Nehemiya
13: 1 Kuri uwo munsi basoma mu gitabo cya Mose mubari bateraniye aho
abantu; kandi muri yo wasangaga handitswe, ngo Abamoni n'Abamowabu
ntagomba kwinjira mu itorero ry'Imana ubuziraherezo;
2 Kubera ko batahuye Abisirayeli imigati n'amazi,
ariko yahaye Balamu kubarwanya, kugira ngo abavume: nubwo ari ibyacu
Imana yahinduye umuvumo umugisha.
3: 3 Bumvise amategeko, baratandukana
Kuva muri Isiraheli imbaga yose ivanze.
13: 4 Kandi mbere yibi, Eliyashib umutambyi, ayobora Uwiteka
icyumba cy'inzu y'Imana yacu, yunze ubumwe na Tobiya:
13: 5 Amutegurira icyumba kinini, aho bashinze
amaturo yinyama, imibavu, nibikoresho, hamwe na kimwe cya cumi
ibigori, vino nshya, n'amavuta, yategekwaga guhabwa
Abalewi, n'abaririmvyi, n'abazamu; n'amaturo ya
abatambyi.
13: 6 Ariko muri iki gihe cyose ntabwo nari i Yerusalemu, kuko muri babiri na
umwaka wa mirongo itatu wa Aritazeruzi umwami wa Babiloni naje kwa mwami, kandi
nyuma y'iminsi runaka mbonye mvuye k'umwami:
7 Naje i Yeruzalemu, nsobanukirwa ibibi Eliyashib yakoze
kuri Tobiya, mu kumutegurira icyumba mu nkiko z'inzu ya
Mana.
13: 8 Kandi byambabaje cyane, nuko nirukana ibintu byose byo mu rugo
ya Tobiya asohoka mu cyumba.
13: 9 Hanyuma ndategeka, basukura ibyumba, nanjye nzanayo
na none ibikoresho byo munzu yImana, hamwe nigitambo cyinyama na
ububani.
13:10 Nabonye ko ibice by'Abalewi bitatanzwe
bo: kuko Abalewi n'abaririmbyi, bakoze umurimo, barahunze
Umuntu wese mu murima we.
13:11 Hanyuma mparanira n'abategetsi nti: 'Kuki inzu y'Imana ari?
yarahebwe? Nabakoranyiriza hamwe, mbashyira mu mwanya wabo.
12 Yuda azana icya cumi cy'ibigori na divayi nshya na Uwiteka
amavuta mu bubiko.
13:13 Nagize umubitsi hejuru y'ububiko, Shelemiya umutambyi, na
Zadoki umwanditsi, n'Abalewi, Pedaya: kandi iruhande rwabo hari
Hanani mwene Zakuri, mwene Mataniya, kuko babaruwe
abizerwa, kandi ibiro byabo byagombaga kugabana abavandimwe babo.
13:14 Mana yanjye, nyibuka ibi, kandi ntuhanagure ibikorwa byanjye byiza
Ko nakoreye inzu y'Imana yanjye, n'ibiro byayo.
13:15 Muri iyo minsi mbona i Yuda hari udukino twa divayi dukandagira ku isabato,
no kuzana imigati, n'indogobe zipakurura; nka vino, inzabibu, na
imitini, n'imizigo yose, bazanye i Yerusalemu
umunsi w'isabato: kandi nabashinje ku munsi aho bari
kugurisha ibiryo.
Muriyo harimo abantu b'i Tiro, bazana amafi n'ubwoko bwose
y'ibikoresho, akagurisha ku isabato ku bana ba Yuda, no muri
Yeruzalemu.
13:17 Hanyuma mparanira abanyacyubahiro bo mu Buyuda, ndababwira nti: "Mbega ikibi."
ikintu niki ukora, kandi ugasuzugura umunsi w'isabato?
13:18 Ntabwo abakurambere banyu batabikoze, kandi Imana yacu ntabwo yazanye ibibi byose
natwe, no kuri uyu mujyi? nyamara uzana umujinya mwinshi kuri Isiraheli uhumanya
Isabato.
13:19 Amarembo y'i Yerusalemu atangira kuba umwijima
mbere y'isabato, nategetse ko amarembo agomba gufungwa, kandi
yashinjwe ko batagomba gukingurwa nyuma yisabato: na bamwe
Abagaragu banjye banshyize ku marembo, kugira ngo hatabaho umutwaro
yazanywe ku munsi w'isabato.
13:20 Abacuruzi n'abacuruzi b'ubwoko bwose barara hanze
Yerusalemu rimwe cyangwa kabiri.
13:21 Hanyuma ndabashinja, ndababwira nti: "Kuki mwacumbitse?"
urukuta? nimwongera kubikora, nzarambikaho ibiganza. Kuva icyo gihe
hasohotse ntibakiri ku Isabato.
13:22 Nategetse Abalewi ko bagomba kwisukura, kandi
ko baza bakarinda amarembo, kugirango beze umunsi w'isabato.
Mana yanjye, nyibuka, ibi kandi unyibabarire nkurikije
ubwinshi bw'imbabazi zawe.
13:23 Muri iyo minsi kandi nabonye I Bayahudi bashakanye n'abagore ba Ashidodi, wa
Amoni na Mowabu:
24:24 Abana babo bavuga kimwe cya kabiri mu magambo ya Ashidodi, ariko ntibabishobora
vuga mu rurimi rw'Abayahudi, ariko ukurikije ururimi rwa buri wese
abantu.
13:25 Nanjye ndabarwanya, ndabavuma, nkubita bamwe muri bo,
akuramo imisatsi yabo, arahira Imana, ati: 'Uzabikora
Ntugahe abakobwa bawe abahungu babo, cyangwa ngo ujyane abakobwa babo
abahungu bawe, cyangwa ubwanyu.
13:26 Umwami wa Isiraheli ntiyigeze akora ibyaha muri ibyo? nyamara muri benshi
amahanga nta mwami umeze nka we, wakundwaga n'Imana ye, n'Imana
yamugize umwami wa Isiraheli yose: nyamara na we yarabasuzuguye
abagore bakora icyaha.
13 Noneho twumve ngo mukore ibibi byose bikomeye, kugira ngo murengere
kurwanya Imana yacu mukurongora abagore badasanzwe?
13:28 Umwe mu bahungu ba Yiyada, mwene Eliyashib umutambyi mukuru, yari
umukwe kwa Sanballati Horonite: nuko ndamwirukana.
13:29 Mana yanjye, ubibuke, kuko bahumanye ubutambyi, kandi
isezerano ry'abatambyi, n'Abalewi.
1330 Nanjye rero nabahanaguyeho mu banyamahanga bose, mbashyiraho abarinzi b'Uwiteka
abatambyi n'Abalewi, buri wese mu bucuruzi bwe;
13:31 Kandi kubitambo by'ibiti, rimwe na rimwe byagenwe, n'imbuto za mbere.
Mana yanjye, nyibuka neza.