Baba Vanouya naEzira kuJerusarema
Ezira, mupristi nomunyori ane unyanzvi muMurayiro, anobva kuBhabhironi netsamba yamambo inomupa sirivha, zvinodiwa nesimba rokugadza vatongi. Chitsauko ichi chinoramba chichitaura chikonzero: ruoko rwakanaka rwaBaba vake rwakanga rwuri paari. Ezira akanga aisa mwoyo wake pakudzidza, kuteerera nokudzidzisa.
7 1Mushure mezvinhu izvi, pakutonga kwaAtazekisesi mambo wePezhia, Ezira mwanakomana waSeraya, mwanakomana waAzaria, mwanakomana waHirikia, 2mwanakomana waSharumu, mwanakomana waZadhoki, mwanakomana waAhitubhi, 3mwanakomana waAmaria, mwanakomana waAzaria, mwanakomana waMerayoti, 4mwanakomana waZerahia, mwanakomana waUzi, mwanakomana waBhuki, 5mwanakomana waAbhishua, mwanakomana waFinehasi, mwanakomana waEreazari, mwanakomana waAroni muprista mukuru. 6Ezira uyu akakwira achibva kuBhabhironi, munyori akanga ane unyanzvi muMutemo waMozisi wakanga wapiwa naBaba vedu, Mwari wavaIsraeri. Mambo akamupa zvose zvaakakumbira, nokuti ruoko rwaBaba vake rwaiva paari. 7Vamwe vaIsraeri, vaprista, vaRevhi, vaimbi, varindi vamasuo, navashandi vetemberi vakakwira kuJerusarema mugore rechinomwe raAtazekisesi mambo. 8Ezira akasvika kuJerusarema mumwedzi wechishanu, mugore rechinomwe ramambo. 9Pazuva rokutanga romwedzi wokutanga akabva kuBhabhironi; akasvika kuJerusarema pazuva rokutanga romwedzi wechishanu, nokuti ruoko rwakanaka rwaBaba vake rwaiva paari. 10Nokuti Ezira akanga aisa mwoyo wake pakudzidza Mutemo waBaba vedu, kuuteerera, uye kudzidzisa mitemo nemirayiro yavo pakati pavaIsraeri.
Tsamba yaMambo kuna Ezira
11Iyi ndiyo kopi yetsamba yakapiwa naMambo Atazekisesi kuna Ezira muprista nomunyori, nyanzvi mumirayiro nemitemo yaBaba vedu kuvaIsraeri:
12Atazekisesi, mambo wamadzimambo, kuna Ezira muprista, munyori woMutemo waMwari wokudenga: kwaziwai. Zvino,
13Ndinotema kuti: muIsraeri upi zvake ari muumambo hwangu, pamwe chete navaprista navaRevhi, anoda kuenda kuJerusarema angaenda newe. 14Nokuti watumwa namambo navapi vamazano vake vanomwe kuti ubvunze nezveJudha neJerusarema maererano noMutemo waMwari wako, uri muruoko rwako, 15uye kuti uuye nesirivha negoridhe zvakapiwa namambo navapi vamazano vake nokuzvisarudzira kuna Mwari waIsraeri, ane musha muJerusarema, 16pamwe chete nesirivha yose negoridhe rose raunowana munyika yose yeBhabhironi, pamwe nezvipo zvokuzvidira zvavanhu navaprista, zvakapiwa nokuzvisarudzira kuimba yaMwari wavo iri muJerusarema. 17Nemari iyi, kurumidza kutenga hando, makondohwe, namakwayana, pamwe chete nezvipiriso zvawo zvezviyo nezvokunwa, ugozvipira paaritari yeimba yaMwari wako iri muJerusarema. 18Ita zvose zvamunofunga kuti ndizvo zvakanaka, iwe nehama dzako, nesirivha negoridhe rakasara, sezvinodiwa naMwari wako. 19Isa pamberi paMwari weJerusarema midziyo yawakapiwa yebasa reimba yaMwari wako. 20Zvimwe zvose zvinodiwa neimba yaMwari wako zvaunofanira kupa, uzvitore mudura remari ramambo.
21Ini, Mambo Atazekisesi, ndinotema kuvachengeti vose vepfuma vari munyika Mhiri kwoRwizi kuti: itai chaizvo zvose zvamunokumbirwa naEzira muprista, munyori woMutemo waMwari wokudenga. 22Kusvikira pamapaundi angangoita zviuru zvinomwe namazana mashanu esirivha, mabhasheri egorosi ana mazana matanhatu, magaroni ewaini ana mazana matanhatu, magaroni amafuta ana mazana matanhatu, nomunyu usina muganhu. 23Zvose zvinorayirwa naMwari wokudenga, zviitirei imba yake zvizere, kuti kurege kuva nehasha dzinouya paumambo hwamambo navanakomana vake. 24Tinokuzivisaiwo kuti: hakuna mutero, chimwe chitero, kana muripo wenzira ungaiswa pamusoro pavaprista vapi zvavo, vaRevhi, vaimbi, varindi vamasuo, vashandi vetemberi, kana vashandi veimba iyi yaMwari.
25Iwe Ezira, nouchenjeri hwaMwari wako huri muruoko rwako, gadza vatongi navabati vedare kuti vatonge vanhu vose vari munyika Mhiri kwoRwizi—vose vanoziva mirayiro yaMwari wako. Dzidzisa avo vasingaizivi. 26Ani naani anoramba mutemo waMwari wako nomutemo wamambo anofanira kurangwa zvikuru—rufu, kudzingwa, kutorerwa pfuma, kana kupfigirwa mujeri.
27Ngavarumbidzwe Baba vedu, Mwari wamadzitateguru edu, vakaisa izvi mumwoyo mamambo kuti ashongedze imba yaBaba vedu iri muJerusarema, 28uye vakandiratidza rudo rwesungano pamberi pamambo, navapi vamazano vake, navabati vose vane simba vamambo. Saka ndakatsunga mwoyo, nokuti ruoko rwaBaba vangu rwaiva pandiri, uye ndakaunganidza vatungamiri vokuvaIsraeri kuti vakwire neni.