Rudo Haruna Kutsaura
Kugarisa mupfumi zvakanaka nomurombo pasi kunoita kereke mutongi ane zvinangwa zvakaipa, apo Baba vedu vakasarudza varombo kuti vave vapfumi mukutenda. Kutenda kunopa hama ine nzara mashoko chete kwakafa.
2 1Hama dzangu, sezvo muri vatendi muna Ishe wedu anobwinya Jesu Kristu, musatsaura vanhu. 2Ngatiti murume akapfeka mhete yegoridhe nenguo dzakanaka apinda muungano yenyu, uyewo murombo akapfeka nguo dzakasakara apinda. 3Kana mukatarisa uya akapfeka zvakanaka mukati, “Garai pano, pachigaro chakanaka,” asi muchiti kumurombo, “Mira uko,” kana kuti, “Gara pasi patsoka dzangu,” 4ko hamuna kutsaura vanhu pakati penyu, mukava vatongi vanotungamirirwa nemifungo yakaipa here? 5Teererai, hama dzangu dzinodiwa: Ko Baba vedu havana kusarudza varombo venyika kuti vave vapfumi mukutenda, vadyi venhaka youmambo hwavakavimbisa avo vanovada here? 6Asi imi makazvidza murombo. Ko vapfumi havasi ivo vanokudzvinyirirai vachikukweverai kumatare edzimhosva here? 7Ko havasi ivo vanomhura zita rakanaka rinodaidzwa pamusoro penyu here?
8Kana mukateerera zvechokwadi mutemo woumambo maererano noRugwaro runoti, “Ida muvakidzani wako sezvaunozvida iwe,” munoita zvakanaka.
9Asi kana muchitsaura vanhu, muri kutadza, uye mutemo unokupai mhosva savaputsi vomutemo. 10Ani naani anochengeta mutemo wose asi achigumburwa panzvimbo imwe chete, ava nemhosva yokuuputsa wose. 11Nokuti Baba vedu, ivo vakarambidza upombwe, vakarambidzawo kuuraya. Saka kana mukasaita upombwe asi mukauraya, mava vaputsi vomutemo. 12Taurai uye muite savanhu vachatongwa nomutemo worusununguko. 13Kutongwa hakuna tsitsi kune uya asina kuita tsitsi; tsitsi dzinokunda kutonga.
Kutenda Kunoshanda
14Zvinobatsirei, hama dzangu, kana munhu achiti ane kutenda asi asina mabasa? Ko kutenda ikoko kunogona kumuponesa here? 15Ngatiti hama kana hanzvadzi isina nguo dzakakwana uye isina zvokudya zvezuva nezuva, 16mumwe wenyu akati kwaari, “Enda norugare, udziyirwe ugute,” asi asingapi chinhu chinodiwa nomuviri wake—zvinobatsirei izvozvo? 17Saizvozvowo, kutenda kwoga, kana kusingaperekedzwi namabasa, kwakafa. 18Asi mumwe munhu achati, “Iwe une kutenda, ini ndine mabasa.” Ndiratidze kutenda kwako kusina mabasa, uye ini ndichakuratidza kutenda kwangu kubva pamabasa angu. 19Iwe unotenda kuti Baba vedu ndivamwe chete; unoita zvakanaka. Kunyange madhimoni anotenda izvozvo—achibvunda. 20Unoda kuti ndikuratidze here, iwe munhu benzi, kuti kutenda kusina mabasa hakuna maturo? 21Ko Abhurahama baba vedu havana kururamiswa namabasa pavakapa mwanakomana wavo Isaka paaritari here? 22Unoona kuti kutenda kwaishanda pamwe chete namabasa avo, uye kutenda kwakakwaniswa namabasa avo. 23Izvi zvakazadzisa Rugwaro runoti: “Abhurahama vakatenda Baba vedu, uye zvakaverengerwa kwavari sokururama”—vakanzi shamwari yaBaba vedu. a a v23 Abhurahama vakanga vasiri mutendi muna Baba vedu chete—vakanzi shamwari yavo. Ichi ndicho chikonzero chaicho nei Baba vedu vachititsvaka: kwete kuti vave navaranda vanovatya, asi kuti vave neshamwari dzinovaziva. 24Munoona kuti munhu anoruramiswa namabasa, kwete nokutenda koga. 25Saizvozvowo, ko Rahabhi chifeve havana kururamiswawo namabasa, pavakagamuchira nhume uye vakadziendesa neimwe nzira here? 26Sezvo muviri usina mweya wakafa, saizvozvowo kutenda kusina mabasa kwakafa.