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,

¹Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there was gathered together unto him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very sore.

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 Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land: yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.

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

³Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

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

⁴Arise; for the matter belongeth unto thee, and we are with thee: be of good courage, and do it.

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

⁵Then arose Ezra, and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. So they sware.

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

⁶Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib: and [when] he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water; for he mourned because of the trespass of them of the captivity.

⁷Vakaparidza shoko kuvatapwa vose pose-pose paJudha napaJerusaremu;

⁷And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto 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 that whosoever came not within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the assembly of the captivity.

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.

⁹Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth [day] of the month: and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.

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

¹⁰And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have trespassed, and have married foreign women, to increase the guilt of Israel.

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

¹¹Now therefore make confession unto Jehovah, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure; and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign women.

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

¹²Then all the assembly answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said concerning us, so must we 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 a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without: neither is this a work of one day or two; for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.

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.

¹⁴Let now our princes be appointed for all the assembly, and let all them that are in our cities that have married foreign women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God be turned from us, until this matter be despatched.

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

¹⁵Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this [matter]: 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 children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, [with] certain heads of fathers' [houses], after their fathers' houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

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

¹⁷And they made an end with all the men that had married foreign women by 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 among the sons of the priests there were found that had married foreign women: [namely], of the sons of Jeshua, the 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 gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, [they offered] 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: Maaseiah, 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, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

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

²³And of the Levites: Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah (the same is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

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

²⁴And of the singers: Eliashib. And of the porters: 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 Izziah, and Malchijah, and Mijamin, 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, Jeremoth.

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

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

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

³¹And [of] the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

³²naBhenjamini, naMaruki, naShemaria.

³²Benjamin, Malluch, Shemariah.

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

³³Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, 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, Cheluhi,

³⁶vaVhania, naMeremoti, naEriashibhi;

³⁶Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,

³⁷naMatania, naMatenai, naJaasu;

³⁷Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu,

³⁸naBhani, naBhinui, naShimei;

³⁸and Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,

³⁹naSheremia, naNatani, naA dhaya;

³⁹and Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,

⁴⁰naMakinedhabhai, naShashai, naSharai;

⁴⁰Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,

⁴¹naAzareri, naSheremia, naShemaria;

⁴¹Azarel, 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, Iddo, and Joel, Benaiah.

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

⁴⁴All these had taken foreign wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had children.