1 Makoronike
13:1 Dhavhidhi akarangana navakuru vezviuru navamazana, uye
nemutungamiri wese.
Dhavhidhi akati kuungano yose yaIsiraeri, Kana zvakanaka
imwi, kuti zvive zvaJehovha Mwari wedu, ngatizvitumirei kuno kwatiri
hama kose-kose, dzakasara munyika yose yaIsraeri uye vanadzo
naivowo vapristi navaRevhi vari mumaguta avo
namafuro, kuti vaunganidzwe kwatiri;
ngatidzoserezve areka yaMwari wedu kwatiri, nekuti hatina kuibvunza
pamazuva aSauro.
13:4 Ungano yose ikatenda kuzviita, nokuti ndizvo zvakanga zvakaita
pamberi pavanhu vose.
Naizvozvo Dhavhidhi akaunganidza vaIsiraeri vose, kubva paShihori paEgipita kusvikira
pavanopinda paHamati, kuti vatore areka yaMwari paKiriati-jearimi.
13:6 Dhavhidhi akakwira, iye navaIsiraeri vose, vakaenda Bhaara, ndiro Kiriati-jearimi.
yakanga iri yaJudha, kuti vatorepo areka yaMwari Jehovha;
iye ugere pakati pamakerubhi, inodana zita rake.
13:7 Uye vakatakura areka yaMwari mungoro itsva kubva paimba
Abhinadhabhu; Uza naAhio vakafambisa ngoro.
Dhavhidhi navaIsiraeri vose vakatamba pamberi paMwari nesimba ravo rose
nokuimba, nembira, nemitengeramwa, namakandira;
namakandira, nehwamanda.
13:9 Zvino vakati vachisvika paburiro raKidhoni, Uza ndokubudisa ake
ruoko rwokubata areka; nekuti nzombe dzakanga dzogumburwa.
13:10 Zvino kutsamwa kwaJehovha kwakamukira Uza, uye akamurova.
nekuti akapinza ruoko rwake paareka; akafirapo pamberi paMwari.
13:11 Dhavhidhi akaora mwoyo nokuti Jehovha akanga arova Uza.
naizvozvo nzvimbo iyo yakanzi Pereziza kusvikira nhasi.
Dhavhidhi akatya Mwari nomusi iwoyo, akati, Ndichaiisa seiko areka?
kwaMwari kumba kwandiri?
Naizvozvo Dhavhidhi haana kuisa areka kwaari, kuguta raDhavhidhi, asi
akaitsausira kumba kwaObhedhi-Edhomu muGiti.
13:14 Zvino areka yaMwari yakagara paimba yaObhedhi-Edhomu mumba make
mwedzi mitatu. Jehovha akaropafadza imba yaObhedhi-Edhomu nezvose zvayo
aiva nazvo.