Baba vedu Vanodana Samueri Nezita Rake
Mwenje usati wadzima, mukomana anonzwa Baba vake vachidana zita rake murima, katatu, Eri asati anzwisisa kuti ndiani ari kudana. Shoko raanopiwa naBaba vedu kutonga pamusoro peimba yaEri, uye anotya kurirondedzera. Eri anomumanikidza kuritaura.
3 1Mukomana Samueri aishumira Baba vedu ari pasi paEri. Mumazuva iwayo shoko raBaba vedu rakanga riri shoma; zviratidzo zvakanga zvisingawanzoonekwi. 2Rimwe zuva Eri vakanga varere panzvimbo yavo yavaisigarorara. Meso avo akanga adzikira zvokuti vakanga vasingachakwanisi kuona. 3Mwenje waBaba vedu wakanga usati wadzima; Samueri akanga arere mutemberi yaBaba vedu, maiva neareka yavo. 4Ipapo Baba vedu vakadana Samueri, Samueri akati, “Ndiri pano.”
5Akamhanyira kuna Eri akati, “Ndiri pano; manondidana.” Eri vakati, “Handina kukudana; dzokera undorara.” Saka akaenda akandorara.
6Baba vedu vakadanazve, “Samueri!” Samueri akasimuka, akaenda kuna Eri, akati, “Ndiri pano; manondidana.” “Handina kudana, mwanangu,” vakadaro Eri. “Dzokera undorara.”
7Samueri akanga asati aziva Baba vedu; shoko raBaba vedu rakanga risati raziviswa kwaari. 8Saka Baba vedu vakadana Samueri zvakare, kechitatu. Akasimuka, akaenda kuna Eri, akati, “Ndiri pano; manondidana.” Ipapo Eri vakaziva kuti Baba vedu ndivo vaidana mukomana.
9Eri vakaudza Samueri, “Enda undorara. Kana vakakudana, uti, ‘Taurai, Baba vangu, nokuti muranda wenyu ari kuteerera.’” Saka Samueri akaenda akandorara panzvimbo yake.
10Ipapo Baba vedu vakauya, vakamira ipapo, vakadana sepakutanga, “Samueri! Samueri!” Samueri akati, “Taurai, nokuti muranda wenyu ari kuteerera.”
11Ipapo Baba vedu vakati kuna Samueri, “Tarira—ndava kuda kuita chinhu muIsraeri chichaita kuti nzeve mbiri dzomunhu wose anochinzwa dzirire. 12Pazuva iroro ndichazadzisa pamusoro paEri zvose zvandakataura pamusoro pemhuri yake, kubva pakutanga kusvika pakupedzisira. 13Ndakamuudza kuti ndichatonga imba yake nokusingaperi nokuda kwechivi chaaiziva: vanakomana vake vakandimhura, asi haana kuvadzivisa. 14Saka ndapika kuimba yaEri, kuti mhosva yeimba yaEri haingatongoyananisirwi nechibayiro kana chipiriso.”
15Samueri akarara kusvika mangwanani, akazozarura mikova yeimba yaBaba vedu. Asi akatya kuudza Eri chiratidzo. 16Asi Eri vakamudana vakati, “Samueri, mwanangu.” “Ndiri pano,” akapindura Samueri.
17“Vatii kwauri?” vakabvunza Eri. “Usandivanzira. Baba vedu ngavakurange zvikuru kana ukandivanzira chinhu chipi zvacho chavakakuudza.”
18Samueri akamuudza zvose, asina kumuvanzira chinhu. Eri vakati, “NdiBaba vedu; ngavaite zvavanoona zvakanaka.”
19Samueri akakura; Baba vedu vaiva naye, vasingatenderi kuti rimwe ramazwi aSamueri riwire pasi. 20VaIsraeri vose, kubva Dhani kusvika Bheerishebha, vakaziva kuti Samueri akanga asimbiswa somuprofita waBaba vedu. a a v20 Dhani raiva guta rokumusoro-soro kwavaIsraeri, uye Bheerishebha riri rokuzasi-zasi — “kubva Dhani kusvika Bheerishebha” zvinoreva munyika yose. 21Baba vedu vakaramba vachizviratidza paShiro, nokuti ipapo vakazviratidza kuna Samueri neshoko ravo.