Ekisodho 18 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

18 ¹Jetro, mupristi weMidhiani, tezvara waMozisi, akanzwa zvose zvakaitwa naBaba vedu kuna Mozisi navaIsraeri vanhu vavo, pavakabudisa vaIsraeri muIjipiti. ²Zvino Jetro, tezvara waMozisi, akanga atora Zipora, mukadzi waMozisi, mushure mokunge Mozisi akanga amudzosera kumba, ³pamwe chete navanakomana vake vaviri—mumwe ainzi Geshomu, nokuti Mozisi akati, “Ndakanga ndiri mutorwa munyika yavatorwa,” ⁴mumwe ainzi Eriezeri, nokuti akati, “Mwari wababa vangu akandibatsira, akandinunura pamunondo waFarao.” ^a a v4 Eriezeri zvinoreva kuti “Mwari wangu ndiye rubatsiro rwangu” — zita rakapiwa naMozisi mwanakomana wake achitenda nokununurwa kubva kuna Farao. ⁵Jetro, tezvara waMozisi, akauya navanakomana vaMozisi nomukadzi wake kwaari pamusasa wake womugwenga, kugomo raBaba vedu. ⁶Akati kuna Mozisi, “Ini, tezvara wako Jetro, ndiri kuuya nomukadzi wako navanakomana vake vaviri.”

⁷Mozisi akabuda kundochingamidza tezvara wake, akakotama, akamutsvoda. Vakakwazisana vakabvunzana kuti vakadii, vakabva vapinda mutende. ⁸Mozisi akaudza tezvara wake zvose zvakanga zvaitwa naBaba vedu kuna Farao nokumuIjipiti nokuda kwavaIsraeri, namatambudziko ose avakasangana nawo munzira, uye kuti vakavanunura sei. ⁹Jetro akafara nokuda kwezvakanaka zvose zvakanga zvaitwa naBaba vedu kuvaIsraeri, pavakavanunura kubva muruoko rwavaIjipiti. ¹⁰Jetro akati, Ngavarumbidzwe Baba vedu, ivo vakakununurai kubva muruoko rwavaIjipiti nomuruoko rwaFarao, vakanunura vanhu kubva pasi poruoko rwavaIjipiti. ¹¹Zvino ndinoziva kuti Baba vedu vakuru kupfuura vamwari vose, nokuti vakavakunda pane zvavaizvikudza nazvo. ¹²Jetro, tezvara waMozisi, akatora chipiriso chinopiswa nezvibayiro zvaBaba vedu; Aroni navakuru vose vavaIsraeri vakauya kuzodya chingwa natezvara waMozisi pamberi paBaba vedu.

¹³Fume mangwana Mozisi akagara pasi kuti atonge vanhu, ivo vakamira vakamukomba kubva mangwanani kusvikira manheru. ¹⁴Tezvara wake akati aona zvose zvaaiita kuvanhu, akati, “Chiiko ichi chauri kuita? Sei uchigara woga, munhu wose amire akakukomba kubva mangwanani kusvikira manheru?”

¹⁵Mozisi akati kuna tezvara wake, “Nokuti vanhu vanouya kwandiri kuzotsvaka Baba vedu; ¹⁶kana vane gakava, vanouya kwandiri; ndinotonga pakati pomumwe nomuvakidzani wake, uye ndinotsanangura mitemo nemirayiro yaBaba vedu.” ¹⁷Tezvara waMozisi akati kwaari, “Zvauri kuita hazvina kunaka. ¹⁸Iwe navanhu ava muchaneta—basa iri rinorema kwazvo kwauri; haugoni kuriita woga. ¹⁹Zvino nditeerere: ndichakupa zano—Baba vedu ngavave newe. Umire pachinzvimbo chavanhu pamberi pavo uye uuye nenyaya dzavo kwavari. ²⁰Uvayambire pamusoro pemitemo nemirayiro, uye uvaratidze nzira yokufamba nayo nebasa rokuita. ²¹Pavanhu vose, usarudze varume vane unyanzvi vanotya Baba vedu, vanhu vechokwadi vanovenga pfuma yakawanikwa zvisakarurama; uvaite vatungamiriri vezviuru, vamazana, vemakumi mashanu, uye vegumi. ²²Ngavatonge vanhu nguva dzose, vachikuvigira nyaya huru dzose asi vachizvitongera pachavo nyaya duku dzose—vachirerutsa mutoro wako pavanoutakura pamwe chete newe. ²³Kana ukaita izvi uye Baba vedu vakakurayira, uchatsungirira, uye vanhu ava vose vachaenda kunzvimbo yavo norugare.”

²⁴Saka Mozisi akateerera tezvara wake akaita zvose zvaakanga ataura. ²⁵Mozisi akasarudza varume vane unyanzvi pavaIsraeri vose akavaita vakuru pamusoro pavanhu—vatungamiriri vezviuru, vamazana, vemakumi mashanu, uye vegumi. ²⁶Vakatonga vanhu nguva dzose, vachivigira Mozisi nyaya dzakaoma asi vachizvitongera pachavo nyaya duku. ²⁷Ipapo Mozisi akaonekana natezvara wake, iye akadzokera kunyika yake.