Jeremiya Anosunungurwa Nokudzorerwa
Achisunungurwa pangetani paRama nomukuru weBhabhironi anomuudza kuti aende kwaanoda, Jeremiya anogara naGedharia paMizipa. VaJudha vakanga vakapararira vanodzoka uye vanokohwa zvakanaka. Achinyeverwa kuti Ishmaeri ari kuuya kuzomuuraya, Gedharia anoramba kuzvitenda.
40 1Shoko rakauya kuna Jeremiya richibva kuna Baba vedu mushure mokunge Nebhuzaradhani, mukuru wavarindi, amusunungura paRama, amutora akanga akasungwa nengetani pakati pavatapwa vose veJerusarema neveJudha vakanga vachitakurwa vachiendeswa kuBhabhironi. 2Mukuru wavarindi akatora Jeremiya akati kwaari, “Mwari wako akataura njodzi iyi pamusoro penzvimbo ino. a a v2 Mashoko aya anobva kumukuru weBhabhironi, kwete kune mumwe wevanhu vaMwari—saka anodana Jehovha saMwari wokutonga, asi kwete saBaba; ukama uhwo ndohwevana vaMwari. 3Jehovha akazviuyisa akaita sezvaakanga ataura, nokuti imi mose makatadzira Jehovha, mukasamuteerera - saka izvi zvakaitika kwamuri. 4Tarira, nhasi ndinokusunungura pangetani dziri pamaoko ako. Kana zvakanaka kuti uuye neni kuBhabhironi, uya—ndichakuchengeta. Kana zvisina, usauya: nyika yose iri pamberi pako; enda kwose kunoratidzika kwakanaka.” 5Jeremiya asati aenda, Nebhuzaradhani akati, “Dzokera kuna Gedharia mwanakomana waAhikamu, mwanakomana waShafani, uyo mambo weBhabhironi waakagadza pamusoro pamaguta eJudha—gara naye pakati pavanhu, kana kuti enda kwose kwaunofunga kuti kwakanakisa.” Ipapo mukuru wavarindi akamupa zvokudya, chipo, akamuendesa.
6Jeremiya akaenda kuna Gedharia mwanakomana waAhikamu kuMizipa, akagara naye pakati paavo vakanga vasara munyika.
Gedharia Anounganidza Vakasara
7Vakuru vose vehondo vaiva kusango navarume vavo pavakanzwa kuti mambo weBhabhironi akanga agadza Gedharia mwanakomana waAhikamu pamusoro penyika, akamupa basa rokuchengeta varume, vakadzi, nevana—varombo venyika vakanga vasina kutapwa vachiendeswa kuBhabhironi. 8Kuna Gedharia kuMizipa kwakauya: Ishumaeri mwanakomana waNetania, Johanani naJonatani vanakomana vaKarea, Seraya mwanakomana waTanihumeti, vanakomana vaEfai muNetofati, naJezania mwanakomana womuMaakati—ivo navarume vavo. 9Gedharia mwanakomana waAhikamu, mwanakomana waShafani, akavapikira ivo navarume vavo achiti, “Musatya kushandira vaBhabhironi. Garai munyika, mushandire mambo weBhabhironi, uye muchava zvakanaka. b b v9 ChiHebheru: vaKadheya — pano zvinoreva vatariri nemauto eBhabhironi. 10Ini ndichagara kuMizipa, ndichikumiririrai pamberi pavaBhabhironi vanouya kwatiri. Asi unganidzai waini, michero yezhizha, nemafuta, muzvichengete muhari dzenyu, mugare mumaguta amakatora.”
11VaJudha vose vaiva muMoabhu, muAmoni, muEdhomu, nomunyika dzose vakanzwawo kuti mambo weBhabhironi akanga asiya vakasara muJudha uye akagadza pamusoro pavo Gedharia mwanakomana waAhikamu, mwanakomana waShafani. 12VaJudha vose vakadzoka vachibva kwose kwavakanga vapararira, vakauya kuna Gedharia kuMizipa muJudha, vakaunganidza waini zhinji nemichero yezhizha.
13Johanani mwanakomana waKarea navakuru vose vehondo vaiva kuruwa vakauya kuna Gedharia kuMizipa, 14vakati, “Hauzivi here kuti Bhaarisi mambo weAmoni akatuma Ishumaeri mwanakomana waNetania kuti akuuraye?” Asi Gedharia mwanakomana waAhikamu haana kuvatenda.
15Ipapo Johanani mwanakomana waKarea akaudza Gedharia kuMizipa muchivande, achiti, “Rega ndiuraye Ishumaeri mwanakomana waNetania—hapana achaziva. Nei uchimurega achitora upenyu hwako nokuparadzira vaJudha vose vakaungana kwauri, zvokuti vakasara veJudha vofa?”
16Asi Gedharia mwanakomana waAhikamu akati kuna Johanani mwanakomana waKarea, “Usaita izvi; uri kureva nhema pamusoro paIshumaeri.”