Miktamu muGati

Kumutungamiri wokuimba. Namaimbirwo e‘Njiva Iri paMiouki iri Kure.’ Pisarema raDhavhidhi. Rwiyo rwegoridhe, panguva yakamubata vaFiristia muGati.

Akabatwa navaFiristia paGati uye akatsikwa-tsikwa zuva rose, Dhavhidhi anokumbira kuti misodzi yake iunganidzwe mudende ichengetwe sechinyorwa. Kaviri anodzokorora mutsara wake unomusimbisa: ndinovimba naBaba vangu — vanhu vanofa vangandiitei?

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Ndinzwirei tsitsi, Baba vangu, nokuti vanhu vanonditsika; zuva rose mudzvinyiriri anondimanikidza. Vavengi vangu vanonditsika zuva rose; vazhinji vanorwa neni nokuzvikudza kwavo. Pandinotya, ndinovimba nemi.

MunaBaba vangu, vane shoko randinorumbidza— munaBaba vangu ndinovimba; handingatyi. Vanhu vanofa vangandiitei? Zuva rose vanomonyorora mashoko angu; pfungwa dzavo dzose pamusoro pangu dzakaipa. Vanoungana pamwe chete, vanovandira; vanotarisa nhambwe dzangu, vachitarisira kutora upenyu hwangu.

Vangapukunyuka here nokuda kwouipi hwavo? Mukutsamwa wisirai pasi marudzi, Baba vangu. Makaverenga kudzungaira kwangu; isai misodzi yangu muchinu chenyu. Ko, haisi munhoroondo yenyu here?

Ipapo vavengi vangu vachadzokera shure pandinodana. Izvi ndinozviziva: kuti Baba vangu vari kurutivi rwangu. MunaBaba vangu ndinorumbidza shoko ravo; munaBaba vangu ndinorumbidza shoko ravo.

MunaBaba vangu ndinovimba; handingatyi. Vanhu vanofa vangandiitei? Mhiko dzenyu dziri pamusoro pangu, Baba vangu; ndichakupai zvipiriso zvokuvonga. Nokuti makarwira mweya wangu parufu—hongu, tsoka dzangu pakugumburwa— kuti ndifambe pamberi paBaba vangu muchiedza choupenyu.