Chivi Chakavanzika Chinouyisa Kukundwa paAi
VeAi vanodzinga boka duku revaIsraeri uye ushingi hworudzi hunopera. Kunyunyuta kwaJoshua kunopindurwa zvakananga naBaba vedu: mumwe munhu akaba zvakanga zvakatsaurwa. Achani anobvuma kuti akaona, akachiva, akatora uye akazvivanza — uye iye nezvose zvake zvinoparadzwa mumupata.
7 1VaIsraeri vakaita zvokusatendeka pamusoro pezvinhu zvakanga zvakatsaurirwa kuparadzwa: Achani mwanakomana waKarimi, mwanakomana waZabhidhi, mwanakomana waZera, worudzi rwaJudha, akatora zvimwe zvazvo. Saka kutsamwa kwaBaba vedu kwakapfutira vaIsraeri. a a v1 Paya chinhu pachaitsaurirwa “kuparadzwa,” chaitorwa chose naMwari — pakanga pasina munhu aibvumirwa kuzvichengetera chikamu chacho. 2Joshua akatuma varume vachibva kuJeriko kuenda kuAi, iri pedyo neBhetiabheni, kumabvazuva kweBheteri, achiti, “Kwirai mundosora nyika.” Vakakwira vakandosora Ai.
3Vakadzoka vakaudza Joshua, vachiti, “Hazvidikanwi kuti vanhu vose vakwire. Tumai varume vanenge zviuru zviviri kana zvitatu kundorwisa Ai; musanetesa vanhu vose—vashoma.” 4Saka vanhu vanenge zviuru zvitatu vakakwira, asi vakatiza pamberi pavarume veAi. 5Varume veAi vakauraya vanhu vanenge makumi matatu nevatanhatu vavo, vachivadzingirira kubva pasuo kusvika kumatombo, vachivarova pakudzika kwavo. Mwoyo yavanhu yakanyungudika, ikava mvura. 6Joshua akabvarura nguo dzake akawira pasi nechiso chake pamberi peareka yaBaba vedu kusvika manheru, iye navakuru vavaIsraeri, uye vakakanda guruva pamisoro yavo. 7Joshua akati, “Haiwa, Ishe Baba, makauyisirei vanhu ava mhiri kwaJorodhani, kuti mugotipa mumaoko avaAmori kuti vatiparadze? Dai chete takanga tagutsikana nokugara mhiri kwaJorodhani! 8Ndapota, Ishe Baba, ndingatii, zvino vaIsraeri zvavafuratira vakatiza vavengi vavo? 9VaKenani navose vanogara munyika vachazvinzwa, votikomba, vobvisa zita redu panyika. Zvino muchaitei nokuda kwezita renyu guru?”
10Baba vedu vakati kuna Joshua, “Simuka! Wawirirei nechiso chako?
11“VaIsraeri vatadza, vaputsa sungano yangu yandakavarayira. Vatora zvimwe zvezvinhu zvakatsaurirwa, vaba, vanyepa, uye vazviisa pakati penhumbi dzavo. 12Saka vaIsraeri havagoni kumira pamberi pavavengi vavo—vanovafuratira, nokuti ivo zvino vava chinhu chakatsaurirwa kuparadzwa. Handichazovi nemi zvakare kana musingaparadzi chinhu chakatsaurirwa kuparadzwa chiri pakati penyu. 13Simuka! Tsaura vanhu. Uti kwavari: Zvitsaurei nokuda kwamangwana, nokuti Baba vedu, Mwari waIsraeri, vanoti: Zvinhu zvakatsaurirwa zviri pakati penyu, imi vaIsraeri. Hamugoni kumira pamberi pavavengi venyu kusvika mazvibvisa.
14“Mangwanani, muzviunze pamberi, rudzi nerudzi. Rudzi ravanotora Baba vedu rwouya mberi, dzinza nedzinza; dzinza ravanotora rouya mberi, mhuri nemhuri; mhuri yavanotora youya mberi, murume nomurume. 15Ani naani achawanikwa nezvinhu zvakatsaurirwa achapiswa nomoto—iye nezvose zvaainazvo—nokuti aputsa sungano yaBaba vedu uye aita chinhu chinonyadzisa pakati pavaIsraeri.”
16Joshua akamuka mangwanani-ngwanani akaswededza vaIsraeri pedyo namarudzi avo; rudzi rwaJudha rwakatorwa. 17Akaunza madzinza aJudha mberi; dzinza ravaZera rakatorwa. Akaunza dzinza ravaZera mberi, mhuri nemhuri; Zabhidhi akatorwa. 18Joshua akaunza imba yake mberi, murume nomurume, uye Achani mwanakomana waKarimi, mwanakomana waZabhidhi, mwanakomana waZera, worudzi rwaJudha, akabatwa. 19Joshua akati kuna Achani, “Mwanangu, kudza Baba vedu, Mwari waIsraeri, uye uvape rukudzo. Ndiudze zvino zvawaita—usazvivanza kwandiri.”
20Achani akapindura Joshua, achiti, “Zvechokwadi, ndatadzira Baba vedu, Mwari waIsraeri. Hezvi zvandaita: 21Pakati pezvakapambwa ndakaona nguo yakanaka yaibva kuShinari, sirivha inenge mapaundi mashanu, nechidimbu chendarama chinorema mapaundi anenge 1.2. Ndakazvida ndikazvitora; zvakavanzwa muvhu retende rangu, sirivha iri pasi.”
22Joshua akatuma nhume; vakamhanyira kutende vakazviwana zvakavanzwa mutende rake, sirivha iri pasi. 23Vakazvitora mukati metende, vakazviuyisa kuna Joshua nokuvanakomana vose vavaIsraeri, uye vakazviisa pamberi paBaba vedu. 24Joshua navaIsraeri vose vakatora Achani mwanakomana waZera, sirivha, nguo, chidimbu chendarama, vanakomana vake, vanasikana, mombe, mbongoro, makwai, tende, nezvose zvaaiva nazvo, vakazvikwidza kuMupata weAkori. 25Joshua akati, “Watitambudzirei? Baba vedu vachakutambudza nhasi.” Uye vaIsraeri vose vakataka Achani namabwe, vakazovapisa nomoto, vakavataka namabwe. 26Vakaunganidza murwi mukuru wamabwe pamusoro pake, uripo kusvika zuva ranhasi. Ipapo Baba vedu vakadzoka pakupfuta kwokutsamwa kwavo. Saka nzvimbo iyoyo inonzi Mupata weAkori kusvika nhasi. b b v26 “Akori” zvinoreva “dambudziko” — mupata wakatumidzwa kuti uyeuchidze njodzi yakauyiswa pavaIsraeri nechivi chaAchani.