Jeremia
37:1 Zvino mambo Zedhekia mwanakomana waJosiya wakatonga panzvimbo yaKonia mwanakomana wamambo.
Jehoyakimu, wakaitwa mambo naNebhukadhirezari mambo weBhabhironi panyika yaro
Judha.
37:2 Asi iye, kana varanda vake, kana vanhu venyika, havana kuita
teererai mashoko aJehovha aakataura nomuporofita
Jeremia.
37:3 Zvino mambo Zedhekia akatuma Jehukari mwanakomana waSheremia naZefaniya.
mwanakomana womupristi Maaseya kumuporofita Jeremiya, akati, nyengetera hako
kuna Jehovha Mwari wedu nokuda kwedu.
Zvino Jeremiya waipinda nokubuda pakati pavanhu, nekuti vakanga vasina kuisa
kuti apinde mujeri.
37:5 Zvino hondo yaFarao yakanga yabva Egipita uye vaKaradhea
Jerusarema rakakombwa naro rakanzwa shoko pamusoro pavo, vakabva
Jerusarema.
37:6 Zvino shoko raJehovha rakasvika kumuporofita Jeremiya, richiti:
Zvanzi naJehovha, Mwari waIsiraeri; Uti kuna mambo we
Judha, iye akakutumai kwandiri kuzobvunza kwandiri; Tarirai, hondo yaFarao!
vachabuda kuzokubatsira, vachadzokera Egipita kunyika yavo
land.
37:8 Uye vaKadheya vachadzoka zvakare, uye vacharwa neguta rino, uye
ritore, uripise nomoto.
37:9 Zvanzi naJehovha, Musazvinyengera muchiti, VaKaradhea vachadaro
zvirokwazvo ibvai kwatiri, nekuti havangabvi.
nekuti kunyange maikunda henyu hondo yose yavaKaradhea vanorwa;
pakati pavo kwakangosara varume vakakuvadzwa, kunyange zvakadaro
mumwe nomumwe akasimuka mutende rake, ndokupisa guta rino nomoto.
37:11 Zvino hondo yavaKaradhea yakati yavhunika
kubva Jerusarema nokuda kwehondo yaFarao.
37:12 Ipapo Jeremiya akabuda Jerusarema kuti aende kunyika
Bhenjamini, kuti azvitsaure kubva ipapo pakati pavanhu.
37:13 Zvino wakati ari pasuwo raBhenjamini, mukuru wavarindi
ipapo wainzi Irija, mwanakomana waSheremia, mwanakomana waHanania;
akabata muporofita Jeremiya, achiti, Iwe woenda uchienda kuna Jehovha
vaKadheya.
Jeremiya akati, Inhema; handikudzwi ndichienda kuvaKaradhea. Asi
iye haana kumuteerera. Ipapo Irija akatora Jeremiya, akamuisa pamberi pamambo
machinda.
37:15 Naizvozvo machinda akatsamwira Jeremiya, akamurova, uye akaisa
iye mutirongo mumba momunyori Jonatani; nekuti vakanga vaita
kuti jeri.
37:16 Jeremiya paakapinda mugomba, uye mumakamuri, uye
Jeremiya akagarapo mazuva mazhinji;
Ipapo mambo Zedhekia akatuma nhume kundomutora, mambo akamubvunza
mumba make muchivande, akati, Kune shoko rinobva kuna Jehovha here? Uye
Jeremiya akati, Riripo, nekuti wakati, Iwe uchaiswa mumaoko ako
ruoko rwamambo weBhabhironi.
Jeremiya akatiwo kuna mambo Zedhekia, Ndatadzira chiiko?
imi, kana varanda venyu, kana vanhu ava vamaisa
ndiri mujeri?
37:19 Zvino vaporofita venyu varipi vaikuporofitirai, vachiti, Mambo!
Ko Bhabhironi haringauyi kuzorwa nemi, kana kuzorwa nenyika ino here?
Naizvozvo zvino chinzwai henyu, ishe wangu mambo;
ndinokumbira kuti kukumbira kugamuchirwe pamberi penyu; kuti undikonzerese
kuti ndirege kudzokera kumba komunyori Jonatani, ndirege kufirapo.
Ipapo mambo Zedhekia akaraira kuti vaise Jeremiya mumaoko
ruvazhe rwetirongo, uye kuti vamupe chimedu zuva rimwe nerimwe
chingwa chakabuda munzira yomumugwagwa wavabiki vechingwa, kusvikira chingwa chose chapera muguta
kupedza. Naizvozvo Jeremiya akagara muruvazhe rwavarindi.