2 Madzimambo
17:1 Negore regumi namaviri raAhazi mambo waJudha, Hoshea mwanakomana waEra, akatanga
akabata ushe hwaIsiraeri paSamaria makore mapfumbamwe.
17:2 Akaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha, asi haana kuita sezvakaita Jehovha
madzimambo aIsiraeri akamutangira.
17:3 Zvino Sharimaneseri mambo weAsiria akasvika kuzorwa naye; Hoshea akava wake
muranda, akamupa zvipo.
Ipapo mambo weAsiria akawana rangano kuna Hoshea, nekuti wakange amutuma
Nhume kuna So mambo weIjipiti, uye havana kuuya nechipo kuna mambo weIjipiti
Asiria, sezvaakanga aita gore rimwe nerimwe; naizvozvo mambo weAsiria akapfiga
akamusimudza, akamusunga mutirongo.
Ipapo mambo weAsiria akafamba nenyika yose, akaendako
Samaria, akarikomba makore matatu.
Negore repfumbamwe raHoshea, mambo weAsiria akakunda Samaria, akarikunda
vakatapa vaIsiraeri, vakaenda Asiria, vakavaisa paHara, napaHabhori
parwizi Gozani, napamaguta avaMedhia.
nekuti vana vaIsiraeri vakanga vatadzira Jehovha
Mwari wavo, akanga avabudisa kubva munyika yeIjipiti
pasi poruoko rwaFarao mambo weEgipita, uye vaitya vamwe vamwari;
vakafamba nemitemo yendudzi dzakanga dzadzingwa naJehovha kwavari
pamberi pavana vaIsiraeri, napamadzimambo aIsiraeri, zvavakanga vaita
akanga agadzira.
Vana vaIsiraeri vakaita pakavanda zvisina kururama
vakarwa naJehovha Mwari wavo, vakazvivakira nzvimbo dzakakwirira panzvimbo dzavo dzose
maguta, kubva pachirindo chomurindi kusvikira paguta rakakombwa norusvingo.
Vakazvimisira shongwe namatanda okunamata nawo pazvikomo zvose zvakakwirira napasi
muti wose wakasvibira:
Vakapisirapo zvinonhuhwira pamatunhu ose akakwirira, sezvaiita ndudzi
vakatapwa naJehovha pamberi pavo; ndokuitira zvakaipa
kutsamwisa Jehovha;
vakashumira zvifananidzo, zvavakanga vanzi naJehovha, Regai
ita chinhu ichi.
17:13 Kunyange zvakadaro Jehovha wakapupurira Isiraeri, naJudha, nemarudzi ose
navaporofita, navaoni vose, vachiti, Dzokai panzira dzenyu dzakaipa, na
chengetai mirairo yangu, nezvandakatema, nokutevera murayiro wose wandinoita
ndakarayira madzibaba enyu, uye ini ndakatumira kwamuri navaranda vangu
vaprofita.
17:14 Asi ivo vakaramba kunzwa, asi vakaomesa mitsipa yavo
nemitsipa yamadzibaba avo, vakanga vasingatendi Jehovha Mwari wavo.
17:15 Uye vakaramba mitemo yake, uye sungano yake yaakaita navo
madzibaba, nezvipupuriro zvake zvaakavapupurira; uye ivo
akatevera zvisina maturo, akava zvisina maturo, akatevera vahedheni
vakavapoteredza, vakanga varairwa naJehovha pamusoro pavo
havafaniri kuita saivo.
Vakasiya mirairo yose yaJehovha Mwari wavo, vakaiita
zvifananidzo zvakaumbwa, zvemhuru mbiri; vakaitawo matanda okunamata nawo, vakanamata Jehovha ose
hondo yokudenga, vakashumira Bhaari.
17:17 Uye vakapinza vanakomana vavo nevanasikana vavo mumoto.
vakauka, vakaita zvouroyi, vakazvitengesa kuti vaite zvakaipa
pamberi paJehovha, kuti amutsamwise.
Naizvozvo Jehovha wakatsamwira vaIsiraeri kwazvo, akavabvisa pakati
kuona kwake; hakuna vakasiiwa kunze kwerudzi rwaJudha chete.
Kunyange navaJudhawo havana kuchengeta mirairo yaJehovha Mwari wavo, asi vakafamba
nemitemo yaIsiraeri yavakatema.
17:20 Jehovha akaramba vose vana vaIsraeri, uye akavatambudza, uye
akavaisa mumaoko avaparadzi, kusvikira avabudisa kunze
kuona kwake.
Nekuti wakabvarura vaIsiraeri paimba yaDhavhidhi; uye vakaita Jerobhoamu mutongi
mwanakomana waNebhati mambo; Jerobhoamu akatsausa vaIsiraeri pakutevera Jehovha;
uye akavaita kuti vatadze chivi chikuru.
nekuti vana vaIsiraeri vakafamba pazvivi zvose zvaJerobhoamu, zvaakaita
did; havana kutsauka kwazviri;
kusvikira Jehovha abvisa Isiraeri kure nechiso chake, sezvaakataura pakati pavose
varanda vake vaprofita. Saka Israeri akatapwa kubva mumaoko avo
nenyika yeAsiria kusvikira nhasi.
17:24 Zvino mambo weAsiria akauya varume kubva Bhabhironi, uye Kuta, uye
kubva paAva, napaHamati, napaSefarivhaimi, ndokuvaisa mumakomo
maguta eSamaria panzvimbo yavana vaIsiraeri; ivo vakatora
Samaria, akagara mumaguta aro.
17:25 Uye saka zvakaitika pakutanga kwokugara kwavo ikoko, kuti vakatya
kwete Jehovha; naizvozvo Jehovha akatuma shumba pakati pavo, dzikavauraya
wavo.
17:26 Naizvozvo vakataura namambo weAsiria, vachiti, Marudzi airambana
wakatapa, ukandogara mumaguta eSamaria, iwe usingazivi
tsika dzaMwari wenyika iyo; naizvozvo akatuma shumba pakati pavo,
zvino tarira, vanovauraya, nekuti havazivi tsika dzaMwari
yenyika.
17:27 Ipapo mambo weAsiria akarayira, akati, "Isai ikoko mumwe."
vapristi vamakatapa kubva ikoko; ngavaende kundogarako;
uye ngaavadzidzise tsika dzaMwari wenyika.
17:28 Zvino mumwe wevapristi vavakatapa kubva Samariya akauya
akagara paBheteri, akavadzidzisa kutya Jehovha.
Kunyange zvakadaro rudzi rumwe norumwe rwakaita vamwari varwo, vakavaisa mudzimba
Nzvimbo dzakakwirira dzakanga dzaitwa navaSamaria, rudzi rumwe norumwe panzvimbo yavo
maguta mavaigara.
Varume veBhabhironi vakavaka Sukotibhenoti, navanhu veKuti vakagadzira
Nerigari, nevarume veHamati vakagadzira Ashima;
17:31 VaAvhi vakavaka Nibhazi neTaritaki, navaSefarivha vakapisa misasa yavo.
vana mumoto kuna Adhiramereki naAnamereki, vamwari veSefarivhaimi.
Naizvozvo vakatya Jehovha, vakazviitira vakaderera pakati pavo
vapristi vamatunhu akakwirira, vaivabayirira mudzimba
nzvimbo dzakakwirira.
17:33 Vakatya Jehovha, uye vakashumira vamwari vavo, maererano netsika yaJehovha
ndudzi dzavakanga vatapa kubva ikoko.
17:34 Kusvikira zuva ranhasi vanotevera tsika dzakare, havatyi Jehovha.
havafaniri kuita sezvavanorairwa nemitemo yavo, kana zviga zvavo, kana
vachitevera murayiro nomurayiro, wakarairwa vana naJehovha
Jakobho, waakatumidza zita rinonzi Isiraeri;
35 Jehovha akaita sungano navo, akavaraira, akati, Imi
musatya vamwe vamwari, kana kuvapfugamira, kana kuvashumira;
kana kuzvibayira;
17:36 Asi Jehovha, akakubudisai munyika yeIjipiti nehukuru
simba noruoko rwakatambanudzwa ndiye wamunofanira kutya, ndiye wamunofanira kumutya
Namatai, nokumubayira iye.
17:37 Uye mirau, uye zviga, mutemo, uye murayiro.
izvo zvaakakunyorerai, munofanira kuzvichenjerera kuti muzviite nokusingaperi; uye iwe
usatya vamwe vamwari.
uye hamufaniri kukangamwa sungano yandakaita nemi; kana
munofanira kutya vamwe vamwari here?
39 asi munofanira kutya Jehovha Mwari wenyu; uye iye achakununurai kubva munyika
ruoko rwavavengi vako vose.
17:40 Asi havana kuteerera, asi vakaita maererano netsika dzavo dzekare.
41 Naizvozvo ndudzi idzi dzakatya Jehovha, dzikashumirawo zvifananidzo zvadzo zvakavezwa;
vana vavo, navana vavana vavo, sezvakaita madzibaba avo, saizvozvo
dzinozviita kusvikira nhasi.