¹Zvino negore rokutanga raDhariusi mwanakomana waAhasuerosi, worudzi rwavaMedhia, akanga aitwa mambo woushe hwevaKaradhea.

²Negore rokutanga rokubata kwake ushe, ini Dhanyeri ndakanzwisisa mumabhuku kuti makore mangani akanga audzwa muporofita Jeremiya neshoko raJehovha kusvikira pakupera kokuparadzwa kweJerusaremu, kuti aiva makore makumi manomwe.

³Ndikarinzira chiso changu kuna Ishe Mwari, ndikamutsvaka nokunyengetera nokukumbira, nokutsanya, ndakapfeka masaga ndikazvidira madota.

⁴Ndikanyengetera kuna Jehovha Mwari wangu, ndikareurura zvivi, ndikati, Aiwa, Ishe, Mwari mukuru anotyisa, anosimbisa sungano yake nenyasha dzake kuna vanomuda, vanochengeta mirayiro yake,

⁵takatadza, takaita zvisakarurama nezvakashata, takakumukirai, tikatsauka pazviga zvenyu nezvamakarayira;

⁶hatina kuteererawo varanda venyu vaporofita, vakataura nezita renyu kuna madzimambo edu, namachinda edu, namadzibaba edu nokuvanhu vose venyika.

⁷Aiwa, Ishe, kururama kuri kwamuri, asi kwatiri isu kunyara kwezviso zvedu, sapazuva ranhasi; kuvanhu vaJudha, nokuna vagere Jerusaremu, nokuvaIsiraeri vose, vari pedo navari kure, panyika dzose kwamakavadzingira, nemhaka yokudarika kwavakakudarikirai imi.

⁸Aiwa, Ishe, kunyara kwezviso kuri kwatiri isu, kumadzimambo edu, namachinda edu, namadzibaba edu, nekuti takakutadzirai.

⁹Kuna Ishe Mwari wedu ndiko kune nyasha nokukangamwira, kunyange takamumukira;

¹⁰uye hatina kuteerera izwi raJehovha Mwari wedu, kuti tifambe nemirayiro yake yaakaisa pamberi pedu navaranda vake vaporofita.

¹¹Zvirokwazvo vaIsiraeri vose vakadarika murayiro wenyu, vachitsauka, kuti varege kuteerera izwi renyu; nemhaka iyo kutuka kwenyu kwakadururirwa pamusoro pedu, nokupika kwakanyorwa mumurayiro waMozisi muranda waMwari; nekuti takamutadzira.

¹²Akasimbisa mashoko ake aakatitaurira isu navatongi vedu vaititonga, achiuyisa pamusoro pedu chinhu chikuru chakaipa; nekuti pasi pedenga rose hakuna kumboitwa chinhu chakadai chakaitirwa Jerusaremu.

¹³Sezvazvakanyorwa pamurayiro waMozisi, zvakaipa izvi zvose zvakatiwira; kunyange zvakadaro hatina kukumbira tsitsi kuna Jehovha Mwari wedu, kuti titsauke pazvakaipa zvedu nokungwarira chokwadi chenyu.

¹⁴Naizvozvo Jehovha akarindira zvakaipa, akazviuyisa pamusoro pedu; nekuti Jehovha Mwari wedu akarurama pamabasa ake ose aanoita, asi isu hatina kuteerera izwi rake.

¹⁵Zvino imwi Ishe Mwari wedu, makabudisa vanhu venyu panyika yeEgipita noruoko rune simba, mukazviwanira mukurumbira, kusvikira pazuva ranhasi; takatadza, takaita zvakashata.

¹⁶Aiwa Ishe, nokuda kokururama kwenyu kose, ndinokunyengeterai kuti kutsamwa kwenyu nehasha dzenyu zvidzorwe paguta renyu reJerusaremu, iro gomo renyu dzvene; nemhaka yezvivi zvedu, uye nemhaka yezvakaipa zvamadzibaba edu, Jerusaremu navanhu venyu vakaitwa chinhu chinoshoorwa pakati pavose vanotipoteredza.

¹⁷Naizvozvo zvino, imwi Mwari wedu, inzwai kunyengetera komuranda wenyu, nezvaanokumbira, muvhenekera nechiso chenyu panzvimbo yenyu tsvene, yava dongo, nokuda kwaIshe.

¹⁸Aiwa, Mwari wangu, rerekerai nzeve yenyu, munzwe; svinudzai meso enyu, muone kuparadzwa kwedu, neguta rakatumidzwa zita renyu; nekuti hatisvitsi mikumbiro yedu pamberi penyu nokuda kwezvakarurama zvedu, asi nokuda kwenyasha dzenyu huru.

¹⁹Aiwa Ishe, inzwai; Ishe, kangamwirai; Ishe, teererai, muite; zvatinokumbira regai kunonoka, nokuda kwenyu, imwi Mwari wangu, nokuda kweguta renyu navanhu venyu vakatumidzwa zita renyu.

²⁰Zvino ndakati ndichitaura nokunyengetera nokuzvireurura zvivi zvangu nezvivi zvavanhu vangu vaIsiraeri, nokuisa kukumbira kwangu pamberi paJehovha Mwari wangu pamusoro pegomo dzvene raMwari wangu;

²¹ndakati ndichitaura pakunyengetera, uya murume Gabhurieri, wandakanga ndaona pane zvandakaratidzwa pakutanga, ndaneta kwazvo, akasvika kwandiri nenguva inenge yechipo chamadekwana.

²²Akandidudzira, akataura neni, akati, Dhanyeri, ndauya zvino kukuvigira njere nokunzwisisa.

²³Chirevo chakatemwa, uchangotanga kukumbira, zvino ndauya kuzokuudza, nekuti uri murume anodikamwa kwazvo; naizvozvo funga shoko iri, unzwisise zvawakaratidzwa.

²⁴Vhiki dzinamakumi manomwe dzakatemerwa vanhu vako neguta rako dzvene, kupedzisa kudarika nokugumisa zvivi, nokuyananisira zvakaipa, nokuuyisa kururama kusingaperi, nokusimbisa zvakaratidzwa nouporofita, nokuzodza nzvimbo tsvene-tsvene.

²⁵Naizvozvo chiziva unzwisise, kuti kubva pakubuda komurayiro wokuvandudza nokuvaka Jerusaremu kusvikira kune wakazodzwa, iye muchinda, zvichaita vhiki nomwe; uye vhiki dzina makumi matanhatu nembiri dzichavapo dzokuvakwa kwaro, rine misika nemigwagwa, asi zvichaitwa nenguva yokutambudzika.

²⁶Zvino kana vhiki idzo dzina makumi matanhatu nembiri dzapera, akazodzwa achabviswa, akasara asina chinhu; vanhu vomuchinda, anozouya, vachaparadza guta nenzvimbo tsvene; asi kuguma kwazvo kuchauya nokukukurwa, kurwa kuchavapo nokuparadzwa kwakatemwa, kusvikira pakuguma.

²⁷Zvino iye achaita sungano yakasimba navazhinji vhiki imwe; pakati pevhiki achagumisa chibayiro nechipo, zvino muparadzi achasvika nebapiro rezvinosemesa; kusvikira pakuguma kwazvo kwakagara kwakatarwa, kutsamwa kuchadururirwa pamusoro pezvakaparadzwa.