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4 Pavua bena lukuna ba Yuda ne Benyamina+ bumvue ne: bantu bavuabu bakuate baye nabu kadi bapingane+ bavua benda bibaka ntempelo wa Yehowa Nzambi wa Isalele, 2 bakalua diakamue kudi Zelubabela ne bamfumu ba nzubu ya batatu, kubambilabu ne: “Anyishayi tuibake nenu; bualu tuetu petu tudi tutendelela* Nzambi wenu anu bu nuenu+ ne tudi tumulambula milambu katshia ku matuku a Esâ-hadona+ mukalenge wa Ashû uvua mulue netu muaba eu.”+ 3 Kadi Zelubabela ne Yeshua ne bamfumu bakuabu ba nzubu ya batatu ya Isalele bakabambila ne: “Kanuena ne bua kuibaka netu nzubu wa Nzambi wetu to,+ bualu tuetu nkayetu netuibakile Yehowa Nzambi wa Isalele nzubu anu bu mudi Kolesha mukalenge wa Pelasa mututumine dîyi.”+
4 Nunku bantu ba mu buloba abu bavua anu batekesha bantu ba mu Yuda mu maboko* ne babatekesha ku muoyo bua balekele kuibaka.+ 5 Bakafuta bafidi ba ngenyi bua kupangisha midimu yabu bua kayiyi kumpala+ matuku onso a Kolesha mukalenge wa Pelasa too ne ku bukokeshi bua Dayawesha+ mukalenge wa Pelasa. 6 Ku ntuadijilu kua bukokeshi bua Ahashawelosha, bakafunda mukanda bua kubanda bantu ba mu Yuda ne mu Yelushalema. 7 Mu matuku a Atashasete mukalenge wa Pelasa, Bishilama, Miteledata, Tabêla, ne bena diende bakuabu bakafundila mukalenge Atashasete mukanda; bakakudimuna mukanda au mu tshiena Alama,+ bawufunde mu mfundilu wa bena Alama.*
8 * Lehuma mfumu wa bena mudimu ba mbulamatadi ne mufundi Shimeshai bakafundila mukalenge Atashasete mukanda bua kubanda Yelushalema, bamba ne: 9 (Mukanda au uvua wa kudi Lehuma mfumu wa bena mudimu ba mbulamatadi ne mufundi Shimeshai ne bena diabu bakuabu, balumbuluishi, ne banguvena bapuekele, bafundi, bantu ba ku Eleke,+ bena Babilona, bantu ba ku Susa,+ mmumue ne: bena Elama,+ 10 ne kudi bisamba bikuabu bivua wa kunemeka Asenapâ munene mukuate mulue nabi, mubiteke mu bimenga bia mu Samalea,+ ne kudi bantu bakuabu ba mu buloba bua Dia muamua dia Musulu,* ne mpindieu 11 aa mmalu avua mu mukanda uvuabu bamutumine.)
“Mukanda mufundila mukalenge Atashasete wa kudi bena mudimu bebe, bantu ba mu buloba bua Dia muamua dia Musulu: Mpindieu 12 mukalenge amanye ne: bena Yuda bavua bumbuke kuudi babande kutudi mbafike ku Yelushalema. Badi bibakulula tshimenga tshibi tshia buntomboji, ne badi benda bajikija bimanu+ ne balongolola bishimikidi. 13 Mpindieu, mukalenge amanye ne: bobu bibakulule tshimenga etshi ne bajikije bimanu biatshi, kabakufuta kabidi bitadi, milambu,+ anyi bitadi bia njila to, ne bualu ebu nebuenze bua bintu kabikadi bibuela mu bibutshilu bia bakalenge. 14 Bu mutudi tudia mukele wa ku dibalasa* ne kabiyi bimpe kutudi bua kumona malu a mukalenge anyanguka, ke bualu kayi tudi batume mukanda eu bua kumanyisha mukalenge bualu ebu, 15 bua bakebulule malu adi mu mukanda wa malu a bankambua bebe.+ Neusangane mu malu adi mu mukanda au ne neumanye ne: tshimenga etshi ntshimenga tshia buntomboji, tshidi tshienzela bakalenge ne maprovense* bibi, ne munda muatshi mudi bantu badi basaka bakuabu bua kutombokela bakokeshi katshia ku bikondo bia kale. Ke bualu kayi bavua babutule tshimenga etshi.+ 16 Tudi tumanyisha mukalenge ne: bobu bibakulule tshimenga etshi ne bajikije bimanu biatshi, kuakuikala ne bukokeshi pa* buloba bua Dia muamua dia Musulu to.”+
17 Mukalenge wakatuma mukenji kudi Lehuma mfumu wa bena mudimu ba mbulamatadi ne mufundi Shimeshai ne kudi bena diabu bakuabu bavua basombela mu Samalea ne kudi bantu bakuabu ba mu buloba bua Dia muamua dia Musulu, wamba ne:
“Muoyo wenu au! Mpindieu 18 mbabale* bimpe menemene kumpala kuanyi mukanda wa mukalenge unuvua batutumine. 19 Mbakebulule malu ku dîyi dianyi, ne mbasangane ne: katshia ku kale mu tshimenga etshi bantu badi batombokela bakalenge, ne buluishi ne buntomboji bitu bienzekamu.+ 20 Kuvua bakalenge ba bukole ku mutu kua Yelushalema bavua bakokesha buloba buonso bua Dia muamua dia Musulu, ne bavua babafuta bitadi, milambu ne bitadi bia njila. 21 Mpindieu elayi mukenji bua bantu aba bimanyike mudimu, bua kabibaki kabidi tshimenga too ne pangamba dîyi. 22 Nudimuke bua kanulenguludi bualu ebu to, bua kabanyangi kabidi malu a mukalenge.”+
23 Nunku panyima pa bobu bamane kubala malu a mu mukanda wa kudi mukalenge Atashasete kumpala kua Lehuma ne mufundi Shimeshai ne bena diabu, bobu aba bakaya lubilu ku Yelushalema kudi bena Yuda, kubenzejabu ku bukole bua kuimanyika mudimu. 24 Dîba adi ke divua mudimu wa nzubu wa Nzambi uvua mu Yelushalema muimane; ne wakashala muimane too ne mu tshidimu tshibidi tshia bukokeshi bua Dayawesha mukalenge wa Pelasa.+