Zvirevo zvaSoromoni
Muunganidzwa wezvirevo zvouchenjeri zvoupenyu hwemazuva ose: pamusoro pokutaura, basa, mari, ushamwari, uye kutya Ishe kunotangisa uchenjeri hwose. Kurayira kunobatika, kunopiwa nababa kumwanakomana wavo.
1 1Zvirevo zvaSoromoni, mwanakomana waDhavhidhi, mambo waIsraeri:
2Kuziva uchenjeri nokurayirwa, kunzwisisa mashoko enjere, 3kugamuchira kurayirwa pakufamba nenjere, mukururama, mukururamisira, nokuenzanisira, 4kupa ungwaru kune vasina mano, ruzivo nokungwara kune vaduku, 5akachenjera ngaanzwewo awedzere mukudzidza, uye anonzwisisa ngaawane nhungamiro, 6kunzwisisa chirevo nomufananidzo, mashoko avakachenjera nezvirahwe zvavo.
7Kutya Baba vedu ndiwo mavambo oruzivo; mapenzi anozvidza uchenjeri nokurayirwa.
Izwi Rababa kuMwanakomana Wavo
8Teerera, mwanakomana wangu, kurayira kwababa vako, uye usafuratira dzidziso yamai vako, 9nokuti zviri chishongedzo chakanaka chomusoro wako nezvishongo zvomutsipa wako.
10Mwanakomana wangu, kana vatadzi vakakunyengera, usabvuma. 11Kana vakati, “Uya tiende tose, ngativandire ropa, ngativandire asina mhosva pasina chikonzero; 12seguva, ngativamedze vari vapenyu, vakakwana, savaya vanoburukira mugomba; 13tichawana marudzi ose ezvinhu zvinokosha, tichazadza dzimba dzedu nezvatapamba; 14isa mugove wako pamwe nesu; tose tichava nechikwama chimwe,” 15mwanakomana wangu, usafamba navo munzira; dzora rutsoka rwako panzira dzavo, 16nokuti tsoka dzavo dzinomhanyira kune zvakaipa, uye vanokurumidza kudeura ropa. 17Nokuti mumbure unowaridzwa pamberi pameso eshiri ipi zvayo haubati chinhu; 18asi ava vanovandira ropa ravo pachavo; vanovandira upenyu hwavo pachavo. 19Ndizvo zvakaita nzira dzomunhu wose anokara pfuma yakaipa; inotorera vanayo upenyu hwavo.
Uchenjeri Mumigwagwa
20Uchenjeri hunodanidzira mumugwagwa; munzvimbo huru hunosimudza izwi rahwo. 21Pamusoro pemigwagwa ine ruzha hunodanidzira; pamikova yamasuo eguta hunotaura, huchiti:
22“Kusvikira rinhi, imi vasina mano, muchida upusa hwenyu? Kusvikira rinhi vaseki vachifarira kuseka kwavo, uye mapenzi achivenga ruzivo? 23Kana mukateerera kutsiura kwangu, ini, Uchenjeri, ndichadurura mweya wangu pamuri; ndichaita kuti mashoko angu azivikanwe kwamuri. a a v23 Uchenjeri hunotaura pano hunozivikanwa naPauro saKristu — uchenjeri hwaBaba vedu (1 VaKorinde 1:24, 1:30; VaKorose 1:15-17). Mwanakomana, uyo akanga anaBaba pasati pasikwa zvinhu, anodanidzira kuna vose vachatendeuka vakateerera. 24Nokuti ndakadana imi mukaramba, ndakatambanudza ruoko rwangu asi hapana akava nehanya, 25mukafuratira zano rangu rose, mukaramba kutsiura kwangu kwose, 26iniwo ndichaseka njodzi yenyu; ndichakudadirai kana kutyisa kukusvikirai, 27kana kutyisa kukukundai sedutu uye njodzi yenyu ichiuya sechamupupuri, kana nhamo nokurwadziwa zvichikuwirai.
28Ipapo vachadana kwandiri, asi handingapinduri; vachanditsvaka zvakanyanya asi havangandiwani, 29nokuti vakavenga ruzivo, uye havana kusarudza kutya Baba vedu, 30vakaramba zano rangu, uye vakazvidza kutsiura kwangu kwose. 31Saka vachadya zvibereko zvenzira yavo, vachiguta namano avo pachavo. 32Nokuti kutsauka kwavasina mano kuchavauraya, uye kudekara kwamapenzi kuchavaparadza; 33asi ani naani anonditeerera achagara akachengeteka, akazorora, asingatyi njodzi.”