1 Esdras
6: 1 Noneho mu mwaka wa kabiri w'ingoma ya Dariyo Aggeyo na Zakariya
mwene Addo, abahanuzi, yahanuriye Abayahudi mu Bayahudi kandi
Yerusalemu mwizina ry'Uwiteka Imana ya Isiraheli, yari kuri bo.
2: 2 Haguruka Zorobabeli mwene Salatiel, na Yesu mwene
Yoseceki, atangira kubaka inzu y'Uwiteka i Yeruzalemu, Uwiteka
abahanuzi ba Nyagasani bari kumwe nabo, kandi akabafasha.
6: 3 Muri icyo gihe, baza kuri bo Sisinnes guverineri wa Siriya na
Fenisi, hamwe na Sathrabuzane na bagenzi be, arababwira ati:
6: 4 Ni nde washyizeho iyi nzu n'inzu, kandi ukabikora
ibindi byose? kandi ni bande bakozi bakora ibyo bintu?
5 Abakuru b'Abayahudi baratoneshwa, kuko Uhoraho ari we
yari yasuye imbohe;
6: 6 Kandi ntibabujijwe kubaka, kugeza igihe nkiki
ikimenyetso cyahawe Dariyo kubareba, nigisubizo
yakiriwe.
6: 7 Kopi y’amabaruwa Sisinnes, guverineri wa Siriya na Fenisiya,
na Sathrabuzane, hamwe na bagenzi babo, abategetsi muri Siriya na Fenisiya,
yandikira Dariyo; Ku mwami Dariyo, indamutso:
8 Ibintu byose nibimenyeshe databuja umwami, abinjira mu Uwiteka
gihugu cya Yudaya, twinjira mu mujyi wa Yeruzalemu twasanze muri
mujyi wa Yeruzalemu abakera b'Abayahudi bari mu bunyage
6: 9 Kubaka Uwiteka inzu nini kandi nini, yubatswe kandi ihenze
amabuye, n'ibiti bimaze gushyirwa ku rukuta.
6:10 Kandi iyo mirimo ikorwa n'umuvuduko mwinshi, kandi imirimo irakomeza
gutera imbere mumaboko yabo, kandi nicyubahiro cyose numwete ni
yakozwe.
6:11 Hanyuma tubaza abo basaza, turavuga tuti: 'Nimwubake itegeko ryabo.'
inzu, ugashyiraho urufatiro rw'iyi mirimo?
6:12 Kubwibyo rero, tugamije kuguha ubumenyi kubwibyo
kwandika, twabasabye aribo bakoraga, kandi twarasabye
muri bo amazina yanditse mu bagabo babo bakuru.
6:13 Baduhaye rero igisubizo, Turi abagaragu ba Nyagasani wakoze
ijuru n'isi.
6:14 Naho iyi nzu, yubatswe hashize imyaka myinshi umwami wa Isiraheli
ikomeye kandi ikomeye, kandi yararangiye.
15:15 Ariko igihe ba sogokuruza bacu barakariye Imana uburakari, bagacumura kuri Uwiteka
Mwami wa Isiraheli uri mwijuru, yabahaye kububasha bwa
Nabukodoni umwami wa Babiloni, w'Abakaludaya;
6:16 Ninde washenye inzu, arayitwika, atwara abantu
bajyanywe bunyago i Babiloni.
6:17 Ariko mu mwaka wa mbere, uwo mwami Kuro yategetse igihugu cy'igihugu
Babuloni Kuro umwami yanditse kugira ngo yubake iyi nzu.
6 N'ibikoresho byera bya zahabu na feza, Nabukodosori yari afite
avanwa mu nzu y'i Yeruzalemu, abashyira mu bye
urusengero abo Kuro umwami yongeye kuvana mu rusengero kuri
Babuloni, bashyikirizwa Zorobabeli na Sanabassari
umutegetsi,
6:19 Yategetse ko atwara ibintu bimwe, agashyiraho
bo mu rusengero i Yeruzalemu; kandi ko urusengero rwa Nyagasani rugomba
wubake mu cyimbo cye.
6:20 Hanyuma Sanabassari umwe, ageze hano, ashinga urufatiro
inzu y'Uwiteka i Yeruzalemu; kandi kuva icyo gihe kugeza ubu
iracyari inyubako, itararangira neza.
6:21 Noneho rero, niba ari byiza ku mwami, reka dushakishe
inyandiko z'umwami Kuro:
6:22 Kandi nibisanga inyubako yinzu ya Nyagasani kuri
Yerusalemu yakozwe kubwumwami Kuro, kandi niba databuja
umwami atekereze cyane, nibidusobanurire.
6:23 Hanyuma ategeka umwami Dariyo gushaka ibyanditswe i Babiloni: nuko
kuri Ecbatane ingoro, iri mu gihugu cy'itangazamakuru, hari
habonetse umuzingo aho ibyo bintu byanditswe.
6:24 Mu mwaka wa mbere w'ingoma ya Kuro umwami Kuro yategetse ko Uwiteka
inzu ya Nyagasani i Yerusalemu igomba kongera kubakwa, aho bakorera
igitambo n'umuriro uhoraho:
Uburebure bwawo buzaba bufite uburebure bwa metero mirongo itandatu n'ubugari bw'imikono mirongo itandatu
imirongo itatu y'amabuye abajwe, n'umurongo umwe w'ibiti bishya by'icyo gihugu; na
amafaranga yatanzwe mu nzu y'umwami Kuro:
6:26 Kandi ko ibikoresho byera byinzu ya Nyagasani, zahabu na
ifeza, Nabuchodonosor yakuye mu nzu y'i Yerusalemu, kandi
yazanwe i Babiloni, igomba gusubizwa mu nzu y'i Yerusalemu, kandi
shyira aho bari mbere.
6:27 Kandi ategeka ko Sisinnes guverineri wa Siriya na Fenisiya,
na Sathrabuzane, na bagenzi babo, n'abashyizweho
abategetsi muri Siriya na Fenisiya, bakwiye kwitondera kutivanga na
ikibanza, ariko ubabaze Zorobabeli, umugaragu wa Nyagasani, na guverineri wa
Yudaya, n'abakuru b'Abayahudi, kugira ngo bubake inzu y'Uwiteka
aho hantu.
6:28 Nategetse kandi ko yongeye kubakwa; kandi ko
reba neza kugirango ufashe abari mu bunyage bw'Abayahudi, kugeza
inzu y'Uwiteka irangire:
6:29 Kandi mu misoro ya Celosiriya na Fenisiya igice cyitondewe
uhabwe aba bagabo kubitambo bya Nyagasani, ni ukuvuga Zorobabeli
guverineri, kubera ibimasa, impfizi z'intama, n'intama;
6:30 Kandi ibigori, umunyu, vino, namavuta, kandi burigihe buri mwaka
nta kindi kibazo, nk'uko abapadiri bari i Yerusalemu
azasobanura gukoresha buri munsi:
6:31 Ibyo bitambo bishobora gutangwa ku Mana isumba byose ku mwami no ku bye
abana, kandi kugira ngo basengere ubuzima bwabo.
6:32 Yategetse ko umuntu wese uzarenga, yego, cyangwa akamurikira
ikintu icyo ari cyo cyose cyavuzwe cyangwa cyanditswe, mu nzu ye hagomba kuba igiti
arafatwa, aramanikwa, ibintu bye byose bigarurira umwami.
6:33 Uwiteka rero, izina rye ryitiriwe, arimbure rwose
umwami n'amahanga yose, arambura ukuboko ngo abangamire cyangwa
kurangiza iyo nzu y'Uwiteka i Yeruzalemu.
6:34 I Dariyo umwami nategetse ko nkurikije ibyo
bikozwe n'umwete.