Ezira
1: 1 Mu mwaka wa mbere wa Kuro umwami w'u Buperesi, iryo jambo ry'Uwiteka
akanwa ka Yeremiya gashobora gusohora, Uwiteka akangura Uhoraho
umwuka wa Kuro umwami w'Ubuperesi, ko yatangarije hose
ubwami bwe bwose, kandi abushyira mu nyandiko, agira ati:
1: 2 Uku ni ko Kuro umwami w'u Buperesi avuga, Uwiteka Imana yo mu ijuru yampaye
ubwami bwose bwo ku isi; kandi yantegetse kumwubakira an
inzu i Yeruzalemu, iri mu Buyuda.
1: 3 Ni nde muri mwebwe mu bwoko bwe? Imana ye ibane na we, reka
azamuke ajye i Yeruzalemu iri mu Buyuda, yubake inzu y'Uwiteka
NYAGASANI Imana ya Isiraheli, (ni Imana,) iri i Yerusalemu.
1: 4 Kandi umuntu wese uguma ahantu hose atuye, reka abantu ba
umwanya we umufasha muri feza, na zahabu, n'ibicuruzwa, hamwe na
inyamaswa, iruhande rw'igitambo cy'ubuntu ku nzu y'Imana irimo
Yeruzalemu.
1: 5 Hanyuma haza umutware w'abasekuruza b'u Buyuda na Benyamini, na Uhoraho
abatambyi, n'Abalewi, hamwe n'abantu bose Imana yazamuye, kugeza
uzamuke wubake inzu y'Uwiteka iri i Yerusalemu.
1: 6 Abari hafi yabo bose bakomeza amaboko yabo mu bikoresho
ya feza, hamwe na zahabu, n'ibicuruzwa, n'amatungo, n'agaciro
ibintu, usibye ibyatanzwe kubushake.
1: 7 Umwami Kuro azana ibikoresho byo mu nzu y'Uwiteka,
Nebukadinezari yari yarasohoye i Yeruzalemu, akazishyira
babashyira mu nzu y'imana ze;
1: 8 Ndetse n'abo Kuro umwami w'Ubuperesi yazanye ukuboko kwa
Mithredath umubitsi, abara Sheshbazari, igikomangoma
y'u Buyuda.
1: 9 Kandi uyu niwo mubare wabo: mirongo itatu ya zahabu, igihumbi
charger ya feza, ibyuma icyenda na makumyabiri,
1:10 Ibibindi mirongo itatu bya zahabu, ibiceri bya feza byubwoko bwa kabiri magana ane na
icumi, n'ibindi bikoresho igihumbi.
Ibikoresho byose bya zahabu na feza byari ibihumbi bitanu na bine
ijana. Aba bose bakoze Sheshbazzar azana nabo mubunyage
bakuwe i Babiloni berekeza i Yerusalemu.