Nehemiya
8 Ngemuva kwaloko, bonkhe bantfu bahlangana baba munye esigcawini lesisembikweLigede Lemanti,+ futsi bacela Ezra+ lobekangumbhali* kutsi aletse incwadzi yeMtsetfo waMosi,+ lowo Jehova labewunikete ema-Israyeli.+ 2 Ngako ngelilanga lekucala lenyanga yesi-7,+ Ezra umphristi waletsa lencwadzi yeMtsetfo embikwelibandla+ lemadvodza nebafati kanye nabo bonkhe labebangakhona kuwulalelisisa futsi bawucondze. 3 Wawufundza ngelivi lelivakalako+ kusukela entsatsakusa kwaze kwaba kusemini, eme embikwesigcawu lebesisembikweLigede Lemanti, futsi wawufundzela emadvodza, nebafati kanye nabo bonkhe labebangawucondza. Labantfu bakulalelisisa+ loko lobekubhalwe kulencwadzi yeMtsetfo. 4 Ezra lobekangumbhali bekeme endzaweni lephakeme lebeyakhiwe ngetingodvo, futsi yakhelwe lombutsano; ngesekudla sakhe bekume boMathithiya, Shema, Anaya, Uriya, Hilkiya naMaseya; kantsi ngesencele sakhe bekunaPhedaya, Mishayeli, Malkhiya,+ Hashumi, Hashabadana, Zakhariya naMeshulamu.
5 Ezra wavula lencwadzi embikwabo bonkhe bantfu, ngobe bekeme endzaweni lephakeme kunabo. Watsi nakayivula, bonkhe basukuma. 6 Ngemuva kwaloko Ezra wadvumisa Jehova, longuNkulunkulu lomkhulu neweliciniso, futsi bonkhe bantfu batsi: “Amen!* Amen!”+ baphakamisa tandla tabo. Babese bayaguca futsi bakhotsama embikwaJehova babuke phansi. 7 BoJeshuwa, Bani, Sherebiya,+ Jamini, Akhubi, Shabhethayi, Hodiya, Maseya, Khelita, Azariya, Jozabadi,+ Hanana naPhelaya, lebebangemaLevi, bachazela bantfu+ loMtsetfo njengobe labantfu bebasolo bemile. 8 Bachubeka bafundza lencwadzi yeMtsetfo waNkulunkulu weliciniso ngelivi lelivakalako, bawuchaza kahle futsi bacacisa kutsi loko bekufundvwa kusho kutsini; ngaleyo ndlela basita bantfu kutsi bakucondze loko bekushiwo ngulencwadzi.*+
9 Nehemiya lobekangumbusi* ngaleso sikhatsi, na-Ezra+ umphristi lobekaphindze abe ngumbhali, kanye nemaLevi lebekafundzisa bantfu, bakhuluma nabo bonkhe labantfu batsi: “Leli lilanga lelingcwele kuJehova Nkulunkulu wenu.+ Ningakhali nobe nilile.” Loku bakusho ngobe bonkhe labantfu bebakhala njengobe bebeva emavi labekakulencwadzi yeMtsetfo. 10 Nehemiya watsi kubo: “Hambani niyokudla kudla lokumnandzi* ninatse netinatfo letimnandzi, futsi nibaphe kudla+ labo labete lutfo; ngobe lelilanga lingcwele eNkhosini yetfu, futsi ningeva buhlungu ngobe injabulo levela kuJehova isiphephelo senu.”* 11 EmaLevi abindzisa bonkhe labantfu, atsi: “Ningakhali! ngobe lelilanga lingcwele futsi ningeva buhlungu.” 12 Ngako bonkhe labantfu bahamba bayokudla, banatsa baphindze bapha nalabanye kudla, futsi bebajabule kakhulu+ ngobe bebawacondza lamavi labebatjelwe wona.+
13 Ngelilanga lesibili, tinhloko tetindlu tabo bonkhe bantfu, baphristi kanye nemaLevi babutsana embikwa-Ezra longumbhali, kute bacondzisise emavi aloMtsetfo. 14 KuloMtsetfo, batfola kubhalwe kutsi Jehova abekhiphe umyalo ngaMosi wekutsi ema-Israyeli kufanele ahlale emadlangaleni* ngesikhatsi semkhosi loba ngenyanga yesi-7,+ 15 nekutsi kufanele akhiphe simemetelo+ futsi atjele bantfu kuwo onkhe emadolobha awo nakulo lonkhe laseJerusalema, atsi: “Hambani niye esifundzeni lesinetintsaba nigawule emagala lanemacembe etihlahleni temncumo, etihlahleni tesipheshula, etihlahleni tamabovana,* nasetihlahleni telusundvu, nigawule nemagala lanemacembe kuletinye tihlahla kute nakhe emadlangala njengobe kubhaliwe eMtsetfweni.”
16 Ngako labantfu bahamba bayogawula lamagala, babuya batakhela emadlangala, ngamunye wabo walakha eluphahleni lwendlu yakhe, bawakha nasemabaleni abo, emabaleni endlu yaNkulunkulu weliciniso,+ esigcawini seLigede Lemanti,+ kanye nasesigcawini seLigede laka-Efrayimu.+ 17 Bonkhe bantfu labebabuya ekutfunjweni batakhela emadlangala futsi bahlala kuwo, ngobe kusukela ngemalanga aJoshuwa+ indvodzana yaNuni kuze kube ngulelolanga, ema-Israyeli abengakake awugubha ngalendlela lomkhosi, ngako ajabula kakhulu.+ 18 Onkhe emalanga bekufundvwa lencwadzi yeMtsetfo waNkulunkulu weliciniso,+ kusukela ngelilanga lekucala kwaze kwaba lilanga lekugcina. Lomkhosi bawugubha emalanga langu-7, futsi ngelilanga lesi-8 baba nembutsano lokhetsekile njengobe bekusho uMtsetfo.+