Baba Vanotuma Vasori
Vatumwa naBaba vedu, vasori gumi navaviri vanopedza mazuva makumi mana muKanani vodzoka nemichero imwe chete nemitongo miviri yakasiyana. Karebhu anoti ngatikwirei zvino; vamwe vanoti vanhu ihofori uye isu tiri hwiza. Kutya, kwete humbowo, ndiko kunokunda mushumo neboka revanhu.
13 1Baba vedu vakati kuna Mozisi,
2“Tuma varume kuti vandosora nyika yeKenani, iyo yandiri kupa vanhu vaIsraeri. Tuma murume mumwe parudzi rwumwe norumwe rwamadzitateguru, mumwe nomumwe ari mutungamiriri pakati pavo.”
3Saka Mozisi akavatuma vachibva kurenje reParani sezvakarayirwa naBaba vedu; vose vakanga vari vatungamiriri vavanhu vaIsraeri. 4Aya ndiwo mazita avo: kubva kurudzi rwaRubheni, Shamua mwanakomana waZakuri;
5kubva kurudzi rwaSimeoni, Shafati mwanakomana waHori;
6kubva kurudzi rwaJudha, Karebhu mwanakomana waJefune;
7kubva kurudzi rwaIsakari, Igari mwanakomana waJosefa;
8kubva kurudzi rwaEfuremu, Hoshea mwanakomana waNuni;
9kubva kurudzi rwaBhenjamini, Pariti mwanakomana waRafu;
10kubva kurudzi rwaZebhuruni, Gadhieri mwanakomana waSodhi;
11kubva kurudzi rwaJosefa (ndiko kuti, kubva kurudzi rwaManase), Gadhi mwanakomana waSusi;
12kubva kurudzi rwaDhani, Amieri mwanakomana waGemari;
13kubva kurudzi rwaAsheri, Seturi mwanakomana waMikaeri;
14kubva kurudzi rwaNafitari, Nabhi mwanakomana waVofisi;
15kubva kurudzi rwaGadhi, Geueri mwanakomana waMaki.
16Aya ndiwo mazita avarume vakatumwa naMozisi kuti vandosora nyika. Mozisi akatumidza Hoshea mwanakomana waNuni, zita rokuti Joshua. a a v16 Mozisi akashandura zita raHoshea kuti rive Joshua, rinoreva kuti “Baba vedu vanoponesa” — rinova zita rimwe chetero rakazopiwa Jesu, uyo kuburikidza naye Baba vedu vanopinza vanhu vavo munhaka yavo yechokwadi. 17Mozisi akavatuma kuti vandosora nyika yeKenani, akati kwavari, “Kwirai nenzira iyi muende kuNegevhi, mukwire kunyika yezvikomo, 18muone kuti nyika yakaita sei, uye kuti vanhu vanogaramo vane simba kana kuti havana, vashoma kana kuti vazhinji, 19uye kuti maguta avanogaramo misasa yakashama kana kuti akakombwa namasvingo, uye kuti nyika yakanaka kana kuti yakaipa, 20uye kuti nyika yakapfuma kana kuti yakashaya, uye kuti ine miti kana kuti haina. Tsungai, mugodzoka nemichero yenyika.” Yakanga iri mwaka wamazambiringa okutanga kuibva.
21Saka vakakwira vakasora nyika kubva kurenje reZini kusvika kuRehobhu, pedyo neRebho-hamati. 22Vakakwira vachipfuura nomuNegevhi vakasvika kuHebhuroni, uko kwaigara Ahimani, Sheshai, naTarimai, zvizvarwa zvaAnaki. Hebhuroni rakanga ravakwa makore manomwe Zoani isati yavakwa muIjipiti. 23Vakasvika kuMupata weEshikori vakatema davi raiva nesumbu rimwe ramazambiringa, rakatakurwa nedanda pakati pavarume vaviri; vakauyawo namatamba nemaonde. 24Nzvimbo iyo yakatumidzwa kuti Mupata weEshikori, nokuti vaIsraeri vakatema sumbu ramazambiringa ipapo.
Nyika Yechipikirwa Nokutya
25Pakupera kwamazuva makumi mana vakadzoka vachibva kundosora nyika. 26Vakauya kuna Mozisi, naAroni, neungano yose yavaIsraeri kurenje reParani, paKadheshi, vakavapa mhinduro ivo neungano yose, vakavaratidza michero yenyika. 27Vakamuudza vachiti, “Takaenda kunyika yamakatituma kwairi. Zvechokwadi inoyerera mukaka nouchi; heyi michero yayo. 28Asi vanhu vari munyika vane simba, maguta akakombwa namasvingo uye makuru kwazvo—takatosvikoona zvizvarwa zvaAnaki ikoko. 29VaAmareki vanogara muNegevhi. VaHiti, vaJebhusi, navaAmori vanogara muzvikomo. VaKenani vanogara pedyo negungwa uye parutivi rwaJorodhani.”
30Karebhu akanyaradza vanhu pamberi paMozisi akati, “Ngatikwirei zvino titore nyika—zvechokwadi tinogona kuikunda.”
31Asi varume vakakwira naye vakati, “Hatigoni kukwira kundorwisa vanhu ava, nokuti vane simba kupfuura isu.” 32Saka vakapa vaIsraeri mashoko akaipa pamusoro penyika yavakanga vasora, vachiti, “Nyika yatakayambuka kuti tiisore inodya vagari vayo, uye munhu wose watakaona ikoko akareba kwazvo. 33Ikoko takaona vaNefirimu—zvizvarwa zvaAnaki zvinobva kuvaNefirimu. Takaita sehwiza pakuona kwedu, uye ndizvo zvatakaita kwavari.” b b v33 VaNefirimu vakanga vari hofori dzaizivikanwa mungano, dzakatanga kutaurwa muna Genesisi 6:4.