¹Zvino Ezira akati achinyengetera, achizvireurura, achichema nokuzviwisira pasi pamberi peimba yaMwari, ungano huru-huru yavarume navakadzi navana vavaIsiraeri vakaungana kwaari; nekuti vanhu vakachema zvikuru kwazvo,

¹And at Ezra`s praying, and at his making confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there have been gathered unto him out of Israel an assembly very great — men and women and children — for the people have wept, multiplying weeping.

²Ipapo Shekania mwanakomana waJehieri, mumwe wavanakomana vaErami, akapindura, akati kuna Ezira, Takatadzira Mwari wedu zvatakawana vakadzi vatorwa vendudzi dzenyika iyi; kunyange zvakadaro vaIsiraeri vachine tariro pamusoro pechinhu ichi.

²And Shechaniah son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, answereth and saith to Ezra, `We — we have trespassed against our God, and we settle strange women of the peoples of the land; and now there is hope for Israel concerning this,

³Naizvozvo zvino ngatiite sungano naMwari wedu, tibvise vakadzi ava vose, navana vakaberekwa navo, sezvatakarairwa nashe wangu, uye navanobvundiswa nomurayiro waMwari wedu; ngazviitwe sezvinoreva mirairo.

³and now, let us make a covenant with our God, to cause all the women to go out, and that which is born of them, by the counsel of the Lord, and of those trembling at the command of our God, and according to law it is done;

⁴Simukai, nekuti ndimi mune basa iri, isu tinemi; tsungai moyo, muzviite.

⁴rise, for on thee [is] the matter, and we [are] with thee; be strong, and do.`

⁵Ipapo Ezira akasimuka, akapikisa vakuru vavapristi, navaRevhi, navaIsiraeri vose, kuti vachaita neshoko iri. Ivo vakapika.

⁵And Ezra riseth, and causeth the heads of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear to do according to this word — and they swear.

⁶Ipapo Ezira akasimuka, akabva pamberi peimba yaMwari, akapinda mukamuri yaJohwanani mwanakomana waEriashibhi; akagarapo, akasadya zvokudya, kana kumwa mvura; nekuti akanga achichema pamusoro pokudarika kwavatapwa.

⁶And Ezra riseth from before the house of God, and goeth unto the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib; yea, he goeth there, bread he hath not eaten, and water he hath not drunk, for he is mourning because of the trespass of the removal.

⁷Vakaparidza shoko kuvatapwa vose pose-pose paJudha napaJerusaremu;

⁷And they cause a voice to pass over into Judah and Jerusalem, to all sons of the removal, to be gathered to Jerusalem,

⁸uye kuti ani naani asina kuuya mazuva matatu agere kupera, sezvakanga zvarairwa namachinda navakuru, fuma yake yose itorwe idyiwe, naiye amene abudiswe paungano yavatapwa.

⁸and every one who cometh not in by the third day, according to the counsel of the heads and of the elders, all his substance is devoted, and himself separated from the assembly of the removal.

⁹Ipapo varume vose vaJudha naBhenjamini vakaungana paJerusaremu mazuva matatu agere kupera; wakange uri mwedzi wepfumbamwe, nezuva ramakumi maviri romwedzi; vanhu vose vakagara padare pamberi peimba yaMwari, vachibvunda pamusoro peshoko iro napamusoro pemvura zhinji yainaya.

⁹And gathered are all the men of Judah and Benjamin to Jerusalem by the third day, it [is] the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month, and all the people sit in the broad place of the house of God, trembling on account of the matter and of the showers.

¹⁰Ipapo mupristi Ezira akasimuka, akati kwavari, Imi makadarika, mukawana vakadzi vatorwa, mukanyanyisa mhosva yaIsiraeri.

¹⁰And Ezra the priest riseth, and saith unto them, `Ye — ye have trespassed, and ye settle strange women, to add to the guilt of Israel;

¹¹Naizvozvo zvino chizvireururai pamberi paJehovha Mwari wamadzibaba enyu, mumufadze; muzviraure kuvanhu venyika ino navakadzi vatorwa.

¹¹and, now, make confession to Jehovah, God of your fathers, and do His good pleasure, and be separated from the peoples of the land, and from the strange women.`

¹²Ipapo ungango yose yakapindura, ikati nenzwi guru, Sezvamataura pamusoro pedu, ndizvo zvatinofanira kuita.

¹²And all the assembly answer and say [with] a great voice, `Right; according to thy word — on us to do;

¹³Asi vanhu vazhinji, uye inguva yokunaya kwemvura zhinji, hatigoni kumira kunze; basa iri harizi rezuva rimwe, kana mazuva maviri, nekuti takadarika kwazvo pachinhu ichi.

¹³but the people [are] many, and [it is] the time of showers, and there is no power to stand without, and the work [is] not for one day, nor for two, for we have multiplied to transgress in this thing.

¹⁴Zvino machinda edu ngaagadzwe paungano yose, kuti vose vakawana vakadzi vatorwa pamaguta edu, vauye panguva dzakatarwa navakuru veguta rimwe nerimwe, navatongi varo, kusvikira kutsamwa kukuru kwaMwari wedu kwabviswa kwatiri, kusvikira mhaka iyi yapera.

¹⁴`Let, we pray thee, our heads of all the assembly stand, and all who [are] in our cities, who have settled strange wives, do come in at the times appointed, and with them the elders of city and city, and its judges, till the turning back of the fury of the wrath of our God from us, for this thing.`

¹⁵Asi Jonatani mwanakomana waAsaheri, naJazeya mwanakomana waTikivha, ivo voga va karamba chinhu ichi; Meshurami nomuRevhi Shabhetai vakasimbisa.

¹⁵Only Jonathan son of Asahel, and Jahaziah son of Tikvah, stood against this, and Meshullam, and Shabbethai the Levite, helped them.

¹⁶Vatapwa vakaita saizvozvo Ezira mupristi, navamwe vavakuru vedzimba dzamadzibaba, vakatsaurwa nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, navose vavo namazita avo; vakaungana nezuva rokutanga romwedzi wegumi kunzvera chinhu icho.

¹⁶And the sons of the removal do so, and Ezra the priest, [and] men, heads of the fathers, for the house of their fathers, are separated, even all of them by name, and they sit on the first day of the tenth month, to examine the matter;

¹⁷Vakapedza navarume vose vakanga vawana vakadzi vatorwa nezuva rokutanga romwedzi wokutanga.

¹⁷and they finish with all the men who have settled strange women unto the first day of the first month.

¹⁸Napakati pavanakomana vavapristi vakawana vamwe vakanga vawana vakadzi vatorwa. Pakati pavanakomana vaJeshua vaiti mwanakomana waJozadhaki nehama dzake, Maaseya, naEriezeri, naJaribhi, naGedharia.

¹⁸And there are found of the sons of the priests that have settled strange women: of the sons of Jeshua son of Jozadak, and his brethren, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah;

¹⁹Vakapika noruoko rwavo, kuti vacharega vakadzi vavo; uye, zvavakanga vane mhosva, vakabayira gondobwe ramakwai pamusoro pemhosva yavo.

¹⁹and they give their hand to send out their wives, and, being guilty, a ram of the flock, for their guilt.

²⁰Pakati pavanakomana vaImeri, Hanani naZebhadhia.

²⁰And of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah;

²¹Pakati pavanakomana vaHarimi: Maaseya, naEria, naShemaya naJehieri, naUziya.

²¹and of the sons of Harim: Masseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah;

²²Pakati pavanakomana vaPashuri: Erioenai, naMaaseya, naIshimaeri, naNetaneri, naJozabhadhi, naErasha.

²²and of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

²³Pakati pavaRevhi: Jozabhadhi, naShimei, naKeraya (ndiye Kerita), naPetahia, naJudha, naEriezeri.

²³And of the Levites: Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah — he [is] Kelita, — Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

²⁴Pakati pavaimbi: Eriashibhi; napakati pavarindi vemikova: Sharumi, naTeremi, naUri.

²⁴And of the singers: Eliashib. And of the gatekeepers: Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.

²⁵Napakati paIsiraeri: pakati pavanakomana vaParoshi: Ramia, naIzia, naMarikiya, naMiyamini, naEreazari, naMirikiya, naBhenaya.

²⁵And of Israel: of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchijah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.

²⁶Pakati pavanakomana vaErami: Matania, naZekariya, naJehieri, naAbhidhi, naJeremoti, naEria.

²⁶And of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah.

²⁷Pakati pavanakomana vaZatu, Erioenai, naEriashibhi, naMatania, naJeremoti, naZabhahi, naAziza.

²⁷And of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.

²⁸Pakati pavanakomana vaBhebhai: Jehohanani, naHanania, naZabhai, naAtirai.

²⁸And of the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai.

²⁹Pakati pavanakomana vaBhani: Meshurami, naMaruki, naAdhaya, naJashubhi, naSheari, naJeremoti.

²⁹And of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.

³⁰Pakati pavanakomana vaPahatimoabhi: Adhana, naKerari, naBhenaya, naMaaseya, naMatania, naBhezareri, naBhinui, naManase.

³⁰And of the sons of Pahath-Moab: Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.

³¹Pakati pavanakomana vaHarimi: Eriezeri, naIsishiya, naMarikiya, naShemaya, naShimeoni;

³¹And of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

³²naBhenjamini, naMaruki, naShemaria.

³²Benjamin, Malluch, Shemariah.

³³Pakati pavanakomana vaHashumi: Matenai, naMatata, naZabhadhi, naErifureti, naJeremai, naManase, naShimei.

³³Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei.

³⁴Pakati pavanakomana vaBhani: Maadhai, naAmirami, naUeri;

³⁴Of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, and Uel,

³⁵naBhenaya, naBhedheya, naKeruhi;

³⁵Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhu,

³⁶vaVhania, naMeremoti, naEriashibhi;

³⁶Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,

³⁷naMatania, naMatenai, naJaasu;

³⁷Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,

³⁸naBhani, naBhinui, naShimei;

³⁸and Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,

³⁹naSheremia, naNatani, naA dhaya;

³⁹and Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,

⁴⁰naMakinedhabhai, naShashai, naSharai;

⁴⁰Machnadbai, Shashai, Sharai,

⁴¹naAzareri, naSheremia, naShemaria;

⁴¹Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,

⁴²naSharumi, naAmaria, naJosefa.

⁴²Shallum, Amariah, Joseph.

⁴³Pakati pavanakomana vaNebho: Jeieri, naMatitia, naZabhadhi, naZebhina, naIdho, naJoeri, naBhenaya.

⁴³Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah;

⁴⁴Ava vose vakanga vawana vakadzi vatorwa; vamwe vavo vakanga vaberekerwa vana navakadzi vavo.

⁴⁴all these have taken strange women, and there are of them women — who adopt sons.