¹Zvino ava ndivo vapristi navaRevhi vakaenda naZerubhabheri, mwanakomana waShearitieri, naJeshua: Seraya, naJeremiya, naEzira;

¹And these [are] the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua; Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

²naAmaria, naMaruki, naHatushi;

²Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

³naShekania, naRehumi, naMeremoti;

³Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,

⁴naIdho, naGinetoi, naAbhiya;

⁴Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,

⁵naMijamini, naMaadhia, naBhiriga;

⁵Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,

⁶naShemaya, naJoyaribhi, naJedhaya;

⁶Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,

⁷naSaru, naAmoki, naHirikiya, naJedhaya. Ndivo vakanga vari vakuru vavapristi navehama dzavo pamazuva aJeshua.

⁷Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah; these [are] heads of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

⁸Uye navaRevhi ava: Jeshua, naBhinui, naKadhimieri, naSherebhia, naJudha, naMatania, iye nehama dzake ndivo vairaira vaimbi.

⁸And the Levites [are] Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, Mattaniah, he [is] over the thanksgiving, and his brethren,

⁹NaBhakibhukia, naUno, hama dzavo, vakanga vakatarisana navo pakurinda.

⁹and Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, [are] over-against them in charges.

¹⁰Jeshua akabereka Joyakimu, Joyakimu akabereka Eriashibhi, Eriashibhi akabereka Joyadha;

¹⁰And Jeshua hath begotten Joiakim, and Joiakim hath begotten Eliashib, and Eliashib hath begotten Joiada,

¹¹Joyadha akabereka Jonatani, Jonatani akabereka Jadhua.

¹¹and Joiada hath begotten Jonathan, and Jonathan hath begotten Jaddua.

¹²Pamazuva aJoyakimu vapristi, ivo vakuru vedzimba dzamadzibaba, vakanga vari: wokwaSeraya, Meraya; wokwaJeremiya, Hananiya

¹²And in the days of Joiakim have been priests, heads of the fathers; of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

¹³wokwaEzira, Meshurami, wokwaAmaria, Jehohanani;

¹³of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;

¹⁴wokwaMaruki, Jonatani; wokwaShebhania, Josefa;

¹⁴of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;

¹⁵wokwaHarimi, Adhina; wokwaMerayoti, Herikai;

¹⁵of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;

¹⁶wokwa Idho, Zekariya; wokaGinetoni, Meshurami;

¹⁶of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;

¹⁷wokwaAbhia, Zikiri; wokwaMinyamini waMoadhia, Piritai

¹⁷of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin; of Moadiah, Piltai;

¹⁸wokwaBhiriga, Shamua; wokwaShemaya, Jehonatani,

¹⁸of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;

¹⁹wokwaJoyaribhi, Matenai; wokwaJedhaya, Uzi;

¹⁹and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

²⁰wokwaSarai, Karai; wokwaAmoki, Ebheri;

²⁰of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;

²¹wokwaHirikia Hashabhia; wokwaJedhaya, Netaneri.

²¹of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.

²²VaRevhi vakanyorwa mazita avakuru vedzimba dzamadzibaba pamazuva aEriashibhi, naJoyadha, naJohwanani, naJadhua; navapristiwo kusvikira pakubata ushe kwaDhariusi muPerisia.

²²The Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, are written, heads of fathers, and of the priests, in the kingdom of Darius the Persian.

²³Vanakomana vaRevhi ivo vakuru vedzimba dzamadzibaba, vakanyorwa pabhuku yaMakoronike, kusvikira pamazuva aJohwanani mwanakomana waEriashibhi.

²³Sons of Levi, heads of the fathers, are written on the book of the Chronicles even till the days of Johanan son of Eliashib;

²⁴Vakuru vavaRevhi vakanga vari: Hashabhia, naSherebhia, naJeshua, mwanakomana waKadhimieri, nehama dzavo dzakatarisana navo pakurumbidza nokuvonga, sezvakanga zvarairwa naDhavhidhi munhu waMwari, vachiita madzoro pakuimba.

²⁴and heads of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their brethren, [are] over-against them, to give praise, to give thanks, by command of David the man of God, charge over-against charge.

²⁵Matania, naBhakibhukia, naObhadhiya, naMeshurami, naTarimoni, naAkubhi vakanga vari varindi vemikova, vairinda pamatura pamasuwo.

²⁵Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, [are] gatekeepers, keeping charge in the gatherings of the gates.

²⁶Ndivo vakanga varipo pamazuva aJoyakimu mwanakomana waJeshua, mwanakomana waJozadhaki,. napamazuva aNehemiya mubati, nomupristi Ezira munyori.

²⁶These [are] in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.

²⁷Zvino pakutsaurira kwavo Jehovha rusvingo rweJerusaremu, vakandotsvaka vaRevhi pose pavakanga vagere, vakauya navo Jerusaremu, kuti vatsaure nomufaro, nokuvonga nokuimba, nokuridza makandira nemitengeramwa nembira.

²⁷And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them in to Jerusalem, to make the dedication even with gladness, and with thanksgivings, and with singing, [with] cymbals, psalteries, and with harps;

²⁸Vanakomana vavaimbi vakaungana pamwechete vachibva kumapani akapoteredza Jerusaremu, nokumisha yavaNetofati;

²⁸and sons of the singers are gathered together even from the circuit round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi,

²⁹napaBhetigirigari, naparuwa rweGebha neAzimavheti; nekuti vaimbi vakanga vazvivakira misha pamativi ose eJerusaremu.

²⁹and from the house of Gilgal, and from fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for villages have the singers built for themselves round about Jerusalem;

³⁰Zvino vapristi navaRevhi vakazvinatsa, ndokunatsawo vanhu, namasuwo, norusvingo.

³⁰and the priests and the Levites are cleansed, and they cleanse the people, and the gates, and the wall.

³¹Ipapo ndakakwidza machinda avaJudha pamusoro porusvingo, ndikaraira mapoka makuru maviri vakavonga vachifamba vakaita mudungwe; vamwe vakafamba kurutivi rworudyi pamusoro porusvingo, vachienda kusuwo ramarara;

³¹And I bring up the heads of Judah upon the wall, and appoint two great thanksgiving companies and processions. At the right, on the wall, to the dung-gate;

³²shure kwavo kwakafamba Hosaya, nehafu yamachinda aJudha,

³²and after them goeth Hoshaiah, and half of the heads of Judah,

³³naAzaria, naEzira, naMeshurami,

³³and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,

³⁴naJudha, naBhenjamini, naShemaya, naJeremiya,

³⁴Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah;

³⁵navamwe vanakomana vavapristi vane hwamanda. Zekariya, mwanakomana waJonatani, mwanakomana waShemaya, mwanakomana waMatania, mwanakomana waMikaya, mwanakomana waZakuri, mwanakomana waAsafi,

³⁵and of the sons of the priests with trumpets, Zechariah son of Jonathan, son of Shemaiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Michaiah, son of Zaccur, son of Asaph,

³⁶nehama dzake: Shemaya, naAzareri, naMirarai, naGirarai, naMaai, naNetaneri, naJudha, naHanani vane zvokuridza zvaDhavhidhi munhu waMwari; Ezira, munyori akanga ari pamberi pavo;

³⁶and his brethren Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with instruments of song of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe [is] before them;

³⁷vakafamba napasuwo retsime, vakarurama, ndokukwira namatanho eguta raDhavhidhi, pamukwidzwa worusvingo, pamusoro peimba yaDhavhidhi, kusvikira pasuwo remvura, kumabvazuva.

³⁷and by the gate of the fountain and over-against them, they have gone up by the steps of the city of David, at the going up of the wall beyond the house of David, and unto the water-gate eastward.

³⁸Rimwe boka ravavongi rakandosangana navo, ini ndichivatevera, ndine hafu yavanhu pamusoro porusvingo, pamusoro peshongwe yamavira, kusvikira parusvingo rupamhi;

³⁸And the second thanksgiving company that is going over-against, and I after it, and half of the people on the wall from beyond the tower of the furnaces and unto the broad wall,

³⁹napamusoro pesuwo raEfuremu, napasuwo rekare, napasuwo rehove, neshongwe yaHananeri, neshongwe yaHamea, kusvikira pasuwo ramakwai, vakamira pasuwo ravarindi.

³⁹and from beyond the gate of Ephraim, and by the old-gate, and by the fish-gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, and unto the sheep-gate — and they have stood at the prison-gate.

⁴⁰Mapoka maviri avavongi vakamira saizvozvo paimba yaMwari, neni nehafu yavatariri,

⁴⁰And the two thanksgiving companies stand in the house of God, and I and half of the prefects with me,

⁴¹navapristi Eriakimu, naMaaseya, naMiniamini, naMikaya, naErionenai, naZekariya, naHanania, vane hwamanda;

⁴¹and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah, with trumpets,

⁴²naMaaseya, naShemaya, naEreazari, naUzi, naJehohanani, naMarikija, naErami, naEzeri. Vaimbi vakaimbisa kwazvo, vana Jezirahia mutariri wavo.

⁴²and Masseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer, and the singers sound, and Jezrahiah the inspector;

⁴³Vakabayira zvibayiro zvikuru nezuva iro, vakafara; nekuti Mwari akanga avafadza nomufaro mukuru; navakadziwo navana vakafara; naizvozvo mufaro weJerusaremu wakanzwika kure.

⁴³and they sacrifice on that day great sacrifices and rejoice, for God hath made them rejoice [with] great joy, and also, the women and the children have rejoiced, and the joy of Jerusalem is heard — unto a distance.

⁴⁴Pazuva iro varume vakagadzwa kutarira makamuri efuma, nezvipiriso zvinotsaurwa, nezvitsva, nezvegumi, kuti vaunganidziremo migove yavapristi neyavaRevhi yakanga yakatarwa nomurau, kuti itorwe paruwa rwamaguta; nekuti vaJudha vakafarira vapristi navaRevhi vaishumira.

⁴⁴And certain are appointed on that day over the chambers for treasures, for heave-offerings, for first-fruits, and for tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for priests, and for Levites, for the joy of Judah [is] over the priests, and over the Levites, who are standing up.

⁴⁵Ivo vakachengeta murayiro waMwari wavo, nomurayiro wokunatsa, navaimbi navarindi vemikovawo saizvozvo, sezvakanga zvarairwa naDhavhidhi naSoromoni, mwanakomana wake.

⁴⁵And the singers and the gatekeepers keep the charge of their God, even the charge of the cleansing — according to the command of David [and] Solomon his son,

⁴⁶Nekuti pamazuva akare aDhavhidhi naAsafi, kwaiva nomukuru wavaimbi, nenziyo dzokurumbidza nokuvonga Mwari.

⁴⁶for in the days of David and Asaph of old [were] heads of the singers, and a song of praise and thanksgiving to God.

⁴⁷Zvino vaIsiraeri vose pamazuva aZerubhabheri, napamazuva aNehemiya, vaipa vaimbi navarindi vemikova migove yavo, yakadikamwa zuva rimwe nerimwe; ivo vaitsaurira vaRevhi, uye vaRevhi vaitsaurira vanakomana vaAroni.

⁴⁷And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, are giving the portions of the singers, and of the gatekeepers, the matter of a day in its day, and are sanctifying to the Levites, and the Levites are sanctifying to the sons of Aaron.