2 Esdras
9: 1 Hanyuma aransubiza, ati: "Gupima igihe ushishikaye."
ubwayo: kandi iyo ubonye igice cyibimenyetso byashize, ibyo nababwiye
wowe mbere,
9: 2 Noneho uzasobanukirwa ko aricyo gihe kimwe, aho
Isumbabyose izatangira gusura isi yakoze.
9: 3 Ni cyo gituma hazabaho imitingito n'imivurungano y'abantu
ku isi:
9: 4 Noneho uzasobanukirwa neza ko Isumbabyose isumba ayandi
ibintu kuva mu minsi yakubanjirije, ndetse no mu ntangiriro.
9: 5 Kuko nkuko ibyaremwe byose mu isi bigira intangiriro n'iherezo,
kandi imperuka iragaragara:
9: 6 Nubwo bimeze bityo, ibihe nabyo byo mu Isumbabyose bifite intangiriro itangaje
n'imirimo ikomeye, kandi iherezo mu ngaruka n'ibimenyetso.
9: 7 Umuntu wese uzakizwa, azashobora gutoroka ibye
ikora, no kubwo kwizera, aho wizeye,
9: 8 Azarindwa akaga kavuzwe, kandi azabona agakiza kanjye
Igihugu cyanjye, no mu mbibi zanjye, kuko nabyejeje
Intangiriro.
9: 9 Ubwo bazoba mu mibabaro, ubu bakoresheje nabi inzira zanjye: kandi
ababajugunye nubwo bwose bazatura mu mibabaro.
9:10 Kubanga nko mu mibereho yabo bahabwa inyungu, kandi ntibanzi;
9:11 Kandi abanga amategeko yanjye, mu gihe bari bafite umudendezo, n'igihe
kugeza ubu aho kwihana bari barakinguye, ntibabyumva, ariko
yarasuzuguye;
9:12 Ni nako bigomba kubimenya nyuma y'urupfu kubabara.
9:13 Kandi rero ntugire amatsiko yukuntu abatubaha Imana bazahanwa, kandi
igihe: ariko ubaze uko abakiranutsi bazakizwa, isi yabo,
kandi uwo isi yaremewe.
9:14 Hanyuma ndasubiza ndabaza nti:
9:15 Nabivuze mbere, none vuga, nanjye nzabivuga nyuma,
ko hari benshi muribo barimbuka, kuruta abarimbuka
gukizwa:
9:16 Nka nkumuhengeri uruta igitonyanga.
9:17 Aransubiza ati: "Nkuko umurima umeze, n'imbuto ni nako;
nkuko indabyo zimeze, ayo ni amabara nayo; nkumukozi ni,
ibyo nabyo ni akazi; kandi nkuko umugabo yishakiye, niko ibye
ubworozi nabwo: kuko cyari igihe cyisi.
9:18 Noneho ubwo nateguraga isi itarakozwe, ndetse na bo
gutura muri ubu buzima, nta muntu wigeze ambwira.
9:19 Kuberako abantu bose bumviye, ariko noneho imyitwarire yabaremwe
kuri iyi si yakozwe ikononwa nimbuto zihoraho, na a
amategeko adashobora gukurwaho.
9:20 Nongeye gutekereza ku isi, dore ko hari akaga kubera Uwiteka
ibikoresho byari byinjiyemo.
9:21 Nabonye, ndarinda cyane, kandi nkomeza umuzabibu wa
cluster, nigiterwa cyabantu bakomeye.
Reka imbaga y'abantu irimbuke, wavutse ubusa; reka inzabibu zanjye
komeza, kandi igihingwa cyanjye; kuko numurimo mwinshi nabigize intungane.
9:23 Nyamara, niba uzahagarika iminsi irindwi, (ariko uzahagarara
ntiwihute muri bo,
9:24 Ariko jya mu murima windabyo, aho nta nzu yubatswe, urye gusa
indabyo zo mu gasozi; ntukarye inyama, ntunywe vino, ariko urye indabyo
gusa;)
9:25 Kandi usenge Usumbabyose ubudahwema, noneho nzaza tuvugane
wowe.
9:26 Nanjye njya mu murima witwa Ardati, nka we
yantegetse; ngaho, nicara mu ndabyo, ndarya Uwiteka
ibyatsi byo mu murima, kandi inyama zimwe zaranyuzwe.
9:27 Nyuma y'iminsi irindwi nicara ku byatsi, umutima wanjye urababara muri njye,
nka mbere:
Nakinguye umunwa, ntangira kuvuga imbere y'Isumbabyose, ndavuga nti:
9:29 Mwami, wowe ubwawe utwereke, watweretse iwacu
ba se mu butayu, ahantu nta muntu ukandagira, mu butayu
ikibanza, igihe bavaga mu Misiri.
9:30 Uravuga uti: 'Unyumve, Isiraheli; andika amagambo yanjye, urubuto
ya Yakobo.
9:31 Erega, ndabibye amategeko yanjye muri mwe, kandi azera imbuto muri mwe, kandi
uzahabwa icyubahiro iteka ryose.
9:32 Ariko abakurambere bacu bakiriye amategeko, ntibayubahiriza, ariko ntibayubahiriza
Amategeko yawe: kandi nubwo imbuto z'amategeko yawe zitarimbutse, nta nubwo
birashoboka, kuko byari ibyawe;
9:33 Nyamara ababyakiriye bararimbutse, kuko batabitse icyo kintu
yabibwe muri bo.
9:34 Kandi, dore ko ari umuco, igihe isi yakiriye imbuto, cyangwa inyanja
ubwato, cyangwa inyama cyangwa inyama iyo ari yo yose, ko, irimbuka aho
yabibwe cyangwa yajugunywe muri,
9:35 Icyo kintu nacyo cyabibwe, cyangwa kijugunywe, cyangwa cyakiriwe
Kurimbuka, kandi ntikagumana natwe, ariko natwe siko byagenze.
9:36 Kuberako twe abakiriye amategeko turimbuka kubwibyaha, natwe imitima yacu
yakiriye
9:37 Nubwo amategeko atarimbuka, ahubwo aguma mu mbaraga ze.
9:38 Igihe ibyo byose nabivuze mu mutima wanjye, nasubije amaso inyuma n'amaso yanjye,
Ku ruhande rw'iburyo mbona umugore, dore ararira ararira
n'ijwi rirenga, kandi yababaye cyane mu mutima, kandi imyenda ye yari
gukodesha, kandi yari afite ivu ku mutwe.
9:39 Reka ndeke ibitekerezo byanjye ndimo, ndamuhindukirira,
9:40 Aramubaza ati “Kubera iki urira? kubera iki ubabaye cyane?
ubwenge bwawe?
9:41 Arambwira ati: Databuja, reka reka, kugira ngo ndire, kandi
ongeraho akababaro kanjye, kuko ndumiwe mubitekerezo byanjye, kandi nzanye cyane
hasi.
9:42 Ndamubaza nti: Uragutwaye iki? mbwira.
9:43 Arambwira ati: "Njyewe umugaragu wawe nabaye ingumba, kandi nta mwana nabyaye,"
nubwo nari mfite umugabo imyaka mirongo itatu,
9:44 Kandi iyo myaka mirongo itatu nta kindi nakoze amanywa n'ijoro, na buri saha,
ariko kora ibyanjye, gusenga Usumbabyose.
9:45 Nyuma yimyaka mirongo itatu Imana inyumva umuja wawe, yitegereza akababaro kanjye,
yatekereje ku bibazo byanjye, ampa umuhungu: ndamwishimira cyane, bityo
yari umugabo wanjye, ndetse n'abaturanyi bacu bose: kandi twubaha cyane
kuri Ushoborabyose.
9:46 Kandi namugaburiye umubabaro mwinshi.
9:47 Nuko amaze gukura, ageze igihe cyo kugira umugore, njye
yakoze ibirori.