Baba Vanoona Kuchema kwaVakadzvinyirirwa
Mubhadharo wakanyimwa wevacheki unochema uye unosvika munzeve dzaBaba vehondo dzokudenga; vapfumi vakaunganidza pfuma vanoudzwa kuti vachema. Vamwe vose vanoudzwa kuti vamirire semurimi, vanyengetere pavanotambudzika, vareururirane, uye vatevere uya anorasika.
5 1Zvino uyai, imi vakapfuma, chemai muungudze nokuda kwenhamo dziri kuuya pamusoro penyu. 2Pfuma yenyu yakaora, uye nguo dzenyu dzakadyiwa nezvipfukuto. 3Goridhe nesirivha yenyu zvakadzika ngura; ngura yazvo ichakupupurirai uye ichapisa nyama yenyu somoto. Makaunganidza pfuma mumazuva okupedzisira. 4Tarirai: mubhadharo wamakanyima vashandi vakakohwa minda yenyu uri kuchema, uye kuchema kwavakohwi kwasvika kunzeve dzaBaba vehondo dzokudenga. 5Makagara panyika muumbozha nomufaro wokuzvifadza. Makakodza mwoyo yenyu pazuva rokuurayiwa. 6Makapa mhosva mukauraya akarurama, iye asingakupikisii.
Mirirai Nemwoyo Inotsungirira
7Saka tsungirirai, hama dzangu, kusvikira pakuuya kwaIshe. Fungai nezvomurimi: anomirira nomwoyo murefu zvibereko zvinokosha zvenyika, kusvikira zvawana mvura yokutanga neyokupedzisira. 8Nemiwo tsungirirai. Simbisai mwoyo yenyu, nokuti kuuya kwaIshe kwava pedyo. 9Musanyunyutirana, hama dzangu, kuti murege kutongwa. Tarirai—Mutongi amire pamikova. 10Hama dzangu, torai vaprofita vakataura muzita raBaba vedu somuenzaniso wokutambudzika nokutsungirira. 11Tarirai, tinoti vakaropafadzwa avo vakatsungirira. Makanzwa nezvokutsungirira kwaJobho uye makaona zvakaitwa naBaba vedu—Baba vedu vakazara netsitsi nengoni.
12Pamusoro pezvose, hama dzangu, musapika—kana nedenga, kana nenyika, kana nechimwe chipikirwa. Hongu wenyu ngaave hongu, kwete wenyu ave kwete, kuti murege kuwira mukutongwa.
Munyengetero Wokutenda Unoporesa
13Pane ari kutambudzika pakati penyu here? Ngaanyengetere. Pane anofara here? Ngaaimbe nziyo dzokurumbidza. 14Pane anorwara pakati penyu here? Ngaadane vakuru vekereke, uye vakuru ngavamunyengeterere, vachimuzodza namafuta muzita raIshe. 15Munyengetero wokutenda uchaponesa murwere, uye Ishe vachamumutsa. Uye kana akanga atadza, acharegererwa. 16Saka reururiranai zvivi zvenyu uye nyengetereranai, kuti muporeswe. Munyengetero womunhu akarurama une simba uye unoshanda. 17Eria akanga ari munhu akafanana nesu, uye akanyengetera nesimba kuti mvura irege kunaya; mvura haina kunaya panyika kwemakore matatu nemwedzi mitanhatu. 18Ipapo akanyengetera zvakare, uye matenga akapa mvura, nyika ikabereka zvibereko zvayo.
19Hama dzangu, kana pane pakati penyu anotsauka kubva pachokwadi uye mumwe akamudzosa, 20zivai izvi: ani naani anodzosa mutadzi kubva panzira yake yakaipa anoponesa mweya womunhu iyeye kubva parufu uye anofukidza zvivi zvizhinji.