1 Zvino mugore rokutanga raKoreshi+ mambo wePezhiya, kuti shoko raJehovha rakabuda mumuromo maJeremiya+ riitike, Jehovha akamutsa+ mwoyo waKoreshi mambo wePezhiya zvokuti akaita kuti kushevedzera+ kuitwe muumambo hwake hwose, uyewo akanyora,+ achiti:

2 Ndakaratidzwa chiratidzo chinorwadza:+ Mutengesi anonyengera ari kunyengera, uye mupambi ari kupamba.+ Kwira, haiwa iwe Eramu! Komba, haiwa iwe Medhiya!+ Ndagumisa kugomera kwose kunokonzerwa naye.+

45 Zvanzi naJehovha kumuzodziwa+ wake, kuna Koreshi, wandakabata ruoko rwake rworudyi,+ kuti ndikunde marudzi pamberi pake,+ kuti ndisunungure hudyu dzemadzimambo; kuti ndimuvhurire masuo ane madhoo maviri, zvokuti kunyange magedhi haazovharwi:

9 Nokuti tarirai ndichamutsa uye ndichaunza ungano yemarudzi makuru kuti irwise Bhabhironi ichibva kunyika yokuchamhembe,+ vachagadzirira kurwa naro.+ Richakundirwa ikoko.+ Miseve yawo yakaita seiya yomurume ane simba ari kuita kuti vana vashayike, asingadzoki asina chaaita.+

28 Zvino Dhanieri uyu, akabudirira muumambo hwaDhariyasi+ nomuumambo hwaKoreshi muPezhiya.+

9 Mugore rokutanga raDhariyasi+ mwanakomana waAhashivheroshi wokuvana vevaMedhiya,+ akanga agadzwa kuti ave mambo woumambo hwevaKadheya;+