Nehemia
5:1 Kuchema kukuru kwakavapo pakati pavanhu navakadzi vavo pamusoro pavo
hama dzavaJudha.
5:2 Nokuti vamwe vakati, Isu navanakomana vedu navanasikana vedu tiri vazhinji.
naizvozvo tinovatorera zviyo, kuti tidye, tirarame.
5:3 Vamwewo vakati: Takaita minda yedu rubatso, neminda yemizambiringa;
nedzimba, kuti titenge zviyo nokuda kwenzara.
5:4 Vamwezve vakati, Takakwereta mari, tichitenga zvamambo
uye pamusoro peminda yedu neminda yemizambiringa yedu.
5:5 Asi zvino nyama yedu yakaita senyama yehama dzedu, nevana vedu sevana vavo
tarirai, toita nhapwa vanakomana vedu navanasikana vedu
ivai varanda, vamwe vakunda vedu vatoitwa nhapwa;
uye hatizi musimba redu kuvadzikinura; nekuti vamwe varume vane minda yedu
neminda yemizambiringa.
5:6 Uye ndakatsamwa kwazvo ndichinzwa kuchema kwavo nemashoko aya.
5:7 Zvino ndakarangana mumoyo mangu, ndikatsiura vanokudzwa nevatongi.
akati kwavari: Munoreva mhindu, umwe neumwe pahama yake. Uye ndakagara
ungano huru pamusoro pavo.
5:8 Ndikati kwavari, Isu takadzikunura hama dzedu sezvataigona
vaJudha vakanga vatengeswa kuvahedheni; uye iwe uchatengesa zvako
hama? kana zvingatengeswa kwatiri here? Ipapo vakanyarara, uye
akawana chekupindura.
Ndikatiwo, Zvamunoita hazvina kunaka; hamufaniri kufamba muchitya
zvaMwari wedu nokuda kwokushorwa kwavavengi vedu navahedheni?
5:10 Neniwo nehama dzangu navaranda vangu taivapa chikwereti chemari
nezviyo: Ndinokumbira kuti tirege mhindu iyo.
5:11 Dzoserai henyu kwavari nhasi, nyika yavo, yavo
minda yavo yemizambiringa, neminda yavo yemiorivhi, nedzimba dzavo, nechikamu chimwe chete chezana
pamari, nezviyo, newaini, namafuta, zvamunoreva
ivo.
5:12 Ipapo vakati, Tichazvidzosa, hatingarevi chinhu kwavari;
saizvozvo tichaita sezvamareva. Ipapo ndakadana vaprista, ndikavagamuchira
nemhiko, kuti vagoita sechipikirwa ichi.
Ndikazuzawo nguvo dzangu, ndikati, Mwari ngaazuze mumwe nomumwe pamaoko ake
neimba yake, nebasa rake usingaiti chivimbiso ichi, saizvozvo
ngaazuzwe, adururwe. Ungano yose yakati, Ameni!
vakarumbidza Jehovha. Vanhu vakaita saizvozvo.
5:14 Uyezve, kubvira panguva yandakagadzwa kuva mubati wavo muruwa
Nyika yaJudha, kubva pagore ramakumi maviri kusvikira pagore ramakumi matatu namaviri
gore ramambo Aritashasita, iro makore ane gumi namaviri, ini nehama dzangu
havana kudya chingwa chomubati.
5:15 Asi vabati vokutanga, vakanditangira, vaiva mutoro kwamuri
vanhu akatora kwavari chingwa newaini, pamwe chete namashekeri ana makumi mana
zvesirivha; kunyange varanda vavo vaibata vanhu ushe;
handina kudaro nokuda kwokutya Mwari.
5:16 Zvirokwazvo, ndakarambira pabasa rorusvingo urwu, uye hatina kutongotenga chinhu
uye varanda vangu vose vakanga vakaungana pabasa ipapo.
5:17 Uyezve, patafura yangu vaJudha zana namakumi mashanu uye
vabati, vasingaverengwi vakauya kwatiri vachibva kuvahedheni
nezvedu.
Zvino kwaigadzirirwa zuva rimwe nerimwe nzombe imwe nenhanhatu dzakatsaurwa
gwai; ndaigadzirirwawo shiri, uye kamwe chete pamazuva ane gumi
waini yamarudzi ose; kunyange zvakadaro handina kukumbira zvokudya zvaJehovha
mubati, nekuti uranda hwakanga huri pamusoro pavanhu ava.
5:19 Ndirangarirei, Mwari wangu, mundiitire zvakanaka nokuda kwezvose zvandakaitira
vanhu ava.