Baba Vanununura Vachishandisa Samusoni
Paanorambidzwa mukadzi wake, Samsoni anopisa zvirimwa zvavaFiristia namakava mazana matatu, ivo vopisa mukadzi uyu nababa vake vari vapenyu. VaJudha vanomukweretesa akasungwa, asi Mweya waBaba vedu unomuburukira nesimba uye rushaya runosiya chiuru chavanhu vakafa. Ipapo, achifa nenyota, anochema.
15 1Nokufamba kwenguva, panguva yokukohwa gorosi, Samusoni akashanyira mukadzi wake aine mbudzana, achiti, “Regai ndiende kumukadzi wangu, muimba yake.” Asi baba vake vakaramba kumupinza.
2Baba vake vakati, “Ndanga ndichifunga kuti wakanga uchimuvenga zvechokwadi, saka ndakamupa kushamwari yako. Ko, mununʼuna wake haasi akanaka kupfuura here? Mutore panzvimbo yake.”
3Samusoni akati kwavari, “Panguva ino handina mhosva kuvaFiristia pandinovakuvadza.” 4Samusoni akaenda akabata makava mazana matatu, akatora mazhenje, akamonanidza miswe, akasungira zhenje rimwe pakati pemiswe miviri yose. 5Akatungidza mazhenje, akaregedza makava kuti apinde muzviyo zvakamira zvavaFiristia, akapisa zviyo zvakaunganidzwa, nezviyo zvakamira, neminda yemizambiringa neyemiorivhi.
6VaFiristia vakabvunza, “Ndiani aita izvi?” Vakati, “NdiSamusoni, mukwasha womuTimuna, nokuti muTimuna akatora mukadzi waSamusoni akamupa kushamwari yake.” Saka vakakwira vakamupisa iye nababa vake nomoto.
7Samusoni akati kwavari, “Zvamuri kuita kudai, handizombomiri kusvikira ndatsiva kwamuri.” 8Akavarova zvikuru, chidya nechidya, kuuraya kukuru, akazoburuka akandogara mumukaha wedombo reEtami. 9VaFiristia vakakwira vakadzika misasa muJudha, vachipamba kusvikira kuRehi.
10Varume veJudha vakabvunza, “Mauyireiko kuzorwa nesu?” Vakati, “Kuzosunga Samusoni, kuti timuitire sezvaakatiitira.”
11Varume zviuru zvitatu veJudha vakaburuka vakaenda kumukaha wedombo reEtami vakabvunza Samusoni, “Hauzivi here kuti vaFiristia vanotonga pamusoro pedu? Waitei kwatiri?” Akapindura akati, “Ndangovaitira sezvavakandiitira.”
12Vakati, “Tauya kuzokusunga tigokuisa kuvaFiristia.” Samusoni akati, “Pikai kuti imi pachenyu hamuzondiurayi.”
13Vakati, “Zvakanaka. Tichangokusunga tigokuisa mumaoko avo—hatizokuurayi.” Ipapo vakamusunga netambo mbiri itsva vakamukwidza vachibva padombo.
14PaRehi vaFiristia vakasangana naye vachipururudza. Mweya waBaba vedu wakamuwira nesimba; tambo dzaiva mumaoko ake dzakaita sefirakisi yakapiswa nomoto, uye zvisungo zvake zvakanyauka kubva mumaoko ake. 15Akawana rushaya rutsva rwembongoro, akatambanudza ruoko akarubata, akauraya varume chiuru narwo. 16Samusoni akati, “Norushaya rwembongoro, murwi pamusoro pomurwi; norushaya rwembongoro ndauraya varume chiuru.” a a v16 Pano muchiHebheru pane mutambo wamazwi: shoko rokuti “mbongoro” neshoko rokuti “murwi” anonzwika akafanana, saka kuzvirumbidza kwaSamusoni kunonzwika sokunge “norushaya rwembongoro ndakavaita mirwi yembongoro.” 17Paakapedza kutaura, akarasa rushaya kubva muruoko rwake; uye nzvimbo iyoyo yakatumidzwa kuti Ramati-rehi. b b v17 Ramati-rehi zvinoreva kuti “chikwirira cherushaya” — nzvimbo iyi yakatumidzwa zita nokuda kwechombo Samusoni chaakarasira ipapo.
18Ava nenyota huru, akachema kuna Baba vedu achiti: “Imi makapa kukunda kukuru uku kuburikidza nomuranda wenyu. Zvino ndofa nenyota ndichiwira mumaoko avasina kudzingiswa here?”
19Saka Baba vedu vakatsemura gomba rakanga riri paRehi, mvura ikabva yabuda. Samusoni paakanwa, mweya wake wakadzoka akararamazve. Saka chitubu ichocho chakatumidzwa kuti Eni-hakore, chichiripo paRehi nanhasi. c c v19 Eni-hakore zvinoreva kuti “chitubu chouya akadana” — chakatumidzwa zita nokuda kwokuchema kwaSamusoni kuna Baba vake, kwavakapindura namvura. 20Samusoni akatonga vaIsraeri kwamakore makumi maviri pamazuva avaFiristia.