Vatongi
19:1 Zvino namazuva iwayo kwakanga kusina mambo pakati paIsiraeri.
kwakanga kuno mumwe muRevhi waigara kurutivi rwegomo raEfuremu;
iye akazvitorera murongo paBheterehemu-judha.
19:2 Zvino murongo wake akatanga ufeve kwaari, akabva kwaari
kumba kwababa vake paBheterehemu-judha, akagarako vana vakakwana
mwedzi.
19:3 Murume wake akasimuka, akamutevera kuti ataure naye zvinomufadza.
akamudzosazve, ane murandakadzi wake navarume vaviri
mbongoro, iye ndokumuisa mumba mababa vake;
wemusikana akamuona, akafara kusangana naye.
19:4 Tezvara vake, ivo baba vomusikana, vakamudzivisa; iye ndokugara
naye mazuva matatu; vakadya, vakamwa, vakavatapo.
19:5 Zvino zvakaitika nezuva rechina, pavakamuka mangwanani
mangwanani akasimuka achida kuenda; baba vomusikana vakati kwaari
mukuwasha wake, Nyaradza moyo wako nechimedu chechingwa, uye
pashure chienda hako.
19:6 Ipapo vakagara pasi, vakadya nokunwa vari vaviri pamwechete;
baba vomusikana vakati kumurume, Tenda hako, udye
chivata hako usiku hwose, mwoyo wako ufare.
19:7 Murume wacho paakasimuka kuti aende, tezvara wake akamukurudzira.
naizvozvo akavatapozve.
19:8 Iye akamuka mangwanani-ngwanani nezuva reshanu, kuti aende;
Zvino baba vomusikana vakati, Simbisa moyo wako hako. Vakanonoka
kusvikira masikati, vakadya vari vaviri.
19:9 Zvino murume akasimuka kuti aende, iye nomurongo wake, uye wake
muranda, mukarahwa wake, ivo baba vomusikana, vakati kwaari, Tarira!
zvino zuva rava kuvira, dovatai henyu.
zuva ravira, vata pano, kuti moyo wako ufare;
mufume mangwana muende henyu, muende kumba kwenyu.
19:10 Asi murume wakaramba kuvata usiku uhwo, asi wakasimuka, akaenda, uye
akasvika pakatarisana neJebhusi (ndiro Jerusaremu); uye vakanga vanaye vaviri
mbongoro dzakanga dzakaiswa zvigaro, nomurongo wakewo akanga anaye.
Zvino vakati vari pedo neJebhusi, zuva rakanga ronyura; muranda akati
kuna tenzi wake, Douyai henyu, titsaukire kuguta iri
vaJebhusi, muvate imomo.
19:12 Ishe wake akati kwaari, "Hatingatsaukiri pano kupinda muguta."
guta romutorwa, risati riri ravana vaIsiraeri; tichapfuura
kuGibhea.
19:13 Akati kumuranda wake, Uya tiswedere kune mumwe wavo
nzvimbo dzokuvata usiku hwose, muGibhea kana paRama.
19:14 Ipapo vakapfuura, vakaenda; zuva ndokuvira pamusoro pavo
Vakasvika paGibhiya ravaBhenjamini.
19:15 Vakatsaukirako, kuti vapinde, vandovata paGibhiya.
akapinda, akagara pasi munzira yomuguta, nokuti makanga musina
murume akavatora akavapinza mumba make kunovata.
19:16 Zvino mumwe mutana akasvika achibva kubasa rake kumunda
iyewo wakange ari wenyika yamakomo yaEfuremu; akagara ari mutorwa paGibhiya;
varume venzvimbo iyo vakanga vari vaBhenjamini.
19:17 Zvino wakasimudza meso ake, akaona murume mufambi ari munzira
mutana ndokuti: Unoendepi? uye unobvepi
iwe?
19:18 Iye akati kwaari, Tinobva Bheterehemu-judha, tinopfuurira kurutivi rwezasi.
panyika yamakomo yaEfuremu; ndinobvako, ndikaenda Bheterehemu-judha, asi ndini
zvino ndava kuenda kuimba yaJehovha; uye hakuna munhu akadaro
anondigamuchira kumba.
Kunyange zvakadaro tinahwo uswa nezvokudya zvembongoro dzedu; uye chingwa chiripo
newaini yanguwo, neyemurandakadzi wenyu, neyejaya ramajaya
kuvaranda venyu, hakuna chinhu chinoshaikwa.
19:20 Zvino mutana akati, "Rugare ngaruve newe; kunyange zvakadaro, ita zvose zvaunoda
vata pamusoro pangu; asi usavata munzira yomuguta.
19:21 Naizvozvo akamuisa mumba make, akapa mbongoro zvokudya;
vakashambidza tsoka dzavo, vakadya, vakamwa.
19:22 Zvino vakati vachifara pamoyo yavo, zvino tarira, varume veguta.
vamwe vanhu vakaisvoipa, vakakomba imba, vakairova
mukova, akataura namwene weimba, mutana, akati, Uyai
Bvisa murume wapinda mumba mako kuti timuzive.
19:23 Zvino murume, mwene weimba akabuda kwavari, akati kwavari
vakati kwavari: Kwete, hama dzangu, kwete, musaita zvakaipa zvakadai; kuona izvozvo
murume uyu apinda mumba mangu, regai kuita chinhu ichi noupenzi.
Tarirai, hoyu mukunda wangu mhandara, nomurongo wake; ivo ndichavadaro
budai zvino, muvaninipise, muite navo sezvavanoda
Asi kumurume uyu regai kuitira murume uyu chakaipa chakadai.
Asi varume vakaramba kumuteerera; murume akatora murongo wake, akamufukura
akamubudisira kwavari; vakamuziva, vakamuitira zvakaipa zvose
zvino koedza; vakamurega
enda.
19:26 Zvino mukadzi akauya mambakwedza, akawira pasi pamukova
mumba momurume makanga munashe wake, kusvikira kwaedza.
19:27 Zvino ishe wake akamuka mangwanani, akazarura mikova yeimba.
akabuda, akaenda hake; zvino tarira, mukadzi akanga ari murongo wake
akawira pasi pamukova weimba, maoko ake ari pamusoro
chikumbaridzo.
19:28 Akati kwaari: Simuka, tiende. Asi hapana akapindura. Zvadaro
Murume akamukwidza pambongoro, murume akasimuka, akaenda kwairi
nzvimbo yake.
29 Zvino wakati apinda mumba make, akatora banga, akabata
murongo wake, akamudimura pamwechete namafupa ake kuita gumi namaviri
zvidimbu, akazvituma munyika yose yaIsiraeri.
19:30 Zvino zvakaitika kuti vose vakazviona vakati: Hakuna zvakadaro zvakaitika
haana kumbozviona kubva pazuva rakabuda vana vaIsraeri kubva kuJerusarema
nyika yeEgipita kusvikira nhasi; zvifungei henyu, murayire zano, mutaure zvenyu
pfungwa.