Nyika Inoparadzwa
Baba vedu vanoparadza nyika ikasara isina chinhu; kutongwa kunowira munhu wose zvakafanana — mupristi navanhu, anokweretesa noanokwereta — nokuti sungano isingaperi yakaputswa. Mimhanzi inonyarara, suo ramatongo, nyika inodzedzereka sechidhakwa. Nziyo dzinomuka kumicheto iri kure, asi muprofita anoti ari kuonda.
24 1Tarirai—Baba vedu vanoparadza nyika voisiya iri dongo; vanomonyorora chiso chayo vagoparadzira vagari vayo. 2Zvichafanana kumunhu nokumupristi, kumuranda nokuna tenzi wake, kumurandakadzi nokuna vatenzikadzi vake, kumutengi nokumutengesi, kuna anokweretesa nokuna anokwereta, kuna anoda kuripwa nokuna anofanira kuripa. 3Nyika ichaparadzwa zvachose igopambwa zvachose, nokuti Baba vedu vakataura shoko iri.
4Nyika inochema inosvava; pasi panopera pachisvava; vanokudzwa venyika vanopera. 5Nyika yasvibiswa pasi pevagari vayo, nokuti vakasateerera dzidziso, vakadarika mutemo, vakaputsa sungano isingaperi. 6Naizvozvo chituko chinopedza nyika, uye vanogaramo vanotakura mhosva yavo; naizvozvo vagari venyika vanopiswa, vanhu vashoma ndivo vanosara. 7Waini itsva inochema, muzambiringa unopera simba; vose vanofara vanogomera. 8Mufaro wengoma wanyararidzwa, mheremhere yavanopembera yaguma, mufaro wembira wanyararidzwa. 9Havachanwi waini vachiimba; doro rinovava kune vanorinwa. 10Guta renyonganiso raputswa; imba imwe neimwe yakapfigwa, pasina pokupinda. 11Mumigwagwa mune kuchema pamusoro pewaini; mufaro wose wasviba, kufara kwenyika kwadzingwa. 12Mudhorobha masara dongo chete; suo rakaputswa rikava matongo. 13Nokuti ndizvo zvazvichaita munyika yose, pakati pamarudzi: somuti womuorivhi wakazuzwa ukashaya chinhu, samazambiringa anosara kana kukohwa kwapera. a a v13 Miti yemiorivhi yaikohwewa nokurova matavi ayo — maorivhi mashoma akapararira ndiwo aisara, zvichifananidzira vakasara vashoma vakapona.
14Vanosimudza manzwi avo, vanoimba nomufaro; vanodanidzira zvikuru vachibva kumadokero nokuda kwoukuru hwaBaba vedu. 15Naizvozvo kumabvazuva kudzai Baba vedu; pamahombekombe egungwa, kudzai zita raBaba vedu, Mwari waIsraeri. 16Kubva kumigumo yenyika tinonzwa nziyo dzichiti: “Mbiri ngaive kuna Iye Akarurama!” Asi ini ndakati, “Ndaonda, ndaonda—ndine nhamo! Vanyengeri vanonyengera; nounyengeri vanyengeri vanonyengera.”
17Kutyisa negomba nomusungo zviri pamusoro pako, iwe unogara panyika! 18Ani naani anotiza achinzwa ruzha rwokutyisa achawira mugomba, uye ani naani anobuda mugomba achabatwa nomusungo. Nokuti mawindo okudenga akazarurwa, nenheyo dzenyika dzinodedera. 19Nyika yaputsanyika zvachose, nyika yabvarurwa, nyika yazunungutswa zvikuru. 20Nyika inodzedzereka sechidhakwa, inozununguka sedumba; kumukira kwayo kunoiremera, inowa haichazomuki zvakare.
21Pazuva iro Baba vedu vacharanga hondo yokumusoro iri kumusoro, namadzimambo enyika ari panyika. 22Vachaunganidzwa pamwe chete savasungwa mugomba; vachapfigirwa mujeri rakadzika, uye mushure mamazuva mazhinji vacharangwa. 23Ipapo mwedzi uchanyara nezuva richanyadziswa, nokuti Baba vehondo dzokudenga vanotonga paGomo reZioni nomuJerusarema, uye pamberi pavakuru vavo kubwinya kwavo kunopenya.