani, abamemeza baqongisa amazwi kuThixo uNkulunkulu wabo.
Pea naʻe tuʻu hake ki he tuʻunga ʻae kau Livai, ko Sesua, mo Pani, mo Katimieli, mo Sepania, mo Puni, mo Selepea, mo Pani, mo Kinani, ʻonau tangi ʻaki ʻae leʻo lahi kia Sihova ko honau ʻOtua.
5 Njalo abaLevi ababalisa uJeshuwa, loKhadimiyeli, loBhani, loHashabhineya, loSherebhiya, loHodiya, loShebhaniya, loPhethahiya bathi: “Sukumani lidumise uThixo uNkulunkulu wenu, okhona kusukela phakade kuze kube phakade. Libusisiwe ibizo lakho elingcwele, sengathi lingaphakanyiswa ngaphezulu kwakho konke ukubusiswa lokudunyiswa.
Pea pehē ai ʻe he kau Livai, ko Sesua, mo Katimieli, mo Pani, mo Hasapenia, mo Selepea, mo Hotisa, mo Sepania, mo Pitaia, “Tuʻu ki ʻolunga pea fakafetaʻi kia Sihova ko homou ʻOtua ke taʻengata, pea taʻengata: pea fakafetaʻi ki ho huafa ʻoku nāunauʻia, ʻaia kuo fakahikihiki he māʻolunga lahi ʻi he ngaahi fakafetaʻi kotoa pē mo e fakaongo lelei.
6 Wena wedwa unguThixo. Wenza amazulu, kanye lamazulu aphezukonke, lazozonke izinkanyezi zawo, umhlaba lakho konke okukuwo, inlwandle lakho konke okukuzo. Uyapha ukuphila kukho konke, lamabutho wonke asezulwini ayakukhonza.
Ko koe, ʻio, ko koe pe, ko Sihova tokotaha pe: naʻa ke fakatupu ʻae langi, ko e langi ʻoe ngaahi langi, mo honau ngaahi tokolahi kotoa pē, ʻae fonua mo e ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku ʻi ai, ko e ngaahi tahi, mo ia kotoa pē ʻoku ʻi ai, pea ʻoku ke fakatolonga ʻakinautolu kotoa pē; pea ʻoku hū kiate koe ʻae ngaahi tokolahi ʻoe langi.
7 UnguThixo uNkulunkulu, owakhetha u-Abhrama wamkhupha e-Uri lamaKhaladiya wambiza ngokuthi ngu-Abhrahama.
Ko koe ko Sihova ko e ʻOtua, naʻa ke fili ʻa ʻEpalame, mo ke ʻomi ia kituaʻā mei Ua ʻoe kakai Kalitia, pea naʻa ke fakahingoa ia ko ʻEpalahame;
8 Wabona ukuthi inhliziyo yakhe yayithembekile kuwe, ngakho wenza isivumelwano laye ukupha izizukulwane zakhe ilizwe lamaKhenani, lamaHithi, lama-Amori, lamaPherizi, lamaJebusi lamaGigashi. Usigcinile isithembiso sakho ngoba ulungile.
Pea naʻa ke ʻilo hono loto naʻe angatonu ʻi ho ʻao, mo ke fai ʻae fuakava mo ia ke foaki ʻae fonua ʻoe kakai Kēnani, mo e kakai Heti, mo e kakai ʻAmoli, mo e kakai Pelesi, mo e kakai Sepusi, mo e kakai Keakasa, ʻoku ou pehē ke foaki ia ki hono hako, pea kuo ke fakahoko ʻa hoʻo ngaahi folofola: he ʻoku ke māʻoniʻoni:
9 Wakubona ukuhlupheka kwabokhokho bethu eGibhithe; wezwa ukukhala kwabo eLwandle oluBomvu.
Naʻa ke mamata ki he ngaahi mamahi ʻo ʻemau ngaahi tamai ʻi ʻIsipite, mo ke ongoʻi ʻenau tangi ʻi he Tahi Kulokula;
10 Wathumela izibonakaliso ezingumangaliso lezimanga kuFaro, kuzozonke izinduna zakhe lakubo bonke abantu belizwe lakhe, ngoba wawukwazi ukuthi amaGibhithe abaphatha njani ngodlakela. Wazenzela ibizo, elimiyo kuze kube lamuhla.
Pea naʻa ke fakahā ʻae ngaahi fakaʻilonga mo e ngaahi mana kia Felo, pea ki heʻene kau tamaioʻeiki kotoa pē, pea ki he kakai kotoa pē ʻo hono fonua: he naʻa ke ʻiloʻi ʻenau fai fakafiefielahi kiate kinautolu. Ko ia naʻa ke maʻu ai ʻae huafa moʻou, ʻo hangē ko ia he ʻaho ni.
11 Walwehlukanisa ulwandle phambi kwabo, ukuze bedlule kulo emhlabathini owomileyo, kodwa waphosela labo ababebaxhuma ekujuleni, njengelitshe liphoselwa ethwaceni lwamanzi.
Pea naʻa ke vaeua ʻae tahi ʻi honau ʻao, ko ia naʻa nau ʻalu ai ʻi he kelekele mōmoa ʻi he loto tahi: pea naʻa ke lī honau kau fakatanga ki he loloto, ʻo hangē ha maka ki he ngaahi tahi mālohi.
12 Emini wawubakhokhela ngensika yeyezi, ebusuku ngensika yomlilo ukubapha ukukhanya endleleni ababehamba ngayo.
Pea naʻa ke taki ʻakinautolu ʻi he ʻaho ʻaki ʻae pou ʻao; pea ʻi he poʻuli ʻaki ʻae pou afi ke tuku ha maama kiate kinautolu ʻi he hala ʻoku totonu ke nau ʻalu ai.
13 Wehla weza eNtabeni yaseSinayi; wakhuluma kubo usezulwini. Wabapha izimiso lemithetho eqondileyo njalo elungileyo, lezimemezelo lemilayo elungileyo.
Pea naʻa ke ʻalu hifo foki ki he moʻunga ko Sainai, mo ke folofola kiate kinautolu mei he langi, mo ke foaki kiate kinautolu, ʻae ngaahi fakamaau totonu, mo e ngaahi fono moʻoni, ʻae ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni lelei mo e ngaahi fekau:
14 Wabazisa ngeSabatha lakho elingcwele njalo wabapha imilayo, lezimiso lemithetho ngenceku yakho uMosi.
Mo ke fakaʻilo kiate kinautolu ho ʻaho tapu māʻoniʻoni, mo ke fekau kiate kinautolu ʻae ngaahi fekau, mo e tuʻutuʻuni, mo e ngaahi fono, ʻi he nima ʻo Mōsese ko hoʻo tamaioʻeiki;
15 Ngesikhathi belambile wabapha isinkwa sivela ezulwini njalo ekomeni kwabo wabalethela amanzi ephuma edwaleni; wabatshela ukuthi bangene balithathe ilizwe owafunga uphakamisa isandla ukubapha.
Mo ke foaki kiate kinautolu ʻae mā mei he langi ʻi heʻenau fiekai, mo ke fakatupu ʻae vai mei he maka ʻi heʻenau fieinu, mo ke fakaʻilo kiate kinautolu ke nau ʻalu ʻo hoko ʻo maʻu ʻae fonua ʻaia naʻa ke fuakava ke foaki kiate kinautolu.
16 Kodwa bona, okhokho bethu, baba yiziqholo baqinisa intamo, kabaze balalela imilayo yakho.
Ka naʻe fai fakafiefielahi ʻekinautolu, mo ʻemau ngaahi tamai, ʻo fakafefeka honau kia, pea naʻe ʻikai tokanga ki hoʻo ngaahi fekau,
17 Bala ukulalela njalo behluleka ukukhumbula izimanga owazenzayo phakathi kwabo. Baqinisa intamo kwathi ekuhlamukeni kwabo bakhetha umkhokheli ukuze babuyele ebugqilini babo. Kodwa unguNkulunkulu oxolelayo, olomusa lesihawu, ophuza ukuthukuthela kodwa wandile ngothando. Ngakho kawubafulathelanga,
Pea naʻa nau talangataʻa, pea naʻe ʻikai tokanga ki hoʻo ngaahi mana ʻaia naʻa ke fai ʻi honau haʻohaʻonga; ka naʻa nau fakafefeka honau kia, pea ʻi heʻenau angatuʻu naʻa nau tuʻutuʻuni hanau ʻeiki ke nau foki ki heʻenau nofo pōpula; ka ko e ʻOtua koe ʻoku ke tali teu ke fakamolemole, ʻoku ke angalelei mo angaʻofa, ʻoku tuai ho houhau, pea ʻoku ke angalelei lahi pea naʻe ʻikai te ke liʻaki ʻakinautolu.
18 lalapho sebezibumbele isithombe sethole besithi, ‘Lo ngunkulunkulu wenu owalikhuphayo eGibhithe,’ lanxa benze amanyala esabekayo.
ʻIo, hili ʻenau ngaohi maʻanautolu ʻae ʻuhiki pulu [koula ]naʻe haka, ʻonau pehē, Ko ho ʻOtua eni ʻaia naʻe ʻomi koe mei ʻIsipite, ʻonau fai ʻae ngaahi ʻahiʻahi kovi lahi:
19 Ngenxa yesihawu sakho esikhulu kawubakhalalanga enkangala. Emini insika yeyezi kayikhawulanga ukubakhokhela endleleni yabo, loba insika yomlilo ebusuku ukukhanyisa indlela ababemele bahambe ngayo.
Ka ko koe ʻi hoʻo ngaahi angaʻofa lahi naʻe ʻikai te ke liʻaki ʻakinautolu ʻi he toafa: naʻe ʻikai hiki meiate kinautolu ʻae pou ʻoe ʻao ʻi he ʻaho, ke tataki ʻakinautolu ʻi he hala: pe ko e pou afi ʻi he pō, ke fakahā ʻae maama kiate kinautolu, mo e hala ʻaia ʻoku totonu ke nau ʻalu ai.
20 Wanika uMoya wakho omuhle ukubafundisa. Kawuyigodlanga imana yakho emilonyeni yabo, njalo wabapha amanzi ukucitsha umhawu wabo.
Pea naʻa ke foaki foki ʻa ho laumālie lelei ke akonakiʻi ʻakinautolu, pea naʻe ʻikai te ke taʻofi hoʻo mana mei honau ngutu, pea naʻa ke foaki ʻae vai kiate kinautolu ʻi heʻenau fieinu.
21 Okweminyaka engamatshumi amane wabagcina enkangala; kabazange baswele lutho, izembatho zabo kaziguganga lezinyawo zabo kazivuvukanga.
ʻIo, naʻa ke tokoni ʻakinautolu ʻi he toafa, ʻi he taʻu ʻe fāngofulu, ko ia naʻe ʻikai te nau masiva ʻi ha meʻa ʻe taha; naʻe ʻikai fakaʻaʻau ʻo motuʻa honau ngaahi kofu, pea naʻe ʻikai fufula honau vaʻe.
22 Wabapha imibuso lezizwe, wababela lemingcele ekude. Balithatha ilizwe likaSihoni inkosi yaseHeshibhoni lelizwe lika-Ogi inkosi yaseBhashani.
Pea naʻa ke foaki foki kiate kinautolu ʻae ngaahi puleʻanga, mo e kakai, mo ke vaheʻi ʻakinautolu ki he ngaahi vāhenga [fonua]: ko ia naʻa nau maʻu ai ʻae fonua ʻo Sihoni, mo e fonua ʻoe tuʻi ʻo Hesiponi, mo e fonua ʻo Oki ko e tuʻi ʻo Pesani.
23 Wenza amadodana abo aba manengi njengezinkanyezi zomkhathi, wabaletha elizweni owawutshele okhokho babo ukuba bangene kulo balithathe.
Pea naʻa ke fakatokolahi ʻenau fānau ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi fetuʻu ʻoe langi, pea naʻa ke ʻomi ʻakinautolu ki he fonua, ʻaia naʻa ke fakaʻilo ki heʻenau ngaahi tamai, ʻaia ke nau ʻalu ki ai ʻo maʻu.
24 Amadodana abo angena alithatha ilizwe. Wawehlukanisa phambi kwabo amaKhenani, ababehlala phakathi kwelizwe; wanikela amaKhenani kubo, ndawonye lamakhosi awo labantu belizwe, ukuba benze kubo njengokuthanda kwabo.
Ko ia naʻe ʻalu ki ai ʻae fānau ʻo [nau ]maʻu ʻae fonua, pea naʻa ke fakavaivai ʻae kakai ʻoe fonua, ko e kakai Kēnani, ʻi honau ʻao, mo ke foaki ʻakinautolu ki honau nima, mo honau ngaahi tuʻi, mo e kakai ʻoe fonua, koeʻuhi ke nau fai ʻenau faʻiteliha ki ai.
25 Bathumba amadolobho abiyelweyo lomhlaba ovundileyo; bazithatha izindlu ezazigcwaliswe ngakho konke okuhle, lemithombo eyayivele igejiwe, izivini, lezivande zama-oliva lezihlahla ezinengi ezezithelo. Badla bazitika bakhithika imikhaba; bazithokozisa ngokulunga kwakho okukhulu.
Pea naʻa nau kapasi ʻae ngaahi kolo mālohi, mo e fonua mahu, ʻonau maʻu ʻae ngaahi fale naʻe fonu ʻi he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē, mo e ngaahi vaikeli, mo e ngaahi ngoue vaine, mo e ngoue ʻolive, mo e ngaahi ʻakau fua lahi ʻaupito: ko ia naʻa nau kai, pea mākona, pea hoko ʻo sino, ʻonau fakafiemālieʻi ʻakinautolu ʻi hoʻo angalelei lahi.
26 Kodwa kabalalelanga bakuhlamukela; umthetho wakho bawubeka ngemva kwabo. Babulala abaphrofethi bakho, ababebakhuza ukuze babuyele kuwe; bahlambaza ngendlela eyesabekayo.
Ka ko e moʻoni naʻa [nau ]fai talangataʻa, pea angatuʻu kiate koe, pea liʻaki hoʻo fono ki honau tuʻa, ʻonau tāmateʻi hoʻo kau palōfita naʻe valoki ʻakinautolu ke nau tafoki kiate koe, mo nau fai ʻae ngaahi ʻahiʻahi kovi lahi.
27 Ngakho wabanikela ezitheni zabo, zabancindezela. Kodwa kwathi sebencindezelwe bakhala kuwe. Usezulwini wabezwa, kwathi ngesihawu sakho esikhulu wabapha abakhululi, ababahlengayo ezandleni zezitha zabo.
Ko ia naʻa ke tukuange ai ʻakinautolu ki he nima ʻo honau ngaahi fili, ʻaia naʻa nau fakamamahiʻi ʻakinautolu: pea ʻi he kuonga ʻo ʻenau mamahi, ʻi heʻenau tangi kiate koe, naʻa ke ongoʻi ʻakinautolu mei langi; pea naʻa ke foaki kiate kinautolu, ʻo taau mo hoʻo ngaahi angaʻofa, ʻae ngaahi fakamoʻui, ʻaia naʻa nau moʻui ai mei he nima ʻo honau ngaahi fili.
28 Kodwa bonela ukuphumula, baphinda njalo benza okubi phambi kwakho. Wase ubadela ezandleni zezitha zabo ukuthi zibabuse. Kwathi lapho sebekhala kuwe njalo, wezwa usezulwini, kwathi ngesihawu sakho wabakhulula izikhathi ngezikhathi.
Kae hili ʻenau maʻu ʻae fiemālie, naʻa nau toe fai kovi ʻi ho ʻao: ko ia naʻa ke tuku ai ʻakinautolu ki he nima ʻo honau ngaahi fili, pea naʻa nau hoko ai ʻo pule kiate kinautolu: ka ʻi heʻenau tafoki, ʻo tangi kiate koe, naʻa ke ongoʻi ʻakinautolu mei langi; pea naʻe liunga lahi hoʻo fakamoʻui ʻakinautolu ʻo taau mo hoʻo ngaahi angaʻofa;
29 Wabaxwayisa ukuthi babuyele emthethweni wakho, kodwa baqholoza kabaze bayilalela imilayo yakho. Benza isono ngezimiso zakho, okuthi nxa umuntu ezilalela aphile. Ngobuqholo bakufulathela, baqinisa intamo, bala ukulalela.
Pea naʻa ke takitalaʻi ʻakinautolu, koeʻuhi ke ke toe ʻomi ʻakinautolu ki hoʻo fono: ka naʻa nau fai fakafiefielahi, pea ʻikai tokanga ki hoʻo ngaahi fekau, ka naʻa nau fai angahala ki hoʻo ngaahi fakamaau, (ʻaia kapau ʻe fai ia ʻe ha tangata, ʻe moʻui ai ia: ) ʻonau kalofaki honau uma, pea fakakekeva honau kia, pea naʻe ʻikai tokanga.
30 Okweminyaka eminengi wababekezelela. NgoMoya wakho wabakhuza ngabaphrofethi bakho. Kodwa kabananzanga, ngakho wabanikela ebantwini abakhelene labo.
Ka naʻa ke kātakiʻi ʻakinautolu ʻi he ngaahi taʻu lahi, pea naʻa ke fakaʻilo kiate kinautolu ʻenau kovi, ʻi ho laumālie ʻi hoʻo kau palōfita: ka naʻe ʻikai te nau tokanga: ko ia naʻa ke fakatukutukuʻi ʻakinautolu ki he nima ʻoe kakai ʻoe ngaahi fonua.
31 Kodwa ngomusa wakho omkhulu kawubaqedanga njalo kawubadelanga, ngoba unguNkulunkulu olomusa, olozwelo.
Ka koeʻuhi ko hoʻo angaʻofa lahi naʻe ʻikai te ke fakaʻauha ʻaupito ʻakinautolu, pe liʻaki ʻakinautolu; he ko e ʻOtua angalelei mo angaʻofa koe.
32 Ngakho-ke manje, Oh Nkulunkulu wethu, uNkulunkulu omkhulu, olamandla njalo omangalisayo, ogcina isivumelwano sakhe sothando, ungadeleli bonke lobu ubunzima obusehleleyo thina laphezu kwamakhosi ethu labakhokheli, phezu kwabaphristi labaphrofethi bethu, phezu kwabobaba labantu bakho bonke, kusukela ensukwini zamakhosi ase-Asiriya kuze kube lamuhla.
Pea ko eni, ʻE homau ʻOtua, ko e ʻOtua lahi, mo mālohi, mo fakamanavahē, ʻa koe ʻoku ke tauhi ʻae fuakava mo e angaʻofa, ʻoua naʻa hangē ia ko ha meʻa siʻi kiate koe, ʻae ngaahi mamahi kotoa pē ʻaia kuo hoko kiate kimautolu, pea ki homau ngaahi tuʻi, ki homau houʻeiki, pea ki homau kau taulaʻeiki, pea ki homau kau palōfita, pea ki heʻemau ngaahi tamai, pea ki he kakai kotoa pē, talu ʻae kuonga ʻoe ngaahi tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho ni.
33 Kukho konke lokho okwenzakeleyo kithi, ubeqotho; wenze ngokuthembeka, thina sisenza okubi.
Ka ko e moʻoni ʻoku ke tonuhia koe ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē kuo fakahoko kiate kimautolu: he kuo ke fai totonu koe, ka naʻe fai angakovi ʻakimautolu:
34 Amakhosi ethu, abakhokheli bethu, abaphristi bethu labobaba abawulandelanga umthetho wakho; abayinanzanga imilayo yakho izixwayiso owabapha zona.
Pea naʻe ʻikai tauhi hoʻo fono ʻe homau ngaahi tuʻi, mo homau ngaahi houʻeiki, mo homau kau taulaʻeiki, pe ko ʻemau ngaahi tamai, pe tokanga ki hoʻo ngaahi fekau, mo hoʻo ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni, ʻaia naʻa ke valoki ʻaki kiate kinautolu.
35 Loba babesembusweni wabo, bekholisa ukulunga kwakho kubo elizweni elibanzi elivundileyo lelo owabapha lona, kabakukhonzanga futhi kabaguqukanga ezindleleni zabo ezimbi.
He naʻe ʻikai te nau tauhi koe ʻi honau puleʻanga, pea ʻi he ngaahi angalelei ʻaia naʻa ke foaki kiate kinautolu, pea ʻi he fonua lahi mo mahu ʻaia naʻa ke foaki kiate kinautolu, pea naʻe ʻikai te nau tafoki mei heʻenau ngaahi ngāue angakovi.
36 Kodwa ake ubone, siyizigqili lamuhla, izigqili elizweni owalipha okhokho bethu ukuthi badle izithelo zalo lezinye izinto ezinhle eziphuma kulo.
Vakai, ko e kau tamaioʻeiki ʻakimautolu he ʻaho ni, pea ko e fonua ʻaia naʻa ke foaki ki heʻemau ngaahi tamai ke nau kai hono fua ʻo ia mo hono lelei, vakai ko e kau tamaioʻeiki ʻakimautolu ʻi ai:
37 Ngenxa yezono zethu, isivuno salo esinengi siya emakhosini osuwabeke phezu kwethu. Abusa phezu kwemizimba yethu laphezu kwezinkomo zethu njengokuthanda kwawo. Siphakathi kosizi olumangalisayo.”
Pea ʻoku tupu mei ai ʻae meʻa lahi maʻae ngaahi tuʻi ʻaia kuo ke fakanofo ke pule kiate kimautolu ko e meʻa ʻi heʻemau ngaahi angahala: pea ʻoku nau pule ki homau sino foki, pea ki heʻemau fanga manu, ʻonau faʻiteliha, pea ko kimautolu ʻoku mau moʻua ʻi he mamahi lahi.”
38 “Ngenxa yakho konke lokhu, sesisenza isivumelwano esibophayo, sisibhala phansi, njalo abakhokheli bethu, abaLevi labaphristi bethu bafaka uphawu lwabo kuso.”
Pea koeʻuhi ko e meʻa ni kotoa pē ʻoku mau fai ʻae fuakava ke maʻu, mo tohi ia: pea ko homau ngaahi houʻeiki, mo e kau Livai, mo e kau taulaʻeiki, te nau ʻai ʻa hono fakaʻilonga maʻu.
