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| 1. | Zvino kunyunyuta kukuru kwakamuka pakati pavanhu navakadzi vavo pamusoro pehama dzavo vaJudha. |
| 2. | Nokuti vamwe vakati, "Isu navanakomana vedu tiri vazhinji; ngatipiwe zviyo, tidye, tirarame." |
| 3. | Vamwezve vakati, "Isu takaita minda yedu rubatso, neminda yedu yemizambiringa, nedzimba dzedu; ngatipiwe zviyo, nokuda kwenzara ino." |
| 4. | Vamwezve vakati, "Takakwereta mari, yokuripira nayo mutero wamambo, tikaita minda yedu rubatso, neminda yedu yemizambiringa. |
| 5. | "Kunyange zvakadaro zvino miviri yedu yakafanana nemiviri yehama dzedu, navana vedu vakafanana navana vavo; tarirai, tosunga vanakomana vedu navakunda vedu, vave varanda; vamwe vakunda vedu vatosungwa, isu hatine simba rokuzvidzivisa, nokuti minda yedu neminda yedu yemizambiringa yatova yavamwe." |
| 6. | Ipapo ndakatsamwa kwazvo ndichinzwa kuchema kwavo namashoko iwayo. |
| 7. | Zvino ndarangarira mumoyo mangu, ndikaita nharo navakuru navarairi, ndikati kwavari, "Imi munoreva mhindu, mumwe nomumwe pahama yake." Ipapo ndikakoka ungano huru pamusoro pavo. |
| 8. | Ndikati kwavari, "Isu takadzikunura hama dzedu vaJudha dzakanga dzatengeswa kuvahedheni patakagona napo; zvino imi moda kutengesa hama dzenyu, moda kuti dzitengeswe kwatiri here?" Ipapo vakaramba vanyerere, vakashaiwa neshoko chose. |
| 9. | Ndikatiwo, "Chinhu chamunoita chakaipa; ko hamufaniri kufamba muchitya Mwari wedu, kuti tirege kushorwa navavengi vedu vahedheni? |
| 10. | Neniwo nehama dzangu navaranda vangu, takavapa chikwerete chemari nezviyo, tichireva mhindu. Haiwa, ngatirege mhindu iyo. |
| 11. | "Dzoserai henyu kwavari iko nhasi minda yavo, neminda yavo yemizambiringa, neminda yavo yemiorivhi, nedzimba dzavo, uye nomugove wezana wemari, nezviyo, newaini, namafuta, zvamakatora kwavari iri mhindu." |
| 12. | Ipapo vakati, "Tichazvidzosa, hatingarevi chinhu kwavari; sezvamunotaura, ndizvo zvatichaita." Zvino ndakadana vapirisiti, ndikavapikisa kuti vachaita izvozvo zvakapikirwa. |
| 13. | Ndikazuzawo nguvo dzangu, ndikati, "Mwari ngaazuze mumwe nomumwe asingaiti izvozvo zvakapikirwa abve paimba yake napabasa rake; ngaazuzwe nokudururwa saizvozvo." Ipapo ungano yose yakati, "Ameni!" Vakarumbidza Jehovha. Vanhu vakaita izvozvo zvakapikirwa. |
| 14. | Uyezve, kubva panguva yandakaitwa mubati wavo panyika yaJudha, kubva pagore ramakumi maviri kusvikira pagore ramakumi matatu namaviri ramambo Aritashasita, iwo makore ane gumi namaviri, ini nehama dzangu hatina kudya zvokudya zvomubati. |
| 15. | Asi vabati vokutanga, vakanditangira, vairemedza vanhu, vachitora kwavari zvokudya newaini, uyewo mashekeri esirivha ana makumi mana; navaranda vavowo vaibata vanhu nehasha; asi ini handina kuita saizvozvo, nokuti ndakatya Mwari. |
| 16. | Uye, ndakarambira pabasa rorusvingo urwu, hatina kutongotenga nyika, navaranda vangu vose vakanga vakaunganawo pabasa. |
| 17. | Uye patafura yangu pakanga pana vaJudha navabati, varume vane zana namakumi mashanu, avo vaiuya kwatiri vachibva kuvahedheni vakanga vakatipoteredza vasingaverengwi. |
| 18. | Zvino zuva rimwe nerimwe kwaigadzirwa nzombe imwe, namakwai matanhatu akatsaurwa; ndaigadzirirwawo huku, uye kamwe pamazuva ane gumi waini zhinji yamarudzi ose; kunyange zvakadaro handina kukumbira zvokudya zvomubati, nokuti vanhu ava vakanga vachiremedzwa kwazvo nouranda. |
| 19. | Ndirangarirei, Mwari wangu, mundiitire zvakanaka nokuda kwezvose zvandakaitira rudzi urwu. |
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