1 Esdras
6:1 Zvino mugore rechipiri rokutonga kwaDhariasi Agiyo naZakaria
mwanakomana waAdho, vaprofita, vakaprofita kuvaJudha vaiva muJudha uye
Jerusarema muzita raJehovha Mwari waIsraeri akanga ari pamusoro pavo.
Ipapo Zorubhabheri mwanakomana waSaratieri, naJesu mwanakomana waShe, vakasimuka
Jehozadhaki, akatanga kuvaka imba yaJehovha paJerusarema
vaporofita vaJehovha vaiva navo, vachivabatsira.
6:3 Nenguva iyo Sisini mubati weSiria wakasvika kwavari
Phenikia, naSatirabhuzanesi, navamwe vake, akati kwavari;
6:4 Muchavaka imba iyi nedenga raani nokurayira kwaaniko, muchizviita
zvimwe zvinhu zvose? uye vabati vanoita zvinhu izvi ndivanaani?
5 Asi vakuru vevaJudha vakanzwirwa tsitsi, nekuti kuna Ishe
akanga ashanyira nhapwa;
6:6 Uye havana kudziviswa kuvaka kusvikira panguva
shoko rakapiwa kuna Dhariasi pamusoro pavo, nemhinduro
akagamuchira.
6:7 Kopi yetsamba dzakaitwa naSisini, mubati weSiria neFenike,
naSatirabhuzanesi, neshamwari dzavo, vabati veSiria neFenike;
akanyora, akatumira kuna Dhariusi; Kuna mambo Dhariasi, kwaziso.
6:8 Zvinhu zvose ngazvizikamwe kuna ishe wedu mambo kana achipinda
munyika yeJudhiya, tikapinda muguta reJerusarema, tikawana muguta
guta reJerusarema vakuru vemaJuda vaive muutapwa
6:9 Kuvakira Ishe imba, huru uye itsva, yakavezwa uye inodhura
namabwe, namatanda akanga atoiswa pamadziro.
6:10 Uye mabasa iwayo anoitwa nekukurumidza, uye basa rinoenderera mberi
zvinobudirira mumaoko avo, uye nokubwinya kose nokushingaira ndizvo
made.
6:11 Zvino takabvunza vakuru ava, tichiti: Munovaka izvi nemurairo waani?
imba, uye nditeya nheyo dzamabasa aya?
6:12 Naizvozvo kuti tikuzivisei nemi
tichinyora, tikakumbira kune vaibata vakuru, tikakumbira
mazita avo akanyorwa evarume vakuru vavo.
6:13 Vakapindura vachiti, Isu tiri varanda vaJehovha vakaita
denga nenyika.
6:14 Uye kana iri imba iyi, yakavakwa makore mazhinji apfuura namambo waIsraeri
huru uye ine simba, uye yakapera.
6:15 Asi madzibaba edu akatsamwisa Mwari, akatadzira Jehovha
Ishe waIsraeri ari kumatenga, akavaisa musimba re
naNebhukadhinezari mambo weBhabhironi, wavaKaradhea;
6:16 Iye akaputsa imba, akaipisa, akaenda navanhu
vakatapwa kuBhabhironi.
6:17 Asi mugore rokutanga, Mambo Koreshi akabata ushe pamusoro penyika
Bhabhironi mambo Koreshi akanyora kuti imba iyi ivakwe.
nemidziyo mitsvene yendarama neyesirivha, yakanga ina Nabhukadhinezari
vakabviswa paimba paJerusaremu, vakandodziisa panzvimbo yake
temberi iyo mambo Koreshi akabudisazve mutemberi pa
Bhabhironi, uye vakaiswa kuna Zorobhabheri uye kuna Sanibhasaro mutongi
mutongi,
6:19 nokuraira kuti atakure midziyo imwe cheteyo, agoisa
mutembere paJerusarema; uye kuti temberi yaJehovha inofanira kuva
ivakwe panzvimbo yake.
6:20 Zvino Sanibhasaro uyu wakati asvika pano, akateya nheyo dzaro
Imba yaJehovha paJerusarema; uye kubva panguva iyoyo kusvikira panguva ino
chichiri chivako, hachisati chapera.
Naizvozvo zvino, kana mambo achifara nazvo, ngavatsvakisiswe
zvinyorwa zvamambo Koreshi.
6:22 Uye kana zvikawanikwa kuti kuvakwa kweimba yaJehovha pa
Jerusarema raitwa nemvumo yamambo Koreshi, uye kana ishe wedu
mambo ngaadaro, ngaatiratidze izvozvo.
Ipapo mambo Dhariusi akaraira kuti atsvake pakati pamanyoro paBhabhironi;
paEkibhatane muzinda, uri munyika yeMedhia, paivapo
ndakawana bhuku rakanga rakanyorwa zvinhu izvi.
6:24 Mugore rokutanga rokubata ushe kwaKoreshi, mambo Koreshi, akaraira kuti Jehovha apiwe ushe
Imba yaJehovha paJerusarema inofanira kuvakwazve, kwavanoitira
bayira nomoto nguva dzose;
6:25 kureba kwawo makubhiti makumi matanhatu, uye kufara makubhiti makumi matanhatu
misara mitatu yamabwe akavezwa, nomusara mumwe wamatanda matsva enyika iyo; uye
mari yacho ichapiwa paimba yamambo Koreshi.
6:26 Uye kuti midziyo mitsvene yeimba yaJehovha, zvose nendarama uye
sirivha, iyo Nabhukadhinezari yaakabudisa paimba paJerusaremu, uye
inofanira kudzoserwa paimba paJerusarema, igoiswa
vakaiswa panzvimbo yavakanga vari kare.
6:27 Akarairawo kuti Sisinnesi mubati weSiria neFenike.
naSatirabhuzanesi, namakurukota avo, navakanga varairwa
vatongi veSiria neFenike, vanofanira kungwarira kuti varege kupindira mune
asi tenderai Zorobhabheri, muranda waJehovha, nomubati
Judhiya, navakuru vavaJudha, kuti vavake imba yaJehovha mukati
nzvimbo iyoyo.
6:28 Ndakarairawo kuti ivakwezve; uye kuti ivo
shingairira kubatsira avo vari muutapwa hwevaJudha, kusvikira
imba yaJehovha ichapera.
6:29 Uye kubva mutero weKelosyria neFenike mugove nokungwarira
ipai varume ava chive zvibayiro zvaJehovha, iye Zorobhabheri
uye mubati, nzombe, namakondobwe, namakwayana;
6:30 Uyewo zviyo, munyu, waini, uye mafuta, uye izvozvo nguva dzose gore negore
pasina mubvunzo, sezvakaita vapristi vari paJerusarema
zvinoreva kushandiswa zuva nezuva:
6:31 Kuti vapiwe zvipiriso kuna Mwari Wekumusoro-soro, zvamambo nezvake
vana, uye kuti vanyengeterere upenyu hwavo.
6:32 Uye akaraira kuti ani nani anodarika, hongu, kana kurerutsa
chero chinhu chipi nechipi chakagara chataurwa kana kunyorwa, muti unofanira kubva mumba make
akabatwa, akasungirirwapo, uye nhumbi dzake dzose dzakatorwa dzichipiwa mambo.
6:33 Naizvozvo Jehovha, anodanwa zita rake, ngaaparadze chose
mambo mumwe nomumwe norudzi rumwe norumwe runotambanudza ruoko rwake kudzivisa
achaparadza imba iyoyo yaJehovha muJerusarema.
Ini Dhariusi mambo ndakaraira kuti zviitwe saizvozvo
zvaitwa nokushingaira.