Mugore rechiposhi raDhariusi mwanakomana waAhasuerusi wechizvarwa chavaMidhi akava mambo paumambo hwavaKaridhea, mugore rake rokutanga kutonga, ini Dhanieri ndakanzwisisa nomumabhuku uwandi hwamakore akanga ataurwa naTenzi nomuromo womuporofita Jeremiya kuti Jerusaremu inofanira kupedza makumi manomwe amakore iri dongo.
Ipapo ndakatarisa kuna Tenzi Mwari ndichimutsvaka nomunamato neminyengetero nokutsanya ndakapfeka hanzu dzemasaga ndakazvidira dota. Ndakanamata kuna Tenzi, Mwari wangu ndichireurura ndichiti:
“Imi Tenzi, Mwari mukurukuru anotyisa
anochengeta chitenderano achiitira mwoyochena
kuvanhu vanomuda vanochengeta mitemo yake;
takatadza, takaita zvakaipa, takakanganisa.
Takapanduka tikatsaukana nemitemo nemirao yenyu.
Hatina kuteerera varanda
venyu vaporofita vaitaura nomuzita renyu
kumadzimambo edu nokumachinda edu
nokumadzibaba edu uye kuvanhu vose zvavo
venyika iyoyi.
Imimi Tenzi, ndimi muridzi woururami
asi isusu, uso inyadzi dzoga dzoga sezvazviri
pari nhasi kuvanhu vokwaJudha kuvagari
veJerusaremu nokuIsiraeri yose zvayo
vari padyo navari kure chaiko
kunyika dzose zvadzo kwamakavadzingira
pamusana pounyengedzi hwavakaita kwamuri.
Tenzi, kwatiri uso inyadzi dzoga dzoga
uye nokumadzimambo edu nokumachinda
edu nokumadzibaba edu pamusana pokuti takakutadzirai.
Imimi Tenzi Mwari wedu ndimi muridzi
wetsitsi nokuregerera nokuda kokuti isu takakupandukirai
tikarega kuteerera zvamakareva imi Tenzi
Mwari wedu tichitevera mitemo yenyu
yamakatipa nomuromo wavaranda venyu, vaporofita.
Isiraeri yose zvayo yakatyora mutemo wenyu
ikatsauka ichiramba kuteerera
zvaunotaura. Ipapo rushambwa nemhiko zviya
zvakanyorwa mumutemo
waMosesi muranda waMwari
zvakawodzvorerwa patiri pamusana pokuti takakutadzirai.
Akatsigira shoko rake reyambiro yake
yaakatipa isu navatongi vedu vaititonga
nokutiunzira kwaakaita jambwa guru
nokuti kwose zvako pasi pedenga
hakuna kwakamboitwa zvakafanana
nenhamo yakapinzwa Jerusaremu.
Jambwa irori rakatiwira sokunyorwa
kwazvakaitwa mumutemo waMosesi.
Asi isu hatina kukutetai imi Tenzi,
Mwari wedu tichipinduka kuuipi hwedu
nokugamuchira chokwadi chenyu.
Naizvozvo Tenzi akatichengetera jambwa
ndokuriita kuti ritiwire nokuti Tenzi,
Mwari wedu akarurama mumabasa ake ose
aakaita asi isu hatina kuteerera izwi rake.
“Saka zvino imi Tenzi Mwari wedu
imi makaburitsa vanhu venyu
munyika yeIjipiti nesimba roruoko rwenyu
mukazviwanira zita sezvazviri nhasi uno,
isu takatadza, takaita zvakaipa.
Tenzi, hasha dzenyu ngadziserere,
kushatirirwa guta renyu reJerusaremu
chikomo chenyu chinoera kupore maererano
namaitiro enyu akarurama nokuti pamusana
pezvitadzo zvedu nouipi hwamadzibaba edu,
Jerusaremu navanhu venyu vakava chiseko chenyika
chavanhu vari munharaunda yatiri.
Saka naizvozvo, imi Mwari wedu, rerekerai
nzeve yenyu kumunamato womuranda wenyu
nokumunyengetero wake uye muchizviitira
iyemi Tenzi pachenyu,
cheukaiwo Nzvimbo yenyu
Inoera yakadai kuva dongo.
Nhai Mwari wangu rerekerai nzeve yenyu munzwe,
zarurai maziso enyu muone
kuparara kwataita neguta rinodaidzwa nezita renyu.
Chatinodariro ndechokuti kunyengetera kwatiri
kuita kwamuri kudai hakusi kuti isu
takarurama, asi kuti pamusana
petsitsi dzenyu dzakawanda.
Tenzi inzwai
Tenzi regererai.
Tirimukai muwane zvamungaite,
musanonoke zvenyu, muchizviitiremi, Mwari wangu,
nokuti guta renyu
navanhu venyu zvinodaidzwa nezita renyu.”
Pandainamata ndichitaura kudaro ndichireurura kutadza kwangu nokutadza kwavanhu vokwangu, vaIsiraeri ndichisvitsa kuteterera kwangu pana Tenzi, Mwari wangu ndichinamatira chikomo chinoera chaMwari wangu ndichitaura kudaro mumunamato, munhu uya, Gabhurieri wandakanga ndaona muchiratidzo pokutanga paya, akauya kwandiri achibhururuka semhepo kumhanya panguva yechibayiro chamanheru. Akanditsanangurira achiti:
“Dhanieri, chandabudira iye zvino kuzokupa
ungwaru nokunzwisisa.
Pakutanga kwawaita kuteterera kwako ndipo pabuda
shoko randauya kuzokutaurira nokuti
iwe uri wapamwoyo chaiye saka
wochirangarira shoko racho unzwisise chiratidzo ichi.
“Vanhu vokwako neguta rokwako rinoera
makatemerwa makumi manomwe amakore
akapetwa kanomwe okuti kukanganisa kupere
nokugumisa chitadzo nokuripira uipi
nokuunza ururami hunogara nokusingaperi
uye nokutsinhira chiratidzo nomuporofita
nokuzodza Nzvimbo Inoera.
Saka wochiziva unyatsonzwisisa kuti kubvira
panotaurwa shoko rokugadzirisa nokuvakazve
Jerusaremu kusvikira panouya muzodzwa,
muchinda, pachaita masvondo manomwe.
Richavakwa kwamasvondo makumi
matanhatu nemaviri richivakwa patsva
namabwe nenhandare nemigero yacho
asi muchange muri munguva yenhamo.
Mushure memasvondo makumi matanhatu
namaviri muzodzwa achagurwa
pake pachimuperera.
Ipapo vanhu vomuchinda achauya vachaparadza guta
neNzvimbo Inoera.
Kuguma kwacho kuchauya samafashamo iri
hondo chete kusvikira kumagumo,
zvokuparara zvakatotemwa.
Achaita chitenderano chakasimba navazhinji
kwesvondo rimwechete.
Kwechikamu chepakati napakati pesvondo racho,
achaita kuti zvibayiro nemipiro zvimbomira.
Panzvimbo pazvo zvinhu zvinosemesa Mwari
parutii rweTemberi pachava nechinosemesa Mwari chiya
kusvika kumagumo kusvikira chirevo
chokuparadza mharadzi iyoyo chatemwa.”