Nehemiya
5: 1 Haba induru nini y'abantu n'abagore babo babarwanya
bavandimwe b'Abayahudi.
2 Kubanga eka kyaabandi kavuga nti, Twebwe abahungu, n'abakobwa bacu, turi benshi:
ni yo mpamvu tubafata ibigori, kugira ngo turye, kandi tubeho.
5: 3 Bamwe kandi hari n'abagize bati: "Twatanze ingwate mu bihugu byacu, imizabibu,
n'inzu, kugirango tugure ibigori, kubera inzara.
5: 4 Hariho n'abavuga bati: "Twagurije umwami amafaranga."
umusoro, kandi ko ku bihugu byacu no mu ruzabibu.
5: 5 Nyamara ubu umubiri wacu umeze nkumubiri wa benewacu, abana bacu nkabo
abana: kandi, dore tuzana mubucakara abahungu bacu nabakobwa bacu
mube abagaragu, kandi bamwe mubakobwa bacu bazanywe mubucakara:
eka kandi nta bubasha dufite bwo kubacungura; kubandi bagabo bafite ibihugu byacu
n'inzabibu.
5: 6 Numvise gutaka kwabo n'amagambo yabo, nararakaye cyane.
7: 7 Nongeye kugisha inama, ncyaha abanyacyubahiro, n'abategetsi,
Arababwira ati: "Mwebwe inyungu zose, buri muvandimwe we." Nanjye ndashiraho
iteraniro rinini kubarwanya.
5: 8 Ndababwira nti: Twebwe nyuma yubushobozi bwacu twacunguye abavandimwe bacu
Abayahudi, bagurishijwe mu mahanga; ndetse uzagurisha ibyawe
bavandimwe? cyangwa bazatugurisha? Hanyuma baraceceka, kandi
ntacyo yabonye cyo gusubiza.
5: 9 Nanje nti: "Ntabwo ari byiza ko mukora: ntimukagende mu bwoba
y'Imana yacu kubera gutuka abanyamahanga abanzi bacu?
5:10 Nanjye, n'abavandimwe banjye, n'abagaragu banjye, bashobora kubasaba amafaranga
n'ibigori: Ndagusabye, reka tureke iyi nyungu.
5:11 Ndagusubiza, ndabasabye, kuri bo, ndetse n'uyu munsi, ibihugu byabo, ibyabo
imizabibu, imyelayo yabo, n'inzu zabo, igice cyijana
y'amafaranga, n'ibigori, vino, n'amavuta, ibyo rwose
bo.
5:12 Baravuga bati: "Tuzabasubiza, kandi ntacyo tuzabasaba;
natwe tuzakora nkuko ubivuze. Nahamagaye abapadiri, mfata an
indahiro yabo, ko bagomba gukora bakurikije iri sezerano.
5:13 Nanjye mpinda umushyitsi, ndavuga nti: Imana rero ikunkumure umuntu wese ibye
inzu, no ku mirimo ye, itasohoza iri sezerano, ndetse gutya
ahinduke umushyitsi. Itorero ryose rivuga riti: Amen, na
asingiza Uhoraho. Abantu barakora bakurikije iri sezerano.
5:14 Byongeye kandi kuva igihe nashyiriweho kuba umuyobozi wabo muri
gihugu cy'u Buyuda, guhera mu mwaka wa makumyabiri kugeza muri bibiri na mirongo itatu
umwaka wa Aritazeruzi umwami, ni ukuvuga imyaka cumi n'ibiri, njye na barumuna banjye
ntibariye umugati wa guverineri.
5:15 Ariko abahoze ari ba guverineri bahoze mbere yanjye, babishinzwe
abantu, kandi yari yabatwaye imigati na divayi, iruhande rwa shekeli mirongo ine
ya feza; yego, n'abagaragu babo bategetse abantu ubusa: ariko rero
Ntabwo nigeze mbikora, kubera gutinya Imana.
5:16 Yego, kandi nakomeje imirimo y'uru rukuta, nta n'umwe twaguze
igihugu cyanjye, abagaragu banjye bose bateranira aho.
5:17 Byongeye kandi, ku meza yanjye hari Abayahudi ijana na mirongo itanu kandi
abategetsi, usibye abaje iwacu baturutse mu mahanga ari
ibyerekeye twe.
5:18 Noneho ibyanteguriwe buri munsi byari ibimasa kimwe na gatandatu
intama; inyoni nazo zarateguriwe, kandi rimwe muminsi icumi ububiko bwa
vino y'ubwoko bwose: nyamara kuri ibyo byose ntabwo bisabwa ntabwo ari umugati wa
guverineri, kubera ko uburetwa bwari buremereye aba bantu.
5:19 Mana yanjye, tekereza neza, nkurikije ibyo nakoreye byose
aba bantu.