¹ Maze Dario Umwami atanga uruhusa ngo: bashake munzu yibitabo bibagamo, ahoimali zibaga muriBabeli. ² Basanga kwa kimeta inzu nini muri provensi ya media, gombo muyonzu hahanditwemo urwibutso. ³ Mumwaka gwambele gwakiro Umwami ashira ho itegeko, kunzu y'Imana iyerusalemu inzu yubakwe ahotambiraga ibitabo nifondasiyo yayo bayikomeze, uburebure imeteri mirongwitandatu, nubugali bwayo imeteri mirongwitandatu. ⁴ Nimisitari itatu yamabuye manini, numusitari gumwe gwibiti bisha, kandi ibeyiyabyo irihwe wuye munzu yu Umwami. ⁵ Nibikoresho by'Izahabu, niFeza byomunzu y'Imana, byo Nebukandeneza yayijanye abikuye munzu y'Imana (H ekalu) ryiyerusalemu akabijana iBabeli bigarurwe, bi janwe muhekalu ry'Iyirusalemu, burikintu gisubire ahocabaga kandi ubishire munzu y'Imana. ⁶ Nuko Tinayi umuhagarikizi hakurya yubuzi Sitari - Bezinayi nabagenzi babo, Abafarisaki babaga hakurya yuruzi, mwitenge naho hantu. ⁷ Mureke iyo milimo yiazu y'Imana, umuhagalizi wabayuda nabasaza(wazewakanisa) babayuda bubake iyinzu y'Iman ahoyabaga ⁸ Kandi ndabategeko ibyo muzagirwa banobasaza babayuda habwo murimo gokubaka iyinzu y'Imana, kubyo ubukire bwumwami, ndetse nimisoro yohakurya yukuzi, ababantu bazehehabwe nubwira bwose batabibura. ⁹ Nabiguza ibimasa namapfinzi gentama nabana bintama, kumaturo gokotswa g'Imana yo amasande mwijuru, ingano, umungu, namavut, gukurikirana nijambo ryobatambyi babaga iyerusalemu babihabwe burimusibetabura. ¹⁰ Babone gutamba ibihumuraneza byogushimisha Imana yo mwijuru, nogusengera ubugingo bwumwami nabanabe. ¹¹ Nangeye gutanza ilitegeko ko umuntu wese uzahindura ilijambo, igitikimwe kwe kunzuye nawe ajanwe gufungwa kubweninzuye ibe iyoguhunikamo gukurikirana nilijambo. ¹² Nimama yagize izinarye kubaho, itsinde abami bose baanya mahanga bazarambura ukuboko kwabo guhindura ilijambo, nakuzambya iyinzu y'Imana iliyerusalemu, ninjewe Dario utanze ilitegeko likorwe mubwira bwose. ¹³ Maze, Tatinayi umuhagarikizi hakurya yu Ruzi - Setari - Bozinayi nabagenzi babo, kubera Dario umwami yayatumye, bakora nkuko yababwiye numwetegose ¹⁴ Maze Abasaza babayuda barubaka bahabwa imigisha kubera ubahanuzi bwahagayi umuhanuzi naZakariya muhungu wa Ido, barubaka nokuirangiza indagano y'Imana y'Isiraeli kandi hamwe namategeko gakiro na Dario na Artasasita umwami wi Persiya ¹⁵ Iyonzu yuzura kumusi gwa gatatu mukwezi kwacuminakabiri (Adaki ) mumwaka gwagatandatu mubutware wa Dario Umwami. ¹⁶ Abanabisiraeli Abatambyi, Abarawi, nabasigaye babana babanyagano batanga ijanaimpfizi zintama maganabiri, ibyana byinntama maganane Nibitambo bi byaha byabisiraeli bose impfizi gihene cuminibiri gukurikirana nubwako bw'Isiraeli. ¹⁸ Bashira Abatambyi mubasoda, babo, kumurimo gw'Imana iyerusalemu, kuko byanditswe mugitabo ca Musa. ¹⁹ Abana babanyagano bakora pasi ka mumisi cumi nine yukwezi kwambele ²⁰ Kubera Abatambyi nabalawi bibonereza hamwe bose barabonera Bica Pasika mubana bose babanyagano no kuli benenyina babTambyi noulibo bonyine ²¹ Kandi Abana b'Isiraeli batashe bavuye mubunyage, nabandi bose bitandukanyize hamwe nabo mumwand gwabapagani bomugihugo, kugira ngo: bashake, Umwami Imana y'Isiraeli. ²² Bakora umusi mukuru, gwimi kati kuko umwami wabashimishije, nokubahinduriraumutima gumwami wi suria, kubunga umukonokumulimo gwinzuy'Imana, Imanay'Isiraeli.