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.