Neemiya 5:1-19
5 Mbwenye amuna pabodzi na akazawo atoma kudungunya kakamwe thangwi ya Ayuda andzawo.+
2 Anango akhalonga: “Ife pabodzi na anathu amuna na akazi, ndife azinji. Tisafunika kugumana cakudya toera tipitirize kukhala m’maso.”
3 Pontho anango akhalonga: “Ife tisapereka minda yathu ya tirigu, ya mauva na nyumba zathu* toera tigumane cakudya mu ndzidzi wa njala.”
4 Anangombo akhalonga: “Ife tikhapereka minda yathu ya tirigu na ya mauva ninga cinyindiro toera atifiyarisi kobiri yakulipa nayo nsonkho* kuna mambo.+
5 Ife na abale athu ndife a manungo mabodzi ene na a ciropa cibodzi cene,* pontho anathu ndi ninga anawo; ngakhale tenepo, ife tisafunika kupereka anathu amuna na akazi toera akhale mabitcu, maseze anathu anango akazi ndi mabitcu kale.+ Mbwenye ife nkhabe mphambvu toera kukhondesa pyenepi, thangwi minda yathu ya tirigu na ya mauva iri m’manja mwa anango.”
6 Ine ndaipirwa kakamwe pidabva ine kudungunya kwawo.
7 Natenepa ndanyerezera mwadidi pinthu pyenepi muntima mwanga, pontho ndatoma kusandika atsogoleri na atongi, mbandiapanga kuti: “Imwe monsene musafiyarisi abale anu mbamuaphemba toera akubwezereni na juru.”*+
Kusiyapo pyenepi, ine ndacemeresa anthu azinji thangwi ya iwo.
8 Penepo ine ndaapanga: “Ife tacita pyonsene pidakwanisa ife toera kuombola abale athu Ayuda akuti akhadaguliswa kuna anthu a madzindza anango. Kodi imwe cincino muli kugulisa abale anu?+ Pontho imwe musafuna kuti ife tiaombole* toera abwerere kuna ife?” Natenepa iwo amatama, mbasowa cakulonga.
9 Buluka penepo ine ndaapanga: “Pinacita imwe si pyadidi tayu. Kodi imwe nee musafunika kugopa Mulungu+ mu pinthu pyonsene pinacita imwe,* toera anthu a madzindza anango akuti ndi anyamalwa athu, akhonde kutipwaza?
10 Kusiyapo pyenepi, ine, abale anga na atumiki anga, tisaafiyarisi kobiri na pyakudya. Ndaphata miyendo, lekani kufiyarisi toera kubwezerwa na juru.*+
11 Ndaphata miyendo, abwezereni lero ene minda yawo ya tirigu,+ ya mauva, minda yawo ya milivera na nyumba zawo. Pontho abwezereni kobiri* yawo, pyakudya, vinyu ipswa na mafuta, pidaafiyarisi imwe toera akubwezereni na juru.”*
12 Penepo iwo atawira: “Ife tinaabwezera pinthu pyenepi pyonsene, pontho nee tinaaphemba juru. Tinacita ninga mudalongera imwe.” Natenepa, ndacemeresa anyantsembe, mbandiphemba amuna toera adumbire kuti anacita pidalonga iwo.
13 Buluka penepo ndagubudza nguwo zanga, mbandilonga: “Munjira ibodzi ene, Mulungu wandimomwene anagubudza onsene anakhonda cita pinthu mwakubverana na mafala anewa, mbaabulusa kunja kwa nyumba zawo na kunja kwa pinthu pyawo pyonsene. Natenepa, iwo anadzagubudzwa mbasala cimanja-manja.” Anthu onsene akhali* penepo alonga: “Ameni!”* Pontho iwo asimba Yahova, mbacita pidapikira iwo.
14 Kusiyapo pyenepi, mu pyaka 12, kutomera pa ntsiku idandikhazikisa mambo ninga ntsogoleri+ wa dziko ya Yuda, mu caka 20+ mpaka mu caka 32+ ca utongi wa Mambo Artaxerxe,+ ine na abale anga nee tadya cakudya cinapaswa ntsogoleri.+
15 Mbwenye anthu akhatsogolera, ine mbandidzati kukhala ntsogoleri akhali ninga ntolo kuna mbumba, pontho ntsiku zonsene akhaphemba masiklo* 40 toera kugula cakudya na vinyu. Kusiyapo pyenepi, atumiki awo akhaponderera mbumba. Mbwenye ine nee ndacita pyenepi+ thangwi yakugopa Mulungu.+
16 Natenepa, ine ndaphedzera basa yakumanga mpanda, pontho nee munda ubodzi udakwata ife;+ atumiki anga onsene agumanyikana kweneko toera kuphata basa.
17 Ayuda na atongi, onsene akukwana 150, pabodzi na anthu a madzindza anango adabwera kuna ife, tikhadya pabodzi pene.
18 Ntsiku zonsene ine ndikhakhunganyirwa ng’ombe ibodzi imuna, mabira matanthatu adidi kakamwe na mbalame, pontho pangapita ntsiku khumi tikhali na vinyu yakunjipa kakamwe ya ntundu onsene. Ngakhale tenepo, ine nee ndikhaphemba cakudya cikhapaswa ntsogoleri, thangwi mbumba ikhadalemerwa kale na mabasa.
19 Mulungu wanga, lekani kundiduwala, pontho ndipaseni nkhombo thangwi ya pinthu pyonsene pidacita ine toera kuphedza mbumba iyi.+
Pidzindikiro Pyapantsi
^ Minda na nyumba pikhali ninga cinyindiro cakuti mbadabwezera pinthu pidafiyari iwo.
^ Peno: “nsonkho-nsonkho.”
^ Fala na Fala: “manungo a abale athu ndi ninga manungo athu.”
^ Peno: “akubwezereni pizinji.”
^ Fala na Fala: “tiagule.”
^ Fala na Fala: “musafunika kufamba mwakugopa Mulungu wathu.”
^ Peno: “kubwezerwa pizinji.”
^ Peno: “akubwezereni pizinji.”
^ Fala na Fala: “khundu ibodzi ya kobiri 100,” pyenepi pisabveka purusentu ibodzi ya juru ikhaphemba iwo pamwezi.
^ Fala na Fala: “Mpingo onsene ukhali.”
^ Peno: “Pikhale tenepo.”
^ Siklo ibodzi ikhalemera magrama 11,4. Onani Apendise B14.
