2 Esdras
1: 1 Igitabo cya kabiri cyumuhanuzi Esdras, mwene Sarayi, mwene
Azariya, mwene Heliyasi, mwene Sadamiya, sou ya Sadoki ,.
mwene Akitobu,
1: 2 Umuhungu wa Akiya, mwene Finezi, mwene Heli, mwene
Amariya, mwene Aziei, mwene Marimoti, mwene na we aravuga
Kuri Borith, mwene Abiseyi, mwene Finezi, mwene
Eleyazari,
1: 3 Mwene Aroni, wo mu muryango wa Lewi; wari imbohe mu gihugu cya
Abamedi, ku ngoma ya Artexerxes umwami w'Abaperesi.
1: 4 Ijambo ry'Uwiteka riza aho ndi, rivuga riti:
1: 5 Genda, wereke ubwoko bwanjye ibikorwa byabo by'ibyaha, n'abana babo
ububi bwabo bangiriye; kugira ngo bababwire
abana b'abana babo:
1: 6 Kuberako ibyaha bya ba sekuruza byiyongereye muri bo: kuko bafite
yaranyibagiwe, kandi ntura imana zidasanzwe.
1 Nanjye sindi uwabavanye mu gihugu cya Egiputa, mu Uwiteka
inzu y'ubucakara? ariko barandakariye, basuzugura ibyanjye
inama.
1: 8 Kuramo umusatsi wo mu mutwe wawe, ubatere ibibi byose,
kuko batumviye amategeko yanjye, ariko ni ibyigomeke
abantu.
1: 9 Nzabarinda kugeza ryari, uwo nakoreye ibyiza byinshi?
1:10 Abami benshi nabatsembye ku bwabo; Farawo hamwe n'abagaragu be
n'imbaraga ze zose narazikubise.
1:11 Amahanga yose nayatsembye imbere yabo, kandi mu burasirazuba ndayatsembye
yatatanyije abaturage bo mu ntara ebyiri, ndetse na Tiro na Sidoni, kandi bafite
bica abanzi babo bose.
1:12 Ubabwire rero ubabwire uti 'Uku ni ko Uwiteka avuga,'
1:13 Nakuyoboye mu nyanja kandi mu ntangiriro naguhaye nini kandi itekanye
igice; Naguhaye Mose ngo ube umuyobozi, Aroni aba umutambyi.
1:14 Nabahaye umucyo mu nkingi y'umuriro, kandi nakoze ibitangaza bikomeye
muri mwebwe; nyamara uranyibagiwe, ni ko Uwiteka avuga.
1:15 Uku ni ko Umukama Ushoborabyose avuga, Inkware zari nk'ikimenyetso kuri wewe; Natanze
amahema yo kukurinda: nyamara mwitotombeye aho,
1:16 Ntabwo yatsinze mu izina ryanjye kurimbura abanzi bawe, ahubwo
kugeza na n'ubu uracyitotomba.
1:17 Ni hehe inyungu nakugiriye? igihe wari ushonje kandi
inyota mu butayu, ntiwantakambiye,
1:18 Bati: "Kuki watuzanye muri ubu butayu ngo utwice? yari ifite
byatubereye byiza gukorera Abanyamisiri, kuruta gupfa muri ibi
ubutayu.
1:19 Nagize impuhwe z'icyunamo cyawe, nguha manu yo kurya; Namwe
yariye imigati y'abamarayika.
1:20 Igihe wari ufite inyota, sinakuye urutare, amazi aratemba
guhaga? kubera ubushyuhe nagutwikiriye amababi y'ibiti.
Nagabanije muri mwe igihugu cyera imbuto, nirukana Abanyakanani, Uwiteka
Abaferezi, n'Abafilisitiya, imbere yawe: nzakora iki
kubwawe? ni ko Yehova avuze.
1:22 Uku ni ko Umwami Ushoborabyose avuga, Igihe wari mu butayu, muri
uruzi rw'Abamori, kuba inyota, no gutuka izina ryanjye,
Sinaguhaye umuriro wo gutuka Imana, ahubwo naguhaye igiti mu mazi,
atuma uruzi ruryoshye.
Nzakugirira nte Yakobo? wowe, Yuda, ntiwanyumvira: I.
Nzampindukira mu yandi mahanga, kandi abo nzabaha izina ryanjye, ngo
Bashobora kubahiriza amategeko yanjye.
1:25 Kubona warantaye, nanjye nzagutererana; Iyo ubishaka
kugira ngo nkugirire neza, sinzakugirira imbabazi.
1:26 Igihe cyose muzambaza, sinzabumva, kuko mufite
yanduye amaboko yawe n'amaraso, kandi ibirenge byawe byihuse kwiyemeza
ubwicanyi.
1:27 Ntimwigeze kuntererana, ahubwo ni ubwanyu, ni ko Uwiteka avuga.
1:28 Uku ni ko Umwami Ushoborabyose avuga, Sinigeze ngusengera nka se
abahungu, nk'umubyeyi abakobwa be, n'umuforomo abana be bato,
1:29 Ko uzaba ubwoko bwanjye, nanjye nkaba Imana yawe; ko uzaba
bana banjye, kandi nkwiye kuba so?
1:30 Nabakoranije, nkuko inkoko ikoranya inkoko zayo munsi ye
amababa: ariko ubu, nkugire nte? Nzakwirukana mu byanjye
mu maso.
1:31 Nimumpa, nzahindukirira mu maso hawe, kuko ari ibirori byanyu
iminsi mikuru, ukwezi kwawe gushya, hamwe no gukebwa kwawe, narabiretse.
Mboherereje abagaragu banjye abahanuzi, abo mwafashe mukabica,
kandi bashishimuye imibiri yabo, ayo maraso nzagusaba
amaboko ni ko Uwiteka avuga.
1:33 Uku ni ko Umukama Ushoborabyose avuze, Inzu yawe ni umusaka, nzaguta
hanze nk'umuyaga uhinduka.
1:34 Kandi abana banyu ntibazororoka; kuko basuzuguye ibyanjye
itegeko, kandi nkora ikintu kibi imbere yanjye.
1:35 Amazu yawe nzaha ubwoko buzaza; idafite
unyumvise ariko azanyizera; uwo nta kimenyetso namweretse, nyamara
Bazakora ibyo nabategetse.
1:36 Ntibabonye abahanuzi, ariko bazahamagarira ibyaha byabo
kwibuka, no kubemera.
1:37 Mfashe guhamya ubuntu bwabantu bazaza, abato babo
shimishwa n'ibyishimo: kandi nubwo batambonye n'amaso y'umubiri,
nyamara mu mwuka bizera ikintu mvuga.
1:38 Noneho muvandimwe, dore icyubahiro; hanyuma urebe abantu baturuka
iburasirazuba:
1:39 uwo nzaha abayobozi, Aburahamu, Isaka, na Yakobo, Oseya,
Amosi, na Mikasi, Yoweli, Abidiya, na Yonasi,
1:40 Nahumu, na Abacuc, Sofoniya, Aggeyo, Zakariya, na Malaki, aribyo
yitwa kandi umumarayika wa Nyagasani.