VaIsraeri paShitimu
PaShitimu vaIsraeri vanozvibatanidza naBhaari wePeori kuburikidza nevakadzi vechiMoabhu, uye kutsamwa kwaBaba vedu kunopfuta mudenda. Finiyasi anoita chimwe chinhu nepfumo vamwe vose vachichema, denda rinomira pazviuru makumi maviri nezvina, uye anopiwa sungano youprista husingaperi.
25 1VaIsraeri pavaigara paShitimu, vanhu vakatanga kuita upombwe navanasikana veMoabhu. 2Vakakoka vanhu kuzvibayiro zvavamwari vavo; vanhu vakadya vakakotamira vamwari vavo. 3Saka vaIsraeri vakazvibatanidza naBhaari wePeori, uye kutsamwa kwaBaba vedu kwakapfuta pamusoro pavaIsraeri.
4Baba vedu vakati kuna Mozisi, “Tora vatungamiri vose vavanhu uvauraye pamberi pangu masikati makuru, kuti kutsamwa kwangu kunopisa kubve pavaIsraeri.”
5Mozisi akati kuvatongi vavaIsraeri, “Mumwe nomumwe wenyu ngaauraye vanhu vake vakabatana naBhaari wePeori.”
6Ipapo mumwe muIsraeri akauya nomukadzi muMidhiani kuhama dzake pamberi paMozisi neungano yose yavaIsraeri, vachichema pamukova wetende rokusanganira. 7Finiyasi mwanakomana waEreazari, mwanakomana waAroni mupristi, akazviona, akasimuka pakati peungano, akatora pfumo muruoko rwake. 8Akatevera muIsraeri uya mukamuri, akavabaya vose vari vaviri—muIsraeri uya nomukadzi, achimubaya nomudumbu. Ipapo denda rakanga richirwisa vaIsraeri rakamira. 9Vakafa nedenda vakanga vari zviuru makumi maviri nezvina.
10Ipapo Baba vedu vakati kuna Mozisi,
11“Finiyasi mwanakomana waEreazari, mwanakomana waAroni mupristi, adzora kutsamwa kwangu pavaIsraeri nokushingaira kwake negodo rangu pakati pavo, saka handina kuparadza vaIsraeri mugodo rangu. 12Naizvozvo uti: Ndiri kumupa sungano yangu yorugare. 13Iye nezvizvarwa zvake zvinomutevera vachava nesungano youpristi husingaperi, nokuti akandishingairira akayananisira vaIsraeri.” a a v13 Sungano yaFiniyasi youpristi husingaperi nebasa rake rokuyananisa zvinonongedzera mberi kuna Jesu, mupristi asingaperi, uyo kushingaira kwake nokuda kwaBaba vedu nechibayiro chake chakaitwa kamwe chete zvachose zvinounza rugare rwenguva refu rusingagoni kuwanikwa nomupristi womunhu.
14Zita romuIsraeri akaurayiwa pamwe chete nomukadzi muMidhiani rainzi Zimuri mwanakomana waSaru, mutungamiri wedzinza ravaSimeoni. 15Mukadzi muMidhiani akaurayiwa ainzi Kozbhi, mwanasikana waZuri, mukuru wedzinza muMidhiani.
16Ipapo Baba vedu vakati kuna Mozisi,
17“Itirai vaMidhiani savavengi muvauraye, 18nokuti ivo vavengi venyu nokunyengera kwavakakunyengerai nako munyaya yePeori, uye munyaya yaKozbhi, mwanasikana womutungamiri weMidhiani, hanzvadzi yavo, akaurayiwa pazuva redenda rakauya nokuda kwePeori.”