Ruoko rwaBaba Runotuma Nehemia
Chiso chakasuruvara chomuchengeti wemukombe chinoonekwa, uye ruoko rwakanaka rwaBaba vake pamusoro pake, Nehemia anokumbira mambo matanda nokufamba kwakachengeteka kuti avake guta remadzitateguru ake rakaparadzwa. Anotasva ari oga pakati pematongo eJerusarema usiku asati audza munhu, ozounganidza vavaki Sanibharati naTobhia vachimuseka.
2 1Mumwedzi waNisani, mugore ramakumi maviri raMambo Aritashasta, waini yakanga iri pamberi pavo; ndakaitora ndikaipa mambo—ndakanga ndisati ndambosuwa pamberi pavo. a a v1 Nisani wakanga uri mwedzi wokutanga wegore ravaHebheru, uchiwira panguva inotanga kudziya (anenge Kurume–Kubvumbi). 2Mambo vakabvunza, “Chiso chako chakasuwa neiko, iwe usingarwari? Izvi zvinongova kusuwa kwomwoyo chete.” Ipapo ndakatya zvikuru.
3Ndakati kuna mambo, “Mambo ngavararame nokusingaperi! Ko, chiso changu chingarega kusuwa sei, iro guta, nzvimbo ine makuva amadzitateguru angu, riri matongo uye masuwo aro akapiswa nomoto?”
4Mambo vakandibvunza, “Unokumbirei?” Ipapo ndakanyengetera kuna Baba vedu vari kudenga, 5ndikati kuna mambo, “Kana zvichifadza mambo, uye kana muranda wenyu awana nyasha kwamuri, nditumei kuJudha, kuguta ramakuva amadzitateguru angu, kuti ndirivakezve.”
6Mambo, vahosi vagere parutivi pavo, vakandibvunza, “Rwendo rwako ruchatora nguva yakareba sei, uye uchadzoka riniko?” Vakafara kundituma, saka ndakavapa nguva.
7Ndakatiwo kuna mambo, “Kana zvichifadza mambo, ndipei tsamba dzokuenda kuvabati vedunhu riri Mhiri kwoRwizi, kuti vanditendere kuyambuka kusvikira ndasvika kuJudha. 8Uyewo tsamba kuna Asafi, muchengeti wesango ramambo, kuti andipe matanda okuita mbiru dzemasuwo enhare iri pedyo netemberi, rusvingo rweguta, neimba yandichagara.” Mambo vakabvuma zvikumbiro zvangu, nokuti ruoko rwakanaka rwaBaba vangu rwaiva pandiri.
9Ndakaenda kuvabati vedunhu riri Mhiri kwoRwizi ndikavapa tsamba dzamambo. Vakanga vatumawo vakuru vehondo navatasvi vamabhiza neni. 10Vakati vanzwa izvi, Sanibharati muHoroni naTobhia mukuru muAmoni vakatsamwa kwazvo nokuti pane munhu akanga auya kuzotsvaka zvakanakira vanhu vaIsraeri.
Kufamba paMasvingo Akaputsika Usiku
11Saka ndakasvika muJerusarema ndikagara ikoko mazuva matatu. 12Ndakamuka usiku navarume vashomanana. Handina kuudza munhu zvakanga zvaiswa naBaba vangu mumwoyo mangu kuti ndiitire Jerusarema. Hapana mhuka yaiva neni kunze kweiyo yandakanga ndakatasva. 13Usiku ndakabuda nokuSuwo roMupata, ndakananga kuTsime reGava, kusvikira kuSuwo reNdove, ndichiongorora masvingo eJerusarema akanga akaputsika namasuwo aro akanga apiswa. 14Ndakapfuura ndichienda kuSuwo reChitubu nokuDziva raMambo, asi pakanga pasina nzvimbo yokuti chibhiza changu chipfuure. 15Usiku ndakakwira nomumupata, ndichiongorora rusvingo, ndikatendeuka, ndikapinda nomuSuwo roMupata, ndikadzoka. 16Vakuru vakanga vasingazivi kwandakaenda kana zvandakanga ndichiita; ndakanga ndisati ndaudza vaJudha, vaprista, vakuru-vakuru, machinda, kana vamwe vose vaizoita basa. 17Ipapo ndakati, “Munoona dambudziko redu: Jerusarema riri matongo, masuwo aro apiswa. Uyai, ngativakezve rusvingo rweJerusarema kuti tirege kuramba tiri chinhu chinonyadzisa.” 18Ndakavaudza nezveruoko rwakanaka rwaBaba vangu rwaiva pandiri, uye zvakanga zvataurwa namambo. Ivo vakati, “Ngatisimukei tivake.” Saka vakasimbisa maoko avo kuti vaite basa rakanaka.
19Sanibharati muHoroni, naTobhia mukuru muAmoni, naGeshemu muArabhu pavakanzwa, vakatiseka vakatizvidza, vachiti, “Chiiko ichi chamuri kuita? Muri kumukira mambo here?”
20Ndakapindura ndikati, “Baba vedu vari kudenga vachaita kuti tibudirire. Isu varanda vavo tichatanga kuvakazve, asi imi hamuna mugove, kodzero, kana chikamu muJerusarema.”