¹Zvino ava ndivo vakuru vedzimba

¹And these are the chief fathers, and their genealogy, who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.

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

²Of the children of Phinehas, Gershom; of the children of Ithamar, Daniel; of the children of David, Hattush;

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

³of the children of Shecaniah, of the children of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were registered by genealogy of the males a hundred and fifty.

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

⁴Of the children of Pahath-Moab, Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.

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

⁵Of the children of Shechaniah, the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.

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

⁶And of the children of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.

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

⁷And of the children of Elam, Isaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.

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

⁸And of the children of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him eighty males.

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

⁹Of the children of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.

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

¹⁰And of the children of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah, and with him a hundred and sixty males.

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

¹¹And of the children of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males.

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

¹²And of the children of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him a hundred and ten males.

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

¹³And of the children of Adonikam, the last ones, whose names are these: Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them sixty males.

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

¹⁴And of the children of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.

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

¹⁵And I gathered them together at the river that runs to Ahava; and there we encamped three days; and I surveyed the people and the priests, and found none of the sons of Levi there.

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

¹⁶And I sent for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men, 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 gave them a commission to Iddo the chief, at the place Casiphia, and I put words in their mouths to say to Iddo [and] his brethren the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers 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 by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely, Sherebiah, with 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 Isaiah 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 of the Nethinim, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim: all of them were expressed 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 proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, 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 require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way; for we had spoken to the king saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his anger is against all them that forsake him.

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

²³And we fasted, and besought our God for this; and he was entreated of us.

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

²⁴And I separated twelve of the chiefs of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,

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

²⁵and I weighed to them the silver and the gold and the vessels, the heave-offering for the house of our God, which the king and his counsellors and his princes, and all Israel present, had offered.

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

²⁶And I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver; and silver vessels a hundred talents, [and] of gold a hundred talents;

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

²⁷and twenty basons of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of shining copper, precious as gold.

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

²⁸And I said to them, Ye are holy unto Jehovah; the vessels also are holy; and the silver and the gold is a voluntary offering to Jehovah the God of your fathers.

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

²⁹Watch and keep [them] until ye weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the chiefs of the fathers of Israel, at 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 received by weight the silver and the gold and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto 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 departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.

³²Tikasvika Jerusaremu, tikagarapo mazuva matatu.

³²And we came to Jerusalem, and abode 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 the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Urijah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them were Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites:

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

³⁴the whole by number and by weight; and all the weight was written down 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.

³⁵The children of those that had been carried away, who had come out of the captivity, presented burnt-offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, twelve he-goats for a sin-offering: all for a burnt-offering to Jehovah.

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

³⁶And they delivered the king's edicts to the king's satraps, and to the governors on this side the river. And they furthered the people and the house of God.