¹Ipapo mambo Dhariusi akaraira, vakanzvera paimba yamabhuku, pavaichengeta fuma paBhabhironi.

¹Then Darius the king made a decree, and they sought in the house of the books of the treasuries placed there in Babylon,

²Vakawana paAkimeta, paimba yamambo, yakanga iri parutivi rwenyika yeMedhia, rugwaro rwakapetwa makanga makanyorwa kudai kuti varangarire,

²and there hath been found at Achmetha, in a palace that [is] in the province of Media, a roll, and a record thus written within it [is]:

³Pagore rokutanga ramambo Koreshi, mambo Koreshi akaraira, achiti, Kana iri imba yaMwari paJerusaremu, imba ngaivakwe, pave pavangabayira zvibayiro, nenheyo dzayo dziteyiwe nesimba; kukwirira kwayo kusvike makubhiti ana makumi matanhatu, nokufara kwayo makubhiti ana makumi matanhatu;

³`In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king hath made a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: the house let be builded in the place where they are sacrificing sacrifices, and its foundations strongly laid; its height sixty cubits, its breadth sixty cubits;

⁴ngaive nemisara mitatu yamabwe makuru, nomusara mumwe wamatanda matsva; mari yokuvaka nayo ngaitorwe paimba yamambo.

⁴three rows of rolled stones, and a row of new wood, and the outlay let be given out of the king`s house.

⁵Nemidziyo yendarama nesirivha yeimba yaMwari, yakadeya kutorwa naNebhukadhinezari patemberi paJerusaremu, ikaiswa naye Bhabhironi, ngaidzoswe, iiswezve patemberi iri Jerusaremu, chimwe nechimwe panzvimbo yacho, mugozviisa muimba yaMwari.

⁵`And also, the vessels of the house of God, of gold and silver, that Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple that [is] in Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, let be given back, and go to the temple that [is] in Jerusalem, [each] to its place, and put [them] down in the house of God.

⁶Naizvozvo zvino imwi Tatenai mubati wenyika mhiri korwizi, naShetaribhozenai, namakurukota avaAfarisaki, imwi muri mhiri korwizi, chibvai ipapo;

⁶`Now, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-Boznai, and their companions, the Apharsachites, who [are] beyond the river, be ye far from hence;

⁷varegei pabasa reimba yaMwari; mubati wavaJudha navakuru vavaJudha ngavavake imba iyi yaMwari panzvimbo yayo.

⁷let alone the work of this house of God, let the governor of the Jews, and the elders of the Jews, build this house of God on its place.

⁸Uye ndinoraira zvamunofanira kuitira vakuru ava vavaJudha, kuti imba iyi yaMwari ivakwe, mari yokuvaka nayo ngaitorwe pafuma yamambo, pamutero unoripwa mhiri korwizi, ikurumidze kupiwa varume avo, kuti varege kudziviswa.

⁸`And by me is made a decree concerning that which ye do with the elders of these Jews to build this house of God, that of the riches of the king, that [are] of the tribute beyond the river, speedily let the outlay be given to these men, that they cease not;

⁹Uye zvose zvavanoshaiwa, kana nzombe duku, kana makondobwe, kana makwayana, zvokuita nazvo zvipiriso zvinopisirwa Mwari wokudenga, kana gorosi, kana munyu, kana waini, kana mafuta, sezvinotaura vapristi vari Jerusaremu, ngavapiwe izvozvo zuva rimwe nerimwe, musingadariki;

⁹and what they are needing — both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs for burnt-offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil according to the saying of the priests who [are] in Jerusalem — let be given to them day by day without fail,

¹⁰kuti vagone kuvigira Mwari wokudenga zvibayiro zvinonhuhwira zvakanaka, vanyengetererewo upenyu hwamambo, nohwavanakomana vake.

¹⁰that they be bringing near sweet savours to the God of heaven, and praying for the life of the king, and of his sons.

¹¹Ndatemawo chirevo, kuti ani naani anoshandura shoko iri, bango ribviswe paimba yake, iye aturikwe aroverwe pariri; uye imba yake iitwe durunhuru pamusoro pechinhu ichi;

¹¹`And by me is made a decree, that any one who changeth this thing, let wood be pulled down from his house, and being raised up, let him be smitten on it, and his house let be made a dunghill for this.

¹²Mwari, akagarisa zita rake ipapo, ngaaparadze madzimambo ose avanhu vachatambanudza maoko avo kushandura chinhu ichi, nokuparadza imba iyi yaMwari iri paJerusaremu. Ini Dhariusi ndatema chirevo ichi; ngazviitwe nokukurumidza.

¹²And God, who caused His name to dwell there, doth cast down any king and people that putteth forth his hand to change, to destroy this house of God that [is] in Jerusalem; I Darius have made a decree; speedily let it be done.`

¹³Ipapo Tatenai mubati wenyika mhiri korwizi, naShetaribhozenai, namakurukota avo, vakaita izvozvo nokukurumidza, nemhaka yeshoko rakanga ratumwa namambo Dhariusi.

¹³Then Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-Boznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king hath sent, so they have done speedily;

¹⁴Vakuru vavaJudha vakavaka, vakapfuurira mberi zvakanaka, vachisimbiswa nokuporofita kwaHagai, muporofita, naZekariya mwanakomana waldho. Vakavaka, vakaipedza, sezvakarairwa naMwari waIsiraeri, uye nechirevo chaKoreshi, naDhariusi, naAritashasita mambo wePerisia.

¹⁴and the elders of the Jews are building and prospering through the prophecy of Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah son of Iddo, and they have built and finished by the decree of the God of Israel, and by the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

¹⁵Imba iyi ikapedzwa nezuva retatu romwedzi weAdhari pagore retanhatu rokubata ushe kwamambo Dhariusi.

¹⁵And this house hath gone out till the third day of the month Adar, that is [in] the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

¹⁶Vana vaIsiraeri navapristi, navaRevhi, navamwe vakanga vatapwa vakatsaurira Mwari imba iyi nomufaro.

¹⁶And the sons of Israel have made, [and] the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the sons of the captivity, a dedication of this house of God with joy,

¹⁷Vakabayira pakutsaura imba iyi yaMwari nzombe dzine zana rimwe, namakondobwe ana mazana maviri, namakwayana ana mazana mana; uye nhongo dzembudzi dzine gumi nembiri, dzakaenzana namarudzi avaIsiraeri, chive chipiriso chezvivi chavaIsiraeri vose.

¹⁷and have brought near for the dedication of this house of God, bullocks a hundred, rams two hundred, lambs four hundred; and young he-goats for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve, according to the number of the tribes of Israel;

¹⁸Vakagadza vapristi pamakamu avo, navaRevhi pamapoka avo, pabasa raMwari paJerusaremu; sezvakanga zvanyorwa pabhuku yaMozisi.

¹⁸and they have established the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, over the service of God that [is] in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.

¹⁹Vatapwa vakaita Pasika nezuva regumi namana romwedzi wokutanga.

¹⁹And the sons of the captivity make the passover on the fourteenth of the first month,

²⁰nekuti vapristi navaRevhi vakanga vazvinatsa nomoyo mumwe, vose vavo vakanga vanatswa; vakabayira vatapwa vose Pasika, nehama dzavo dzavapristi, naivo vamene.

²⁰for the priests and the Levites have been purified together — all of them [are] pure — and they slaughter the passover for all the sons of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

²¹Ipapo vana vaIsiraeri, vakanga vadzoka pakutapwa, vakadya, ivo navose vakanga vazvitsaurira kwavari vachibva pamatsvina avahedheni venyika iyo, kuti vatsvake Jehovha Mwari waIsiraeri;

²¹And the sons of Israel, those returning from the captivity, and every one who is separated from the uncleanness of the nations of the land unto them, to seek to Jehovah, God of Israel, do eat,

²²vakaita mutambo wezvingwa zvisina kuviriswa mazuva manomwe; nekuti Jehovha akanga avafadza, akarereudzira moyo wamambo weAsiria kwavari, kuti asimbise maoko avo pabasa reimba yaMwari waIsiraeri.

²²and they make the feast of unleavened things seven days with joy, for Jehovah made them to rejoice, and turned round the heart of the king of Asshur unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.