2 Vanhu veBhetieri vakanga vatuma Sharezeri naRegemi-Mereki, pamwe chete navanhu vavo, kuti vaende kuna Jehovha
3 kundokumbira kuvaprista veimba yaJehovha Wamasimba Ose nokuvaprofita vachiti, “Ndochema nokutsanya nomwedzi wechishanhu here, sezvandakaita kwamakore mazhinji aya?”
4 Ipapo shoko raJehovha Wamasimba Ose rakasvika kwandiri richiti,
5 “Bvunza vanhu vose venyika uye navaprista kuti, ‘Pamakatsanya pakuchema nomwedzi wechishanu nowechinomwe kwamakore makumi manomwe akapfuura, makatsanyira ini zvechokwadi here?
6 Uye pamaidya nokunwa, makanga musingangozvifadzi here?
7 Aya haasiwo here mashoko aJehovha akaparidzwa kubudikidza navaprofita vekare, Jerusarema namaguta aro akarikomberedza parakanga riri parugare uye richibudirira, uye nyika yeNegevhi nomujinga mezvikomo zvokumavirira muchakagarwa navanhu?’ ”
8 Uye shoko raJehovha rakasvikazve kuna Zekaria richiti,