1 Samueri
6:1 Zvino areka yaJehovha yakanga iri nomwe munyika yavaFirisitia
mwedzi.
6:2 Zvino vaFiristiya vakadana vapristi nevavuki, vachiti:
Tichaitei kuareka yaJehovha? tiudzei chatingatumira nacho
kunzvimbo yake.
6:3 Vakati, Kana muchidzosera areka yaMwari waIsiraeri, musaituma
empty; asi munofanira kumuvigira chipiriso chemhosva;
achaporeswa, mugoziva kuti ruoko rwake runoregereiko kubviswa pairi
iwe.
6:4 Ipapo vakati, Chipiriso chemhosva chatinofanira kupa ndecheiko?
kudzokera kwaari? Vakapindura vakati, Mamota mashanu endarama, namakonzo mashanu endarama.
nokuwanda kwamadzishe avaFirisitia, nokuda kwedenda rimwe
rakanga riri pamusoro penyu mose, napamusoro pamadzishe enyu.
6:5 Naizvozvo munofanira kuita mifananidzo yamamota enyu, nomufananidzo wamakonzo enyu
zvinosvibisa nyika; munofanira kukudza Mwari waIsiraeri.
zvimwe ucharerutsa ruoko rwake kubva pauri nepauri nepauri
vamwari, napanyika yenyu.
6:6 Naizvozvo munowomesa moyo yenyu sezvavaEgipita naFarao
vakaomesa mwoyo yavo here? akaita zvinoshamisa pakati pavo
havana kutendera vanhu kuenda, ivo vakaenda?
Naizvozvo zvino torai ngoro itsva, mutore mhou mbiri dzinomwisa pamusoro padzo;
asina kuuya nejoko, asi musunge mhou pangoro, muuye nemhuru dzadzo
kumba kubva kwavari:
6:8 Mutore areka yaJehovha, mugoiisa pangoro; uye isa
nezvishongo zvendarama, zvamunomuripira nazvo kuti chive chipiriso chemhosva, mubhokisi
parutivi rwayo; mugoirega iende, kuti iende.
zvino muone, kana ikakwira nenzira yenyika yayo kuBhetishemeshi, zvino
ndiye wakatiitira chinhu ichi chakaipa chikuru; asi kana zvikasadaro, tichaziva kuti ndizvo
Haazi ruoko rwake rwakatirova here? Zvakaitika kwatiri.
6:10 Varume vakaita saizvozvo; akatora mhou mbiri dzakanga dzichimwisa, akadzisunga pangoro;
ndokupfigira mhuru dzavo kumusha;
6:11 Vakaisa areka yaJehovha pamusoro pengoro, nebhokisi rakanga rine bhokisi
mbeva dzegoridhe nemifananidzo yemamota avo.
6:12 Zvino mhou dzikarurama nenzira inoenda Bhetishemeshi, dzikafamba
panzira huru, vachichema vachifamba, vasingatsaukiri kunzira
rudyi kana kuruboshwe; madzishe avaFirisitia akatevera
kusvikira kumuganhu weBheti-shemeshi.
6:13 Uye veBheti-shemeshi vakanga vachicheka zviyo zvavo pamupata.
vakasimudza meso avo, vakaona areka, vakafara vachiiona.
6:14 Ngoro ikasvika mumunda waJoshua muBhetishemeshi, ikamira
ipapo pakanga pane ibwe guru, vakatsemura matanda emiti
ngoro, akabayira mhou dzive chipiriso chinopisirwa Jehovha.
6:15 VaRevhi vakaburutsa areka yaJehovha, nebhokisi raivapo
nayo, makanga mune zvishongo zvendarama, ndokuiisa pamusoro pehuru
varume veBhetishemeshi vakabayira zvipiriso zvinopiswa nezvibayiro
vanobayira Jehovha zuva iro.
Madzishe mashanu avaFirisitia akati aona izvozvo, akadzokera
Ekironi nomusi iwoyo.
6:17 Zvino awa mamota endarama vaFirisitia vakaatora
chipiriso chemhosva kuna Jehovha; rimwe reAshidhodhi, rimwe reGaza, rimwe chete
rimwe reAshikeroni, rimwe reGati, rimwe reEkironi;
6:18 namakonzo endarama, akaenzana namaguta ose eguta
vaFirisitia vakanga vari vamadzishe mashanu, namaguta akakombwa namasvingo, namamwe;
nemisha yokumaruwa, kusvikira pabwe guru raAbheri ravakagadzika
pasi peareka yaJehovha; ibwe richiripo kusvikira nhasi pariri
munda waJoshua muBhetishemeshi.
6:19 Iye akarova varume veBheti-shemeshi, nokuti vakanga vatarira mukati
akauraya vanhu vane zviuru zvina makumi mashanu
varume vana makumi manomwe; vanhu vakachema nekuti Jehovha wakange ana
akauraya vazhinji vavanhu nokuuraya kukuru.
6:20 Varume veBhetishemeshi vakati, Ndianiko unogona kumira pamberi penzvimbo iyi tsvene?
Jehovha Mwari? zvino ungakwira kuna ani achibva kwatiri?
6:21 Zvino vakatuma nhume kuvagari veKiriati-jearimi, vachiti:
VaFirisitia vakadzosazve areka yaJehovha; buruka iwe,
ndouya nayo kwamuri.