1 Samueri
8:1 Zvino Samueri wakati akwegura akaita vanakomana vake vatongi
pamusoro paIsraeri.
Zita romwana wake wedangwe rakanga riri Jowero; uye zita rowechipiri wake.
Abhija vaiva vatongi paBheerishebha.
Asi vanakomana vake havana kufamba nenzira dzake, asi vakatsaukira kufuma yakaipa, nokutsvaka pfuma yakaipa
wakagamuchira fufuro, nokusaruramisa pakutonga.
8:4 Ipapo vakuru vose vaIsiraeri vakaungana, vakauya kuungano
Samueri kuRama,
5 ndokuti kwaari: Tarirai, imwi makwegura, uye vanakomana venyu havafambi netsoka dzenyu
zvino tigadzirirei mambo ungatitonga sezvinoitwa kundudzi dzose.
Asi shoko iro harina kufadza Samueri, iro rokuti, Tipei mambo ungatitonga
isu. Samueri akanyengetera kuna Jehovha.
Ipapo Jehovha akati kuna Samueri, Teerera hako inzwi ravanhu vari mukati
zvose zvavanokuudza, nekuti havana kukuramba iwe, asi ivo
vakandiramba, kuti ndirege kuva mambo wavo.
8:8 maererano nemabasa ose avakaita kubva pazuva randakatanga
akavabudisa muEgipita kusvikira nhasi, zvavanazvo
vakandisiya, vakashumira vamwe vamwari, ivo vachakuitirawo saizvozvo.
Naizvozvo zvino chinzwa manzwi avo, asi urambe uchipikisa
uvazivise tsika dzamambo uchabata ushe
ivo.
Samueri akaudza vanhu vakanga vachikumbira mashoko ose aJehovha
iye mambo.
8:11 Akati, Iyi ndiyo tsika yamambo achabata ushe
iwe: Uchatora vanakomana vako, ndokuzvitsaurira ivo, vave vake
ngoro navatasvi vamabhiza ake; vamwe vachamhanya pamberi pake
ngoro.
8:12 Uye uchazvigadza vakuru vezviuru, uye vakuru pamusoro
makumi mashanu; achaarima kumurimira minda yake, nokukohwa michero yake;
nokumuitira nhumbi dzake dzokurwa nadzo, nenhumbi dzengoro dzake.
8:13 Uye achatora vanasikana venyu, kuti vave vavhenganisi vezvinonhuhwira, uye vabiki.
uye kuva vabiki vechingwa.
8:14 Uchatora minda yenyu, neminda yenyu yemizambiringa, neminda yenyu yemiorivhi.
kunyange akanakisisa pakati pavo, ugozvipa varanda vake.
8:15 Uchatora chegumi chembeu dzenyu necheminda yenyu yemizambiringa, ndokupa
kuvaranda vake, nokuvaranda vake.
8:16 Uye achatora varandarume venyu, nevarandakadzi venyu, uye venyu
majaya akanaka kwazvo, nembongoro dzenyu, zvibatisei pabasa rake.
Uchatora zvegumi zvamakwai enyu; nemwi muchava varanda vake.
Nezuva iro muchachema kwazvo nokuda kwamambo wenyu wamuchada
ndakakusarudzai; Jehovha haangakunzwii nezuva iro.
8:19 Asi vanhu vakaramba kuteerera inzwi raSamueri; uye ivo
akati: Kwete; asi tichava namambo ungatibata;
8:20 kuti isuwo tive semarudzi ose; uye kuti mambo wedu atonge
isu, mutitungamirire, morwa hondo dzedu.
Samueri 8:21 Samueri akanzwa mashoko ose avanhu, akaarondedzera mukati
nzeve dzaJehovha.
8:22 Zvino Jehovha akati kuna Samueri: Teerera inzwi ravo, uye uvagadzirire
mambo. Samueri akati kuvarume vaIsiraeri, Endai henyu, mumwe nomumwe kune zvake
guta.