Ezara 5:1-17
5 Ndipu mchimi Hagayi+ ndi mchimi Zekariya+ mzuku wa ku Ido,+ angukamba uchimi kwa Ayuda wo ŵenga ku Yuda ndi ku Yerusalemu, mu zina laku Chiuta waku Isirayeli yo wenga nawu.
2 Pa nyengu yeniyi ndipu Zerubabeli+ mwana waku Salatiyeli ndi Yeshuwa+ mwana waku Yehozadaki angwamba kuzenga so nyumba yaku Chiuta,+ yo yenga ku Yerusalemu. Achimi aku Chiuta ŵenga nawu ndipuso aŵawovyanga.+
3 Pa nyengu yeniyi, Tatenayi nduna ya chigaŵa cha Kusirya kwa Msinji,* Shetara-bozenayi ndi anyawu anguza kwaku yiwu ndi kuŵafumba kuti: “Ndiyani yo wakulamulani kuti muzengi nyumba iyi ndi kumaliza kuzenga vimati ivi?”*
4 Ndipu anguŵafumba so kuti: “Kumbi ŵanthu wo agwira ntchitu yakuzenga nyumba iyi mazina ngawu mbayani?”
5 Kweni Chiuta wenga ndi* ŵara ŵa Ayuda,+ ndipu anguŵalekesa cha mpaka po uthenga ungutumizikiya kwaku Dariyo ndipuso mpaka po kalata yakutuliya kwa fumu yakukwaskana ndi nkhani yeniyi yinguziya.
6 Iyi ndi kalata yo Tatenayi nduna ya chigaŵa cha Kusirya kwa Msinji, Shetara-bozenayi ndi anyaki wo ŵenga nduna zimanazimana za chigaŵa cha Kusirya kwa Msinji angutumiza kwa Fumu Dariyo.
7 Angutumiza uthenga kwaku iyu, ndipu angulemba kuti:
“Kwa Fumu Dariyo:
“Chimangu chiŵi namwi!
8 Fumu yiziŵi kuti tinguluta kuchigaŵa cha Yuda kunyumba yaku Chiuta mukulu, ndipu yizengeka ndi mya yikulu yo yikunkhuzgikiya pamalu ngaki, ndipuso mathabwa ngaŵikika muvimati. Ŵanthu agwira ntchitu ndi mtima wosi ndipu yiluta panthazi chifukwa cha kulimbikiya kwawu.
9 Tingufumba ŵara ŵawu kuti: ‘Ndiyani yo wakulamulani kuti muzengi nyumba iyi ndi kumaliza kuzenga vimati ivi?’*+
10 Tinguŵafumba so mazina ngawu kuti tikuziŵiseni, kuti tikulembiyeni mazina nga ŵanthu wo atiŵalongozga.
11 “Yiwu angutimuka kuti: ‘Isi te ateŵeti aku Chiuta wakuchanya ndi charu chapasi, ndipu titimuzenge so nyumba yo yinguzengeka vyaka vinandi vo vajumpha, yeniyo fumu yikulu ya ku Isirayeli yinguzenga ndi kuyimaliza.+
12 Kweni chifukwa chakuti awusefwi angukwiyisa Chiuta wakuchanya,+ iyu wanguŵapereka mu manja mwa Fumu Nebukadinezara+ ya ku Babiloni, Mukadiya. Ndipu iyu wangubwanganduwa nyumba iyi+ ndi kutole ŵanthu ku ukapolu ku Babiloni.+
13 Kweni mu chaka chakwamba cha ulamuliru wa Fumu Sayirasi ya ku Babiloni, Fumu Sayirasi yingulamula kuti nyumba iyi yaku Chiuta yizengeki so.+
14 Kweniso Fumu Sayirasi yingutuzgamu viyaŵi vagolidi ndi vasiliva munyumba yakusopiyamu ya ku Babiloni, vo Nebukadinezara wanguvito munyumba yakusopiyamu ya ku Yerusalemu, ndi kuluta navu kunyumba yakusopiyamu ya ku Babiloni.+ Vinguperekeka kwaku Sheshibaza*+ mweniyo Sayirasi wangumusankha kuja nduna.+
15 Sayirasi wangumukambiya kuti: “To viyaŵi ivi ndipu luta kuti ukaviŵiki munyumba yakusopiyamu yo ye ku Yerusalemu, ndipu nyumba yaku Chiuta yikazengeki so pamalu ngaki po yenga kali.”+
16 Ndipu Sheshibaza mwenuyu wanguza, wanguzenga mafawundeshoni nga nyumba yaku Chiuta,+ yo ye ku Yerusalemu; nyumba yo yaja yichizengeka kutuliya pa nyengu yo mpaka sonu, kweni yechendamali kuzengeka.’+
17 “Sonu asani vingakuŵiyani umampha yimwi fumu, tumani ŵanthu kuti akafufuzi muchipinda chakusungamu chuma pa nyumba yachifumu kweniko ku Babiloni, kuti musimikizi asani Fumu Sayirasi yingulamula nadi kuti nyumba yaku Chiuta yizengeki so ku Yerusalemu.+ Ndipu vo fumu yasankha pa nkhani iyi vitumiziki kwaku isi.”
Mazu Ngam'mphata
^ Pamwenga kuti, “cha kusirya kwa Msinji wa Yufureti.”
^ Pamwenga kuti, “ndi kumaliza kukhoma vimathabwa ivi.”
^ Mazu ngaki chayingu, “Kweni jisu laku Chiuta wawu lenga pa.”
^ Pamwenga kuti, “ndi kumaliza kukhoma vimathabwa ivi.”
