Baba vedu Vanotungamirira Sauro kuna Samueri
Sauro anoenda kunotsvaka mbongoro dzababa vake dzakarasika asi haadziwani, uye muranda anokurudzira kuti vabvunze muoni wenzvimbo iyoyo. Samueri, akanga ayambirwa naBaba vedu zuva rimwe pamberi, akamirira aine mugove wenyama wakachengeterwa parutivi, uye anotaura zvisina kujeka kuti zvose zvinokosheswa naIsraeri zvava pana Sauro.
9 1Kwaiva nomurume weBhenjamini ainzi Kishi, mwanakomana waAbhieri, mwanakomana waZerori, mwanakomana waBhekorati, mwanakomana waAfia, muBhenjamini, murume akapfuma uye aikudzwa. 2Akanga aine mwanakomana ainzi Sauro, jaya rakanaka—pakati pavaIsraeri vose pakanga pasina akanga akanaka kumupfuura; kubva pamapfudzi zvichikwira akanga akareba kupfuura vanhu vose.
3Mbongoro dzaKishi, baba vaSauro, dzakarasika, saka Kishi akati kumwanakomana wake Sauro, “Tora mumwe wavaranda uende naye undotsvaka mbongoro.” 4Akayambuka nyika yezvikomo yeEfuremu nenyika yeSharisha, asi havana kudziwana. Vakapfuura nomunyika yeSharimu, asi mbongoro dzakanga dzisimo. Akayambuka nyika yeBhenjamini, asi vakaramba vasingadziwani.
5Vakati vasvika munyika yeZufi, Sauro akati kumuranda akanga anaye, “Uya, ngatidzokei, zvikasadaro baba vangu vacharega kufunganya pamusoro pembongoro vototanga kufunganya pamusoro pedu.”
6Asi muranda akati, “Tarirai, muguta rino mune munhu waBaba vedu, anokudzwa; zvose zvaanotaura zvinoitika zvechokwadi. Ngatiendei ikoko zvino; zvimwe angatiudza nzira yatingatora.”
7Sauro akati kumuranda wake, “Asi kana tikaenda, tingavigira murume uyu chii? Chingwa chiri muhomwe dzedu chapera, uye hapana chipo chomunhu waBaba vedu. Tinei?”
8Muranda akapindurazve Sauro, akati, “Tarirai, ndine kamari kesirivha kaduku. Ndichakapa kumunhu waBaba vedu kuti atiudze nzira yedu.” 9(Kare muIsraeri, munhu wose aienda kundobvunza kuna Baba vedu aiti, “Ngatiende kumuoni,” nokuti muporofita wanhasi aimbonzi muoni.).
10“Zvakanaka,” Sauro akapindura. “Ngatiendei.” Saka vakaenda kuguta kwaiva nomunhu waBaba vedu. 11Pavakanga vachikwira chikomo kuenda kuguta, vakasangana navasikana vaibuda kuzochera mvura, vakavabvunza, “Muoni ari pano here?”
12“Ariko,” vakadaro. “Ari mberi kwenyu chaiko. Kurumidzai, auya muguta nhasi nokuti vanhu vane chibayiro panzvimbo yakakwirira. 13Pamunongopinda muguta muchamuwana asati akwira kunzvimbo yakakwirira kundodya. Vanhu havazodyi kusvikira auya, nokuti anofanira kuropafadza chibayiro; ipapo chete vakakokwa vachabva vadya. Kwirai zvino—muchangomuwana.”
14Vakakwira kuguta. Pavakanga vachipinda, Samueri akauya achinangana navo, achikwira kunzvimbo yakakwirira.
15Zvino zuva risati rasvika Sauro, Baba vedu vakanga vazivisa Samueri izvi:
16“Panguva inenge iyi mangwana ndichakutumira murume anobva munyika yeBhenjamini. Umuzodze kuti ave mutungamiri wavanhu vangu vaIsraeri; achaponesa vanhu vangu kubva muruoko rwavaFiristia, nokuti ndaona vanhu vangu, uye kuchema kwavo kwasvika kwandiri.”
17Samueri paakaona Sauro, Baba vedu vakati kwaari, “Houno murume wandakutaurira; uyu ndiye achatonga vanhu vangu.”
18Sauro akaswedera kuna Samueri pasuo reguta, akati, “Ndapota ndiudzei kuti imba yomuoni iripi.”
19“Ndini muoni,” Samueri akapindura. “Kwirai mberi kwangu kuenda kunzvimbo yakakwirira. Nhasi muchadya neni; mangwanani ndichakuendesai uye ndichakuudzai zvose zviri mumwoyo menyu. 20Mbongoro dzamakarasa mazuva matatu apfuura dzawanikwa, saka musafunganya pamusoro padzo. Uye ndiani ane zvose zvinokosheswa muIsraeri, kana zvisiri imi neimba yose yababa venyu?”
21Sauro akapindura akati, “Ko handisi muBhenjamini here, worudzi ruduku pane zvose muIsraeri, uye mhuri yangu iri duku pamhuri dzose dzaBhenjamini? Seiko muchitaura izvi kwandiri?”
22Ipapo Samueri akapinza Sauro nomuranda wake mukamuri huru, akavagarisa pamusoro pavakakokwa—vanenge makumi matatu. 23Samueri akati kumubiki, “Uya nomugove wandakakupa, uya wandakati uuchengete woga.” 24Mubiki akasimudza chidya nezvakanga zviri pamusoro pacho, akazvigadzika pamberi paSauro. Samueri akati, “Hezvi zvamakachengeterwa. Idyai, nokuti zvakachengeterwa imi nokuda kwenguva ino, kubvira pandakakoka vakakokwa ava.” Saka Sauro akadya naSamueri musi iwoyo.
25Vakaburuka kubva kunzvimbo yakakwirira vakapinda muguta, uye Samueri akataura naSauro padenga reimba. 26Vakamuka mangwanani-ngwanani, uye kwakati kuchiedza Samueri akadanidzira kuna Sauro padenga reimba, achiti, “Mukai, ndikuendesei.” Sauro akamuka, uye vose vari vaviri, iye naSamueri, vakabuda mumugwagwa pamwe chete. 27Pavakanga vachiburuka vachienda kumuganhu weguta, Samueri akati kuna Sauro, “Udzai muranda aende mberi”—iye akaenda—“asi imi garai zvishoma, kuti ndikuudzei shoko raBaba vedu.”