Nehemiya unoyenda ku Jerusalema
1 Kwakati mu mwedzi we Nizani, mu gole le bumakumi mabili le mbuso wa Mambo Atazezasi, kukazhisigwa mambo nkumbi we zhambi ngono atola nkumbi aupa mambo. Kwakabe kuli gwe kutanga ndilingika ndakashoba mbeli kwa mambo. 2 Ndizo mambo bakandibhuzwa beti, “Ini ulingika wakashoba zwingapa koga usinga gwale? Ikoku kungabe kugwadzika kwe moyo koga.” Ipapo azhigwa ngotja kukulukulu. 3 Ngono adwa mambo nditi “Atshene mambo bangatjilila tja tjose! Dumbu ndinga sashoba tjini ha nzi nkulu iwo ulele bobatategulu bangu watjibe matongo saikoku kene ne nge matendele awo akajiwa nge moto kene?”
4 Mambo bakandidabila beti, “Unoshakani?” Ndakatembezela Ndzimu ukudzimu.
5 Ngono kudwapo adabila mambo nditi, “Ha kushathisa mambo kakale ha nlanda wenyu manhwila zogwadza, ndokumbila kuti munga ndiletja ayenda ku nzi nkulu umu Juda iko kuna zwikumbu zwa bobatategulu, kuti ndizo ndinoumusa.”
6 Mambo bakabe baligele bakabapa ne nfumakadzi wabo ngono bakandibhuzwa beti, “Aubona unowoyenda kwe tjibaka tjingapani kakale unowobuya lini?” Kwakashathisa mambo kuti ndiyende ngono ampa tjibaka.
7 Ngono ndakati kuna mambo, “Ha kushathisa mambo, bangandipa hwalo dzandinga yenda nadzo ku balauli be ntuthu we Yufuratesi kuti ndizo ndibe ne gwendo gubuyanana kudzina ndiswika ku Juda, 8 kakale ndokumbila lukwalo gwandinganopa Asafa nlisi we ishaka tja mambo, gunowobe gunlaulila kuti andipe mapango e phanda dze matendele ne guma le nzi nkulu nenge ng'umba yandinonogala.” Ngono mambo bakandipa kose kwandakabakumbila, ngobe Ndzimu wakabe unami. 9 Ndizo ndakayenda ku balauli be ntuthu we Yufuratesi ngono abapa hwalo dzadwa kuna mambo. Mambo bakabe badusa balauli be babhayani ne batathi be mbizi kuti bayende nami.
10 Ngono Sanibalati we N'hori na Tobiya we hadzasha we N'amoni bakati behwa ikoku, bakagwadza moyo kwazo, kuti kuna nthu wazha kuwothama kuti Baiziraela batjile zubuyanana.
11 Ndakayenda ku Jerusalema, agalako mazhuba ali matatu. 12 Ngono ndakamilika busiku ndina balume basibangana, akuna wandakabe ndabudza kuti Ndzimu wakandidwani kuti nditjithamile Jerusalema. Ndakabe ndisina zwithuwo kuzhe kwetjandakabe ndakatatha.
13 Ndakati busiku abhuda nge nkoba unoyi Nkoba we Nkuku hapinda pa tshime linoyi le Phungubgwe ndakalinga ku nkoba unoyi we Tjizhalanlota ashola makuma e Jerusalema akaligwa nenge matendele awo akakolomogwa nge moto. 14 Ndakadwapo alinga ku nkoba unoyi we Nsenya neku dziba la mambo, ngono kwakabe kusina zila yakazhuka kungayenda mbizi yangu. 15 Ndakati busiku atathila nge zila ye nkuku ndikanuka makuma, bhelelo ndakabgwilila shule ndakazwitshamba nkwala ndikanongina ne nkoba we Nkuku.
16 Balauli bakabe basingazibe kwandayenda ne kuti ndakabe ndishingani, ngekuti ndakabe ndisathu ndabudza Bajuta ne bapirisiti ne makulukota ne bamwe bakabe bakalingisana ngothama nshingo iwoyu. 17 Kudwapo ndakabadwa ndikati, “Mobona ngwenu mang'oni atimuali, Jerusalema yabe matongo matendele ayo akapisiwa nge moto. Izhani timuse makuma e Jerusalema kuti ndizo tisitja tjilile mukubhakhwa nge shoni.” 18 Ndakababudza kakale kuti Ndzimu wakabe unami kungapani nenge tjandakadwiwa ndi mambo. Ngono bakashandula beti, “Ngatitangiseni kumusa!” Ndizo bakazwiloba ifuba kutangisa nshingo iwoyo.
19 Ngono kwakati Sanibalati we N'hori na Tobiya gombgwa le N'amoni na Geshemu we N'arabu behwa ngekwako bakatiseka mahanya betidadila beti, “Ini itjetji tjamunothama kene? Mopandukila mambo kene?” 20 Ndakabashandula nditi, “Ndzimu we kudzimu ndiwo unotithama kuti tibhudilile, iswi, balanda bawo towotangisa kubaka, ngono imwi amuna gobe kene simba mu tjimwe ne tjimwe ngobe musina gobe mu zwiyitikalo zwe Jerusalema.”
Nehemiya unoyenda ku Jerusalema
1 Kwakati mu mwedzi we Nizani, mu gole le bumakumi mabili le mbuso wa Mambo Atazezasi, kukazhisigwa mambo nkumbi we zhambi ngono atola nkumbi aupa mambo. Kwakabe kuli gwe kutanga ndilingika ndakashoba mbeli kwa mambo. 2 Ndizo mambo bakandibhuzwa beti, “Ini ulingika wakashoba zwingapa koga usinga gwale? Ikoku kungabe kugwadzika kwe moyo koga.” Ipapo azhigwa ngotja kukulukulu. 3 Ngono adwa mambo nditi “Atshene mambo bangatjilila tja tjose! Dumbu ndinga sashoba tjini ha nzi nkulu iwo ulele bobatategulu bangu watjibe matongo saikoku kene ne nge matendele awo akajiwa nge moto kene?”
4 Mambo bakandidabila beti, “Unoshakani?” Ndakatembezela Ndzimu ukudzimu.
5 Ngono kudwapo adabila mambo nditi, “Ha kushathisa mambo kakale ha nlanda wenyu manhwila zogwadza, ndokumbila kuti munga ndiletja ayenda ku nzi nkulu umu Juda iko kuna zwikumbu zwa bobatategulu, kuti ndizo ndinoumusa.”
6 Mambo bakabe baligele bakabapa ne nfumakadzi wabo ngono bakandibhuzwa beti, “Aubona unowoyenda kwe tjibaka tjingapani kakale unowobuya lini?” Kwakashathisa mambo kuti ndiyende ngono ampa tjibaka.
7 Ngono ndakati kuna mambo, “Ha kushathisa mambo, bangandipa hwalo dzandinga yenda nadzo ku balauli be ntuthu we Yufuratesi kuti ndizo ndibe ne gwendo gubuyanana kudzina ndiswika ku Juda, 8 kakale ndokumbila lukwalo gwandinganopa Asafa nlisi we ishaka tja mambo, gunowobe gunlaulila kuti andipe mapango e phanda dze matendele ne guma le nzi nkulu nenge ng'umba yandinonogala.” Ngono mambo bakandipa kose kwandakabakumbila, ngobe Ndzimu wakabe unami. 9 Ndizo ndakayenda ku balauli be ntuthu we Yufuratesi ngono abapa hwalo dzadwa kuna mambo. Mambo bakabe badusa balauli be babhayani ne batathi be mbizi kuti bayende nami.
10 Ngono Sanibalati we N'hori na Tobiya we hadzasha we N'amoni bakati behwa ikoku, bakagwadza moyo kwazo, kuti kuna nthu wazha kuwothama kuti Baiziraela batjile zubuyanana.
11 Ndakayenda ku Jerusalema, agalako mazhuba ali matatu. 12 Ngono ndakamilika busiku ndina balume basibangana, akuna wandakabe ndabudza kuti Ndzimu wakandidwani kuti nditjithamile Jerusalema. Ndakabe ndisina zwithuwo kuzhe kwetjandakabe ndakatatha.
13 Ndakati busiku abhuda nge nkoba unoyi Nkoba we Nkuku hapinda pa tshime linoyi le Phungubgwe ndakalinga ku nkoba unoyi we Tjizhalanlota ashola makuma e Jerusalema akaligwa nenge matendele awo akakolomogwa nge moto. 14 Ndakadwapo alinga ku nkoba unoyi we Nsenya neku dziba la mambo, ngono kwakabe kusina zila yakazhuka kungayenda mbizi yangu. 15 Ndakati busiku atathila nge zila ye nkuku ndikanuka makuma, bhelelo ndakabgwilila shule ndakazwitshamba nkwala ndikanongina ne nkoba we Nkuku.
16 Balauli bakabe basingazibe kwandayenda ne kuti ndakabe ndishingani, ngekuti ndakabe ndisathu ndabudza Bajuta ne bapirisiti ne makulukota ne bamwe bakabe bakalingisana ngothama nshingo iwoyu. 17 Kudwapo ndakabadwa ndikati, “Mobona ngwenu mang'oni atimuali, Jerusalema yabe matongo matendele ayo akapisiwa nge moto. Izhani timuse makuma e Jerusalema kuti ndizo tisitja tjilile mukubhakhwa nge shoni.” 18 Ndakababudza kakale kuti Ndzimu wakabe unami kungapani nenge tjandakadwiwa ndi mambo. Ngono bakashandula beti, “Ngatitangiseni kumusa!” Ndizo bakazwiloba ifuba kutangisa nshingo iwoyo.
19 Ngono kwakati Sanibalati we N'hori na Tobiya gombgwa le N'amoni na Geshemu we N'arabu behwa ngekwako bakatiseka mahanya betidadila beti, “Ini itjetji tjamunothama kene? Mopandukila mambo kene?” 20 Ndakabashandula nditi, “Ndzimu we kudzimu ndiwo unotithama kuti tibhudilile, iswi, balanda bawo towotangisa kubaka, ngono imwi amuna gobe kene simba mu tjimwe ne tjimwe ngobe musina gobe mu zwiyitikalo zwe Jerusalema.”