Baba vedu Vanopa Kukunda pamusoro peMoabhi
Madzimambo matatu anopererwa nemvura achifamba kundorwisa Moabhu, uye Jehoshafati anokumbira muprofita. Erisha, anongotarisa Joramu nokuda kwaJehoshafati chete, anorayira kuti pacherwe migero; Baba vedu vanotumira mvura pasina kunaya, uye inoita seropa kuvaMoabhu. Hondo inoguma nokubayirwa kwomwana.
3 1Joramu mwanakomana waAhabhi akava mambo weIsraeri muSamaria mugore regumi namasere raJehoshafati mambo weJudha, akatonga kwamakore gumi namaviri. 2Akaita zvakaipa pamberi paBaba vedu, kunyange zvisina kufanana nezvababa vake namai vake, nokuti akabvisa mbiru tsvene yaBhaari yakanga yaitwa nababa vake. 3Kunyange zvakadaro akaramba akanamatira zvivi zvaJerobhoamu mwanakomana waNebhati, uyo akatungamirira Israeri muchivi; haana kutendeuka kubva pazviri.
4Mesha mambo weMoabhi aipfuwa makwai uye airipa mambo weIsraeri makwayana zviuru zana nemvere dzamakondohwe zviuru zana. 5Asi Ahabhi paakafa, mambo weMoabhi akamukira mambo weIsraeri. 6Saka Mambo Joramu akasimuka kubva muSamaria panguva iyoyo akaunganidza vaIsraeri vose. 7Akaenda akatuma shoko kuna Jehoshafati mambo weJudha, achiti: “Mambo weMoabhi andimukira. Mungaenda neni kundorwa neMoabhi here?” Akapindura akati, “Ndichakwira. Ndakaita semi, vanhu vangu sevanhu venyu, mabhiza angu samabhiza enyu.”
8Akabvunza akati, “Tichakwira nenzira ipi?” Akapindura akati, “Nenzira yomurenje reEdhomu.”
9Mambo weIsraeri akasimuka pamwe chete namambo weJudha namambo weEdhomu. Vakafamba nenzira yakakombamisa kwamazuva manomwe, pasina mvura yehondo kana yezvipfuwo zvaivatevera. 10Mambo weIsraeri akati, “Maiwe-e! Nokuti Baba vedu vakadana madzimambo matatu aya kuti vangoapa muruoko rweMoabhi.” a a v10 Kunyange mambo uyu asina kutenda, anokurumidza kupomera, achiri wemhuri yesungano — anotaura zita raBaba chaivo vaasingavimbi navo.
11Asi Jehoshafati akati, “Hakuna muprofita waBaba vedu pano here, kuti tibvunze Baba vedu kubudikidza naye?” Mumwe wavaranda vamambo weIsraeri akapindura akati, “Erisha mwanakomana waShafati ari pano, uyo aidira mvura pamaoko aEria.”
12Jehoshafati akati, “Shoko raBaba vedu rinaye,” saka mambo weIsraeri, naJehoshafati, namambo weEdhomu vakaburuka kwaari.
13Erisha akabvunza mambo weIsraeri achiti, “Pane basa rei pakati pedu? Enda kuvaprofita vababa vako navamai vako.” Mambo akati, “Kwete—Baba vedu vakadana madzimambo matatu aya kuti vaape kuMoabhi.”
14Erisha akati, “Zvirokwazvo naBaba vehondo dzokudenga vapenyu, vandinoshumira, dai ndisingaremekedzi Jehoshafati mambo weJudha, handaizokutarira kana kukuona. 15Zvino ndivigirei muridzi wezviridzwa.” Muridzi wezviridzwa paakaridza, ruoko rwaBaba vedu rwakauya pamusoro pake.
16Akati, “Zvanzi naBaba vedu: Itai kuti mupata uyu uzare nemigero. 17Nokuti zvanzi naBaba vedu: Hamuzooni mhepo kana mvura, asi mupata uyu uchazara nemvura, uye muchanwa—imi, zvipfuwo zvenyu, nemhuka dzenyu. 18Ichi chinhu chiduku pamberi pangu; vachapawo Moabhi muruoko rwenyu. 19Muchakunda guta rimwe nerimwe rakakombwa namasvingo neguta rimwe nerimwe rakanaka, muchatema muti mumwe nomumwe wakanaka, muchavhara chitubu chimwe nechimwe chemvura, uye muchaparadza munda mumwe nomumwe wakanaka namatombo.”
20Mangwanani, panguva yechipiriso chezviyo, mvura yakauya kamwe kamwe ichibva kurutivi rweEdhomu, uye nyika yakazara nemvura.
21VaMoabhi vose vakanzwa kuti madzimambo akanga akwira kuzorwa navo, saka murume mumwe nomumwe akanga akura zvokukwanisa kubata zvombo zvokurwa nokupfuura akaunganidzwa; vakamira pamuganhu. 22Vakamuka mangwanani; zuva rakapenya pamusoro pemvura, uye vaMoabhi vakaona mvura yakanga iri mhiri kwavo yakatsvuka seropa. 23Vakati, “Ropa! Madzimambo arwa akaurayana. Zvino, imi Moabhi, endai kundopamba!”
24Asi pavakasvika pamusasa weIsraeri, vaIsraeri vakasimuka vakarova vaMoabhi, ivo vakatiza pamberi pavo. VaIsraeri vakapinda munyika, vachiuraya vaMoabhi pavaifamba. 25Vakaputsa maguta. Pamunda mumwe nomumwe wakanaka murume mumwe nomumwe akakanda dombo kusvikira wafukidzwa. Vakavhara chitubu chimwe nechimwe chemvura uye vakatema muti mumwe nomumwe wakanaka, vakasiya chete matombo eKiri-haresheti, iyo yakakombwa nokurwiswa navapfuri vezvipfuramabwe. 26Mambo weMoabhi paakaona kuti hondo yakanga yakamukurira, akatora varume mazana manomwe vaibata minondo kuti vapaze nzira vaende kuna mambo weEdhomu, asi vakakundikana. 27Saka akatora dangwe rake, mugari wenhaka yake, akamupa sechipiriso chinopiswa pamusoro porusvingo. Hasha huru dzakauya pamusoro peIsraeri, saka vakabva kwaari vakadzokera kunyika yavo.