Ezira
3: 1 Ukwezi kwa karindwi nikigera, Abisirayeli barimo
imigi, abantu bateraniye hamwe nkumuntu umwe kuri
Yeruzalemu.
3: 2 Hanyuma Yezu mwene Yosadaki, n'abavandimwe be abatambyi,
na Zerubabeli mwene Shealtieli na barumuna be, yubaka Uwiteka
igicaniro cy'Imana ya Isiraheli, kugira ngo gitambwe ibitambo byoswa, uko biri
byanditswe mu mategeko ya Mose umuntu w'Imana.
3 Bashyira igicaniro ku musingi we; kuko ubwoba bwari kuri bo kubera
abantu bo muri ibyo bihugu: batura ibitambo byoswa
Kuri Uhoraho, ndetse n'amaturo yatwikwa mu gitondo na nimugoroba.
3: 4 Bakomeza kandi umunsi mukuru w'ihema, nk'uko byanditswe, kandi bitangwa
amaturo yatwitse burimunsi numubare, ukurikije umuco, nku
inshingano za buri munsi zisabwa;
3: 5 Hanyuma, ituro ryoswa rihoraho, ryombi rishya
ukwezi, no mu minsi mikuru yose yashyizweho n'Uwiteka yeguriwe Imana, kandi
muri buri wese watanze ku bushake ituro ry'ubuntu.
3: 6 Guhera ku munsi wa mbere w'ukwezi kwa karindwi batangira gutwika
Uhoraho. Ariko urufatiro rw'urusengero rw'Uwiteka
yari itarashyirwaho.
3: 7 Batanga kandi amafaranga kubanyabukorikori, n'ababaji; n'inyama,
unywe n'amavuta, kuri Zidoni, no kuri Tiro, kubazanira
ibiti by'imyerezi kuva muri Libani kugera ku nyanja ya Yopa, nkurikije iyo nkunga
ko bari bafite Kuro umwami w'Ubuperesi.
3: 8 Noneho mu mwaka wa kabiri wo kuza mu nzu y'Imana kuri
Yerusalemu, mu kwezi kwa kabiri, itangira Zerubabeli mwene Shealtieli,
na Yesuwa mwene Yozadaki, n'abavandimwe babo basigaye
abatambyi n'Abalewi, n'abasohoka bose bava muri
imbohe i Yeruzalemu; ashyiraho Abalewi, kuva mu myaka makumyabiri
ashaje kandi hejuru, kugirango ateze imbere imirimo y'inzu y'Uwiteka.
9 Yezu ahagarara hamwe n'abahungu be n'abavandimwe be, Kadmiyeli n'abahungu be,
abahungu ba Yuda, hamwe, kugira ngo batere imbere abakozi mu nzu ya
Imana: abahungu ba Henadadi, hamwe n'abahungu babo n'abavandimwe babo
Abalewi.
3:10 Abubatsi bashinze urufatiro rw'urusengero rw'Uwiteka,
bashira abatambyi mu myambaro yabo bavuza impanda, n'Abalewi
Abahungu ba Asafu bafite ibyuma bisakuza, basingize Uwiteka, nyuma y'itegeko rya
Dawidi umwami wa Isiraheli.
3:11 Baririmbira hamwe inzira yo guhimbaza no gushimira Uwiteka
Uhoraho, kuko ari mwiza, kuko imbabazi zayo zihoraho iteka ryose kuri Isiraheli.
Abantu bose bavuza induru n'ijwi rirenga, basingiza Uhoraho
Uhoraho, kuko urufatiro rw'inzu y'Uwiteka rwashyizweho.
3:12 Ariko benshi mu batambyi n'Abalewi n'umutware wa ba sekuruza, bari
abagabo ba kera, bari babonye inzu yambere, mugihe urufatiro rwibi
inzu yashyizwe imbere y'amaso yabo, barira n'ijwi rirenga; na benshi
asemerera n'ijwi rirenga kubera umunezero:
3:13 Kugira ngo abantu batabasha kumenya urusaku rw'induru y'ibyishimo
urusaku rw'amarira y'abantu: kuko abantu bavugije induru a
induru nini, urusaku rwumvikana kure.