Vanhu Vasina Kutendeka kuna Baba
Vakuru vanoshuma kuti vatungamiri veIsraeri pachavo ndivo vakatungamira mukuroorana namarudzi akavapoteredza. Ezira anobvarura nguo dzake, anodzura bvudzi rake, uye anogara akavhunduka kusvika manheru, ipapo onyengetera achireurura, achidudza mhosva pachena uye achishamiswa kuti Baba vedu vakavaranga zvishoma pane zvavaifanira.
9 1Zvino izvi zvakati zvaitwa, vabati vakauya kwandiri, vachiti, “Vanhu vaIsraeri, vaprista, navaRevhi havana kuzviparadzanisa navanhu vakavapoteredza, nezvinhu zvavo zvinonyangadza—vaKenani, vaHiti, vaPerizi, vaJebhusi, vaAmoni, vaMoabhi, vaIjipiti, navaAmori. 2Vakatora vamwe vavanasikana vavo kuti vave madzimai avo neavanakomana vavo, vachivhenganisa rudzi rutsvene navanhu vakavapoteredza. Uye vabati navatungamiri ndivo vakatungamira mukusatendeka uku.”
3Pandakanzwa izvi, ndakabvarura nguo yangu nejasi rangu, ndikadhonzora bvudzi mumusoro mangu nendebvu dzangu, ndikagara pasi ndakatyamara. 4Ipapo vose vaidedera pamashoko aMwari waIsraeri, Baba vedu, vakaungana kwandiri nokuda kwokusatendeka kwenhapwa, uye ndakagara ndakatyamara kusvikira panguva yechipiriso chamanheru. a a v4 Chipiriso chamanheru chaiva chibayiro chamazuva ose chaingoitwa panguva inenge yechitatu masikati.
5Panguva yechipiriso chamanheru ndakasimuka pakuzvininipisa kwangu, nenguo yangu nejasi rangu zvakabvaruka, ndikapfugama namabvi angu, ndikatambanudzira maoko angu kuna Baba vangu, 6ndikati, “Baba vangu, ndinonyara uye ndinonyadziswa kusimudzira chiso changu kwamuri, Baba vangu, nokuti zvivi zvedu zvakwira kupfuura misoro yedu, uye mhosva yedu yakura kusvikira kudenga. 7Kubva pamazuva amadzibaba edu kusvikira zvino takanga tiri mumhosva huru, uye nokuda kwezvivi zvedu isu—madzimambo edu navaprista vedu—takaiswa mumaoko amadzimambo enyika, kumunondo, kuutapwa, kupambwa, nokunyadziswa pachena kumeso edu, sezvazvakaita nhasi. 8Asi zvino, kwechinguva chiduku, nyasha dzakauya dzichibva kuna Baba vedu, dzichitisiyira vakasara, dzichitipa nzvimbo yakasimba yokumira panzvimbo yavo tsvene, kuti dzivhenekere meso edu uye dzitipe kumutsiridzwa kuduku muuranda hwedu. 9Tiri varanda; asi Baba vedu havana kutisiya muuranda hwedu. Vakatiratidza rudo rwavo rwesungano pamberi pamadzimambo ePezhiya, vachitimutsiridza kuti timutse imba yaBaba vedu, tigadzire matongo ayo, uye vatipe rusvingo rwokutidzivirira muJudha nomuJerusarema.
10Zvino, Baba vedu, tingatiiko shure kwaizvozvi? Nokuti takasiya mirayiro yenyu,
11yamakarayira kuburikidza navaranda venyu vaprofita, muchiti, ‘Nyika yamuri kupinda kuti muitore ine tsvina nokuda kwetsvina yavanhu vayo, vane tsika dzinonyangadza dzakaizadza kubva kuno rumwe rutivi kusvikira kuno rumwe nokusachena kwavo. 12Naizvozvo zvino musapa vanasikana venyu kuvanakomana vavo kana kutora vanasikana vavo nokuda kwavanakomana venyu, uye musatombotsvaka rugare rwavo kana kubudirira kwavo nokusingaperi, kuti muve nesimba, mudye zvakanaka zvenyika, uye muisiye senhaka kuvana venyu nokusingaperi.’
13Shure kwezvose zvakatiwira nokuda kwamabasa edu akaipa nemhosva yedu huru—kunyange ipapo imi, Baba vedu, makazvidzora, muchitiranga zvishoma kupfuura zvaifanira zvivi zvedu, uye mukatipa vakasara vakadai, 14ko tichaputsazve mirayiro yenyu uye tichawanana navanhu vanoita zvinhu zvinonyangadza izvi here? Hamungatsamwiri nesu kusvikira matiparadza zvachose, pasina kana vakasara kana vapukunyuka here? 15Baba vedu, Mwari waIsraeri, imi makarurama, nokuti takasara tiri vakasara vapukunyuka, sezvazvakaita nhasi. Tarisai, tiri pamberi penyu mumhosva yedu, kunyange zvazvo pasina angagona kumira pamberi penyu nokuda kwayo.’”