1 Samueri 4:1 Shoko raSamueri rakasvika kuvaIsiraeri vose. Zvino vaIsiraeri vakandorwa VaFiristia vakadzika musasa pedyo neEbhenezeri VaFirisitia vakadzika matende avo paAfeki. VaFirisitia vakazvigadzirira kurwa navaIsiraeri vakarwa, vaIsiraeri vakakundwa navaFirisitia; vakauraya pakati pehondo varume vanenge zviuru zvina. 4:3 Zvino vanhu vakati vasvika pamisasa, vakuru vaIsiraeri vakati, Jehovha wakatirovereiko nhasi pamberi pavaFirisitia? Let us bvisai areka yesungano yaJehovha paShiro kwatiri, kuti; kana ikasvika pakati pedu, ingatiponesa pamaoko avavengi vedu. 4:4 Naizvozvo vanhu vakatuma nhume kuShiro kuti vatore arekapo yesungano yaJehovha Wamasimba Ose, iye agere pakati pamarudzi makerubhi; uye vanakomana vaviri vaEri, Hofini naPinehasi, vakanga varipo areka yesungano yaMwari. 5 Zvino areka yesungano yaJehovha yakati yasvika pamisasa, ivo vose Isiraeri vakapururudza nokupururudza kukuru, nyika ikaita mawungira. 4:6 VaFirisitia vakati vachinzwa inzwi rokupururudza, vakati, Chiiko! Rinoreva inzwi rokupururudza uku kukuru pamisasa yavaHebheru here? Uye vakaziva kuti areka yaJehovha yasvika kumisasa. 4:7 VaFirisitia vakatya, nekuti vakati, Mwari wasvika pakati pavo camp. Vakati, Tine nhamo! nekuti hakuna kumbovapo kwakadai kusvikira zvino. 4:8 Tine nhamo! Ndianiko uchatirwira pamaoko avamwari ava vane simba? Ndivo vamwari vakarova vaEgipita namatambudziko ose muIjipiti murenje. Simbai, muite savarume, imwi vaFirisitia, muve musati muri varanda vavaHebheru, sezvavakanga vakaita kwamuri; sevarume, torwa. Zvino vaFirisitia vakarwa, vaIsiraeri vakakundwa, vakatiza vose munhu mutende rake; kukavapo kuurawa kukuru; nokuti pawa muIsraeri vaifamba netsoka zviuru makumi matatu. 4:11 Areka yaMwari ikatorwa; uye vanakomana vaviri vaEri, Hofini na Pinehasi akaurayiwa. 4:12 Zvino mumwe murume wavaBhenjamini akabva kuhondo, akamhanya, akasvika paShiro nezuva iroro nguvo dzake dzakabvaruka, neguruva pamusoro wake. 4:13 Pakusvika kwake, Eri wakange agere pachigaro chake parutivi rwenzira, akataririra moyo wake wakabvunda pamusoro peareka yaMwari. Zvino murume wakati apinda guta, rikareva, guta rose rikachema. 4:14 Eri wakati achinzwa inzwi rokuchema, akati, Chinyiko? ruzha rwemhere iyi? Murume ndokukurumidza, ndokuudza Eri. Zvino Eri wakange ava namakore ana makumi mapfumbamwe namasere; uye meso ake owonera madzedzerere, kuti iye aisakwanisa kuona. 4:16 Murume akati kuna Eri, Ndini ndakabva kuhondo, uye ndatiza nhasi kubva kuhondo. Ndokuti: Chii chaitwa, mwana wangu? 4:17 Mutumwa akapindura, akati, VaIsiraeri vatiza pamberi paJehovha Uye kuuraya kukuru kwakavapo pakati pevaFirisitia vanhu, navanakomana vako vaviri, Hofini naPinehasi, vafawo; areka yaMwari yatorwa. 4:18 Zvino wakati achireva areka yaMwari, kuti iye akawira pachigaro negotsi parutivi rwesuwo, nomutsipa wake akavhunika, akafa, nekuti wakange ava mutana, ava mukobvu. Uye akanga atonga Israeri makore makumi mana. Zvino mukadzi womwana wake, mukadzi waPinehasi, wakange ane mimba, oda kuzvara akati anzwa kuti areka yaMwari yatorwa. uye kuti baba vomurume wake nomurume wake vakafa, akapfugama uye akarwadziwa; nekuti kurwadziwa kwaro kwakaribata. 4:20 Nenguva yekufa kwake, vakadzi vakange vamire naye vakati kwaari iye akati, Usatya; nekuti wapona mwanakomana. Asi haana kupindura, kunyange akazviona here. 4:21 Akatumidza mwana zita rinonzi Ikabhodhi, achiti, Kukudzwa kwabviswa Isiraeri, nekuti areka yaMwari yakanga yatorwa, uye nokuda kwababa vake vakanga vapindamo mutemo nomurume wake. Akati, Kukudzwa kwabviswa kuna Isiraeri, nekuti areka yaMwari iripo kutorwa.