Imigambi mibisha ikorerwa umurimo wa Data
Ubutumire bune bwo guhurira mu kibaya cya Ono, urwandiko rw'ikinyoma ku byerekeye ubugome, umuhanuzi waguzwe wamuhatira kwihisha mu Ngoro — Nehemiya abanga bose akomeza kubaka. Urukuta rurangira mu minsi mirongo itanu n'ibiri, maze amahanga acogora, abonye ukuboko kwa Data wa twese muri byo.
6 1Sanibalati na Tobiya na Geshemu w'Umunyarabu n'abandi banzi bacu bumvise ko nasannye urukuta ntihasigara icyuho na kimwe, nubwo nari ntaraterera inzugi mu marembo. 2Sanibalati na Geshemu bantumaho bati: “Ngwino tubone mu mwe mu midugudu yo mu kibaya cya Ono”—nyamara bari bagambiriye kungirira nabi.
3Nuko mboherereza intumwa nti: “Ndi mu murimo ukomeye kandi sinshobora kumanuka. Kuki uyu murimo wahagarara ngo ndeke nkamanuka kugera iwanyu?”
4Bantumaho ubwo butumwa bumwe incuro enye, buri gihe nkabasubiza nk'uko nabasubizaga. 5Sanibalati antumaho umugaragu we atyo ku ncuro ya gatanu, afite mu kuboko urwandiko rwakinguye. 6Rwari rwanditsemo ngo: Hari ijambo rivuga mu mahanga—na Geshemu na we aravuga—ko wowe n'Abayahudi mugambiriye kugomera; ni cyo gituma uri kubaka urukuta, kandi ko ugiye kubabera umwami, nk'uko izo nkuru zivuga.
7Ndetse washyizeho abahanuzi ngo bagutangarize i Yeruzalemu bati: 'Hari umwami muri Yuda!' None ibi bigeze ku mwami. Ngaho rero ngwino tubiganireho.
8Ndabasubiza nti: Nta na kimwe mu byo uvuga cyabaye—uri kubihimba mu mutima wawe bwite. 9Bose bagerageza kudutera ubwoba bati: “Amaboko yabo azananizwa n'uyu murimo, ntuzarangire.” Ariko none, Data, nkomeza amaboko yanjye.
10Nagiye mu nzu ya Shemaya mwene Delaya mwene Mehetabēli, wari afunzwe mu nzu ye. Aravuga ati: “Tubone mu nzu y'Imana, imbere mu Ngoro, maze dukinge inzugi z'Ingoro—bagiye kuza kukwica, bazaza nijoro kukwica.”
11Ariko ndavuga nti: “Mbese umuntu nka njye yahunga? Uwo umeze nka njye yakwinjira mu Ngoro ngo akire? Sinzinjiramo.” 12Nuko menya ko atari Data wamutumye—yari yarangurujwe ubwo buhanuzi kunrwanya kuko Tobiya na Sanibalati bari baramuhemberaga. 13Yari yarahembewe kuntera ubwoba ngo ncumure, kugira ngo bampe izina ribi bankoze isoni. 14Wibuke, Data, Tobiya na Sanibalati ku byo bakoze, ndetse n'umuhanuzikazi Nowadiya n'abasigaye mu bahanuzi bagerageje kuntera ubwoba.
Data arangiza urukuta
15Nuko urukuta rwarangiye ku munsi wa makumyabiri na gatanu wo mu kwezi kwa Eluli, mu minsi mirongo itanu n'ibiri. a a v15 Eluli ni ukwezi kwa gatandatu k'urukurikirane rw'iminsi rw'Abaheburayi, kuri mu mpera z'icyi (nko muri Kanama–Nzeri). 16Abanzi bacu bose babyumvise, n'amahanga yose yadukikije abibonye, bahagarika umutima cyane mu maso yabo bwite, kuko bamenye ko uwo murimo wakozwe na Data. 17Muri iyo minsi kandi, abatware ba Yuda bandikira Tobiya inzandiko nyinshi, n'inzandiko za Tobiya zajyaga zibagarukira. 18Benshi muri Yuda bari barahiganye na we, kuko yari umukwe wa Shekaniya mwene Ara, naho umuhungu we Yehohanani akaba yararongoye umukobwa wa Meshulamu mwene Berekiya. 19Kandi bajyaga bambwira ibikorwa bye byiza, bakamugezaho n'amagambo yanjye. Tobiya yantumagaho inzandiko zo kuntera ubwoba.