Baba Vanonyorera Mhuri Yavo Yakatapwa
Tsamba yaJeremiya kuna vaya vakanga vatotapwa inotakura shoko raBaba vedu: gadzikanai muBhabhironi, vakai, rooranai, uye nyengetererai guta, nokuti makore makumi manomwe anofanira kupfuura. Chipikirwa chenguva inouya netariro chinotaurwa kuvanhu vanoudzwa kuti vagadzike nhumbi dzavo, kwete kutarisira kununurwa.
29 1Aya ndiwo mashoko etsamba iyo Jeremia muprofita yaakatumira ari muJerusarema kuvakuru vakasara vevakatapwa, kuvaprista, kuvaprofita, nokuvanhu vose Nebhukadhinezari aakanga atapa achibva muJerusarema achiendesa kuBhabhironi. 2Izvi zvakaitika shure kwokubva kwamambo Jekonia, naamai vamambo, namachinda omumuzinda, namachinda eJudha neJerusarema, nemhizha navapfuri vesimbi, vabva muJerusarema. 3Akaituma kuburikidza naErasa mwanakomana waShafani naGemaria mwanakomana waHirikia, avo Zedhekia mambo weJudha aakatuma kuna mambo Nebhukadhinezari kuBhabhironi. Yakanga ichiti:
4Zvanzi naBaba vehondo dzokudenga, Baba vedu veIsraeri, kuvakatapwa vose vandakatuma vachibva muJerusarema vachienda kuBhabhironi: 5“Vakai dzimba mugare madziri; rimai minda mugodya zvibereko zvayo. 6Wanai; muve navanakomana navanasikana. Tsvakirai vanakomana venyu vakadzi, vanasikana venyu muvape varume, kuti vabereke vanakomana navanasikana. Wandai ikoko, musava vashoma. 7Tsvakai runyararo rweguta kwandakakutapirai, mugorinyengeterera kwandiri, nokuti murunyararo rwaro muchawana rwenyu.” 8Zvanzi naBaba vehondo dzokudenga, Baba vedu veIsraeri: Musarega vaprofita venyu navafemberi vari pakati penyu vachikunyengerai; musateerera hope dzavanoramba vachirota. 9Vari kukuprofitirai nhema muzita rangu; handina kuvatuma, ndizvo zvinotaura Baba venyu. 10Nokuti zvanzi naBaba venyu: Kana makore makumi manomwe eBhabhironi apera, ndichauya kwamuri ndigozadzisa kwamuri vimbiso yangu yakanaka yokukudzosai kuno. 11Nokuti ndinoziva zvirongwa zvandinazvo pamusoro penyu, ndizvo zvinotaura Baba venyu—zvirongwa zvorugare, kwete zvenjodzi, zvokukupai ramangwana netariro. 12“Ipapo muchadana kwandiri, muchiuya, muchinyengetera kwandiri, uye ndichakunzwai. 13Muchanditsvaka mugondiwana, kana muchinditsvaka nomwoyo wenyu wose. 14Muchandiwana, ndizvo zvinotaura Baba venyu. Ndichakudzoserai pfuma yenyu ndigokuunganidzai kubva kundudzi dzose nokunzvimbo dzose kwandakakudzingirai, ndizvo zvinotaura Baba venyu, ndigokudzosai kunzvimbo kwandakakutapirai.”
15Nokuti makati, “Baba vedu vatimutsira vaprofita muBhabhironi,”
16zvanzi naBaba venyu pamusoro pamambo agere pachigaro choushe chaDhavhidhi, uye pamusoro pavanhu vose vari muguta rino—hama dzenyu dzisina kuenda kuutapwa nemi,
17zvanzi naBaba vehondo dzokudenga: Ndiri kutuma munondo, nenzara, nedenda kwavari, ndichivaita samaonde akaora, akaipa zvokusadyika. 18Ndichavatevera nomunondo, nenzara, nedenda, ndichivaita chinhu chinotyisa kuumambo hwose hwenyika—chituko, dongo, chiseko, nenyadzi pakati pendudzi dzose kwandakavadzingira, 19nokuti havana kuteerera mashoko angu, ndizvo zvinotaura Baba venyu—akatumwa kakawanda kuburikidza navaranda vangu vaprofita—asi hamuna kuda kuteerera, ndizvo zvinotaura Baba venyu.
20Saka imi vakatapwa, inzwai shoko raBaba venyu—rose randakatuma richibva muJerusarema richienda kuBhabhironi. 21Zvanzi naBaba vehondo dzokudenga, Baba vedu veIsraeri, pamusoro paAhabhi mwanakomana waKoraya naZedhekia mwanakomana waMaaseya, vanokuprofitirai nhema muzita rangu: Ndichavaisa mumaoko aNebhukadhinezari mambo weBhabhironi, uchavauraya pamberi pameso enyu. 22Kubva kwavari vakatapwa vose veJudha vari muBhabhironi vachatora chituko ichi: “Baba vedu ngavakuite saZedhekia naAhabhi, avo mambo weBhabhironi aakagocha mumoto,” 23nokuti vakaita zvinhu zvinonyadzisa muIsraeri: vachiita upombwe navakadzi vavavakidzani vavo, nokutaura nhema muzita rangu, zvandisina kuvarayira. Ndinoziva, uye ndiri chapupu, ndizvo zvinotaura Baba venyu.
Baba Vanotsiura Shemaya
24Iti kuna Shemaya muNeherami:
25Zvanzi naBaba vehondo dzokudenga, Baba vedu veIsraeri: Muzita rako wakatuma tsamba kuvanhu vose vari muJerusarema, kuna Zefania mwanakomana waMaaseya muprista, nokuvaprista vose, uchiti:
26“Jehovha akakuita muprista panzvimbo yaJehoyadha muprista, kuti uve mukuru mumba maJehovha pamusoro pomunhu wose anopenga anozviita muprofita, kuti umuise mumatanda nomusimbi yomutsipa.” 27Saka sei usina kutsiura Jeremia weAnatoti, anozviita muprofita kwamuri? 28Nokuti akatumira kwatiri muBhabhironi, achiti: “Zvichatora nguva refu. Vakai dzimba mugare madziri; rimai minda mugodya zvibereko zvayo.”
29Zefania muprista akaverenga tsamba iyi achiinzwisa Jeremia muprofita. 30Ipapo shoko raBaba vedu rakasvika kuna Jeremia, richiti:
31Tumira kuvakatapwa vose, uchiti: Zvanzi naBaba venyu pamusoro paShemaya muNeherami: Nokuti Shemaya akakuprofitirai, iye ndisina kumutuma, akaita kuti muvimbe nenhema, 32saka zvanzi naBaba venyu: Ndicharanga Shemaya muNeherami nezvizvarwa zvake. Hapana wake achararama pakati pavanhu ava, uye haangaoni zvakanaka zvandichaitira vanhu vangu, ndizvo zvinotaura Baba venyu, nokuti akaparidza kundimukira.