1 Ngoma
9: 1 Nuko Isiraheli yose ibarwa ibisekuruza; kandi, bari
byanditswe mu gitabo cy'abami ba Isiraheli na Yuda, bari batwawe
kure y'i Babuloni kubera ibicumuro byabo.
9: 2 Noneho abaturage ba mbere babaga mu byo batunze mu byabo
imigi yari, Abisiraheli, abatambyi, Abalewi, n'Abadini.
3 I Yeruzalemu hatura abana b'u Buyuda n'ab'abana ba
Benyamini, n'abana ba Efurayimu na Manase;
9: 4 Uthai mwene Ammihud, mwene Omri, mwene Imri, mwene
Bani, mu bana ba Farezi mwene Yuda.
9: 5 Na ba Shiloni; Asaya imfura, n'abahungu be.
9: 6 N'abahungu ba Sera; Jeuel, na barumuna babo, magana atandatu na
mirongo cyenda.
7: 7 Mu bahungu ba Benyamini; Sallu mwene Meshullam, mwene
Hodaviya mwene Hasenuah,
9: 8 Ibiniya mwene Yerowamu na Ela mwene Uzi, mwene
Mikiri na Meshullam mwene Shefatiya, mwene Reweli, umuhungu
wa Ibiniya;
9 Abavandimwe babo bakurikije ibisekuruza byabo, magana cyenda na
mirongo itanu na gatandatu. Abo bagabo bose bari umutware wa ba se mu nzu ya
ba se.
9:10 N'abatambyi; Yedaya, na Yehoyarib, na Yakini,
9 Azariya mwene Hilkiya mwene Meshullamu mwene Zadoki,
mwene Merayoti, mwene Ahitub, umutware w'inzu y'Imana;
9 Adaya mwene Yerowamu mwene Pashur mwene Malikiya,
na Maasiai mwene Adiyeli, mwene Yahzera, mwene Meshullam,
mwene Meshillemith, mwene Immer;
9:13 Abavandimwe babo, abatware b'inzu ya ba sekuruza, igihumbi na
magana arindwi na mirongo itandatu; abagabo bashoboye cyane kubikorwa bya serivisi
y'inzu y'Imana.
9:14 N'Abalewi; Shemaya mwene Hasshub, mwene Azrikamu, Uhoraho
mwene Hashabiya, mu bahungu ba Merari;
9 Bakibakkar, Heresh, na Galali, na Mataniya mwene Mika, Uwiteka
mwene Zichri, mwene Asafu;
9:16 Obadiya mwene Shemuya, mwene Galali, mwene Yeduti,
na Berekiya mwene Asa mwene Elkana, wabaga muri Uhoraho
imidugudu ya Netofati.
9 Abatwara imizigo bari, Shallum, Akkub, Taloni, na Ahimani, na
abavandimwe babo: Shallum yari umutware;
9:18 Kugeza ubu, abategereje ku irembo ry'umwami iburasirazuba: bari binjiriye
amasosiyete y'abana ba Lewi.
9:19 Shallum mwene Koreya, mwene Ebiasaph, mwene Kora, na
abavandimwe be, bo mu nzu ya se, Abakoreya, bari hejuru ya Uwiteka
umurimo wa serivisi, abarinzi b'amarembo y'ihema: n'ayabo
ba sogokuruza, bari hejuru y'ingabo z'Uwiteka, barindaga umuryango.
9 Finehasi mwene Eleyazari ni we wabategetse mu bihe byashize,
Uhoraho yari kumwe na we.
9:21 Zakariya mwene Mehelemiya yari umurinzi w'umuryango w'Uwiteka
ihema ry'itorero.
9:22 Aba bose batoranijwe kuba abatwara amarembo bari magana abiri
na cumi na babiri. Ibi byabazwe ibisekuru byabo mumidugudu yabo,
uwo Dawidi na Samweli umubona bashizeho mu biro byabo.
9:23 Nabo rero hamwe nabana babo bagenzura amarembo yinzu
y'Uwiteka, ni ukuvuga inzu y'ihema, n'abacungagereza.
9:24 Mu bihe bine hari abatwara ibicuruzwa, berekeza iburasirazuba, iburengerazuba, amajyaruguru, na
majyepfo.
9:25 Abavandimwe babo bari mu midugudu yabo bagombaga gukurikira
iminsi irindwi rimwe na rimwe hamwe nabo.
9:26 Kuri aba Balewi, abatware bane bakuru, bari mu biro byabo, kandi
bari hejuru y'ibyumba n'ubutunzi bw'inzu y'Imana.
9:27 Bazengurutse inzu y'Imana, kuko ari bo bashinzwe
kuri bo, no gufungura buri gitondo bireba.
9:28 Kandi bamwe muribo bari bafite inshingano zo gutwara amato, ko ari bo
igomba kubazana no gusohoka ukoresheje imigani.
9:29 Bamwe muribo nabo bashinzwe kugenzura ibyombo, byose
ibikoresho by'ubuturo bwera, n'ifu nziza, na vino, na
amavuta, n'imibavu, n'ibirungo.
9:30 Bamwe mu bahungu b'abatambyi basiga amavuta y'ibirungo.
9:31 Matayo, umwe mu Balewi, akaba imfura ya Shallum Uwiteka
Korahite, yari afite ibiro byashyizweho hejuru yibintu byakorewe mu bikoresho.
9:32 Abandi bavandimwe babo, abahungu ba Kohati bararangiye
umutsima, kugirango utegure buri sabato.
9:33 Kandi aba ni abaririmbyi, umutware wa ba sekuruza b'Abalewi, abo
gusigara mu byumba byari ubuntu: kuko bakoreshwaga muri ako kazi
amanywa n'ijoro.
9:34 Abo basekuruza bakuru b'Abalewi bari abatware muri bo
ibisekuruza; Batuye i Yeruzalemu.
9 Gibeyoni atura se wa Gibeyoni, Yehiyeli, izina ry'umugore we
Maachah,
9:36 Umuhungu we w'imfura Abdon, hanyuma Zur, na Kishi, Baali, Ner, na
Nadab,
9:37 Gedori, Ahio, Zekariya na Miklot.
Miklot yabyaye Shimeamu. Kandi babana na barumuna babo
Yerusalemu, hejuru ya barumuna babo.
9:39 Ner yabyaye Kish; Kish yabyaye Sawuli; Sawuli yabyaye Yonatani, kandi
Malikiya, Abinadabu, na Eshbaali.
9 Umuhungu wa Yonatani yari Meribbaali, Meribbaal abyara Mika.
9:41 Abahungu ba Mika ni Pitoni, Meleki, Tahreya na Ahazi.
Ahaz yabyaye Yara; Yara yabyaye Alemeti, Azmaveti na Zimri;
Zimri yabyaye Moza;
9:43 Moza yabyaye Bineya; na Refaya umuhungu we, Eliya umuhungu we Azeli
umuhungu.
9:44 Azeli abyara abahungu batandatu, amazina yabo ni Azrikamu, Bocheru, na
Ishimayeli, Sheariya, Obadiya, na Hanani: abo ni abahungu ba
Azel.