¹ Zvino pamazuva aAhashivheroshi, (ndiye Ahashivheroshi aibata ushe kubva palndia kusvikira Itiopia, pamativi enyika ane zana namakumi maviri namanomwe;). ² Pamazuva iwayo mambo Ahashivheroshi agere pachigaro chake choushe chakanga chiri paShusha panhare yamambo. ³ Pagore rechitatu rokubata kwake ushe, akaitira machinda ake ose navaranda vake mutambo; hondo dzePerisia neMedhia, navakuru namachinda enyika vakanga vari pamberi pake. ⁴ Akavaratidza fuma youshe hwake hwakarumbidzwa, nokukudzwa kwoumambo hwake hwakaisvonaka mazuva mazhinji, ari mazuva ane zana namakumi masere. ⁵ Zvino mazuva iwayo akati apera, mambo akaitira mutambo vanhu vose vakanga vari paShusha panhare yamambo, vakuru navaduku, mazuva manomwe paruvanze rwomunda panhare yamambo. ⁶ Pakanga pane micheka michena nemipfumbu nemitema yakanga yakasungwa nezvisungo zvemicheka yakaisvonaka nemishava pazvindori zvesirivha nembiru dzamabwe machena; zvigaro zvakanga zviri zvendarama nesirivha zvakagadzikwa paguva rakaitwa namabwe matsvuku, namachena, namashora, namatema. ⁷ Vakapiwa zvokunwa mumikombe yendarama, (asi mikombe yakanga isina kufanana), newaini yamambo zhinji, mambo asingavanyimi napaduku. ⁸ Vakanwa nomurayiro wokuti munhu arege kurovererwa; nokuti mambo akanga araira varanda vose veimba yake, kuti vaitire mumwe nomumwe sezvaakanga achida nomoyo wake ⁹ Navahosi Vashiti vakaitirawo vakadzi mutambo paimba yamambo yakanga iri yamambo Ahashivheroshi. ¹⁰ Zvino nezuva rechinomwe moyo wamambo wakati uchifara newaini, akaraira Mehumani, naBhizita, naHaribhona, naBhigita, naAbhagata, naZetari, naKarikasi, ivo varanda vanomwe vaibata pamberi pamambo Ahashivheroshi, ¹¹ Kuti vauye navahosi Vashiti pamberi pamambo, vane korona youhosi, kuti vanhu namachinda vawone kunaka kwavo; nokuti vakanga vakanaka pakuonekwa. ¹² Asi vahosi Vashiti vakaramba kuuya sezvavakanga varairwa namambo nomuromo wavaranda; ipapo mambo akatsamwa kwazvo, shungu dzake dzikamuka mukati make. ¹³ Ipapo mambo akati kuvarume vakangwara vaiziva nguva, (nokuti saizvozvo mambo wairangana navose vaiziva murau nezvakatongwa; ¹⁴ Vakanga vagere pedo naye vaiva Karishena, naShetari, naAdhimata, naTarishishi, naMereesi, naMarisena, naMemukani, iwo machinda manomwe ePerisia neMedhia, vaisionana namambo, vaigara pazvigaro zvokutanga paushe;) ¹⁵ Akati, Murayiro unoti kudini, tichaitireiko vahosi Vashiti, zvavakaramba kuita sezvavakarairwa namambo Ahashivheroshi nomuromo wavaranda? ¹⁶ Ipapo Memukani akapindura mambo namachinda, akati, Vahosi havana kutadzira mambo bedzi, asi namachinda osewo, navanhu vose vari munyika dzose dzamambo Ahashivheroshi. ¹⁷ Nokuti ichi chakaitwa navahosi chichapararira pakati pavakadzi vose, zvino vachashora varume vavo, kana zvichinzi, `Mambo Ahashivheroshi akaraira vahosi Vashiti kuti vauyiswe pamberi pake, asi vakaramba kuuya.' ¹⁸ Nhasi vakadzi vamachinda ePerisia neMedhia, vakanzwa zvakaitwa navahosi, achataurawo zvakadaro kumachinda ose amambo. Naizvozvo kushora nokutsamwa kukuru kuchamuka. ¹⁹ Kana mambo achifara nazvo, mambo ngaateme murayiro une simba ramambo, unyorwe pamirairo yavaPerisia navaMedhia, urege kushandurwa. Kuti Vashiti arege kuzouyazve pamberi pamambo Ahashivheroshi; mambo ngaape mumwe akanaka kupfuura iye uhosi hwake. ²⁰ Zvino kana chirevo chamambo chavatema, chikaparidzwa paushe hwake hwose, (nokuti ukuru kwazvo), vakadzi vose vachakudza varume vavo, vose vakuru navaduku. ²¹ Shoko iro rikafadza mambo namachinda; mambo ndokuita sezvakarehwa naMemukani. ²² Ipapo mambo akati kuvarume vakangwara vaiziva nguva, (nokuti saizvozvo mambo wairangana navose vaiziva murau nezvakatongwa;