Baba Vanotonga Tire
Tire inowana pfuma pakuparadzwa kweJerusarema, ichitarisira kutengeserana kwakawanda zvino sezvo suo raputswa. Baba vedu vanoti ndudzi dzichauya kuzorwa naye samafungu. Nebhukadhinezari achaputsa masvingo ake, mabwe ake acharaswa mugungwa, uye nzvimbo yacho ichasiiwa iri dombo risina chinhu pokuyanika mambure.
26 1Mugore regumi nerimwe, pazuva rokutanga romwedzi, shoko raBaba vedu rakasvika kwandiri, richiti:
2Mwanakomana womunhu, nokuti Tire akati pamusoro peJerusarema, “Hekani! Suo ravanhu rakaputswa, rakazarurirwa kwandiri. Jerusarema yava dongo; ndichapfuma.” 3Naizvozvo Ishe Baba vanoti: Tarira, ndinokurwisa, iwe Tire. Ndichauyisa ndudzi zhinji kuzorwa newe, segungwa rinouyisa mafungu aro. 4Vachaputsa masvingo eTire uye vachakoromora shongwe dzaro; ndichakwenya ivhu raro ndichiribvisa ndorisiya riri ruware rwusina chinhu. 5Richava nzvimbo yokuwaridza mambure mugungwa, nokuti ndakataura, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Baba. Richava zvakapambwa nendudzi, 6uye misha yaro iri panyika ichaurayiwa nomunondo. Ipapo vachaziva kuti ndini Baba.
7Zvanzi naIshe Baba: Tarira, ndichauyisa Nebhukadhinezari mambo weBhabhironi, mambo wamadzimambo, kuzorwa neTire achibva nokumusoro, aine mabhiza, ngoro, vatasvi vamabhiza, neuto guru ravarwi vazhinji. 8Achauraya misha yako iri panyika nomunondo, achivakira rusvingo rwokukukomba, achivaka murwi wevhu wokukukwirira, uye achisimudzira nhoo kuti dzikurwise. 9Acharova masvingo ako namatanda ake okuputsa nawo, uye achakoromora shongwe dzako namatemo ake. 10Mabhiza ake achava mazhinji zvokuti guruva rawo richakufukidza. Masvingo ako achadengenyeka nokuda kwokutinhira kwavatasvi vamabhiza, nokwamakorokoro, nokwengoro, paanopinda pamasuo ako savanhu vanopinda muguta rakaputswa masvingo aro. 11Mahwanda emabhiza ake achatsika migwagwa yako yose. Achauraya vanhu vako nomunondo, uye mbiru dzako dzine simba dzichawira pasi. 12Vachapamba upfumi hwako, vachitora nhumbi dzako, vachiputsa masvingo ako, uye vachiparadza dzimba dzako dzakanaka, vachikanda matombo ako, matanda ako, nemarara ako mugungwa. 13Ndichanyaradza nziyo dzako dzine ruzha; mbira dzako hadzichazonzwikwizve. 14Ndichakuita ruware rwusina chinhu, nzvimbo yokuwaridza mambure. Haungazombovakwizve, nokuti ini Baba ndakataura, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Baba.
15Zvanzi naIshe Baba kuTire: Ko, mahombekombe egungwa haangadengenyeki here nokuda kworuzha rwokuwa kwako, pachagomera vakakuvadzwa, pachaurayiwa vazhinji mukati mako? 16Ipapo vatongi vose vegungwa vachaburuka pazvigaro zvavo zvoumambo, vachibvisa nguo dzavo, vachibvisawo nguo dzavo dzakarukwa. Vakapfeka kudedera, vachagara pasi, vachibvunda nguva dzose, vachikuvhundukira. 17Vachakuchema nenziyo yokuchema, vachiti: “Haiwa, waparadzwa sei, iwe guta rine mukurumbira, iwe wakanga uzere navanhu vaibva mumakungwa—iwe wakanga une simba pagungwa, iwe navagari vako, vaivhundutsira vose vaigarapo!” a a v17 Tire raiva guta rakazvitonga riri pachitsuwa, rakapfuma, rine simba nevanhu vazhinji zvakanga zvakavakirwa pakutengeserana mugungwa. 18Zvino mahombekombe anodedera pazuva rokuwa kwako; zvitsuwa zviri mugungwa zvinovhunduka nokuda kwokupera kwako.
19Zvanzi naIshe Baba: Pandichakuita guta rakaparadzwa, samaguta akasiyiwa kare kare, pandichauyisa mvura yakadzika pamusoro pako uye mvura zhinji ichikufukidza, 20ipapo ndichakuburutsira pasi pamwe chete navanoburukira kugomba, kuvanhu vakare kare. Ndichakugarisa munyika iri pasi, pakati pamatongo akare, pamwe chete navanoburukira kugomba, kuti urege kudzoka kana kutora nzvimbo yako munyika yavapenyu. 21Ndichakuunzira magumo anotyisa, uye hauchazovapozve. Uchatsvakwa asi hauchazombowanikwizve, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Baba.