Baba Vanofumura Nokutonga Vadzidzisi Venhema
Vadzidzisi venhema vanorondedzerwa pasina kuvabata kumeso: vane makaro, vanokarira zvenyama, vanovimbisa rusununguko ivo pachavo vari varanda. Petro anotaura achibva munhoroondo — ngirozi, mafashamo, Sodhoma, Roti — kuti Baba vedu vanoziva kurwira vanoremekedza Mwari uye kuchengetera vakaipa kutongwa.
2 1Vaporofita venhema vakamuka pakati pavanhu, sezvowo vadzidzisi venhema vachamuka pakati penyu. Vachapinza dzidziso dzenhema dzinoparadza muchivande, vachatoramba Tenzi akavatenga, uye vachazviunzira kuparadzwa kunokurumidza. a a v1 “Tenzi akavatenga” ndiJesu, akaripira rusununguko rwavo neropa rake pachake — zvichiita kuti kumuramba kwavo kuve kunosuwisa zvikuru. 2Vazhinji vachatevera ruchiva rwavo, uye nokuda kwavo nzira yechokwadi ichashorwa. 3Mukukara kwavo vachakubiridzira namashoko okunyepedzera. Kutongwa kwavo, kwakatemwa kare kare, hakusi kunonoka; kuparadzwa kwavo hakuna kukotsira.
4Nokuti kana Baba vedu vasina kurega ngirozi dzakatadza, asi vakadzikandira mugomba rakadzikadzika rerima, dzakasungwa namaketani murima, dzakachengetwa kuti dzitongwe; b b v4 Tataro inzvimbo yokupfigira ngirozi dzakawa — shoko rakasiyana nerinowanzoshandiswa pakureva gehena, richireva jere umo mweya inopanduka inomirira kutongwa. 5kana vasina kurega nyika yekare, asi vakadzivirira Noa, muparidzi wokururama, pamwe chete navamwe vanomwe, pavakauyisa mafashamo panyika yavakaipa; 6uye kana vakapa Sodhoma neGomora mhosva, vakaita kuti maguta avo ave madota, somuenzaniso wezvakamirira vakaipa; 7uye kana vakanunura Roti akarurama, akanga aneteswa nemufambiro unonyadzisa wavanhu vasingateereri mutemo. 8Munhu iyeye akarurama, agere pakati pavo, airwadziwa zuva nezuva mumweya wake wakarurama nemabasa asingateereri mutemo aaiona nokunzwa, 9saka Baba vedu vanoziva kununura vanonamata Mwari pamiedzo, nokuchengeta vakaipa vari pasi pechirango kusvikira pazuva rokutonga. 10Zvikuru avo vanotevera kuchiva kwakaora kwenyama uye vanozvidza masimba—vane ushingi, vanozvikudza, vasingatyi kutuka zvisikwa zvokudenga. 11Asi ngirozi, dzine simba noukuru hukuru, hadziuyi nomutongo wokutuka pamusoro pavo pamberi paBaba vedu. 12Asi vanhu ava, semhuka dzisina njere dzakaberekwa dzichida kubatwa nokuparadzwa, vanotuka zvavasinganzwisisi, uye vachaparadzwa mukuparadzwa kwavo, 13vachitambura zvakaipa somubhadharo wezvakaipa zvavakaita. Vanozviti mufaro kutamba masikati machena. Vari makwapa namavara, vachipembera mukunyengera kwavo pavanodya nemi. 14Meso avo akazara noupombwe, asingambomiri kutadza, achinyengera mweya isina kusimba, nemwoyo yakadzidziswa kukara—vana vakatukwa! 15Vakasiya nzira yakatwasuka, vakarasika, vachitevera nzira yaBharami mwanakomana waBheori, akada mubhadharo wezvakaipa. c c v15 Bharami aiva muporofita wokuhaya aitsvaka mari kupfuura kutendeka uye akatsiurwa nembongoro yake pachayo — nhoroondo yake yose iri muna Numeri 22–24. 16Asi akatsiurwa nokuda kwezvakaipa zvake: mbongoro mbeveve yakataura nenzwi romunhu ikamisa upengo hwomuporofita.
17Ava zvitubu zvakaoma, mhute inotinhwa nedutu—rima guru rakachengeterwa ivo. 18Namashoko okuzvikudza, asina maturo, vanonyengera kuburikidza nokuchiva kwenyama avo vachangopunyuka kuvanhu vanorarama mukurasika. 19Vanovavimbisa rusununguko, ivo pachavo vari varanda vokuora—nokuti chinhu chinokunda munhu chinomuita muranda.
20Nokuti kana, vatiza kuora kwenyika kuburikidza nokuziva Ishe wedu noMuponesi Jesu Kristu, vakapindazve mukwo vakakundwa, magumo avo akaipa kupfuura kutanga kwavo. 21Zvaiva nani kwavari kuti vasatomboziva nzira yokururama pane kuti vaizive vozotendeuka vachibva pamurayiro mutsvene wavakapiwa. 22Tsumo yechokwadi yaitika kwavari: “Imbwa inodzokera kumarutsi ayo,” uye “Nguruve yakashambidzwa inodzokera kundozvumburuka mumatope.”