Nehemiya

13 Uwo munsi basoma mu gitabo cya Mose abantu bateze amatwi,+ hanyuma basanga handitswemo ko Abamoni n’Abamowabu+ batagombaga kuzigera baza mu iteraniro ry’Imana y’ukuri.+ 2 Byatewe n’uko batahaye Abisirayeli umugati n’amazi, ahubwo bakagurira Balamu ngo abasabire ibyago.*+ Ariko ibyo byago yabasabiye Imana yacu yabihinduyemo umugisha.+ 3 Nuko abantu bamaze kumva iryo tegeko, bahita batandukanya Abisirayeli n’abanyamahanga*+ bose.

4 Mbere y’ibyo, umutambyi Eliyashibu+ wari mwene wabo wa Tobiya+ ni we wari ushinzwe ibyumba byo kubikamo* by’urusengero rw’Imana yacu.+ 5 Yari yarahaye Tobiya icyumba kinini cyahoze kibikwamo amaturo y’ibinyampeke yatangwaga buri gihe, umubavu,* ibikoresho, icya cumi cy’ibinyampeke, divayi nshya n’amavuta+ byari bigenewe Abalewi,+ abaririmbyi n’abarinzi b’amarembo, hamwe n’ituro ryari rigenewe abatambyi.+

6 Muri icyo gihe cyose sinari i Yerusalemu, kuko mu mwaka wa 32+ w’ubutegetsi bwa Aritazerusi+ umwami w’i Babuloni, nasubiye kuba mu rugo rw’umwami maze nyuma y’igihe musaba uruhushya ngo ngende. 7 Nuko nza i Yerusalemu, mpageze mbona ibintu bibi cyane Eliyashibu+ yakoze kuko yari yarahaye Tobiya+ icyumba mu rugo rw’urusengero rw’Imana y’ukuri. 8 Ibyo birambabaza cyane maze ibikoresho byose bya Tobiya mbisohora muri icyo cyumba mbijugunya hanze. 9 Hanyuma ntanga itegeko basukura ibyumba byo kubikamo ibintu,* maze ngaruramo ibikoresho byo mu rusengero rw’Imana y’ukuri+ n’amaturo y’ibinyampeke n’umubavu.+

10 Nanone nasanze Abalewi+ batarahabwaga ibyo bari bagenewe,+ ku buryo Abalewi n’abaririmbyi bakoraga umurimo bari barigendeye, buri wese yarasubiye mu isambu ye.+ 11 Nuko ncyaha abatware+ ndababwira nti: “Kuki mwirengagije urusengero rw’Imana y’ukuri?”+ Hanyuma ngarura abari barigendeye mbasubiza mu myanya yabo. 12 Abayuda bose bazana mu byumba byo kubikamo icya cumi+ cy’ibinyampeke na divayi nshya n’amavuta.+ 13 Nuko ibyo byumba byo kubikamo mbishinga umutambyi Shelemiya, umwanditsi Sadoki na Pedaya wari Umulewi. Bari bungirijwe na Hanani umuhungu wa Zakuri, umuhungu wa Mataniya. Abo bagabo bari bazwiho kuba inyangamugayo kandi bari bashinzwe kugabanya abavandimwe babo ibyo bari bagenewe.

14 Mana yanjye, ujye unyibuka+ kubera ibyo, kandi ntuzibagirwe ibintu byose nakoreye urusengero rw’Imana yanjye bigaragaza urukundo rudahemuka n’ibyo nakoreye abita ku mirimo yarwo yose.+

15 Muri iyo minsi namenye ko mu Buyuda hari abantu bengaga imizabibu ku Isabato+ kandi bakazana imitwaro y’ibinyampeke bayihekesheje indogobe, bakazana na divayi, imizabibu, imbuto z’imitini n’imizigo y’ubwoko bwose, bakabizana muri Yerusalemu ku munsi w’Isabato.+ Nuko mbabuza kubigurisha kuri uwo munsi.* 16 Kandi abantu b’i Tiro bari batuye mu mujyi bazanaga muri Yerusalemu amafi n’ibicuruzwa by’ubwoko bwose, bakabiha abaturage bo mu Buyuda ngo babigure ku Isabato.+ 17 Ntonganya abanyacyubahiro b’i Buyuda ndababwira nti: “Ibyo mukora ni bibi. Mugeze n’aho mwica itegeko ry’Isabato?* 18 Ese ibyo si byo ba sogokuruza bakoze bigatuma Imana yacu iduteza ibi byago byose, ikabiteza n’uyu mujyi? None dore mugiye gutuma Imana irushaho kurakarira Isirayeli kubera ko musuzugura Isabato.”+

19 Nuko mbere y’uko Isabato itangira, i Yerusalemu butangiye kwira, mpita ntanga itegeko maze inzugi z’amarembo zirakingwa. Hanyuma mbabwira ko batagomba kuzikingura Isabato itararangira, kandi nshyira bamwe mu bagaragu banjye ku marembo kugira ngo hatagira ibicuruzwa* byinjira ku munsi w’Isabato. 20 Ibyo byatumye abacuruzi n’abagurishaga ibicuruzwa by’ubwoko bwose barara hanze ya Yerusalemu ku nshuro ya mbere, ndetse no ku ya kabiri. 21 Nuko ndabiyama, ndababwira nti: “Kuki murara inyuma y’urukuta? Nimwongera nzabirukana nkoresheje imbaraga.” Kuva ubwo ntibongera kugaruka ku Isabato.

22 Hanyuma mbwira Abalewi ko bagomba guhora biyeza kandi bakaza kurinda amarembo, kugira ngo umunsi w’Isabato ukomeze kuba uwera.+ Mana yanjye, ibyo na byo ujye ubinyibukira, kandi ungirire impuhwe kuko ufite urukundo rwinshi rudahemuka.+

23 Nanone muri iyo minsi nabonye Abayahudi bari barashatse abagore b’Abanyashidodi+ n’Abamoni n’abagore+ b’Abamowabu.+ 24 Kimwe cya kabiri cy’abana babo bavugaga ururimi rw’Abanyashidodi, abandi bangana na kimwe cya kabiri bavuga ururimi rw’abantu bo mu bihugu bitandukanye, ariko nta n’umwe muri bo wari uzi kuvuga ururimi rw’Abayahudi. 25 Nuko ndabatonganya kandi mbasabira ibyago,* ndetse nkubita abagabo bamwe+ bo muri bo mbapfura n’umusatsi, maze mbarahiza Imana nti: “Abakobwa banyu ntimuzabashyingire abahungu babo, kandi ntimuzemere ko abahungu banyu bashaka abakobwa babo cyangwa ngo namwe mubashake.+ 26 Ese si bo batumye Salomo umwami wa Isirayeli akora ibyaha? Mu mahanga yose nta mwami wari umeze nka we,+ Imana ye+ yaramukundaga kandi yamugize umwami ngo ategeke Isirayeli yose, ariko na we abagore b’abanyamahanga batumye akora icyaha.+ 27 Ntibyumvikana ukuntu namwe mutinyuka gukora ibintu bibi cyane nk’ibyo, mugahemukira Imana yacu, mugashaka abagore b’abanyamahanga!”+

28 Umwe mu bahungu ba Yoyada,+ umuhungu w’umutambyi mukuru Eliyashibu+ yari yarashatse umukobwa wa Sanibalati+ w’Umuhoroni maze ndamwirukana.

29 Mana yanjye, wibuke ibibi bakoze kandi ubibahanire bitewe n’uko batumye udakomeza kwemera umurimo w’ubutambyi+ kandi bishe isezerano ry’ubutambyi n’iry’Abalewi.+

30 Nuko ndabeza, mbasaba kureka ibikorwa bibi byose by’abantu bo mu bindi bihugu kandi nshyira abatambyi n’Abalewi ku mirimo yabo, buri wese ajya ku murimo we.+ 31 Nanone ntanga itegeko ngo bajye bazana inkwi+ mu bihe byagenwe, bazane n’imbuto zihishije zeze mbere.

Mana yanjye, ujye unyibuka kandi umpe umugisha.+