Nehemiya
2 Mu kwezi kwa Nisani,* igihe umwami Aritazerusi+ yari amaze imyaka 20+ ategeka, yashatse kunywa divayi maze nk’uko byari bisanzwe ndayimuha.+ Ariko bwari ubwa mbere ambonye mbabaye. 2 Umwami arambaza ati: “Ese ko mbona utameze neza kandi nzi ko utarwaye? Ni iki kiguhangayikishije?” Mbyumvise ngira ubwoba bwinshi.
3 Nuko nsubiza umwami nti: “Nyakubahwa, nakwishima nte kandi umujyi ba sogokuruza bashyinguwemo warasenyutse n’amarembo yawo akaba yarahiye agashiraho?”+ 4 Umwami arambaza ati: “None se urifuza iki?” Ako kanya mpita nsenga Imana yo mu ijuru.+ 5 Hanyuma ndamubwira nti: “Mwami niba ubona nta cyo bitwaye kandi ukaba unyishimira, nyohereza mu Buyuda mu mujyi ba sogokuruza bashyinguwemo, kugira ngo nongere nywubake.”+ 6 Icyo gihe umwami yari yicaranye n’umwamikazi. Nuko umwami arambaza ati: “Urugendo rwawe ruzamara igihe kingana iki, kandi se uzagaruka ryari?” Umwami ampa uruhushya+ nanjye mubwira igihe nzagarukira.+
7 Nongera kubwira umwami nti: “Mwami, niba ubona nta cyo bitwaye, umpe amabaruwa yo gushyira ba guverineri b’intara zo hakurya y’Uruzi rwa Ufurate,+ kugira ngo bandeke ngende ngere mu Buyuda. 8 Nanone umpe ibaruwa nyishyire Asafu urinda ishyamba ry’umwami, kugira ngo azampe ibiti byo kubakisha amarembo y’ikigo cy’umutamenwa*+ kiri hafi y’urusengero, n’ibyo kubakisha inkuta z’umujyi+ n’inzu nzabamo.” Nuko umwami ampa ayo mabaruwa,+ kuko Imana yari inshyigikiye.+
9 Hanyuma ngera kuri ba guverineri b’intara zo hakurya y’Uruzi rwa Ufurate maze mbaha amabaruwa y’umwami. Nanone umwami yari yampaye abasirikare bakuru n’abasirikare bagendera ku mafarashi ngo tujyane. 10 Sanibalati+ w’Umuhoroni n’umutware w’Umwamoni+ witwa Tobiya+ bumvise ko hari umuntu waje gufasha Abisirayeli, birabababaza cyane.
11 Amaherezo ngera i Yerusalemu. Hashize iminsi itatu, 12 mbyuka nijoro ndi kumwe n’abandi bagabo bake. Icyakora nta we nabwiye icyo Imana yanjye yari yansabye gukorera Yerusalemu, kandi twari dufite indogobe imwe gusa yari impetse. 13 Ndasohoka nyura mu Irembo ry’Ikibaya,*+ ndakomeza nyura imbere y’Iriba ry’Ikiyoka Kinini, ngera ku Irembo Banyuzamo Imyanda yo Gutwika.+ Nagendaga ngenzura inkuta za Yerusalemu, ndeba ukuntu zasenyutse n’ukuntu amarembo yayo yahiye agashiraho.+ 14 Nuko nyura iruhande rw’Irembo ry’Iriba*+ n’ahari amazi* y’umwami, ariko indogobe yari impetse ibura aho inyura kuko hari hato. 15 Muri iryo joro nkomeza+ kugenzura inkuta ndangije ndagaruka nyura mu Irembo ry’Ikibaya.
16 Abatware+ ntibari bazi aho nari nagiye n’icyo nakoraga, kuko nta cyo nari nabwiye Abayahudi, abatambyi, abanyacyubahiro, abatware n’abandi bakozi. 17 Nuko ndababwira nti: “Namwe murabona ukuntu ibyatubayeho bibabaje, ukuntu Yerusalemu yarimbutse n’amarembo yayo agashya agashira. None nimuze twongere twubake inkuta za Yerusalemu, kugira ngo abantu badakomeza kudusuzugura.” 18 Nanone mbabwira ukuntu Imana yari inshyigikiye,+ mbabwira n’amagambo umwami yambwiye.+ Babyumvise baravuga bati: “Mureke duhaguruke twubake.” Nuko bashyira hamwe, bitegura gukora uwo murimo mwiza.+
19 Sanibalati w’Umuhoroni, Tobiya+ w’Umwamoni+ na Geshemu w’Umwarabu+ babyumvise, batangira kuduseka+ no kudusuzugura, bavuga bati: “Ibyo mukora ni ibiki? Murashaka kurwanya umwami?”+ 20 Ariko ndabasubiza nti: “Imana yo mu ijuru ni yo izadufasha,+ kandi natwe abagaragu bayo nta kizatubuza kubaka. Ariko mwe mumenye ko nta burenganzira mufite muri Yerusalemu. Nta mugabane muhafite kandi nta n’icyo mugomba kuza kuhabaza.”+