1 Esdras
7:1 Ipapo Sisini, mubati weKerosia, neFenike, naSatirabhuzanesi;
neshamwari dzavo vachitevera mirairo yamambo Dhariasi;
7:2 Ainyatsotarisira mabasa matsvene, achibatsira vakuru veungano
vaJudha navabati vetemberi.
7:3 Uye saka mabasa matsvene akabudirira, apo Aggeus naZakaria vaporofita
akaprofita.
7:4 Uye vakapedza zvinhu izvi nokurayira kwaIshe Mwari we
Israeri, uye nemvumo yaKoreshi, Dhariusi naAtekisesi, madzimambo enzvimbo
Persia.
7:5 Naizvozvo imba tsvene yakapera pazuva ramakumi maviri namatatu
mwedzi weAdhari, negore rechitanhatu raDhariusi mambo wePerisia
Vana vaIsiraeri, navapristi, navaRevhi, navamwe
vakatapwa, ivo vakawedzerwa kwavari, vakaita saizvozvo
zvinhu zvakanyorwa mubhuku raMozisi.
7:7 Uye pakukumikidzwa kwetemberi yaJehovha vakapa zana
nenzombe dzina mazana maviri, namakwayana ana mazana mana;
7:8 Uye mbudzi gumi nembiri dzechivi chavaIsiraeri vose, vakaverenga;
mukuru wamarudzi aIsiraeri.
7:9 Vapristi nevaRevhi vakamira vakapfeka nguo dzavo.
maererano nemhuri dzavo, mubasa raJehovha Mwari waIsraeri.
sezvakaita bhuku yaMozisi, navarindi vemikova pasuwo rimwe nerimwe.
Vana vaIsiraeri, vakanga vatapwa, vakaita Pasika
nezuva regumi namana romwedzi wokutanga, shure kwaizvozvo vapristi navapristi
VaRevhi vakatsveneswa.
7:11 Avo vakatapwa, havasi vose vakaitwa vatsvene pamwe chete;
vaRevhi vose vakanga vanatswa pamwechete.
7:12 Naizvozvo vakaitira vose vakanga vakatapwa pasika, uye nokuda
nehama dzavo vapristi, naivo vamene.
Vana vaIsiraeri, vakanga vabuda pakutapwa, vakadya madekwana
vose vakanga vazvitsaura kubva pazvinonyangadza zvaJehovha
vanhu venyika, vakatsvaka Jehovha.
7:14 vakaita mutambo wezvingwa zvisina kuviriswa mazuva manomwe, vachifara;
pamberi paJehovha,
7:15 Nokuti akanga avapa zano ramambo weAsiriya kwavari.
kuti vasimbise maoko avo pamabasa aJehovha, Mwari waIsraeri.