Baba Vanomutsa Mwoyo waMambo
Shure kwamakore makumi manomwe ari muutapwa, vakasara vanodzoka kuzovakazve temberi. Bhuku rinoti nhanho imwe neimwe yakakonzerwa nechinhu chimwe chete: ruoko rwakanaka rwaBaba vavo pamusoro pavo.
1 1Mugore rokutanga raKoreshi mambo wePezhiya, kuti shoko raBaba vedu rakataurwa naJeremiya rizadziswe, Baba vedu vakamutsa mweya waKoreshi mambo wePezhiya, zvokuti akaparadzira chiziviso muumambo hwake hwose achichinyorawo pasi:
2Zvanzi naKoreshi mambo wePezhiya: “Jehovha, Mwari wokudenga, akandipa umambo hwose hwenyika, uye akandigadza kuti ndimuvakire imba muJerusarema riri muJudha. 3Ani naani pakati penyu, wavanhu vake vose—Mwari wake ngaave naye—ngaakwire kuJerusarema riri muJudha avakezve imba yaJehovha, Mwari waIsraeri; ndiye Mwari ari muJerusarema. 4Munhu wose akasara, kwose kwaanogara, ngaabatsirwe nevanhu venzvimbo yake nesirivha, negoridhe, nenhumbi, nezvipfuwo, pamwe nezvipo zvokungopa nokuzvidira zveimba yaMwari iri muJerusarema.”
5Ipapo vakuru vedzimba dzaJudha naBhenjamini, vaprista navaRevhi—munhu wose Baba vedu vakanga vamutsa mweya wake—vakasimuka kuti vakwire vandovakazve imba yaBaba vedu muJerusarema. 6Vavakidzani vavo vose vakavatsigira nemidziyo yesirivha neyegoridhe, nenhumbi, nezvipfuwo, nezvipo zvinokosha, tisingasanganisiri zvose zvakapiwa nokuzvidira.
7Mambo Koreshi akabudisawo midziyo yeimba yaBaba vedu iyo Nebhukadhinezari akanga abvisa muJerusarema akaiisa muimba yavamwari vake. 8Koreshi mambo wePezhiya akaita kuti Mitiredhati muchengeti wepfuma aibudise, achiiverengera Sheshbazari muchinda waJudha. 9Uku ndiko kuwanda kwayo: ndiro dzegoridhe makumi matatu, ndiro dzesirivha chiuru, zvipiso zvinonhuhwira makumi maviri nepfumbamwe, 10mbiya dzegoridhe makumi matatu, mbiya dzesirivha dzorumwe rudzi mazana mana negumi, nemimwe midziyo chiuru. 11Midziyo yegoridhe neyesirivha yose yaisvika zviuru zvishanu nemazana mana. Sheshbazari akaikwidza yose pakakwira vatapwa kubva kuBhabhironi vachienda kuJerusarema.