Ezra 3:1-13
3 Pakasvika mwedzi wechi7,+ vaIsraeri* vava mumaguta avo, vakaungana muJerusarema vakabatana.
2 Jeshua+ mwanakomana waJehozadhaki nevamwe vapristi naZerubhabheri+ mwanakomana waSheatiyeri+ nehama dzake vakasimuka vakavaka atari yaMwari waIsraeri, kuti vape zvibayiro zvinopiswa pairi, sezvakanyorwa muMutemo waMozisi+ munhu waMwari wechokwadi.
3 Saka vakamisa atari panzvimbo yayaimbova, pasinei nekuti vaitya vanhu venyika dzakanga dzakavapoteredza,+ uye vakatanga kupa Jehovha zvibayiro zvinopiswa pairi, zvibayiro zvinopiswa zvemangwanani nezvemanheru.+
4 Vakabva vaita Mutambo Wematumba maererano nezvakanyorwa,+ uye zuva nezuva vaipa zvibayiro zvinopiswa zvine uwandu hwakanga hwataurwa kuti ndihwo hwaidiwa zuva rimwe nerimwe.+
5 Pashure paizvozvo vakapa mupiro unopiswa unogara uchipiwa,+ nemipiro yekugara kwemwedzi+ neyemwaka yese yemitambo mitsvene+ yaJehovha, neyakabva kumunhu wese akapa Jehovha mupiro achizvidira.+
6 Kubvira pazuva rekutanga remwedzi wechi7+ vakatanga kupa Jehovha zvibayiro zvinopiswa, kunyange zvazvo faundesheni yetemberi yaJehovha yakanga isati yavakwa.
7 Vakapa vanhu vaicheka matombo+ nemhizha+ mari, uye vakapa vaSidhoni nevaTire zvekudya nezvekunwa nemafuta, nekuti ivo vaiunza matanda emisidhari nemugungwa kubva kuRebhanoni vachiaendesa kuJopa,+ zvichibva pamvumo yavakapiwa naMambo Koreshi wePezhiya.+
8 Mugore rechipiri kubva pavakauya kuimba yaMwari wechokwadi kuJerusarema, mumwedzi wechipiri, Zerubhabheri mwanakomana waSheatiyeri, Jeshua mwanakomana waJehozadhaki nedzimwe hama dzavo dzese, vapristi nevaRevhi, nevaya vese vakanga vauya kuJerusarema vachibva kuutapwa,+ vakatanga basa; vakagadza vaRevhi vaiva nemakore 20 zvichikwira kuti vatungamirire basa reimba yaJehovha.
9 Saka Jeshua nevanakomana vake nehama dzake, naKadmieri nevanakomana vake, vanakomana vaJudha, vakabatana kuti vatungamirire vaya vaiita basa muimba yaMwari wechokwadi, pamwe chete nevanakomana vaHenadhadhi,+ vanakomana vavo nehama dzavo, ivo vaRevhi.
10 Vavaki pavakavaka faundesheni yetemberi yaJehovha,+ vapristi avo vainge vakapfeka zvipfeko zvebasa, vaine mabhosvo,+ uye vaRevhi, ivo vanakomana vaAsafi, avo vaiva nezviridzwa zvesimbi dzinorovaniswa, vakabva vasimuka kuti varumbidze Jehovha maererano nezvakanga zvarayirwa naMambo Dhavhidhi weIsraeri.+
11 Vakabva vatanga kuimba vachidairana+ vachirumbidza nekuonga Jehovha, “nekuti akanaka; rudo rwake rusingachinji kuna Israeri runogara nekusingaperi.”+ Vanhu vese vakabva vashevedzera nenzwi guru vachirumbidza Jehovha nekuti faundesheni yeimba yaJehovha yakanga yavakwa.
12 Vapristi vakawanda nevaRevhi nevakuru vedzimba dzemadzibaba, vaya vainge vakwegura uye vakaona imba yekare,+ vakachema nenzwi guru pavakaona faundesheni yeimba iyi ichivakwa, asi vamwe vanhu vakawanda vaishevedzera nemanzwi ari pamusoro vachifara.+
13 Saka vanhu vakanga vasingagoni kusiyanisa kushevedzera kwemufaro nekwekuchema, nekuti vanhu vaishevedzera nemanzwi ari pamusoro zvekuti vainzwika kure chaizvo.
Mashoko Emuzasi
^ ChiHeb., “vanakomana vaIsraeri.”
