Nehemiya 8:4-8

Ezira nyanzvi yomutemo akamira padara rakanga ravakirwa izvozvi izvi. Vakanga vamire naye kurudyi ndaava vanoti: Matatiya naShema naAnaya naUriya naHirikiya naMaaseya; kuruboshwe: ndiPedhaya naMishaeri naMarikiya naHashumu naHashibhadhana naZekariya naMeshuramu. Ezira akazarura bhuku racho vanhu vose vachiona, nokuti akanga ari nechapamusoro pavanhu vose. Paakangoriti zarurei vanhu vose vakabva vati nyandanu kusimuka. Ezira akarumbidza Tenzi, Mwari mukuru. Vanhu vose vakapindura vachiti, “Ameni! Ngazvive saizvozvo,” vachisimudza mudenga maoko avo. Vakakotamisa misoro yavo vachipfugamira Tenzi, uso hwavo vakati pasi kota kota. Kwouya Jeshua naBhani naSherebhiya naJamini naAkubhu naShabhetai naHodhiya naMaaseya naKerita naAzariya naJozabhadhi naHanani naPeraya vokwaRevhi, vakatsanangurira vanhu mutemo iwoyo. Vanhu vakaramba vamire munzvimbo dzavo. Vakanyatsoverenga mubhuku romutemo waMwari, ndokutsanangurira vanhu kuti vanzwisise zvaiverengwa.