Ezira
9: 1 Ibyo bimaze gukorwa, ibikomangoma biransanga, bambwira bati:
Abisiraheli, abatambyi n'Abalewi, ntibatandukanye
ubwabo kuva mubihugu byigihugu, bakora bakurikije ibyabo
amahano, ndetse n'Abanyakanani, Abaheti, Abanya Perizite ,.
Abayebusi, Abamoni, Abamowabu, Abanyamisiri, n'Abamori.
2 Kubanga bawakirizaga abakobwa be, n'ayabo
abahungu: kugirango imbuto zera zivanze nubwoko bwa
ibyo bihugu: yego, ikiganza cy'abatware n'abategetsi cyabaye umutware muri
ubu bwinjira.
9: 3 Maze kubyumva, nkodesha umwenda wanjye n'umwenda wanjye, kandi
yakuyeho umusatsi wo mu mutwe n'ubwanwa, yicara atangaye.
9: 4 Hanyuma bateranira hamwe, umuntu wese uhinda umushyitsi kubera amagambo y'Uwiteka
Mana ya Isiraheli, kubera ibicumuro byabari
yatwaye; nuko nicara ntangaye kugeza igitambo cya nimugoroba.
9: 5 Ku mugoroba w'igitambo, mbyuka mvuye mu buremere bwanjye; no kugira
nkodesha umwenda wanjye n'umwenda wanjye, napfukamye, ndambura ibyanjye
Mana yanjye Mana yanjye,
9: 6 Ati: "Mana yanjye, mfite isoni kandi ndatukuye ngo nunamure amaso,
Mana yanjye: kuberako ibicumuro byacu byiyongereye hejuru yumutwe, kandi ibicumuro byacu
yakuriye mu ijuru.
9: 7 Kuva mu gihe cya ba sogokuruza twabaye mu cyaha gikomeye kuri ibi
umunsi; kandi ibicumuro byacu, twe, abami bacu, n'abapadiri bacu, twabaye
yashikirijwe mu kuboko kw'abami b'ibihugu, ku nkota, kuri
imbohe, no gusahura, no kwitiranya isura, nkuko bimeze uyu munsi.
9: 8 Noneho ubuntu bwatanzwe na Nyagasani Imana yacu,
kudusigira abasigaye kugirango duhunge, no kuduha umusumari wera wera
ikibanza, kugirango Imana yacu itworohereze amaso, kandi iduhe ububyutse buke
mu bubata bwacu.
9: 9 Kuko twari imbata; nyamara Imana yacu ntabwo yadutereranye mu bubata bwacu,
ariko yatugiriye imbabazi imbere y'abami b'Ubuperesi, kugeza
duhe kubyutsa, gushinga inzu yImana yacu, no gusana Uwiteka
ubutayu bwayo, no kuduha urukuta muri Yuda no muri Yeruzalemu.
9:10 Noneho Mana yacu, tuvuge iki nyuma yibi? kuko twataye
amategeko yawe,
9:11 Ibyo wategetse abagaragu bawe abahanuzi, uvuga ngo: Uwiteka
igihugu, aho ujya kugitunga, ni igihugu cyanduye hamwe na
umwanda wabaturage bo mubihugu, hamwe n'amahano yabo, aribyo
barayujuje kuva ku mpera kugera ku rundi hamwe n'ubuhumane bwabo.
9:12 Noneho rero, ntukagabanye abakobwa bawe, kandi ntukagire
Abakobwa babo ku bahungu bawe, kandi ntubashakire amahoro cyangwa ubutunzi bwabo
Iteka ryose: kugira ngo mukomere, murye ibyiza by'igihugu, mubireke
umurage w'abana bawe ubuziraherezo.
9:13 Kandi nyuma y'ibyadushikira byose kubera ibikorwa byacu bibi, n'ibikorwa byacu bikomeye
ubwinjiracyaha, kubona ko Imana yacu yaduhannye bitarenze ibyacu
ibibi birakwiye, kandi waduhaye gutabarwa gutya;
9:14 Tugomba kongera kurenga ku mategeko yawe, tugafatanya na Uwiteka
abantu b'aya mahano? ntushobora kuturakarira kugeza
Wari waratumariye, kugira ngo hatabaho abasigara cyangwa guhunga?
9:15 Uwiteka Imana ya Isiraheli, uri umukiranutsi, kuko dukomeje gutoroka, nk
ni uyu munsi: dore turi imbere yawe mu byaha byacu: kuko twe
ntishobora guhagarara imbere yawe kubera iki.