Bible Reading Plan – Day 255

₁Ngoku ke amadoda nabafazi bawo benza isimbonono bekhalazela amawabo angamaJuda. ₂Abanye babesithi: “Thina noonyana neentombi zethu sibaninzi; ngoko ke ukuze sibe nokutya siphile kufuneka sikufumane ukudla.”

₃Abanye ke babesithi: “Sibambise ngamasimi ethu, nezidiliya, namakhaya, ukuze sizuze ukudla ngethuba lendlala.”

₄Kwakukho nabathi: “Siboleke imali ukuze sibe nokuhlawula irhafu yakomkhulu ngenxa yamasimi nezidiliya zethu, ₅kodwa nangona sibanye ngegazi namawethu la, futhi oonyana bethu befana nababo, kodwa thina oonyana neentombi zethu bazizisulu zobukhoboka. Ezinye kwiintombi zethu sezingene ebukhobokeni; ke thina asinakwenza nto, kuba amasimi nezidiliya zethu zathathwa zanikwa bantu bambi.”

₆Ndithe ke ndakusiva esi simbonono sabo, ndawonye nezityholo zabo, ndasuka ndacaphuka kakhulu. ₇Ndawetyisa engqondweni lo mcimbi, ndaza ke ndazikhalazela izikhulu namagosa, ndathi: “Nicinezela amawenu ngokutsala ingeniso kwakuwo!” Ngoko ke ndabiza imbizo ukuze ichophele lo mbandela wabo, ₈ndathi: “Senze unako-nako sawakhulula ngokuwathenga amawethu angamaJuda awayethengiswe kwiintlanga. Ngoku ke nina nithengisa ngabo abantakwenu, nisenzela ukuba baphinde bathengiswe kwakuthi.” Kwathi cwaka ke, kuba babengenayo indlela yokuziphendulela.

₉Ndaqhuba ndathi: “Le nto niyenzayo ayilunganga. Ngani ukuba ningamhloneli uThixo, khon' ukuze niziphephe izinyeliso zeentlanga eziziintshaba zethu? ₁₀Mna nabantakwethu namadoda akwam siyababoleka abantu imali nokudla. Ngoko ke masiyeke ukubaxhaphaza sizuze ingeniso. ₁₁Khanibabuyisele kwanamhlanje amasimi, izidiliya, izinquma, nezindlu zabo, ngokunjalo nala matyala banibamba wona: isahlulo sekhulu semali, ingqolowa, iwayini, kunye namafutha omnquma.”

₁₂Ke bona bathi: “Siza kubabuyisela; futhi asisayi kubuya sibahlawulise nto ngaphezulu. Siza kwenza ngokokuthetha kwakho.”

Ndaza ke ndabiza ababingeleli, zona izikhulu, namagosa, ndathi mabafunge ukuba baza kusifezekisa isithembiso sabo. ₁₃Ndawuvuthulula umnweba wam ndisithi: “Ngamana wenjenje uThixo ukuyivuthulula indlu yakhe, kunye naye nabani na onezinto, ongavumiyo ukusifezekisa esi sithembiso. Umntu onjalo makavuthululwe ashiywe eyimpula kalujaca!”

Ndithe ke ndakutsho, ibandla lonke lathelela lathi: “*Amen,” lamdumisa uNdikhoyo. Ngenene ke abantu benza ngokwesithembiso sabo.

₁₄Ngaphezu koko ke, ukusukela kunyaka wamashumi amabini kakumkani uAtashasta, ekumiselweni kwam ukuba ndibe ngumlawuli welakwaJuda, yada yangunyaka wakhe wamashumi mathathu anambini – ishumi elinambini leminyaka emva koko – mna ndawonye namawethu asizange sikutye ukutya okwakusisabelo somlawuli. ₁₅Kambe ke bona abalawuli abandandulelayo, babemisela abantu uxanduva lomthwalo oyisiliva ebunzima busisahlulo sesihlanu sekhilogram ukongeza ukutya newayini ababeyikhupha. Nabancedisi babo babebaxhaphaza abantu. Kodwa ke mna ngenxa yokuhlonela uThixo andiyenzanga loo nto. ₁₆Ndaweni yaloo nto mna ndazinikela ekwakheni udonga. Onke amadoda am ayehlanganela ukusebenza; asizange sizifunele mhlaba.

₁₇Kananjalo ke mna ndandisitya namaJuda alikhulu elinamashumi amahlanu, kunye nabaphathiswa ndawonye nâbo babeze kuthi besuka kwizizwe ezisingqongileyo. ₁₈Ngemini nganye ndandilungiselelwa inkabi yenkomo, iigusha ezintandathu ezikhethiweyo, neenkuku; kuze ke njalo ngeshumi leentsuku ndinikwe iindidi zonke zewayini ibe ninzi. Nakuba kunjalo ke, mna andizange ndikubize ukutya okusisabelo somlawuli, kuba ezi ndleko zaziluxanduva phezu kwabantu.

₁₉Ndikhumbule undazelele, Thixo wam, kuzo zonke izinto endizenzele aba bantu.

₁Ke kaloku kwavakala kuSanebhalati, uTobhiya, noGeshem umArabhu, nezinye ke iintshaba zethu, ukuba ndibuye ndalwakha udonga, akwasala nasinye isikhewu, nangona ukuza kuthi gaa kwelo thuba ndandingekazifaki iingcango zamasango. ₂Ke uSanebhalati noGeshem bandithumelela umyalezo othi: “Khawufike sidibane kwenye yeedolophana kumathafa aseOno.”

Kambe ke babesenza iyelenqe lokundenzakalisa. ₃Ngoko ke ndabathumelela izigidimi ndisithi: “Ndenza umsebenzi omkhulu apha, ngoko ke andinako ukuwuyeka ndize kuni. Ngani ukuba ume umsebenzi ndilibele kukuza kuni?” ₄Lo myalelo bawuthumela kane kum, mna ke ezo zihlandlo zozine ndawuphendula kwangaloo mpendulo inye.

₅Kwisihlandlo sesihlanu ke uSanebhalati wathumela ihlakani lakhe eliphethe kwalo myalezo mnye uyileta engavalwanga ₆ebhalwe ngolu hlobo:

“Kukho ingxelo eyaziwayo phakathi kwezizwe – yaye ke uGeshem uthi iyinyaniso. Kuthiwa wena ndawonye namaJuda niceba uvukelo; kungeso sizathu nivusa olu donga nje. Ngaphezu koko ke ngokwale ngxelo wena uzimisele ukuba ngukumkani wawo, ₇kangangokuba sowude wamisela abashumayeli ukuze benze isihlokomiso ngawe apha eJerusalem, bathi: ‘Ukho ukumkani welakwaJuda!’ Le ngxelo ke iza kufikelela kukumkani; ngoko ke wena yiza ukuze sithetha-thethane.”

₈Ndamthumelela le mpendulo ke, ndathi: “Ayikho into enjengale uyithethayo; kuphela wena uyikha entloko le nto uyithethayo.”

₉Ewe, babezama ukusoyikisa besithi: “Baza kutyhafa ukuze umsebenzi bawuyeke ungagqitywanga.”

Kambe ke ndathandaza ndathi: “Thixo wethu, zomeleze izandla zam!”

₁₀Ngenye imini ndaya endlwini kaShemaya unyana kaDelaya kaMetabheli owayezivalele emzini wakhe. Waza ke wathi: “Masiye kuhlangana endlwini kaThixo, singene ngaphakathi, sivale iingcango, kuba kukho abantu abafuna ukukubulala; ewe, baza kukubulala ngobusuku.”

₁₁Kambe ke ndathi apho kuye: “Uthi ingaze ibaleke indoda enjengam nje? Okanye ke uthi ndingade ndiye kungena endlwini kaThixo ukusindisa ubomi bam? Hayi bo! Andiy' apho!” ₁₂Ewe, ndayiqonda into yokuba akathunywanga nguThixo, koko undishumayeza ezi zinto kuba ethengwe nguTobhiya noSanebhalati. ₁₃Wayethengwe ukuze andigrogrise, khon' ukuze ngale nto ndenze isono, bona ke banditshabhise ngegama elibi.

₁₄Awu, Thixo wam, uze ubakhumbule ooTobhiya noSanebhalati ngale nto bayenzileyo; ungamlibali nomshumayelikazi uNowadiya nabo bonke abashumayeli abazama ukundigrogrisa.

₁₅Ke lona udonga lwagqitywa ngomhla wamashumi amabini anantlanu wenyanga uEluli, emva kweentsuku ezingamashumi amahlanu anambini lwaqalwayo. ₁₆Zithe ke iintshaba zethu zakuziva ezi ndaba, ndawonye nezizwe ezingabamelwana ezazibona ngamehlo, suka zaphelelwa kukuzithemba kwazo, kuba kaloku ziqonda ukuba lo msebenzi wenziwe ngoncedo lukaThixo wethu.

₁₇Ngaloo mihla ke izikhulu zakwaJuda zazithumela intaphane yeeleta kuTobhiya; neempendulo ke zazithululeka ukungena zivela kuTobhiya. ₁₈Kaloku amaJuda amaninzi ayenqophisene naye, njengoko wayengumkhwenyana kaShekaniya unyana ka-Ara, unyana wakhe uYohanan ethathe intombi kaMeshulam unyana kaBherekiya. ₁₉Ngaphezu koko kaloku babengoosiputsu abandinika ingxelo yemisebenzi yakhe emihle, bandule ke ukuya kumxelela loo nto ndiyithethileyo mna. Ke yena uTobhiya wayendithumelela iileta zokundigrogrisa.

₁Emva kokugqitywa kodonga ndafakela iingcango ezindaweni zazo, kwaza kwamiselwa abalindi-masango, iimvumi, nabaLevi. ₂Ndamisela umntakwethu uHanani ukuba avelele iJerusalem, ekunye noHananiya ingqwayi-ngqwayi yenqaba, kuba wayengumfo onentembeko, uThixo emhlonela ngaphezu koninzi lwabantu. ₃Kubo ke ndathi: “Makangavulwa amasango aseJerusalem ide ibe seyiqinile imini. Ngethuba besekhona abalindi-masango mabawavale mba amasango ngemivalo. Kananjalo miselani abemi baseJerusalem babe ngabalindi; abanye kwiindawo ezithile, abanye ke kufuphi nezindlu zabo.”

₄Ke kaloku isixeko esi sasisikhulu sithe gabalala, kodwa bembalwa abantu ngaphakathi, nezindlu ke zingekakhiwa. ₅Ngoku ke uThixo wam wathetha nam, ndaza ke ndaziqokelela izikhulu, amaphakathi noluntu luphela, ndamisela ukuba bonke babhalwe ngokwemizi yabo. Ndalufumana uludwe lwemilibo yokuzalwa kwâbo babebuye kuqala. Ke lona lwalumi ngolu hlobo: ₆Naba ke abantu beli phondo ababuyileyo ekuthinjweni ababethinjwe ngukumkani uNabhukadenezare waseBhabheli. Babuyela eJerusalem nakwaJuda, yangulowo nalowo waphindela kwidolophu yakowabo, ₇ndawonye noZerubhabheli, uYeshuwa, uNehemiya, uAzariya, uRamiya, uNamani, uModekayi, uBhileshan, uMisperete, uBhigwayi, uNehum noBhana.

Umlawuli:

Ke kaloku yathi yakufika inyanga yesixhenxe, amaSirayeli selezinzile ezidolophini zawo,

₂Ngoko ke ngomhla wokuqala kwinyanga yesixhenxe umbingeleli uEzra weza nayo ebandleni incwadi yomthetho – ibandla elo ke yayingamadoda nabafazi nabo bonke ababesebeqabuke ingqondo. ₃Wawufunda ukusukela kusasa kwada kwasemin' emaqanda, emile ejonge apho ebaleni phambi kweSango laManzi, esiva amadoda, abafazi, nabo bonke ababesebeqabuke ingqondo. Bonke ke abo bantu bayiphulaphula ngomdla loo ncwadi yomthetho yayifundwa.

₄Ke umchazi-mthetho uEzra lo wayemi kwiqonga elenziwe ngamaplanga, lenzelwe eso siganeko. Ngasekunene kwakhe kwakumi uMatitiya, uShema, uAnaya, u-Uriya, uHilekiya, noMaseya; ngasekhohlo inguPedaya, uMishayeli, uMalkiya, uHashum, uHashbhadana, uZakariya, noMeshulam.

₅UEzra wayivula ke incwadi leyo. Bonke ke abantu babembona, kuba wayemi ebavelele. Uthe ke akuyivula, bema ngeenyawo abantu. ₆UEzra ke watyibela, encoma uNdikhoyo, uThixo omkhulu. Ke bona abantu baphakamisa izandla, baza bathelela bathi: “*Amen! Makube njalo!” Baza ke bagoba banqula uNdikhoyo bejonge phantsi.

₇Ke abaLevi uYeshuwa, uBhani, uShrebhiya, uJamin, uAkubhi, uShabhetayi, uHodiya, uMaseya, uKelita, uAzariya, uJozabhadi, uHanani, noPelaya, babafundisa umthetho abantu, besamile njalo apho. ₈Babefunda encwadini yomthetho kaThixo, baze ke batolike beyichaza ukuze ivakale ebantwini loo nto ifundwayo.

₉Ke umlawuli uNehemiya, ekunye nombingeleli ongumchazi-mthetho uEzra, nabaLevi ababefundisa abantu, bathi kubo bonke: “Le yimini eyodwa kuNdikhoyo uThixo wenu. Ngoko ke musani ukulila nenze isijwili.” Kaloku bonke abantu babentywizisa ngoku bawaphulaphuleyo amazwi omthetho.

₁₀Ke uNehemiya wathi kubo: “Hambani niyokutya izimuncu-muncu, ukutya okumnandi neziselo, nide niphe nâbo bangenakutya. Le yimini ekhethekileyo yeNkosi yethu. Ngayo musani ukuba lusizi; kaloku uNdikhoyo uza kunomeleza ngovuyo lwakhe.”

₁₁Ke abaLevi babazolisa abantu, besithi: “Le yimini eyodwa, zolani. Sanukuba lusizi.”

₁₂Ngoko ke bonke abantu baya kwenza itheko, batya, basela, besabelana ngokutya benemincili, kuba kaloku ngoku bewaqondile amazwi ababewacaciselwe.

₁₃Ngomhla wesibini wenyanga leyo ke iinkulu zemizi zinababingeleli nabaLevi zaqokelelana kuEzra umchazi-mthetho ukuze ziqwalasele amazwi omthetho. ₁₄Apho kuloo mthetho wayalelwa nguNdikhoyo ngoMosis bafumanisa kubhaliwe kwathiwa amaSirayeli makahlale kumaphempe ngethuba letheko lenyanga yesixhenxe, ₁₅kananjalo balishumayele ilizwi elo linwenwele kuzo zonke iidolophu naseJerusalem, besithi: “Phumani niye kweleentaba, nibuye namahlamvu omnquma, nalowo wasendle, awemetile, nawesundu, naweminye imithi, ukuze ngawo kwenziwe amaphempe njengoko kubhaliweyo.”

₁₆Baphuma ke abantu, baza babuya namahlamvu emithi, bazakhela ngawo amaphempe kumaphahla abo, kwiinkundla zemizi yabo, nakwiinkundla zendlu kaThixo, ngokunjalo nasebaleni elingakwiSango laManzi nelingakwiSango likaEfrayim. ₁₇Lonke ke elo gqiza lalibuye ekuthinjweni lazakhela amaphempe, laza lahlala kuwo. Ke ukusukela kwimihla kaYoshuwa unyana kaNune kude kube lelo thuba amaSirayeli la ayengazange alibhiyozele ngale ndlela eli theko. Ewe, ayonwabe ngovuyo olukhulu.

₁₈Ukuqalela kwimini yokuqala mihla le uEzra wayefunda incwadi yomthetho kaThixo. Elo theko ke balibhiyozela iintsuku ezisixhenxe, baza ke ngosuku lwesibhozo bahlangana belibandla ngokommiselo womthetho.