Ezra

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.* 4 Munhu wese ari kugara ari mutorwa,+ chero kwaangave, ngaabatsirwe nevavakidzani vake,* vamupe sirivha negoridhe, nezvimwe zvinhu nezvipfuwo, pamwe chete nemipiro yekungopawo nekuzvidira yeimba yaMwari wechokwadi,+ iyo yaiva muJerusarema.’”

5 Vakuru vedzimba dzemadzibaba aJudha neaBhenjamini nevapristi nevaRevhi, munhu wese ane mwoyo* wakanga wakurudzirwa naMwari wechokwadi, akabva agadzirira kuti akwidze kunovakazve imba yaJehovha, yaiva muJerusarema. 6 Vaya vese vakanga vakavapoteredza vakavatsigira* kuburikidza nekuvapa midziyo yesirivha neyegoridhe, zvimwewo zvinhu, zvipfuwo, nezvinhu zvinokosha, tisingabatanidzi mipiro yavakangopawo nekuzvidira.

7 Mambo Koreshi akabudisawo midziyo yeimba yaJehovha yakanga yatorwa naNebhukadhinezari kuJerusarema akaiisa muimba yamwari wake.+ 8 Mambo Koreshi wePezhiya akaibudisa, Mitredhati muchengeti wepfuma achitungamirira basa racho, uyo akaiverengera Sheshbhazari*+ jinda rekwaJudha.

9 Uku ndiko kwaiva kuwanda kwayo: midziyo yegoridhe 30 yakaita setswanda, midziyo yesirivha 1 000 yakaita setswanda, midziyo 29 yekutsiva mimwe, 10 ndiro diki 30 dzegoridhe, ndiro diki 410 dzesirivha, nemimwe midziyo 1 000. 11 Midziyo yacho yese yegoridhe neyesirivha yaiva 5 400. Sheshbhazari akaenda nezvinhu izvi zvese pakabudiswa nhapwa+ muBhabhironi dzichiendeswa kuJerusarema.