¹Zvino mutumwa akanga achitaurirana neni akasvikazve, akandimutsa, somunhu anomutswa pahope dzake.

²Akati kwandiri, Unooneiko? Ini ndikati, Ndakatarira, ndikaona chigadziko chomwenje chendarama yose, chine hadyana yacho pamusoro pacho, nemwenje yacho minomwe iri pamusoro pacho; mwenje mumwe nomumwe uri pamusoro pacho une mbombi nomwe;

³uye miti miviri yemiorivhi parutivi rwacho, mumwe kurutivi rworudyi rwehadyana, nomumwe kurutivi rworuboshwe.

⁴Ndikapindura ndikataura nomutumwa akanga achitaurirana neni, ndichiti, Izvi zvinyiko, ishe wangu?

⁵Ipapo mutumwa akanga achitaurirana neni, akapindura, akati, kwandiri, Hauzivi here kuti izvi zvinyiko? Ini ndikati, Kwete, ishe wangu.

⁶Ipapo akapindura, akataura neni, achiti, Ndiro shoko raJehovha kuna Zerubhabheri, rinoti, Kwete nehondo kana nesimba, asi noMweya wangu, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo.

⁷Ndiwe aniko, iwe gomo guru? Pamberi paZerubhabheri uchaitwa bani, iye achabudisa ibwe rokumusoro, achidanidzira achiti, Nyasha, nyasha ngadzive kwariri.

⁸Zvino shoko raJehovha rakasvikazve kwandiri, richiti,

⁹Maoko aZerubhabheri akateya nheyo dzeimba ino, maoko ake achaipedzisawo; ipapo iwe uchaziva kuti Jehovha wehondo ndiye akandituma kwauri.

¹⁰nekuti ndiani akashoora zuva rezvinhu zviduku? nekuti achafara zvikuru, achaona rwonzi rwokuyera muruoko rwaZerubhabheri; awa ndiwo meso aJehovha anofamba pose-pose panyika yose.

¹¹Ipapo ndakapindura, ndikati kwaari, Ko miorivhi iyi miviri kurutivi rworudyi rwechigadziko nokurutivi rworuboshwe zvinoti kudiniko?

¹²Ndikapindurazve rwechipiri, ndikati kwaari, Ko matavi awa maviri emiorivhi ari kumativi emiromo miviri , inodira mafuta endarama pairi, anoti kudiniko?

¹³Akandipindura, akati, Hauzivi here kuti izvi zvinyiko? Ini ndikati, Kwete, ishe wangu.

¹⁴Zvino akati, Ava ndivo vaviri vakazodzwa, vamire pamberi paShe wenyika yose.