Judith
6:1 Zvino bope revarume vedare remakurukota rakati rapera.
Horofenesi mukuru wehondo yeAshuri akati kuna Akiori, uye
vaMoabhu vose pamberi peungano yose yamamwe marudzi.
6:2 Zvino ndiwe ani, Achiori, nevaranda vaEfremu, zvawawana?
akatiporofitira sanhasi, akati, hatifaniri kuita
vacharwa nevaIsraeri, nokuti Mwari wavo achavadzivirira here? uye
Ndianiko Mwari kunze kwaNebhukadhinezari?
6:3 Achatuma simba rake, uye achavaparadza kubva pachiso chaJehovha
panyika, Mwari wavo haangavarwiri, asi isu varanda vake tichavarwira
vaparadze somunhu mumwe; nokuti havagoni kutsigira simba ravo
mabhiza edu.
6:4 Nokuti navo tichavatsika netsoka, uye makomo avo
vachabatwa neropa ravo, uye minda yavo ichazadzwa neropa ravo
zvitunha, netsoka dzavo hadzingagoni kumira pamberi pedu;
nekuti vachaparara chose, ndizvo zvinotaura mambo Nebhukadhinezari, ishe wavose
nenyika; nekuti wakati: Hakuna ramashoko angu richava pasina.
6:5 Uye iwe, Akiori, mushandirwi vaAmoni, wakataura mashoko aya mukati
nezuva rezvakaipa zvako hauchazooni chiso changu kubva nhasi;
kusvikira ndatsiva rudzi urwu rwakabuda muEgipita.
6:6 Uye ipapo munondo wehondo yangu, uye ruzhinji rwaavo
ndishumire, pfuura nepamativi ako, uchawira pakati pevakaurawa vavo;
pandinodzoka.
6:7 Naizvozvo zvino varanda vangu vachakudzoserai kunyika yamakomo.
ndokukuisa mune rimwe remaguta emipata.
6:8 Nemi hamungaparari, kusvikira maparadzwa pamwechete navo.
6:9 Zvino kana uchizvitendisa mumoyo mako kuti vachabatwa, rega
usagumburwa nechiso chako; ndazvitaura, uye hapana rimwe remashoko angu richaita
iva pasina.
Ipapo Horofernesi akaraira varanda vake vakanga vachimira mutende rake, kuti vatore
Ahiori, muende naye kuBheturiya, mumuise mumaoko aJehovha
vana vaIsraeri.
6:11 Ipapo varanda vake vakamutora, vakamubudisa kunze kwemisasa, vakaenda naye mumusasa
uye vakabva pakati pebani vakaenda kunyika yezvikomo.
ndikasvika pamatsime akanga ari pasi peBheturiya.
6:12 Varume veguta vakati vachivaona, vakatora nhumbi dzavo dzokurwa nadzo, vakazvigadzira
akabuda muguta, akakwira pamusoro pechikomo; mumwe nomumwe waishandisa a
chifuramabwe chaivadzivisa kukwira nokuvatema namabwe.
6:13 Zvakadaro vakati vasvika chinyararire pasi pegomo, vakasunga Achiori;
akamuwisira pasi, akamusiya mujinga megomo, akadzokerazve
ishe wavo.
6:14 Asi vaIsraeri vakaburuka kubva muguta ravo, vakauya kwaari, uye
akamusunungura, akamuuisa kuBheturiya, akamumisa pamberi pavo
vabati veguta.
6:15 Vaiva mumazuva iwayo Oziya, mwanakomana waMika, worudzi rwaSimioni.
naHabhurisi mwanakomana waGotonieri, naKarimi mwanakomana waMerikieri.
6:16 Ipapo vakaunganidza vakuru vose veguta, navose vavo
majaya akamhanyira pamwe chete navakadzi vavo kuungano, vakagara
Achiori pakati pavanhu vavo vose. Ipapo Ozia akamubvunza pamusoro pazvo
izvo zvakaitwa.
6:17 Akapindura, akavaudza mashoko edare remakurukota
Horofenesi, nemashoko ose aakataura pakati peungano
namachinda eAsiria, nezvose zvaHoroferneshi zvaakataura achizvikudza pamusoro pazvo
imba yaIsraeri.
6:18 Vanhu vakawira pasi, vakanamata Mwari, vakachema kuna Mwari.
vachiti,
6:19 O Ishe, Mwari wokudenga, tarirai kuzvikudza kwavo, uye tsitsi kuzvininipisa kwedu
rudzi, uye mutarire zviso zvaavo vakaitwa vatsvene kwamuri
nhasi.
6:20 Ipapo vakanyaradza Achiori, uye vakamurumbidza zvikuru.
Ipapo Uzia akamutora paungano, akamuisa mumba make, akaita mutambo
kuvakuru; vakadana kuna Mwari waIsiraeri usiku hwose uhwo
help.