Ezra 7
1 And after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes, king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkijah,
Zitatha izi, Aritasasita ali mfumu ya ku Perisiya, panali wansembe wina dzina lake Ezara. Iyeyu abambo ake anali Seraya mwana wa Azariya, mwana wa Hilikiya,
2 the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
mwana wa Salumu, mwana wa Zadoki, mwana wa Ahitubi,
3 the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
mwana wa Amariya, mwana wa Azariya, mwana wa Merayoti,
4 the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
mwana wa Zerahiya, mwana wa Uzi, mwana wa Buki,
5 the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest,
mwana wa Abisuwa, mwana wa Finehasi, mwana wa Eliezara, mwana wa Aaroni mkulu wa ansembe uja.
6 — this Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which Jehovah the God of Israel had given. And the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him.
Ezara ameneyu anabwera kuchokera ku Babuloni. Iyeyu anali wophunzira kwambiri za malamulo a Mose, amene Yehova Mulungu wa Israeli anapereka. Mfumu inamupatsa chilichonse chimene anapempha pakuti dzanja la Yehova Mulungu wake linali pa iye.
7 (And there went up [some] of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the doorkeepers, and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.)
Tsono mʼchaka cha chisanu ndi chiwiri cha ufumu wa Aritasasita, Ezara pamodzi ndi Aisraeli ena, kuphatikizapo ansembe, Alevi, oyimba nyimbo, alonda, ndi anthu ogwira ntchito ku Nyumba ya Mulungu ananyamuka kubwerera ku Yerusalemu.
8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
Ezara anafika ku Yerusalemu pa mwezi wachisanu wa chaka chachisanu ndi chiwiri cha mfumu.
9 For upon the first of the first month the project of going up from Babylon was determined on, and on the first of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
Iye anayamba ulendo wochoka ku Babuloni pa tsiku loyamba la mwezi woyamba, ndipo anafika ku Yerusalemu pa tsiku loyamba la mwezi wachisanu chifukwa dzanja labwino la Mulungu wake linali pa iye.
10 For Ezra had directed his heart to seek the law of Jehovah and to do it, and to teach in Israel the statutes and the ordinances.
Popeza Ezara anadzipereka kuwerenga ndi kusunga malamulo a Yehova, iye anafunitsitsa kuphunzitsa Aisraeli malamulo ndi malangizo a Mulungu.
11 And this is the copy of the letter that king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a scribe of the words of the commandments of Jehovah, and of his statutes to Israel:
Iyi ndi kalata imene mfumu Aritasasita anapereka kwa wansembe Ezara, mlembi wa malamulo, munthu wophunzira kwambiri zokhudza malamulo ndi malangizo amene Yehova anapereka kwa Aisraeli.
12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, an accomplished scribe of the law of the God of the heavens, and so forth.
Ndine Aritasasita, mfumu ya mafumu. Ndikulembera iwe Ezara wansembe ndi mlembi wa malamulo a Mulungu Wakumwamba. Malonje.
13 I have given orders that all they of the people of Israel, and of their priests and the Levites, in my realm, who are disposed to go to Jerusalem, go with thee.
Tsopano ndikulamula kuti Mwisraeli aliyense, wansembe kapena Mlevi wokhala mʼdziko langa, amene akufuna kupita ku Yerusalemu ndi iwe, apite.
14 Because thou art sent by the king, and by his seven counsellors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thy hand;
Ine mfumu pamodzi ndi alangizi anga asanu ndi awiri tikukutumani kuti mukafufuze za dziko la Yuda ndi mzinda wa Yerusalemu kuti mukaone mmene anthu akutsatira malamulo a Mulungu wanu, amene anawapereka kwa inu.
15 and to carry the silver and gold which the king and his counsellors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is at Jerusalem,
Utenge siliva ndi golide zimene ine mfumu ndi alangizi anga tapereka mwa ufulu kwa Mulungu wa Israeli, amene amakhala ku Yerusalemu.
16 and all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, besides the voluntary offering of the people, and of the priests, who offer willingly for the house of their God which is at Jerusalem.
Mutengenso siliva yense ndi golide amene mungamupeze mʼdziko lonse la Babuloni, ngakhalenso zinthu zimene anthu pamodzi ndi ansembe adzapereka mwaufulu kuperekera ku Nyumba ya Mulungu wawo ya ku Yerusalemu.
17 Therefore thou shalt buy diligently with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their oblations and their drink-offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is at Jerusalem.
Ndi ndalama zimenezi mudzaonetsetse kuti mwagula ngʼombe zazimuna, nkhosa zazimuna ndi ana ankhosa aamuna pamodzi ndi zopereka zake za chakudya ndi za chakumwa. Mudzapereke zimenezi pa guwa lansembe la Nyumba ya Mulungu wanu ya ku Yerusalemu.
18 And whatever shall seem good to thee and to thy brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do according to the will of your God.
Ndalama zotsala mudzagwiritse ntchito zimene inuyo ndi abale anu zikakukomerani malingana nʼkufuna kwa Mulungu wanu.
19 And the vessels that have been given thee for the service of the house of thy God, deliver before the God of Jerusalem.
Ziwiya zonse zimene akupatsani kuti mukatumikire nazo mʼNyumba ya Mulungu wanu, kaziperekeni kwa Mulungu ku Yerusalemu.
20 And whatever more shall be needful for the house of thy God which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure house.
Ndipo chilichonse chimene chingafunike mʼNyumba ya Mulungu wanu, chimene mudzapeze mpata wopereka, ndalama zake zogulira zidzachokere mʼthumba la chuma cha mfumu.
21 And I, I Artaxerxes the king, do give orders to all the treasurers that are beyond the river, that whatever Ezra the priest and scribe of the law of the God of the heavens shall require of you, it be done diligently,
Tsopano Ine, mfumu Aritasasita, ndikulamula asungichuma onse a dera la Patsidya pa Yufurate kuti, chilichonse chimene wansembe Ezara, mlembi wa malamulo a Mulungu Wakumwamba adzapempha kwa inu, mupatseni mwa msanga.
22 unto a hundred talents of silver, and to a hundred measures of wheat, and to a hundred baths of wine, and to a hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing [how much].
Ngakhale atafunika makilogalamu 3,400 asiliva, makilogalamu 10,000 a tirigu, malita 2,000 a vinyo, malita 2,000 a mafuta ndi mchere wochuluka motani, zonsezi mupereke monga zingafunikire.
23 Whatever is commanded by the God of the heavens, let it be carefully done for the house of the God of the heavens; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
Chimene Mulungu Wakumwamba walamula, chichitike mosamalitsa ku Nyumba ya Mulungu Wakumwamba kuopa kuti mkwiyo wa Mulungu ungayakire mfumu, dziko lake ndi ana ake.
24 Also we inform you, as regards all the priests and Levites, singers, doorkeepers, Nethinim, and ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, tax, and toll upon them.
Tikukudziwitsaninso kuti kudzakhala kosaloledwa kukhometsa msonkho uliwonse anthu awa: ansembe, Alevi, oyimba nyimbo, alonda kapena aliyense wogwira ntchito ku Nyumba ya Mulungu.
25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, which is in thy hand, set magistrates and judges who may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye him that knows [them] not.
Ndipo iwe, Ezara, monga mwa nzeru za Mulungu wako zimene uli nazo, usankhe oyendetsa zinthu ndi oweruza kuti azilamulira anthu onse okhala ku dera la Patsidya pa Yufurate, onse amene amadziwa malamulo a Mulungu wako. Ndipo uphunzitse aliyense amene sawadziwa.
26 And whosoever will not do the law of thy God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed diligently upon him, whether unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
Ndipo amene sadzamvera lamulo la Mulungu wako ndi lamulo la mfumu alangidwe kolimba kapena aphedwe kapena achotsedwe mʼdzikolo, kapena katundu wake alandidwe, kapena aponyedwe mʼndende.
27 Blessed be Jehovah the God of our fathers, who has put [such a thing] as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Jehovah which is at Jerusalem;
Ezara anati atamandike Yehova, Mulungu wa makolo athu, amene wayika ichi mu mtima wa mfumu kuti alemekeze Nyumba ya Yehova ya ku Yerusalemu mʼnjira imeneyi.
28 and has extended mercy to me before the king and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened, as the hand of Jehovah my God was upon me; and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
Ameneyonso waonetsa chikondi chake chosasinthika kwa ine pamaso pa mfumu, alangizi ake ndi nduna zake zamphamvu kuti andikomere mtima. Choncho ndinalimba mtima popeza Yehova, Mulungu wanga anali nane, ndipo ndinasonkhanitsa atsogoleri ambiri a Israeli kuti apite nane pamodzi.
