Esera 2:1-70
2 Havha ndi vhathu vha vundu* vha bvaho vhuthubwani,+ vhe Nebukadanetsara khosi ya Babele a vha isa vhuthubwani ngei Babele,+ nga murahu vha vhuyelela Yerusalema na Yuda, muṅwe na muṅwe a humela muḓini wa hawe,+
2 vhe vha vhuya na Serubabele,+ Yeshua,+ Nehemia, Seraya, Rielaya, Maradokai, Bilishani, Misipara, Bigivai, Rehumu na Baana.
Tshivhalo tsha vhanna vha Isiraele tsho vha tshi tshi katela:+
3 vharwa vha Pareosi vha 2 172;
4 vharwa vha Shefatia vha 372;
5 vharwa vha Araha+ vha 775;
6 vharwa vha Phahathi-moaba+ vha lushaka lwa Yeshua na Yoaba vha 2 812;
7 vharwa vha Elamu+ vha 1 254;
8 vharwa vha Sathu+ vha 945;
9 vharwa vha Sakai vha 760;
10 vharwa vha Bani vha 642;
11 vharwa vha Bebai vha 623;
12 vharwa vha Asigada vha 1 222;
13 vharwa vha Adonikamu vha 666;
14 vharwa vha Bigivai vha 2 056;
15 vharwa vha Adini vha 454;
16 vharwa vha Atere wa lushaka lwa Hiskia vha 98;
17 vharwa vha Betsai vha 323;
18 vharwa vha Yora vha 112;
19 vharwa vha Hasumu+ vha 223;
20 vharwa vha Gibara vha 95;
21 vharwa vha Betlehema vha 123;
22 vhanna vha Netofa vha 56;
23 vhanna vha Anathothe+ vha 128;
24 vharwa vha Asimavethe vha 42;
25 vharwa vha Kiriate-yearimi, Kefira na Beerothe vha 743;
26 vharwa vha Rama+ na Geba+ vha 621;
27 vhanna vha Mikimasi vha 122;
28 vhanna vha Bethele na vha Ai+ vha 223;
29 vharwa vha Nebo+ vha 52;
30 vharwa vha Magabisi vha 156;
31 vharwa vha muṅwe Elamu vha 1 254;
32 vharwa vha Harimi vha 320;
33 vharwa vha Lodi, Hadidi na Ono vha 725;
34 vharwa vha Yeriko vha 345;
35 vharwa vha Senaa vha 3 630.
36 Vhotshifhe:+ vharwa vha Yedaya+ wa nnḓu ya Yeshua+ vha 973;
37 vharwa vha Imere+ vha 1 052;
38 vharwa vha Phashuri+ vha 1 247;
39 vharwa vha Harimi+ vha 1 017;
40 Vhalevi:+ vharwa vha Yeshua na Kadamiele+ na vharwa vha Hodovaya vha 74.
41 Vhaimbi:+ vharwa vha Asafu+ vha 128.
42 Vharwa vha vhalindakhoro:+ vharwa vha Shalumu, vharwa vha Atere, vharwa vha Talamoni,+ vharwa vha Akubu,+ vharwa vha Hatita na vharwa vha Shobai vha 139.
43 Vhashumi vha thembeleni*+ ndi havha: vharwa vha Tsiha, vharwa vha Hasupha, vharwa vha Thabaothe,
44 vharwa vha Kerose, vharwa vha Sia, vharwa vha Padoni,
45 vharwa vha Lebana, vharwa vha Hagaba, vharwa vha Akubu,
46 vharwa vha Hagabu, vharwa vha Salamai, vharwa vha Hanani,
47 vharwa vha Gidele, vharwa vha Gahari, vharwa vha Reaya,
48 vharwa vha Retsini, vharwa vha Nekoda, vharwa vha Gasamu,
49 vharwa vha Usa, vharwa vha Pesea, vharwa vha Besai,
50 vharwa vha Asina, vharwa vha Mehumi, vharwa vha Nefusimi,
51 vharwa vha Bakabuku, vharwa vha Hakhupha, vharwa vha Harahuri,
52 vharwa vha Batsaluthi, vharwa vha Mehida, vharwa vha Harasa,
53 vharwa vha Barakosi, vharwa vha Sisera, vharwa vha Thama,
54 vharwa vha Netsia, vharwa vha Hathipha.
55 Vharwa vha vhashumeli vha Salomo ndi havha: vharwa vha Sotai, vharwa vha Soferete, vharwa vha Peruda,+
56 vharwa vha Yaala, vharwa vha Darakoni, vharwa vha Gidele,
57 vharwa vha Shefatia, vharwa vha Hatili, vharwa vha Poxorethe-hatsebaimi, vharwa vha Ami.
58 Vhashumi vhoṱhe vha thembeleni* na vharwa vha vhashumeli vha Salomo vha 392.
59 Vhe vha bva Thele-mela, Thele-harasa, Kerube, Adona na Imere, fhedzi vhe vha si ḓivhe uri miṱa ya vhokhotsi avho yo vha i tshi bva Isiraele,+ ndi havha:
60 vharwa vha Delaya, vharwa vha Tobiya, vharwa vha Nekoda, vha 652.
61 Vharwa vha vhotshifhe: vharwa vha Habaya, vharwa vha Hakotsi,+ vharwa vha Barasilai, we a vhinga mufumakadzi kha vhananyana vha Barasilai+ wa Mugiḽiada, a vhidzwa nga dzina ḽavho.
62 Vhenevho vho ṱoḓa he mutevhe wa lushaka lwavho wa ṅwaliwa hone, fhedzi vha si hu wane, nga zwenezwo vha si tsha fanelea uri vha vhe vhotshifhe.*+
63 Muvhusi* a vha vhudza uri vha songo ḽa zwithu zwikhethwa-khethwa+ u swika hu tshi vha na tshifhe ane a nga kona u vhudzisa a tshi shumisa Urimi na Thumimi.+
64 Tshivhalo tsha tshivhidzo tshoṱhe tsho vha tshi 42 360,+
65 hu sa vhalwi phuli dza vhanna na dza vhafumakadzi, dze dza vha dzi 7 337; vho dovha vha vha na vhaimbi vha vhanna na vha vhafumakadzi vha 200.
66 Bere dzavho dzo vha dzi 736, meila dzavho dzo vha dzi 245,
67 gamela dzavho dzo vha dzi 435, donngi dzavho dzo vha dzi 6 720.
68 Musi vha tshi swika nḓuni ya Yehova ngei Yerusalema, vhaṅwe vharangaphanḓa vha miṱa ya vhokhotsi avho vha ṋekedza zwifhiwa zwa u ḓifunela+ vha tshi itela nnḓu ya Mudzimu wa ngoho, na u i fhaṱulula* he ya vha i hone.+
69 Wonoyo mushumo vha u bvisela tshelede nga hune vha nga kona ngaho, vha bvisa dirakima* dza 61 000 dza musuku, mina* dza 5 000 dza siḽiva+ na zwiambaro zwa 100 zwa vhotshifhe.
70 Vhotshifhe, Vhalevi, vhaṅwe vhathu, vhaimbi, vhalindakhoro na vhashumi vha thembeleni* vha dzula miḓini yavho na vhaṅwe Vhaisiraele vhoṱhe vha dzula miḓini yavho.+
Ṱhaluso dzi re magumoni a siaṱari
^ Kana “tshiṱiriki tshi re na maanḓa.”
^ Kana “Vhanethinimu.” Thevhedz., “Vho kumedzwaho.”
^ Kana “Vhanethinimu vhoṱhe.” Thevhedz., “Vhoṱhe vho kumedzwaho.”
^ Kana “vho bviswa kha u vha vhotshifhe samusi vho vha vha songo kuna.”
^ Kana “Tirishatha,” dzina ḽa muvhusi wa vundu ḽa Peresia.
^ Kana “u i imisa.”
^ Kanzhi i lingana na dariki ya musuku ya Peresia i lemelaho gramu dza 8,4. A si dirakima ya kha Maṅwalo a Tshigerika. Sedzani Ṱhume. B14.
^ Maṅwaloni a Tshihevheru mina nthihi i lemela gramu dza 570. Sedzani Ṱhume. B14.
^ Kana “Vhanethinimu.” Thevhedz., “vho kumedzwaho.”
