Nekkemiya 1:1 Ebigambo bya Nekkemiya mutabani wa Kaliya. Awo olwatuuka mu... omwezi Kisuleewu, mu mwaka ogw'amakumi abiri, bwe nnali mu lubiri lwa Susani; 1:2 Kanani omu ku baganda bange n'ajja, ye n'abasajja abamu aba Yuda; ne Nababuuza ku Bayudaaya abaasimattuse, abaasigalawo obusibe, n'ebikwata ku Yerusaalemi. 1:3 Ne baŋŋamba nti Abasigaddewo abasigaddeyo mu buwambe mu ssaza bali mu kubonaabona okungi n'okuvumibwa: bbugwe wa Yerusaalemi era emenyeddwa, n'emiryango gyakyo gyokeddwa omuliro. 1:4 Awo olwatuuka bwe nnawulira ebigambo ebyo, ne ntuula ne nkaaba. ne bakungubaga ennaku ezimu, ne basiiba, ne basaba mu maaso ga Katonda wa eggulu, 1:5 N'agamba nti Nkwegayiridde, ai Mukama Katonda w'eggulu, omukulu era ow'entiisa Katonda, akuuma endagaano n’okusaasira eri abo abamwagala era abakwata ebiragiro bye: 1:6 Kaakano okutu kwo kuwulirize, n'amaaso go gazibule, osobole wulira okusaba kw'omuddu wo, kwe nsaba mu maaso go kati, olunaku ne ekiro, ku lw'abaana ba Isiraeri abaddu bo, era oyatule ebibi bya abaana ba Isiraeri, be twakwonoona: nze ne wange ennyumba ya taata eyonoonye. 1:7 Tukukoze obubi nnyo, ne tutakuuma ebiragiro, newakubadde amateeka, newakubadde emisango, ggwe omuddu wo Musa bwe yalagira. 1:8 Jjukira, nkwegayiridde, ekigambo kye walagira omuddu wo Musa ng'agamba nti Bwe munaasobya, ndibasaasaanya mu bantu amawanga: 1:9 Naye bwe mukyukiranga gye ndi, ne mukwata ebiragiro byange ne mubikola; naye mu mmwe mwasuulibwa ebweru okutuuka ku nkomerero y’eggulu, naye ndibakuŋŋaanya okuva eyo, ne mbaleeta mu kifo ekyo Nsazeewo okuteeka erinnya lyange eyo. 1:10 Kaakano bano be baddu bo n’abantu bo, be wanunula amaanyi go amangi, n'omukono gwo ogw'amaanyi. 1:11 Ai Mukama, nkwegayiridde, okutu kwo kuwulirize okusaba kwa omuddu wo, n'okusaba kw'abaddu bo, abaagala okukutya erinnya: n'okugaggawala, nkwegayiridde, omuddu wo leero, omuwe okusaasira mu maaso g’omusajja ono. Kubanga nze nnali mukwasi wa kabaka.