Yambiro yaBaba vedu: Garai Munyika
Vakuru vemauto vanopika kuti vachateerera mhinduro ipi neipi ichauya, uye vanokumbira Jeremiya kuti anyengetere. Mushure mamazuva gumi shoko raBaba vedu rinosvika: garai, uye muchasimwa nokudzivirirwa; endai kuIjipiti uye munondo nenzara zvamunotya zvichakuteverai ikoko. Vakanga vatosarudza kare.
42 1Ipapo vatungamiri vose vemauto, pamwe chete naJohanani mwanakomana waKarea naJezania mwanakomana waHoshaya, navanhu vose, kubva kumuduku kusvika kumukuru, vakaswedera, 2vakati kuna Jeremiya muprofita, “Tapota inzwai chikumbiro chedu: nyengetererai kuna Baba venyu nokuda kwedu, nokuda kwavakasara vose ava—nokuti tasara tiri vashoma pavazhinji, sezvamunoona, 3kuti Baba venyu vatiratidze nzira yatinofanira kufamba nayo nechinhu chatinofanira kuita.”
4Jeremiya muprofita akati kwavari, “Ndakunzwai. Ndichanyengetera kuna Baba venyu sezvamunokumbira uye ndichakuudzai zvose zvichapindurwa naBaba venyu, ndisingavanzi chinhu.”
5Vakati kuna Jeremiya, “Baba vedu ngavave chapupu chechokwadi uye chakatendeka chinotirwisa kana tikasaita maererano nezvose zvamunotumwa naBaba venyu kuti muzotiudza. 6Chingava chakanaka kana chakaipa, tichateerera inzwi raBaba vedu, kwavari kwatinokutumai, kuti zvitifambire zvakanaka patinoteerera inzwi raBaba vedu.”
7Mazuva gumi akati apera, shoko raBaba vedu rakasvika kuna Jeremiya. 8Saka akadana Johanani mwanakomana waKarea, navatungamiri vose vaaiva navo, navanhu vose, kubva kumuduku kusvika kumukuru,
9akati, “Zvanzi naBaba vedu vaIsraeri, kwavari kwamakandituma kuti ndinoisa chikumbiro chenyu pamberi pavo:
10Kana mukaramba muchigara munyika ino, ndichakuvakai, ndisingakuputsi; ndichakusimai, ndisingakudzuri—nokuti ndinodemba pamusoro pedambudziko randakauyisa pamuri.
11Musatya mambo weBhabhironi wamunotya iye zvino. Musamutya, ndizvo zvinotaura Baba vedu, nokuti ndinemi kuti ndikuponesei uye ndikununure kubva muruoko rwake.
12Ndichakunzwirai tsitsi, kuitira kuti mambo weBhabhironi akunzwirei tsitsi uye akuregei muchidzokera kunyika yenyu.
13Asi kana mukati, ‘Hatizogari munyika ino,’ muchiramba kuteerera inzwi raBaba venyu, 14muchiti, ‘Kwete, tichaenda kuIjipiti, uko kwatisingazooni hondo, tisinganzwi hwamanda, tisingatongoziyi nzara yechingwa, uye tichagara ikoko,’ 15zvino inzwai shoko raBaba vedu, imi vakasara vaJudha. Zvanzi naBaba vehondo dzokudenga, Baba vaIsraeri: Kana makatsunga kuenda kuIjipiti kundogara ikoko, 16ipapo munondo wamunotya uchakubatai muIjipiti, nenzara yamunotya ichakuteverai kusvika kuIjipiti, uye ikoko ndiko kwamuchafira. 17Vose vakatsunga kundogara kuIjipiti vachafa nomunondo, nenzara, uye nedenda; hapana achapona kana kutiza dambudziko randichauyisa pamusoro pavo.
18Zvanzi naBaba vehondo dzokudenga, Baba vaIsraeri: Sokutsamwa nehasha dzangu zvakadururwa pamusoro pavanhu veJerusarema, saizvozvo hasha dzangu dzichadururwa pamusoro penyu kana mapinda muIjipiti. Muchava chinhu chokutukwa, chinotyisa, chinosekwa, uye chinonyadzisa, uye hamuzoonizve nzvimbo ino.”
19“Baba vedu vataura kwamuri, imi vakasara vaJudha: Musaenda kuIjipiti. Zivai zvirokwazvo kuti ndinokuyambirai nhasi. 20Makazvitsausa imi pachenyu zvichikonzera kurasikirwa noupenyu hwenyu, nokuti makandituma kuna Baba venyu, muchiti, ‘Tinyengetererei kuna Baba vedu; zvose zvavanotaura, tiudzei isu tigozviita.’ 21Nhasi ndakuudzai, asi hamuna kuteerera inzwi raBaba venyu pane chinhu chipi zvacho chavakandituma kuti ndikuudzei. 22Saka zivai zvirokwazvo: muchafa nomunondo, nenzara, uye nedenda munzvimbo yamunoda kundogara.”