Nehemia

1 Aya e mashiwi Nehemia*+ umwana wa kwa Hakalia alandile: Nomba mu mweshi wa Kislevu,* mu mwaka walenga 20, nali mwi sano mu Shushani.*+ 2 Pali ilya inshita Hanani+ munyinane alishile na baume abo afumine nabo ku Yuda, kabili nabepwishe pa baYuda abapuswike kabili abashelepo pali bankole.+ Nabepwishe na pali Yerusalemu. 3 Banjebele abati: “Abantu abashalapo abekala mu citungu abafuma muli bunkole balecula kabili baliseebana.+ Ifibumba fya Yerusalemu fyalibongoloka+ ne mpongolo shalipya.”+

4 Ilyo banjebele fye ifi, naikele panshi natendeka ukulila kabili pa nshiku ishingi naleloosha, nalifungile+ kabili nalepepa kuli Lesa wa ku muulu. 5 Natile: “Mwe Yehova Lesa wa ku muulu, Lesa mukulu kabili uwa kutiinya, mwe basunga icipangano kabili mwe balanga ukutemwa ukushipwa ku bamutemwa kabili abakonka amafunde yenu,+ 6 shi umfweni ipepo ilyo ne mubomfi wenu ndepepa kuli imwe buno bushiku kabili ndolesheni. Akasuba no bushiku+ ndapepelako ababomfi benu abena Israele kabili ndasokolola ne membu isho aba abantu benu bacita. Ine na ba mu ng’anda ya kwa tata twalimubembukila.+ 7 Ca cine twalimubembukila+ pantu tatukonka amafunde yenu, ifyo mutweba no bupingushi bwenu ifyo mwapeele umubomfi wenu Mose.+

8 “Shi ibukisheni ifyo mwaebele* umubomfi wenu Mose amuti, ‘Nga mwabembuka, nkamusalanganishisha mu nko shonse.+ 9 Lelo nga mwabwelela kuli ine kabili mwalakonka amafunde yandi, nangu abantu benu bakabe ukwapela imyulu, nkabalonganika+ kabili nkabaleta ku cifulo ico nasala ukuti e ko ishina lyandi likabe.’+ 10 Babomfi benu kabili bantu benu abo mwalubwile ku maka yenu ayakalamba, na ku kuboko kwenu ukwakosa.+ 11 Mwe Yehova, shi kutikeni ipepo lya mubomfi wenu ne pepo lya babomfi benu abaitemenwa ukutiina ishina lyenu, kabili shi lekeni ifintu fyendele bwino umubomfi wenu buno bushiku kabili imfumu ibe ne cikuuku kuli ine.”+

Nomba ine nalebomba umulimo wa kupeela imfumu ifya kunwa.+