Nehemia 1:1-11
1 Wano kali maliji a Nehemia* mwana wa Hakalia: Napwile ku zuwo lia mwanangana ku Shushane, ha kakweji wa Chisleve,* ha mwaka 20.
2 Ha mashimbu jacho, yikuheta Hanani, umwe wa kuli ana-kwetu ni malunga akwo a mu Yunda, mba yingwahula hakutwala kuli A-Yunda waze akatukile mu undungo ni hakutwala ku Yerusaleme.
3 Ayo yangukumbulula ngwo: “Atu waze akatukile mu undungo ali mu mbonge, haliapwila kanapalika mu yipikalo yinji ni sau. Yikalakala ya Yerusaleme yili ya kupuzula ni yikolo yamo hanayocho ni kahia.”
4 Muze nevwile maliji wano, yingutwama, yinguputuka kulila, yingulinyenga ha matangwa anji, yingulitwamina kulia, chikwo nawa, yingulemba kuli Zambi wa mu malilu
5 ni kwamba ngwami: “Yehova, Zambi wa mu malilu, Zambi munene kole ni woma, yoze wakufunga usendo wenyi ni kusolola utu wa zango kuli waze akukuzanga ni kuli waze akufunga shimbi je,
6 lisesa, ngunaliumbu hanga meso jenu alaule ni matwi jenu apanjike ku kulemba cha kavumbi kenu chize ngunalingi musono kumeso jenu. Ngunalembe kuli yenu mwalwa ni ufuku hakutwala kuli tuvumbi jenu A-Izalele, ngunanunyingikisa shili yize A-Izalele alinga kuli yenu. Yami ni akwa-zuwo lia tata, twavulumuna.
7 Kwamba pundu, twasolola uhulia ha kuhona kukaula shimbi, yiyulo ni upatwilo uze nwahanyine kuli kavumbi kenu Mose.
8 “Lisesa, iwulukenu kama maliji waze nwahanjikile kuli kavumbi kenu Mose ngwenu: ‘Nyi munuvulumuna, mungukanumwanga hakachi ka mavungu.
9 Alioze, nyi munuhiluka kuli yami, munukaula shimbi jami ni kujifunga, chipwe atu jenu waze haanamwanga ndo ku masongo a hashi, nihindu mungukaachizako ni kwaneha ku chihela kuze hingunatongola hanga nguseko jina liami.’
10 Ayo kali tuvumbi je, atu je waze wapulwile ni ndundo je jinene ni kwoko lie lia ndundo.
11 Yehova, lisesa, ngunaliumbu hanga upanjike kulemba cha kavumbi ke yono ni kulemba cha tuvumbi je akwo waze akuvumbika jina lie. Lisesa, nguwahise kama ha tangwa lia musono, chikwo nawa, ngukwase kama hanga mwanangana anguvwile keke.”
Ha mashimbu jacho napwile mukwa-kuhana musenge kuli mwanangana.
