Nehemiya 2:1-20
2 Lino mumwezi wa Nisani,* mumwaka wa 20 + wabulelo bwa Mwami Aritasasita,+ waini wakalibikkidwe kumbele lyakwe, eelyo mbuli lyoonse ndakamupa waini mwami.+ Pele taakwe buzuba nondakauside kubusyu bwakwe.
2 Aboobo mwami wakandibuzya kuti: “Ino nkaambo nzi ncouside boobu kakuli tocisidwe? Taakwe cimbi pe, kuli cikupenzyede mumoyo.” Ndimvwe boobo, ndakayoowa kapati.
3 Mpoonya ndakaambila mwami kuti: “Aaongole mwami! Ino ndilekele nzi kuusa kakuli munzi ooko ikwakazikkilwa bamatata ulinyonyookede alimwi milyango yanguwo yakapya amulilo?”+
4 Aboobo mwami wakandibuzya kuti: “Ino uyanda kuti ucite buti?” Mpoonya aawo ndakapaila kuli Leza wakujulu.+
5 Kumane ndakaambila mwami kuti: “Ikuti naa cakubotela omwami, alimwi ikuti naa wandifwida luzyalo ndemubelesi wako, kondizumizya kuti nduunke ku Juda kumunzi ooko kwakazikkilwa bamatata kutegwa ndikauyakulule.”+
6 Mpoonya namalelo wakwe kakkede munsi lyakwe, mwami wakati kulindime: “Ino lweendo lwako luyootola ciindi cilamfwu buti, alimwi uyoopiluka lili?” Aboobo cakamubotela mwami kundizumizya kuti nduunke,+ eelyo ndakamwaambila ciindi nondakali kuyoopiluka.+
7 Mpoonya ndakati kumwami: “Ikuti naa ncibotu kulinduwe omwami, kondipa magwalo aakutolela beendelezi ba Mutala aa Mulonga,*+ kutegwa bakandizumizye kwiinda kakunyina buyumuyumu mane ndikasike ku Juda,
8 alimwi alugwalo lwakutola kuli Asafu uulanganya Cisaka ca Mwami, kutegwa akandipe masamu aakubambya milyango ya Ŋanda Njumu Yamayubilo+ yatempele, bulambo bwamunzi+ alimwi aŋanda oomo mondiyookkala.” Aboobo mwami wakandipa+ magwalo nkaambo janza libotu lya Leza wangu lyakali alindime.+
9 Mukuya kwaciindi ndakasika kubeendelezi bakali Mutala aa Mulonga akubapa magwalo aamwami. Kuyungizya waawo mwami wakatuma basilutwe bampi zyabasikalumamba abasimabbiza kuti bandisindikile.
10 Lino Sanibalati+ muna Horoni a Tobiya+ umwi wabalupati-pati* muna Amoni+ nobakamvwa boobo, bakabijilwa kapati ikumvwa kuti kuli muntu wakaboola kuzoogwasya bana Israyeli.
11 Mpoonya ndakasika ku Jerusalemu akukkala ooko mazuba otatwe.
12 Eelyo ndakanyamuka masiku, mebo antoomwe abaalumi basyoonto mbondakali limwi, alimwi tiindakaambila muntu naba omwe zintu Leza nzyaakabikka mumoyo wangu kuti ndicite mu Jerusalemu, alimwi taakwe munyama ngundakajisi kunze lyayooyo ngundakatantide.
13 Lino masiku aayo ndakazwa a Mulyango wa Kkuti+ akwiinda kumbele lya Kasensa ka Muzoka Mupati alimwi a Mulyango wa Milwi ya Mulota.+ Eelyo ndakazumanana kulingula bwaanda bwa Jerusalemu kubona mbobwakanyonyookede alimwi amilyango yanguwo mboyakapide amulilo.+
14 Kumane ndakainda ku Mulyango wa Kasensa+ aku Zyiba lya Mwami, pele kwakanyina busena bwakuti munyama ngundakatantide ainde.
15 Pele masiku aayo ndakazumanana kutobelezya kalonga+ kandiyaabulingula bwaanda, kumane ndakapiluka akunjila ku Mulyango wa Kkuti.
16 Baleli babili+ tiibakazyiba nkondakaunkide ancindakali kucita; alimwi tiindakalina kwaamba cili coonse kuba Juda, bapaizi, bantu balemekwa, baleli babili abantu boonse basimilimo.
17 Eelyo ndakati kulimbabo: “Mulibwene mapenzi aataambiki ngotujisi, Jerusalemu mbwanyonyookede alimwi amilyango yanguwo mboipide amulilo. Amuboole tuyakulule bulambo bwa Jerusalemu, kutegwa masampu aaya atazumanani.”
18 Mpoonya ndakabaambila mbuli janza libotu lya Leza mbolyakandigwasya+ alimwi amajwi mwami ngaakandaambila.+ Eelyo bakati: “Atutalike kuyakulula.” Aboobo bakakulwaizyanya* kuti babeleke mulimo.+
19 Lino Sanibalati muna Horoni a Tobiya+ umwi wabalupati-pati* muna Amoni+ a Gesemu muna Arabiya+ nobakaamvwa makani aaya, bakatalika kutusampaula+ akutufwubaazya kabati: “Ino ncinzi eeci ncomucita? Sena muyanda kuzangila mwami?”+
20 Nokuba boobo ndakabavwiila kuti: “Leza wakujulu nguutiitupe kuzwidilila,+ alimwi swebo tobabelesi bakwe tulatalika kuyaka; pele nywebo tamukwe lubazu, caabilo naa cintu cili coonse ncimwakacita icikonzya kumupa kuyeeyegwa* mu Jerusalemu.”+
Bupanduluzi buyungizyidwe
^ Amubone Makani Aayungizyidwe B15
^ Naa “Mutala aa Mulonga wa Firate.”
^ Mu Chihebrayo, “mubelesi.”
^ Mu Chihebrayo, “bakayumya maanza aabo.”
^ Mu Chihebrayo, “mubelesi.”
^ Naa “ncomunga mwaamba kuti ncicanu.”
