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 while Ezra prayed, and made confession, weeping and falling down before the house of God, there were gathered to him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children; for the people wept very much.

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 the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, We have acted unfaithfully toward our God, and have taken foreign wives 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.

³And now 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 commandments 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 this matter is incumbent on thee, and we will be 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 Ezra arose, and made the chiefs of the priests, of the Levites, and of all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. And they swore.

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 arose from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib; and when he came thither, he ate no bread and drank no water; for he mourned because of the unfaithfulness of them that had been carried away.

⁷Vakaparidza shoko kuvatapwa vose pose-pose paJudha napaJerusaremu;

⁷And they made proclamation in Judah and Jerusalem to 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 would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be confiscated, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.

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 were all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered together at Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month; and all the people sat in the open space of the house of God, trembling because of the matter, and because of the pouring rain.

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

¹⁰And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, Ye have acted unfaithfully, and have taken foreign wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.

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

¹¹And now make confession to Jehovah the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure, and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign wives.

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

¹²And the whole congregation answered and said with a loud voice, Yes, it is for us to do according to thy words.

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 pouring rain, and it is not possible to stand without: neither is this a work for one day or two; for we are many that have transgressed 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.

¹⁴Let now our princes, while this matter is going on, stand for all the congregation, and let all those that have taken foreign wives in our cities come at the appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce anger of our God be turned from us.

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; 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 [and] certain of the chief fathers were separated according to their fathers' houses, and all of them [expressed] by name; and they sat down 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 ended with all the men that had taken foreign wives 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 taken foreign wives, 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 to send away their wives; and they offered a ram of the flock, as trespass-offering for their guilt.

²⁰Pakati pavanakomana vaImeri, Hanani naZebhadhia.

²⁰And of the children of Immer: Hanani, and Zebadiah.

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

²¹And of the children of Harim: Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.

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

²²And of the children 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 (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

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

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

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

²⁵And of Israel; of the children of Parosh: Ramiah, and Jizzijah, and Malchijah, and Mijamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

²⁹And of the children 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 children of Pahath-Moab: Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.

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

³¹And the children of Harim: Eliezer, Jishijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Simeon,

³²naBhenjamini, naMaruki, naShemaria.

³²Benjamin, Malluch, Shemariah.

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

³³Of the children 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, Bediah, Cheluhu,

³⁶vaVhania, naMeremoti, naEriashibhi;

³⁶Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,

³⁷naMatania, naMatenai, naJaasu;

³⁷Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasai,

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 children of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, and Joel, Benaiah.

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

⁴⁴All these had taken foreign wives; and there were among them wives who had had children.