¹Zvino vaporofita, vaiti muporofita Hagai, naZekariya mwanakomana waIdho, vakaporofitira vaJudha vakanga vari paJudha neJerusaremu; vakaporofitira nezita raMwari waIsiraeri.

²Ipapo Zerubhabheri mwanakomana waShearitieri, naJeshua mwanakomana waJozadhaki, vakasimuka, vakatanga kuvaka imba yaMwari paJerusaremu; vaporofita vaMwari, vakanga vanavo, vachivabatsira.

³Zvino panguva iyo Tatenai, mubati wenyika mhiri korwizi, naShetaribhozenai, namakurukota avo vakasvika kwavari, vakati kwavari, Makarairwa nani kuvaka imba iyi, nokupedza rusvingo urwu here?

⁴Ipapo vakataurawo navo, vakati, Mazita avarume vanovaka imba iyi ndivanaani ?

⁵Asi ziso raMwari wavo rakanga rakatarira vakuru vavaJudha, havana kuvaregesa basa, kusvikira mhaka yaiswa kuna Dhariusi nemhinduro pamusoro payo ichizodzoka netsamba.

⁶Ndiwo mashoko etsamba yakatumirwa mambo Dhariusi naTatenai mubati mhiri korwizi, naShetaribhozenai, nemakurukota ake vaAfarishaki, vakanga vari mhiri korwizi;

⁷vakamutumira tsamba makanga makanyorwa kudai, Kuna mambo Dhariusi, rugare rwose ngaruve nemi.

⁸Mambo ngaaziviswe kuti takaenda kurutivi rwenyika yaJudha, kuimba yaMwari mukuru, inovakwa namabwe makuru, uye matanda anoiswa mumasvingo, basa iri rinoshingairirwa, rinopfuurira mberi zvakanaka pamaoko avo.

⁹Zvino takabvunza vakuru ivavo, tikati kwavari, Ndianiko wakakurairai kuvaka imba iyi nokupedza rusvingo urwu?

¹⁰Takavabvunzawo mazita avo, kuti tikuzivisei, tinyore mazita avarume vanovatungamirira.

¹¹Vakapindura vachiti, Isu tiri varanda vaMwari wokudenga napasi, tinovaka imba yakadeya kuvakwa makore mazhinji akapfuura, yakavakwa nomumwe mambo mukuru waIsiraeri, ikapera.

¹²Asi madzibaba edu akati atsamwisa Mwari wokudenga, iye akavaisa mumaoko aNebhukadhenezari mambo weBhabhironi, muKaradhea; iye akaparadza imba ino, akatapa vanhu, ndokuenda navo Bhabhironi.

¹³Asi negore rokutanga raKoreshi mambo weBhabhironi, mambo Koreshi akaraira, kuti imba ino yaMwari ivakwe.

¹⁴Nemidziyo yendarama neyesirivha yeimba yaMwari, yakanga yatorwa naNebhukadhinezari patemberi yaiva Jerusaremu, ikaiswa mutemberi yeBhabhironi, mambo Koreshi akabvisa izvozvo mutemberi yeBhabhironi, zvikapiwa mumwe wainzi Sheshibhazari, waakanga aita mubati;

¹⁵akati kwaari, Tora midziyo iyi, undoiisa mutemberi iri Jerusaremu, imba yaMwari ivakwe panzvimbo yayo.

¹⁶Ipapo uyu Sheshibhazari wakauya, akateya nheyo dzeimba yaMwari iri Jerusaremu; zvino kubva panguva iyo kusvikira zvino yakaramba ichivakwa, nazvino ichigere kupera.

¹⁷Naizvozvo zvino, kana mambo achifara nazvo, ngavanzvere muimba yefuma yamambo iri Bhabhironi, vawone kana zviri izvo, kana mambo Koreshi akaraira kuti imba ino yaMwari ivakwe Jerusaremu, mambo agotizivisa kuda kwake pamusoro pemhaka iyi.