Mvura Inobva muDombo
PaRefidhimu vanhu vanokakavadzana pamusoro pemvura uye vava kuda kutaka Mozisi nematombo, vachibvunza kuti Baba vedu varipo pakati pavo here kana kuti kwete. Mozisi anoudzwa kuti arove dombo, uye mvura inobuda. Ipapo vaAmareki vanorwisa, uye vaIsraeri vanokunda chete Aroni naHuri pavanosimudza maoko aMozisi.
17 1Ungano yose yavaIsraeri yakabva muGwenga reSini, ichifamba nhanho nenhanho sezvakarayirwa naBaba vedu, ikadzika musasa paRefidhimu—asi pakanga pasina mvura yokuti vanhu vanwe. 2Vanhu vakakakavadzana naMozisi vachiti, “Tipei mvura yokunwa.” Mozisi akapindura akati, “Munokakavadzana neni nei? Munoedza Baba vedu nei?”
3Vanhu vakanzwa nyota yemvura ipapo, vakagununʼunira Mozisi vachiti, “Makatibudisireiko muIjipiti kuti mutiuraye isu nevana vedu nezvipfuwo zvedu nenyota?”
4Mozisi akachema kuna Baba vedu achiti, “Ndoiteiko navanhu ava? Voda kunditaka namabwe.”
5Baba vedu vakati kuna Mozisi, “Tungamira pamberi pavanhu. Tora vamwe vavakuru vaIsraeri uende navo, utore muruoko rwako tsvimbo yawakarova nayo Nairi, wozoenda. 6Ini ndichamira ipapo pamberi pako padombo paHorebhi. Rova dombo, mvura igobuda mariri kuti vanhu vanwe.” Mozisi akaita saizvozvo vakuru vaIsraeri vachitarisa.
7Akatumidza nzvimbo iyoyo kuti Masa neMeribha, nokuti vanhu vaIsraeri vakakakavara vakaedza Baba vedu, vachibvunza vachiti, “Baba vedu vari pakati pedu kana kuti kwete?” a a v7 Masa zvinoreva “kuedza” uye Meribha zvinoreva “kukakavara” — nzvimbo iyi yakatumidzwa maererano nokusagutsikana kwavanhu, vachipokana kuti Baba vedu vaiva navo zvechokwadi here.
Baba vedu Vanokunda Hondo
8Ipapo Amareki akauya akarwa navaIsraeri paRefidhimu. 9Mozisi akati kuna Joshua, “Tisarudzire varume, ubude unorwa naAmareki. Mangwana ini ndichamira pamusoro pechikomo ndakabata tsvimbo yaBaba vedu muruoko rwangu.” 10Joshua akaita sezvaakaudzwa naMozisi, akarwa naAmareki; Mozisi, naAroni, naHuri vakakwira pamusoro pechikomo. 11Zvino Mozisi paaisimudza ruoko rwake, vaIsraeri vaikunda; asi paaidzikisa ruoko rwake, Amareki aikunda. 12Maoko aMozisi akarema, saka vakaisa ibwe pasi pake iye akagara pariri, Aroni naHuri vachitsigira maoko ake, mumwe kuno rumwe rutivi mumwe kuno rumwe rutivi, naizvozvo maoko ake akaramba akatsiga kusvikira zuva ravira. 13Joshua akakunda Amareki navanhu vake nomuromo womunondo.
14Baba vedu vakati kuna Mozisi, “Nyora izvi mubhuku chive chiyeuchidzo, uye uzvirondedzere nenzwi guru kuna Joshua: Ndichadzima zvachose kurangarirwa kwaAmareki pasi pedenga.”
15Mozisi akavaka aritari akaitumidza kuti “Baba vedu Ndivo Mureza Wangu,” b b v15 Mozisi akatumidza aritari kuti “Baba vedu ndivo mureza wangu” mushure mokukunda kwavaIsraeri Amareki, kukunda kwakawanikwa maoko ake akasimudzirwa kuna Baba vedu. 16akati, “Nokuti ruoko rwuri pachigaro choushe chaBaba vedu: Vacharwa naAmareki kubva kuchizvarwa kusvikira kuchizvarwa.” c c v16 “Ruoko pamusoro pechigaro choushe” mhiko yehondo: Amareki akatanga kurwisa ushe hwaBaba vedu, saka vanopika kurwa navo nokusingaperi.