Baba Asalamusa Nzimu wa Mambo
Pakumala pyaka makumanomwe mu ukapolo, ang'ono akusala asabwerera toera kumanga pontho Templo. Bukhu isapereka khundu ziri zonsene ku thangwi ibodzi basi: dzanja yadidi ya Baba wawo pa iwo.
1 1Mu caka cakutoma ca Siru mambo wa Persiya, toera kukwanirisa fala ya Baba wathu idalongwa kubulukira kwa Yeremiya, Baba wathu alamusa nzimu wa Siru mambo wa Persiya, toera iye apereke cidziwiso mu Umambo wace onsene, mbacilemba pontho:
2Siru mambo wa Persiya alonga tenepa: “Mbuya, Mulungu wa kudzulu, andipasa umambo onsene wa dziko yapantsi, mbandisankhula toera ndimumangire nyumba ku Yerusalemu, mu Yuda. 3Munthu onsene pakati panu, wa mbumba yace yonsene—Mulungu wace akhale na iye—mbakwire ku Yerusalemu, mu Yuda, mbamangise nyumba ya Mbuya, Mulungu wa Izarayeli; iye ndi Mulungu ali ku Yerusalemu. 4Munthu onsene adapulumuka, konsene kunakhala iye, aphedzwe na anthu a mbuto yace na parata, ouro, mphranga, na pifuyo, pabodzi na miyoni yakufunira ya nyumba ya Mulungu ku Yerusalemu.”
5Na tenepo atsogoleri a mabanja a Yuda na Benjamini, anyantsembe na Alevi—onsene adalamuswa nzimu wawo na Baba wathu—alamuka toera kukwira mbamangisa nyumba ya Baba wathu ku Yerusalemu. 6Anyakhundu yawo onsene aaphedza na pinthu pya parata na ouro, mphranga, pifuyo, na miyoni yakufunika, kusiyapo pyonsene pidaperekwa mwakufunira.
7Pontho mambo Siru abulusa pinthu pya nyumba ya Baba wathu pidakwata Nabukadinezari ku Yerusalemu mbapiika mu nyumba ya milungu yace. 8Siru mambo wa Persiya acitisa Mitiredhati nyakukoya pyuma toera kupibulusa, mbapilengesa kuna Xexibazari, nkulu wa Yuda. 9Mwero wawo ukhali uwu: mbale za ouro 30, mbale za parata 1.000, pyakupisira ubani 29, 10mikombe ya ouro 30, mikombe ya parata ya ntundu unango 410, na pinthu pinango 1.000. 11Pinthu pya ouro na parata pyonsene pikhali 5.400. Pidakwira anthu akhadakwatwa ku ukapolo kubuluka ku Babilonya mpaka ku Yerusalemu, Xexibazari apikwira pyonsene.
