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

¹And these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the 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;

⁵Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,

⁶naShemaya, naJoyaribhi, naJedhaya;

⁶Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,

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

⁷Sallu, Amok, Hilkijah, Jedaiah. These were the chief 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: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, Mattaniah, [who was] over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren;

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

⁹and Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them as watches.

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

¹⁰And Jeshua begot Joiakim, and Joiakim begot Eliashib, and Eliashib begot Joiada,

¹¹Joyadha akabereka Jonatani, Jonatani akabereka Jadhua.

¹¹and Joiada begot Jonathan, and Jonathan begot Jaddua.

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

¹²And in the days of Joiakim were priests, chief 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 [and] 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 Hilkijah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.

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

²²of the Levites, the chief fathers were recorded in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, and the priests, until the reign of Darius the Persian.

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

²³The children of Levi, the chief fathers, were recorded in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the 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 the chief Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise [and] to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.

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

²⁵Mattaniah and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were doorkeepers keeping the ward at the storehouses of the gates.

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

²⁶These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua the 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 to Jerusalem, to hold the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, [with] cymbals, lutes and harps.

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

²⁸And the children of the singers were assembled, both from the plain [of Jordan] round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites,

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

²⁹also from Beth-Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth; for the singers had built themselves hamlets round about Jerusalem.

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

³⁰And the priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified 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 brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great choirs and processions, on the right hand upon the wall towards the dung-gate.

³²shure kwavo kwakafamba Hosaya, nehafu yamachinda aJudha,

³²And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes 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 [certain] of the priests' sons with trumpets: Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the 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 Azareel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe before them.

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

³⁷And at the fountain-gate, and over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even to 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 choir went in the opposite direction upon the wall, and I after them, and the half of the people, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even to the broad wall;

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

³⁹and from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the gate of the old [wall], and above the fish-gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even to the sheep-gate; and they stood still in the prison-gate.

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

⁴⁰And both choirs stood in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;

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

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

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

⁴²and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud; and Jizrahiah was their overseer.

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

⁴³And that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and also the women and the children rejoiced. And the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

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 at that time men were appointed over the chambers of the treasures for the heave-offerings, for the first-fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, out of the fields of the cities, the portions assigned by the law for the priests and the Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests, and over the Levites that waited.

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

⁴⁵And, with the singers and the doorkeepers, they kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David [and] of Solomon his son.

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

⁴⁶For of old, in the days of David and Asaph, there were the chiefs of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgivings 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, gave the portions of the singers and the doorkeepers, every day what was needed, and they consecrated things for the Levites; and the Levites consecrated for the children of Aaron.