Nehemia kowahuma maadui iwalemile ing’onde yake.
1 Sanibalati hayahulike ka twetwe tung’ali tuutsenga keli ubanda, kaghudubuka, kawa na usungu mkulu ng’ani, baho kanza kuwaseka Wayahudi. 2 Kalonga hambele ha ndughu tsake, na hambele ha lijeshi lya Samaria, "Angu Wayahudi awano nyondenyonde wotenda choni? Pfihi iwenyegho wodaha kuutsenga keli ubanda auno? Pfihi wetsagha watsolapfa nambiko na ukumalitsa ukutsenga kwa tsuwa limwe? Pfihi watsoghafukula ghamabwe aghano kulawa mna ghamalundo gha ipfifusi, ighalakale na ghumoto?" 3 Naye Tobia, Munu wa Amoni tsakakala kahabehi, naye kalonga, "Pfipfila, achila chawotsenga, hata mbweha yang’adina mchanya mwake, koubomola ghendo ubanda wawo wa ghamabwe."
9 Lekeni tumlomba Imulungu wetu yatukinge nawo aku twika iwanu wa ukukalitsa chilo na misi.
16 Kulawa litsuwa alyo na kughendelela, nusu ya iwanu wangu waghendelela kuutsenga ubanda, na inusu ingi wakinda imigoha, na tsingao, na tsiminde, na wapfala pfisibao pfa ukwikinga. Wapfilingotsi wapanga hachisogho ha iwanu wose wa Yuda, 17 Iwanu awala iwotsenga ubanda na awala iwang’ali woduta imitsigho wasang’ana ng’onde yawo akuno moko ghumwe ghuna mtsigho, na ghumoko ghungi ghukinda isilaha yake. 18 Na chila munu iyang’ali yotsenga tsakeyoha lipanga lyake mchighudi mwake. Na imunu iyang’ali yotowa imalati tsakakala habehi na nene. 20 kokose kwamtsohulika imalati yolila, tsumileni kwatuli twetwe. Imulungu wetu katsotutowela ing’ondo."