Judith
5:1 Ipapo vakaudzwa Horofernesi, mukuru wehondo yehondo
Ashuri, iro vana vaIsiraeri vakanga vagadzirira kurwa, vakaripfiga;
nenzira dzepanyika yamakomo, akasimbisa misoro yose yezvikomo
makomo marefu uye akaisa zvipingamupinyi munyika dzakashata.
5:2 Akatsamwa kwazvo, akadana machinda ose aMoabhu, navaIsiraeri
navakuru vaAmoni, navabati vose vomumahombekombe egungwa;
5:3 Akati kwavari, Ndiudzei, imwi vana vaKanani, kuti vanhu ava ndivana ani
ndiwo ugere panyika yamakomo, namaguta aanoita
gara, uye kuti boka ravo rehondo rakadini uye rineni
simba nesimba, uye kuti mambo akadini pamusoro pavo, kana mukuru wavo
Mauto;
5:4 Uye sei vafunga kusauya kuzosangana neni, kupfuura vose?
vagari vokumavirira.
Ipapo Akiori, mukuru wavana vaAmoni akati, Ishe wangu ngaarege hake
inzwai shoko rinobva mumuromo womuranda wenyu, ini ndichakuzivisai
chokwadi pamusoro pavanhu ava vanogara pedyo newe, uye
inogara munyika yamakomo, uye hakuna nhema dzinobuda mairi
muromo womuranda wenyu.
5:6 Vanhu ava zvizvarwa zvavaKaradhea.
5:7 Uye vakanga vari vatorwa muMesopotamia, nokuti vakanga vasingadi
vakatevera vamwari vamadzibaba avo, vakanga vari panyika yeKaradhea.
5:8 Nokuti vakasiya nzira yemadzitateguru avo, vakanamata Mwari we
denga, iye Mwari wavakaziva; saka vakavadzinga kubva pachiso chake
vakatizira kuMesopotamia, vakagarako vazhinji
mazuva.
5:9 Ipapo Mwari wavo akavarayira kuti vabve panzvimbo pavakanga vaenda
vakagara vatorwa, vakaenda kunyika yeKanani;
vakanga vawanda nendarama nesirivha, nemombe zhinji-zhinji.
5:10 Asi nzara yakati yazadza nyika yose yeKenani, vakapinda
Egipita, vakagarako vari vatorwa, pavakazorerwa, ndokuvako
chaunga chikuru zvekuti hakuna munhu wakagona kuverenga rudzi rwavo.
Naizvozvo mambo weEgipita akavamukira, akavanyengera
navo, akavaninipisa nebasa rokukanya zvidhina, akavagadzira
varanda.
5:12 Ipapo vakachema kuna Mwari wavo, iye akarova nyika yose yeEgipita
matambudziko asingarapiki; naizvozvo vaEgipita vakavadzinga pamberi pavo.
5:13 Uye Mwari akaomesa Gungwa Dzvuku pamberi pavo.
5:14 akavaisa pagomo reSina, neKadheshi-bharinea, akarashira kunze zvose izvo
akagara murenje.
5:15 Naizvozvo vakagara munyika yevaAmori, uye vakaparadza pakati pavo
vose veEshibhoni vaiva nesimba, uye vakayambuka Jorodhani, vakatora zvose
nyika yezvikomo.
5:16 Vakadzinga pamberi pavo vaKenani, vaPerezi
VaJebhusi, navaShekemu, navaGerigesi vose, vakagaramo
nyika iyoyo mazuva mazhinji.
5:17 Uye zvavakanga vasina kutadza pamberi paMwari wavo, vakabudirira, nokuti Jehovha
Mwari, anovenga zvakaipa, akanga anavo.
5:18 Asi vakati vachitsauka panzira yaakavaraira, vakamira
vakaparadzwa muhondo zhinji zvinorwadza zvikuru, uye vakaendeswa nhapwa kunyika
yakanga isiri yavo, uye temberi yaMwari wavo yakakandwa pamberi paJehovha
maguta avo akakundwa navavengi vavo.
5:19 Asi zvino vadzokera kuna Mwari wavo, uye vakwira vachibva kunzvimbo
kwavakaparadzirwa, uye vakatora Jerusarema, uko kwavo
inzvimbo tsvene, igere panyika yamakomo; nekuti rakanga rava dongo.
5:20 Naizvozvo zvino, ishe wangu nomubati, kana pane kukanganisa pamusoro pechinhu ichi
vanhu, vakatadzira Mwari wavo, ngatirangarirei kuti ndizvo zvichaita
ivai matongo avo, ngatikwire, tivakunde.
5:21 Asi kana pasina zvakaipa murudzi rwavo, ishe wangu ngaapfuure hake.
kuti Tenzi wavo arege kuvadzivirira, uye Mwari wavo akava kwavari, uye isu tova a
kuzvidzwa pamberi penyika yose.
5:22 Zvino Achiori apedza mashoko iwayo, vanhu vose vakamira
vakapoteredza tende vakanyunyuta, navakuru vaHoroferne, navose
vakanga vagere pamahombekombe egungwa navaMoabhu, vakaraira kuti vamuuraye.
5:23 Nokuti, vanoti, hatingatyi zviso zvevana ve
Israeri: nokuti, tarira, ndivanhu vasina simba kana simba rokukunda
hondo yakasimba
Naizvozvo zvino, Ishe Horofernesi, tichakwira, ivo vachava chinhu chakapambwa
kuparadzwa nehondo yako yose.