1 Samueri
29:1 Zvino vaFiristia vakaunganidza hondo dzavo dzose paAfeki;
VaIsraeri vakadzika misasa pedyo netsime riri muJezreeri.
Madzishe avaFirisitia akapfuura akaita mazana-nemazana uye akapfuurawo
Dhavhidhi navanhu vake vakapfuurawo, vachitevera Akishi.
Ipapo machinda avaFirisitia akati, Ko vaHebheru ava vanoiteiko pano?
Akishi akati kumachinda avaFirisitia, Ko uyu haazi Dhavhidhi here?
muranda waSauro, mambo waIsiraeri, waiva aneni
mazuva, kana makore ano, uye handina kuwana mhosva kwaari kubva paakawa
kwandiri kusvikira nhasi?
29:4 Zvino machinda avaFirisitia akamutsamwira; namachinda
VaFirisitia vakati kwaari, Dzosa munhu uyu, auye
dzokerai kunzvimbo yake yamakamuraira, uye ngaarege kuenda
akaburuka nesu kundorwa, kuti arege kuzova muvengi wedu pakurwa;
Anofanira kuyananisa seiko natenzi wake? hazvifaniri kudaro
nemisoro yavarume ava?
29:5 Ko uyu haazi Dhavhidhi here, wavakaimba pamusoro pake pakutamba, vachiti:
Sauro akauraya zviuru zvake, Asi Dhavhidhi makumi ezviuru zvamazana ake?
29:6 Ipapo Akishi akadana Dhavhidhi, akati kwaari, "Zvirokwazvo, naJehovha mupenyu!
wakange wakarurama, nokubuda kwako nokupinda kwako neni
hondo yakanaka pamberi pangu; nekuti kubva ipapo handina kuwana chakaipa mauri
izuva rokuuya kwenyu kwandiri kusvikira nhasi; kunyange zvakadaro madzishe
usafarira iwe.
Naizvozvo zvino chidzoka hako, uende norugare, kuti urege kuzoita chisingafadzi madzishe
yevaFiristia.
Dhavhidhi akati kuna Akishi, Ndadiniko? uye chii chaunacho
ndawanikwa mumuranda wenyu nguva yose yandaiva nemi kusvikira nhasi;
kuti ndirege kundorwa navavengi vashe wangu mambo here?
Akishi akapindura, akati kuna Dhavhidhi, Ndinoziva kuti iwe unondifadza iwe
kuona, semutumwa waMwari;
VaFirisitia vakati, Ngaarege kukwira nesu kundorwa.
Naizvozvo zvino chimuka hako mangwanani pamwechete navaranda vatenzi vako
vauya newe; zvino pamunongomuka mangwanani-ngwanani;
uye mune chiedza, ibvai.
29:11 Naizvozvo Dhavhidhi navanhu vake vakamuka mangwanani, kuti vaende, vachidzokera
munyika yevaFiristia. VaFirisitia vakaenda ikoko
Jezreeri.