Nehemia
8 Lyena abantu bonse balongene pamo no mutima umo mu lubansa ulwaloshenye ne Mpongolo ya Menshi.+ Kabili baebele Esra+ uwalekopolola amafunde* ukuleta ibuuku lya Mafunde ya kwa Mose,+ ayo Yehova aebele Israele ukulakonka.+ 2 E ico pa bushiku bwa kubalilapo ubwa mweshi walenga 7,+ Esra shimapepo aletele ibuuku lya Mafunde+ pa kuti abelengele abaume, abanakashi na bantu bonse abali no kwishiba umo amafunde yalolele. 3 Kabili abelengeele abantu ibuuku lya mafunde ninshi nasansula ishiwi+ mu lubansa ulwaloshenye ne Mpongolo ya Menshi, ukufuma ku macaca ukufika akasuba pa kati. Abelengeele abaume, abanakashi na bonse abali no kwishiba umo amafunde yalolele, kabili abantu balekutikisha+ ifyo alebelenga mwi buuku lya Mafunde. 4 Kabili Esra uwalekopolola Amafunde* aiminine mupepi ne cintamba ca mbao, ico bapangile pa kuti bacibomfye pali uku kulongana; kabili ku kulyo kwakwe kwaiminine Matitia, Shema, Anaya, Uria, Hilkia na Maaseya, e lyo ku kuso kwakwe kwaiminine Pedaya, Mishaele, Malkiya,+ Hashumu, Hashibadana, Sekaria na Meshulamu.
5 Esra akupukwile ibuuku ninshi abantu bonse balemonako, pantu apo aiminine palisanswike kabili ilyo akupukwile ili ibuuku, abantu bonse balimine. 6 Lyena Esra alumbenye Yehova Lesa wa cine, Lesa Mukulu, kabili abantu bonse balandile abati, “Ameni!* Ameni!”+ e lyo baimisha amaboko yabo mu muulu. Lyena bafukamiine Yehova bafisha ne finso fyabo panshi. 7 Kabili Yeshua, Bani, Sherebia,+ Yamini, Akubu, Shabetai, Hodia, Maaseya, Kelita, Asaria, Yosabadi,+ Hanani, na Pelaya abali abena Lebi, balelondolwela abantu Amafunde,+ ninshi abantu bacili nabeminina. 8 Kabili bakonkenyepo ukubelenga ibuuku umwali Amafunde ya kwa Lesa wa cine ninshi nabasansula amashiwi. Balelondolola bwino bwino amafunde pa kuti abantu beshibe umo yalolele; e ico balengele abantu baumfwikisha ifyo balebabelengela.+
9 Lyena Nehemia uwali umulashi* pali ilya nshita, Esra+ shimapepo, kabili uwalekopolola amafunde* e lyo na bena Lebi abalesambilisha abantu amafunde baebele abantu bonse abati: “Buno bushiku bwa mushilo ubwa kwa Yehova Lesa wenu.+ Mwiloosha nelyo ukulila.” Pantu abantu bonse baleloosha ilyo bababelengeele Amafunde. 10 Abebele ati: “Kabiyeni mulye ifyawamisha,* munwe ne fyalowa. Abashikwete ifya kulya mubapeeleko,+ pantu buno bushiku bwa mushilo ubwa kwa Shikulu wesu, kabili mwiba no bulanda pantu ukusekelela uko Yehova amupeela kulamucingilila.”* 11 Kabili abena Lebi baletalalika abantu bonse abati: “Talaleni! buno bushiku bwa mushilo, mwiba no bulanda.” 12 E ico abantu bonse baile mu kulya no kunwa kabili balipeeleko na bantu bambi ifya kulya. Balesekelela nga nshi+ pantu balyumfwikishe ifyali mu mafunde.+
13 Kabili pa bushiku bwalenga bubili, intungulushi sha mu mayanda ya bashibo isha bantu bonse, bashimapepo na bena Lebi, baile kuli Esra uwalekopolola amafunde* pa kuti beshibilepo na fimbi pa fyali mu Mafunde. 14 Lyena mu Mafunde ayo Yehova apeele Mose basangilemo apo balemba ukuti, abena Israele balingile ukulaikala mu nsakwe pa nshita ya mutebeto mu mweshi walenga 7,+ 15 kabili bafwile ukubilisha+ mu misumba yabo yonse na mu Yerusalemu monse abati: “Kabiyeni ku citungu ca mpili muyeleta imisambo ya miolife, imisambo ya fimuti fya mafuta, iya muhadasi, iya tuncindu ne misambo ya fimuti fimbi pa kuti mupangemo insakwe, ukulingana ne fyalembwa mu mafunde.”
16 E ico abantu baileleta imisambo, pa kuti cila muntu aipangile insakwe pa mutenge wa ng’anda yakwe e lyo na mu mansa shabo, mu mansa sha ng’anda ya kwa Lesa wa cine,+ mu lubansa lwa ku Mpongolo ya Menshi+ na mu lubansa lwa ku Mpongolo ya kwa Efraimu.+ 17 E ico bonse ababwelele muli bunkole balipangile insakwe, batendeka no kwikalamo, pantu abena Israele tabacitile ifi ukutula ilyo Yoshua+ umwana wa kwa Nuni ali no mweo ukufika pali bulya bushiku, e ico balisekelele nga nshi.+ 18 Kabili cila bushiku balebelenga mwi buuku lya Mafunde ya kwa Lesa wa cine,+ ukufuma pa bushiku bwa kubalilapo ukufika pa bushiku bwa kulekelesha. Kabili balikwete umutebeto pa nshiku 7, lyena pa bushiku bwalenga 8 balilongene ukulongana kwacindamisha, ukulingana ne fyalembelwe mu mafunde.+