1. Aya ndiwo mashoko okupedzisira aDhavhidhi:“Chirevo chaDhavhidhi mwanakomana waJese,Chirevo chomurume akasimudzirwa noWokumusoro-soro,murume akazodzwa naMwari waJakhobho, muimbi wenziyo waIsraeri:
2. “Mweya waJehovha wakataura kubudikidza neni;shoko rake rakanga riri parurimi rwangu.
3. Mwari waIsraeri akataura, Dombo raIsraeri akati kwandiri:‘Kana munhu achitonga vanhu mukururama, kana achitonga mukutya Mwari,
4. akaita sechiedza chamangwanani pakubuda kwezuva mangwanani kusina makore,sokujeka kwezuva shure kwokunaya kwemvura kunomeresa uswa kubva pasi.’
5. “Ko, imba yangu haisi yakadaro kuna Mwari here?Nokuti akaita sungano isingaperi neni,yakarongwa uye yakasimbiswa pazvinhu zvose.Ko, haachazozadzisi ruponeso rwangu uye agondipa zvose zvandinoda here?
6. Asi vanhu vakaipa vacharasirwa parutivi seminzwa,isingaunganidzwi noruoko.
7. Ani naani anobata minzwa anoshandisa mudziyo wesimbi kana rwiriko rwepfumo;uye ichapiswa zvachose pairi ipapo.”
8. Aya ndiwo mazita emhare dzaDhavhidhi:Joshebhi-Bhashebheti, muTakemoni, akanga ari mukuru waVatatu; akasimudza pfumo rake achirwa navarume mazana masere, akavauraya panguva imwe chete.
9. Aimutevera akanga ari Ereazari, mwanakomana waDhodhai muAhohi. Somumwe wavarume vatatu voumhare, akanga ana Dhavhidhi pavakashora vaFiristia vakanga vakaungana paPasi Dhamimi kuti vazorwa. Ipapo varume veIsraeri vakadzokera shure,