Dheuteronomi 23:1-25
23 “Hapana murume akakuvadzwa+ nokupwanywa manhu+ kana kuti akachekwa nhengo yake yomunhurume angapinda muungano yaJehovha.
2 “Hapana mwanakomana asiri wepamutemo+ angapinda muungano yaJehovha. Kunyange kusvikira kuchizvarwa chechigumi, hapana wokwake angapinda muungano yaJehovha.
3 “Hapana muAmoni kana muMoabhi angapinda muungano yaJehovha.+ Kunyange kusvikira kuchizvarwa chechigumi, hapana wokwavo angapinda muungano yaJehovha nokusingagumi,
4 nokuti havana kukuyamurai+ nezvokudya nemvura munzira, pamaibuda muIjipiti,+ uye nokuti vakanobhadhara Bharami mwanakomana waBheori wokuPetori yeMesopotamiya kuti akutukei.+
5 Jehovha Mwari wako haana kuda kuteerera Bharami;+ asi Jehovha Mwari wako akachinja kutuka kwacho kuti kuve chikomborero+ kwauri, nokuti Jehovha Mwari wako aikuda.+
6 Haufaniri kushandira rugare rwavo kana kubudirira kwavo mazuva ako ose nokusingagumi.+
7 “Haufaniri kusema muEdhomu, nokuti ihama yako.+
“Haufaniri kusema muIjipiti, nokuti wakava mutorwa munyika yake.+
8 Vana vavanozoberekerwa vava chizvarwa chechitatu ndivo vangapinda muungano yaJehovha.
9 “Kana ukapinda mumusasa kuti unorwisa vavengi vako, unofanirawo kuzvidzivirira pazvinhu zvose zvakaipa.+
10 Kana pakava nomumwe pakati penyu anova asina kuchena, nokuda kwokuzvirotera usiku,+ anofanira kuenda kunze kwomusasa. Haangapindi pakati pomusasa wacho.+
11 Zvino panguva yemanheru anofanira kugeza nemvura, uye panovira zuva angapinda mumusasa.+
12 Unofanira kushandisa nzvimbo yakavanda iri kunze kwomusasa, uye unofanira kubuda uchienda ikoko.
13 Pazvinhu zvako zvaunoshandisa, panofanirawo kuva nechokucheresa, uye paunotonona kunze, unofanirawo kuchera gomba nacho, wotendeuka, wofushira tsvina yako.+
14 Nokuti Jehovha Mwari wako anofamba-famba mumusasa wako kuti akununure+ uye kuti aise vavengi vako muruoko rwako;+ musasa wako unofanira kuva mutsvene,+ kuti arege kuona chinhu chisina kunaka pauri, akarega kuenda newe.+
15 “Haufaniri kudzorera muranda kuna tenzi wake kana atiza tenzi wake achiuya kwauri.+
16 Ngaarambe achigara newe pakati pako munzvimbo chero ipi zvayo yaangasarudza mune rimwe remaguta ako,+ pose paanoda. Haufaniri kumuitira utsinye.+
17 “Pavanasikana vaIsraeri hapana anofanira kuva pfambi yepatemberi,+ uyewo pavanakomana vaIsraeri hapana anofanira kuva pfambi yepatemberi.+
18 Haufaniri kuuya nomubhadharo+ wehure kana kuti mutengo wembwa+ muimba yaJehovha Mwari wako nokuda kwemhiko chero ipi zvayo, nokuti izvo chinhu chinosemesa Jehovha Mwari wako, zvose hazvo.
19 “Usabhadharisa hama yako mubereko,+ mubereko pamari, mubereko pazvokudya,+ mubereko pachinhu chero chipi zvacho icho munhu angareva mubereko pachiri.
20 Ungabhadharisa hako wokune imwe nyika+ mubereko, asi usabhadharisa hama yako mubereko;+ kuti Jehovha Mwari wako akukomborere pane zvose zvaunoita panyika yauri kunotora kuti ive yako.+
21 “Kana ukapikira Jehovha Mwari wako mhiko,+ usanonoka kuiripa,+ nokuti Jehovha Mwari wako achatoibvunza kwauri, chikava chivi kwauri.+
22 Asi kana ukarega kupika mhiko, hachizovi chivi kwauri.+
23 Unofanira kuchengeta zvaunotaura nemiromo yako,+ uye unofanira kuita zvawakapikira Jehovha Mwari wako sechinopiwa chokuzvidira chawakataura nezvacho nomuromo wako.+
24 “Kana ukapinda mumunda wemizambiringa womumwe wako, udye mazambiringa anokwana kuti ungogutsa mweya wako, asi usaisa mamwe mumudziyo wako.+
25 “Kana ukapinda mune zviyo zvisati zvakohwewa zvomumwe wako, utanhe hura dzakaibva chete noruoko rwako, asi usacheka zviyo zvisati zvakohwewa zvomumwe wako nejeko.+
