1 Esdras
1: 1 Yosiya yizihiza umunsi mukuru wa Pasika i Yeruzalemu kwa Nyagasani,
atanga igitambo cya pasika umunsi wa cumi na kane w'ukwezi kwa mbere;
1: 2 Tumaze gushyira abapadiri ukurikije amasomo yabo ya buri munsi, biteguye
mu myenda miremire, mu rusengero rwa Nyagasani.
3: 3 Abwira Abalewi, abakozi bera ba Isiraheli, ko ari bo
bakwiyegurire Uwiteka, bashireho isanduku yera ya Nyagasani
mu nzu umwami Salomo mwene Dawidi yari yarubatse:
1: 4 Ati: "Ntuzongera kwikorera inkuge ku bitugu byawe
rero ukorere Uwiteka Imana yawe, ukorere ubwoko bwe Isiraheli,
kandi agutegure nyuma yimiryango yawe nimiryango,
1: 5 Nkuko Dawidi umwami wa Isiraheli yabitegetse, kandi nk'uko Uwiteka abivuga
ubwiza bwa Salomo umuhungu we: no guhagarara mu rusengero ukurikije
icyubahiro cyinshi cyimiryango yanyu Abalewi, bakorera
imbere y'abavandimwe bawe bene Isiraheli,
1: 6 Tanga pasika kuri gahunda, kandi witegure ibitambo byawe
bavandimwe, kandi mukomeze Pasika ukurikije itegeko rya
Nyagasani, wahawe Mose.
1 Yosiya aha abantu basanzeyo Yosiya yahaye ibihumbi mirongo itatu
abana b'intama n'abana, n'inyana ibihumbi bitatu: ibi bintu byatanzwe
amafaranga y'umwami, nkuko yabisezeranije, kubantu, kuri Uwiteka
abatambyi, n'Abalewi.
1: 8 Helkiya, Zakariya na Syelusi, abatware b'urusengero, baratanga
abatambyi kuri pasika intama ibihumbi bibiri na magana atandatu, kandi
inyana magana atatu.
1: 9 Yekoniya na Samaya, na Natanayeli murumuna we, na Assabiya, na
Okiyeli, na Yoramu, abatware barenga ibihumbi, baha Abalewi
Pasika intama ibihumbi bitanu, n'inyana magana arindwi.
1:10 Ibyo birangiye, abatambyi n'Abalewi, bafite Uwiteka
imigati idasembuye, ihagaze neza cyane ukurikije bene wabo,
1:11 Ukurikije icyubahiro cyinshi cya ba sekuruza, imbere y Uwiteka
abantu, gutura Uwiteka, nkuko byanditswe mu gitabo cya Mose: na
ni ko byagenze mu gitondo.
1:12 Batwika pasika bakoresheje umuriro, nkuko bigaragara kuri Uwiteka
ibitambo, babisya mu nkono z'umuringa n'amasafuriya hamwe n'impumuro nziza,
1:13 Kandi ubashyire imbere y'abantu bose, hanyuma baritegura
ubwabo, no ku batambyi benewabo, bene Aroni.
1:14 Abatambyi batanze ibinure kugeza nijoro, Abalewi baritegura
ubwabo, abatambyi barumuna babo, bene Aroni.
1:15 Abaririmbyi bera na bo, abahungu ba Asafu, bari kuri gahunda yabo
kugenwa na Dawidi, mubwenge, Asafu, Zakariya, na Yeduti, uwo
yari uw'umwami.
1:16 Byongeye kandi, abatwara amarembo bari ku marembo yose; ntibyari byemewe ko hagira umuntu ugenda
bivuye kumurimo we usanzwe: kubavandimwe babo Abalewi biteguye
bo.
1:17 Ukwo ni ko ibintu vyari ibitambo vya Yehova
byakozwe muri uwo munsi, kugira ngo bafate pasika,
1:18 Kandi utange ibitambo ku gicaniro cy'Uwiteka, nk'uko Uwiteka abivuga
itegeko ry'umwami Yosiya.
1:19 Abayisraheli bari bahari rero bizihiza Pasika
igihe, n'umunsi mukuru w'umugati uryoshye iminsi irindwi.
1:20 Kandi Pasika nkiyi ntiyigeze ibikwa muri Isiraheli kuva mugihe cyumuhanuzi
Samweli.
1:21 Yego, abami ba Isiraheli bose ntibigeze bahimbaza Pasika nka Yosiya, na
abatambyi, n'Abalewi, n'Abayahudi, bafatanije na Isiraheli yose yari
basanze batuye i Yerusalemu.
1:22 Mu mwaka wa cumi n'umunani w'ingoma ya Yosiya niho iyi pasika yabitswe.
1:23 Kandi imirimo cyangwa Yosiya byari bigororotse imbere y'Umwami we byuzuye umutima
yo kubaha Imana.
1:24 Naho ibintu byabaye mugihe cye, byanditswemo
ibihe byashize, kubyerekeye abakoze ibyaha, kandi bagiriye nabi Uwiteka
Mwami usumba abantu bose nubwami, nuburyo bamubabaje
ku buryo amagambo y'Uwiteka yahagurukiye kurwanya Isiraheli.
1:25 Nyuma yibi bikorwa byose bya Yosiya, Farawo Uwiteka
umwami wa Egiputa yaje gutera intambara i Karikami kuri Efurate: na Yosiya
barasohoka bamurwanya.
1:26 Ariko umwami wa Egiputa aramutumaho ati: "Nkore iki?"
Mwami wa Yudaya?
Ntabwo natumwe n'Umwami Imana kukurwanya; kuko intambara yanjye irangiye
Efurate: none Uwiteka ari kumwe nanjye, yego, Uwiteka ari kumwe nanjye yihuta
Njya imbere: va kure yanjye, kandi ntukarwanye Uwiteka.
1:28 Ariko Yosiya ntiyasubije inyuma igare rye, ahubwo ariyemeza
kurwana na we, ntabwo bijyanye n'amagambo y'umuhanuzi Jeremy yavuzwe
umunwa wa Nyagasani:
1:29 Ariko yifatanije na we mu kibaya cya Magiddo, abatware baraza
kurwanya umwami Yosiya.
1:30 Umwami abwira abagaragu be ati: "Unkure ku rugamba;
kuko ndi umunyantege nke. Ako kanya abagaragu be baramujyana
urugamba.
1:31 Hanyuma yurira igare rye rya kabiri; no kugarurwa
Yerusalemu yarapfuye, ashyingurwa mu mva ya se.
1:32 Mu Bayahudi bose baririra Yosiya, yego, Jeremy umuhanuzi
baririra Yosiya, abagabo bakuru hamwe nabagore bararira
kuri we kugeza na n'ubu, kandi ibyo byatanzwe kugira ngo habe itegeko
bikorwa ubudahwema mu mahanga yose ya Isiraheli.
1:33 Ibyo bintu byanditswe mu gitabo cy'inkuru z'abami ba
Yuda, n'ibikorwa byose Yosiya yakoze, n'icyubahiro cye, n'ibye
gusobanukirwa mu mategeko y'Uwiteka, n'ibyo yakoze
mbere, hamwe nibintu byasomwe, byavuzwe mubitabo by
abami ba Isiraheli na Yudaya.
1:34 Abantu bajyana Yowasi mwene Yosiya, bamugira umwami
wa Yosiya se, igihe yari afite imyaka makumyabiri n'itatu.
1:35 Yategeka i Yudaya no muri Yeruzalemu amezi atatu, hanyuma umwami
ya Egiputa yamukuye ku ngoma i Yeruzalemu.
1:36 Ashira umusoro ku gihugu c'impano ijana z'ifeza n'imwe
impano ya zahabu.
1:37 Umwami wa Egiputa na we agira umwami Yowasi murumuna we umwami wa Yudaya na
Yeruzalemu.
1:38 Ahambira Yowasi n'abanyacyubahiro, ariko Zaraces murumuna we
aramufata, amukura mu Misiri.
1:39 Yowasi yari afite imyaka itanu na makumyabiri igihe yagirwa umwami mugihugu
ya Yudaya na Yeruzalemu; akora ibibi imbere y'Uwiteka.
1:40 Ni cyo cyatumye umwami wa Babiloni amurwanya, Nabukodoni
amubohesha urunigi rw'umuringa, amujyana i Babiloni.
1:41 Nabuchodonosor afata kandi ibikoresho byera bya Nyagasani, aratwara
babashyira kure, abashyira mu rusengero rwe i Babiloni.
1:42 Ariko ibyo yanditse kuri we, no guhumana kwe kandi
ubugome, byanditswe mu mateka y'abami.
1:43 Umuhungu we Yowasi yima ingoma mu cyimbo cye, agirwa umwami afite imyaka cumi n'umunani
imyaka y'ubukure;
1:44 Yategetse, ariko amezi atatu n'iminsi icumi i Yeruzalemu; maze akora ibibi
imbere y'Uwiteka.
1:45 Noneho nyuma yumwaka Nabuchodonosor yohereza amuzana
Babuloni hamwe nibikoresho byera bya Nyagasani;
1:46 Yigira Zedekiya umwami wa Yudaya na Yeruzalemu, igihe yari umwe kandi
imyaka makumyabiri; maze ategeka imyaka cumi n'umwe:
1:47 Kandi akora ibibi imbere ya Nyagasani, ntiyita ku Uwiteka
amagambo yabwiwe n'umuhanuzi Jeremy avuye mu kanwa
Uhoraho.
1:48 Nyuma yuwo mwami Nabuchodonosor yari yaramutumye kurahira izina rya
Uwiteka, yararetse, arigomeka; no kunangira ijosi, iye
mutima, yarenze ku mategeko y'Uwiteka Imana ya Isiraheli.
1:49 Ba guverineri b'abaturage n'abatambyi bakoze ibintu byinshi
binyuranyije n'amategeko, kandi atora umwanda wose w’ibihugu byose, kandi
yanduye urusengero rwa Nyagasani, rwejejwe i Yeruzalemu.
1:50 Nyamara Imana ya ba sekuruza boherejwe n'intumwa yayo kubahamagara
inyuma, kuko yabarinze n'ihema rye.
1:51 Ariko basuzugura intumwa ze; kandi, reba, igihe Uwiteka yavugaga
kuri bo, bakinnye siporo y'abahanuzi be:
1:52 Kugeza ubu, ku buryo we, arakariye ubwoko bwe ku bw'abakomeye babo
kutubaha Imana, yategetse abami b'Abakaludaya guhaguruka
bo;
1:53 Ninde wishe abasore babo inkota, yego, ndetse no muri compas ya
urusengero rwabo rwera, kandi ntiyarinze umusore cyangwa umuja, umusaza cyangwa
umwana, muri bo; kuko yabatanze byose mu maboko yabo.
1:54 Batwara ibikoresho byose byera bya Nyagasani, bikomeye n'ibito,
hamwe n'ibikoresho by'isanduku y'Imana, n'ubutunzi bw'umwami, kandi
abajyana i Babiloni.
1:55 Naho inzu y'Uwiteka barayitwika, basenya inkike za
Yeruzalemu, utwika iminara ye:
1:56 Naho ku bintu bye by'icyubahiro, ntibigeze bahagarara kugeza igihe bariye
bose babarimbura ubusa, n'abantu baticiwe
inkota ayijyana i Babiloni:
1:57 Ninde wabaye umugaragu we n'abana be, kugeza igihe Abaperesi bategetse,
gusohoza ijambo rya Nyagasani rivugwa numunwa wa Jeremy:
1:58 Kugeza igihe igihugu cyari cyishimiye amasabato ye, igihe cye cyose
Azarimbuka, kugeza igihe cyuzuye cy'imyaka mirongo irindwi.