Ezara Awerenga Chilamulo Mokweza
Anthu eni ake apempha Malamulo a Atate wathu ndipo aimirira pamene Ezara awerenga kuyambira mbandakucha mpaka masana, Alevi akumasulira tanthauzo lake. Alira ndi zimene amva, koma auzidwa m'malo mwake kuti achite phwando, agawane chakudya ndi kukondwera, kenako asunge chikondwerero m'misasa ya nthambi zamasamba.
8 1Pamene mwezi wachisanu ndi chiwiri unafika, anthu onse anasonkhana pamodzi ngati munthu mmodzi pabwalo patsogolo pa Chipata cha Madzi, napempha Ezara mlembi kuti abweretse Buku la Chilamulo cha Mose, limene Atate wathu analamula kwa Israeli. 2Pa tsiku loyamba la mwezi wachisanu ndi chiwiri, Ezara wansembe anabweretsa Chilamulo pamaso pa msonkhano wa amuna, akazi, ndi onse amene akatha kuzindikira zimene anamva. 3Analiwerenga, atayang'ana kubwalo patsogolo pa Chipata cha Madzi, kuyambira m'bandakucha mpaka masana, kwa amuna, akazi, ndi onse amene akatha kuzindikira. Ndipo anthu onse anamvetsera mosamala Buku la Chilamulo. 4Ezara mlembi anaimirira pa nsanja yayitali yamatabwa yopangidwira ntchitoyi. Pambali pake kudzanja lake lamanja panaimirira Matitiya, Sema, Anaya, Uriya, Hilikiya, ndi Maaseya; ndipo kudzanja lake lamanzere, Pedaya, Misaeli, Malikiya, Hasumu, Hasibadana, Zekariya, ndi Mesulamu. 5Ezara anatsegula buku pamaso pa anthu onse, popeza anaimirira pamwamba pa anthu onse; ndipo pamene anali kulitsegula, onse anaimirira. 6Ezara anatamanda Atate wathu, Mulungu wamkulu, ndipo anthu onse anakweza manja awo nayankha, “Ameni! Ameni!” Kenaka anawerama, nkhope zawo pansi, napembedza Atate wathu.
7Alevi—Yesuwa, Bani, Serebiya, Yamini, Akubu, Sabetai, Hodiya, Maaseya, Kelita, Azariya, Yozabadi, Hanani, ndi Pelaya—anafotokozera anthu Chilamulo pamene anthu anaimirira pa malo awo. 8Anawerenga buku, Chilamulo cha Atate wathu, momveka bwino, nafotokoza tanthauzo kuti anthu amvetse zowerengedwazo.
9Ndipo Nehemiya bwanamkubwa, Ezara wansembe ndi mlembi, ndi Alevi amene anaphunzitsa anthu, anawuza onse, “Tsiku ili ndi loyera kwa Atate wanu. Musalire kapena kukhetsa misozi.” Pakuti anthu onse anali kulira pakumva mau a Chilamulo. 10Nehemiya anawuza iwo, “Pitani mukadye zakudya zabwino, mumwe chokoma, ndipo mutumize magawo kwa iwo amene alibe chokonzeka, pakuti tsiku ili ndi loyera kwa Atate wathu Wolamulira. Musamve chisoni; chimwemwe cha Atate wathu ndicho mphamvu yanu.”
11Alevi anatonthoza anthu onse, nanena, “Khalani chete, pakuti tsiku ili ndi loyera. Musamve chisoni.”
12Anthu onse anapita kukadya, kumwa, kugawana magawo, ndi kukondwa ndi chimwemwe chachikulu, chifukwa anamvetsa mau amene anawuzidwa.
Kusunga Chikondwerero cha Misasa
13Pa tsiku lachiwiri, atsogoleri a mabanja a anthu onse, pamodzi ndi ansembe ndi Alevi, anasonkhana kwa Ezara mlembi kuti aphunzire mau a Chilamulo. 14Anapeza kulembedwa m'Chilamulo kuti Atate wathu analamula kudzera mwa Mose: Aisraeli ayenera kukhala m'misasa pa chikondwerero cha mwezi wachisanu ndi chiwiri. 15Ayenera kulengeza ndi kufalitsa mau awa m'mizinda yawo yonse ndi mu Yerusalemu: “Pitani kumapiri mukatenge nthambi za mtengo wa olivi, olivi wakuthengo, mudeti, kanjedza, ndi mitengo ina ya masamba, kuti mupange misasa, monga mmene kwalembedwera.”
16Anthu anatuluka, nabweretsa nthambi, napanga misasa—aliyense padenga la nyumba yake, m'mabwalo awo, m'mabwalo a nyumba ya Atate wathu, ndi m'mabwalo a pa Chipata cha Madzi ndi Chipata cha Efuraimu. 17Msonkhano wonse wa iwo amene anabwerako ku ukapolo anapanga misasa, nakhala m'menemo; Aisraeli sanachite zotero kuyambira masiku a Yoswa mwana wa Nuni mpaka tsiku ilo, ndipo chimwemwe chawo chinali chachikulu kwambiri. 18Tsiku lililonse, kuyambira tsiku loyamba mpaka lomaliza, Ezara anawerenga Buku la Chilamulo cha Atate wathu. Anasunga chikondwerero masiku asanu ndi awiri, ndipo pa tsiku lachisanu ndi chitatu anachita msonkhano wopatulika, monga Chilamulo chinafunira.
