1 Esdras
3:1 Zvino Dhariusi wakati atonga, akaitira varanda vake vose mutambo mukuru.
nokuimba yake yose, nokumachinda ose eMedhia ne
Persia,
3:2 Uye vabati vose, nevatungamiriri, nevakuru vaiva pasi
iye, kubva kuIndia kusvikira kuEtiopia, pamatunhu ane zana namakumi maviri namanomwe.
3:3 Zvino vakati vadya, vakanwa, vakaguta, vakaenda kumba;
ipapo mambo Dhariusi akapinda muimba yake yomukati, akandovata;
akamuka.
3:4 Ipapo majaya matatu, aichengeta chitunha chamambo;
vakataurirana;
3:5 Mumwe nomumwe wedu ngaataure shoko: Uyo achakunda, uye ndewaani
mutongo uchava wakachenjera kupfuura vamwe, kwaari mambo achazviita
Dhariusi ngaape zvipo zvikuru, uye zvinhu zvikuru zvive chiratidzo chokukunda.
3:6 Sokupfekedzwa nguo dzepepuru, kunwa goridhe, nekurara pamusoro pegoridhe.
ngoro yakanga ina matomu endarama, nongowani yomucheka wakaisvonaka, uye a
ngetani pamutsipa wake.
3:7 Uye achagara pedyo naDhariusi nokuda kwouchenjeri hwake, uye achava
akatumidza Dhariusi hama yake.
3:8 Zvino mumwe nomumwe akanyora shoko rake, akarisimbisa, akariisa pasi pamambo
Dhariusi mutsago wake;
3:9 vakati kana mambo amuka, vamwe vachamupa magwaro;
mambo namachinda matatu ePerisia vachatonga kurutivi rwake
kuti kutonga kwake ndiko kwakachenjera, kukunda kuchapiwa kwaari sezva
akagadzwa.
3:10 Wekutanga akanyora, achiti: Waini ndiyo ine simba;
3:11 Wechipiri akanyora, achiti: Mambo une simba guru;
3:12 Wechitatu akanyora kuti, Vakadzi vane simba kupfuura zvose, asi pamusoro pezvinhu zvose zvokwadi inobereka
kure kukunda.
Zvino mambo wakati asimuka, vakatora zvinyorwa zvavo, vakazviisa
kwaari, uye saka akaaverenga.
3:14 Akatuma shoko akadana machinda ose ePerisia neMedhia, navahedheni
vabati, navakuru, navakuru, navakuru
maofficial;
3:15 akamugarisa pachigaro choushe chokutonga; uye magwaro akanga ari
verenga pamberi pavo.
3:16 Iye akati: Dana majaya, vagotaura avo
mitsara. Saka vakadanwa vakapinda.
3:17 Akati kwavari: Tiudzei pfungwa dzenyu pamusoro peshoko raMwari
zvinyorwa. Ipapo akatanga wekutanga, akataura nezvesimba rewaini;
3:18 Akati, Varume, waini ine simba sei! zvinokonzeresa zvese
varume vanorashika vanoinwa;
3:19 Zvinoita moyo wamambo nenherera kuva zvose
Poshi; yemuranda kana yewakasununguka, yemurombo nemufumi;
3:20 Zvino anoshandura mifungo yose kuva mufaro nokufarisisa, kuti munhu
harangariri kusuwa kana chikwereti;
21 uye hunopfumisa moyo umwe neumwe, zvekuti hakuna munhu ucharangarira mambo
kana mubati; uye inotaura zvinhu zvose nematarenda;
3:22 Uye kana vari mumikombe yavo, vanokanganwa rudo rwavo zvose kushamwari
nehama, napanguva duku, vovhomora minondo.
3:23 Asi kana vabva pawaini, havarangariri zvavakaita.
3:24 Nhai varume, ko waini haina simba kudarika zvose here, inomanikidza kuita saizvozvo? Uye rinhi
akadaro akanyarara.