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,

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.

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

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

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

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

⁷Vakaparidza shoko kuvatapwa vose pose-pose paJudha napaJerusaremu;

⁸uye kuti ani naani asina kuuya mazuva matatu agere kupera, sezvakanga zvarairwa namachinda navakuru, fuma yake yose itorwe idyiwe, naiye amene abudiswe paungano yavatapwa.

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.

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

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

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

¹³Asi vanhu vazhinji, uye inguva yokunaya kwemvura zhinji, hatigoni kumira kunze; basa iri harizi rezuva rimwe, kana mazuva maviri, nekuti takadarika kwazvo pachinhu ichi.

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.

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

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.

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

¹⁸Napakati pavanakomana vavapristi vakawana vamwe vakanga vawana vakadzi vatorwa. Pakati pavanakomana vaJeshua vaiti mwanakomana waJozadhaki nehama dzake, Maaseya, naEriezeri, naJaribhi, naGedharia.

¹⁹Vakapika noruoko rwavo, kuti vacharega vakadzi vavo; uye, zvavakanga vane mhosva, vakabayira gondobwe ramakwai pamusoro pemhosva yavo.

²⁰Pakati pavanakomana vaImeri, Hanani naZebhadhia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

³²naBhenjamini, naMaruki, naShemaria.

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

³⁴Pakati pavanakomana vaBhani: Maadhai, naAmirami, naUeri;

³⁵naBhenaya, naBhedheya, naKeruhi;

³⁶vaVhania, naMeremoti, naEriashibhi;

³⁷naMatania, naMatenai, naJaasu;

³⁸naBhani, naBhinui, naShimei;

³⁹naSheremia, naNatani, naA dhaya;

⁴⁰naMakinedhabhai, naShashai, naSharai;

⁴¹naAzareri, naSheremia, naShemaria;

⁴²naSharumi, naAmaria, naJosefa.

⁴³Pakati pavanakomana vaNebho: Jeieri, naMatitia, naZabhadhi, naZebhina, naIdho, naJoeri, naBhenaya.

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