Mambo Anotya, Muporofita Anodanwa
Vachitya zvakaitwa navaIsraeri kuvaAmori, vaMoabhu vanobhadhara Bharamu kuti avatuke. Anogona kungodzokorora zvaanoudzwa naBaba vedu chete, uye pfundo racho rinoratidzwa nembongoro, inoona munondo wakavhomorwa wakamira munzira apo muoni ane mukurumbira asingauoni.
22 1Ipapo vaIsraeri vakasimuka vakandodzika misasa pamapani eMoabhu mhiri kwaJorodhani, pakatarisana neJeriko. 2Zvino Bharaki mwanakomana waZipori akaona zvose zvakanga zvaitwa navaIsraeri kuvaAmori. 3VaMoabhu vakatya vanhu ava zvikuru, nokuti vakanga vari vazhinji; vaMoabhu vakavhunduka vaIsraeri. 4VaMoabhu vakati kuvakuru vavaMidhiani, “Boka iri richananzva zvinhu zvose zvakatipoteredza, sokunanzva kunoita nzombe uswa hwomusango.” Bharaki mwanakomana waZipori ndiye akanga ari mambo weMoabhu panguva iyoyo.
5Akatuma nhume kuna Bharamu mwanakomana waBheori paPetori, pedyo norwizi Yufuratesi munyika yavanhu vake, kuti amudane. Akati, “Tarira, vanhu vabuda muIjipiti. Tarira, vafukidza nyika yose, uye vagara pakatarisana neni. 6Uya zvino, ndapota unditukire vanhu ava—vane simba kundipfuura. Zvimwe ndichagona kuvarova ndovadzinga munyika, nokuti ndinoziva kuti: waunoropafadza anoropafadzwa, uye waunotuka anotukwa.”
7Vakuru vavaMoabhu navakuru vavaMidhiani vakaenda, vakabata muripo wokuvuka mumaoko avo, vakasvika kuna Bharamu vakamuudza mashoko aBharaki.
8Akati kwavari, “Garai pano usiku huno, uye ndichadzosa shoko sezvandichaudzwa naMwari.” Saka machinda avaMoabhu akagara naBharamu.
9Ipapo Baba vedu vakauya kuna Bharamu vakati, “Varume ava vaunavo ndivanaani?”
10Bharamu akati kuna Baba vedu, “Bharaki mwanakomana waZipori, mambo weMoabhu, akanditumira shoko achiti: 11Tarira, vanhu vakabuda muIjipiti vafukidza nyika yose. Uya zvino, unditukire ivo—zvimwe ndichagona kurwa navo ndovadzinga.”
12Asi Baba vedu vakati kuna Bharamu, “Usaenda navo. Usatuka vanhu ava, nokuti vakaropafadzwa.”
13Bharamu akamuka mangwanani iwayo akaudza machinda aBharaki, “Dzokerai kunyika yenyu—Mwari aramba kunditendera kuenda nemi.”
14Machinda avaMoabhu akasimuka, akaenda kuna Bharaki, akati, “Bharamu aramba kuuya nesu.”
15Ipapo Bharaki akatumazve machinda—mazhinji uye anokudzwa kupfuura okutanga. 16Vakasvika kuna Bharamu vakati, “Bharaki mwanakomana waZipori anoti: Ngaparege kuva nechinhu chingakudzivisa kuuya kwandiri, 17nokuti ndichakukudza zvikuru, uye ndichaita zvose zvaunenge wandiudza. Saka ndapota uya unditukire vanhu ava.”
18Bharamu akapindura varanda vaBharaki akati, “Kunyange Bharaki akandipa imba yake izere nesirivha negoridhe, handingadarikidzi murayiro waMwari, kuti ndiite chidiki kana chikuru. 19Zvino ndapota, garaiwo pano usiku huno, nemiwo, kuti ndizive zvimwe zvichandiudzwa naBaba vedu.”
20Zvino Baba vedu vakauya kuna Bharamu usiku vakati kwaari, “Zvarume ava vauya kuzokudana, simuka uende navo, asi uite chete zvandichakuudza.”
21Saka Bharamu akamuka mangwanani, akaisa chigaro pambongoro yake, akaenda namachinda avaMoabhu.
Baba Vedu Vanotaura Vachishandisa Mbongoro
22Asi kutsamwa kwaBaba vedu kwakapfuta nokuti akaenda, mutumwa waBaba vedu akamira munzira somuvengi waBharamu. Bharamu akanga akatasva mbongoro yake, aina varanda vake vaviri. 23Mbongoro ikaona mutumwa waBaba vedu amire munzira, akavhomora munondo wake muruoko rwake, ikatsauka munzira ikapinda musango. Saka Bharamu akarova mbongoro kuti aidzosere munzira. 24Ipapo mutumwa waBaba vedu akamira munzira nhete pakati peminda yemizambiringa, paine rusvingo kumativi ose. 25Mbongoro ikaona mutumwa waBaba vedu, ikazvisundidzira kurusvingo, ikatsikidzira rutsoka rwaBharamu parwuri, saka akairovazve.
26Mutumwa waBaba vedu akapfuurira mberi akamira panzvimbo nhete pakanga pasina nzvimbo yokutsaukira kurudyi kana kuruboshwe. 27Mbongoro payakaona mutumwa waBaba vedu, ikavata pasi Bharamu akaitasva; kutsamwa kwake kukamuka, akairova netsvimbo yake.
28Ipapo Baba vedu vakashamisa muromo wembongoro, ikati kuna Bharamu, “Ndakakuitirei, zvawandirova katatu aka?”
29Bharamu akati kumbongoro, “Wandiseka! Dai ndaiva nomunondo muruoko rwangu, ndaikuuraya izvozvi.”
30Mbongoro ikati kuna Bharamu, “Handizi mbongoro yako here, yawagara uchitasva upenyu hwako hwose kusvikira nhasi? Ndakambokuitira seizvi here?” Akati, “Kwete.”
31Ipapo Baba vedu vakasvinudza meso aBharamu, akaona mutumwa waBaba vedu amire munzira, munondo wakavhomorwa muruoko, akakotama akawira pasi nechiso chake.
32Mutumwa waBaba vedu akati kwaari, “Warovereiko mbongoro yako katatu? Ndabuda somuvengi, nokuti nzira yako yakaipa pamberi pangu. 33Mbongoro yakandiona ikatsauka kwandiri katatu aka. Dai isina kutsauka, ndingadai ndakutouraya izvozvi ndikaisiya iri mhenyu.”
34Bharamu akati kumutumwa waBaba vedu, “Ndatadza—ndakanga ndisingazivi kuti makanga mamire munzira kuti mundidzivise. Zvino kana izvi zvichivengwa pameso enyu, ndichadzokera.”
35Mutumwa waBaba vedu akati kuna Bharamu, “Enda navarume ava, asi utaure chete zvandichakuudza.” Saka Bharamu akaenderera mberi namachinda aBharaki.
36Bharaki paakanzwa kuti Bharamu ari kuuya, akabuda kundomuchingamidza paguta reMoabhu, pamuganhu weArinoni, pamugumo womuganhu. 37Bharaki akati kuna Bharamu, “Handina kutuma nokukurumidza kuti ndikudane here? Wakaregererei kuuya kwandiri? Ndinganyatsotadza kukukudza here?”
38Bharamu akati kuna Bharaki, “Tarira, ndauya kwauri zvino—asi ndingataura chero chinhu here? Ndinogona kutaura chete zvinoiswa naMwari mumuromo mangu.”
39Saka Bharamu akaenda naBharaki, vakasvika kuKiriati-huzoti. 40Bharaki akabayira mombe namakwai, akatumira migove kuna Bharamu nokumachinda aaiva nawo. 41Mangwanani Bharaki akatora Bharamu akakwidza naye kuBhamoti-bhaari, ari ipapo akaona mugumo wavanhu.