Baba Vanotsiura Vaprista Vavo
Vapristi vanotaurwa navo zvakananga uye nehasha — kudzidzisa kwavo kwakagumbusa vanhu, saka rukudzo rwavo runobviswa. Ipapo kutengesa kumwe chete kumusha: hatina here tose Baba vamwe chete? Baba vedu vakaona mhiko yewanano, uye vanovenga kuparadzaniswa kwayo.
2 1Zvino, imi vaprista, murayiro uyu ndewenyu.
2Kana musingadi kuteerera, kana kuzviisa mumwoyo kuti mukudze zita rangu, ndizvo zvinotaura Baba vehondo dzokudenga, ndichatumira kutuka pamuri uye ndichatuka maropafadzo enyu. Ndatoatuka kare, nokuti hamuzviisi mumwoyo. 3Ndichatsiura vana venyu uye ndichazora ndove kumeso enyu—ndove yemabiko enyu—uye muchatakurwa pamwe chete nayo. 4Ipapo muchaziva kuti ndini ndatuma murayiro uyu kwamuri, kuti sungano yangu naRevhi irambe imire, ndizvo zvinotaura Baba vehondo dzokudenga. 5“Sungano yangu navo yakanga iri upenyu norugare; ndakavapa izvozvo kuti vazvibate noruremekedzo, ivo vakandiremekedza uye vakadedera pamberi pezita rangu. 6Kudzidzisa kwechokwadi kwakanga kuri mumuromo mavo, pasina chakaipa pamiromo yavo. Vakafamba neni murugare nomukutendeka, uye vakadzora vazhinji pachivi. 7Miromo yomuprista inochengeta ruzivo, uye vanhu vanotsvaka kudzidziswa mumuromo make, nokuti ndiye nhume yaBaba vehondo dzokudenga. 8Asi imi makatsauka munzira uye makagumbusa vazhinji nokudzidzisa kwenyu; makashatisa sungano yaRevhi, ndizvo zvinotaura Baba vehondo dzokudenga. 9Saka ndakaita kuti muzvidzwe uye muderedzwe pamberi pavanhu vose, nokuti hamuna kuchengeta nzira dzangu asi makaita rusaruro mukudzidzisa kwenyu.”
Kusatendeka Kuno Mumwe Nomumwe Nokuna Baba
10Ko isu tose hatina Baba vamwe chete here? Ko havasi Baba vamwe chete vakatisika here? Nei tichinyengerana, tichisvibisa sungano yamadzibaba edu? 11Judha haana kutendeka; chinhu chinonyangadza chakaitwa muIsraeri nomuJerusarema. Judha asvibisa nzvimbo tsvene yaBaba vedu, yavanoda, uye akaroora mwanasikana wamwari wavatorwa. 12Baba vedu ngavabvise mumatende aJakobho munhu anoita izvi—ani zvake—kunyange uyo anouya nechipo kuna Baba vehondo dzokudenga.
13Uye heino chinhu chechipiri chamunoita: munofukidza aritari yaBaba vedu nemisodzi, muchichema nokugomera, nokuti havachatarisizve chipo kana kuchigamuchira nomufaro kubva muruoko rwenyu. 14Munobvunza muchiti, “Nei?” Nokuti Baba vedu vakanga vari chapupu pakati pako nomukadzi wouduku hwako, wawakanyengera, kunyange ari shamwari yako, mukadzi wako wesungano. 15Ko Baba havana kukuita mumwe chete nomukadzi wako here? Nomuviri nomweya, muri vavo. Uye vanodeiko? Vanoda vana vanotya Mwari kubva pakubatana kwenyu. Saka chengeta mweya wako; uye ngaparege kuva nomunhu anonyengera mukadzi wouduku hwake.
16“Nokuti ndinovenga kurambana,” ndizvo zvinotaura Baba vedu, Baba vaIsraeri, “uye ani naani anofukidza nguo yake nechisimba,” ndizvo zvinotaura Baba vehondo dzokudenga. Saka chengeta mweya wako; usava usina kutendeka.
17Makanetesa Baba vedu namashoko enyu. Asi munobvunza muchiti, “Takavanetesa sei?” Nokuti munoti, “Vose vanoita zvakaipa vakanaka pamberi paBaba vedu, uye vanofadzwa navo”—kana kuti, “Baba vokururamisira varipi?”