VaIsraeri Vanoparadza Zvifananidzo Zvose
Mutambo unopera vanhu vachibuda kundoputsa mbiru nenzvimbo dzakakwirira. Ipapo chegumi chinouya chakawanda zvokuti chinoita mirwi, matura anofanira kuvakwa, uye kugoverwa kunorongwa nemazita kuti vaprista navaRevhi vazvipire kumurayiro waBaba vavo.
31 1Zvino zvose izvi zvakati zvapera, vaIsraeri vose vakanga varipo vakabuda vakaenda kumaguta eJudha, vakaputsa mbiru dzinoera, vakatema matanda aAshera, uye vakakoromora nzvimbo dzakakwirira neatari muJudha mose, nomuBhenjamini, nomuEfuremu, nomuManase, vachizviparadza zvachose. Ipapo vaIsraeri vose vakadzokera kumaguta avo, mumwe nomumwe kunhaka yake.
2Hezekiya akagadza vapristi navaRevhi mumapoka avo, mumwe nomumwe maererano nebasa rake, vapristi navaRevhi pamwe chete, kuti vaite zvipiriso zvinopiswa nezvipiriso zvokuyananisa, kuti vashumire, vavonge, uye varumbidze pamasuo emisasa yaBaba vedu.
3Mambo akapa kubva papfuma yake kuti pave nezvipiriso zvinopiswa—zvipiriso zvinopiswa zvamangwanani nezvamadekwana, uye zvaMasabata, nezvoKugara kwoMwedzi, nezvemitambo yakatarwa—sezvazvakanyorwa mumurayiro waBaba vedu. 4Akaudza vagari vomuJerusarema kuti vape mugove wavapristi navaRevhi, kuti vagone kuzvipira kumurayiro waBaba vedu. 5Murayiro wakati uchangopararira, vaIsraeri vakapa zvakawanda zvibereko zvokutanga zvezviyo, newaini itsva, namafuta, nouchi, nezvibereko zvose zveminda, uye vakauya nechegumi chezvinhu zvose zvakawanda. 6VaIsraeri navaJudha vaigara mumaguta eJudha vakauyawo nechegumi chemombe namakwai, nechegumi chezvinhu zvakatsaurirwa Baba vedu, vachizviunganidza mumirwi.
7Vakatanga kuita mirwi mumwedzi wechitatu, vakapedza mumwedzi wechinomwe. a a v7 Mwedzi wechitatu unowira pakupera kwaMay–June; mwedzi wechinomwe muna September–October — inenge mwedzi mina yokupa. 8Hezekiya namachinda vakauya, vakaona mirwi, vakarumbidza Baba vedu, uye vakaropafadza vanhu vavo vaIsraeri. 9Hezekiya akabvunza vapristi navaRevhi pamusoro pemirwi. 10Azaria mupristi mukuru, weimba yaZadhoki, akamupindura akati, “Kubvira pavakatanga vanhu kuuya nezvipo mumba maBaba vedu, takadya zvakakwana, kukasara zvizhinji, nokuti Baba vedu vakaropafadza vanhu vavo, zvikasiya zvakawanda izvi.”
11Ipapo Hezekiya akavarayira kuti vagadzirire matura mumba maBaba vedu, uye vakaagadzirira. 12Vakauya nokutendeka nezvipo, nechegumi, nezvipo zvakatsaurwa. Konania muRevhi ndiye aivatungamirira; Shimei mununʼuna wake aiva wechipiri. 13Jehieri, naAzazia, naNahati, naAsaheri, naJerimoti, naJozabhadhi, naElieri, naIsimakia, naMahati, naBhenaya vaiva vatariri, vari pasi paKonania nomununʼuna wake Shimei, vakagadzwa naMambo Hezekiya naAzaria, mukuru weimba yaBaba vedu. 14Kore mwanakomana waImuna, murindi wesuo muRevhi aitarisa kumabvazuva, aitarira zvipiriso zvokuzvidira kuna Baba vedu, achigovera zvipo zvaBaba vedu nezvipo zvitsvene-tsvene. 15Pasi pake, Edheni, naMiniamini, naJeshua, naShemaya, naAmaria, naShekania vaishumira nokutendeka mumaguta avapristi, vachigovera kuvapristi vaivowo mumapoka avo, vakuru navaduku zvakafanana, 16tisingaverengi vaya vakanyoreswa nedzinza, varume vane makore matatu kuenda mberi—vose vaipinda mumba maBaba vedu kuti vaite basa ravo rezuva nezuva—maererano nebasa ravo rechinzvimbo nerepoka. 17Vapristi vakanyoreswa nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo; vaRevhi vane makore makumi maviri kuenda mberi, maererano nebasa ravo nepoka ravo. 18Vakanyoreswa pamwe chete navana vavo vose vaduku, navakadzi vavo, navanakomana vavo, navanasikana vavo—ungano yose—nokuti vakazvitsaura nokutendeka mune zvinoyera. 19Kana vari vana vaAroni, vapristi, vaigara muminda yamafuro yakapoteredza maguta avo, mumaguta ose maguta kwakadomwa varume kuti vape migove kumupristi mumwe nomumwe wechirume uye kuvaRevhi vose vakanyorwa nedzinza.
20Hezekiya akaita izvi muJudha mose. Akaita zvakanaka, zvakarurama, uye zvakatendeka pamberi paBaba vedu. 21Pane zvose zvaakatanga kuita—kushumira imba yaBaba vedu, nokuchengeta murayiro nomurau, nokutsvaka Baba vedu—akazviita nomwoyo wake wose, akabudirira.