Ezera 5 - Baibuli Erikwera

Baanabi okwezirikisa abantu kugaruka kwombeka

¹ Bwanyima baanabi Hagai na Zekaria mwene Ido baahanuurira Abayudaaya abaabaire bari Yuda na Yerusaalemu omu iziina rya Ruhanga wa Israeli.

² Ahonaaho Zerubabeeli mwwene Shealutieli na Yeshua mwene Yozadaaki baimuka, baatandika kugaruka kwombeka enju ya Ruhanga ey'omuri Yerusaalemu, nibahwerwa baanabi ba Ruhanga abo, abaabaire bari hamwe nabo.

³ Omu biro ebyo Tatenai omutegyeki w'ensi egyo eya seeri y'Omugyera na Shesari-bozenai na bagyenzi baabo baabashanga ahu baabaire bari, baababuuza bati: N'oha obaragiire kwombeka enju egi n'okuheza oru rugo rw'amabaare?

⁴ Baagaruka baababuuza bati: Abarikwombeka egi nju amaziina gaabo nibaahi?

⁵ Kwonka eriisho rya Ruhanga waabo ryaguma aha bategyeki b'Abayudaaya, tibaabazibira kwombeka, batakamanyise Dario, nwe akabagarukamu aha kigambo ekyo.

⁶ Ebigambo by'ebaruha ei Tatenai omutegyeki w'ensi egyo eya seeri y'Omugyera na Shesari-bozenai na bagyenzi be abamashaza b'omuri egyo nsi, ebi baatwekyeire omugabe Dario nibyo ebi:

⁷ Nyakusinga Dario omugabe, nitukwendeza obusingye bwonka!

⁸ Nitukumanyisa ku tugiire omu ishaza rya Yuda, aha nju ya Ruhanga Nyamuhanga, erikwombekyesibwa amabaare mahango, bakatambika emitambiko mihango omu bisiika byayo; omurimo ogwo nibagukora n'obweziriki, kandi nigugyenda gye.

⁹ Mbwenu tubuurize abo bakuru, nitubagira tuti: N'oha obaragiire kwombeka enju egi, n'okuheza oru rugo rw'amabaare?

¹⁰ Kandi twababuuza n'amaziina gaabo, ngu tubone kugakumanyisa, kandi n'okukuhandiikira amaziina g'abarikubategyeka.

¹¹ Oku nikwo baatugarukiremu, nibagira bati: Turi abairu ba Ruhanga w'eiguru n'ensi, kandi hati nitugaruka kwombeka enju eyaayombekirwe ira emyaka mingi ehingwire, ei omugabe wa Israeli rugambwa yaayombekire akaheza.

¹² Kwonka Ruhanga w'eiguru, ahabw'okugwisibwa kubi baatatenkuriitwe, akabahayo omu mikono ya Nebukadeneeza Omukaludaaya omugabe wa Babulooni, yaasheenya egyo nju, yaatwara abantu Babulooni bari enkwata.

¹³ Kwonka Kuuro omugabe wa Babulooni, omu mwaka gw'okubanza ogw'omu busingye bwe, akaragiira ku egi nju ya Ruhanga eshemereire kwombekwa.

¹⁴ Kandi ebintu by'omu nju ya Ruhanga eby'ezaabu n'eby'efeeza, ebi Nebukadeneeza yaanyagire omuri hekalu ya Yerusaalemu, akabitwara omuri hekalu ya Babulooni, omugabe Kuuro yaabiiha omuri egyo hekalu ya Babulooni, baabiha omuntu orikwetwa Sheshebazaari, ou yaahindwire omutegyeki;

¹⁵ yaamuragiira ati: Twara ebintu ebi, ogyende, obite omuri hekalu y'omuri Yerusaaleumu, enju ya Ruhanga egarukye eyombekwe omu kibanja kyayo.

¹⁶ Bwanyima Sheshebazaari ogwo yaija, yaataho emisingi y'enju ya Ruhanga omuri Yerusaalemu; mbwenu okwiha obwo n'okuhitsya hati neekyombekwa, tekahweire.

¹⁷ N'ahabw'ekyo, omugabe ku araakisiime, basherure omu nju y'eibiikiro ry'omugabe wa Babulooni, bareebe Kuuro ku araabe atararagiire kwombeka egi nju ya Ruhanga omuri Yerusaalemu. Haza obwo omugabe atutumeho eki arikusiima omu kigambo eki.