Ezira
4: 1 Abanzi ba Yuda na Benyamini bumvise ko abana
y'ubunyage yubatse urusengero Uwiteka Imana ya Isiraheli;
4: 2 Bageze i Zerubabeli, no ku mutware wa ba sekuruza, baravuga
Kuri bo, reka twubake hamwe nawe, kuko dushaka Imana yawe nk'uko mubikora; natwe
mumutambire ibitambo kuva mu gihe cya Esarhadoni umwami wa Assur, ari we
yatureze hano.
3 Ariko Zerubabeli, na Yesu, n'abandi batware ba ba sekuruza
Isiraheli irababwira iti: "Ntacyo mudufite ngo twubake inzu."
ku Mana yacu; ariko natwe ubwacu tuzubakira Uwiteka Imana ya
Isiraheli, nk'uko umwami Kuro umwami w'Ubuperesi yabidutegetse.
4 Abanyagihugu bo mu gihugu baca intege amaboko y'Abayuda,
kandi babahangayikishije mu kubaka,
4: 5 Kandi yashakishije abajyanama kubarwanya, kugirango baburizemo umugambi wabo, bose
iminsi ya Kuro umwami w'Ubuperesi, kugeza ku ngoma ya Dariyo umwami wa
Ubuperesi.
4: 6 Ku ngoma ya Ahasuwerusi, mu ntangiriro y'ingoma ye, baranditse
amushinja abatuye u Buyuda na Yeruzalemu.
4: 7 Mu gihe cya Aritazeruzi yanditse Bishlamu, Mithredati, Tabeli, na
abasigaye muri bagenzi babo, kuri Aritazeruzi umwami w'Ubuperesi; na
kwandika ibaruwa yanditse mu rurimi rwa Siriya, kandi irasobanurwa
mu rurimi rwa Siriya.
4: 8 Rehum umuyobozi mukuru na Shimshai umwanditsi bandika ibaruwa irwanya
Yerusalemu kuri Aritazeruzi umwami muri ubu buryo:
4: 9 Hanyuma yandika Rehum umuyobozi mukuru, na Shimshai umwanditsi, n'abandi
ya bagenzi babo; Dinaite, Apharsathchite, Tarpelite,
Abafarisite, Archevite, Abanyababuloni, Abanya Susanchite ,.
Dehavite, na Elamite,
4:10 N'andi mahanga yose Asnapper ukomeye kandi w'icyubahiro yazanye
hejuru, ugashyira mumijyi ya Samariya, nibindi bisigaye kuriyi
kuruhande rw'uruzi, kandi mugihe nk'iki.
4:11 Iyi ni kopi y'urwandiko bamwoherereje, ndetse no kuri bo
Aritazeruzi umwami; Abagaragu bawe abagabo bo hakurya y'uruzi, no kuri
igihe nk'iki.
4:12 Umwami amenye ko Abayahudi baturutse iwanyu
baza i Yerusalemu, bubaka inyeshyamba n'umujyi mubi, kandi
bashizeho inkuta zayo, bahuza urufatiro.
4:13 Mwami abimenye, ko uyu mujyi niyubakwa, na
inkuta zongeye gushyirwaho, noneho ntibazishyura imisoro, umusoro, n'imigenzo,
bityo rero uzangiza ibyinjira byabami.
4:14 Noneho kubera ko dufite ibikoresho byo mu ngoro y'umwami, ariko siko byagenze
duhure kugirango tubone agasuzuguro k'umwami, nuko twohereje kandi
yemeje umwami;
4:15 Ubwo bushakashatsi bushobora gukorwa mu gitabo cyanditswe na ba sogokuruza
uzasanga mu gitabo cyanditse, umenye ko uyu mujyi ari a
umujyi wigometse, kandi bikomeretsa abami n'intara, kandi ko nabo
bimuye kwigomeka mugihe kimwe cyakera: kubwimpamvu
uyu mujyi washenywe.
4:16 Turemeza umwami ko, niba uyu mujyi wongeye kubakwa, n'inkike
byashyizweho, muri ubu buryo ntuzagira umugabane kuruhande
uruzi.
4:17 Hanyuma yohereza umwami igisubizo kuri Rehum umuyobozi mukuru, na Shimshai
umwanditsi, hamwe na bagenzi babo basigaye baba i Samariya,
no ahasigaye hakurya y'uruzi, Amahoro, kandi mugihe nkiki.
4:18 Ibaruwa watwoherereje yasomwe neza imbere yanjye.
4:19 Nategetse, harashakishwa, basanga ibyo
umurwa wa kera wigometse ku bami, kandi
muri ubwo bwigomeke no kwigomeka.
4:20 Habayeho kandi abami bakomeye kuri Yeruzalemu bategetse
ibihugu byose hakurya y'uruzi; n'amafaranga, imisoro, n'imigenzo, yarishyuwe
Kuri bo.
4:21 Noneho mutegeke gutuma abo bantu bahagarika, kandi uyu mujyi
Ntukubake, kugeza igihe nzahabwa irindi tegeko.
4:22 Witondere nonaha kunanirwa gukora ibi: ni ukubera iki ibyangiritse bikura kuri Uwiteka?
kubabaza abami?
4:23 Noneho igihe kopi y'urwandiko rw'umwami Aritazeruzi yasomwaga mbere ya Rehum, na
Shimshai umwanditsi, na bagenzi babo, barazamuka bihuta
Yerusalemu ku Bayahudi, ituma bahagarika ku gahato n'imbaraga.
4:24 Hanyuma imirimo y'inzu y'Imana iri i Yerusalemu ihagarika imirimo. Nibyo
yahagaritse kugeza mu mwaka wa kabiri w'ingoma ya Dariyo umwami w'u Buperesi.