Vavengi Vanoseka Basa
Sanibharati anoseka kuti gava raizoputsa rusvingo, uye kunyomba kunoshanduka kuva rangano yokurwisa. Vanonyengetera kuna Baba vedu voisa varindi: hafu yevarume inovaka hafu yakamira yakashongedzwa, mumwe nomumwe akabata munondo, vachishanda kubva mambakwedza kusvikira nyeredzi dzabuda.
4 1Sanibharati paakanzwa kuti takanga tichivakazve rusvingo, akatsamwa kwazvo, akazara nehasha, akaseka vaJudha. 2Akati pamberi pehama dzake neuto reSamaria, “VaJudha ava vasina simba vari kuiteiko? Vachazvivakira rusvingo here? Vachabayira zvibayiro here? Vachapedza nezuva rimwe chete here? Vangamutsa matombo kubva mumirwi yamarara here, iwo akapiswa kudai?”
3Tobhiya muAmoni akanga ari parutivi pake, akati, “Rusvingo rwamatombo rwavari kuvaka urwu, kunyange gava raizokwira pamusoro parwo, raizorukoromora!”
4Tinzwei, Baba vedu, nokuti tinozvidzwa. Dzoserai kutuka kwavo pamisoro yavo pachavo, muvaite sezvakapambwa kunyika youtapwa. 5Musafushira mhosva yavo, uye musarega chivi chavo chichidzimwa pamberi penyu, nokuti vakatuka vavaki pachena.
6Saka takavaka rusvingo kusvikira rwose rwasanganiswa kusvika pahafu yokukwirira kwarwo, nokuti vanhu vakashanda nomwoyo wavo wose.
7Asi Sanibharati, Tobhiya, vaArabhu, vaAmoni, navaAshidhodhi pavakanzwa kuti kugadziriswa kwamasvingo eJerusarema kwaifambira mberi uye kuti mikaha yakange yotanga kuvharwa, vakazara nehasha. 8Vose vakarangana kuuya kuzorwa neJerusarema uye kuivhiringidza.
9Asi takanyengetera kuna Baba vedu, tikagadza murindi wokuvarinda masikati nousiku.
10Panguva iyoyo vanhu vaJudha vakati, “Vashandi vopera simba, uye marara akawanda zvokuti hatigoni kuvakazve rusvingo.” 11Vavengi vedu vakati, “Vasati vaziva kana kutiona, tichava pakati pavo chaipo; tichavauraya tigogumisa basa.”
12Zvino vaJudha vaigara pedyo navo vakauya vakatiudza kagumi, “Kwose kwamuchatendeukira, vachauya kuzorwa nesu.”
13Saka ndakaisa vanhu shure kwenzvimbo dzakaderera dzorusvingo, munzvimbo dziri pachena, ndichivagadza nemhuri dzavo vaine minondo yavo, mapfumo, nouta. 14Ndakati ndaongorora zvinhu, ndakasimuka ndikati kumakurukota, navabati, nevamwe vanhu vose, “Musavatya. Rangarirai Baba Changamire, vane ukuru uye vanotyisa, murwire hama dzenyu, vanakomana nevanasikana venyu, vakadzi venyu nemisha yenyu.”
15Vavengi vedu pavakanzwa kuti takange tava kuziva rangano yavo uye kuti Baba vedu vakange vaikonesa, tose takadzokera kurusvingo, mumwe nomumwe kubasa rake. 16Kubva pazuva iroro zvichienda mberi, hafu yavarume vangu yaiita basa, imwe hafu yakange yakabata mapfumo, nhoo, uta, nenhumbi dzesimbi dzokurwa. Vakuru vakazvigadza shure kwevanhu vose vaJudha, 17avo vaivaka rusvingo. Vaya vaitakura zvinhu zvokuvaka vaishanda noruoko rumwe, vakabata chombo chokurwa norumwe, 18uye muvaki mumwe nomumwe aiva nomunondo wake wakasungirirwa muchiuno make achishanda. Asi murume airidza hwamanda akagara parutivi pangu. 19Ipapo ndakati kumakurukota, navabati, nevamwe vanhu vose, “Basa iguru uye rakapararira, uye takaparadzaniswa mumwe nomumwe parusvingo. 20Kwose kwamuchanzwa kurira kwehwamanda, unganai kwatiri ipapo. Baba vedu vacharwira isu!”
21Saka takaramba tichishanda, hafu yavarume yakabata mapfumo, kubvira mambakwedza kusvikira nyeredzi dzabuda. 22Panguva iyoyo ndakaudzawo vanhu, “Mumwe nomumwe nomubatsiri wake ngaagare mukati meJerusarema usiku, kuti vave varindi usiku, vashandi masikati.” 23Saka ini, nehama dzangu, navarume vangu, navarindi vainditevera, hapana akambobvisa nguo dzake; mumwe nomumwe aiva nechombo chake muruoko, kunyange paaienda kundochera mvura.