Nehemiya 1: 1 Amagambo ya Nehemiya mwene Hacaliya. Byageze mu ukwezi Chisleu, mu mwaka wa makumyabiri, nkuko nari i Shushan ibwami, 1: 2 Ko Hanani, umwe mu bavandimwe banjye, yaje, we n'abantu bamwe bo mu Buyuda; na Nababajije ibyerekeye Abayahudi bari baratorotse, basigaye iminyago, no kuri Yeruzalemu. 1: 3 Barambwira bati: "Abasigaye basigaye mu bunyage mu ntara bari mu mibabaro myinshi no gutukwa: urukuta rwa Yerusalemu nayo yarasenyutse, amarembo yayo aratwikwa umuriro. 1: 4 Numvise ayo magambo, nicara ndarira, kandi arababara iminsi runaka, araisonzesha, asenga imbere yImana ijuru, 1: 5 Ati: "Ndagusabye, Uwiteka Mana yo mu ijuru, ukomeye kandi uteye ubwoba Mana, ikomeza isezerano n'imbabazi kubamukunda kandi bakubahiriza amategeko ye: 1: 6 Reka ugutwi kwawe noneho witonze, amaso yawe arahumure, kugira ngo ubashe umva isengesho ry'umugaragu wawe, ndagusengera imbere yawe none, umunsi na ijoro, kubisiraheli ba Isiraheli abagaragu bawe, kandi bature ibyaha byabo Abayisraheli, ibyo twagucumuyeho: njye na njye inzu ya se yacumuye. 1: 7 Twakugiriye nabi cyane, kandi ntitwakomeje Uwiteka amategeko, cyangwa amategeko, cyangwa imanza, wowe yategetse umugaragu wawe Mose. 1: 8 Ibuka, ndagusabye, ijambo wategetse umugaragu wawe Mose, ati: "Nimurenga, nzabatatanya mu mahanga mahanga: 1: 9 Ariko nimumpindukira, mugakurikiza amategeko yanjye, mukayakurikiza; nubwo Hariho muri mwebwe mwirukanye gushika mw'ijuru, yamara Nzabakusanyiriza aho, nzabazana aho hantu Nahisemo gushyira izina ryanjye aho. 1:10 Noneho aba ni abagaragu bawe nubwoko bwawe, abo wacunguye imbaraga zawe zikomeye, n'ukuboko kwawe gukomeye. 1:11 Uwiteka, ndagusabye, reka ugutwi kwawe kwite ku isengesho rya umugaragu wawe, no gusenga kw'abagaragu bawe, bashaka gutinya ibyawe izina: kandi utere imbere, ndagusabye, umugaragu wawe uyumunsi, kandi umuhe imbabazi imbere yuyu mugabo. Kuko nari umutware w'ibikombe by'umwami.