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| 1. | ' Zvino mwedzi wechinomwe wakati wasvika, vana vaIsiraeri vava mumaguta avo, vanhu vakaungana pamwechete nomoyo mumwe paJerusaremu. |
| 2. | Ipapo Jeshua mwanakomana waJozadhaki, mwanakomana waShearitieri, nehama dzake, vakasimuka, vakavaka aritari yaMwari waIsiraeri, kuti vabayirepo zvipiriso zvinopiswa, sezvakanyorwa pamurayiro waMozisi munhu waMwari. |
| 3. | Vakagadzika aritari panzvimbo yayo, nokuti vakatya vanhu venyika idzo; vakabayira Jehovha zvipiriso zvinopiswa pamusoro payo, izvo zvipiriso zvaipiswa mangwanani namadekwana. |
| 4. | Vakaitawo mutambo wamatumba, sezvakanga zvanyorwa; vakauya nezvipiriso zvaipiswa zuva rimwe nerimwe sezvakataurwa, sezvavakarairwa, zvakadikanwa pazuva rimwe nerimwe. |
| 5. | Uye pashure chipiriso chaipiswa nguva dzose, nezvipiriso zvapakugara kwemwedzi, nezvemitambo yose yakatarwa yaJehovha yakanga yakatsaurwa, nenhendo dzakavigirwa Jehovha nokuzvidira naani nani. |
| 6. | Vakatanga kubayira Jehovha zvipiriso zvinopiswa pazuva rokutanga romwedzi wechinomwe; asi nheyo dzetemberi yaJehovha dzakanga dzichigere kuteyiwa. |
| 7. | Vakapawo vavezi vamabwe namatanda mari, uye veZidhoni naveTire zvokudya nezvokunwa namafuta, kuti vatore miti yemisidhari paRebhanoni, vaiise Jopa pagungwa, sezvavakanga vatenderwa naKoreshi mambo wePerisia. |
| 8. | Zvino negore rechipiri rokusvika kwavo paimba yaMwari paJerusaremu, nomwedzi wechipiri, Zerubhabheri mwanakomana waShearitieri, naJeshua mwanakomana waJozadhaki, nedzimwe hama dzavo vapirisiti navaRevhi, navose vakanga vadzokera Jerusaremu pakutapwa kwavo, vakatanga basa ravo; vakagadza vaRevhi vamakore makumi maviri navakapfuura, kuti vave vatariri vebasa paimba yaJehovha. |
| 9. | Ipapo Jeshua navanakomana vake nehama dzake, naKadhimieri navanakomana vake, vanakomana vaJudha, vakamira nomoyo mumwe vachitarira vaibata paimba yaMwari; navanakomana vaHenadhadhi, navanakomana vavo nehama dzavo, vaRevhi. |
| 10. | Zvino vavaki vakati vachiteya nheyo dzetemberi yaJehovha, vapirisiti vakamirapo vakafuka nguvo dzavo, vakabata hwamanda, navaRevhi, ivo vanakomana vaAsafi, vakabata makandira, kuti varumbidze Jehovha sezvakanga zvarairwa naDhavhidhi mambo waIsiraeri. |
| 11. | Vakatengezana vachiimba, vachirumbidza nokuvonga Jehovha, vachiti, "Nokuti akanaka, nokuti nyasha dzake hadziperi kuna Isiraeri." Vanhu vose vakapururudza nokupururudza kukuru pakurumbidza kwavo Jehovha; nokuti nheyo dzeimba yaJehovha dzakanga dzateyiwa. |
| 12. | Asi vazhinji vavapirisiti navaRevhi, navakuru vedzimba dzamadzibaba, vaya vatana vakanga vaona imba yokutanga, vakachema kwazvo vachiona nheyo dzeimba iyi dzichiteyiwa; vazhinji vakapururudza nomufaro; |
| 13. | naizvozvo vanhu vakanga vasingagoni kutsaura inzwi rokupururudza romufaro nenzwi rokuchema kwavanhu; nokuti vanhu vakapururudza nokupururudza kukuru, inzwi rikanzwika kure kwazvo. |
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