ESRA 1

₁Nga ṅwaha wa u thoma wa Khoreshe khosi ya Pheresia Muṋe washu o ita uri hu khunyelele zwe a zwi amba nga mulomo wa muporofita Jeremia. Muṋe washu a ritha mbilu ya Khoreshe khosi ya Pheresia uri a ṅwale ndaela hei i tou ḓivhadzwa hoṱhe muvhusoni wawe, ya ri:

₂“Khoreshe khosi ya Pheresia u ri, ‘Yahavee Mudzimu wa ṱaḓulu o nkumedza mivhuso yoṱhe ya ḽifhasi, a dovha a mmbea uri ndi mu fhaṱele thembele Jerusalema kha ḽa Juda. ₃Muṅwe na muṅwe wa vhathu vhawe vha re vhukati haṋu, ngavhe Mudzimu a tshi vha nae, a mu litsha a gonya Jerusalema kha ḽa Juda a yo fhaṱa thembele ya Yahavee Mudzimu wa Israele, Mudzimu ane a luvhiwa Jerusalema. ₄Vhathu vha mashango oṱhe hune vho salaho u fa vha dzula hone zwino vho fanela u vha ṋea siliva na musuku na thundu na zwifuwo na zwine muthu a tou funa u ṋea, uri vha fhaṱe ngazwo thembele ya Mudzimu muḓini wa Jerusalema.’ ”

₅Ndi hone ṱhoho dza miṱa ya Juda na Benyamini na vhotshifhe na Vhalivi – muṅwe na muṅwe we Mudzimu a karusa mbilu yawe – vha tshi ḓilugisa u yo fhaṱa nnḓu ya Muṋe washu i re Jerusalema. ₆Vhahura vhoṱhe vha vha ṱhaḓula nga u vha ṋea zwithu zwa siliva na musuku na thundu na zwifuwo na zwifhiwa zwa mutengo muhulu na zwine muthu a tou ṋea nga u funa hawe.

₇Khosi Khoreshe a dovha a bvisa midzio ya thembele ya Muṋe washu, ye Nebukhadnetsara a i thuba Jerusalema a i vhea thembeleni ya mudzimu wawe. ₈Khoreshe khosi ya Pheresia a i kumedza Mithiridathi, ene mufaragwama, uyo a i vhalela Sheshebatsara muvhusi wa Juda.

₉Mutevhe wa midzio yeneyo ngoyu:

₁₁Midzio ya musuku na siliva yoṱhe yo ṱangana ndi 5 400. Sheshebatsara o ḓa nayo yoṱhe heyo midzio musi mathubwa vha tshi pfuluwa Babele vha tshi vhuelela Jerusalema.