Hosiya
12 Efuremu vanozvigutisa nemhepo, vanoteverera mhepo yokumabvazuva zuva rimwe nerimwe
anowedzera nhema nokuparadza; uye vakaita sungano naJehovha
Asiria, uye mafuta anoendeswa kuEgipita.
Jehovha ane gakava naJudhawo, acharova Jakove
maererano nenzira dzake; achamutsiva sezvakafanira zvaakaita.
12:3 Akabata mukoma wake chitsitsinho ari mudumbu, uye nesimba rake
simba naMwari:
12:4 Zvirokwazvo, akava nesimba pamusoro pemutumwa, akakunda; akachema, akaita
akamuwana paBheteri, akataura naye ipapo
us;
12:5 iye Jehovha, Mwari wehondo; Jehovha ndicho chirangaridzo chake.
Naizvozvo chidzokera kuna Mwari wako; chengeta unyoro nokururamisa, utarire kwauri
Mwari nguva dzose.
12:7 Iye mutengesi, zviyero zvinonyengera zviri muruoko rwake;
dzvanyirira.
12:8 Efuremu akati, "Kunyange ndafuma, ndazviwanira fuma.
pamabasa angu ose havangawani kwandiri zvakaipa zvechivi.
12:9 Asi ini ndini Jehovha, Mwari wako, kubva panyika yeEgipita
kuti vagare mumatabhenakeri, sapamazuva emitambo yakatarwa.
Ndakataurawo navaporofita, ndikawanza zvandakavaratidza, ndikawanza
vakashandisa mifananidzo, neshumiro yavaprofita.
12:11 Ko paGiriyadhi pane zvakaipa here? zvirokwazvo hazvina maturo, vanobayira
nzombe paGirigari; zvirokwazvo maaritari avo akaita matutu emvura mumihoronga yaJehovha
minda.
12:12 Jakobho akatizira kunyika yeAramu, Israeri akabatira mukadzi.
akafudza makwai kuti awane mukadzi.
Jehovha akabudisa Isiraeri paEgipita nomuporofita, uye nomuporofita
akachengetedzwa.
Efuremu vakatsamwisa Jehovha zvikuru; naizvozvo wakabva
ropa rake richava pamusoro pake, uye kuzvidza kwake Jehovha achadzosera kwaari kuzvidzwa kwake.