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10 (A)Awo eggye lyonna ery’Abakaludaaya nga bakulemberwa omuduumizi ow’eggye ery’oku ntikko, ne bamenya bbugwe wa Yerusaalemi.

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10 The whole Babylonian army under the commander of the imperial guard broke down the walls(A) around Jerusalem.

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(A)naye ne ŋŋamba kabaka nti, “Kabaka abeere omulamu emirembe gyonna. Lwaki sinakuwala ng’ekibuga bajjajjange gye baaziikibwa kizise, nga ne wankaaki waakyo yayokebwa omuliro?”

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but I said to the king, “May the king live forever!(A) Why should my face not look sad when the city(B) where my ancestors are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?(C)

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13 (A)Ekiro ekyo ne mpita mu Mulyango ogw’omu Kiwonvu[a] ne njolekera Oluzzi olw’Omusege, n’Omulyango ogw’Obusa,[b] ne ŋŋenda nga neetegereza bbugwe wa Yerusaalemi eyali amenyeddwa, ne wankaaki waakyo eyayokebwa omuliro.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:13 Omulyango ogwo gwali ku luuyi olw’ebugwanjuba bwa bbugwe wa Yerusaalemi.
  2. 2:13 Omulyango ogw’Obusa gw’omulyango Abayudaaya gwe baagoberangamu ensolo ez’ekiweebwayo, nga bazitwala mu Kiwonvu ky’abaana ba Kinomu (laba 3:13-14; 2Bk 23:10).

13 By night I went out through the Valley Gate(A) toward the Jackal[a] Well and the Dung Gate,(B) examining the walls(C) of Jerusalem, which had been broken down, and its gates, which had been destroyed by fire.

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  1. Nehemiah 2:13 Or Serpent or Fig

17 (A)Awo ne mbagamba nti, “Mulaba akabi ke tulimu; Yerusaalemi kizise, ne wankaaki waakyo ayokeddwa omuliro. Mujje tuddaabirize bbugwe wa Yerusaalemi tuve mu buswavu bwe tulimu.”

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17 Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in: Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned with fire.(A) Come, let us rebuild the wall(B) of Jerusalem, and we will no longer be in disgrace.(C)

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