Nehemiya
8 Maze abantu bose baja inama, bakoranira hamwe mu kibanza rusangi cari imbere y’irembo ry’amazi+. Baraheza babwira umwimuzi* Ezira+ ngo azane igitabu c’amategeko ya Musa+, ayo Yehova yari yarahaye Abisirayeli+. 2 Umuherezi Ezira aca azana ayo mategeko imbere y’ishengero+ rigizwe n’abagabo, abagore n’abo bose bashobora kwumva bagategera. Hari ku musi wa mbere w’ukwezi kugira indwi+. 3 Nuko asoma ivyanditse muri ico gitabu n’ijwi ryumvikana+, ahagaze imbere ya ca kibanza rusangi kirabana n’irembo ry’amazi. Yasomye kuva mu mutwenzi gushika mu masasita, asomera abagabo, abagore n’abo bose bashobora gutahura. Abantu barumvirije bitonze+ ibivugwa muri ico gitabu c’amategeko. 4 Umwimuzi* Ezira yari ahagaze ku kintu gitaramutse bakoreye urwo rubanza gikozwe mu biti. Iburyo bwiwe hari hahagaze Matitiya, Shema, Anaya, Uriya, Hilikiya na Mayaseya. Ibubamfu bwiwe na ho hari Pedaya, Mishayeli, Malikiya+, Hashumu, Hashibadana, Zakariya na Meshulamu.
5 Ezira azingurura ico gitabu. Abantu bose baramubona kuko yari ahagaze ahantu hataramutse. Akizinguruye bose baca barahaguruka. 6 Maze Ezira ashemeza Yehova Imana y’ukuri, umwe ahambaye. Abantu bose baca baduza amaboko bishura bati: «Amen*! Amen+!» Baca barunamira Yehova, mu maso hashika hasi. 7 Aba Balewi ni bo bariko barasigurira abantu ayo mategeko+, abantu na bo bahagaze: Yeshuwa, Bani, Sherebiya+, Yamini, Akubu, Shabetayi, Hodiya, Mayaseya, Kelita, Azariya, Yozabadi+, Hanane na Pelaya. 8 Babandanya gusoma n’ijwi ryumvikana ibiri muri nya gitabu c’amategeko y’Imana y’ukuri, bakaza barabisigura neza bongera batomora insobanuro y’ibiriko birasomwa. Ukwo ni ko bafashije abantu gutahura ivyariko birasomwa+.
9 Maze buramatari* Nehemiya, umuherezi Ezira+ akaba n’umwimuzi* n’Abalewi bariko bigisha abantu, babwira abantu bose bati: «Uwu musi ni mweranda kuri Yehova Imana yanyu+. Ntimubabare canke ngo murire.» Babwiye abantu ukwo kubera ko bose bariko bararizwa n’ivyo bumvise mu gitabu c’amategeko. 10 Nehemiya ababwira ati: «Genda murye indya ziryoshe*, munywe n’ibinyobwa biryoshe, kandi murungikire imfungurwa+ abadafise ico barya kuko uwu musi ari mweranda ku Mukama wacu. Ntimubabare kuko umunezero Yehova atanga ari wo buhungiro bwanyu*.» 11 Abalewi bariko bahoza abantu bose, bababwira bati: «Nimureke kurira kuko uwu musi ari mweranda. Ntimubabare.» 12 Nuko abantu bose baja kurya no kunywa no kurungikira abandi ibifungurwa no kunezerwa rwose+, kuko bari batahuye amajambo basiguriwe+.
13 Ku musi ugira kabiri, abakuru b’imigwi mikurumikuru igize imiryango y’Abisirayeli bose, abaherezi n’Abalewi, bakoranira aho umwimuzi* Ezira ari kugira barushirize gutahura ibivugwa mu mategeko. 14 Maze basanga mu mategeko handitswe ko Yehova yari yarategetse biciye kuri Musa yuko Abisirayeli bakwiye kuba mu nsago mu gihe c’umusi mukuru wo mu kwezi kugira indwi+. 15 Yari yarategetse kandi ko bakwiye gutangaza+ bakamenyesha mu bisagara vyabo vyose n’i Yeruzalemu hose bati: «Nimuje mu karere k’imisozi muzane amashami ariko amababi muyakuye ku biti vy’imyelayo, ku mapinusi, ku mihadasi*, ku bigazi no ku bindi biti kugira mwubake insago nk’uko vyanditswe.»
16 Nuko abantu baja kuzana ayo mashami, baca bayubakamwo insago. Bubatse hejuru ku nzu* zabo, mu bigo vyabo, mu bigo vy’inzu y’Imana y’ukuri+, mu kibanza rusangi co kw’irembo ry’amazi+ n’ico kw’irembo rya Efurayimu+. 17 Abantu bose bari baravuye mu bunyagano bubaka rero insago, maze bazibamwo. Abisirayeli bagira umunezero mwinshi cane+ kubera ko batari bwigere bahimbaza uwo musi mukuru gutyo kuva mu misi ya Yosuwa+ mwene Nuni. 18 Buri musi, kuva ku musi wa mbere gushika ku musi wa nyuma, barasomerwa mu gitabu c’amategeko y’Imana y’ukuri+. Bamaze imisi indwi bari muri uwo musi mukuru, maze ku musi ugira umunani haba ikoraniro ridasanzwe nk’uko vyasabwa+.