Isura 1
1
Mu mwaka gwa mbere go k' ubutegetsi bwa Sirusi, umwami w'i Persiya; Imana yuzuza igambo yari ryayijire mu munwa gwa Yeremiya kandi iryahagaritse umutima gwa Sirusi: Uhoragaho yashije imbaraga mu mutima gwa Sirusi ryo kumutegekesha ngo yandike amatangazo no kugatuma mu gihugo ce cose ganditkirwe ngo.
2
Uku niko Sirusi umwami w'i Persia agambire: Uhoragaho, Imana yo mu juru yampeye ubutegetsi byose byo ku si kandi yantegekire ngo mumwubakire inzu i Yerusalemu muri Yudea.
3
Ni nde muri mwewe ? Imana ye ibane nawe a aye i Yerusalemu yi Yudea yubake inzu y'uhoragaho Imana Y'Isirayeli Aliyo mana iba i Yeusalemu.
4
Ahantu hose ho umuntu w'Imana ari Abantu baho ni bamufashishe i feza, Izahabu n'ibintu, n'amatungo, ukuyemo a isadaka baturira munzu y'Imana i Yerusalemu bafite ubushake.
5
Nuko abakru bamazu ga ba sekuruza b'Abayuda n'Ababemtamini bahagurukena n'Abatambyi n'Abalawi n'abandi bose Imana yashizemo imyotago guhaguruka ngo baje kubake inzu Y'uhoragaho i Yerusalemu.
6
Nuko abo bari baturamye nabo babahereza ibikoreho by: Ifeza Izahabu n'ibindi bintu n'amatungo n'ibintu by agaciro ukuyemo ibyo batuye byose babikunze.
7
Umwami kiro anabagarurira ibintu bya koreshwaga munzu y'u huragaho ibyo Nebukandineza yari yarasahuye i Yerusalemu akabibika munzu z'Ibishu shanyo bye.
8
I byo, kiro Umwami W'ipresiya yategetse mitiredani wari Terezoriye ngw'abivanemo nawe abihereza sheshibasari wa Ikiko mangoma cyo mu Bayuda.
9
Ugu nigo mubare: Amabasseni mirongo itatu gi Izahabu, Ibesseni, Igihumbi z Umuringa nibisu makumyabiri n'icyenda.
10
Ibikombe by'Izahabu mirongo itatu, Ibikombe maganane n'icumi by Umuringa, n'imyenda kangari.
11
Ibintu byose by Izahabu n'Iby umuringa byari bifite umubare gu ibihumbi bitano namagane sheshebasari abivana i Babiloni abigeza iYerusalemu.