Goriyati Anoshora Mauto aIsraeri
Kwemazuva makumi mana hofori inodenha Israeri kuti itume murume mumwe chete, uye munhu wose anotya zvikuru. Dhavhidhi, achiendesa chingwa kuvakoma vake, anogumbuka nokuda kwehondo dzaBaba vapenyu. Anoramba nhumbi dzehondo dzokukwereta, anonhonga mabwe mashanu murukova, uye anowisira pasi Goriati nerimwe chete.
17 1VaFiristia vakaunganidza mauto avo kuti varwe, vachiungana paSoko iri muJudha, vakadzika musasa paEfesi-dhamimi, pakati peSoko neAzeka. 2Sauro navarume vaIsraeri vakaungana, vakadzika musasa muMupata weEra, vakagadzirira hondo yavo vakatarisana navaFiristia. 3VaFiristia vakamira pane chimwe chikomo, vaIsraeri vari pachikomo chakatarisana nacho, mupata uri pakati pavo. 4Ndokubva mumusasa wavaFiristia mabuda gamba rainzi Goriyati weGati, rakamira rakareba anenge mamita matatu. 5Pamusoro pake paiva nengowani yendarira; akanga akapfeka nguo yesimbi ine makwande inorema anenge makirogiramu makumi mashanu nemanomwe. 6Makumbo ake akanga akafukidzwa nezvisimbi zvendarira, uye pfumo duku rendarira rakanga rakarembera pakati pamapfudzi ake. 7Rwiriko rwepfumo rake rwakanga rwakaita sedanda romuruki, uye musoro waro wesimbi wairema anenge makirogiramu manomwe. Mutakuri wenhoo yake aifamba ari mberi kwake. 8Akamira akadanidzira kumauto aIsraeri, achiti, “Mabudirei kuzomira makagadzirira hondo? Ini handisi muFiristia here, imi muri varanda vaSauro? Sarudzai munhu mumutumire kwandiri. 9Kana akakwanisa kurwa neni akandiuraya, tichava varanda venyu; asi kana ini ndikamukunda ndikamuuraya, muchava varanda vedu muchitishandira.” 10Ipapo muFiristia akati, “Nhasi ndinoshora mauto aIsraeri! Ndipei munhu; ngatirwe.”
11Sauro navaIsraeri vose vakati vanzwa mashoko omuFiristia, vakavhunduka vakatya kwazvo.
12Dhavhidhi akanga ari mwanakomana waJese, muEfurata aibva kuBhetirehema muJudha, aiva navanakomana vasere. Mumazuva aSauro, Jese akanga akwegura, ava namakore mazhinji. 13Vanakomana vatatu vakuru vaJese vakatevera Sauro kuhondo: Eriabhi dangwe, Abhinadhabhi wechipiri, naShama wechitatu. 14Dhavhidhi ndiye aiva muduku pane vose. Vatatu vakuru vakanga vatevera Sauro, 15asi Dhavhidhi aidzokera achibva kuna Sauro kuti andofudza makwai ababa vake paBhetirehema.
16Kwamazuva makumi mana muFiristia aiswedera mangwanani oga oga namanheru oga oga achindomira.
17Jese akati kumwanakomana wake Dhavhidhi, “Tora zviyo zvakakangwa izvi zvizhinji nezvingwa izvi gumi, ukurumidze kuzviendesa kuhama dzako kumusasa. 18Utorere mukuru weboka ravo machizi gumi aya omukaka. Uone kuti hama dzako dzakadini, udzoke neshoko radzo. 19Sauro, nehama dzaDhavhidhi, navarume vose vaIsraeri vari muMupata weEra, vachirwa navaFiristia.”
20Mangwanani-ngwanani Dhavhidhi akasiya makwai nomuchengeti, akatakura zvinhu zvake, akaenda sezvaakanga arayirwa naJese. Akasvika kumusasa panguva iyo mauto aifamba achienda kunzvimbo yehondo, achidanidzira mhere yehondo. 21VaIsraeri navaFiristia vakagadzirira mauto avo vakatarisana. 22Dhavhidhi akasiya zvinhu zvake nomuchengeti wezvinhu, akamhanyira kunzvimbo yehondo, akakwazisa hama dzake. 23Achiri kutaura navo, Goriyati gamba romuFiristia weGati akabuda mumauto avaFiristia, akadanidzira mashoko ake amaimboita, Dhavhidhi akaanzwa. 24Varume vaIsraeri vakati vaona murume uyu, vose vakamutiza netyaidzo huru. 25Varume vaIsraeri vakati, “Muri kuona murume uyu anoramba achibuda here? Anouya kuzoshora Israeri. Mambo achapa pfuma huru kune achamuuraya, achamupa mwanasikana wake, uye achasunungura mhuri yababa vake pakushanda muIsraeri.”
26Dhavhidhi akabvunza varume vaiva naye, achiti, “Munhu achauraya muFiristia uyu achibvisa nyadzi dzaIsraeri achawanei? Nokuti muFiristia uyu asina kudzingiswa ndiani, zvokuti ashore mauto aBaba vapenyu?”
27Vanhu vakamudzokorodzera zvaizoitirwa munhu aizomuuraya.
28Eriabhi, mukoma mukuru waDhavhidhi, akati anzwa achitaura navarume, akatsamwira Dhavhidhi kwazvo. Akati, “Wakaburukirei kuno? Wakasiya makwai mashomanana aya naani murenje? Ndinoziva kuzvikudza kwako nokuipa komwoyo wako—wakaburuka kungoda kuzoona hondo chete.”
29“Zvino ndaiteiko?” akadaro Dhavhidhi. “Wanga uri mubvunzo chete.” 30Akatendeukira kune mumwe akabvunza zvimwe chetezvo, vanhu vakamupindura sezvavakanga vaita kare. 31Mashoko aDhavhidhi akanzwika akaudzwa Sauro, iye akatumira kundomudana. 32Dhavhidhi akati kuna Sauro, “Ngaparege kuva nomunhu anoora mwoyo nokuda kwake. Muranda wenyu achaenda kundorwa nomuFiristia uyu.”
33Sauro akati, “Haugoni kurwa nomuFiristia uyu. Uri mukomana chete, iye ava murwi kubvira paujaya hwake.”
34Dhavhidhi akati kuna Sauro, “Muranda wenyu aifudza makwai ababa vake. Kana shumba kana bere raiuya richitora gwai muboka, 35ndairidzinganisa, ndichirirova, ndichinunura gwai mumuromo waro. Kana rikanditendeukira, ndairibata nevhudzi, ndichirirova ndichiriuraya. 36Muranda wenyu akauraya zvose shumba nebere; muFiristia uyu asina kudzingiswa achava somumwe wazvo, nokuti ashora mauto aBaba vapenyu.” 37Dhavhidhi akawedzera achiti, “Baba vedu, vakandiponesa muzvigunwe zveshumba nezvebere, vachandiponesa muruoko rwomuFiristia uyu.” Sauro akati, “Enda—Baba vedu ngavave newe.”
38Ipapo Sauro akapfekedza Dhavhidhi nhumbi dzake dzehondo. Akamudzika ngowani yendarira pamusoro, akamupfekedza nguo yesimbi. 39Dhavhidhi akasungira munondo pamusoro penhumbi dzehondo, akaedza kufamba, asi akanga asina kuzvijaira. “Handikwanisi kuenda ndakapfeka izvi,” akaudza Sauro, “handina kuzvijaira.” Saka akazvibvisa.
40Akatora tsvimbo yake, akasarudza matombo mashanu akatsetseka muhova, akaaisa muhomwe yehombodo yake yomufudzi, achibva aswedera kumuFiristia akabata chipfuramabwe muruoko. 41Zvichakadaro, muFiristia, aine mutakuri wenhoo yake ari mberi kwake, akaramba achiswedera pedyo naDhavhidhi. 42MuFiristia akatarisisa Dhavhidhi, akaona kuti aiva mukomana chete—akatsvuka uye akanaka pachiso—akamuzvidza. 43Akati kuna Dhavhidhi, “Ko ini ndiri imbwa here, zvokuti unouya kwandiri netsvimbo?” MuFiristia akatuka Dhavhidhi navamwari vake. 44Akati, “Uya kuno, ndigopa nyama yako shiri dzedenga nezvikara zvesango.”
45Dhavhidhi akati kumuFiristia, “Iwe unouya kwandiri nomunondo, nepfumo, nepfumo duku, asi ini ndinouya kwauri muzita raBaba vehondo dzokudenga, Baba vemauto aIsraeri, avo vawakashora. 46Nhasi Baba vedu vachakuisa mumaoko angu, ndigokurova pasi ndichigura musoro wako. Nhasi chaiye ndichapa zvitunha zvemauto avaFiristia shiri dzedenga nemhuka dzesango dzenyika, uye nyika yose ichaziva kuti kuna Baba vedu muIsraeri.
47Vose vakaungana pano vachaziva kuti Baba vedu vanoponesa pasina munondo kana pfumo; hondo ndeyaBaba vedu, uye vachakuisai mose mumaoko edu.”
48MuFiristia paakasimuka kuti amurwise, Dhavhidhi akamhanya nokukurumidza akananga kunzvimbo yehondo kundosangana naye. 49Dhavhidhi akapinza ruoko muhomwe yake, akatora ibwe, akaripfura, akarova muFiristia pahuma. Ibwe rakanyura muhuma yake, akawira pasi nechiso. 50Saka Dhavhidhi akakunda muFiristia nechipfuramabwe neibwe; asina munondo muruoko, akamurova pasi akamuuraya. 51Dhavhidhi akamhanya akandomira pamusoro pake. Akatora munondo womuFiristia, akaudzura muhara yawo, akamuuraya, achigura musoro wake nawo. VaFiristia vakati vaona gamba ravo rafa, vakatiza.
52Ipapo varume vaIsraeri navaJudha vakasimuka vachidanidzira, vakadzinganisa vaFiristia kusvika pasuo reGati nokumasuo eEkironi. Vakafa vavaFiristia vakanga vakawaririka mumugwagwa weShaaraimi kusvika kuGati neEkironi. 53VaIsraeri vakati vadzoka kubva mukudzinganisa vaFiristia, vakapamba musasa wavo. 54Dhavhidhi akatora musoro womuFiristia akauendesa kuJerusarema, akaisa zvombo zvaGoriyati mutende rake. 55Sauro paakaona Dhavhidhi achibuda kundosangana nomuFiristia, akabvunza Abhineri, mukuru wemauto ake, achiti, “Jaya iri mwanakomana waani, Abhineri?” Abhineri akapindura akati, “Zvamunorarama, mambo wangu, handizivi.”
56Mambo akati, “Bvunzisisa kuti jaya iri mwanakomana waani.”
57Dhavhidhi akati adzoka kubva mukuuraya muFiristia, Abhineri akamutora akauya naye pamberi paSauro, musoro womuFiristia uri muruoko rwake. 58Sauro akabvunza, achiti, “Uri mwanakomana waani, jaya?” Dhavhidhi akati, “Ndiri mwanakomana womuranda wenyu Jese weBhetirehema.”