Baba Vanoporesa Naamani
Musikana muIsraeri akatapwa anonongedzera Naamani kumuprofita waBaba vedu. Akatsamwa nokuudzwa kuti ageze muJorodhani, anoteerera varanda vake pane kuzvikudza kwake obuda akachena. Erisha haagamuchiri muripo; Gehazi anomhanyira chipo achichitora, uye anotora chirwere pamwe chete nacho.
5 1Naamani, mukuru wehondo wamambo weAramu, akanga ari munhu mukuru uye airemekedzwa kwazvo natenzi wake, nokuti kubudikidza naye Baba vedu vakapa Aramu kukunda. Akanga ari murwi akashinga, asi akanga ane chirwere cheganda. 2VaAramu vakanga vapamba vakatapa musikana muduku kubva kuIsraeri, uye aishandira mukadzi waNaamani. 3Akati kuna tenzikadzi wake, “Dai tenzi wangu aingoenda kumuprofita ari muSamaria! Aizomuporesa maperembudzi ake.”
4Saka Naamani akapinda akaudza tenzi wake, achiti, “Izvi ndizvo zvataurwa nomusikana anobva kunyika yeIsraeri.”
5Mambo weAramu akati, “Enda. Ndichatumira tsamba kuna mambo weIsraeri.” Saka Naamani akaenda aine mapaundi esirivha anenge 750, mapaundi egoridhe anenge 150, nenguo gumi dzokuchinja.
6Akaendesa tsamba kuna mambo weIsraeri. Yakanga yakanyorwa kuti, “Ndinotuma kwamuri muranda wangu Naamani netsamba iyi, kuti muporese chirwere chake cheganda.”
7Paakaverenga tsamba, mambo weIsraeri akabvarura nguo dzake, achiti, “Ndiri Mwari here, kuti ndiuraye uye ndipe upenyu, zvokuti anokumbira kwandiri kuti ndiporese chirwere cheganda chomunhu? Onai, ari kutsvaka gakava neni!”
8Erisha munhu waBaba vedu paakanzwa kuti mambo weIsraeri akanga abvarura nguo dzake, akatumira shoko kuna mambo, achiti, “Mabvarurireiko nguo dzenyu? Mutumirei kwandiri, uye achaziva kuti kune muprofita muIsraeri.”
9Saka Naamani akauya namabhiza ake nengoro dzake akamira pamusuo weimba yaErisha. 10Erisha akatumira nhume kwaari, achiti, “Enda undoshamba kanomwe muJorodhani; nyama yako ichadzoka, uye uchava wakachena.”
11Asi Naamani akaenda akatsamwa, achiti, “Ndaifunga kuti aizobuda kuti auye kwandiri, amire, adane zita raJehovha Mwari wake, azunguze ruoko rwake pamusoro penzvimbo iyi, aporese chirwere. 12Ko Abhana nePapari, nzizi dzeDhamasiko, hadzisi nani kupfuura mvura yose yeIsraeri here? Handaigona kushamba madziri ndikachena here?” Saka akatendeuka akaenda akatsamwa kwazvo.
13Asi varanda vake vakaswedera kwaari, vachiti, “Baba vangu, dai muprofita akuudzai kuti muite chimwe chinhu chikuru, hamuzaizochiita here? Zvikuru sei paanongoti, ‘Shamba ugova wakachena’?”
14Akaburuka akanyura muJorodhani kanomwe, sezvakanga zvataurwa nomunhu waBaba vedu, uye nyama yake yakadzoka ikaita seyomwana muduku, uye akava akachena.
15Naamani navanhu vake vose vakadzokera kumunhu waBaba vedu. Akauya akamira pamberi pake, akati, “Zvino ndaziva kuti hakuna Mwari panyika yose kunze kwomuIsraeri. Ndapota gamuchirai chipo kubva kumuranda wenyu.”
16Erisha akapindura akati, “Zvirokwazvo naBaba vedu vapenyu, vandimire pamberi pavo, handingagamuchiri chinhu.” Naamani akamugombedzera kuti achitore, asi akaramba.
17“Kana zvisingadaro,” akadaro Naamani, “muranda wenyu ngaapiwe ivhu rakawanda rinogona kutakurwa namanyurusi maviri, nokuti muranda wenyu haachazombopi chipiriso chinopiswa kana chibayiro kuna mumwe mwari kunze kwaJehovha. 18Asi Jehovha ngaakanganwire muranda wenyu pachinhu chimwe ichi: kana tenzi wangu achipinda mutemberi yaRimoni kunonamata, akazendamira paruoko rwangu, uye ini ndikakotama mutemberi yaRimoni, pandinokotama ipapo—Jehovha ngaakanganwire muranda wenyu.”
19Erisha akati, “Enda norugare.” Saka Naamani akabva paari, akanga afamba chinhambwe.
20Asi Gehazi, muranda waErisha munhu waBaba vedu, akafunga kuti, “Tenzi wangu arega muAramu uyu Naamani achienda zviri nyore kwazvo nokusagamuchira zvaauya nazvo. Zvirokwazvo naBaba vedu vapenyu, ndichamhanya ndichimutevera ndinotora chimwe chinhu.”
21Gehazi akatevera Naamani achimhanya. Paakamuona achimhanya achiuya, Naamani akaburuka pangoro yake kuti asangane naye, akati, “Zvose zvakanaka here?”
22“Zvose zvakanaka,” akadaro Gehazi. “Tenzi wangu andituma kuti nditi, ‘Majaya maviri anobva kuboka ravaprofita achangosvika kwandiri achibva kuzvikomo zveEfuremu. Ndapota avapei mapaundi esirivha anenge 75 nenguo mbiri dzokuchinja.’”
23“Ndapota, tora mapaundi anenge 150,” akadaro Naamani. Akagombedzera Gehazi, uye akasunga mapaundi esirivha anenge 150 muhomwe mbiri pamwe chete nenguo mbiri dzokuchinja, akazvipa varanda vaviri, vakazvitakura vachitungamira Gehazi. 24Pachikomo Gehazi akatora zvinhu kuvaranda, akazviisa mumba, akaendesa varume vaya, vakaenda. 25Akapinda akamira pamberi patenzi wake. Erisha akabvunza akati, “Wanga uri kupi, Gehazi?” Iye akati, “Muranda wenyu haana kwaaenda.”
26Asi Erisha akati, “Ko mwoyo wangu wakanga usina kuenda newe here murume paakatendeuka pangoro yake kuti asangane newe? Inguva yokutora sirivha, nguo, minda yemiorivhi, minda yemizambiringa, makwai, mombe, navaranda vechirume navechikadzi here? 27Maperembudzi aNaamani achanamatira kwauri nokuzvizvarwa zvako nokusingaperi.” Gehazi akabva pamberi pake, ane maperembudzi, ganda rake rakachena sechando.