20 Akatapawo vaya vakapona pabakatwa,+ akaenda navo kuBhabhironi, uye vakava varanda vake+ nevevanakomana vake kusvikira umambo hwePezhiya hwatanga kutonga,+ 21 kuti shoko raJehovha rakataurwa naJeremiya+ rizadziswe, kusvikira nyika yabhadhara masabata ayo.+ Mazuva ese ayaiva dongo, yakachengeta sabata, kuti makore 70 azadziswe.+

1 Mugore rekutanga raMambo Koreshi+ wePezhiya, kuti shoko raJehovha rakataurwa naJeremiya+ rizadziswe, Jehovha akaisa pfungwa mumwoyo maMambo Koreshi wePezhiya yekuti azivise shoko muumambo hwake hwese, iro raakabva anyorawo,+ achiti:

2 “Zvanzi naMambo Koreshi wePezhiya, ‘Jehovha Mwari wedenga akandipa umambo hwese hwenyika,+ uye akandirayira kuti ndimuvakire imba muguta reJerusarema,+ riri muJudha. 3 Munhu wese ari pakati penyu anomushumira, Mwari wake ngaave naye, uye ngaakwidze aende kuguta reJerusarema riri muJudha, anovakazve imba yaJehovha Mwari waIsraeri, ndiye Mwari wechokwadi uyo ane imba yaiva muJerusarema.*

2 gore raakatanga kutonga, ini Dhanieri, ndakanzwisisa kubva mumabhuku* kuwanda kwemakore aizopera Jerusarema riri dongo,+ akataurwa mushoko raJehovha kumuprofita Jeremiya. Aiva makore 70.+

12 Saka ngirozi yaJehovha yakati: “Jehovha wemauto, muchasvika riini musinganzwiri guta reJerusarema nemaguta eJudha tsitsi,+ ayo amakatsamwira kwemakore aya 70?”+