Ezela 1 - MUKANDA WA MYIDI MUKULU

Koreshe udi witaba bua bibakulule nzubu wa Mvidi Mukulu

¹ Tshidimu tshia kumpala tshia Bukalenga bua Koreshe, mukalenga munene wa bena Persa, Maweja-Nangila kukumbaja miaku yende ivua muambi Yirmeya muambe. Maweja-Nangila kupesha Koreshe meji a kuelesha diyi mu bukalenga buende bujima, kabidi a kufundisha miaku eyi ne:

² “Koreshe, mukalenga munene wa bena Persa, udi wamba ne: Maweja-Nangila Mvidi Mukulu wa mu diulu, mmumpeshe makalenga onsu a pa buloba. Mmungambile bua kuibakulula nzubu wa Mvidi Mukulu mu Yerushalayime, mu ditunga dia bena Yuda.

³ Nanku, bantu bonsu bena tshisamba tshia Maweja-Nangila badi munkatshi muenu, bapingane mu Yerushalayime, mu ditunga dia Yuda, bua kuibakululamu nzubu wa Maweja-Nangila Mvidi Mukulu wa Izrayele, udibu batendelela mu Yerushalayime. Nanku Mvidi Mukulu wabu abambuluishe!

⁴ Miaba yonsu idi bena Izrayele basombe, bena ditunga bambuluishe bena Izrayele ne tshiamu tshia mpawungi, tshiamu tshitoke tshia mushinga mukole, ne bintu bikuabu, kabidi ne bimuna. Babapeshe kabidi ne milambu ya budisuile bua nzubu wa Mvidi Mukulu wa mu Yerushalayime.”

⁵ Bamfumu ba meku a bena Yuda, ne a bena Binyamine, batuangaji, bena Levi, ne bantu bonsu bavua Maweja-Nangila Mvidi Mukulu mupeshe lungenyi lua kuya kuibakulula nzubu wende mu Yerushalayime, kudilongololabu bua kuya.

⁶ Bena mutumba nabu kubambuluisha, ne bintu bienza ne tshiamu tshitoke tshia mushinga mukole, nansha bienza ne tshiamu tshia mpawungi. Bavua babapesha kabidi bintu bishilangane bia mushinga wa bungi, kabidi ne bimuna, katuyi tubala milambu ya budisuile ivuabu bafile bua nzubu wa Mvidi Mukulu.

⁷ Koreshe, mukalenga munene, kusangisha bintu bia mushinga mukole bivua Nebukadnesare muangate mu nzubu wa Maweja-Nangila mu Yerushalayime, mubiteke mu nzubu wa mvidie yende.

⁸ Bilondeshile muvuabu bambe kudi mukalenga munene, Mitredate, mutangidi wa biuma bia mukalenga, kubadika bintu abi, kubifila kudi Sheshebashare, mulombodi wa bena Yuda.

⁹ Bintu abi bivua nenku: malongu masalame 30 a tshiamu tshia mpawungi, malongu 1.000 a tshiamu tshitoke tshia mushinga mukole, tuele 29,

¹⁰ ngesu 30 ya tshiamu tshia mpawungi, ngesu mikuabu 410 ya tshiamu tshitoke tshia mushinga mukole, ne bintu bikuabu 1.000.

¹¹ Bintu bisanga bia tshiamu tshia mpawungi ne bia tshiamu tshitoke tshia mushinga mukole bivua 5.400. Sheshebashare kubangata bionsu, kumuka nabi mu Babilone, ne bantu bavuabu bapikule mu bupika, kuya mu Yerushalayime.