2 Esdras
3: 1 Mu mwaka wa mirongo itatu nyuma yo gusenya umujyi nari i Babiloni, kandi
aryamye ku buriri bwanjye, maze ibitekerezo byanjye biza ku mutima wanjye:
3: 2 Nabonye Siyoni yarimbuwe, n'ubutunzi bw'abatuye
Babuloni.
3: 3 Umwuka wanjye urababara cyane, ku buryo natangiye kuvuga amagambo yuzuye
ubwoba ku Isumbabyose, ati,
3: 4 Uwiteka, ufite ubutegetsi, wavuze mu ntangiriro, igihe wabikora
shinga isi, kandi wowe ubwawe wenyine, utegeke abantu,
3: 5 Kandi uhe Adamu umubiri utagira ubugingo, wari umurimo wo gukora
amaboko yawe, ukamuhumeka umwuka w'ubuzima, kandi yari
yabayeho imbere yawe.
3: 6 Umujyana muri paradizo, ukuboko kwawe kw'iburyo kwateye,
mbere yuko isi iza imbere.
3: 7 Kandi wamuhaye itegeko ryo gukunda inzira yawe: uwo ari we
yarenze, uhita ushyiraho urupfu muri we no mu bye
ibisekuruza, muri byo havamo amahanga, amoko, abantu, n'imiryango
nimero.
3: 8 Abantu bose bagendeye ku bushake bwabo, bakora ibintu bitangaje
imbere yawe, agasuzugura amategeko yawe.
3: 9 Kandi na none mugihe cyazanye umwuzure kuri abo
yabaga mu isi, arabatsemba.
3:10 Bose muri bo, nk'uko Adamu yari ku rupfu
umwuzure kuri aba.
3:11 Nyamara umwe muri bo wasize, ari we Nowa n'umuryango we,
muri bo haje abakiranutsi bose.
3:12 Bibaye, igihe abatuye isi batangira
kugwira, kandi yari yarababonye abana benshi, kandi bari abantu bakomeye,
batangiye na none kuba abatubaha Imana kuruta abambere.
3:13 Noneho igihe babayeho nabi imbere yawe, waguhisemo a
umuntu muri bo, yitwaga Aburahamu.
3:14 Wamukunze, kandi kuri we ni we wamweretse gusa ubushake bwawe:
3:15 Kandi yasaze isezerano ridashira na we, amusezeranya ko ari wowe
ntizigera itererana imbuto ye.
3:16 Kandi wamuhaye Isaka, na Isaka uha Yakobo
na Esawu. Naho Yakobo, wamuhisemo kuri wewe, ushira na Esawu:
nuko Yakobo aba imbaga nyamwinshi.
3:17 Nuko ukura urubyaro rwe muri Egiputa
abazana ku musozi wa Sinayi.
3:18 Ukunama ijuru, washyizeho isi, uzunguruka isi yose
isi, kandi yasaze ubujyakuzimu bwo guhinda umushyitsi, no guhangayikisha abagabo b'ibyo
imyaka.
3:19 Icyubahiro cyawe cyanyuze mu marembo ane, umuriro, n'umutingito, na
y'umuyaga n'ubukonje; kugira ngo utange amategeko ku rubuto rwa
Yakobo, n'umwete ku gisekuru cya Isiraheli.
3:20 Ariko ntiwabakuyeho umutima mubi, ngo amategeko yawe
irashobora kwera imbuto muri zo.
3:21 Kubwa Adamu wambere ufite umutima mubi yarenze, kandi yari
gutsinda; kandi rero bose bamubyaye.
3:22 Gutyo, ubumuga bwarahoraho; n'amategeko (nayo) mumutima wa
abantu bafite ububi bwumuzi; kugira ngo ibyiza bigende
kure, kandi ibibi biracumbitse.
3:23 Ibihe birashize, imyaka irangira: hanyuma
Wakuzamuye umugaragu witwa Dawidi:
3:24 Uwo wategetse kubaka umujyi izina ryawe, no gutanga
imibavu n'amaturo kuri wewe.
3:25 Ibyo bimaze gukorwa imyaka myinshi, abatuye umujyi bararetse
wowe,
3:26 Kandi muri byose, nk'uko Adamu n'abazabakomokaho bose babigenje
bari bafite n'umutima mubi:
3:27 Nuko uha umugi wawe mu maboko y'abanzi bawe.
3:28 Ese ibikorwa byabo ni byiza kurushaho kuba i Babuloni, uko bikwiye
none se bafite ubutware kuri Siyoni?
3:29 Kuberako najeyo, nkabona impiesies zitagira umubare, noneho zanjye
roho yabonye inkozi z'ibibi muri uyu mwaka wa mirongo itatu, ku buryo umutima wanjye wananiwe
njye.
3:30 Kuko nabonye ukuntu ubabazwa no gucumura, kandi warinze ababi
abakora: kandi warimbuye ubwoko bwawe, urinda abanzi bawe,
kandi ntiwigeze ubisobanura.
3:31 Sinibuka uburyo iyi nzira ishobora gusigara: Noneho ni i Babuloni
Kuruta Siyoni?
3:32 Cyangwa hari abandi bantu bakuzi iruhande rwa Isiraheli? cyangwa iki
ibisekuruza byizeye cyane amasezerano yawe nka Yakobo?
3:33 Nyamara ibihembo byabo ntibigaragara, kandi imirimo yabo nta mbuto ifite kuko
Nagiye aha n'aha nanyuze mu mahanga, mbona ko atemba
mu butunzi, kandi ntutekereze ku mategeko yawe.
Gupima rero ububi bwacu ubu buringaniye, n'ubwabo
abatuye isi; kandi n'izina ryawe ntirizaboneka ahandi keretse muri
Isiraheli.
3:35 Cyangwa ni ryari abatuye isi batacumuye?
amaso yawe? cyangwa ni iki abantu bakurikije amategeko yawe?
3:36 Uzasanga Isiraheli mwizina ryubahirije amategeko yawe; ariko si Uwiteka
abanyamahanga.