Nehemia
8:1 Zvino vanhu vose vakaungana pamwechete somunhu mumwe
nzira yakanga iri pamberi pesuwo remvura; uye vakataura kuna Ezira
munyori kuti auye nebhuku yomurayiro waMozisi, wakanga una Jehovha
akarayira vaIsraeri.
Ezira mupristi ndokuuya nomurayiro pamberi peungano, ivo vari vaviri
navakadzi, navose vakanga vachigona kunzwa nokunzwisisa, pakutanga
zuva romwedzi wechinomwe.
8:3 Akaverenga imomo pamberi penzira yaiva pamberi pesuwo remvura
kubva mangwanani kusvikira masikati, pamberi pavarume navakadzi, naivo
aigona kunzwisisa; vanhu vose vakateerera
kuBhuku roMurayiro.
Ezira munyori akamira pakakwirira pakanga pakavakirwa pamatanda
chinangwa; uye parutivi pake pakanga pamire Matitia, naShema, naAnaya, uye
Uriya, naHirikia, naMaaseya paruoko rwake rworudyi; uye kuruboshwe rwake
naPedhaya, naMishaeri, naMarikiya, naHashumi, naHashibhadhana;
Zekariya, naMeshurami.
Ezira akazarura bhuku pamberi pavanhu vose; (nokuti akanga ari
pamusoro pavanhu vose;) zvino akati achizarura, vanhu vose ndokusimuka;
6 Ipapo Ezira akavonga Jehovha, Mwari mukuru. Vanhu vose vakapindura vakati.
Ameni, Ameni, vachisimudza maoko avo; vakakotamisa misoro yavo, uye
vakanamata Jehovha zviso zvavo zvakatarira pasi.
8:7 naJeshua, naBhani, naSherebhia, naJamini, naAkubhi, naShabhetai, naHodhia;
naMaaseya, naKerita, naAzaria, naJozabhadhi, naHanani, naPeraya, navaRevhi;
akaita kuti vanhu vanzwisise murayiro, vanhu vakamira panzvimbo dzavo
nzvimbo.
8:8 Naizvozvo vakarava mubhuku yomurayiro waMwari zvichinzwika kwazvo, vakapa
pfungwa, uye akaita kuti vanzwisise kuverenga.
8:9 naNehemia, unova Mubati, naEzira mupristi, munyori;
vaRevhi vaidzidzisa vanhu vakati kuvanhu vose, Ndizvo!
zuva idzvene kuna Jehovha Mwari wako; musaungudza kana kuungudza. Kune zvese
vanhu vakachema vachinzwa mashoko omurayiro.
8:10 Ipapo akati kwavari, Endai henyu, mudye zvakakora, nokumwa zvinozipa;
mugotumirawo migove kuna vasina kugadzirirwa chinhu nhasi
zvitsvene kuna Jehovha wedu; musazvidemba; nekuti mufaro waJehovha ndiwo
simba renyu.
8:11 Naizvozvo vaRevhi vakanyaradza vanhu vose, vachiti: Nyararai Jehovha
zuva idzvene; uye musava neshungu.
8:12 Vanhu vose vakaenda kundodya nokumwa nokutuma vamwe
migove, nokufara kwazvo, nekuti vakanga vanzwisisa mashoko
izvo zvakaziviswa kwavari.
8:13 Zvino nezuva rechipiri vakuru vedzimba dzemadzibaba vakaungana
vanhu vose, navapristi, navaRevhi, vakasvikira Ezira munyori
kunzwisisa mashoko omurayiro.
8:14 Vakawana pakanyorwa mumurairo wakanga warairwa naJehovha nomuromo waMozisi.
kuti vana vaIsraeri vagare mumatumba pamutambo waJehovha
mwedzi wechinomwe:
8:15 Uye kuti vazivise uye vazivise mumaguta avo ose, uye mukati
Jerusarema, achiti: Buda kugomo, utore matavi emiorivhi;
namatavi emipaini, nemimirite, nemiti yemichindwe, namatavi
yemiti mikobvu, kuita matumba, sezvazvakanyorwa;
8:16 Naizvozvo vanhu vakabuda, vakauya nazvo, vakazviitira matumba.
mumwe nomumwe pamusoro pedenga reimba yake, nomuvazhe dzavo, napadenga
pavazhe dzeimba yaMwari, napadare resuwo remvura, napamukati
pamugwagwa wesuwo raEfuremu.
8:17 Ungano yose yevakange vadzoka kubva kuguta
vatapwa vakaita matumba, vakagara pasi pamatumba, nekuti kubva pamazuva ekare
Jeshua, mwanakomana waNuni, kusvikira pazuva iro, vana vaIsiraeri vakanga vasina kuita izvozvo
saka. Pakava nemufaro mukuru.
8:18 Uye zuva nezuva, kubva pazuva rokutanga kusvikira pazuva rokupedzisira, akarava mubhuku
bhuku yomurayiro waMwari. Vakaita mutambo mazuva manomwe; uye pa
zuva rorusere iungano tsvene, sezvakanga zvarairwa.