¹Zvino ava ndivo vakuru vedzimba

¹And these [are] heads of their fathers, and the genealogy of those going up with me, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king, from Babylon.

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

²From the sons of Phinehas: Gershom; from the sons of Ithamar: Daniel; from the sons of David: Hattush;

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

³from the sons of Shechaniah, from the sons of Pharosh: Zechariah, and with him, reckoning themselves by genealogy, of males a hundred and fifty.

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

⁴From the sons of Pahath-Moab: Elihoenai son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred who are males.

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

⁵From the sons of Shechaniah: the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred who are males.

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

⁶And from the sons of Adin: Ebed son of Jonathan, and with him fifty who are males.

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

⁷And from the sons of Elam: Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him seventy who are males.

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

⁸And from the sons of Shephatiah: Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him eighty who are males.

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

⁹From the sons of Joab: Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen who are males.

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

¹⁰And from the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah, and with him a hundred and sixty who are males.

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

¹¹And from the sons of Bebai: Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight who are males.

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

¹²And from the sons of Azgad: Johanan son of Hakkatan, and with him a hundred and ten who are males.

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

¹³And from the younger sons of Adonikam — and these [are] their names — Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them sixty who are males.

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

¹⁴And from the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, and with them seventy who are males.

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

¹⁵And I gather them unto the river that is going unto Ahava, and we encamp there three days; and I consider about the people, and about the priests, and of the sons of Levi I have found none there;

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

¹⁶and I send for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, heads, and 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 charge them for Iddo the head, in the place Casiphia, and put in their mouth words to speak unto Iddo, [and] his brethren the Nethinim, in the place Casiphia, to bring to us ministrants 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 they bring to us, according to the good hand of our God upon us, a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, son of Levi, son of Israel, and Sherebiah, and 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.

²⁰and from the Nethinim, whom David and the heads gave for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim, all of them defined by name.

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

²¹And I proclaim there a fast, by the river Ahava, to afflict ourselves before our God, to seek from Him a right way for us, and for our infants, 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 ask from the king a force and horsemen to help us because of the enemy in the way, for we spake to the king, saying, `The hand of our God [is] upon all seeking Him for good, and His strength and His wrath [is] upon all forsaking Him.`

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

²³And we fast, and seek from our God for this, and He is entreated of us.

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

²⁴And I separate from the heads of the priests, twelve, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and with them of their brethren ten,

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

²⁵and I weigh to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, a heave-offering of the house of our God, that the king, and his counsellors, and his heads, and all Israel — those present — lifted up;

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

²⁶and I weigh to their hand, of silver, talents six hundred and fifty, and of vessels of silver a hundred talents, of gold a hundred talents,

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

²⁷and basins of gold twenty, of a thousand drams, and two vessels of good shining brass, desirable as gold.

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

²⁸And I say unto them, `Ye [are] holy to Jehovah, and the vessels [are] holy, and the silver and the gold [are] a willing-offering to Jehovah, God of your fathers;

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

²⁹watch, and keep, till ye weigh before the heads of the priests, and of the Levites, and the heads of the fathers of Israel, in Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Jehovah.`

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

³⁰And the priests and the Levites took the weight of the silver, and of the gold, and of the vessels, to bring to Jerusalem to 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.

³¹And we journey from the river Ahava, on the twelfth of the first month, to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God hath been upon us, and He delivereth us from the hand of the enemy and the lier in wait by the way;

³²Tikasvika Jerusaremu, tikagarapo mazuva matatu.

³²and we come in to Jerusalem, and dwell 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.

³³And on the fourth day hath been weighed the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, in the house of our God, unto the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah the priest, and with him Eleazar son of Phinehas, and with them Jozabad son of Jeshua, and Noadiah son of Binnui, the Levites:

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

³⁴by number, by weight of every one, and all the weight is 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.

³⁵Those coming in of the captives — sons of the removal — have brought near burnt-offerings to the God of Israel, bullocks twelve, for all Israel, rams ninety and six, lambs seventy and seven, young he-goats for a sin-offering twelve — the whole a burnt-offering to Jehovah;

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

³⁶and they give the laws of the king to the lieutenants of the king and the governors beyond the river, and they have lifted up the people and the house of God.