Nhamo Kumuparadzi
Mutengesi asina kumbotengeswa anosvikirwa nenguva yake. Migwagwa haina vanhu, zvibvumirano zvaputswa, uye kunyange vasingatyi Mwari muZioni vanobvunza kuti ndiani angagara nomoto unoparadza. Mhinduro ndeyokutendeseka kwakajairika: ramba fufuro, vhara meso ako kuti usaona kuteurwa kweropa. Baba vavo ndivo mutongi namambo.
33 1Une nhamo, iwe muparadzi, iwe usina kuparadzwa; iwe munyengeri, iwe usina kunyengerwa nomunhu! Paunopedza kuparadza, uchaparadzwa; paunorega kunyengera, uchanyengerwa.
2Baba vedu, ivai nenyasha kwatiri; tinomirira imi. Ivai simba redu mangwanani oga oga, ruponeso rwedu munguva yokutambudzika. 3Pakutinhira kwenzwi renyu vanhu vanotiza; pamunosimuka, ndudzi dzinopararira. 4Zvakapambwa zvenyu zvinounganidzwa semhashu painounganidza; semhashu dzizhinji, vanhu vanozvimhanyira.
5Baba vedu vakakwiridzirwa, nokuti vanogara kumusoro-soro; vakazadza Zioni nokururamisira nokururama. 6Vachava nheyo yakasimba yenguva dzenyu, pfuma yoruponeso, uchenjeri, noruzivo; kutya Baba vedu ndiyo pfuma yeZioni.
7Tarirai, mhare dzavo dzinochema mumigwagwa; nhume dzorugare dzinochema zvikuru. 8Migwagwa mikuru yakasiyiwa; vafambi vakapera panzira. Sungano yaputswa, maguta acho anozvidzwa, hapana munhu anoremekedzwa. 9Nyika inochema ichiparara; Rebhanoni ranyadziswa rooma; Sharoni rava sakarenje, uye Bhashani neKarimeri zvinozunza mashizha azvo.
10“Zvino ndichasimuka,” ndizvo zvinotaura Baba vedu, “zvino ndichakwiridzirwa, zvino ndichazvisimudza. 11Munobata mimba yehundi, munobereka mashanga; kufema kwenyu ndiwo moto uchakupisai. 12Vanhu vachapiswa vave madota, seminzwa yakatemwa ikapiswa. 13Inzwai, imi muri kure, zvandaita; uye imi muri pedyo, zivai simba rangu.”
14Vatadzi vari muZioni vanotya; kudedera kwabata vasingadi Mwari: “Ndiani pakati pedu angagara nomoto unopedza? Ndiani pakati pedu angagara nomurazvo usingaperi?” 15Uyo anofamba mukururama achitaura zvakarurama, anoramba pfuma yokumanikidza, anodzora ruoko rwake kuti rurege kugamuchira fufuro, anodzivira nzeve dzake kuti arege kunzwa zvirongwa zvokudeura ropa, achitsinzina meso ake kuti arege kuona zvakaipa, 16ndiye uyo achagara kunzvimbo dzakakwirira, utiziro hwake huchava nhare dzamakomo; chingwa chake achachipiwa, uye mvura yake haingaperi.
17Meso enyu achaona mambo mukunaka kwake; achaona nyika inotambanuka kusvika kure. 18Mwoyo wenyu ucharangarira kutyisa kwakare: “Aripi uya aiverenga? Aripi uya aiyera mutero? Aripi uya aiverenga shongwe?” 19Hamuchazoonizve vanhu vaya vanozvikudza, rudzi rune mutauro wakaoma kunzwisisa, vanokakama norurimi rwamusinganzwisisi.
20Tarirai Zioni, guta remitambo yedu yakatarwa! Meso enyu achaona Jerusarema, musha wakadzikama, tende risingazobviswa, mbambo dzaro dzisingazombodzurwi uye tambo dzaro dzisingazombodambuki. 21Asi ipapo Baba vedu muukuru hwavo vachava kwatiri nzvimbo yenzizi dzakafara nehova, pasina igwa rine matanda okukwasva ringaendapo, uye pasina ngarava huru ingapfuurapo. 22Nokuti Baba vedu ndivo mutongi wedu, Baba vedu ndivo mupi wedu wemitemo, Baba vedu ndivo mambo wedu; vachatiponesa.
23Tambo dzako dzakasununguka: hadzigoni kubata danda regwa panzvimbo yaro kana kutambanudza seiri rakatambanudzwa. Ipapo zvakapambwa zvizhinji zvichagoverwa, uye kunyange vakaremara vachatakura zvakapambwa. 24Uye hapana munhu anogara muZioni achati, “Ndiri kurwara”; vanhu vanogara ikoko vacharegererwa zvivi zvavo.