¹Zvino negore rokutanga raKoreshi mambo waPerisia, kuti shoko raJehovha rakarehwa nomuromo waJeremiya riitike, Jehovha akamutsa mweya waKoreshi mambo wePerisia, akaparidza paushe hwake hwose, akazvinyorawo, akati,

¹And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, at the completion of the word of Jehovah from the mouth of Jeremiah, hath Jehovah waked up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he causeth an intimation to pass over into all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying,

²Zvanzi naKoreshi mambo wePerisia, Jehovha Mwari wokudenga akandipa ushe hwose bwenyika, akandiraira kuti ndimuvakire imba paJerusaremu riri paJudha.

²`Thus said Cyrus king of Persia, All kingdoms of the earth hath Jehovah, God of the heavens, given to me, and He hath laid a charge on me to build to Him a house in Jerusalem, that [is] in Judah;

³Zvino ani naani aripo pakati penyu wavanhu vake, Jehovha Mwari wake ngaave naye, ngaakwire hake Jerusaremu riri paJudha, kundovaka imba yaJehovha Mwari waIsiraeri (ndiye Mwari), anogara Jerusaremu.

³who [is] among you of all His people? His God is with him, and he doth go up to Jerusalem, that [is] in Judah, and build the house of Jehovah, God of Israel — He [is] God — that [is] in Jerusalem.

⁴Ani naani akasara, papi napapi paanogara, varume vokwake ngavamubatsirc nesirivha, nendarama, nenhumbi, nemombe, uye nezvipo zvavanopa nokuzvidira, kuzovaka imba yaMwari iri paJerusaremu.

⁴`And every one who is left, of any of the places where he [is] a sojourner, assist him do the men of his place with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, along with a free-will offering for the house of God, that [is] in Jerusalem.`

⁵Ipapo vakuru vedzimba dzamadzibaba aJudha naBhenjamini vakazvigadzira, navapristi, navaRevhi, ivo vose vakanga vamutswa mweya yavo naMwari, kundovaka imba yaJehovha yakanga iri paJerusaremu.

⁵And heads of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin rise, and the priests and the Levites, even every one whose spirit God hath waked, to go up to build the house of Jehovah, that [is] in Jerusalem;

⁶Uye vose vakanga vakavapoteredza vakasimbisa maoko avo nemidziyo yesirivha, nendarama, nenhumbi, nemombe, nezvinhu zvinokosha, pamwechete nezvose zvavakapa nomoyo wavo.

⁶and all those round about them have strengthened [them] with their hands, with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, apart from all that hath been offered willingly.

⁷Naiye mambo Koreshiwo akabudisa midziyo yeimba yaJehovha, yakanga yatorwa paJerusaremu naNebhukadhinezari ikaiswa naye paimba yavamwari vake;

⁷And the king Cyrus hath brought out the vessels of the house of Jehovah that Nebuchadnezzar hath brought out of Jerusalem, and putteth them in the house of his gods;

⁸Koreshi, mambo wePerisia akaraira Mitiredhati muchengeti wefuma kubudisa iyeyo, akaiverenga achiipa Sheshibhazari, muchinda waJudha.

⁸yea, Cyrus king of Persia bringeth them out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbereth them to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.

⁹Kuwanda kwayo ndikoku: Ndiro dzendarama dzina makumi matatu, nendiro dzesirivha dzine chiuru chimwe, namapanga ana makumi maviri namapfumbamwe;

⁹And this [is] their number: dishes of gold thirty, dishes of silver a thousand, knives nine and twenty,

¹⁰nembiya dzendarama dzina makumi matatu, nembiya dzesirivha dzorumwe rudzi dzina mazana mana negumi, nemimwe midziyo ine chiuru chimwe.

¹⁰basins of gold thirty, basins of silver (seconds) four hundred and ten, other vessels a thousand.

¹¹Midziyo yose yendarama neyesirivha yakanga ine zviuru zvishanu namazana mana. Izvo zvose Sheshibhazari akaenda nazvo panguva yokubva kwavatapwa Bhabhironi vachienda Jerusaremu.

¹¹All the vessels of gold and of silver [are] five thousand and four hundred; the whole hath Sheshbazzar brought up with the going up of the removal from Babylon to Jerusalem.