VaHebheru
11:1 Zvino rutendo ndirwo rusimbiso rwezvinhu zvatinotarisira, umbowo hwezvinhu
haana kuonekwa.
11:2 Nokuti naiko vanhu vakuru vakapupurirwa zvakanaka.
11:3 Kubudikidza nerutendo tinonzwisisa kuti nyika dzakaumbwa neshoko re
Mwari, kuti zvinhu zvinoonekwa hazvibvi kuzvinhu zvinoita
oneka.
11:4 Nokutenda Abheri akapa Mwari chibayiro chakanakisisa kupfuura Kaini
chaakapupurirwa nacho kuti wakange akarurama, Mwari achipupura nezvake
naiyo kunyange afa hake, uchiri kungotaura.
11:5 Nokutenda Enoki wakatamiswa kuti arege kuona rufu; uye akanga asiri
akawana, nekuti Mwari wakange amutora; nekuti asati atorwa, wakange avapo
kupupura kwake kuti wakafadza Mwari.
11:6 Asi pasina kutenda hazvibviri kumufadza, nokuti uyo anouya
Mwari anofanira kutenda kuti ariko, uye kuti mupi wemubayiro wavo
shingairai kumutsvaka.
11:7 Nokutenda Noa, wakati anyeverwa naMwari pamusoro pezvinhu zvichigere kuonekwa, akasundwa
kutya, akagadzira areka kuti aponese imba yake; nezvaakaita
akapa nyika mhosva, akava mugari wenhaka yokururama kunouya kubudikidza naye
kutenda.
8 Nerutendo Abhurahamu wakati adamwa kuti abude, aende kunzvimbo yaakanga apiwa;
aifanira kugamuchira senhaka, akateerera; akabuda, kwete
achiziva kwaakaenda.
11:9 Nokutenda wakagara ari mutorwa munyika yechipikirwa, sapanyika yavamwe;
akagara mumatende naIsaka naJakobho, vadyi venhaka pamwe chete naye
vimbiso yakafanana:
11:10 Nekuti wakange achitarisira guta rine nheyo, muvaki waro nemuiti waro
ndiMwari.
11:11 Nerutendowo Sara pachake wakagamuchira simba rekugamuchira mbeu, uye
akabereka mwana apfuura zera, nekuti wakange achimutonga
akatendeka akanga avimbisa.
11:12 Naizvozvo pakabva kune umwe, uye iye wakange aita seakafa, kune vakawanda sevakazvarwa
nenyeredzi dzokudenga nokuwanda, uye sejecha riri pagungwa
mahombekombe asingaverengeki.
11:13 Ava vose vakafa mukutenda, vasina kugamuchira zvipikirwa, asi vanazvo
vakavaona vari kure, vakanyengetedzwa navo, ndokuvambundikira, uye
vakareurura kuti vakanga vari vaeni navafambi panyika.
11:14 Nekuti ivo vanotaura zvinhu zvakadaro, vanoratidza pachena kuti vanotsvaka nyika yavo.
11:15 Uye zvirokwazvo, kana vakanga vachirangarira nyika kwavakabva
vakati vabuda, vangadai vakawana mukana wekudzokera.
11:16 Asi zvino vanoshuva yakanaka kuipfuura, ndiyo yekudenga;
Mwari haana nyadzi pamusoro pavo kuti aidzwe Mwari wavo, nokuti akavagadzirira
guta.
11:17 Nerutendo Abhurahamu paakaidzwa wakabayira Isaka, neiye wakange anazvo
akagamuchira zvipikirwa zvaakapira mwanakomana wake akaberekwa ari mumwe oga.
11:18 iye wakanzi pamusoro pake: Muna Isaka mbeu yako ichanzi.
11:19 achifunga kuti Mwari unogona kumutsa kunyange kuvakafa; kubva
kubva ipapo akamugamuchirawo mumufananidzo.
11:20 Nokutenda Isaka akaropafadza Jakobho naEsau pamusoro pezvinhu zvaizouya.
11:21 Nerutendo Jakobho ofa wakaropafadza vanakomana vaJosefa vari vaviri;
akanamata akazendamira pamusoro pemudonzvo wake.
11:22 Nokutenda Josefa, pakufa kwake, wakataura nezvekubuda kwekereke
vana vaIsraeri; akaraira pamusoro pamapfupa ake.
11:23 Nokutenda Mozisi paakaberekwa wakavanzwa mwedzi mitatu nevabereki vake.
nokuti vakaona kuti akanga ari mwana akanaka; uye vakanga vasingatyi Jehovha
murayiro wamambo.
11:24 Nokutenda Mosesi, paakanga akura, akaramba kunzi mwanakomana
womukunda waFarao;
11:25 Akasarudza kutambudzwa pamwe chete nevanhu vaMwari pane
farira mafaro echivi kwechinguva;
11:26 akati kuzvidzwa kwaKristu ipfuma huru kupfuura pfuma iri mairi
Egipita, nekuti wakarangarira muripo wemubayiro.
11:27 Nerutendo wakasiya Egipita, asingatyi kutsamwa kwamambo;
wakatsungirira seunomuona iye usingaonekwi.
11:28 Nerutendo wakachengetedza pasika nekusaswa kweropa, kuti arege kuita
vaiparadza matangwe vanofanira kuvabata.
11:29 Nokutenda vakayambuka Gungwa Dzvuku sapavhu rakaoma;
VaEgipita vaiedza kuita vakanyura.
11:30 Nokutenda masvingo eJeriko akawira pasi, pashure pokunge vakombwa
mazuva manomwe.
11:31 Nokutenda Rahabhi chifeve haana kuparara pamwe chete nevasina kutendeka panguva
akanga agamuchira vasori norugare.
11:32 Zvino ndichataurirei zvimwe? nekuti ndichapererwa nenguva ndichitaura zvaGidheoni;
naBharaki, naSamusoni, naJefuta; waDhavhidhiwo, naSamueri;
navaporofita.
11:33 avo kubudikidza nerutendo vakakunda ushe, vakaita kururama, vakawana
zvipikirwa, vakadzivira miromo yeshumba,
11:34 Vakadzima simba remoto, vakapukunyuka kwakapinza kwemunondo
utera hwakasimbiswa, hukava mhare pakurwa, kukava kuti vatize
hondo dzavatorwa.
11:35 Vakadzi vakagamuchira vakafa vavo vamutswazve;
vanotambudzwa, vasingagamuchiri kusunungurwa; kuti vawane iri nani
rumuko:
Ruka 11:36 Vamwe vakaedzwa nokusekwa nokurohwa, uyezve
zvisungo nekusungwa:
11:37 vakatakwa nemabwe, vakatsemurwa nepakati, vakaidzwa, vakaurawa navo
munondo, vakadzungaira vakafuka matehwe amakwai nematehwe embudzi; kuva
varombo, vanotambudzika, vanotambudzwa;
11:38 (nyika yakanga isina kuvafanira) vachidzungaira mumagwenga, nomumaguta.
makomo, uye mumapako nemapako enyika.
11:39 Uye ava vose, kunyange vachipupurirwa zvakanaka nokutenda, havana kugamuchira
vimbiso:
11:40 Zvino Mwari wakatigadzirira chinhu chiri nani, kuti ivo kunze kwedu
haifaniri kuitwa yakakwana.