a6:21
bDute 12:30,31
cEks 13:5
d1 Sam 11:1
e10:2; Eks 34:16; Neh 10:30:13:23,27; Mal 2:11
fDute 7:6
gHlab 106:35; 2 Kor 6:14
hNeh 2:16
i9:5; Jobe 1:20; Gen 44:13
j9:4; Hlab 143:4; Neh 1:4
k10:3; Isa 66:2,5
l9:4; Hlab 143:4; Neh 1:4
mEks 29:41; 1 Kho 18:29
n9:3
o1 Kho 8:22
pHlab 38:4
q2 Lan 28:9
rHlab 106:6; Dan 9:5,6
sNeh 9:30
tDan 9:7,8; 2 Lan 32:21
u9:13-15; 2 Lan 20:24
vHlab 13:3
wNeh 9:36
x7:28
yIsa 5:5
z6:21
aa9:2; Eks 23:32; Dute 7:3
abDute 23:6
acZaga 13:22, 20:7
ad9:7
aeJobe 11:6; Hlab 103:10
af9:8,14,15
ag9:2
ahDute 9:8; Joha 5:14; 2 Pet 2:20,21
ai9:8,14,15
ajNeh 9:33; Jobe 8:3; Hlab 119:137; Dan 9:14; Jer 12:1
ak9:8,14,15
al1 Kor 15:17
amHlab 130:3

Ezra 9

UEzra wenza umkhuleko wokuvuma izono zabantu

1Kwathi ekupheleni kwalezizinto, iziphathamandla zasondela kimi zisithi: Abantu bakoIsrayeli labapristi lamaLevi kabazehlukanisanga lezizwe zamazwe a ngokwezinengiso zazo b, ezamaKhanani, amaHethi, amaPerizi, amaJebusi c, amaAmoni, amaMowabi, amaGibhithe, lamaAmori d. 2Ngoba bazithathele emadodakazini azo bona lamadodana abo e, yaze yaxubana inzalo engcwele f lezizwe zamazwe g; yebo, isandla seziphathamandla lababusi sasingesokuqala kulesisiphambeko h.

3Kwathi ngisizwa loludaba ngadabula isembatho sami lebhatshi lami, ngangcothula okwenwele zekhanda lami lendevu zami i, ngahlala phansi ngathithibala j. 4Kwasekubuthana kimi wonke othuthumela ngamazwi kaNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli ngenxa yesiphambeko sabathunjwa k; ngasengihlala ngithithibele l kwaze kwaba ngumnikelo wakusihlwa m.

5Kwathi ngomnikelo wakusihlwa ngasukuma ekuthotshisweni kwami, lekudabuleni kwami isembatho sami lebhatshi lami, ngaguqa ngamadolo ami n, ngelulela izandla zami eNkosini uNkulunkulu wami o, 6ngathi: Nkulunkulu wami, ngilenhloni, ngiyangekile ukuphakamisela ubuso bami kuwe, Nkulunkulu wami, ngoba ububi bethu bandile ngaphezu kwekhanda p, lecala lethu selikhule kwaze kwaba semazulwini q. 7Kusukela ensukwini zabobaba besiphakathi kwecala elikhulu kuze kube lamuhla r, langenxa yobubi bethu thina, amakhosi ethu, abapristi bethu, sinikelwe esandleni samakhosi amazwe, enkembeni, ekuthunjweni s, lekuphangweni, lehlazweni lobuso, njengalamuhla t. 8Khathesi-ke ngokwesikhatshana umusa wenziwe yiNkosi uNkulunkulu wethu, ukusitshiyela ukuphepha, lokusinika isikhonkwane endaweni yayo engcwele u, ukuze uNkulunkulu wethu akhanyisele amehlo ethu, njalo asinike imvuselelo encinyane ebugqilini bethu v. 9Ngoba siyizigqili, kanti ebugqilini bethu uNkulunkulu wethu kasitshiyanga w, kodwa uselulele umusa phambi kwamakhosi ePerisiya, ukusinika imvuselelo, ukuphakamisa indlu kaNkulunkulu wethu x, lokumisa amanxiwa ayo, lokusinika umduli koJuda laseJerusalema y. 10Khathesi-ke, Nkulunkulu wethu, sizakuthini emva kwalokhu? Ngoba siyitshiyile imilayo yakho, 11owasilaya yona ngesandla senceku zakho abaprofethi, usithi: Ilizwe elingena kulo ukudla ilifa lalo liyilizwe elingcolileyo ngokungcola kwezizwe zamazwe, ngokunengekayo kwazo eziligcwalise ngakho kusukela ephethelweni kusiya ephethelweni, ngokungcola kwazo z. 12Ngakho-ke linganiki amadodana azo amadodakazi enu, futhi lingathatheli amadodana enu amadodakazi azo aa, lingadingi ukuthula kwazo lokuhle kwazo kuze kube phakade ukuze liqine lidle okuhle kwelizwe ab, lilitshiyele abantwana benu libe yilifa kuze kube phakade ac. 13Lemva kwakho konke okusehleleyo ngenxa yezenzo zethu ezimbi langenxa yecala lethu elikhulu ad, ngoba wena Nkulunkulu wethu uzibambile ekusijeziseni kancane kulezono zethu ae, wasinika ukuphepha okunje af; 14sizayephula futhi yini imilayo yakho, sithathane lesizwe salezizinengiso ag? Kawuyikusithukuthelela yini uze usiqede ah, kuze kungabi lensali kumbe ukuphepha ai? 15Nkosi, Nkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, ulungile aj; ngoba sitshiyelwe ukuphunyuka njengalamuhla ak. Khangela, siphambi kwakho ecaleni lethu al, ngoba kakho ongema phambi kwakho ngenxa yalokhu am.

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