¹ . Zvino vaprofeti, Hagai naZekharia mukororo waIdho, vakaprofeta kuvaJudha vaiya muJudha nomuJerusarema muzina raMwari waIsuraeri, waiya padera pavo. ² Zvino Zerubhabheri mukororo waShearitieri, naJeshua mukororo waJozadhaki vakamiruka, vakaamba kuakisa mhatso yaMwari muJerusarema, pamwepo nevaprofeti vaMwari vechivadetsera ³ Ngouwo mukuwo Tatenai mutongi wenyika yeseri kworwizi, naShethabhozenai nevamweni vavo, vakauya kwevari, vakaereketa kwevari vechiti, “Ndiani wakamupanga kuti muake iyi mhatso nokuparadza urwu rukumbati?” ⁴ Vakavabvunzawo izvi, “Ndiani mazina eavo vanhu vanoaka mhatso iyi?” ⁵ Asi madziso aMwari wavo airingira padera pevakuru vevaJudha, navo avazi kuvarambidza, metsa ndaa yakaiswa kunaDhariusi, naapo vakapingurwa ngetsamba ndaa iyo. ⁶ Imwe yetsambayo yevakatumira kunaDhariusi mambo Tatenai, mutongi wenyika yeseri kworwizi, naShethabhozenai nevamweni vavo nhumwa, avo vaiya munyika yemberi kworwizi. ⁷ Vakatumira mushumo kwaari, wakanyorwa kudai: “KunaDhariusi mambo, kunyarara kweshe! ⁸ Ngakuziikanwe kunamambo kuti takaenda kunyika yaJudha, kumhatso yaMwari mukuru. Iyo irikuakwa ngemapuwe makuru, nematanda anoiswa padera mumarukumbati; mushando uyu unoenda mberi zvakanaka, unobudirira munyara dzavo. ⁹ Zvino takabvunza vakuru avo, techiti kwevari, ‘Ndiani wakamupanga kuaka iyi mhatso, nokupedza marukumbati aya?’ ¹⁰ Takabvunzawo mazina avo, kuti tikuronzere, kuti tinyore mazina evamuna vaiya vakuru pakati pavo. ¹¹ Vakatipingura vechiti, ‘Tiri varanda vaMwari womudenga nowomunyika, tinoakisa mhatso yakaakiwa ikapera makore mazhinji akapinda ndimambo mukuru waIsuraeri. ¹² Asi ngokuti madzibaba edu akamusa ushungu hwaMwari womudenga, wakavapira munyara dzaNebhukhadhineza mambo weBhabhuroni, muKharadhea, uwo wakaparadza iyi mhatso, akatora vanhu akaenda navo Bhabhuroni. ¹³ Zvakanyadaro mugore rokutanga rokutonga kwaSairusi mambo weBhabhuroni, wakapanga kuti mhatso yaMwari iakiswe. ¹⁴ Zve, zvidziyo zvomukore nezvesirivha zvemhatso yaMwari, izvo zvaakatora Nebhukhadhineza kubva mutemperi muJerusarema, nokuzviunza mutemperi romuBhabhuroni, izvi Sairusi mambo wakazvitora kubva mutemperi reBhabhuroni, nazvo zvakapuwa kunemunhu waizwi Sheshibhaza, uwo waakaemesa kuita mutongi.’ ¹⁵ Wakati kwaari, ‘Tora izvi zvidziyo, enda uzviise mutemperi muJerusarema, nemhatso yaMwari ngaiakiwe pandau yayo.’ ¹⁶ Zvino uwo Sheshibhaza wakauya, akaisa tsikiro remhatso yaMwari muJerusarema; kubvira ngouwo mukuwo metsa zvino ichandoakiwa, nayo aisati yapera. ¹⁷ Ndizvo zvino, kudai kwechioneka kwakanaka kunamambo, ngakutsvakisiswe mumhatso yemabhuku ekaretu hwamambo muBhabhuroni kuti kuoneke kuti zvinegwinyiso here kuti Sairusi mambo wakapanga kuti mhatso yaMwari iakiswe muJerusarema. Mambo ngaatumire kwetiri chiri kuda kwake ngeiyi ndaa.