1Nuko Umwami Dariyo ategeka yuko bashaka mu nzu ibikwamo ibitabo by'ibyabaye, ahabikwaga ibintu by'igiciro i Babuloni,
2babonaumuzingo w'igitaboahitwa Akimeta mu rugo rw'ibwami, mu gihugu cy'u Bumedi. Uwo muzingo wariurwibutso, wanditswemo utya ngo
3“Mu mwaka wa mbere wo ku ngoma y'Umwami Kuro, Umwami Kuro ategeka itegeko ry'iby'inzu y'Imana y'i Yerusalemu ngo yubakwe, ari ho hantu batambira ibitambo. Kandi imfatiro zayo bazishinge zihame,uburebure bwayo bw'igihagararo bube mikono mirongo itandatu, n'ubugaribwayo bube mikono mirongo itandatu.
4Bayubakishe amabuye manini impushyaeshatu n'uruhushyarw'ibiti bishya, kandi ibyo bazatanga kuri yo bizakurwe mu nzu y'umwami.
5Kandi n'ibikoreshwa byo mu nzu y'Imana by'izahabu n'ifeza, ibyo Nebukadinezari yanyaze mu rusengero rw'i Yerusalemu akabizana i Babuloni, babisubizeyo babijyane mu rusengero rw'i Yerusalemu, ikintu cyose gisubiremu cyimbo cyacyo,ubishyire mu nzu y'Imana.
6“None rero Tatenayi, wowe gisonga cyo hakurya y'uruzi, na Shetaribozenayi na bagenzi banyu b'Abafarisaki bo hakurya y'uruzi, muhitarure
7murekeumurimow'iyo nzu y'Imanaukorwe, igisonga cy'Abayuda n'abakuru babo mubareke, abe ari bo bubakaiyo nzu y'Imana mu kibanza cyayo.
8Kandi ntegetse itegeko ry'ibyo kubakisha iyo nzu y'Imana, mukwiriye gukorera abakuru b'Abayuda: mwende ku bintu by'umwami ni byo musorow'abo hakurya y'uruzi, mugireumwete cyane wo guha abo bagabo ibizatangwa, kugirango be kuzagira ikibabuza gukora.
9Kandi n'ibyo bazakena, nk'ibimasa n'amasekurumey'intama n'abana b'intama byo gutamba ho ibitambo byoswa by'Imana nyir'ijuru, n'ingano n'umunyu na vino n'amavuta, ibyo abatambyi b'i Yerusalemu bazashaka bajye babihabwa uko bukeye, ntibagasibe
10kugirango bazajye batambira Imana nyir'ijuru ibitambo by'umubabweuhumuraneza, kandi basabireumwami n'abahungu be kurama.
11Kandi nciye iteka,umuntu weseuzahindura iri tegeko bazakure inkingi mu nzu ye, bayishinge bamuterure bayimuhambireho, kandi inzu ye bayigire icyavu bamuhoyeibyo.
12Kandi Imana yahabesheje izina ryayo, nineshe abami bose n'amahanga yose n'abazaca mu itegeko ryanjye, bakaramburiraamaboko yabo ngo basenye iyo nzu y'Imana y'i Yerusalemu. Jyewe Dariyo ntegetse iryo tegeko, risohozwe n'umwete wose.”
13Hanyuma Tatenayi igisonga cy'umwami cyo hakurya y'uruzi, na Shetaribozenayi na bagenzi babo bumvise ibyo Umwami Dariyo yabatumyeho, babisohoreshaumwete mwinshi.
14Nuko abakuru b'Abayuda barubaka, babibashishwa no guhanura kwa Hagayiumuhanuzi na Zekariya mwene Ido. Barayubakairuzurank'uko itegeko ry'Imana ya Isirayeli ryari riri, kandi no ku bw'itegeko rya Kuro na Dariyo, na Aritazeruziumwami w'u Buperesi.
15Iyo nzu yuzuraku munsi wa gatatu w'ukwezi kwa Adari, ko mu mwaka wa gatandatu wo ku ngoma y'Umwami Dariyo.
16Maze Abisirayeli n'abatambyi, n'Abalewi n'abandi bavuye mu bunyage, bagiraumunsi w'ibirori wo gutahaiyo nzu y'Imana banezerewe.
17Ubwo batahaga iyo nzu y'Imana, batambye inka ijana n'amasekurumey'intama magana abiri n'abana b'intama magana ane, kandi batambira Abisirayeli bose amasekurumey'ihene cumi n'abiri, ukoumubarew'imiryango y'Abisirayeli wari uri, aba igitambo cyo gukurahoibyaha.
18Bashyiraho abatambyi uko imigabane yabo ikurikirana, n'Abalewi bajya ku bihe byabo ngo bakorere Imana iri i Yerusalemu, nk'uko byanditswe mu gitabo cya Mose.
19Maze abavukiyemu bunyage baziririza Pasika ku munsi wa cumi n'ine w'ukwezi kwa mbere,
20kuko abatambyi n'Abalewi bari biyereje hamwe, bose bari baboneye. Nuko babīkīraumwana w'intama wa Pasika ku bw'abavukiyemu bunyage bose, no ku bwa bene wabo na boubwabo.
21Nuko Abisirayeli bari bagarutse bavuye mu bunyage, n'abantu bose bari bitandukanije n'ingeso mbi z'abapagani bo muri icyo gihugu, bagafatanya n'Abisirayeli ngo bashakane Uwiteka Imana y'Abisirayeli barasangira,
22baziririza iminsi mikuru irindwi y'imitsima idasembuwe banezerewe, kuko Uwiteka yabanejeje kandi yahinduyeumutimaw'umwami wa Ashūri akabagarukira, kandi akabatwerera amaboko yo gukoraumurimow'inzu y'Imana, ari yo Mana ya Isirayeli.