Vatongi 11 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

11 ¹Jefta muGiriyadhi akanga ari murwi ane simba, asi aiva mwanakomana wechifeve. Giriyadhi ndiye aiva baba vake. ²Mukadzi waGiriyadhi akamuberekerawo vanakomana. Pavakakura, vakadzinga Jefta, vachiti, “Iwe haungagari nhaka mumba mababa vedu—uri mwanakomana womumwe mukadzi.” ³Jefta akatiza vakoma vake akandogara munyika yeTobhu, uko vanhu vasina maturo vakaungana kwaari vakabuda naye.

⁴Mushure menguva yakati, vaAmoni vakarwisa Israeri. ⁵Zvino vaAmoni pavakarwa nevaIsraeri, vakuru veGiriyadhi vakaenda kundotora Jefta kunyika yeTobhu. ⁶Vakati kuna Jefta, “Uya, uve mutungamiriri wedu, kuti tirwe navaAmoni.”

⁷Jefta akati kuvakuru veGiriyadhi, “Hamuna kundivenga here mukandidzinga mumba mababa vangu? Seiko mava kuuya kwandiri zvino, pamava mudambudziko?”

⁸Vakuru veGiriyadhi vakapindura vakati, “Ndokusaka tadzoka kwauri zvino: uya undorwa navaAmoni pamwe chete nesu, uye uchava musoro wedu pamusoro pavose vanogara muGiriyadhi.”

⁹Jefta akati kuvakuru veGiriyadhi, “Kana mukandidzosera kundorwa navaAmoni, Baba vedu vakavapa kwandiri, ndichava musoro wenyu.”

¹⁰Vakuru veGiriyadhi vakati kuna Jefta, “Baba vedu ndivo chapupu pakati pedu kana tikasaita sezvawataura chaizvo.”

¹¹Jefta akaenda navakuru veGiriyadhi, uye vanhu vakamuita musoro nomutungamiriri wavo. Akataura mashoko ake ose pamberi paBaba vedu paMizipa.

¹²Zvino Jefta akatuma nhume kuna mambo wavaAmoni, achiti, “Chii chiri pakati pedu, zvawauya kuzorwa nenyika yangu?”

¹³Mambo wavaAmoni akati kunhume dzaJefta, “Sezvo Israeri akatora nyika yangu kubva kuAranoni kusvika kuJabhoki neJorodhani pavakabva kuIjipiti, zvino idzosei norugare.”

¹⁴Jefta akatumazve nhume kuna mambo wavaAmoni, ¹⁵akati kwaari, “Jefta anoti: Israeri haana kutora nyika yeMoabhu kana yeAmoni. ¹⁶Israeri paakabva kuIjipiti, vakayambuka renje kusvika kuGungwa Dzvuku vakasvika kuKadheshi. ¹⁷Israeri akatuma nhume kuna mambo weEdhomu, achiti, ‘Titenderei tipfuure nomunyika yenyu,’ asi iye haana kuda kunzwa. Vakatumawo kuna mambo weMoabhu, asi iye akaramba. Saka Israeri akagara paKadheshi. ¹⁸Vakapfuura nomurenje, vakapoterera Edhomu neMoabhu, vakasvika kumabvazuva kweMoabhu. Vakadzika musasa mhiri kweAranoni vasingapindi munyika yeMoabhu, nokuti Aranoni ndiwo waiva muganhu wayo. ¹⁹Zvino Israeri akatuma nhume kuna Sihoni mambo wavaAmori, mambo weHeshbhoni, achiti, ‘Titenderei tiyambuke nenyika yenyu kusvika kunzvimbo yedu.’ ²⁰Asi Sihoni haana kuvimba naIsraeri kuti apfuure nomunyika yake; akaunganidza vanhu vake vose, akadzika musasa paJahazi, akarwa naIsraeri. ²¹Zvino Baba vedu, Mwari waIsraeri, vakaisa Sihoni navanhu vake vose muruoko rwaIsraeri; vakavakunda vakatora nyika yose yavaAmori yaiva ipapo. ²²Vakatora nyika yose yavaAmori, kubva kuAranoni kusvika kuJabhoki, uye kubva kurenje kusvika kuJorodhani. ²³Zvino Baba vedu, Mwari waIsraeri, vakadzinga vaAmori pamberi pavanhu vavo Israeri—ko iwe ungaitora here? ²⁴Haungatori here izvo mwari wako Kemoshi zvaanokupa? Saka isu tichatora zvose Baba vedu zvavakadzinga pamberi pedu. ²⁵Ko iwe uri nani kupfuura Bharaki mwanakomana waZiporo, mambo weMoabhu here? Iye akambopesana naIsraeri kana kurwa navo here? ²⁶Kwamakore mazana matatu Israeri akagara muHeshbhoni nemisha yayo, nomuAroeri nemisha yayo, uye nomumaguta ose ari pamhenderekedzo dzeAranoni. Seiko musina kuadzosazve panguva iyoyo? ²⁷Handina kukutadzira, asi iwe uri kunditadzira nokurwa neni. Baba vedu, Mutongi, ngavatonge nhasi pakati pavanakomana vaIsraeri navanakomana vaAmoni.”

²⁸Asi mambo wavaAmoni haana kuteerera shoko raJefta raakamutumira.

Mweya waBaba neMhiko Inosuwisa

²⁹Zvino Mweya waBaba vedu wakauya pamusoro paJefta. Akapfuura nomuGiriyadhi neManase, akapfuura nomuMizipa yeGiriyadhi, uye kubva kuMizipa yeGiriyadhi akaenda kundorwa navaAmoni.

³⁰Jefta akaita mhiko kuna Baba vedu, achiti, “Kana mukaisa vaAmoni muruoko rwangu, ³¹chero chinhu chinobuda pamikova yeimba yangu kuzondichingamidza pandinodzoka norugare kubva kuvaAmoni chichava chaBaba vedu, uye ndichachipa sechipiriso chinopiswa.”

³²Jefta akayambuka kundorwa navaAmoni, uye Baba vedu vakavaisa muruoko rwake. ³³Akavakunda kubva kuAroeri kusvika pedyo neMiniti—maguta makumi maviri—uye kusvika kuAbheri-keramimi, kukunda kukuru kwazvo. VaAmoni vakakundwa pamberi paIsraeri.

³⁴Jefta akadzokera kumba kwaMizipa; mwanasikana wake akabuda kuzomuchingamidza nengoma nokutamba—aiva mwana wake mumwe oga, akanga asina mumwe mwanakomana kana mwanasikana. ³⁵Paakamuona, akabvarura nguo dzake akati, “Maiwe, mwanasikana wangu, wandideredza—wava dambudziko rangu. Ndakashama muromo wangu kuna Baba vedu; handingagoni kuzvidzosa.”

³⁶Akati, “Baba vangu, makaita mhiko kuna Baba vedu—ndiitirei sezvamakavimbisa, sezvo Baba vedu vakakutsivirai pavavengi venyu, vaAmoni.” ³⁷Akati kuna baba vake, “Ndiitirwei chinhu chimwe chete ichi: ndipei mwedzi miviri kuti ndiende kuzasi kuzvikomo, ndichichema umhandara hwangu, ini neshamwari dzangu.”

³⁸Akati, “Enda,” akamuendesa kwemwedzi miviri. Iye neshamwari dzake vakaenda vakachema umhandara hwake muzvikomo. ³⁹Mushure memwedzi miviri akadzokera kuna baba vake, ivo vakazadzisa mhiko yavo paari. Akanga asina kumboziva murume; tsika yakatanga muIsraeri, ⁴⁰yokuti gore rimwe nerimwe vanasikana vaIsraeri vaibuda kundorangarira mwanasikana waJefta muGiriyadhi, kwamazuva mana pagore.