9 UNehemiya,+ oko kukuthi iTirshata+ noEzra+ umbingeleli, umkhupheli, nabaLevi ababeyalela abantu bathi kubo bonke abantu: “Olu suku lungcwele kuYehova uThixo wenu.+ Ningazili okanye nilile.”+ Kuba bonke abantu babelila njengoko babesiva la mazwi omthetho.+

3 Ezitratweni zakhe babhinqe amarhonya.+ Naseluphahleni+ lwakhe nakwiindawo zembutho bayabhomboloza, besehla belila.+

17 “Phakathi kweveranda nesibingelelo+ ababingeleli, abalungiseleli bakaYehova, mabalile baze bathi, ‘Owu Yehova, yiba nosizi ngabantu bakho, musa ukulenza ilifa lakho libe lungcikivo,+ ukuba balawulwe ziintlanga. Kutheni na ukuba bathi phakathi kwezizwana: “Uphi na uThixo wabo?”’+