Zikiragi Rapambwa Nemhuri Dzatapwa
Dhavhidhi anodzokera kuZikilagi akaiwana yapiswa uye mhuri imwe neimwe yatorwa, varume vake pachavo vachitaura zvokumutaka nematombo; anozvisimbisa muna Baba vedu. Muranda weMuEgipita ari kufa nenzara anomutungamirira kuvapambi. Zvose zvinodzorerwa, uye varume vakaneta vakanga vasara shure vanogoverwa zvakaenzana.
30 1Dhavhidhi navanhu vake vakasvika kuZikiragi pazuva retatu; vaAmareki vakanga vapamba Negevhu neZikiragi, vakarirwisa vakaripisa, 2vakatapa vakadzi navose vakanga varipo, vaduku navakuru; havana kuuraya munhu, asi vakavatinha vakaenda nzira yavo. 3Dhavhidhi navanhu vake vakasvika kuguta, rakanga ratsva nomoto—vakadzi, vanakomana, navanasikana vatapwa. 4Dhavhidhi navanhu vake vakachema nenzwi guru kusvikira vapererwa nesimba rokuchema. 5Vakadzi vaviri vaDhavhidhi vakanga vatapwawo, Ahinoami weJezireeri naAbhigairi, chirikadzi yaNabhari weKarimeri. 6Dhavhidhi akatambudzika kwazvo—vanhu vakataura zvokumutaka namabwe, mumwe nomumwe akashungurudzika nokuda kwavanakomana navanasikana vake—asi akazvisimbisa muna Baba vedu.
7Dhavhidhi akati kumuprista Abhiatari, mwanakomana waAhimereki, “Ndivigire efodhi.” Abhiatari akavigira Dhavhidhi efodhi.
8Dhavhidhi akabvunza Baba vedu, achiti, “Ndichatevera vapambi ava here? Ndichavabata here?” Baba vakati, “Tevera. Zvirokwazvo uchavabata uye uchanunura vose.”
9Saka Dhavhidhi navarume vake mazana matanhatu vakasvika kumupata weBhesori, uko vamwe vakasara. 10Dhavhidhi akatevera navarume mazana mana; mazana maviri vakasara, vaneta kwazvo zvokutadza kuyambuka mupata weBhesori. 11Vakawana muIjipita musango, vakamuuyisa kuna Dhavhidhi, vakamupa chingwa nemvura. 12Vakamupa chimedu chomukume wamaonde namasumbu maviri amazambiringa akaoma. Akadya, simba rake rikadzoka—akanga asina kudya chingwa kana kunwa mvura kwamazuva matatu nousiku hutatu. 13Dhavhidhi akabvunza, achiti, “Uri waani? Unobva kupi?” Iye akati, “Ndiri jaya reIjipita, muranda womuAmareki. Tenzi wangu akandisiya mazuva matatu apfuura—ndairwara.
14Takapamba Negevhu yavaKereti, nenyika yaJudha, neNegevhu yaKarebhu, uye takapisa Zikiragi nomoto.”
15Dhavhidhi akabvunza, achiti, “Ungandiperekedza kuboka ravapambi iri here?” Iye akati, “Ndipikire naMwari kuti haungandiurayi kana kundiisa mumaoko atenzi wangu, uye ndichakuendesa kwavari.”
16MuIjipita akaperekedza Dhavhidhi, uye vakanga varipo, vakapararira panyika yose, vachidya, vachinwa, vachipembera nokuda kwezvakapambwa zvizhinji zvavakanga vatora kubva kunyika yavaFiristia neyavaJudha. 17Dhavhidhi akavarova kubva mambakwedza kusvikira madekwana ezuva raitevera; majaya mazana mana chete akatiza akatasva ngamera. 18Dhavhidhi akadzorera zvose zvakanga zvatorwa navaAmareki, uye akanunura vakadzi vake vaviri. 19Hapana chakashayikwa—chiduku, chikuru, vanakomana, vanasikana, zvakapambwa, kana chimwe chinhu chakanga chatorwa—Dhavhidhi akazvidzosa zvose. 20Dhavhidhi akatora makwai nemombe dzose; varume vake vakazvitinhira mberi kwezvimwe zvipfuyo, vachiti, “Izvi ndizvo zvakapambwa naDhavhidhi.”
21Dhavhidhi akasvika kuvarume mazana maviri vakanga vaneta zvokutadza kumutevera, vakanga vasara kumupata weBhesori. Vakabuda kuzochingamidza Dhavhidhi navanhu vake; akavakwazisa paakaswedera. 22Asi varume vose vakaipa, vasina maturo pakati pavateveri vaDhavhidhi vakati, “Sezvo vasina kuenda nesu, hatizovapi zvakapambwa zvatadzorerwa—asi mukadzi womunhu mumwe nomumwe navana vake chete, kuti vaende navo.”
23Asi Dhavhidhi akati, “Musadaro, hama dzangu, nezvatakapiwa naBaba vedu. Ivo vakatirinda uye vakaisa mumaoko edu vapambi vakanga vauya kuzorwa nesu. 24Ndiani angakuteererei pane izvi? Uyo anoenda kundorwa nouyo anosara nenhumbi vanogoverana zvakaenzana.” 25Kubva pazuva iroro zvichienda mberi, Dhavhidhi akazviita mutemo nomurayiro kuvaIsraeri, uchiripo kusvikira nhasi.
26Dhavhidhi paakasvika kuZikiragi, akatumira zvakapambwa kuvakuru vaJudha, shamwari dzake, achiti, “Hechi chipo chenyu chinobva pazvakapambwa zvavavengi vaBaba vedu.” 27Akazvitumira kune vaya vaiva muBheteri, nomuRamoti yeNegevhu, nomuJatiri; 28kune vaya vaiva muAroeri, nomuSifimoti, nomuEshitemoa; 29kune vaya vaiva muRakari, nomumaguta avaJerameeri neavaKeni; 30kune vaya vaiva muHoma, nomuBhori-ashani, nomuAtaki; 31uye kune vaya vaiva muHebhuroni nenzvimbo dzose Dhavhidhi navanhu vake kwavakanga vafamba-famba.