Ezela
1 Mu mwaka mutanshi wa kwa Kilusa+ Mfumu wa Pelisha, pa kuba’mba byambo bya Yehoba byo aambile kupichila mwi Yelemiya+ bifike, Yehoba walengejile Kilusa Mfumu wa Pelisha kutaya mbila mu bufumu bwanji bonse, ne kunemba wiinembele’mba:+
2 “Kilusa Mfumu wa Pelisha waamba’mba, ‘Yehoba Lesa wa mwiulu wampa bufumu bonse bwa pano pa ntanda,+ kabiji wankambizha kumushimikila nzubo mu Yelusalema+ uji mu Yuda. 3 Yense wa mwi anweba bantu banji bonse, Lesa wanji ekale nanji, kabiji ayenga ku Yelusalema uji mu Yuda akashimukulule nzubo ya Yehoba Lesa wa Isalela, aye ye Lesa wa kine, mwina nzubo yajinga mu Yelusalema.* 4 Muntu yense ubena kwikala mu kyalo kingi,+ konse ko aji, bamukwashe ku bo ekala nabo kinkalankulo* ne kumupa siliva ne ngolode, bipe ne bilelwa pamo na mulambo wa kwifuukwila wa ku nzubo ya Lesa wa kine,+ yajinga mu Yelusalema.’”
5 Kepo bakulumpe ba bikota bya bena Yuda ne bena Benjamina ne bañanga ne bena Levi—bantu bonse bo batundaikile kwi Lesa wa kine—benengezhezhe kuya na kushimukulula nzubo ya Yehoba yajinga mu Yelusalema. 6 Bantu bonse bo baikalanga nabo kinkalankulo bebakwashishe kupichila mu kwibapa* bipe bya siliva ne bya ngolode, bipe, bilelwa ne bintu bya buneme, kununga pa milambo yonse ya kwifuukwila.
7 Mfumu Kilusa walupwile ne bipe bya mu nzubo ya Yehoba, byonka byasendele Nebukaneza kufuma ku Yelusalema kabiji byo akabikile mu nzubo ya lesa wanji.+ 8 Kilusa Mfumu wa Pelisha wibilupwile pangye kabiji bebisopelenga kwi Mitiledate kalama wa mali, yenka wibibajile pa kwibipana kwi Sheshebaza*+ kinemanga wa mu nyaunda ya mu Yuda.
9 Pa kwibibala byajinga bino: bipe bya ngolode byapasha ntumbe byajinga 30, bipe bya siliva byapasha ntumbe byajinga 1,000, ne bipe bikwabo byajinga 29, 10 masanyi acheache afukumana a ngolode ajinga 30, masanyi acheache afukumana a siliva ajinga 410, ne bipe bikwabo byajinga 1,000. 11 Bipe byonse bya ngolode ne bya siliva byajinga 5,400. Sheshebaza wibisendele bino byonse kimye bazha kyo bebalupwile+ mu Babilona kuba’mba bayenga ku Yelusalema.