Nehemya 7 - MUKANDA WA MYIDI MUKULU

Badi bumvuangana mudibu mua kulama tshimenga bimpe

¹ Mudimu wa kuibaka tshimana tshia tshimenga mumane kujika, meme kuela biibi ku mushiku wa tshimenga. Balami ba biibi, bimbi ba misambu, ne bena Levi, kutuadija midimu yabu.

² Ku mudimu wa kulongolola tshimenga tshia Yerushalayime, meme kuteka muanetu Anani, kabidi Ananiya, uvua mulombodi wa nzubu wa bena mvita. Ananiya uvua muntu muimpe, mulamatshi wa Mvidi Mukulu, mupite bantu bakuabu ba bungi.

³ Meme kubambila ne: — Kabena mua kunzulula biibi bia tshimenga, diba kadiyi dianji kubanda. Nebabikange dilolu, bena mabaya bapayika milonda balami ba biibi kabayi banji kumuka ku mudimu. Nuteke bantu bua kulama tshimenga tshia Yerushalayime. Nuteke balami bakuabu pa miaba misunguluke, bakuabu pabuipi ne nzubu yabu.

Mena a bena Yuda bavua bapingane mu ditunga diabu

⁴ Tshimenga tshia Yerushalayime tshivua tshialabale. Kadi bantu bavua basamu bavua amu bakese. Bualu kabavua banji kulongolola nzubu mikuabu.

⁵ Mvidi Mukulu wanyi kumpesha meji, meme kubikidisha bakulu, balombodi ba ditunga, ne bantu bakuabu ba mu tshimenga, bua kubala bungi buabu. Meme kubala mukanda uvua ne mena a bena Yuda bavua badianjile kufuma mu bupika, bapingane mu Yerushalayime. Mukanda bavua baufunde nenku:

⁶ “Bantu ba bungi bavua Nebukadnesare, mukalenga wa Babilone, mukuate muye nabu mu bupika, mbamane kupingana mu Yerushalayime, ne mu ditunga dia Yuda. Muntu yonsu uvua upingana mu tshimenga tshiabu.

⁷ Bavua babalombola kudi: Zerubabele, Yeshuwa, Nehemya, Azariya, Ramya, Nakamani, Mordekayi, Bilshane, Misperete, Bigvayi, Nekume ne Baana. Ke mena a bena Izrayele bavua bafume mu bupika, bafike mu Yerushalayime, bilondeshile mena a biota biabu:

⁸ Mu tshiota tshia Paroshe muvua bantu 2.172;

⁹ mu tshiota tshia Shefatya muvua bantu 372;

¹⁰ mu tshiota tshia Ara muvua bantu 652;

¹¹ mu tshiota tshia Pakate-Mowabe, ndelanganyi ya Yeshuwa ne ya Yowabe, muvua bantu 2.818;

¹² mu tshiota tshia Elame muvua bantu 1.254;

¹³ mu tshiota tshia Zatu muvua bantu 845;

¹⁴ mu tshiota tshia Zakayi muvua bantu 760;

¹⁵ mu tshiota tshia Binuyi muvua bantu 648;

¹⁶ mu tshiota tshia Bebayi muvua bantu 628;

¹⁷ mu tshiota tshia Azgade muvua bantu 2.322;

¹⁸ mu tshiota tshia Adonikame muvua bantu 667;

¹⁹ mu tshiota tshia Bigvayi muvua bantu 2.067;

²⁰ mu tshiota tshia Adine muvua bantu 655;

²¹ mu tshiota tshia Atere, ndelanganyi ya Izkiya, muvua bantu 98;

²² mu tshiota tshia Ashume muvua bantu 328;

²³ mu tshiota tshia Beshayi muvua bantu 324;

²⁴ mu tshiota tshia Arife muvua bantu 112;

²⁵ mu musoku wa Ngibone muvua bantu 95;

²⁶ mu musoku wa Betleyeme ne wa Netofa muvua bantu 188;

²⁷ mu musoku wa Anatote muvua bantu 128;

²⁸ mu musoku wa Bete-Azmavete muvua bantu 42;

²⁹ mu misoku ya Kiriyate-Yeyarime, Kefira ne Beyerote, muvua bantu 743;

³⁰ mu misoku ya Rama ne Ngeba muvua bantu 621;

³¹ mu musoku wa Mikmase muvua bantu 122;

³² mu misoku eyi Betele ne Ayi muvua bantu 123;

³³ mu musoku mukuabu wa Nebo muvua bantu 52;

³⁴ mu tshiota tshia Elame mukuabu, muvua bantu 1.254;

³⁵ mu tshiota tshia Arime muvua bantu 320;

³⁶ mu tshimenga tshia Yeriko muvua bantu 345;

³⁷ mu misoku eyi Lode, Adide ne Ono muvua bantu 721;

³⁸ mu tshimenga tshia Sena muvua bantu 3.930.

³⁹ Bisumbu bia batuangaji bivua nenku: mu tshiota tshia Yedaya, ndelanganyi ya Yeshuwa, muvua bantu 973;

⁴⁰ mu tshiota tshia Imere muvua bantu 1.052;

⁴¹ mu tshiota tshia Pashekure muvua bantu 1.247;

⁴² mu tshiota tshia Arime muvua bantu 1.017.

⁴³ Tshisumbu tshia bena Levi tshivua nenku: mu tshiota tshia Yeshuwa ne tshia Kadmiyele, ndelanganyi ya Odeva, muvua bantu 74.

⁴⁴ Ku bimbi ba misambu ba mu nzubu wa Mvidi Mukulu kuvua nunku: mu tshiota tshia Ashafe muvua bantu 148.

⁴⁵ Ku balami ba biibi kuvua: mu tshiota tshia Shalume, tshia Atere, tshia Talmone, tshia Akube, tshia Atita, ne tshia Shabatayi, muvua bantu 138.

⁴⁶ Bena midimu mikuabu ya mu nzubu wa Mvidi Mukulu ba ku ndelanganyi ya Sika, Ashufa, Tabayote,

⁴⁷ Kerose, Siya, Padone,

⁴⁸ Lebana, Agaba, Shalmayi;

⁴⁹ Anane, Ngidele, Ngakare,

⁵⁰ Reyaya, Reshine, Nekoda,

⁵¹ Ngazame, Uza, Pasheya,

⁵² Besayi, Meyunime, Nefusheshime.

⁵³ Bakbuke, Akufa, Arure,

⁵⁴ Baslite, Mekida, Arsha,

⁵⁵ Barkose, Sisra, Tema,

⁵⁶ Neshiya ne Atifa.

⁵⁷ Mu tshisumbu tshia bantu ba ku ndelanganyi ya bena mudimu ba Shelomu, muvua bantu ba ku ndelanganyi ya Sotayi, Soferete, Perida,

⁵⁸ Yala, Darkone, Ngidele,

⁵⁹ Shefatya, Atile, Pokerete-Ashebayime, ne Amone.

⁶⁰ Bena midimu mikuabu ya mu nzubu wa Mvidi Mukulu, pamue ne bantu ba ku ndelanganyi ya bena mudimu ba Shelomu, bavua bantu 392.

⁶¹ “Bantu bavua bafume ku bupika: ku Tele-Mela, ku Tele-Arsha, ku Kerube, ku Adone, ne ku Imere, kabavua mua kujadika meku a bankambua babu to. Nanku kabavua mua kujadikila bantu ne: tudi bena Izrayele to.

⁶² Bonsu bavua 642 ba mu tshiota tshia Debaya, Tobiya ne Nekoda.

⁶³ “Kabidi batuangaji bakuabu ba ku ndelanganyi ya Obaya, ya Akose, ne ya Barzilayi, kabavua mua kujadika meku a bankambua babu. (Barzilayi uvua ne dina edi, bualu uvua musele muana wa bakaji wa Barzilayi muena Ngilaade.)

⁶⁴ Bavua bakeba biakane mu mikanda mena a bankambua babu bapange. Nanku, kubakandikabu mudimu wa butuangaji, bualu bavua babatangila bu bantu badi ne mikiya.

⁶⁵ Mulombodi wa buloba nkayende kubakandika bua kudia bintu bitambe tshijila, too ne pikala mutuangaji mujadike bualu ebu ku Urime ne Tumime.

⁶⁶ “Bena Izrayele bavua bafume mu bupika bapingane muabu, bavua bantu 42.360.

⁶⁷ Bavua ne bena mudimu balume ne bakaji 7.337, bena misambu balume ne bakaji 245.

⁶⁸ Bavua ne nyama ya tumelu 435, ne ya mpunde 6.720.

⁶⁹ Bamfumu bakuabu ba meku kufilabu bintu biabu bua kuibakulula nzubu wa Mvidi Mukulu. Mulombodi wa buloba kufila nkanu 1.000 ya mpawungi, makopu 50 a kumiamina nawu, ne mintumpu 530 ya batuangaji.

⁷⁰ Bamfumu ba meku bavua bafile nkanu 20.000 ya mpawungi, tshiamu tshitoke tshia mushinga mukole kilo 1.100.

⁷¹ Bena Izrayele bakuabu kufilabu nkanu 20.000 ya mpawungi, tshiamu tshitoke tshia mushinga mukole kilo 1.000, ne mintumpu 67 ya batuangaji.

⁷² “Batuangaji, bena Levi, balami ba ku biibi, bena misambu, bantu bakuabu bu benji ba midimu mikuabu mu nzubu wa Mvidi Mukulu, ne bena Izrayele bakuabu bonsu, bavua baye kusomba mu bimenga biabu.” Ngondu wa muanda mutekete wa tshidimu, bena Izrayele bonsu kumuka mu bimenga bivuabu basombe.