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.