Vavengi Vanopikisa Imba yaBaba
Vavakidzani vanoda kubatsira kuvaka asi vanorambwa, saka vanotanga kukanganisa: vachiodza mwoyo vashandi, vachibhadhara vakuru, uye pakupedzisira vachinyorera mambo wePezhiya kuti Jerusarema iguta rinomukira. Kutsvaka mumabhuku ekare kunovatsigira, uye basa reimba yaBaba vedu rinomiswa nechisimba kwamakore.
4 1Zvino vavengi vaJudha navaBhenjamini pavakanzwa kuti vakadzoka kuutapwa vakanga vachivakira Baba vedu temberi, 2vakauya kuna Zerubhabheri nokuvakuru vedzimba vakati, “Regai tivake nemi, nokuti tinotsvaka Mwari wenyu sezvamunoita imi, uye takamubayira kubva pamazuva aEsarihadhoni mambo weAsiria, akatiuyisa kuno.”
3Asi Zerubhabheri, Jeshua, nevamwe vakuru vedzimba vaIsraeri vakati kwavari, “Hamuna mugove nesu pakuvakira Baba vedu imba. Isu toga ndisu tichavakira Baba vedu, sezvatakarayirwa namambo Sirasi wePezhiya.”
4Ipapo vanhu venyika iyoyo vakashayisa simba maoko avanhu veJudha, vachivatyisa kuti varege kuvaka. 5Vakapa chiokomuhomwe kune vapi vamazano kuti vavapikise uye vakanganise urongwa hwavo, mukutonga kwose kwaSirasi mambo wePezhiya kusvikira pakutonga kwaDhariasi mambo wePezhiya. 6Pakutanga kwokutonga kwaZekisesi, vakanyora mhosva vachipomera vagari veJudha neveJerusarema.
Tsamba Inopikisa Vanhu vaBaba
7Pakutonga kwaAtazekisesi, Bhishirami, Mitiredhati, Tabheeri, nevamwe vavo vakanyorera Atazekisesi mambo wePezhiya; tsamba yakanyorwa nerunyoro rwechiAramaiki uye ikaturikirwa mumutauro wechiAramaiki. 8Rehumi mukuru naShimishai munyori vakanyorera mambo Atazekisesi tsamba vachipomera Jerusarema, ichiti: 9Rehumi mukuru, Shimishai munyori, nevamwe vavo vose—vatongi, vabati, navatariri vavanhu veEreki, vaBhabhironi, navanhu veSusa (ndivo vaErami), 10nedzimwe ndudzi dzakatapwa naOsinapari mukuru uye anokudzwa, akadzigarisa muguta reSamaria nomune dzimwe nzvimbo dzedunhu reMhiri kwoRwizi. a a v10 Dunhu reMhiri kwoRwizi raiva ruwa rwePezhiya kumavirira kwoRwizi rwaYufuratesi, raisanganisira Siria nenyika dzakapoteredza Judha.
11Uku ndiko kukopa kwetsamba yavakamutumira: Kuna mambo Atazekisesi, kubva kuvaranda venyu, vanhu vedunhu reMhiri kwoRwizi. Zvino, 12mambo ngaazive kuti: vaJudha vakakwira kubva kwamuri vachiuya kwatiri vasvika kuJerusarema. Vari kuvakazve guta iroro rinopanduka rakaipa, vachipedza masvingo nokugadzirisa nheyo. 13Mambo ngaazive kuti: kana guta iri rikavakwazve uye masvingo aro akapera, havazobhadhari mutero, nomuripo, kana chimwe chomutero, uye hombwe youmambo ichakuvara. 14Sezvo tichirarama nomumuzinda wamambo, uye zvisina kururama kuti tione mambo achizvidzwa, tinotumira shoko kuti tizivise mambo, b b v14 Kudya “munyu womuzinda wamambo” kwaireva kushanda mambo uye kusungwa kwaari mukutendeka. 15kuti kutsvakwe munhoroondo dzamadzitateguru enyu. Munhoroondo idzodzo muchawana kuti guta iri rinopanduka, rinokuvadza madzimambo nedunhu, richimutsa bongozozo kubvira kare kare—rakaparadzwa nokuda kwaizvozvo. 16Tinozivisa mambo kuti: kana guta iri rikavakwazve uye masvingo aro akapera, hamuzovi nomugove muMhiri kwoRwizi.
17Mambo akapindura akati: Kuna Rehumi mukuru, Shimishai munyori, nevamwe vavo vari muSamaria nomune dzimwe nzvimbo dzeMhiri kwoRwizi: Kwaziwai. Zvino, 18tsamba yamakatitumira yaverengwa zvinonzwika uye ikaturikirwa kwandiri. 19Ndakarayira kuti kutsvakwe, ndikawana kuti guta iri kare kare raisimukira madzimambo, richimutsa kupanduka nebongozozo. 20Madzimambo ane simba akatonga Jerusarema, akatonga Mhiri kwoRwizi kwose, uye akagamuchira mutero, nomuripo, nechimwe chomutero. 21Zvino rayirai varume ava kuti vamire, kuti guta iri risavakwazve kusvikira ndarayira. 22Musaregeredza nyaya iyi. Ko, chinyi chingaita kuti njodzi iyi ikure igokuvadza zvido zvamadzimambo?
23Zvino kukopa kwetsamba yamambo Atazekisesi pakwakaverengwa kuna Rehumi, Shimishai munyori, nevamwe vavo, vakakurumidza kuenda kuvaJudha vaiva muJerusarema vakavamisa nechisimba nesimba. 24Saka basa reimba yaBaba vedu muJerusarema rakamira rikaramba rakamira, kusvikira mugore rechipiri rokutonga kwaDhariasi mambo wePezhiya.