UAMUZI WA KUJENGA UKUTA.

UAMUZI WA KUJENGA UKUTA.

MUHUBIRI: FAUSTINE GUTAPAKA.

Nehemia 2:17-20

[17]Kisha nikawaambia, Mnaona hali hii dhaifu tuliyo nayo, jinsi Yerusalemu ulivyo hali ya ukiwa, na malango yake yalivyoteketezwa kwa moto; haya! Na tuujenge tena ukuta wa Yerusalemu, ili tusiwe shutumu tena. 

Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

[18]Nikawaeleza habari ya mkono wa Mungu wangu ulivyokuwa mwema juu yangu; pia na maneno ya mfalme aliyoniambia. Nao wakasema, Haya! Na tuondoke tukajenge. Basi wakaitia mikono yao nguvu kwa kazi hiyo njema. 

Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.

[19]Lakini waliposikia Sanbalati, Mhoroni, na Tobia, mtumishi wake, Mwamoni, na Geshemu, Mwarabu, walitucheka, wakatudharau, wakasema, Ni nini neno hili mnalofanya? Je! Mtaasi ninyi juu ya mfalme? 

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

[20]Ndipo nikawajibu, nikawaambia, Mungu wa mbinguni, yeye atatufanikisha; kwa hiyo sisi, watumishi wake, tutaondoka na kujenga; lakini ninyi hamna sehemu, wala haki, wala kumbukumbu, katika Yerusalemu. 

Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.