¹Zvino Dhariusi akaona kuti zvakanaka kugadza machinda ane zana namakumi maviri paushe hwake, vaifanira kuva paushe hwose;

²pamusoro pavo akagadza vakuru vatatu, Dhanyeri ari mumwe wavo; kuti machinda awa auye namashoko ose kwavari, uye kuti mambo arege kutadzirwa.

³Zvino Dhanyeri uyu akapfuura vamwe vakuru namachinda, nekuti maari makanga muno mweya wakanaka kwazvo; mambo akada kumuita mukuru woushe hwake hwose.

⁴Ipapo vakuru namachinda vakatsvaka mhosva yavangapomere Dhanyeri pamusoro poushe, asi vakashayiwa shoko kana mhosva, nekuti akanga akatendeka, uye kwakanga kusina kutadza kana mhosva kwaari.

⁵Zvino varume ava vakati, Hatingatongowani shoko pamusoro paDhanyeri uyu, kana tisingamutsvakiri iro pamusoro pomurayiro waMwari wake.

⁶Ipapo vakuru ava namachinda vakaunganira kuna mambo vari vazhinji, vakati kwaari, Mambo Dhariusi, raramai nokusingaperi.

⁷Vakuru vose voushe, navarayiri namachinda namakurukota namadzishe vakarangana kuti mambo aite murayiro nokutema chirevo chakasimba, kuti ani naani anokumbira chinhu kuna mwari upi noupi kana munhu upi noupi namazuva ana makumi matatu, asi kwamuri, imwi mambo, awisirwe mugomba reshumba.

⁸Zvino chitemai chirevo, imwi mambo, muise zita renyu parunyoro, kuti chirege kuzoshandurwa, nomurayiro wavaMedhia navaPeresia usingashandurwi.

⁹Naizvozvo mambo Dhariusi akaisa zita rake parunyoro nechirevo.

¹⁰Zvino Dhanyeri akati anzwa kuti runyoro rwaiswa zita ramambo, akapinda mumba make zvino mahwindo ekamuri yake akanga akazarurwa achitarira kurutivi rweJerusaremu; akapfugama namabvi ake katatu pazuva, akanyengetera nokurumbidza Mwari wake, sezvaaisimboita.

¹¹Ipapo varume avo vakaungana vari vazhinji, vakawana Dhanyeri achikumbira nokunyengetera Mwari wake.

¹²Ipapo vakaswedera, vakataura pamberi pamambo pamusoro pechirevo chamambo, vachiti, Hamuna kuisa zita renyu pachirevo, kuti ani naani anokumbira chinhu kuna mwari upi noupi kana munhu upi noupi namazuva ana makumi matatu, asi kwamuri, imwi mambo, awisirwe mugomba reshumba here? Mambo akataura, akati, Ishoko rechokwadi, nomurayiro wavaMedhia navaPeresia, usingashandurwi.

¹³Zvino vakapindura, vakati pamberi pamambo, Uya Dhanyeri wavana vaJudha vakatapwa, haana hanya nemi, imwi mambo, kana nechirevo chamakaisa zita renyu, asi unokumbira katatu pazuva.

¹⁴Zvino mambo akati achinzwa mashoko iwayo, akatsamwa kwazvo, akafunga mano pamwoyo pake okurwira Dhanyeri akarwisa kusvikira zuva richivira achiedza kumurwira.

¹⁵Ipapo varume ava vakaunganira kuna mambo vari vazhinji, vakati kuna mambo, Zivai imwi mambo, kuti ndiwo murayiro wavaMedhia navaPeresia, kuti chirevo chipi nechipi kana murau upi noupi wakatemwa namambo, hazvingashandurwi.

¹⁶Ipapo mambo akarayira, vakauya naDhanyeri vakamuwisira mugomba reshumba. Mambo akataura, akati kuna Dhanyeri, Mwari wako waunosishumira nguva dzose, achakurwira.

¹⁷Ibwe rakauyiswa, rikaiswa pamuromo wegomba, mambo akarisimbisa nechidhindo chake uye nechidhindo chamadzishe ake; kuti kurege kuva nechinhu chimwe pamusoro paDhanyeri chingashandurwa.

¹⁸Ipapo mambo akaenda kuimba yake youshe, akavata achitsanya; kunyange nezvinoridzwa zvipi nezvipi hazvina kuuyiswa pamberi pake; hope dzake dzikatiza.

¹⁹Zvino mambo akafumomuka kwazvo mangwanani, akakasira kuenda kugomba reshumba.

²⁰Akati achiswedera kugomba kuna Dhanyeri, akadana nezwi rokuchema; mambo akataura, akati kuna Dhanyeri, Nhai Dhanyeri, iwe muranda waMwari mupenyu, Mwari wako waunosishumira nguva dzose, ane simba rokukurwira pashumba here?

²¹Ipapo Dhanyeri akati kuna mambo, Imi mambo, raramai nokusingaperi.

²²Mwari wangu akatuma mutumwa wake, akadzivira miromo yeshumba, dzikasandikuvadza; nekuti pamberi pake ndakawanikwa kuti handina mhosva, napamberi penyuwo, imwi mambo, hakune chakaipa chandakaita.

²³Ipapo mambo akafara zvikuru kwazvo, akarayira kuti vabudise Dhanyeri mugomba. Naizvozvo Dhanyeri akabudiswa mugomba, vakashayiwa chose paakakuvadzwa, nekuti wakange avimba naMwari wake.

²⁴Ipapo mambo akarayira, vakauya navaya vanhu vakanga vapomera Dhanyeri, vakavawisira mugomba reshumba, ivo, navana vavo, navakadzi vavo; shumba dzikavakunda, dzikavhuna-vhuna mafupa avo, vachigere kusvika pasi mugomba.

²⁵Ipapo Dhariusi akanyorera vanhu vose, namarudzi ose, namarimi ose, vagere munyika yose, akati, Rugare ngaruwanzwe kwamuri.

²⁶Ndinotema chirevo, kuti munyika yose youshe hwangu vanhu vose vadedere vatye pamberi paMwari waDhanyeri; nekuti ndiye Mwari mupenyu, aripo nokusingaperi, ushe hwake haungaparadzwi; kubata kwake ushe kuchavapo kusvikira pakuguma.

²⁷Ndiye anorwira nokusunungura, ndiye anoita zviratidzo nezvishamiso kudenga napanyika, ndiye akarwira Dhanyeri pasimba reshumba.

²⁸Saizvozvo Dhanyeri uyu akagara zvakanaka pakubata ushe kwaDhariusi napakubata ushe kwaKoreshi muPeresia.