Dzokai Kwandiri
Zviratidzo zvokudzorerwa kwevatapwa vakadzoka, zvichinongedzera kuna Mambo anouya anopinda akazvininipisa akatasva mbongoro. Zvipikirwa zvaro zvinotenderera chirevo chimwe chesungano: vachava vanhu vangu, uye ini Baba vavo.
1 1Mugore rechipiri raDhariasi, mumwedzi worusere, shoko raBaba vedu rakasvika kuna Zekariya mwanakomana waBherekia, mwanakomana waIdho muprofita, richiti: 2Baba vedu vakatsamwira madzitateguru enyu zvikuru.
3Saka uvaudze kuti: Zvanzi naBaba vehondo dzokudenga: Dzokai kwandiri, ndizvo zvinotaura Baba vehondo dzokudenga, uye ini ndichadzokera kwamuri. Ndizvo zvinotaura Baba vehondo dzokudenga. 4Musafanana namadzitateguru enyu. Kwavari vaprofita vekare vakadanidzira kuti: Zvanzi naBaba vehondo dzokudenga: Dzokai zvino mubve panzira dzenyu dzakaipa nepamabasa enyu akaipa. Asi havana kuda kundinzwa kana kunditeerera, ndizvo zvinotaura Baba vedu.
5Madzitateguru enyu—varipi zvino? Uye vaprofita, vanorarama nokusingaperi here?
6Asi mashoko angu nemitemo yangu, zvandakarayira varanda vangu vaprofita—hazvina kubata madzitateguru enyu here? Ipapo vakatendeuka vakati, “Sezvo Baba vehondo dzokudenga vakanga vafunga kutiitira, zvichienderana nenzira dzedu nemabasa edu, saizvozvo ndizvo zvavakatiitira.”
Baba Vanotuma Vatasvi Vavo
7Pazuva ramakumi maviri nemana romwedzi wegumi nomumwe, iwo mwedzi waShebhati, mugore rechipiri raDhariasi, shoko raBaba vedu rakasvika kuna Zekariya mwanakomana waBherekia, mwanakomana waIdho muprofita, richiti: 8Panguva yousiku ndakaona chiratidzo—uye tarira pamberi pangu paiva nomurume akanga akatasva bhiza dzvuku, akamira pakati pemiti yemihadhasi mumupata, uye shure kwake kwaiva namabhiza matsvuku, mashava, namachena. 9Ndakabvunza ndikati, “Ko izvi ndezvei, ishe wangu?” Mutumwa aitaura neni akati, “Ndichakuratidza kuti zvii.”
10Murume akanga ari pakati pemiti yemihadhasi akapindura akati, “Ava ndivo vakatumwa naBaba vedu kuti vafambe-fambe munyika yose.”
11Vakazivisa kumutumwa waBaba vedu akanga amire pakati pemiti yemihadhasi, vachiti, “Tafamba-fambe nenyika yose; nyika yose igere zvakanyarara iine rugare.”
12Ipapo mutumwa waBaba vedu akati, “Baba vehondo dzokudenga, kusvikira riini muchinyima Jerusarema nemaguta eJudha tsitsi, makavatsamwira kwamakore aya makumi manomwe?”
13Saka Baba vedu vakataura namazwi akanaka anonyaradza kumutumwa akanga achitaura neni.
14Ipapo mutumwa aitaura neni akati, “Danidzira kuti: Zvanzi naBaba vehondo dzokudenga: Ndine godo guru pamusoro peJerusarema neZioni,” 15asi ndakatsamwira zvikuru ndudzi dzakagadzikana; ndakanga ndakatsamwa zvishoma chete, asi ivo vakawedzera kukuvadza. 16Saka Baba vedu vanoti: Ndichadzokera kuJerusarema netsitsi; imomo imba yangu ichavakwazve, ndizvo zvinotaura Baba vehondo dzokudenga, uye rwodzi rwokuyera ruchatambanudzirwa pamusoro peJerusarema.
17Danidzirazve uchiti: Ndizvo zvinotaura Baba vehondo dzokudenga: Maguta angu achafashukirazve nokubudirira; Baba vedu vachanyaradzazve Zioni uye vachasarudzazve Jerusarema.
Nyanga neMhizha
18Ipapo ndakatarira kumusoro, uye tarira pamberi pangu paiva nenyanga ina. 19Ndakabvunza mutumwa aitaura neni ndikati, “Ko izvi ndezvei?” Iye akati, “Idzi inyanga dzakaparadzira Judha, Israeri, neJerusarema.”
20Ipapo Baba vedu vakandiratidza mhizha ina. 21Ndakabvunza ndikati, “Ko ava vauya kuzoitei?” Iye akati, “Nyanga idzi dzakaparadzira Judha zvokuti hapana aigona kusimudza musoro wake; asi mhizha idzi dzakauya kuzodzivhundutsa nokuwisira pasi nyanga dzakasimudzwa nendudzi kurwisa nyika yeJudha, kuti dziiparadzire.”