Eseza
4:1 Moluddekaayi bwe yategeera byonna ebyali bikoleddwa, Moluddekaayi n’ayayuza engoye ze.
n'ayambala ebibukutu n'evvu, n'afuluma wakati mu
ekibuga, n’akaaba n’okukaaba okw’amaanyi n’okukaawa;
4:2 Ne bajja mu maaso g'omulyango gwa kabaka: kubanga tewali ayinza kuyingira mu
omulyango gwa kabaka ogwambadde ebibukutu.
4:3 Ne mu buli ssaza, buli kiragiro kya kabaka n'ekikye
ekiragiro kyajja, ne wabaawo okukungubaga okunene mu Bayudaaya, n'okusiiba, era
okukaaba, n'okukaaba; era bangi bagalamidde mu bibukutu n’evvu.
4:4 Awo abazaana ba Eseza n’abaweereza be ne bajja ne bamubuulira. Awo we yali
nnaabagereka n’anakuwala nnyo; n'atuma ebyambalo bya Moluddekaayi;
n'okumuggyako ekibukutu kye: naye n'atakifuna.
4:5 Awo Eseza n’ayita Kataki, omu ku bakuumi ba kabaka, gwe
yali alonze okumulabirira, era n’amuwa ekiragiro oku
Moluddekaayi, okumanya kye kyali, n’ensonga lwaki kyali.
4:6 Awo Kataki n’agenda eri Moluddekaayi ku luguudo lw’ekibuga, ekyaliwo
mu maaso g'omulyango gwa kabaka.
4:7 Moluddekaayi n’amubuulira byonna ebyamutuuseeko n’omuwendo
ku ssente Kamani ze yali asuubizza okusasula mu mawanika ga kabaka
Abayudaaya, okubazikiriza.
4:8 Era n’amuwa kkopi y’ekiwandiiko ky’ekiragiro ekyaweebwa ku
Susani okubazikiriza, okukitegeeza Eseza, n'okukibuulira
ye, n'okumulagira okuyingira eri kabaka, okukola
okumwegayirira, n'okusaba mu maaso ge olw'abantu be.
4:9 Kataka n’ajja n’abuulira Eseza ebigambo bya Moluddekaayi.
4:10 Nate Eseza n'ayogera ne Kataki, n'amulagira Moluddekaayi;
4:11 Abaddu ba kabaka bonna n’abantu ab’omu masaza ga kabaka bakola
mutegeere nti buli muntu, oba omusajja oba omukazi, alijja eri kabaka
mu luggya olw’omunda, atayitibwa, waliwo etteeka lye limu ly’alina okuteeka
okumutta, okuggyako abo kabaka b’anaagololera zaabu
omuggo, alyoke abeere omulamu: naye nze siyitibwa kuyingira
kabaka ennaku zino amakumi asatu.
4:12 Ne babuulira Moluddekaayi ebigambo bya Eseza.
4:13 Awo Moluddekaayi n’alagira okuddamu Eseza nti, “Tokirowoozaako.”
oliwona mu nnyumba ya kabaka okusinga Abayudaaya bonna.
4:14 Kubanga bw'osirikira ddala mu kiseera kino, kale awo
okugaziwa n’okununulibwa biba eri Abayudaaya okuva mu kifo ekirala; naye
ggwe n'ennyumba ya kitaawo mulizikirizibwa: era ani amanyi oba
ozze mu bwakabaka okumala ekiseera nga kino?
4:15 Awo Eseza n’abagamba nti bazzeeyo Moluddekaayi eky’okuddamu kino.
4:16 Mugende mukuŋŋaanye Abayudaaya bonna abali mu Susani, musiibe
mmwe ku lwange, so temulya wadde okunywa ennaku ssatu, ekiro newakubadde emisana: nange
n'abawala bange nabo bwe balisiiba; era bwe ntyo bwe ndiyingira eri kabaka, .
ekitali mu mateeka: era bwe nnaazikirizibwa, nzikirira.
4:17 Awo Moluddekaayi n’agenda n’akola byonna Eseza bye yalina
bwe yamulagira.