1 Esdras
3: 1 Dariyo amaze gutegeka, asangira ibirori bikomeye abayoboke be bose,
no mu rugo rwe rwose, no ku batware bose b'Itangazamakuru kandi
Ubuperesi,
3: 2 Na ba guverineri bose, abatware, n'abaliyetona bari munsi
we, kuva mu Buhinde kugera muri Etiyopiya, mu ntara ijana na makumyabiri na zirindwi.
3: 3 Bamaze kurya no kunywa, banyurwa barataha,
hanyuma Dariyo umwami yinjira mu cyumba cye, araryama, bidatinze
gukanguka.
3: 4 Hanyuma abasore batatu, bari mu barinzi barindaga umurambo w'umwami,
vugana umwe;
Reka buri wese muri twe avuge interuro: uzatsinda, ninde
igihano kizaba gisa n'ubwenge kurusha abandi, umwami kuri we
Dariyo atanga impano zikomeye, nibintu bikomeye byerekana intsinzi:
3: 6 Nk, kwambara imyenda yisine, kunywa zahabu, no kuryama kuri zahabu,
n'amagare afite imitwe ya zahabu, n'umutwe w'igitambara cyiza, na a
urunigi ku ijosi:
3: 7 Azicara iruhande rwa Dariyo kubera ubwenge bwe, kandi azaba
bita Dariyo mubyara we.
3: 8 Hanyuma umuntu wese yandika interuro ye, arayifunga, ayishyira munsi y'umwami
Darius umusego we;
3: 9 Bavuga ko, umwami niyuka, bamwe bazamuha ibyanditswe;
kandi uruhande rwabo umwami n'ibikomangoma bitatu by'Ubuperesi bazacira urubanza
ko igihano cye aricyo gifite ubwenge, kuri we azahabwa intsinzi, nk
yashyizweho.
3:10 Iya mbere yanditse, Divayi niyo ikomeye.
3:11 Uwa kabiri yaranditse ati, Umwami arakomeye.
3:12 Uwa gatatu yaranditse ati, Abagore ni abanyembaraga: ariko ikiruta byose Ukuri kuratanga
kure intsinzi.
3:13 Umwami amaze guhaguruka, bafata inyandiko zabo barazitanga
kuri we, nuko arabasoma:
3:14 Yohereje ahamagara ibikomangoma byose by'Ubuperesi n'Itangazamakuru, na
guverineri, na ba capitaine, n'abaliyetona, n'umutware
abayobozi;
3:15 Amwicara ku ntebe y'ubwami; kandi ibyanditswe byari
soma imbere yabo.
3:16 Na we ati: “Hamagara abasore, na bo bazatangaza ababo
interuro. Barahamagawe, barinjira.
3:17 Arababwira ati: "Tubwire ibitekerezo byawe kuri Uwiteka
inyandiko. Hanyuma uwambere atangira kuvuga imbaraga za vino;
3:18 Ati: "Yemwe bantu, mbega divayi ikomeye cyane! Bitera byose
abagabo kwibeshya ko banywa:
3:19 Bituma ibitekerezo byumwami numwana wimfubyi biba byose
imwe; w'umuja n'uw'umudendezo, w'umukene n'umukire:
3:20 Ihindura kandi ibitekerezo byose mubyishimo no kwishima, kugirango umuntu
ntiwibuke umubabaro cyangwa ideni:
3:21 Kandi itunga imitima yose, kugirango umuntu atibuka umwami
cyangwa guverineri; kandi bituma kuvuga byose ukoresheje impano:
3:22 Kandi iyo bari mubikombe byabo, bibagirwa urukundo rwabo haba inshuti
n'abavandimwe, na nyuma yo gukuramo inkota:
3:23 Ariko iyo bivuye kuri vino, ntibibuka ibyo bakoze.
3:24 Yemwe bantu, vino si yo ikomeye cyane, ihatira kubikora? Kandi ryari
yari yavuze atyo, araceceka.