1 Esdras
4: 1 Hanyuma uwa kabiri, wavuze imbaraga z'umwami, atangira
vuga,
4: 2 Yemwe bantu, ntimukabe abantu bakomeye mu gutegeka inyanja n'ubutaka
n'ibirimo byose?
4: 3 Ariko umwami arakomeye cyane, kuko ari we mutware w'ibyo byose, kandi
Yabategetse; kandi ibyo yabategetse byose barabikora.
4: 4 Niba abategetse kurwana undi, barabikora: niba ari we
ubohereze kurwanya abanzi, baragenda, basenya imisozi
inkuta n'iminara.
4: 5 Barica baricwa, ntibarenga ku itegeko ry'umwami: niba
babona intsinzi, bazana byose ku mwami, kimwe n'iminyago, nk
ibindi byose.
4: 6 Kimwe no kubatari abasirikare, kandi badafite aho bahurira nintambara,
ariko koresha husbundry, mugihe bongeye gusarura ibyo babibye,
barayizanira umwami, kandi bahatirana gushimira
Umwami.
4: 7 Nyamara kandi ni umuntu umwe: niba ategeka kwica, barica; niba ari
itegeko ryo gusigarana, barigobotora;
4: 8 Niba ategeka gukubita, barabakubita; niba ategeka kurimbuka, bo
Hindura ubutayu; niba ategeka kubaka, barubaka;
4: 9 Niba yategetse gutema, baraca; niba ategeka gutera, bo
igihingwa.
4:10 Nuko abantu be bose n'ingabo ze baramwumvira, yongeyeho araryama
ararya akanywa, akaruhuka:
4:11 Kandi bakomeza kumukurikirana, nta n'umwe ushobora kugenda, ngo agende
ubucuruzi bwe bwite, nta nubwo bamwumvira mu kintu icyo ari cyo cyose.
4:12 Yemwe bantu, ni gute umwami atagomba gukomera, igihe ameze atyo?
yumviye? Afata ururimi.
4:13 Hanyuma uwa gatatu, wavuze ku bagore, no ku kuri, (ibi byari
Zorobabel) yatangiye kuvuga.
4:14 Yemwe bantu, ntabwo ari umwami ukomeye, cyangwa imbaga y'abantu, nta nubwo ari
ni vino, nziza cyane; ninde rero ubategeka, cyangwa ufite Uwiteka
ubutware kuri bo? si abagore?
4:15 Abagore babyaye umwami n'abantu bose bayobora inyanja kandi
butaka.
4:16 Ndetse muri bo baraza, barabatunga babiba Uwiteka
imizabibu, aho divayi ituruka.
4:17 Aba nabo bakora imyenda kubantu; ibyo bihesha icyubahiro abantu; na
udafite abagore ntibashobora kuba abagabo.
4:18 Yego, kandi niba abantu bakusanyije zahabu na feza, cyangwa ikindi
ikintu cyiza, ntibakunda umugore ushimishije kandi
ubwiza?
4:19 Kureka ibyo bintu byose bikagenda, ntibisiba, ndetse bikinguye
umunwa umwitegereze neza; kandi ntabwo abantu bose bifuza cyane
kumurusha ifeza cyangwa zahabu, cyangwa ikintu cyiza cyose?
4:20 Umuntu asize se wamureze, n'igihugu cye,
kandi yizirika ku mugore we.
4:21 Yatsimbaraye ku kutabana n'umugore we. kandi ntiwibuke
se, cyangwa nyina, cyangwa igihugu.
4:22 Ibi rero ugomba kumenya ko abagore bakuganza: ntubikore
umurimo n'umurimo, hanyuma utange kandi uzane byose kumugore?
4:23 Yego, umuntu afata inkota ye, agenda inzira yo kwiba no kwiba ,.
fata inyanja no ku nzuzi;
4:24 Yitegereza intare, agenda mu mwijima; n'igihe afite
yibwe, yononekaye, arasahurwa, arabimuzanira urukundo.
4:25 Niyo mpamvu umugabo akunda umugore we kuruta se cyangwa nyina.
4:26 Yego, benshi bahari babuze ubwenge kubagore, bahinduka
abakozi ku bwabo.
4:27 Benshi kandi bararimbutse, barayobye, kandi baracumura, kubagore.
4:28 Noneho ntunyizera? Umwami ntakomeye mububasha bwe? ntukore
uturere twose dutinya kumukoraho?
4:29 Nyamara naramubonye na Apame inshoreke y'umwami, umukobwa wa
gushimwa Bartacus, yicaye iburyo bw'umwami,
4:30 Afata ikamba mu mutwe w'umwami, awushyira wenyine
umutwe; yakubise umwami n'ukuboko kwe kw'ibumoso.
4:31 Nyamara ibyo byose umwami aratandukana, amwitegereza akanwa.
aramutse amusetse, na we araseka: ariko niba hari icyo yafashe
umwami ntiyamushimishije, umwami yari afite ubwoba bwo gushimisha, kugira ngo abeho
yongera kwiyunga na we.
4:32 Yemwe bagabo mwe, bishoboka bite ariko abagore bagomba gukomera, kuko babikora?
4:33 Umwami n'abatware bararebana, nuko atangira
vuga ukuri.
4:34 Yemwe bagabo mwe, abagore ntibakomeye? isi nini, ijuru ni ijuru,
ni izuba ryihuta mu nzira ye, kuko azenguruka ijuru
hafi, kandi azana inzira ye yongeye kumwanya we mumunsi umwe.
4:35 Ntabwo ari mukuru ukora ibyo bintu? ukuri rero gukomeye,
kandi ikomeye kuruta byose.
4:36 Isi yose itaka ukuri, ijuru rirahezagira: byose
imirimo iranyeganyega kandi ihinda umushyitsi, kandi hamwe ntakintu kibi.
4:37 Divayi ni mbi, umwami ni mubi, abagore ni babi, abana bose
y'abantu ni babi, kandi imirimo yabo yose ni mibi; kandi nta
ukuri muri bo; mu gukiranirwa kwabo na bo bazarimbuka.
4:38 Naho ukuri, kuramba, kandi ni alwaYakomeye; ibaho kandi
Intsinzi iteka ryose.
4:39 Hamwe na we nta kwakira abantu cyangwa ibihembo; ariko arabikora
ibintu biboneye, kandi birinda ibintu byose bidakwiye kandi bibi;
kandi abagabo bose bakora neza nkibikorwa bye.
4:40 Kandi mu rubanza rwe, nta gukiranirwa na gato; kandi ni we mbaraga,
ubwami, imbaraga, nicyubahiro, cyimyaka yose. Hahirwa Imana y'ukuri.
4:41 Aceceka gato. Abantu bose baca basemerera, kandi
yaravuze ati, Ukuri gukomeye, kandi gukomeye kuruta byose.
4:42 Umwami aramubwira ati: “Baza icyo ushaka kuruta uko washyizweho
mu nyandiko, natwe tuzaguha, kuko wasanze ufite ubwenge;
kandi uzicara iruhande rwanjye, uzitwa mubyara wanjye.
4:43 Abwira umwami ati: Ibuka indahiro yawe, ibyo warahiye
wubake Yerusalemu, ku munsi uza mu bwami bwawe,
4:44 No kohereza ibikoresho byose byakuwe i Yerusalemu,
ibyo Kuro yatandukanije, igihe yarahiraga kurimbura Babuloni, no kohereza
na none.
4:45 Warahiriye kandi kubaka urusengero, Abanyedomu batwitse
igihe Yudaya yagirwa umusaka n'Abakaludaya.
4:46 Noneho, nyagasani mwami, iki ni cyo nsaba, kandi ni njye
icyifuzo cyawe, kandi ubu ni ubwigenge bwigikomangoma buva
wowe ubwawe: Ndashaka rero ko ukora neza indahiro, imikorere
Warahiye Umwami w'ijuru n'akanwa kawe.
4:47 Dariyo umwami arahaguruka, aramusoma, amwandikira amabaruwa
ku babitsi bose n'abaliyetona, abatware na ba guverineri, ibyo
bagomba kumvikanisha neza inzira zabo bombi, n'abagenda bose
hamwe na we kubaka Yeruzalemu.
4:48 Yandikira kandi abaliyetona bari muri Celosiriya kandi
Fenisi, na bo muri Libani, kugira ngo bazane ibiti by'amasederi
kuva muri Libani kugera i Yerusalemu, kandi ko bagomba kubaka umugi
we.
4:49 Byongeye kandi yandikira abayahudi bose bava mubwami bwabo
Abayahudi, kubyerekeye umudendezo wabo, ko nta ofisiye, nta mutegetsi, oya
liyetona, cyangwa umubitsi, bagomba kwinjira ku gahato;
4:50 Kandi ko igihugu cyose bafite kigomba kwidegembya nta musoro;
kandi ko Abanyedomu bagomba gutanga imidugudu y'Abayahudi aribyo
hanyuma bakomeza:
4:51 Yego, ko hagomba gutangwa buri mwaka impano makumyabiri mukubaka
urusengero, kugeza igihe rwubatswe;
4:52 N'impano icumi buri mwaka, kugirango ukomeze amaturo yatwitse kuri
igicaniro buri munsi, nkuko bari bafite itegeko ryo gutanga cumi na barindwi:
4:53 Kandi ko abavuye i Babiloni bubaka umugi bose bagomba kugira
umudendezo w'ubuntu, kimwe nabo nk'urubyaro rwabo, n'abapadiri bose ibyo
yagiye.
4:54 Yanditse kandi kubyerekeye. ibirego, n'imyambaro y'abatambyi
aho bakorera;
4:55 Kandi kimwe n'ibyo Abalewi bashinjwaga, kugira ngo babihawe kugeza ku
umunsi inzu irangiye, Yerusalemu irubaka.
4:56 Yategetse gutanga ibintu byose byatumaga pansiyo n'umushahara.
4:57 Yohereza kandi ibikoresho byose i Babuloni, Kuro yari yarashyizeho
bitandukanye; kandi ibyo Kuro yari yatanze byose mu itegeko, ni byo yamushinjaga
kandi bigomba gukorwa, byoherezwa i Yeruzalemu.
4:58 Uyu musore asohotse, yubura amaso yerekeza mu ijuru
yerekeza i Yeruzalemu, asingiza Umwami w'ijuru,
4:59 Aravuga ati: "Muri wewe haratsinze intsinzi, ubwenge bwawe buva muri wewe."
nicyubahiro, nanjye ndi umugaragu wawe.
4:60 Urahirwa, wampaye ubwenge, kuko ndagushimiye, yewe
Nyagasani wa ba sogokuruza.
4:61 Nuko afata ayo mabaruwa, arasohoka, agera i Babiloni,
yabibwiye abavandimwe be bose.
4:62 Bahimbaza Imana ya ba sekuruza, kuko yari yarabahaye
umudendezo n'ubwisanzure
4:63 Kuzamuka, no kubaka Yerusalemu, n'urusengero rwahamagawe na we
izina: basangira nibikoresho bya muzika n'ibyishimo birindwi
iminsi.