Nehemiya
4: 1 Ariko Sanballat amaze kumva ko twubatse urukuta,
ararakara, ararakara cyane, asebya Abayahudi.
2: 2 Abwira abavandimwe be n'ingabo za Samariya, arababaza ati:
abo Bayahudi bafite intege nke? Bazakomera? bazatamba ibitambo?
bazarangiza umunsi umwe? bazasubizamo amabuye hanze ya
ibirundo by'imyanda yatwitswe?
4: 3 Tobiya Umunyamoni yari kumwe na we, aravuga ati: 'Ibyo ari byo
kubaka, iyo ingunzu izamutse, izasenya urukuta rwabo rw'amabuye.
4: 4 Mana yacu, umva. kuko dusuzuguritse: kandi tubahindure ibitutsi byabo
umutwe wawe bwite, ubahe umuhigo mu gihugu cy'ubunyage:
5 Kandi ntukapfukirane ibicumuro byabo, kandi ntihakagire ibyaha byabo
imbere yawe: kuko barakaye uburakari imbere y'abubatsi.
Twubatse urukuta; Urukuta rwose rwahujwe kugeza igice
yacyo: kuko abantu bari bafite ibitekerezo byo gukora.
4: 7 Ariko Sanballat, Tobiya, n'Abarabu,
n'Abamoni, n'Abashadodi, bumvise ko inkuta za Yeruzalemu
zakozwe, kandi ko kurenga byatangiye guhagarikwa, noneho byari
uburakari bwinshi,
4: 8 Abagambanira bose hamwe ngo baze kurwanya
Yerusalemu, no kuyibangamira.
4: 9 Nyamara twasenze Imana yacu, dushyira mu majwi
amanywa n'ijoro, kubera bo.
4:10 Yuda ati: "Imbaraga z'abatwara imitwaro zirangirika, kandi
hari imyanda myinshi; kugirango tudashobora kubaka urukuta.
4:11 Abanzi bacu baravuga bati: "Ntibazamenya, cyangwa ngo babone, kugeza igihe tuzazira."
hagati yabo, ukabica, bigatuma imirimo ihagarara.
4:12 Abayahudi babanaga na bo baza
Yatubwiye inshuro icumi ati: "Uhereye aho uzatugarukira hose
bazoba kuri wewe.
4:13 Noneho shyira I ahantu hepfo inyuma yurukuta, no hejuru
ahantu, ndetse nashyize abantu inyuma yimiryango yabo inkota zabo,
amacumu yabo n'umuheto wabo.
4:14 Nitegereje, ndahaguruka, mbwira abanyacyubahiro, n'abayobozi,
no ku bandi bantu bose, Ntubatinye: ibuka Uwiteka
NYAGASANI, ukomeye kandi uteye ubwoba, kandi urwanire abavandimwe bawe, abawe
abahungu, n'abakobwa banyu, abagore banyu, n'inzu zanyu.
15:15 Abanzi bacu bumvise ko tubizi,
kandi Imana yari yazanye impanuro zabo kubusa, ko twese twasubije
ku rukuta, buri wese ku murimo we.
4:16 Kuva icyo gihe, kimwe cya kabiri cy'abagaragu banjye
byakozwe mu kazi, ikindi gice cyabo gifata amacumu yombi,
ingabo, n'imiheto, na habergeons; Abategetsi bari
inyuma y'inzu yose y'u Buyuda.
4:17 Abubatse ku rukuta, n'abikorera imitwaro, hamwe n'abo
yaremereye, buri wese afite ukuboko kumwe gukora mu kazi, kandi
n'ukundi kuboko yari afite imbunda.
4:18 Kububatsi, umuntu wese yari afite inkota ye mu rubavu, bityo
yubatswe. Uwavuzaga impanda yari njye.
4:19 Nabwiye abanyacyubahiro, abatware, n'abandi bose
abantu, Igikorwa ni kinini kandi kinini, kandi twatandukanijwe kurukuta,
umwe kure yundi.
4:20 Ni mu buhe buryo mwumva ijwi ry'inzamba, nimwiyambaze
ngaho kuri twe: Imana yacu izaturwanirira.
4:21 Twakoze cyane mu murimo: kandi kimwe cya kabiri cyabo bafashe amacumu kuva kuri
kubyuka mugitondo kugeza inyenyeri zigaragaye.
4:22 Muri ubwo buryo, icyarimwe nabwiye abantu nti: Umuntu wese areke ibye
umugaragu acumbika i Yeruzalemu, kugira ngo babe abarinzi
twe, n'umurimo ku munsi.
4:23 Ntabwo rero ari njye, cyangwa abavandimwe, cyangwa abagaragu banjye, cyangwa abagabo b'abarinzi
cyankurikiye, nta n'umwe muri twe wambuye imyenda, ukiza buri wese
ubashyireho gukaraba.