Ezra
8:1 Ava ndivo vakanga vari vakuru vedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, uye iyi ndiyo rondedzero yamazita avo
vaya vakaenda neni vachibva Bhabhironi panguva yokutonga kwaAritashasita
mambo.
8:2 Pakati pavanakomana vaPinehasi, Shera; vavanakomana vaItamari; Danieri: we
vanakomana vaDhavhidhi; Hattush.
8:3 Pakati pavanakomana vaShekania, pakati pavanakomana vaParoshi; Zekaria: uye pamwe
akaverengwa namazita avarume vane zana namakumi mashanu.
8:4 Pakati pavanakomana vaPahatimoabhi; Erihoenai mwanakomana waZerahia, uye anaye
varume mazana maviri.
8:5 Pakati pavanakomana vaShekania: Shekania; mwanakomana waJahazieri, uye pamwechete naye vatatu
varume zana.
Pakati pavanakomana vaAdhini; Ebhedhi mwanakomana waJonatani; uye pamwechete naye vana makumi mashanu
varume.
8:7 Pakati pavanakomana vaErami; naJeshaya mwanakomana waAtaria, uye anaye
varume makumi manomwe.
Pakati pavanakomana vaShefatia; naZebhadhia mwanakomana waMikaeri, uye anaye
varume makumi masere.
8:9 Pakati pavanakomana vaJoabhu; uye pamwechete naye mazana maviri naObhadhiya mwanakomana waJehieri;
uye varume gumi nevasere.
8:10 Pakati pavanakomana vaSheromiti; mwanakomana waJosifiya, uye pamwechete naye mumwe
varume zana namakumi matanhatu.
8:11 Pakati pavanakomana vaBhebhai; naZekariya mwanakomana waBhebhai, uye anaye
varume makumi maviri navasere.
8:12 Pakati pavanakomana vaAzagadhi: naJohwanani, mwanakomana waHakatani, uye pamwechete naye
varume zana negumi.
8:13 Pakati pavanakomana vaAdhonikami, ivo vokupedzisira, mazita avo ndiwo: Erifereti;
uye pamwechete navo varume vana makumi matanhatu.
8:14 Pakati pavanakomana vaBhigivhai; naUtai naZabhudhi; uye pamwechete navo vana makumi manomwe
varume.
Ndikavakokera vose parwizi runoenda Ahavha; uye
tikagarapo pamatende mazuva matatu, ndikacherekedza vanhu, navageremo
vapristi, vakashaiwapo kunyange nomumwe wavanakomana vaRevhi.
8:16 Ipapo ndakatuma nhume kuzodana Eriezeri, naArieri, naShemaya, naErinatani, na
VaJaribhi, naErinatani, naNatani, naZekariya, napamusoro
Meshurami, vakuru; naJoyaribhi, naErinatani, varume veimba yake
kunzwisisa.
ndikavatuma kuna Idho, mukuru panzvimbo iyo
Kasifia ndikavaudza zvavanofanira kutaura kuna Idho nokuna wake
hama, vaNetinimi, panzvimbo yaKasifia, kuti vauye nazvo
isu vashumiri veimba yaMwari wedu.
8:18 Uye ruoko rwakanaka rwaMwari wedu pamusoro pedu vakauya kwatiri murume
kuvanakomana vaMari, mwanakomana waRevhi, mwanakomana waIsiraeri;
naSherebhia, navanakomana vake navanin'ina vake, gumi navasere;
8:19 naHashabhia, pamwe naye Jeshaya wevanakomana vaMerari, hama dzake.
navanakomana vavo makumi maviri;
8:20 napakati pavaNetinimi, vakanga vagadzwa naDhavhidhi namachinda
basa ravaRevhi, vaNetinimi vana mazana maviri namakumi maviri, vose
akataurwa nemazita.
Ipapo ndakatara nguva yokutsanya parwizi Ahavha, kuti tizvidye
tinozvininipisa pamberi paMwari wedu, kuti tizvitsvakire kwaari nzira yakarurama, uye
nezvevana vedu, nefuma yedu yose.
nekuti ndakanyara kukumbira kuna mambo boka ravarwi navatasvi vamabhiza;
kuti atibatsire pakurwisana navavengi vedu munzira, nokuti takanga tataura naJehovha
achiti: Ruoko rwaMwari wedu rwuri pamusoro pevose vanotsvaka zvakanaka
him; asi simba rake nokutsamwa kwake zvinorwa navose vanomurasha.
Naizvozvo takatsanya, tikanyengetera kuna Mwari wedu pamusoro paizvozvi, akatinzwa.
8:24 Zvino ndakatsaura gumi nevaviri kubva kuvakuru vevapristi, Sherebhia.
naHashabhia, nehama dzavo dzine gumi pamwechete navo;
8:25 akavayerera sirivha, nendarama, nemidziyo, kunyange
chipo cheimba yaMwari wedu, icho mambo nechake
vapi vamazano, namadzishe ake, navaIsiraeri vose vakanga varipo, vakapa;
8:26 Ndakayerera pamaoko avo matarenda esirivha mazana matanhatu namakumi mashanu.
nemidziyo yesirivha yakasvika matarenda ane zana, neyendarama yakasvika matarenda ane zana;
nembiya dzina makumi maviri dzendarama yakasvika madhariki ane chiuru chimwe; nemidziyo miviri yakatsetseka
mhangura inokosha segoridhe.
Ndikati kwavari, Imi muri vatsvene vaJehovha; midziyo mitsvene
also; uye sirivha nendarama zvipo zvokungopa nokuzvidira kuna Jehovha
Mwari wamadzibaba enyu.
8:29 Rindai, muzvichengete, kusvikira mazviyera pamberi pomukuru weungano
vapristi, navaRevhi, navakuru vedzimba dzamadzibaba aIsiraeri, pa
Jerusarema, mumakamuri eimba yaJehovha.
8:30 Naizvozvo vapristi navaRevhi vakagamuchira kurema kwesirivha, nendarama
nendarama, nemidziyo, kuti tizviise Jerusaremu paimba yedu
Mwari.
8:31 Zvino takabva parwizi Ahavha nezuva regumi nemaviri rekutanga
mwedzi wokuenda kuJerusarema, uye ruoko rwaMwari wedu rwakanga ruri pamusoro pedu, uye iye
akatirwira paruoko rwomuvengi, napavanovandira
nzira.
32 Tikasvika Jerusaremu, tikagarapo mazuva matatu.
8:33 Zvino nezuva rechina kwakasvika sirivha, nendarama, nemidziyo
akayerwa muimba yaMwari wedu naMeremoti mwanakomana waUriya
mupristi; Eriazari mwanakomana waPinehasi akanga anaye; uye navo
Jozabhadhi mwanakomana waJeshua, naNowadhia mwanakomana waBhinui, vaiva vaRevhi;
8:34 nenhamba uye kurema kwechimwe nechimwe; kurema kose kwakanyorwa pairi
nguva iyoyo.
8:35 Nevanakomana vevakange vatapwa, vakauya
vaibva muutapwa vakabayira Mwari waIsraeri zvipiriso zvinopiswa.
nzombe dzine gumi nembiri dzavaIsiraeri vose, namakondobwe ana makumi mapfumbamwe namatanhatu, namakumi manomwe namanomwe
namakwayana ane gumi nembiri, chive chipiriso chezvivi; izvi zvose chakanga chiri chipiriso chinopiswa
kuna Jehovha.
8:36 Vakapa zviga zvamambo kumachinda amambo.
nekuvabati mhiri korwizi; ivo vakapfuurira mberi
vanhu, neimba yaMwari.