Kutumwa kwaHagai
Vatapwa vakadzoka asi vakasiya imba yaBaba vedu iri matongo vachishongedza dzimba dzavo. Hagai anovadana kuti vavakezve—uye anovakira kukumbira kwose pachipikirwa chimwe chinodzokororwa: “Ndinemi.”
1 1Mugore rechipiri ramambo Dhariusi, mumwedzi wechitanhatu, pazuva rokutanga, shoko raBaba vedu rakauya kuburikidza naHagai muprofita kuna Zerubhabheri mwanakomana waShearitieri, mubati weJudha, uye kuna Joshua mwanakomana waJehozadhaki, muprista mukuru, richiti:
2Zvanzi naBaba vehondo dzokudenga, “Vanhu ava vanoti nguva yokuvakazve imba yaBaba vedu haisati yasvika.”
3Ipapo shoko raBaba vedu rakauya kuburikidza naHagai muprofita, richiti:
4“Ko, imi munofanira kugara mudzimba dzenyu dzakashongedzwa namapuranga, imba iyi ichingova matongo here?” 5Naizvozvo, zvanzi naBaba vehondo dzokudenga, “Fungisisai zvakanaka mararamiro enyu. 6Makadyara zvakawanda, asi mukakohwa zvishoma. Munodya, asi hamuguti. Munonwa, asi hamugutsikani. Munopfeka nguo, asi hapana anodziyirwa. Uye anowana mubhadharo anongouwana kuti auise muchikwama chine maburi.”
7Zvanzi naBaba vehondo dzokudenga, “Fungisisai zvakanaka mararamiro enyu. 8Kwirai mumakomo, muburutse matanda, muvakezve imba, kuti ndiifarire uye ndikudzwe,” vanodaro Baba vedu. 9“Makatarisira zvizhinji, asi zvakava zvishoma. Zvamakauya nazvo kumba, ndakazvifuridzira kure. Nemhaka yei?” ndizvo zvinotaura Baba vehondo dzokudenga. “Nokuda kweimba yangu ichiri matongo, mumwe nomumwe wenyu achishanda paimba yake. 10Naizvozvo, nokuda kwenyu matenga akanyima dova rawo, uye nyika yakanyima zvibereko zvayo. 11Ndakadana kuoma kwenyika pamusoro peminda nemakomo, pazviyo, pawaini itsva, pamafuta omuorivhi, pazvose zvinobereka ivhu, pavanhu nezvipfuwo, uye pabasa rose ramaoko enyu.”
12Ipapo Zerubhabheri mwanakomana waShearitieri, Joshua mwanakomana waJehozadhaki muprista mukuru, navose vakasara vavanhu, vakateerera inzwi raBaba vedu namashoko aHagai muprofita, nokuti Baba vedu vakanga vatuma Hagai; vanhu vakatya pamberi paBaba vedu.
13Ipapo Hagai, nhume yaBaba vedu, akaudza vanhu shoko raBaba vedu, achiti, “Ndinemi, ndizvo zvinotaura Baba vedu.” a a v13 Vanhu pavanodzokera kubasa raBaba, ivo vanopindura nomwoyo wababa vose — “Ndinemi.” Kuvapo kwavo ndiwo mubayiro.
14Naizvozvo Baba vedu vakamutsa mweya waZerubhabheri mwanakomana waShearitieri, mubati weJudha, nomweya waJoshua mwanakomana waJehozadhaki muprista mukuru, nomweya wavose vakasara vavanhu. Vakauya vakashanda paimba yaBaba vehondo dzokudenga, 15pazuva ramakumi maviri namana romwedzi wechitanhatu mugore rechipiri ramambo Dhariusi.