| ← Ezra (10/10) |
| 1. | Ke kaloku akuthandaza uEzra, akukuxela oku, elila, eziwisile phambi kwendlu kaThixo, kwabuthelana kuye kumaSirayeli ibandla elikhulu kakhulu lamadoda, nabafazi, nabantwana, ngokuba abantu batsho ngesililo esikhulu. |
| 2. | Waphendula uShekaniya unyana kaYehiyeli, owoonyana bakaElam, wathi kuEzra, Senze ubumenemene kuThixo wethu, sazeka abafazi bezinye iintlanga ezizweni zelizwe eli; kodwa kusekho ithemba kumaSirayeli ngale nto. |
| 3. | Masimenzele ngoku umnqophiso uThixo wethu, wokuba sibakhuphe bonke abafazi nabazelwe ngabo, ngokwecebo lenkosi yam, nelabagubhela imithetho yoThixo wethu; makwenziwe ngokomyalelo. |
| 4. | Vuka, ngokuba le nto iphezu kwakho; singakuwe; yomelela, wenze. |
| 5. | Wavuka uEzra, wabafungisa abathetheli bababingeleli, nababaLevi, nabamaSirayeli onke, ukuba benze ngokwelo lizwi; bafunga ke. |
| 6. | Wesuka uEzra phambi kwendlu kaThixo, wangena egumbini likaYohanan unyana kaEliyashibhi. Wathi akufika khona, akadla sonka, akasela manzi; ngokuba ubesenza isijwili ngenxa yobumenemene babo bafuduswayo. |
| 7. | Bahambisa ilizwi kwaYuda naseYerusalem, kubo bonke oonyana basemfudusweni, lokuba babuthelane eYerusalem; |
| 8. | bathi, bonke abathe abeza ngesithuba semihla emithathu, ngokwecebo labathetheli nelamadoda amakhulu, mayisingelwe phantsi yonke impahla yabo; ke bona ngokwabo bahlulwe nebandla lasemfudusweni. |
| 9. | Abuthelana eYerusalem onke amadoda akwaYuda nawakwaBhenjamin ngeentsuku ezintathu; yaye iyinyanga yesithoba, ngowamashumi amabini umhla wenyanga leyo. Bahlala bonke abantu ebaleni lendlu kaThixo, bengcangcazela yile nto, naziimvula. |
| 10. | Wesuka wema uEzra umbingeleli, wathi kubo, Nenze ubumenemene; nizeke abafazi bezinye iintlanga, ukuze nongeze etyaleni lamaSirayeli. |
| 11. | Mzukiseni ngokunje uYehova, uThixo wooyihlo, nenze okukholekileyo kuye, nizahlule kwizizwe zeli lizwe, nakubafazi bezinye iintlanga. |
| 12. | Laphendula lonke ibandla, lathi ngezwi elikhulu, Kufanelekile kuthi, ukuba senze ngokwelizwi lakho; |
| 13. | kodwa abantu baninzi, yaye ilixesha lemvula, akunakumiwa phandle; lo msebenzi asingowemini enye, asingoweemini ezimbini; ngokuba sone kakhulu ngale nto. |
| 14. | Abathetheli bethu ke mabalimele ibandla lonke; bathi bonke emizini yethu, abazeke abafazi bezinye iintlanga, beze ngamaxesha amisiweyo, benamadoda amakhulu emizi ngemizi, nabagwebi bayo, kude kubuyiswe kuthi ukuvutha komsindo woThixo wethu, isekho nje le nto. |
| 15. | NgooYonatan unyana ka-Asayeli, noYazeya unyana kaTikwa, bodwa abamelana nelo lizwi; ooMeshulam, noShabhetayi umLevi, bebancedisa. |
| 16. | Benjenjalo ke oonyana basemfudusweni. Kwahlulwa ooEzra umbingeleli, namadoda aziintloko zezindlu zooyise ngokwezindlu zooyise, bonke bephela, bebalulwe ngamagama, bahlala phantsi ngomhla wokuqala wenyanga yeshumi ukuyibuza le nto. |
| 17. | Bayigqiba into yonke yamadoda abezeke abafazi bezinye iintlanga, elusukwini lokuqala lwenyanga yokuqala. |
| 18. | Koonyana bababingeleli kwafunyanwa ababezeke abafazi bezinye iintlanga: koonyana bakaYeshuwa unyana kaYotsadaki, nabazalwana bakhe: ingooMahaseya, noEliyezere, noYaribhi, noGedaliya. |
| 19. | Banika isandla sabo, ukuba bobakhupha abafazi babo; bathi, benetyala nje, bakhuphe inkunzi yasempahleni emfutshane ngenxa yetyala labo; |
| 20. | koonyana bakaImere yanguHanani noZebhadiya; |
| 21. | koonyana bakaHarim yanguMahaseya, noEliya, noShemaya, noYehiyeli, noUziya; |
| 22. | koonyana bakaPashure yanguEliyohenayi, noMahaseya, noIshmayeli, noNataniyeli, noYozabhadi, noEliyasa; |
| 23. | nakubaLevi; yanguYozabhadi, noShimehi, noKelaya okwanguKelita, noPetaya, noYuda, noEliyezere; |
| 24. | kwiimvumi yanguEliyashibhi; kwabamasango yanguShalum, noTelem, noUri; |
| 25. | kumaSirayeli: koonyana bakaParoshe yanguRamiya, noIziya, noMalekiya, noMiyamin, noElazare, noMalekiya, noBhenaya; |
| 26. | koonyana bakaElam yanguMataniya, noZekariya, noYehiyeli, noAbhedi, noYeremoti, noEliya; |
| 27. | koonyana bakaZatu yanguEliyohenayi, noEliyashibhi, noMataniya, noYeremoti, noZabhadi, noAziza; |
| 28. | nakoonyana bakaBhebhayi yanguYohanan, noHananiya, noZabhadi, noAtelayi; |
| 29. | koonyana bakaBhani yanguMeshulam, noMaluki, noAdaya, noYashubhi, noShehali, noYeremoti; |
| 30. | koonyana bakaPahati wakwaMowabhi yanguAdena, noKelali, noBhenaya, noMahaseya, noMataniya, noBhetsaleli, noBhinwi, noManase; |
| 31. | koonyana bakaHarim yanguEliyezere, noIshiya, noMalekiya, noShemaya, noSimon, |
| 32. | noBhenjamin, noMaluki, noShemariya; |
| 33. | koonyana bakaHashum yanguMatenayi, noMatata, noZabhadi, noElifelete, noYeremayi, noManase, noShimehi; |
| 34. | koonyana bakaBhani yanguMahadayi, noAmram, noUweli, |
| 35. | noBhenaya, noBhedeya, noKelwi, |
| 36. | noVaniya, noMeremoti, noEliyashibhi, |
| 37. | noMataniya, noMatenayi, noYahasavi, |
| 38. | noBhani, noBhinwi, noShimehi, |
| 39. | noShelemiya, noNatan, noAdaya, |
| 40. | noMakenadebhayi, noShashayi, noSharayi, |
| 41. | noAzareli, noShelemiya, noShemariya, |
| 42. | noShalum, noAmariya, noYosefu; |
| 43. | koonyana bakaNabho yanguYehiyeli, noMatitiya, noZabhadi, noZebhina, noYadayi, noYoweli, noBhenaya. |
| 44. | Bonke abo babezeke abafazi bezinye iintlanga. Bekukho phakathi kwabo abafazi ababezele oonyana. |
| ← Ezra (10/10) |