Ezira
6: 1 Hanyuma Dariyo umwami ategeka, basaka mu nzu ya
imizingo, aho ubutunzi bwashyizwe i Babuloni.
6: 2 Basanga i Achmetha, mu ngoro iri mu ntara
y'Abamedi, umuzingo, kandi muri yo hari inyandiko yanditse gutya:
6: 3 Mu mwaka wa mbere wa Kuro umwami umwami umwe umwami akora a
itegeko ryerekeye inzu y'Imana i Yeruzalemu, Inzu ibe
yubatswe, ahantu batambira ibitambo, bakareka Uwiteka
Urufatiro rwarwo ruzashyirwaho; uburebure bwayo mirongo itandatu
uburebure, ubugari bwacyo bugera kuri mirongo itandatu.
6: 4 Hamwe n'imirongo itatu y'amabuye manini, n'umurongo w'ibiti bishya: hanyuma ureke
amafaranga atangwa mu nzu y'umwami:
6: 5 Kandi reka kandi ibikoresho bya zahabu na feza byo mu nzu yImana, aribyo
Nebukadinezari asohoka mu rusengero ruri i Yeruzalemu, kandi
azanwa i Babiloni, agarurwa, kandi azanwa mu rusengero
iri i Yerusalemu, buri wese mu mwanya we, akabashyira muri
inzu y'Imana.
6: 6 Noneho rero, Tatnai, guverineri hakurya y'uruzi, Shetharboznai, na
bagenzi bawe ba Apharsachite, hakurya y'uruzi, mube kure
Kuva aho:
Reka imirimo y'iyi nzu y'Imana yonyine; reka umutware w'Abayahudi
n'abakuru b'Abayahudi bubaka iyi nzu y'Imana mu mwanya we.
6: 8 Byongeye kandi, mbategetse icyo muzakorera abakuru b'abo Bayahudi
Kubaka iyi nzu yImana: iy'ibintu byumwami, ndetse bya
umusoro hakurya y'uruzi, ako kanya amafaranga ahabwa abo
bagabo, kugira ngo batabangamirwa.
6: 9 Kandi ibyo bakeneye, ibimasa bito, n'intama, na
abana b'intama, kubitambo byoswa by'Imana yo mwijuru, ingano, umunyu, vino,
n'amavuta, ukurikije ishyirwaho ry'abapadiri bari kuri
Yerusalemu, nibayiha umunsi kuwundi nta kabuza:
6:10 Kugira ngo batambire Imana yo mwijuru ibitambo byiza,
kandi usengere ubuzima bw'umwami, n'abahungu be.
6:11 Kandi nategetse ko umuntu wese uzahindura iri jambo areke
ibiti bikururwa mu nzu ye, bigashyirwaho, reka
amanikwa kuri yo; reka inzu ye ihindurwe amase kubwibi.
6:12 Kandi Imana yatumye izina ryayo itura irimbura abami bose
n'abantu, bazashyira mu biganza byabo guhindura no gusenya ibi
inzu y'Imana iri i Yerusalemu. Jye Dariyo nashyizeho itegeko; reka
bikorwe n'umuvuduko.
6:13 Hanyuma, Tatnai, guverineri hakurya y'uruzi, Shetharboznai, na bo
abasangirangendo, bakurikije ibyo Dariyo umwami yari yohereje, nuko
yakoze vuba.
6:14 Abakuru b'Abayahudi barubaka, baratera imbere binyuze muri Uwiteka
guhanura umuhanuzi Hagayi na Zekariya mwene Iddo. Kandi
barubatse, bararangiza, bakurikije itegeko ry'Imana
ya Isiraheli, kandi nk'uko itegeko rya Kuro, na Dariyo, na
Aritazeruzi umwami w'Ubuperesi.
6:15 Iyi nzu irarangira ku munsi wa gatatu w'ukwezi Adari, ari yo
yari mu mwaka wa gatandatu w'ingoma ya Dariyo umwami.
6:16 Abayisraheli, abatambyi, n'Abalewi, n'abandi
y'abana b'ubunyage, bakomeje ubwitange bw'iyi nzu ya
Imana n'ibyishimo,
6:17 Kandi ituro ryeguriwe iyi nzu yImana ibimasa ijana,
impfizi z'intama magana abiri, intama magana ane; n'igitambo cy'ibyaha kuri bose
Isiraheli, ihene cumi na zibiri, ukurikije umubare w'imiryango ya
Isiraheli.
6:18 Bashyira abatambyi mu mitwe yabo, n'Abalewi mu byabo
amasomo, yo gukorera Imana, ari i Yerusalemu; nkuko byanditswe
mu gitabo cya Mose.
6:19 Abana bajyanywe bunyago bakomeza Pasika kumunsi wa cumi na kane
umunsi w'ukwezi kwa mbere.
6:20 Kuberako abatambyi n'Abalewi bejejwe hamwe, bose bari
cyera, kandi yishe pasika kubana bose bajyanywe bunyago, kandi
kubavandimwe babo abatambyi, na bo ubwabo.
6:21 Abayisraheli, bongeye kugaruka mu bunyage, kandi
bose nkabatandukanije nabo umwanda wa
abanyamahanga bo mu gihugu, gushaka Uwiteka Imana ya Isiraheli, bararya,
Kandi iminsi mikuru irindwi yose yizihiza iminsi mikuru idasembuye, kuko ari Uhoraho
yari yarabashimishije, ahindura umutima w'umwami wa Ashuri
bo, gushimangira amaboko yabo mumirimo yinzu yImana, Imana
ya Isiraheli.