Tsitsi kuna Jakobho
Apiwa zororo naBaba vedu, Israeri anoimba rwiyo rwokuseka mudzvinyiriri akawa: nyika yanyarara, kunyange misidhari yafara. Uya akati achakwira pamusoro penyeredzi avata pakati pehonye, asina kupiwa guva. Ipapo Firistia inoyambirwa kuti isapemberera.
14 1Nokuti mwoyo waBaba vedu uchanzwira Jakobho tsitsi; vachasarudzazve vaIsraeri uye vachavagarisa munyika yavo. Mutorwa achabatana navo uye achazvibatanidza kuimba yaJakobho. 2Marudzi achavatora agovauyisa kunzvimbo yavo, uye imba yavaIsraeri ichavatora vave varanda navarandakadzi munyika yaBaba vedu. Vachatapa vaya vakavatapa uye vachatonga vamanikidzi vavo.
3Pazuva racho Baba vedu vachakupai zororo pakurwadziwa kwenyu, nenyonganiso, nebasa rakaoma ramakamanikidzwa kuita, 4muchasimudza rwiyo urwu rwokuzvidza pamusoro pamambo weBhabhironi muchiti: Mumanikidzi aguma sei! Hasha dzake dzaguma sei! 5Baba vedu vakavhuna mudonzvo wavakaipa, netsvimbo youshe yavatongi, 6yairova marudzi nehasha ichirova kusingagumi, yaitonga ndudzi nokutsamwa nokudzvinyirira kusingaregi. 7Nyika yose yava kuzorora yakanyarara; vanhu vanopururudza norwiyo. 8Kunyange miti yemisipuresi inofara pamusoro pako, nemisidhari yeRebhanoni, ichiti: “Kubvira pawakawisirwa pasi, hakuna mutemi womiti anokwira kuzorwa nesu.” 9Guva repasi ramutswa kuti rikusangane pakuuya kwako; rinomutsa mweya yavakafa kuti ikukwazise, ivo vose vaiva vatungamiri venyika; rinosimudza pazvigaro zvavo zvoushe vose vaiva madzimambo endudzi. 10Vose vachapindura vachiti kwauri: “Newewo wava kushaya simba sesu! Wava kufanana nesu! 11Kuzvikudza kwako kwaburutswa kuguva, pamwe chete nenziyo dzembira dzako; honye dzawaridzwa dzikava mubhedha wako pasi pako, uye makonye ndiwo chifukidzo chako.” 12Wawa sei kubva kudenga, iwe Nyeredzi yeMambakwedza, mwanakomana wamambakwedza! Watemerwa pasi sei, iwe wakawisira ndudzi pasi! a a v12 Nyeredzi yeMambakwedza yakawa yakanga yaziva Baba vedu asi ikavaramba, ichiedza kutora nzvimbo yaBaba vedu panzvimbo yokugamuchira yayo pachayo sechisikwa chakasikwa naBaba vedu. 13Wakati mumwoyo mako, “Ndichakwira kudenga; ndichasimudza chigaro changu choushe pamusoro penyeredzi dzaMwari; ndichagara pagomo reungano, kumigumo yokuchamhembe. 14Ndichakwira pamusoro pokukwirira kwamakore; ndichazviita ndakafanana noWokumusoro-soro.” 15Asi waburutswa kuguva, kumigumo yegomba. 16Vaya vanokuona vachakudzvokora vachishamiswa vachiti: “Uyu ndiye murume akaita kuti nyika idedere, akazunungusa umambo, 17akaita kuti nyika ive sogwenga, akaputsa maguta ayo, asingatenderi vatapwa vake kudzokera kumba?” 18Madzimambo ose endudzi akavata mukubwinya, mumwe nomumwe muguva rake; 19asi iwe warasirwa kunze, kure neguva rako, sedavi rinonyangadza, wakafukidzwa navakaurayiwa, vaya vakabayiwa nomunondo, vanoburukira kumatombo egomba, sechitunha chakatsikwa-tsikwa. 20Haungabatanidzwi navo pakuvigwa, nokuti wakaparadza nyika yako, wakauraya vanhu vako. Vana vavaiti vezvakaipa ngavarege kuzombodomwa zita zvakare! 21Gadzirirai vanakomana vake kuurayiwa nokuda kwemhosva yamadzibaba avo, kuti varege kumuka vagotora nyika uye vagozadza nyika yose namaguta.
22“Ndichavamukira, ndizvo zvinotaura Baba vehondo dzokudenga, uye ndichaparadza kubva muBhabhironi zita navakasara, mbeu nechizvarwa, ndizvo zvinotaura Baba vedu. 23Ndichariita ugaro hwenungu namadziva emvura, uye ndicharitsvaira nomutsvairo wokuparadza, ndizvo zvinotaura Baba vehondo dzokudenga.”
Zvakarongwa naBaba
24Baba vehondo dzokudenga vakapika vachiti: “Zvirokwazvo sezvandakaronga, ndizvo zvazvichaita; sezvandakatema, ndizvo zvazvichamira. 25Ndichaputsa muAsiria munyika yangu, uye pamakomo angu ndichamutsika pasi petsoka; joko rake richabviswa pavari, nomutoro wake uchabviswa papfudzi ravo. 26Urongwa hwakatemerwa nyika yose ndihwo uhu, uye ruoko rwakatambanudzirwa pamusoro pendudzi dzose ndirwo urwu. 27Nokuti Baba vehondo dzokudenga vatema, ndiani angazvikonesa? Ruoko rwavo rwakatambanudzwa, ndiani angarudzosa?”
Panguva Yakafa Mambo Ahazi
28Mugore rakafa Mambo Ahazi, chirevo ichi chakauya: 29Musafara, imi mose veFiristia, kuti shamhu yakakurovai yavhunika; nokuti pamudzi wenyoka pachabuda mhungu, uye chibereko chayo chichava nyoka inopisa inobhururuka. 30Varombo pakati pavarombo vachafura vakachengeteka, uye vanoshayiwa vachavata pasi vakadzikama; asi ndichauraya mudzi wako nenzara, uye ichaparadza vakasara vako. 31Ungudza, iwe suo; danidzira, iwe guta; nyauka nokutya, imi mose veFiristia! Nokuti utsi hunobuda kuchamhembe, uye hakuna kunyange murwi mumwe anosara shure mumitsara yacho. 32Mhinduro ipi ichapiwa kunhume dzorudzi? “Baba vedu vakavaka Ziyoni, uye mairi vakatambudzika pakati pavanhu vavo vanowana utiziro.”