Kutongwa kweNinevhe
Ninevhe yakatengesa ndudzi nouroyi hwayo, uye Baba vedu vanoibvisa nguo voifukura pasina anoinyaradza. Tebhesi yakawa nenzira imwe cheteyo, pamwe chete nevacheche. Vatengesi vayo vanopamba nyika vobhururuka semhashu. Ronda racho nderorufu, uye vose vanozvinzwa vanoombera maoko.
3 1Nhamo kuguta rinoteura ropa, rizere nhema nokupamba— nyama yakabatwa haimbobvi! 2Kurira kwetyava, kugugudzika kwamavhiri, mabhiza anomhanya, nengoro dzinosvetuka! 3Vatasvi vamabhiza vanorwisa, minondo inobwinya, mapfumo anovaima—vakaurayiwa vazhinji, murwi wezvitunha, mitumbi isingaperi; vanogumburwa pamusoro pevakafa. 4Izvi zvose nokuda kwoufeve huzhinji hwechifeve ichi chinonyengedza, tenzikadzi wouroyi, anotengesa ndudzi noufeve hwake uye marudzi nouroyi hwake.
5“Tarira, ndakamira kukurwisa, ndizvo zvinotaura Baba vehondo dzokudenga, uye ndichasimudza nguo dzako pamusoro pechiso chako; ndicharatidza ndudzi kushama kwako, uye umambo kunyara kwako. 6Ndichakupotsera netsvina, ndichakuzvidza, uye ndichakuita chiseko. 7Uye vose vanokuona vachakutiza vachiti, ‘Ninevhe yaparadzwa; ndiani achaichema?’ Ndichakuwanira kupi vanyaradzi vako?”
8Ko iwe uri nani kupfuura Thebhesi, rakanga rigere parwizi rweNire, rakakombwa nemvura kumativi ose, rakanga rina rusvingo rwaiva gungwa, madziro aiva mvura? a a v8 Thebhesi—guta guru hombe reIjipiti yokumusoro—rakaparadzwa iro pacharo neAsiria; Nahumi anoratidza kuwa kwaro sechenjedzo yokuti Ninevhe haina kuchengeteka kupfuura. 9Kushi wakanga uri simba rayo, neIjipiti isingaperi; Puti navaRibhiya vakanga vari pakati pavabatsiri vayo. 10Kunyange zvakadaro yakava nhapwa; yakaenda muutapwa. Vacheche vayo vakarovererwa pasi pamakona ose emigwagwa. Vakakanda mijenya pamusoro pavarume vayo vaikudzwa, uye varume vayo vakuru vose vakasungwa namaketani. 11Newewo uchadhakwa; uchandovanda; newewo uchatsvaka pokupotera kumuvengi. 12Nhare dzako dzose dzakafanana nemiti yemionde ine michero yokutanga kuibva—kana ikazununguswa, inowira mumuromo momudyi. 13Tarira, mauto ako ivakadzi pakati pako. Masuo enyika yako akazarurirwa vavengi vako; moto wapedza mazariro ako. b b v13 Kudana mauto kuti vakadzi kwaiva kutuka kwekare kunoreva kuti vakanga varasikirwa noushingi hwavo hwose hwokurwa.
14Chera mvura yokukombwa; simbisa nhare dzako; pinda mudhaka utsike ivhu rokuumba; bata chiumbiro chezvidhina! 15Ipapo moto uchakudya iwe; munondo uchakuuraya; uchakupedza semhashu duku. Zviwanze semhashu duku; wande semhashu dzinopararira! 16Wakawanza vashambadziri vako kupfuura nyeredzi dzokudenga. Mhashu duku inoparadza nyika ichibhururuka ichienda. 17Varindi vako vakaita semhashu, uye vabati vako vakaita semapoka emhashu anomhara pamadziro pazuva rinotonhora—kana zuva rabuda, anobhururuka achienda, uye hapana anoziva kwaari.
18Vafudzi vako vavata, mambo weAsiria; machinda ako akavata pasi. Vanhu vako vakapararira pamakomo, 19Hakuna kurapika kwokukuvara kwako; ronda rako rinouraya. Vose vanonzwa shoko pamusoro pako vanokuridzira maoko—nokuti ndiani asina kuwirwa noutsinye hwako husingaperi hwaipfuura pamusoro pavo nguva nenguva?