Ezra Anoverenga Murayiro Achidaidzira
Vanhu pachavo vanokumbira Murayiro waBaba vedu uye vanomira Ezra achiverenga kubva mambakwedza kusvikira masikati, VaRevhi vachitsanangura zvarinoreva. Vanochema pane zvavanonzwa, asi vanoudzwa kuti vaite mabiko, vagovane chikafu, vafare, vozochengeta mutambo mumatumba emashizha.
8 1Mwedzi wechinomwe wakati wasvika, vanhu vose vakaungana vari vamwe pachivara chaiva pamberi peSuo reMvura, vakakumbira Ezra munyori kuti auye neBhuku roMurayiro waMozisi, iro Baba vedu vakaraira vaIsraeri. 2Pazuva rokutanga romwedzi wechinomwe, Ezra muprista akauya noMurayiro pamberi peungano yavarume, vakadzi, navose vaigona kunzwisisa zvavainzwa. 3Akauverenga, akatarisa kuchivara chaiva pamberi peSuo reMvura, kubvira mambakwedza kusvikira masikati, kuvarume, vakadzi, navose vaigona kunzwisisa. Vanhu vose vakateerera zvakanyanya kuBhuku roMurayiro. 4Ezra munyori akamira pachikuva chamatanda chakakwirira chakanga chakagadzirirwa izvozvo. Padivi pake kurudyi pakamira Matitia, Shema, Anaya, Uria, Hirikia, naMaaseya; uye kuruboshwe kwake, Pedaya, Mishaeri, Marikia, Hashumi, Hashibhadhana, Zekaria, naMeshurami. 5Ezra akazarura bhuku pamberi pameso avanhu vose, nokuti akanga amire pamusoro pavanhu vose; paakarizarura, vose vakasimuka. 6Ezra akarumbidza Baba vedu, Mwari mukuru, uye vanhu vose vakasimudza maoko avo vakapindura vachiti, “Ameni! Ameni!” Ipapo vakakotama, zviso zvakatarira pasi, vachinamata Baba vedu.
7VaRevhi—Jeshua, Bhani, Sherebhia, Jamini, Akubhi, Shabhetai, Hodhia, Maaseya, Kerita, Azaria, Jozabhadhi, Hanani, naPeraya—vakatsanangurira vanhu Murayiro, ivo vanhu vamire panzvimbo dzavo. 8Vakaverenga bhuku, Murayiro waBaba vedu, zvakajeka, vachitsanangura zvazvinoreva kuti vanhu vanzwisise zvaiverengwa.
9Ipapo Nehemia mubati, Ezra muprista nomunyori, navaRevhi vaidzidzisa vanhu, vakavaudza vose vachiti, “Zuva rino idzvene kuna Baba venyu. Musaungudza kana kuchema.” Nokuti vanhu vose vakanga vachichema pavakanzwa mashoko oMurayiro. 10Nehemia akavaudza achiti, “Endai mudye zvokudya zvakakora, munwe chinhu chinotapira, uye mutumire migove kune avo vasina chakagadzirirwa, nokuti zuva rino idzvene kuna Baba vedu Changamire. Musashungurudzika; mufaro waBaba vedu isimba renyu.”
11VaRevhi vakanyaradza vanhu vose, vachiti, “Nyararai, nokuti zuva rino idzvene. Musashungurudzika.”
12Vanhu vose vakaenda kundodya, kunwa, kugovana migove, nokupemberera nomufaro mukuru, nokuti vakanzwisisa mashoko avakaziviswa.
Kuchengeta Mutambo weMatumba
13Pazuva rechipiri, vakuru vemhuri dzavanhu vose, pamwe chete navaprista navaRevhi, vakaungana kuna Ezra munyori kuti vadzidze mashoko oMurayiro. 14Vakawana zvakanyorwa muMurayiro kuti Baba vedu vakaraira kubudikidza naMozisi: vaIsraeri vaifanira kugara mumatumba panguva yomutambo womwedzi wechinomwe. 15Vaifanira kuparidza nokuparadzira shoko iri kumaguta avo ose nomuJerusarema vachiti: “Endai kuzvikomo muuye namatavi omuorivhi, omuorivhi wesango, omumhariti, omuchindwe, nemiti mimwe ine mashizha, kuti muvake matumba, sezvazvakanyorwa.”
16Vanhu vakabuda, vakauya namatavi, vakavaka matumba—mumwe nomumwe pamusoro pedenga reimba yake, muzvivanze, nomuzvivanze zveimba yaBaba vedu, nomuzvivara zveSuo reMvura neSuo reEfuremu. 17Ungano yose yavakadzoka kuutapwa vakavaka matumba, vakagara maari; vaIsraeri vakanga vasati vaita kudaro kubvira pamazuva aJoshua mwanakomana waNuni kusvikira pazuva iroro, uye mufaro wavo wakanga uri mukuru kwazvo. 18Zuva rimwe nerimwe, kubvira pazuva rokutanga kusvikira pazuva rokupedzisira, Ezra aiverenga Bhuku roMurayiro waBaba vedu. Vakachengeta mutambo kwamazuva manomwe, uye pazuva rechisere vakaita ungano tsvene, sezvaidiwa noMurayiro.