Nehemiya
11: 1 Abategetsi b'abaturage batura i Yeruzalemu: abasigaye mu baturage
kandi ubufindo, kuzana umwe muri icumi gutura i Yerusalemu umujyi wera,
n'ibice icyenda byo gutura mu yindi mijyi.
2: 2 Abantu baha umugisha abantu bose, babishaka
i Yeruzalemu.
3: 3 Ubu ni bo mutware w'intara yabaga i Yerusalemu, ariko muri
imigi y'u Buyuda itura abantu bose mu migi yabo,
ubwenge, Isiraheli, abatambyi, n'Abalewi, n'Aba Netini, na
abana b'abagaragu ba Salomo.
4 Yerusalemu atura bamwe mu bana b'u Buyuda no mu Uwiteka
Abana ba Benyamini. Mu bana ba Yuda; Ataya mwene
Uziya mwene Zekariya, mwene Amariya, mwene Shefatiya,
mwene Mahalaleeli, w'abana ba Perez;
5 Maaseya mwene Baruki, mwene Kolozayi, mwene Hazayi,
mwene Adaya, mwene Yowariyani, mwene Zekariya, mwene
Shiloni.
6 Abahungu ba Perez bose babaga i Yeruzalemu bari magana ane
mirongo itandatu n'abagabo umunani b'intwari.
7 Aba ni bene Benyamini; Sallu mwene Meshullam, umuhungu
ya Yowedi, mwene Pedaya, mwene Kolaya, mwene Maaseya,
mwene Ithieli, mwene Yesaya.
8 Nyuma ye Gabbai, Sallai, magana cyenda makumyabiri n'umunani.
9 Yoweli mwene Zikuri yari umutware wabo, na Yuda mwene
Senuah yari uwa kabiri hejuru y'umujyi.
11:10 Mu batambyi: Yedaya mwene Joiarib, Yakini.
11 Seraya mwene Hilkiya, mwene Meshullamu mwene Zadoki,
mwene Merayoti, mwene Ahitub, yari umutware w'inzu y'Imana.
11 Abavandimwe babo bakora imirimo yo mu rugo bari magana inani
makumyabiri na kabiri: na Adaya mwene Yerowamu mwene Pelaliya, Uhoraho
mwene Amzi, mwene Zekariya, mwene Pashur, mwene
Malikiya,
11 Abavandimwe be, umutware wa ba sekuruza, magana abiri na mirongo ine na babiri: na
Amashayi mwene Azareyeli, mwene Ahasayi, mwene Meshillemoti,
mwene Immer,
11 Abavandimwe babo, intwari zikomeye, ijana na makumyabiri n'umunani:
kandi umugenzuzi wabo yari Zabdiyeli, umuhungu w'umwe mu bantu bakomeye.
11:15 Nanone mu Balewi: Shemaya mwene Hashub, mwene Azrikamu, Uhoraho
mwene Hashabiya, mwene Bunni;
11 Shabbetayi na Jozabadi, umutware w'Abalewi, bafite Uwiteka
kugenzura ibikorwa byo hanze yinzu yImana.
11 Mataniya mwene Mika, mwene Zabdi, mwene Asafu
umuyobozi gutangira gushimira mumasengesho: na Bakbukiya the
kabiri mu bavandimwe be, na Abda mwene Shammua, mwene
Galal, mwene Yeduti.
Abalewi bose bo mu mujyi mutagatifu bari magana abiri na bane na bane.
11:19 Byongeye kandi abatwara ibicuruzwa, Akkub, Talimoni, na barumuna babo barinze Uwiteka
amarembo, yari ijana na mirongo irindwi na kabiri.
Ibisigisigi bya Isiraheli, abatambyi n'Abalewi, byose byari byose
imigi y'u Buyuda, umuntu wese mu murage we.
11 Abanyetiniya batura i Opeli, Ziha na Gispa bari hejuru y'Uwiteka
Nethinim.
22:22 Umugenzuzi w'Abalewi i Yeruzalemu yari Uzi mwene Bani,
mwene Hashabiya, mwene Mataniya, mwene Mika. Bya
abahungu ba Asafu, abaririmbyi bari hejuru yubucuruzi bwinzu yImana.
11:23 Kuko itegeko ry'umwami ryerekeye kuri bo, umuntu runaka
igice kigomba kuba kubaririmbyi, kubera buri munsi.
24 Petaya mwene Mezezabayeli, mu bana ba Zera mwene
y'u Buyuda, yari hafi y'umwami mu bibazo byose bijyanye n'abantu.
11:25 N'imidugudu n'imirima yabo, bamwe mu bana ba Yuda
yabaga i Kirjatharba, no mu midugudu yacyo, no i Dibon, no muri
imidugudu yacyo, no kuri Jekabzeel, no mu midugudu yacyo,
11:26 Na Yezu, na Molada, na Beteleheleti,
11:27 Na Hazarshual, i Beersheba no mu midugudu yacyo,
11:28 Kandi i Ziklag, no i Mekona, no mu midugudu yacyo,
11:29 Kandi i Enrimoni, no kuri Zareya, no kuri Yarmuti,
11:30 Zanoya, Adullamu, no mu midugudu yabo, i Lakishi, no mu murima
muri Azekah no mu midugudu yacyo. Barahatura
Beersheba kugera mu kibaya cya Hinomu.
11:31 Abana ba Benyamini bo muri Geba babaga i Michima, na Aija, na
Beteli, no mu midugudu yabo,
11:32 Kandi kuri Anathoti, Nob, Ananiya,
11:33 Hazor, Rama, Gitayimu,
11:34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
11:35 Lod, na Ono, ikibaya cy'abanyabukorikori.
Abalewi ni amacakubiri mu Buyuda no muri Benyamini.