Ezra
3:1 Zvino mwedzi wechinomwe wakati wasvika, vana vaIsraeri vapinda
maguta, vanhu vakaungana pamwechete somunhu mumwe
Jerusarema.
3:2 Ipapo Jeshua mwanakomana waJozadhaki akasimuka nehama dzake vapristi.
naZerubhabheri mwanakomana waShearitieri nehama dzake vakavaka temberi
aritari yaMwari waIsiraeri, kuzobayira pamusoro payo zvipiriso zvinopiswa, sezvayakaita
zvakanyorwa pamurayiro waMozisi, munhu waMwari.
3:3 Vakagadzika aritari panzvimbo yayo; nokuti kutya kwaiva pamusoro pavo
vanhu venyika idzo, vakapisira pamusoro payo zvipiriso zvinopiswa
kuna Jehovha, izvo zvipiriso zvinopiswa mangwanani namadekwana.
3:4 Vakaitawo mutambo wamatumba, sezvazvakanyorwa nezvipiriso zvinopiswa
zvipiriso zvinopiswa zvezuva rimwe nerimwe nokuwanda kwazvo, sezvakarairwa, sezvakarairwa Jehovha
basa rezuva rega rega rinodiwa;
pashure chipiriso chinopiswa nguva dzose, zvitsva
mwedzi, nezvemitambo yose yakatarwa yaJehovha yakanga yakatsaurwa, uye
mumwe nomumwe wakapa Jehovha nokuzvidira;
Vakatanga kubayira zvipiriso zvinopiswa pazuva rokutanga romwedzi wechinomwe;
zvinopiwa kuna Jehovha. Asi nheyo dzetemberi yaJehovha
yakanga isati yaiswa.
7 Vakapawo vavezi vamabwe navavezi mari; uye nyama,
nokumwa namafuta kuna veSidhoni, naveTire, kuti vauye nazvo
miti yemisidhari kubva kuRebhanoni kusvikira kugungwa reJopa, maererano nokupiwa
dzavaiva nadzo naKoreshi mambo wePezhiya.
3:8 Zvino negore rechipiri rokupinda kwavo paimba yaMwari paimba yaMwari
Jerusarema, nomwedzi wechipiri, Zerubhabheri mwanakomana waShearitieri akatanga;
naJeshua mwanakomana waJozadhaki nehama dzavo dzakanga dzasara
vapristi navaRevhi, navose vakanga vabuda paungano
kutapirwa kuJerusarema; akagadza vaRevhi kubva pamakore makumi maviri
vatana navanopfuura, kuti vatarisire basa reimba yaJehovha.
3:9 Ipapo Jeshua navanakomana vake nehama dzake, Kadhimieri navanakomana vake vakamira;
vanakomana vaJudha, pamwechete kuti vatarisire vaibata paimba ya
Mwari: vanakomana vaHenadhadhi, vanakomana vavo nehama dzavo
VaRevhi.
3:10 Uye vavaki vakati vachiteya nheyo dzetemberi yaJehovha.
vakagadza vapristi vakafuka nguvo dzavo, vakabata hwamanda, navaRevhi vari ivo
vanakomana vaAsafi, vakabata makandira, kuti varumbidze Jehovha, sezvakarairwa
Dhavhidhi mambo waIsiraeri.
Ruka 3:11 Vakaimba pamwe chete vachiimba vachirumbidza nokuvonga kuna Jehovha
Jehovha; nekuti akanaka, nekuti tsitsi dzake dzinogara nokusingaperi kuna Isiraeri.
Vanhu vose vakapururudza nokupururudza kukuru pakurumbidza Jehovha
Jehovha, nekuti nheyo dzeimba yaJehovha dzakateyiwa;
3:12 Asi vazhinji vavaprista navaRevhi, navakuru vedzimba dzamadzibaba avo vakanga vari
varume vekare, vakanga vaona imba yokutanga panheyo dzayo
imba yakavata pamberi pameso avo, ikachema nenzwi guru; uye zvakawanda
akadanidzira nenzwi romufaro.
3:13 Naizvozvo vanhu vakanga vasingagoni kutsaura inzwi rokupururudza kwaibva
mubvumo wokuchema kwavanhu; nokuti vanhu vakapururudza noku
mhere mhere mhere mhere yakanzwika kure.