Judith
9:1 Judhiti akawira pasi nechiso chake, akazvizora madota pamusoro wake, akazvifukura
masaga aakange akafuka nawo; uye nenguva iyo iyo
Zvinonhuhwira zvemadekwana iwayo zvaipirwa paJerusaremu paimba yaJehovha
Ishe Judith akadanidzira nenzwi guru akati.
9:2 O Ishe, Mwari wababa vangu Simeoni, uyo wamakapa kwavari munondo kuti vatore
kutsiva kwavatorwa, vakasunungura bhanhire romurandakadzi kuti asvibise
akafukura chidya chake zvinonyadzisa, akasvibisa umhandara hwake
kukushorwa kwaro; nekuti imwi makati, Handingadaro; asi vakadaro
saka:
9:3 Naizvozvo makapa vatongi vavo kuti vaurawe, uye ivo vakafa
panhovo dzeropa, akanyengerwa, akarova varanda namadzishe avo;
namadzishe pazvigaro zvawo zvovushe;
9:4 Uye wakapa vakadzi vavo kuti vatambwe, uye nevakunda vavo
vatapwa, nezvakapambwa zvavo zvose zvichagoverwa pakati pavana vako vanodikamwa;
Ivo vakabayiwa neshungu dzenyu, vakasema kusvibiswa kwavo
ropa, ndikadana kwamuri; Mwari, Mwari wangu, ndinzweiwo a
shirikadzi.
9:5 Nekuti wakaita kwete izvo chete, asi zvinhu zvakare
yakawira pasi, uye zvakazotevera; wafunga nezvazvo
zvinhu zviripo zvino nezvinozouya.
9:6 Hongu, izvo zvamasarudza zvakanga zvava pedyo;
nekuti nzira dzenyu dzakagadzirwa zvakanaka, nezvamakatonga zviri mamuri
kufanoziva.
9:7 Nokuti tarirai, vaAsiria vowanda nesimba ravo; vari
akasimudzirwa nebhiza navanhu; vanozvirumbidza nesimba ravanofamba netsoka dzavo;
vanovimba nenhovo, nepfumo, nouta, nechipfuramabwe; uye hamuzivi izvozvo
ndimi Jehovha munoparadza hondo; Jehovha ndiro zita renyu.
9:8 Dururai simba ravo pasimba renyu, muburutse simba ravo mukati
hasha dzenyu; nekuti vakafunga kusvibisa imba yenyu tsvene, nokukuitirai zvakaipa
svibisa tabhenakeri panogara zita renyu rinobwinya, nokuputswa
nomunondo runyanga rwearitari yenyu.
Tarirai kuzvikudza kwavo, mutumire kutsamwa kwenyu pamisoro yavo;
ruoko, izvo ndiri chirikadzi, simba randakabata pamuviri.
9:10 Rova nokunyengedzera kwemiromo yangu muranda pamwe chete nomuchinda, uye ivo
putsa unyoro hwavo noruoko rwomuranda
mukadzi.
9:11 Nekuti simba renyu haringamiri pakuwanda, kana simba renyu pakati pevarume vane simba;
imwi muri Mwari wavarombo, mubatsiri wavarombo, nomubatsiri
wavasina simba, mudziviriri wavane nhamo, nomuponesi wavarombo
pasina tariro.
Ndinokukumbirai, Mwari wababa vangu, naMwari wenhaka
waIsraeri, Ishe wedenga nenyika, Musiki wemvura, mambo we
zvisikwa zvose, inzwai munyengetero wangu.
9:13 Muite kutaura kwangu nokunyengera kuva vanga ravo neshamhu, ivo vanazvo
vakafunga zvakaipa pamusoro pesungano yenyu, neimba yenyu tsvene, uye
pamusoro peZiyoni, napamusoro peimba yenhaka yako
vana.
9:14 Uye muite kuti rudzi rwose nemarudzi azive kuti ndimi Mwari wavo
simba rose noukuru hwose, uye kuti hakuna mumwe anodzivirira Jehovha
vanhu vaIsraeri asi iwe.