UBawo wethu Umzisa uEzra eYerusalem

UEzra, umbingeleli nombhali oyingcaphephe kuMyalelo, uvela eBhabhilon enencwadi yokumkani emnika isilivere, impahla, negunya lokumisa abagwebi. Esi sahluko sihlala sixela isizathu: isandla sikaYise esilungileyo sasiphezu kwakhe. UEzra wayeyimisele intliziyo yakhe ukufunda, ukuthobela, nokufundisa.

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Emva kwezi ziganeko, ngexesha lolawulo luka-Artashashta ukumkani wasePersi, uEzra unyana kaSeraya, unyana ka-Azariya, unyana kaHilekiya, unyana kaShalum, unyana kaTsadoki, unyana ka-Ahitubhi, unyana ka-Amariya, unyana ka-Azariya, unyana kaMerayoti, unyana kaZerahiya, unyana ka-Uzi, unyana kaBhuki, unyana ka-Abhishuwa, unyana kaPinehasi, unyana kaElazare, unyana ka-Aron umbingeleli omkhulu. Lo Ezra wenyuka evela eBhabhilon, engumbhali oyingcaphephe kuwo uMyalelo kaMoses, awawunikayo uBawo wethu, uThixo wakwaSirayeli. Ukumkani wamnika konke awakucelayo, ngokuba isandla sikaYise sasiphezu kwakhe. Inxenye yoonyana bakaSirayeli, nababingeleli, nabaLevi, neemvumi, nabagcini-masango, nabakhonzi betempile, benyuka baya eYerusalem ngomnyaka wesixhenxe ka-Artashashta ukumkani. UEzra wafika eYerusalem ngenyanga yesihlanu, ngomnyaka wesixhenxe wokumkani. Ngosuku lokuqala lwenyanga yokuqala wemka eBhabhilon; wafika eYerusalem ngosuku lokuqala lwenyanga yesihlanu, ngokuba isandla sikaYise esilungileyo sasiphezu kwakhe. Kaloku uEzra wayeyimisele intliziyo yakhe ukuba awufunde uMyalelo kaBawo wethu, awugcine, afundise imimiselo namasiko akhe kwaSirayeli.

Incwadi Yokumkani kuEzra

Yile impinda yencwadi awayinika uEzra umbingeleli nombhali ukumkani u-Artashashta, umbhali oyingcaphephe kwimithetho kaBawo wethu nakwimimiselo yakhe kuSirayeli:

U-Artashashta, ukumkani wookumkani, kuEzra umbingeleli, umbhali woMyalelo woThixo wasezulwini: imibuliso. Ke ngoku,

Ndiwisa umthetho othi: bonke abakwaSirayeli ebukumkanini bam, kunye nababingeleli nabaLevi, abavumayo ukuya eYerusalem, mabahambe nawe. Kuba uthunywe ngukumkani namaphakathi akhe asixhenxe, ukuba uphande ngoYuda neYerusalem ngokoMyalelo woThixo wakho, osesandleni sakho, nokuzisa isilivere negolide awanikele ngayo ngokuqhutywa yintliziyo ukumkani namaphakathi akhe kuThixo wakwaSirayeli, okhaya lakhe liseYerusalem, ndawonye nayo yonke isilivere negolide oya kuyifumana kulo lonke ilizwe laseBhabhilon, kunye neminikelo yabantu nababingeleli yokuqhutywa yintliziyo, abayinikela ngokuqhutywa yintliziyo endlwini yoThixo wabo eseYerusalem. Ngale mali, ngobungxamo thenga iinkunzi zeenkomo, neenkunzi zezimvu, neemvana, neminikelo yazo yokudla neyokuthululwa, uzibingelele esibingelelweni sendlu yoThixo wenu eseYerusalem. Into enithi nina nabazalwana benu ilungile ngayo yenze ngayo yonke enye isilivere negolide eseleyo, ngokokuthanda koThixo wenu. Zisa phambi koThixo waseYerusalem iimpahla ozinikiweyo zenkonzo yendlu yoThixo wakho. Konke okunye ekusweleyo indlu yoThixo wakho, okuwela phezu kwakho ukukunikela, ukunikele kuvela ebuncwaneni bokumkani.

Mna, kumkani u-Artashashta, ndiwisa umthetho kubo bonke abagcini-buncwane abaphesheya koMlambo, othi: konke anicelayo uEzra umbingeleli, umbhali woMyalelo woThixo wasezulwini, makwenziwe ngokukhawuleza, kude kuye kuzo iitalente zesilivere ezilikhulu, neehomere zengqolowa ezilikhulu, neebhate zewayini ezilikhulu, neebhate zeoli ezilikhulu, netyuwa engenamlinganiselo. Konke ewisa umthetho ngako uThixo wasezulwini, makwenziwe ngokupheleleyo endlwini yakhe, ukuze kungabikho burhalarhume phezu kobukumkani bokumkani noonyana bakhe. Kananjalo siyanazisa ukuba: akuvunyelwanga ukuba kubekwe rhafu, naneyokuhanjiswa, nayokucandwa phezu kwabo bonke ababingeleli, nabaLevi, neemvumi, nabagcini-masango, nabakhonzi betempile, nabasebenzi bale ndlu kaThixo.

Wena Ezra, ngobulumko boThixo wakho obusesandleni sakho, misa abagwebi namajaji okubalawula bonke abantu abaphesheya koMlambo—bonke abawaziyo amasiko oThixo wakho. Ke abangawaziyo nibafundise. Nabani na ongawuthobeliyo umyalelo woThixo wakho nomyalelo wokumkani, makohlwaywe kanobom—ngokufa, nokugxothwa, nokuhluthwa izinto zakhe, nokuvalelwa entolongweni.

Makabongwe uBawo wethu, uThixo woobawo bethu, owabeka entliziyweni yokumkani ukuba ayihombise indlu kaBawo wethu eseYerusalem, nowandenzela inceba phambi kokumkani, namaphakathi akhe, nazo zonke izikhulu zokumkani ezinamandla. Ndaza ndomelela, ngokuba isandla sikaBawo wethu sasiphezu kwam, ndaza ndahlanganisa iinkokeli zakwaSirayeli ukuba zenyuke nam.