Nehemiya
1: 1 Aba ni abaherezi n'Abalewi bazamanye na Zerubabeli
mwene Shealtiel, na Yesu: Seraya, Yeremiya, Ezira,
12: 2 Amariya, Malluki, Hattush,
12: 3 Shekaniya, Rehum, Meremoti,
12: 4 Iddo, Ginnetho, Abiya,
12: 5 Miamin, Maadiya, Bilga,
12: 6 Shemaya, na Joiarib, Yedaya,
12: 7 Sallu, Amoki, Hilkiya, Yedaya. Abo bari abatware b'abatambyi kandi
y'abavandimwe babo mu gihe cya Yesu.
12 Abalewi: Yezu, Binnui, Kadmiyeli, Serebiya, Yuda, na
Mataniya, wari hejuru yo gushimira, we na barumuna be.
9 Bakibukiya na Unni, abavandimwe babo, barabarwanya muri Uhoraho
amasaha.
10 Yesuwa abyara Yowakimu, Yowakimu na we yabyaye Eliyashib, na Eliyashib
yabyaye Joiada,
Yowada yabyaye Yonatani, Yonatani abyara Yaddua.
12:12 Mu gihe cya Yowakimu bari abatambyi, umutware wa ba sekuruza: ba
Seraya, Meraya; ya Yeremiya, Hananiya;
Ezira, Meshullam; wa Amariya, Yehohanani;
12:14 Bya Meliki, Yonatani; wa Shebaniya, Yozefu;
12:15 Kuri Harimu, Adna; wa Meraioth, Helkai;
12:16 Bya Iddo, Zekariya; ya Ginnethon, Meshullam;
12:17 Bya Abiya, Zichri; ya Miniamin, ya Moadiya, Piltai;
12:18 Bya Bilgah, Shammua; wa Shemaya, Yehonathan;
Na Joiarib, Mattenayi; ya Yedaya, Uzzi;
12:20 Bya Sallai, Kallai; Amok, Eber;
12:21 Bya Hilkiya, Hashabiya; wa Yedaya, Netaneyeli.
Abalewi mu gihe cya Eliyashib, Yowaya, na Yohanani, na Yaddua,
banditswe nk'umutware wa ba se: n'abapadiri, kugeza ku ngoma
Dariyo Umuperesi.
Abahungu ba Lewi, umutware wa ba sekuruza, banditswe mu gitabo cya
amateka, ndetse kugeza mu gihe cya Yohanani mwene Eliyashib.
24 Umutware w'Abalewi: Hashabiya, Serebiya na Yesuwa mwene
wa Kadmiel, hamwe na barumuna babo babarwanya, gushima no gutanga
urakoze, ukurikije itegeko rya Dawidi umuntu wImana, wirinde
kurwanya ward.
12:25 Mataniya, na Bakbukiya, Obadiya, Meshullam, Talimoni, Akkub, bari
abatwara ibicuruzwa babika icyumba ku marembo.
12:26 Ibyo byari mu gihe cya Yowakimu mwene Yesuwa mwene Yosadaki,
no mu gihe cya Nehemiya guverineri, na Ezira umutambyi, Uhoraho
umwanditsi.
12:27 Biyegurira urukuta rwa Yeruzalemu bashakisha Abalewi
ahantu hose, kubazana i Yerusalemu, kugira ngo bakomeze Uwiteka
kwitanga n'ibyishimo, haba hamwe no gushimira, no kuririmba,
hamwe na cybali, zaburi, hamwe n'inanga.
12:28 Abahungu b'abaririmbyi bateranira hamwe, bombi barasohoka
igihugu kibaya kizengurutse Yeruzalemu, no mu midugudu ya
Netophathi;
12:29 Nanone mu nzu ya Gilugali, no mu murima wa Geba na
Azmaveth: kubaririmbyi bari barabubatse imidugudu hirya no hino
Yeruzalemu.
12:30 Abatambyi n'Abalewi bejeje, beza Uwiteka
abantu, n'amarembo, n'urukuta.
Nzamura abatware b'u Buyuda ku rukuta, nshiraho babiri
amasosiyete akomeye muri bo yashimye, aho umwe yagiye iburyo
ukuboko kurukuta werekeza ku irembo ryamase:
Hoseya akurikira na kimwe cya kabiri cy'abatware ba Yuda,
12 Azariya, Ezira na Meshullamu,
12:34 Yuda, Benyamini, Shemaya, na Yeremiya,
12:35 Kandi bamwe mu bahungu b'abatambyi bafite impanda; ni ukuvuga Zekariya
mwene Yonatani, mwene Shemaya, mwene Mataniya, mwene
Mikaya, mwene Zakur, mwene Asafu:
12 Abavandimwe be Shemaya na Azaraeli, Milayi, Gilayi, Maayi,
Nethaneel, na Yuda, Hanani, hamwe n'ibicurangisho bya Dawidi Uwiteka
muntu w'Imana, na Ezira umwanditsi imbere yabo.
12:37 Bageze ku irembo ry'isoko ryari rirenga, barazamuka
ingazi z'umujyi wa Dawidi, hejuru y'urukuta, hejuru ya
inzu ya Dawidi, ndetse no ku irembo ry'amazi iburasirazuba.
12:38 Abandi bantu bashimira barabarwanya,
nanjye ndabakurikira, kimwe cya kabiri cyabantu bari kurukuta, baturutse hakurya
umunara w'itanura kugeza no ku rukuta rugari;
12:39 Kandi hejuru y'irembo rya Efurayimu, no hejuru y'irembo rya kera, no hejuru
irembo ry'amafi, n'umunara wa Hananeyeli, n'umunara wa Meya, ndetse
ku irembo ry'intama: bahagarara ku irembo rya gereza.
12:40 Niko abantu babiri bahagarara bashimira mu nzu y'Imana,
nanjye, hamwe na kimwe cya kabiri cyabategetsi turi kumwe:
12:41 Abatambyi; Eliyakimu, Maaseya, Miniamin, Mikaya, Elioenai,
Zekariya na Hananiya, bavuza impanda;
12 Maaseya, Shemaya, Eleyazari, Uzi na Yehohanani na
Malikiya, Elamu na Ezeri. Abaririmvyi baririmba n'ijwi rirenga, hamwe na Yezariya
umugenzuzi wabo.
Uwo munsi batamba ibitambo byinshi, barishima, kuko Imana yari ifite
byatumye bishima cyane: abagore nabo hamwe nabana
barishima: ku buryo umunezero wa Yeruzalemu wumvikanye kure cyane.
12:44 Muri icyo gihe, bamwe bashyirwaho mu byumba bya Uwiteka
ubutunzi, ku maturo, ku mbuto za mbere, no ku cya cumi,
kubateranyiriza hamwe mumirima yimijyi ibice bya
Amategeko ku batambyi n'Abalewi: kuko Yuda yishimiye abatambyi kandi
Abalewi bategereje.
12:45 Abaririmvyi n'abazamu barinze umurinzi w'Imana yabo, na
ward yo kwezwa, ukurikije itegeko rya Dawidi, na
Umuhungu we Salomo.
12:46 Kuko mu gihe cya Dawidi na Asafu ba kera, hari umutware w'Uwiteka
abaririmbyi, n'indirimbo zo guhimbaza no gushimira Imana.
Isiraheli yose mu gihe cya Zerubabeli no mu gihe cya Nehemiya,
yatanze ibice byabaririmbyi nabatwara ibicuruzwa, burimunsi umugabane we:
kandi bejeje Abalewi ibintu byera; n'Abalewi
abeza ku bana ba Aroni.