Ezira asoma Ivyagezwe mu majwi
Abantu ubwabo basaba Ivyagezwe vya Data wacu, bahagarara mu gihe Ezira asoma kuva mu museke gushika ku murango, Abalewi basigura ico bivuga. Barira kubera ivyo bumvise, ariko barabwirwa ahubwo kugira umusi mukuru, gusangira indya no kunezerwa, hanyuma bagahimbaza umusi mukuru mu tugarama tw'amashami y'ibiti.
8 1Ukwezi kw’indwi kwaragize, abantu bose bakoranira hamwe nk’umuntu umwe ku kibanza co ku Rugi rw’Amazi, basaba Ezira umwanditsi ngo azane Igitabu c’Ivyagezwe vya Musa, ivyo Data wa twese yategetse Isirayeli. 2Ku musi wa mbere w’ukwezi kw’indwi, Ezira umuherezi arazana Ivyagezwe imbere y’ikoraniro ry’abagabo, abagore, n’abashobora kutahura ivyo bumvise. 3Yaravisomye, arabaye ku kibanza co ku Rugi rw’Amazi, kuva mu gatondo gushika ku mutaga, ku bagabo, abagore, n’abashobora gutahura. Abantu bose baratega ugutwi Igitabu c’Ivyagezwe. 4Ezira umwanditsi arahagarara ku rubaho rw’ibiti rwubatse hejuru rwakorewe ivyo. Iruhande yiwe, i buryo, hahagarara Matitiya, Shema, Anaya, Uriya, Hilikiya, na Maaseya; mu bubamfu bwiwe na ho, Pedaya, Mishayeli, Malikiya, Hashumu, Hashibadana, Zekariya, na Meshulamu. 5Ezira arugurura igitabu imbere y’amaso y’abantu bose, kuko yari ahagaze hejuru y’abantu bose; uko akibugururaga, bose barahaguruka. 6Ezira arahimbaza Data wa twese, Imana ihambaye, maze abantu bose baduza amaboko, barishura, bati: “Ameni! Ameni!” Nuko barunama, bubamika mu nyuma hasi, basenga Data wa twese.
7Abalewi, ari bo Yeshuwa, Bani, Sherebiya, Yamini, Akubu, Shabetayi, Hodiya, Maaseya, Kelita, Azariya, Yozabadi, Hanani, na Pelaya, barasigurira abantu Ivyagezwe mu gihe abantu bari bahagaze mu bibanza vyabo. 8Barasoma igitabu, ari co Ivyagezwe vya Data wa twese, neza, basigura ico bisigura, ku buryo abantu batahura ivyo basomwa.
9Nuko Nehemiya buramatari, Ezira umuherezi akaba n’umwanditsi, n’Abalewi bariko bigisha abantu, babwira bose, bati: “Uyu musi werejwe Data wanyu. Ntimugandare canke ngo murire.” Kuko abantu bose bariko bararira bumvise amajambo y’Ivyagezwe. 10Nehemiya arababwira, ati: “Nimugende murye ibifungurwa vyiza, munywe ikintu kiryoshe, kandi murungikire imigabane abatagira ico biteguriye, kuko uyu musi werejwe Databuja wa twese. Ntimwiganyire; umunezero wa Data wa twese ni rwo ruhara rwanyu.”
11Abalewi barahoza abantu bose, bati: “Nimuhore, kuko uyu musi werejwe. Ntimuganyare.”
12Abantu bose baragenda bariye, banywa, basangira imigabane, bahimbara n’umunezero mwinshi, kuko batahuye amajambo bamenyeshejwe.
Guhimbaza Umusi mukuru w’Insago
13Ku musi wa kabiri, abatware b’imiryango y’abantu bose, hamwe n’abaherezi n’Abalewi, bakoranira kuri Ezira umwanditsi kugira ngo bige amajambo y’Ivyagezwe. 14Basanga handitswe mu Vyagezwe ko Data wa twese yategetse biciye kuri Musa, ngo: Abisirayeli bari bategerezwa kuba mu nsago mu gihe c’umusi mukuru w’ukwezi kw’indwi. 15Bari bategerezwa kwamamaza no gukwiza iryo jambo mu bisagara vyabo vyose no mu Yeruzalemu, bati: “Nimuje mu misozi muzane amashami y’umuzeti, umuzeti wo mw’ishamba, umuti wo mu majoro, umutende, n’ibindi biti bifise amababi menshi, ngo mukore insago, nk’uko vyanditswe.”
16Abantu baragenda, bazana amashami, baca bubaka insago, umwe wese ku gisenge ciwe, mu bugorofani, mu mabarabara y’inzu ya Data wa twese, no mu bibanza vyo ku Rugi rw’Amazi n’Urugi rwa Efurayimu. 17Ikoraniro ryose ry’abavuye mu buja barubaka insago, baba muri zo; Abisirayeli ntibari bakoze gutyo kuva mu misi ya Yosuwa mwene Nuni gushika uwo musi, kandi umunezero wabo wari mwinshi cane. 18Umusi ku wundi, kuva ku musi wa mbere gushika ku wa nyuma, Ezira yarasoma Igitabu c’Ivyagezwe vya Data wa twese. Bahimbaza uwo musi mukuru imisi indwi, maze ku musi wa munani bagira ihuriro rikomeye, nk’uko Ivyagezwe vyabisaba.
