Nehemiya 1:7-9

Takakuitirai zvakaipa kwazvo, hatina kuchengeta mirairo, kana zvakatemwa, kana zvakatongwa, zvamakaraira muranda wenyu Mosesi. Dorangarirai henyu shoko ramakaraira muranda wenyu Mosesi, muchiti, ‘Kana muchidarika, ndichakuparadzirai pakati pendudzi; asi kana mukadzokera kwandiri, mukachengeta mirairo yangu nokuiita, kunyange vadzingwa venyu vasvika kumagumisiro okudenga, ndichavaunganidza vabve ipapo, ndivaise panzvimbo yandakatsaura kuti zita rangu rigarepo.’