¹Zvino ava ndivo vakuru vedzimba

¹These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.

²Pakati pavanakomana vaPinehasi, Gerishomi; pakati pavanakomana vaItamari, Dhanyeri; pakati pavanakomana vaDhavhidhi, Hatushi.

²Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.

³Pakati pavanakomana vaShekania, pakati pavanakomana vaParoshi, Zekariya, uye pamwechete naye vakaverenga mazita avarume vane zana namakumi mashanu.

³Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.

⁴Pakati pavanakomana vaPahatimoabhi, Eriehoenai mwanakomana waZerahia; uye pamwechete naye varume vana mazana maviri.

⁴Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.

⁵Pakati pavanakomana vaShekania, mwanakomana waJahazieri, uye pamwechete naye varume vana mazana matatu.

⁵Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.

⁶Pakati pavanakomana vaAdhini, Ebhedhi mwanakomana waJonatani; uye pamwechete naye varume vana makumi mashanu.

⁶Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.

⁷Pakati pavanakomana vaErami, Jeshaya mwanakomana waAtaria; uye pamwechete naye varume vana makumi manomwe.

⁷And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.

⁸Pakati pavanakomana vaShefatia, Zebhadhia mwanakomana waMikaeri; uye pamwechete naye varume vana makumi masere.

⁸And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males.

⁹Pakati pavanakomana vaJoabhi, Obhadhiya mwanakomana waJehieri; uye pamwechete naye varume vana mazana maviri negumi navasere.

⁹Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.

¹⁰Pakati pavanakomana vaSheromiti, mwanakomana waJosifiya, uye pamwechete naye varume vane zana namakumi matanhatu.

¹⁰And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males.

¹¹Pakati pavanakomana vaBhebhai, Zekariya mwanakomana waBhebhai; uye pamwechete naye varume vana makumi maviri navasere.

¹¹And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.

¹²Pakati pavanakomana vaAzagadhi, Johwanani mwanakomana waHakatani; uye pamwechete naye varume vane zana negumi rimwe.

¹²And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.

¹³Pakati pavanakomana vaAdhonikami, ivo vokupedzisira, mazita avo ndiwo: Erifereti, naJeueri, naShemaya; uye pamwechete navo varume vana makumi matanhatu.

¹³And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.

¹⁴Pakati pavanakomana vaBhigivhai, Utai naZabhudhi; uye pamwechete navo varume vana makumi manomwe.

¹⁴Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.

¹⁵Ndikavakokera vose parwizi runoenda Ahavha; tikagarapo pamisasa mazuva matatu; ndikacherekedza vanhu navapristi, ndikashaiwapo kunyange nomumwe wavanakomana vaRevhi.

¹⁵And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.

¹⁶Ipapo ndikatuma nhume kuzodana Eriezeri, naArieri, naShemaya, naErinatani, naJaribhati, naErinatani, naNatani, naZekariya, naMeshurami, vaiva vakuru; uye Joyaribhi, naErinatani, vaiva vadzidzisi.

¹⁶Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.

¹⁷Ndikavatuma kuna Idho, waiva mukuru panzvimbo yainzi Kasifia; ndikavaudza zvavaifanira kutaura kuna Idho, nehama dzake vaNetinimi, panzvimbo yainzi Kasifia, kuti vauye kwatiri navabatiri veimba yaMwari wedu.

¹⁷And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

¹⁸Zvino ruoko rwakanaka rwaMwari wedu rwakanga ruri pamusoro pedu, saka vakauya kwatiri nomunhu akangwara wavana vaMari, mwanakomana waRevhi, mwanakomana waIsiraeri; naSherebhia, navanakomana vake nehama dzake vose gumi navasere;

¹⁸And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;

¹⁹naHashabhiya, uye pamwechete naye Jeshaya wavanakomana vaMerari, nehama dzake navanakomana vavo, vose makumi maviri;

¹⁹And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;

²⁰napakati pavaNetinimi, vakanga vagadzwa naDhavhidhi namachinda pabasa ravaRevhi, vaNetinimi vana mazana maviri namakumi maviri; vose vakanga vakanyorwa mazita avo.

²⁰Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.

²¹Ipapo ndakatara nguva yokutsanya parwizi Ahavha, kuti tizvininipise pamberi paMwari wedu, tizvikumbirire kwaari isu nepwere dzedu nefuma yedu yose nzira yakarurama.

²¹Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

²²nekuti ndakanyara kukumbira kuna mambo boka ravarwi navatasvi vamabhiza kutibatsira kurwa navavengi panzira; nekuti takanga tataura namambo, tichiti, Ruoko rwaMwari wedu runochengeta vose vanomutsvaka, kuvaitira zvakanaka; asi simba rake nokutsamwa kwake zvinorwa navose vanomurasha.

²²For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

²³Naizvozvo takatsanya, tikanyengetera kuna Mwari wedu pamusoro paizvozvi, akatinzwa.

²³So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.

²⁴Ipapo ndakatsaura vane gumi navaviri pakati pavakuru vavapristi, vaiti, Sherebhia, naHashabhiya, nedzimwe hama dzavo dzine gumi pamwechete navo;

²⁴Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,

²⁵ndikavayerera sirivha, nendarama, nemidziyo, icho chipo chakanga chapiwa imba yaMwari wedu namambo, namakurukota ake, namachinda, navaIsiraeri vose vakanga varipo.

²⁵And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:

²⁶Ndakayerera pamaoko avo matarenda esirivha ana mazana matanhatu namakumi mashanu, nemidziyo yesirivha yakasvika matarenda ane zana, neyendarama yakasvika matarenda ane zana;

²⁶I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;

²⁷nembiya dzina makumi maviri dzendarama yakasvika madhariki ane chiuru chimwe; nemidziyo miviri yendarira yakanga yakaisvonaka, yaibwinya, yaikosha sendarama.

²⁷Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.

²⁸Ndikati kwavari, Imi muri vatsvene vaJehovha, nemidziyo mitsvenewo; uye sirivha nendarama ndizvo zvipo zvokungopa nokuzvidira zvakavigirwa Jehovha Mwari wamadzibaba enyu.

²⁸And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers.

²⁹Muzvirindire, nokuzvichengeta, kusvikira mozviyera pamberi pavakuru, vavapristi navaRevhi, namachinda edzimba dzamadzibaba avaIsiraeri paJerusaremu, mumakamuri eimba yaJehovha.

²⁹Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.

³⁰Naizvozvo vapristi navaRevhi vakagamuchira sirivha, nendarama, nemidziyo, vayererwa kurema kwazvo, kuti vazviise Jerusaremu paimba yaMwari wedu.

³⁰So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.

³¹Ipapo takabva parwizi Ahavha nezuva regumi namaviri romwedzi wokutanga, tichienda Jerusaremu; ruoko rwaMwari wedu rukatichengeta; akatirwira pamaoko avavengi vedu navakanga vakativandira panzira.

³¹Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.

³²Tikasvika Jerusaremu, tikagarapo mazuva matatu.

³²And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.

³³Zvino pazuva rechina kurema kwesirivha, nendarama, nemidziyo zvakayerwa muimba yaMwari wedu, zvikaiswa pamaoko aMeremoti mwanakomana womupristi Uriya; Ereazari mwanakomana waPinehasi akanga anaye, uye Jozabhadhi mwanakomana waJeshua, naNowadhia mwanakomana waBhinui, ivo vaRevhi, vakanga vanavo.

³³Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;

³⁴Zvose zvakaverengwa nokuyerwa kurema kwazvo ; kurema kose kukanyorwa nenguva iyo

³⁴By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.

³⁵Zvino vatapwa, vakanga vadzoka pakutapwa, vakapisira Mwari waIsiraeri chipiriso chinopiswa, nzombe dzine gumi nembiri dzavaIsiraeri vose, namakondobwe makumi mapfumbamwe namatanhatu, namakwayana makumi manomwe namanomwe, nenhongo dzembudzi dzine gumi nembiri, chive chipiriso chezvivi; izvozvo zvose chaiva chipiriso chakapisirwa Jehovha.

³⁵Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD.

³⁶Zviga zvamambo vakazvipa machinda amambo, navabati mhiri korwizi, ivo vakabatsira vanhu neimba yaMwari.

³⁶And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.