Nehemia
5 Chocho, malunga hamwe ni mapwo jo yaputuka kulinyenyeta hakutwala kuli A-Yunda ni akwo. 2 Amwe yamba ngwo: “Yetu ni ana jetu a malunga ni a mapwo tuli anji, twatamba kupwa ni yize mutulia mba tununge ni mwono.” 3 Eka yamba ngwo: “Tunahana mindqa yetu ya kulia ni ya vinyu ni mazuwo jetu hanga atwehe kulia.” 4 Eka nawa yamba ngwo: “Twahanyine minda yetu ya kulia ni minda ya vinyu hanga tutambule mbongo ja kufweta najo lijimu kuli mwanangana. 5 Chikwo nawa, yetu tuli mandumbu, ana a mutu umuwika, ana jetu kali ngwe ana jo. Chipwe chocho, twakuhana ana jetu a malunga ni a mapwo ngwe tupinji, amwe a kuli ana jetu a mapwo hanapu lume tupinji. Kukushi nichimwe chize mutuhasa kulinga hanga tuchalumune, mumu minda yetu ya kulia ni ya vinyu hiyinapu ya atu akwo.”
6 Muze nevwile kulinyenyeta cho ni maliji wano, yingwivwa uli unji. 7 Chocho yingunyonga kanawa ha chikuma chacho, mba yinguputuka kwambila alemu ni tuminyi a nguvulu ngwami: “Yenu eswe nunechi mbwezo kuli mandumbu jenu.”
Chikwo nawa, yingukunga mbunga yinene mumu lia ayo. 8 Yingwamba kuli ayo ngwami: “Kulita ni uhashi wetu, yetu hitunakuula mandumbu jetu A-Yunda waze alanjishile kuli akwa-mavungu; haliapwila, shina ni yenu munulanjisa mandumbu jenu? Shina twatamba kwakuula cheka nawa nyi?” Muze hinahula chocho, o eswe yahola kuluu, kambile nichimwe. 9 Mba yingwalweza ngwami: “Yize nunalingi kuyalitele. Shina kunwatambile kuvwila Zambi woma hanga mavungu ni akwa-kole jetu achine kutusaula nyi? 10 Yami, mandumbu jami ni yikwashi jami twalevwalisa mbongo ni kulia. Lisesa, tulitwaminenu kwita mbwezo. 11 Lisesa, ngunanwichi hanga musono lume nuhilwise minda yo ya kulia ni ya vinyu, olevwe, mazuwo jo, chihanda chimuwika cha kulakaji cha mbongo, mbuto, vinyu yaha ni maji a olevwe waze nunakatambula kuli ayo ni mbwezo.”
12 O yangukumbulula ngwo: “Mutuhilwisa yuma yeswe, chikwo nawa kutuchi kwita nichimwe, mutulinga kulita ni yize hiwamba.” Chocho yingusanyika asasendote mba yingulweza malunga jacho hanga alishinge ngwo, kumamanununa chilakenyo cho. 13 Kashika, yingukukumuna mazalo jami ni kwamba ngwami: “Chizechene nawa, mwene Zambi akakukumune eswe waze kamanunwine chilakenyo cho. Aakukumune lume asale chizechene.” Mba chikungulwila cheswe yichamba ngwo: “Amene!* Chocho yachichimieka Yehova, e atu yamanununa yize alakenyene.
14 Chikwo nawa, chize ha tangwa lize angutongwele ngwe nguvulu mu chifuchi cha A-Yunda ha mwaka 22 ndo ha mwaka 32 wa mwanangana Artasherke, hanji ngwetu ha miaka 12, yami chipwe mandumbu jami kutwakalile kulia chize nguvulu ali ni ulite wa kutambula kuli atu. 15 Alioze, manguvulu waze aliangile te kakupinjisa atu, matangwa eswe te kakwita 40 a mbongo ja prata* hanga alande kulia ni vinyu. Chipwe yikwashi jo no te kakumwesa atu lamba. Alioze, yami chakalingile chocho, mumu lia kuvwila Zambi woma.
16 Chikwo nawa, nakwashile mulimo wa kutungulula chipanga, kutwakalanjile munda niumwe. Yikwashi jami eswe kalihanyine mu mulimo wa kutungulula. 17 Kwapwile A-Yunda 150 ni mihato a nguvulu waze te akulia ku mesa yami, kuwezako nawa akwa-mavungu waze apwile ni kukatuka ku mbonge jeka. 18 Matangwa eswe kapwile ni kungushihila ngombe umuwika, mapanga asambano apema chinji ni tusumbi.* Ha kupalika cha matangwa 10 twapwile ni kupwa ni vinyu munji wa mutapu weka ni weka. Chipwe chocho, chakechile kulia chize nguvulu ali ni ulite wa kulia, mumu atu te kanahongo chinji ni mulimo. 19 Zambi yami, ngwiwuluke kama mumu lia yuma yeswe yize nalingila atu wano.