Vatongi
14:1 Zvino Samusoni wakaburukira Timuna, akaona mukadzi paTimuna paTimuna
vanasikana vavaFiristia.
14:2 Akakwira akandoudza baba vake namai vake, akati, Ndine
ndakaona mukadzi paTimuna pakati pavakunda vavaFirisitia;
naizvozvo nditorerei iye ave mukadzi wangu.
14:3 Ipapo baba vake namai vake vakati kwaari, "Hakuna mukadzi here?
pakati pavakunda vehama dzako, kana pakati pavanhu vangu vose, kuti iwe
wondozvitorera mukadzi kuvaFirisitia vasina kudzingiswa here? Samusoni akati
kuna baba vake: Nditorerei iye; nekuti anondifadza kwazvo.
14:4 Asi baba vake namai vake vakanga vasingazivi kuti zvakanga zvichibva kuna Jehovha, kuti iye
akatsvaka mhosva yokurwa navaFiristia, nokuti panguva iyo vaFiristia
VaFiristia vakanga vakabata Israeri.
14:5 Zvino Samusoni wakaburukira Timuna nababa vake namai vake
Akasvika paminda yemizambiringa paTimuna, onei mwana weshumba achiomba
pamusoro pake.
Ipapo Mweya waJehovha wakauya pamusoro pake nesimba guru, akamubvambura sezvaakaita
wakange achida kubvarura mbudzana, wakange asina chinhu muruoko rwake; asi iye haana kuudza
baba vake kana mai vake zvaakanga aita.
14:7 Ipapo akaburuka, akandotaura nomukadzi; akafadza Samusoni
zvakanaka.
Ruka 14:8 Mushure menguva yakati kuti akadzoka kuzomutora; akatsauka kundomuona
ndikaona mutumbi wenyuchi neuchi mukati
chitunha cheshumba.
14:9 Akachitora mumaoko ake, akadya, ndokusvika kune wake
Baba namai akavapa, vakadya, asi iye haana kuzivisa
zvaakanga atora uchi kubva muchitunha cheshumba.
Baba vake vakaburukira kumukadzi, Samusoni akagadzirapo mutambo;
nekuti majaya aisiita saizvozvo.
14:11 Zvino vakati vachimuona, vakauya namakumi matatu
shamwari dzekuva naye.
Samusoni akati kwavari, Ndichakutaurirai chirabwe zvino;
unogona kundizivisa izvozvo pamazuva manomwe omutambo, ndikazviwana
Ipapo ini ndichakupa machira makumi matatu nerimwe makumi matatu
nguo:
14:13 Asi kana musingagoni kundidudzira icho, ipapo muchandipa machira makumi matatu, uye
nguvo dzekuchinja makumi matatu. Vakati kwaari, Chitaura chirabwe chako,
kuti tinzwe.
14:14 Ndokuti kwavari: Kumudyi kwakabuda chikafu nekubva kumudyi
yakasimba yakabuda kutapira. Asi vakanga vasingagoni kududzira namazuva matatu
chirahwe.
14:15 Zvino nezuva rechinomwe vakati kune vaSamusoni
Mukadzi, Nyengetedza murume wako, atidudzire chirabwe, zvimwe
tinopisa iwe neimba yababa vako nomoto;
kuti tinayo? handizvo here?
14:16 Ipapo mukadzi waSamusoni wakachema pamberi pake, akati, Unondivenga hako, asi unondivenga hako.
Haundidi; wakataurira vana vangu chirabwe
vanhu, uye handina kundiudza. Akati kwaari: Tarira, ndine
handina kuudza baba vangu kana mai vangu, zvino ndichakuudza here?
14:17 Akaramba achichema pamberi pake mazuva manomwe panguva yomutambo;
nezuva rechinomwe akamuudza, nekuti wakange achirwadziwa
akandoudza vana vavanhu vake chirabwe icho.
14:18 Varume veguta vakati kwaari nezuva rechinomwe, zuva richigere kusvika
akaburuka, Chinotapira kukunda uchi chinyi? Uye chii chine simba kupfuura shumba?
Asi akati kwavari: Dai musina kurima netsiru rangu, mungadai musina kurima
akawana chirahwe changu.
14:19 Uye Mweya waJehovha wakauya pamusoro pake, uye akaburukira kuAshkeroni.
akauraya varume vana makumi matatu kwavari, akatora zvavakanga vapamba, akaripa imwe neimwe
nguo dzavanodudzira chirabwe. Uye hasha dzake dzaivepo
akapisa, akaenda kumba kwababa vake.
14:20 Asi mukadzi waSamusoni akapiwa shamwari yake, waakanga ashandisa kuva wake
shamwari.