Ezra
5:1 Ipapo vaporofita, Hagai muporofita, naZekariya mwanakomana waIdho.
akaporofita kuvaJudha vaiva muJudha neJerusarema muzita ra
Mwari waIsiraeri, kwavari.
Ipapo Zerubhabheri mwanakomana waShearitieri, naJeshua mwanakomana waJeshua, vakasimuka
Jozadhaki akatanga kuvaka imba yaMwari paJerusaremu;
vakanga vanavo vaprofita vaMwari vachivabatsira.
5:3 Panguva iyoyo Tatenai, mutongi mhiri kwerwizi akasvika kwavari.
naShetaribhozenai, neshamwari dzavo, vakati kwavari, Ndianiko?
wakakuraira kuti uvake imba iyi, nokupedza rusvingo urwu here?
5:4 Ipapo tikati kwavari, Mazita avarume ndivana ani
kuti kugadzira chivakwa ichi?
5:5 Asi ziso raMwari wavo rakanga riri pamusoro pavakuru vavaJudha, kuti ivo
akanga asingagoni kuvamisa kusvikira shoko rasvika kuna Dhariusi
vakapindura netsamba pamusoro pechinhu ichi.
5:6 Ndiwo mashoko etsamba yaTatenai, mubati mhiri korwizi, na
Shetaribhozenai, neshamwari dzake vaAfarishaki, vakanga vari panzvimbo iyi
akatumira shoko kuna mambo Dhariusi.
5:7 Vakamutumira tsamba makanga makanyorwa kudai; Kuna Dhariasi
mambo, rugare rwose.
5:8 Ngazvizikamwe kuna mambo kuti takaenda kudunhu reJudhiya
imba yaMwari mukuru, inovakwa namabwe makuru, uye
matanda anoteyiwa mumadziro, basa iri rinoramba richikura, richibudirira
mumaoko avo.
5:9 Zvino takabvunza vakuru ivavo, tikati kwavari: Ndianiko wakakurairai?
kuti ndivake imba iyi, nokupedza masvingo awa here?
5:10 Takavabvunzawo mazita avo, kuti tikuzivisei, tinyore
mazita avarume vakanga vari vakuru vavo.
5:11 Vakapindura vachiti, Isu tiri varanda vaMwari
kubva kudenga napasi, uye vakavaka vazhinji imba yakanga ichivakwa
makore apfuura, yakavakwa nomumwe mambo mukuru waIsiraeri, akaimisa.
5:12 Asi madzibaba edu akati atsamwisa Mwari wokudenga
akavaisa mumaoko aNebhukadhinezari mambo weBhabhironi
muKaradhea, iye wakaparadza imba ino, akatapa vanhu
Bhabhironi.
5:13 Asi negore rokutanga raKoreshi mambo weBhabhironi, mumwe chete mambo Koreshi
akarayira kuti imba iyi yaMwari ivakwe.
5:14 Nemidziyo yendarama nesirivha yeimba yaMwari, iyo
Nebhukadhinezari akabudisa mutemberi yaiva muJerusarema, akauya nayo
akadziisa mutemberi yeBhabhironi, iyo mambo Koreshi yaakabudisa mairi
temberi yeBhabhironi, uye ikapiwa kune ane zita rainzi
Sheshibhazari waakanga aita mubati;
5:15 Akati kwaari: Tora midziyo iyi, uende nayo mutembere
Imba yaMwari ivakwe panzvimbo yayo.
Ipapo uyu Sheshibhazari wakauya, akateya nheyo dzeimba yaShe
Mwari ari muJerusarema uye kubva panguva iyo kusvikira zvino
yanga ichivakwa, asi ichigere kupera.
5:17 Naizvozvo zvino, kana mambo achifara nazvo, ngavanzvere
imba yefuma yamambo, iri paBhabhironi, kana zvakadaro;
kuti mambo Koreshi akaraira kuti imba iyi yaMwari ivakwe pairi
Jerusarema, uye mambo ngaatume kuda kwake kwatiri pamusoro pechinhu ichi
nyaya.