Mwoyo waPauro pamusoro peIsraeri
Vanhu vaPauro vane shingairo chaiyo kuna Baba vedu asi yakanangana nechinhu chisiri icho: kuzvimisira kururama kwavo pachavo panzvimbo pokururama kwaBaba vedu. Imwe nzira iri pedyo, mumuromo nomumoyo, uye yakazarurirwa ani nani anodana. Izvi zvinomutsa dambudziko rinooneka — hapana anonzwa pasina mumwe akatumwa.
10 1Hama dzangu, chishuwo chomwoyo wangu nomunamato wangu kuna Baba vedu pamusoro peIsraeri ndechokuti vaponeswe. 2Ndinopupura pamusoro pavo kuti vane shungu kuna Baba vedu, asi kwete maererano noruzivo. 3Vasingazivi kururama kwaBaba vedu, vachitsvaka kumisa kururama kwavo pachavo, havana kuzviisa pasi pokururama kwaBaba vedu. 4Nokuti Kristu ndiye magumo omutemo, kuti vose vanotenda vagamuchire kururama.
5Nokuti Mozisi anonyora pamusoro pokururama kunobva pamutemo achiti: “Munhu anoita zvinhu izvi achararama nazvo.”
6Asi kururama kunobva pakutenda kunoti: “Usataura mumwoyo mako kuti, ‘Ndiani achakwira kudenga?’” (ndiko kuti, kuburutsa Kristu pasi). 7“kana kuti, ‘Ndiani achaburukira mugomba rakadzika-dzika?’” (ndiko kuti, kukwidza Kristu kubva kuvakafa). 8Asi chinoti kudii? “Shoko riri pedyo newe, mumuromo mako nomumwoyo mako”—ndiro shoko rokutenda ratinoparidza: 9Kana ukareurura nomuromo wako kuti Jesu ndiIshe, uye ukatenda mumwoyo mako kuti Baba vedu vakamumutsa kubva kuvakafa, uchaponeswa. 10Nokuti nomwoyo munhu anotenda achiruramiswa kuna Baba vedu, uye nomuromo anoreurura achiponeswa. 11Nokuti Rugwaro runoti, “Vose vanotenda maari havanganyadziswi.” 12Hapana musiyano pakati pomuJudha nomuGiriki: Ishe mumwe chete ndiye Ishe wavose, ane rupo kuna vose vanodana kwaari. 13Nokuti “vose vanodana kuzita raIshe wedu Jesu vachaponeswa.” a a v13 Pauro anotora chipikirwa chokuti “vose vanodana kuzita raJehovha vachaponeswa” achichishandisa kuna Jesu — kudana kuna Ishe kudana kwaari.
14Zvino vangadana sei kuno uyo wavasina kutenda maari? Vangatenda sei maari wavasina kunzwa nezvake? Vanganzwa sei pasina anoparidza? 15Vangamuparidza sei kana vasina kutumwa? Sezvazvakanyorwa: “Dzakanaka sei tsoka dzaavo vanouya namashoko akanaka!”
16Asi havazi vose vakateerera mashoko akanaka, nokuti Isaya anoti, “Baba vedu, ndiani akatenda shoko redu?” 17Saka kutenda kunobva pakunzwa, uye kunzwa kunouya neshoko pamusoro paKristu. 18Asi ndinobvunza kuti: havana kunzwa here? Hongu, vakanzwa: “Inzwi ravo rakabuda richienda kunyika yose, mashoko avo achisvika kumigumo yenyika.”
19Asi ndinobvunza kuti, Israeri havana kuziva here? Pakutanga Mozisi anoti: “Ndichakuitai muve negodo navaya vasati vari rudzi, ndichakutsamwisai norudzi rusina njere.”
20Isaya anotsunga kutaura achiti, “Ndakawanikwa navaya vakanga vasinganditsvaki; ndakazviratidza kuna vaya vakanga vasinganibvunzi.”
21Asi pamusoro peIsraeri anoti, “Zuva rose ndakatambanudzira maoko angu kurudzi rusingateereri, rune nharo.”