Nehemia
1 Amashiwi ya kwa Nehemia+ mwana Hakalia: Nomba mu mweshi wa Kislebu,+ mu mwaka walenga amakumi yabili (20),+ ine nali mu Shushani+ mwi sano. 2 E lyo Hanani,+ umo pali bamunyinane, alingile, ninshi ali na bantu bambi abafumine ku citungu ca Yuda, kabili nabepwishe+ pa baYuda,+ abapuswike,+ abashelepo pali bankole,+ nabepwishe na pali Yerusalemu. 3 Na bo batile kuli ine: “Abashelepo pali bankole, mulya mu citungu ca bulashi,+ bali mu bucushi ubukalamba+ na mu museebanya;+ ne linga+ lya Yerusalemu lyaliwa, ne mpongolo+ sha liko shalipya ku mulilo.”
4 Kabili ilyo fye naumfwile aya mashiwi, naikele pa nshi no kutendeka ukulila no kuloosha pa nshiku ishingi, kabili nshalelya+ kabili nalepepa ku cinso ca kwa Lesa wa mu muulu.+ 5 Kabili natile: “Mwe Yehova Lesa wa mu muulu, Lesa mukulu kabili uwa kutiinya,+ mwe basunga icipangano+ no kuba ne cikuuku ku bamutemwa+ kabili abakonka amafunde yenu,+ 6 shi lekeni amatwi yenu yakutike+ kabili shibuleni amenso yenu, pa kuti mumfwe ipepo lya mubomfi wenu,+ ilyo ndepepela ku cinso cenu buno bushiku, akasuba no bushiku,+ pa bana ba kwa Israele ababomfi benu, pa nshita ndesokolola+ imembu+ sha bana ba kwa Israele isho twabembukila imwe. Natubembuka, ine na ba mu ng’anda ya kwa tata.+ 7 Cine cine natucita ububi kuli imwe+ kabili tatwakonka amafunde+ ne fipope+ no bupingushi+ ifyo mwaebele Mose umubomfi wenu.+
8 “Shi ibukisheni,+ amashiwi ayo mwaebele Mose umubomfi wenu, amuti, ‘Nga mwabembuka, nkamupashila mu bantu na bantu.+ 9 Ilyo mukabwelela kuli ine+ no kukonka amafunde yandi+ no kuyacita,+ nelyo abantu benu abapaswa bengaba ukwapela imyulu, nkabalonganika+ ukufuma kulya no kubaleta+ ku cifulo ico nasala ukuti e ko ishina lyandi likabe.’+ 10 Kabili aba babomfi benu+ kabili bantu benu,+ abo mwalubwile ku maka yenu ayakalamba+ na ku kuboko kwenu ukwakosa.+ 11 Iye, mwe Yehova, kutikeni kwi pepo lya mubomfi wenu na kwi pepo+ lya babomfi benu ababekelwa mu kutiina ishina lyenu;+ kabili, shi lekeni umubomfi wenu atunguluke buno bushiku+ kabili lekeni uyu muntu amumfwileko uluse.”+
Nomba ine nalebomba umulimo wa kupeela imfumu ifya kunwa.+