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.