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(A)Lekumu ow’essaza ne Simusaayi omuwandiisi awamu ne bannaabwe abalala, abalamuzi n’abakungu, n’Abaperusi, n’Abalukevi, n’Abababulooni, n’Abasusanuki, n’Abaweramu,

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Rehum the commanding officer and Shimshai the secretary, together with the rest of their associates(A)—the judges, officials and administrators over the people from Persia, Uruk(B) and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa,(C)

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Okusaba kwa Nekkemiya

(A)Ebigambo bya Nekkemiya mutabani wa Kakaliya:

Awo mu mwezi gwa Kisuleevu mu mwaka ogw’amakumi abiri[a] bwe nnali nga ndi mu lubiri mu kibuga ekikulu ekya Susani,[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 1:1 Bino byabaawo oluvannyuma lw’emyaka kyenda mu gumu (91), ng’abaawaŋŋangusibwa bakomyewo; nga mu mwaka 446 bc.
  2. 1:1 Susani ky’ekibuga bakabaka b’e Buperusi abasatu gye baabeeranga mu biseera eby’obutiti. Ekibuga ekyo kyali mu kiwonvu ky’omugga Tigiriisi.

Nehemiah’s Prayer

The words of Nehemiah son of Hakaliah:

In the month of Kislev(A) in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa,(B)

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(A)Awo olwatuuka ekiragiro kya Kabaka bwe kyalangirirwa, abawala bangi, nga ne Eseza mwali ne baleetebwa mu lubiri e Susani ne bakwasibwa Kegayi eyali alabirira abakyala ba Kabaka.

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When the king’s order and edict had been proclaimed, many young women were brought to the citadel of Susa(A) and put under the care of Hegai. Esther also was taken to the king’s palace and entrusted to Hegai, who had charge of the harem.

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