Esela Kutanga Mitsiku ha Mesu ma Batu
Batu bawu-bawu bálomba mitsiku mya Tata wetu, amana bátelama bu Esela katánga tuka suka tii yi kati kya mwini, yi balefi bisi sadisa batu mu kubakula. Bázenzika mu mana bayuka, kaasi bábazimbula ni bavanga mukinzi, bakaba bya kudya, amana basangwala, buna balunda mukinzi mu zinzu za ndala.
8 1Muna ngonda ya tsambwadi bu yakwísa, batu boosu bákutakana ha kimosi muna kyanzala ku thwala ya mwelu wa maza, amana bálomba kwena Esela, mulongi wa mitsiku, kanata mukanda wa mitsiku mya Moyize, wuna wáthuma Tata wetu kwena Kiseledi. 2Muna kilumbu kya theti kya ngonda ya tsambwadi, Esela, nganga Nzambi, wánata mitsiku ku thwala ya lukutakanu lwa bayakala, bakhetu, yi boosu bana bakala lenda bakisa mana bayuka. 3Watángidi wawu, kuna thwala ya kyanzala ku thwala ya mwelu wa maza, tuka suka tii yi kati kya mwini, kwena bayakala, bakhetu, yi boosu bana bakala lenda bakisa. Batu boosu bakala hinikina yi tsikiningi mukanda wa mitsiku. 4Esela, mulongi wa mitsiku, watélama hana thandu ya kifulu kineni kya miti kina bayidika kikuma kya dyambu meni. Ku koku dyandi dya lubakala watélama Matatiya, Sema, Anaya, Udiya, Hilikiya, yi Maaseya; amana ku koku dya lumonso, Phedaya, Misayeli, Malikiya, Hasumi, Hasabadana, Zakadiya, yi Mesulami. 5Esela wázibula mukanda ha mesu ma batu boosu, mukuma watélama ha thandu ya batu boosu; bu kázibula wawu, boosu bátelama. 6Esela wázatula Tata wetu, Nzambi wambuta, amana batu boosu bázangula moku ma bawu amana bavutudi: «Abwabuna! Abwabuna!» Amana bázenzika, mbunzu muna mafu, mu kufukamina Tata wetu.
7Balefi—Yeswa, Bani, Selebiya, Yamini, Akubi, Sabetayi, Hodiya, Maaseya, Kelita, Azaliya, Yozabadi, Hanani, yi Phelaya—bátendula mitsiku kwena batu, bwosu batu bakala batélama mu bifulu bya bawu. 8Batángidi mukanda, mitsiku mya Tata wetu, mboti-mboti, mu kuhana thendula ndangu batu babakisa mana bátanga.
9Amana Nehemiya, pfumu wa kinzunga, Esela, nganga Nzambi yi mulongi wa mitsiku, yi balefi bana bakala longa batu, bábazimbwala boosu: «Kilumbu meni kyatoma kwena Tata wenu. Lwayánanaku, lwadílaku phi.» Mukuma batu boosu bakala dila bu báyuka mambu ma mitsiku. 10Nehemiya wubazimbwadi: «Wendenu, ludya madya ma mafuta, lunwa kima kya pha, amana lufidisa madya kwena bana bakondi kima kiyidika, mukuma kilumbu meni kyatoma kwena Pfumu Tata wetu. Lukalaku yi kyadi; kyesi kya Tata wetu kyenina ngolu zenu.»
11Balefi bakala lembika batu boosu, mu kuzimbula: «Lukalenu tswasu, mukuma kilumbu meni kyatoma. Lukalaku yi kyadi.»
12Batu boosu bénda kudya, kunwa, kukabula madya, yi kusangwala mu kyesi kineni, mukuma bábakisa mambu mana bábazayisa.
Kulandaka Mukinzi wa Masombolu
13Muna kilumbu kya kodi, bapfumu ba makanda ma batu boosu, hakimosi yi banganga Nzambi yi balefi, bákutakana kwena Esela, mulongi wa mitsiku, mu kulonguka mambu ma mitsiku. 14Báwana básonika muna mitsiku ni Tata wetu wáthuma mu nzila ya Moyize: bisi Kiseledi bafwana zinga mu masombolu mu tangwa dya mukinzi wa ngonda ya tsambwadi. 15Bafwana samuna yi mwanga nsamu wawu muna mavula ma bawu moosu yi mu Yelusalemi: «Wendenu ku mina mya khunda, lunata mihandi mya olive, olive dya mu tseki, miti mya mileti, mihandi mya mbati, yi miti mikwawu mya khaya, mu kuyidika masaka, bwosu buna básonika.»
16Batu bálubuka, bánata mihandi, amana bátunga masombolu—kosu mutu hana mudilu wa nzu yandi, mu byanzala, mu luphangu lwa nzu ya Tata wetu, yi mu byanzala bya mwelu wa maza yi mwelu wa Efwayimi. 17Lukutakanu lwosu lwa bakangadi bana bavutuka bátunga masombolu, amana bazinga mwawu; bisi Kiseledi basalaku bwabuna tuka ku tangwa dya Yoswa, mwana wa Nuni, tii yi kilumbu meni, amana kyesi kya bawu kyákala kineni kibeni. 18Muna kosu kilumbu, tuka kilumbu kya theti tii yi kilumbu kya tsuka, Esela kakala tanga mukanda wa mitsiku mya Tata wetu. Báta mukinzi bilumbu tsambwadi, amana muna kilumbu kya nana bata lukutakanu lwatoma, bwosu milombini mitsiku.
