Vakaendeswa Kumba Nechikomborero chaBaba
Marudzi okumabvazuva anodzokera kumusha arumbidzwa, ozovaka aritari huru kwazvo paJorodhani. VaIsraeri vamwe vose vanoungana kuzorwa hondo vasati vabvunza kuti nei. Mhinduro inodzima nyaya: haisi yezvibayiro, asi chapupu kuna Baba vavo kuti vana vavo vasazombonzi havana mugove.
22 1Ipapo Joshua akadana vaRubheni, vaGadhi, nehafu yorudzi rwaManase, 2akati kwavari, “Makachengeta zvose zvamakarayirwa naMozisi muranda waBaba vedu, mukateerera inzwi rangu pazvose zvandakakurayirai. 3Hamuna kusiya hama dzenyu mumazuva aya mazhinji, kusvikira nhasi, asi makachengeta basa romurayiro waBaba venyu. 4Zvino Baba venyu vakapa hama dzenyu zororo, sezvavakavimbisa. Saka dzokerai kumatende enyu, munyika yenyu yamakatora, yamakapiwa naMozisi muranda waBaba vedu mhiri kwaJorodhani. 5Asi chenjererai kwazvo kuti muite murayiro nomutemo zvamakarayirwa naMozisi muranda waBaba vedu: idai Baba venyu, fambai munzira dzavo dzose, chengetai mirayiro yavo, namatirai kwavari, uye muvashumire nomwoyo wenyu wose nomweya wenyu wose.”
6Ipapo Joshua akavakomborera akavaendesa, vakaenda kumatende avo. 7Mozisi akanga apa hafu yorudzi rwaManase nhaka muBhashani; kune imwe hafu Joshua akapa nhaka pamwe nehama dzavo nechokumavirira kwaJorodhani. Joshua paakavaendesa kumba kumatende avo, akavakomborera. 8Akati kwavari, “Endai kumba nepfuma huru—zvipfuyo zvizhinji, sirivha, goridhe, ndarira, simbi, nenguo zhinji. Govanai nehama dzenyu zvamakapamba kuvavengi venyu.”
Aritari Yokupupurira Baba Vavo
9Ipapo vaRubheni, vaGadhi, nehafu yorudzi rwaManase vakadzoka vachibva kuvaIsraeri paShiro munyika yeKenani, vakaenda kuGiriyedhi, nhaka yavo chaiyo, yavakagara nokuda kwomurayiro waBaba vedu kubudikidza naMozisi. 10Vasvika kudunhu reJorodhani munyika yeKenani, vaRubheni, vaGadhi, nehafu yorudzi rwaManase vakavaka aritari ipapo pedyo neJorodhani—aritari huru inoyevedza. 11VaIsraeri vakanzwa zvichinzi, “Tarirai, vaRubheni, vaGadhi, nehafu yorudzi rwaManase vavaka aritari yakatarisana neKenani, mudunhu reJorodhani, kurutivi rwavaIsraeri.” 12VaIsraeri pavakanzwa, ungano yose yavaIsraeri yakaungana paShiro kuti vaende kundorwa navo. 13VaIsraeri vakatuma Finiyasi mwanakomana waEreazari muprista kuvaRubheni, vaGadhi, nehafu yorudzi rwaManase kuGiriyedhi, 14pamwe naye machinda gumi, mumwe chete paimba imwe neimwe yamadzibaba, kubva kumarudzi ose avaIsraeri, mumwe nomumwe ari mukuru weimba yamadzibaba ake pakati pedzimba dzavaIsraeri. 15Vakasvika kuvaRubheni, vaGadhi, nehafu yorudzi rwaManase munyika yeGiriyedhi, vakati kwavari, 16“Ungano yose yaBaba vedu inobvunza kuti: ‘Kunyengera kwakadini uku kwamaita kuna Baba vedu, Mwari wavaIsraeri—kutsauka nhasi pakuvatevera, muchizvivakira aritari nhasi kuti mumukire? 17Ko chivi chePeori hachina kutikwanira here? Hatina kuzvinatsa kubva pachiri kusvikira nhasi, kunyange denda rakarova ungano yaBaba vedu, 18zvokuti munofanira kutsauka nhasi pakutevera Baba vedu? Kana mukavamukira nhasi, mangwana vachatsamwira ungano yose yavaIsraeri. 19Asi kana nyika yenhaka yenyu isina kuchena, yambukirai munyika yenhaka yaBaba vedu, mune tebhenakeri yavo, mugotora nhaka pakati pedu. Asi musamukira Baba vedu, uye musatikwevera mukumukira pamwe nemi, nokuzvivakira aritari isati iri aritari yaBaba vedu. 20Ko Akani mwanakomana waZera haana kuita nokusatendeka pazvinhu zvakatsaurwa here, akaunza hasha pamusoro peungano yose yavaIsraeri? Haazi iye oga akafa nokuda kwemhosva iyoyo.’”
21VaRubheni, vaGadhi, nehafu yorudzi rwaManase vakapindura vakuru vedzimba dzavaIsraeri. 22“Ane Simba, Baba vedu! Ane Simba, Baba vedu! Ivo vanoziva, uye vaIsraeri pachavo ngavazive! Kana zvichinge zviri zvokumukira kana zvokusatendeka kuna Baba vedu, musatiponesa nhasi, 23kuti takazvivakira aritari yedu kuti titsauke pakutevera Baba vedu, kana kupira pairi zvipiriso zvinopiswa, zvipiriso zvezviyo, kana zvipiriso zvokuyananisa—Baba vedu pachavo ngavatibvunze!
24Asi, takaita izvi nokutya kuti rimwe zuva vana venyu vangati kuvana vedu, ‘Mune ukama hwei naBaba vedu, Mwari wavaIsraeri? 25Nokuti Baba vedu vakaita Jorodhani kuti uve muganhu pakati pedu nemi, imi vaRubheni navaGadhi—hamuna mugove kwavari.’ Saka vana venyu vangadzivisa vana vedu kuti varege kutya Baba vedu. a a v25 Kutya kukuru kwamarudzi okumabvazuva kwakanga kusiri kwenyika asi kwokuva venhaka — kuti rimwe zuva vana vavo vaizoudzwa kuti havana mugove muna Baba. Gakava rose chaizvoizvo nderwokuti ndiani achiri wavo.
26Naizvozvo takati, ‘Ngatizvivakirei aritari, kwete yezvipiriso zvinopiswa kana yezvibayiro, 27asi chapupu pakati pedu nemi, nezvizvarwa zvedu zvinotevera, kuti tinoshumira Baba vedu pamberi pavo nezvipiriso zvinopiswa, zvibayiro, nezvipiriso zvokuyananisa—kuti vana venyu varege kuudza vedu rimwe zuva kuti, “Hamuna mugove muna Baba vedu.”’
28Takafunga tikati: kana vakazombotaura izvi kwatiri kana kuzvizvarwa zvedu zvinotevera, taizopindura tichiti, ‘Onai muenzaniso wearitari yaBaba vedu wakaitwa namadzitateguru edu—kwete yezvipiriso zvinopiswa kana yezvibayiro, asi chapupu pakati pedu nemi.’
29Haikona kuti timukire Baba vedu kana kutsauka pakuvatevera nhasi nokuvaka aritari yezvipiriso zvinopiswa, zvipiriso zvezviyo, kana zvibayiro, kunze kwearitari yaBaba vedu iri pamberi peugaro hwavo!”
30Finiyasi muprista, navatungamiriri veungano, navakuru vedzimba dzavaIsraeri vakanga vanaye, pavakanzwa zvakataurwa navaRubheni, vaGadhi, navaManase, vakafara. 31Finiyasi mwanakomana waEreazari muprista akati kuvaRubheni, vaGadhi, navaManase, “Nhasi tinoziva kuti Baba vedu vari pakati pedu, sezvo musina kuvanyengera nenzira iyi. Zvino maponesa vaIsraeri paruoko rwaBaba vedu.” 32Finiyasi mwanakomana waEreazari muprista, navatungamiriri, vakabva kuvaRubheni navaGadhi kuGiriyedhi vakadzokera kuKenani, kuvaIsraeri, vakavaudza mashoko. 33Shoko iri rakafadza vaIsraeri, uye vaIsraeri vakakomborera Baba vedu, vakarega kuenda kundorwa navo kuti vaparadze nyika yaigara vaRubheni navaGadhi. 34VaRubheni navaGadhi vakatumidza aritari kuti Chapupu, “Nokuti,” vakadaro, “chapupu pakati pedu chokuti Baba vedu ndivo Mwari.”