8 Mu mwaka wa kabiri, mu kwezi kwa kabiri, bamaze kugera i Yerusalemu ku nzu y’Imana y’ukuri, Zerubabeli umuhungu wa Salatiyeli, Yeshuwa umuhungu wa Yehosadaki n’abandi bavandimwe babo, abatambyi n’Abalewi n’abandi bose bagarutse i Yerusalemu bavuye mu gihugu bari barajyanywemo ku ngufu,+ batangira kubaka. Bashyiraho Abalewi bafite imyaka 20 n’abayirengeje ngo bahagararire akazi ko kubaka inzu ya Yehova.

10 Igihe abubatsi batangiraga gushyiraho fondasiyo y’urusengero rwa Yehova,+ abatambyi bari bambaye imyenda bakorana mu rusengero bafite impanda,*+ n’Abalewi, ni ukuvuga abahungu ba Asafu bari bafite ibyuma bitanga ijwi ryirangira, barahaguruka batangira gusingiza Yehova nk’uko Dawidi umwami wa Isirayeli yari yarabitegetse.+

14 Nanone ibikoresho bya zahabu n’iby’ifeza byo mu nzu y’Imana Nebukadinezari yari yaravanye mu rusengero rw’i Yerusalemu akabijyana mu rusengero rw’i Babuloni,+ Umwami Kuro yabivanyemo abiha umugabo witwa Sheshibazari,*+ ari na we yagize guverineri.+

16 Uwo Sheshibazari ahageze, yatangiye kubaka inzu y’Imana+ i Yerusalemu; kuva icyo gihe iracyubakwa kandi ntiruzura.’+