Baba Vanununura vaIsraeri Vakatendeuka
Mushure memakore makumi maviri Samueri anoudza Israeri kuti varase vamwari vokumwe uye vazvireve nemoyo wose. Vanoungana paMizipa, vanotsanya vachireurura, uye vaFiristia pavanorwisa, Baba vedu vanovatinhira. Samueri anomisa ibwe rinonzi Ebhenezeri: kusvikira zvino Baba vedu vakatibatsira.
7 1Varume veKiriati-Jearimi vakauya, vakatora areka yaBaba vedu, vakaiisa kumba kwaAbhinadhabhi pachikomo, uye vakatsaura mwanakomana wake Ereazari kuti achengete areka yaBaba vedu. 2Kubvira pazuva areka yakazororera paKiriati-Jearimi, nguva refu yakapfuura—makore makumi maviri—uye imba yose yaIsraeri yakachema ichitsvaka Baba vedu. 3Ipapo Samueri akataura kuimba yose yaIsraeri, achiti: “Kana muchidzokera kuna Baba vedu nemwoyo wenyu wose, bvisai vamwari vatorwa naAshitaroti pakati penyu, isai mwoyo yenyu kuna Baba vedu, uye mushumire ivo voga—uye vachakununurai kubva kuvaFirisitia.” 4Saka vaIsraeri vakabvisa vaBhaari naAshitaroti, vakashumira Baba vedu voga. 5Ipapo Samueri akati, “Unganidzai vaIsraeri vose paMizipa, uye ndichakunyengetererai kuna Baba vedu.” 6Vakaungana paMizipa, vakachera mvura, vakaidururira pamberi paBaba vedu, vakatsanya zuva iroro, uye vakareurura, vachiti, “Takatadzira Baba vedu.” Samueri akatonga vaIsraeri paMizipa. a a v6 Kudururira mvura pamberi paMwari kwaiva chiito chetsika chokunyengetera, chokuchema, uye chokuzvininipisa.
7VaFirisitia vakanzwa kuti vaIsraeri vakanga vaungana paMizipa, uye vatongi vavaFirisitia vakakwira kundorwa navaIsraeri. VaIsraeri vakanzwa, vakatya vaFirisitia. 8VaIsraeri vakati kuna Samueri, “Musarega kuchemera kuna Baba vedu nokuda kwedu, kuti vatiponese kuvaFirisitia.” 9Samueri akatora gwayana raiyamwa akaribayira sechipiriso chinopiswa chakazara kuna Baba vedu. Samueri akachemera kuna Baba vedu nokuda kwavaIsraeri, uye Baba vedu vakamupindura. 10Samueri paakanga achibayira chipiriso chinopiswa, vaFirisitia vakaswedera kuzorwa navaIsraeri. Asi zuva iroro Baba vedu vakatinhira nezwi guru pamusoro pavaFirisitia, vakaita kuti vavhunduke, uye vakakundwa pamberi pavaIsraeri. 11Varume vaIsraeri vakabva paMizipa, vakadzingirira vaFirisitia, vakavauraya kusvikira pazasi peBhetikari.
12Ipapo Samueri akatora ibwe, akarimisa pakati peMizipa neSheni, akaritumidza kuti Ebhenezeri, achiti, “Kusvikira zvino Baba vedu vatibatsira.” b b v12 Ebhenezeri zvinoreva kuti “ibwe rorubatsiro” — Samueri akarimisa kuti arangarire kuti Baba vedu vakanga vavatakura zvakadii. 13Saka vaFirisitia vakakundwa uye havana kuzopindazve munyika yaIsraeri; ruoko rwaBaba vedu rwakapikisa vaFirisitia mazuva ose oupenyu hwaSamueri. 14VaIsraeri vakadzorerwa maguta ayo vaFirisitia vakanga vatora, kubva kuEkroni kusvikira kuGati, vakadzosa nyika yavo kubva mumaoko avaFirisitia. VaIsraeri vakavawo norugare navaAmori.
15Samueri akatonga vaIsraeri mazuva ose oupenyu hwake. 16Akaenda gore negore, achitenderera Bheteri, Girigari, neMizipa, achitonga vaIsraeri panzvimbo idzi dzose. 17Saka akadzokera kuRama, kumusha kwake, akatonga vaIsraeri ikoko. Ikoko akavakira Baba vedu aritari.