Nehemia 4:1-23
4 Muze Sambalate evwile ngwenyi, tunatungulula yipanga, yevwa uli unji, yatenuka, chocho yaputuka kuhungumiona A-Yunda.
2 Iye yahanjika kulutwe lia mandumbu jenyi ni lia maswalale A-Samaria ngwenyi: “A-Yunda wano amokomoko yika analingi? Ayo kananyongo ngwe mahasa kulinga mulimo uno ukawo nyi? Shina makalambula yitapo? Shina mamanununa mulimo uno ha tangwa limuwika nyi? Nyi shina mahasa kuvumbula mawe ha milumba ya yiswaswa yize hiyinawema?”
3 Tobia Ka-Amone, yoze te unamana sali lienyi yamba ngwenyi: “Chipwe mukuza mahasa kupuzula chipanga cha mawe chize anatungu, nyi manyinaho.”
4 Zambi yetu, talenu kama chize anatulelesa, alumunenu kama yuma hanga luchoko wo ahiluke kuli ayo, akaakunjike kuli akwa-kole jo ni kwapwisa funge mu chifuchi cha yilambala.
5 Kanda ulengulula uhenge wo chipwe kujimuna shili yo, mumu o kalimika ni akwa-kutunga.
6 Chocho yitununga ni kutungulula yipanga. Yitujika yituwa yeswe ni kuchitungulula ndo hakachi ka manangamo jacho. E atu yanunga ni kulihana chinji mu mulimo wa kutungulula.
7 Muze Sambalate, Tobia, A-Arabia, A-Amone ni A-Ashedode evwile ngwo, mulimo wa kutungulula yipanga ya Yerusaleme unayi kulutwe, ni ye yituwa yamo te kanayifuka, yevwa uli unji.
8 Eswe yalitesa hanga ase jita ni Yerusaleme ni kuneha mbwanja.
9 Chocho yitulemba kuli Zambi ni kusa tufunga waze te matufunga mwalwa ni ufuku.
10 Alioze hakachi ka A-Yunda, amwe kapwile ni kwamba ngwo: “Akwa-kulinga milimo hahonga, ni ye yiswaswa yili yinji, kashika kutuchi keza kahasa kutungulula yipanga.”
11 Chikwo nawa, akwa-kole jetu te kanambe ngwo: “Shimbu kanda achichinyingika chipwe kutumona, tunjilenu mukachi ko, twashihenu ni kumanyisa mulimo wa kutungulula.”
12 Mashimbu eswe muze A-Yunda waze te atwama hakamwihi ni akwa-kole apwile ni kunjila mu Yerusaleme te kakutulweza ngwo: “Ayo matulukukila sali ni sali.”
13 Chocho yingusa tufunga ku yihanda ya chipanga yize te kanda yichipwa kutungulula. Yingwasa kulita ni usoko, yingwaha tutana, makunga ni mata akwasa.
14 Mba muze namwene ngwami woma anevu, kawashi-washi yinguya ni kulweza alemu, tuminyi a nguvulu ni atu akwo ngwami: “Kanda nwevwila woma. Iwulukenu ngwenu, Yehova, iye Zambi munene kole ni woma, asenu jita mumu lia mandumbu jenu, ana jenu a malunga ni a mapwo, mapwo jenu ni mumu lia usoko wenu.”
15 Muze akwa-kole jetu amwene ngwo hitwanyingika yize o te anazange kulinga, chikwo nawa ngwo, Zambi wamwenemwene hatulweza yuma yize atesele, chocho yetu eswe yituhiluka ku mulimo wa kutungulula yipanga.
16 Chize ha tangwa lize, malunga amwe yakalakala ku mulimo wa kutunga, alioze malunga akwo akwachile makunga, kepwe, mata ni mazalo a utale. Mba akwa-lutwe akwashile atu eswe A-Yunda
17 waze te anatungulula yipanga ya mawe. Akwa-kutunga kapwile ni kulinga mulimo ni kwoko limuwika, kwoko likwo kapwile ni kukwata nalio uta.
18 Mukwa-mulimo mweswe yatungika katana mu zalilo yenyi muze te anakalakala, mba mutu yoze wapwile ni kwimba chitavwi te kakupwa sali liami.
19 Chocho yingulweza alemu, tuminyi a nguvulu ni atu akwo ngwami: “Mulimo uli unene chinji, chikwo nawa hitwalimwanga sali ni sali lia chipanga, tuli kusuku umwe ni mukwo.
20 Muze munwivwa zungo lia chitavwi, zombokelenu kuze tuli yetu, mumu Zambi yetu kumakatwashila jita.”
21 Chocho, twanungine ni kukalakala, atu akwo anungine ni kukwata mata, chize ku kuvumbuka cha tangwa ndo ku kusoloka cha tutongonoshi.
22 Ha shimbu liacho yingulweza atu ngwami: “Malunga eswe, hamwe ni yikwashi jo mapombela mu Yerusaleme, ha ufuku o makalakala ngwe tufunga, alioze mwalwa, makalakala ku mulimo wa kutungulula yipanga.”
23 Kashika, yami, mandumbu jami, yikwashi jami ni tufunga waze apwile ni kungukaula te kutushi kuzula mazalo jetu. Yetu eswe twapwile ni kukwata uta ku kwoko lia utata.
