40 Pa tsiku loyambali muzitenga zipatso zabwino kwambiri, masamba a kanjedza,+ nthambi zikuluzikulu za masamba ambiri ndi mitengo ya msondodzi ya m’chigwa.* Mukatero muzisangalala+ kwa masiku 7 pamaso pa Yehova Mulungu wanu.

12 Ndipo muzisangalala pamaso pa Yehova Mulungu wanu,+ inuyo ndi ana anu aamuna, ana anu aakazi, akapolo anu aamuna, akapolo anu aakazi ndi Mlevi wokhala mumzinda wanu, chifukwa iye alibe gawo kapena cholowa monga inu.+

11 Uzikasangalala+ chifukwa cha zabwino zonse zimene Yehova Mulungu wako wapatsa iwe ndi nyumba yako, zimene wapatsa iweyo komanso Mlevi ndi mlendo wokhala pakati panu.+

10 Nehemiya anapitiriza kunena kuti: “Pitani mukadye zinthu zonona, kumwa zinthu zokoma ndi kugawa chakudya+ kwa anthu amene sanathe kudzikonzera chakudya, pakuti lero ndi tsiku lopatulika kwa Ambuye wathu. Choncho musadzimvere chisoni pakuti chimwemwe chimene Yehova amapereka ndicho malo anu achitetezo.”

17 Choncho mpingo wonse wa anthu amene anabwerera kuchokera ku ukapolo anamanga misasa ndi kukhala m’misasayo. Panali chisangalalo chachikulu kwambiri+ chifukwa chakuti ana a Isiraeli anali asanachitepo zimenezi kuchokera m’masiku a Yoswa mwana wa Nuni,+ mpaka kudzafika tsiku limeneli.

18 Chinthu chabwino kwambiri ndiponso chokongola chimene ine ndaona, n’chakuti munthu ayenera kudya, kumwa ndi kusangalala, chifukwa cha ntchito yake yonse yovuta+ imene amaigwira mwakhama padziko lapansi pano, kwa masiku onse a moyo wake amene Mulungu woona wam’patsa. Pakuti imeneyo ndiyo mphoto yake.