Bhuku Rechipiri raSamueri 20:1-26
20 Zvino kwakanga kuine imwe nhubu yainzi Shebha,+ mwanakomana waBhikri, muBhenjamini. Akaridza hwamanda+ akati: “Hatina mugove kuna Dhavhidhi, uye hatina nhaka kumwanakomana waJese.+ Munhu wese ngaaende kuna vanamwari vake,* imi vaIsraeri!”+
2 Varume vese veIsraeri vakabva varega kutevera Dhavhidhi vakatanga kutevera Shebha mwanakomana waBhikri;+ asi varume veJudha vakaramba vaina mambo wavo, kubvira kuJodhani kusvikira kuJerusarema.+
3 Dhavhidhi paakasvika kumba kwake* kuJerusarema,+ mambo akatora varongo 10 vaakanga asiya vachichengeta imba,+ akavaisa muimba yairindwa. Aivapa zvekudya, asi haana kumborara navo.+ Vakaramba vakavharirwa kusvikira pazuva ravakafa, vachiita sechirikadzi asi ivo vaine murume mupenyu.
4 Mambo akati kuna Amasa:+ “Shevedza varume veJudha vauye kwandiri mumazuva matatu, uye iwe unofanira kunge uripowo.”
5 Saka Amasa akaenda kunoshevedza vanhu veJudha, asi akazodzoka nguva yaakanga anzi adzoke yatopfuura.
6 Dhavhidhi akabva ati kuna Abhishai:+ “Shebha+ mwanakomana waBhikri anogona kutiitira zvakaipa kupfuura zvakaitwa naAbsaromu.+ Tora varanda vashe wako mumudzingirire, kuti asasvika kumaguta akakomberedzwa nemasvingo, tikatadza kumubata.”
7 Saka varume vaJoabhi,+ vaKereti, vaPereti+ nevarume vese vaiva nesimba vakabuda vachimutevera; vakabuda muJerusarema kuti vadzingirire Shebha mwanakomana waBhikri.
8 Pavakanga vava pedyo nedombo guru riri muGibhiyoni,+ Amasa+ akauya kuzosangana navo. Joabhi akanga akapfeka nguo dzake dzehondo, uye akanga akaisa bakatwa muchiuno, riri mumuhara. Paakaswedera pedyo naye, bakatwa racho rakabuda mumuhara rikawira pasi.
9 Joabhi akati kuna Amasa: “Wakadii hama yangu?” Joabhi akabva abata ndebvu dzaAmasa neruoko rwake rwerudyi sekunge ari kuda kumutsvoda.
10 Amasa akanga asina kuchenjerera bakatwa raiva muruoko rwaJoabhi, uye Joabhi akamubaya naro mudumbu,+ ura hwake hukawira pasi. Haana kumbomubaya kaviri; akangomubaya kamwe chete kuti amuuraye. Joabhi naAbhishai mwana waamai vake, vakabva vatevera Shebha mwanakomana waBhikri.
11 Mumwe wevarume vaiva naJoabhi akanomira pedyo naAmasa uye aiti: “Munhu wese ari kudivi raJoabhi uye munhu wese waDhavhidhi, ngaatevere Joabhi!”
12 Munguva yese iyi, Amasa akanga achingoumburuka muropa rake ari pakati pemugwagwa. Murume wacho paakaona kuti vanhu vese vaimira pavaisvika paari, akabvisa Amasa mumugwagwa, akamuisa musango, achibva akanda nguo pamusoro pake.
13 Paakamubvisa mumugwagwa, varume vese vakabva vatevera Joabhi kuti vadzingirire Shebha+ mwanakomana waBhikri.
14 Shebha akapfuura nekumadzinza ese aIsraeri akasvika kuAbheri yeBheti-maaka.+ VaBhikri vakaungana pamwe chete, vakamuteverawo.
15 Joabhi nevarume vake vakasvika vakamukomba muAbheri yeBheti-maaka, vakatanga kuunganidza ivhu vachitenderedza guta racho kuti vakwanise kukwira vorirwisa, sezvo raiva rakakombwa nemurwi wevhu. Varume vese vaiva naJoabhi vakabva vatanga kuchera rusvingo rweguta racho kuti varuputse.
16 Mumwe mukadzi akachenjera akatanga kushevedzera ari muguta achiti: “Teererai munzwe imi varume, teererai! Ndapota, udzai Joabhi kuti auye pano nditaure naye.”
17 Saka Joabhi akaenda pedyo naye, uye mukadzi wacho akati: “Ndiwe Joabhi here?” Iye akati: “Ndini.” Mukadzi wacho akabva ati kwaari: “Teerera unzwe mashoko emuranda wako.” Iye akati: “Taura tinzwe.”
18 Mukadzi wacho akabva ati: “Kare vanhu vaigara vachitaura kuti, ‘Ngavabvunze kuAbheri, uye nyaya yavo ichabva yagadziriswa.’
19 Ini ndinomiririra vanhu vanoda rugare uye vakatendeka muIsraeri. Uri kuda kuparadza guta rakaita saamai muIsraeri. Ungadirei kuparadza* nhaka yaJehovha?”+
20 Joabhi akapindura kuti: “Handingambofungi kuriparadza.
21 Handizvo zvandiri kuda kuita. Murume anonzi Shebha+ mwanakomana waBhikri, anobva kunyika ine makomo yaEfremu,+ ndiye apandukira Mambo Dhavhidhi. Kana mukangotipa murume iyeye chete, ndichabva paguta rino.” Mukadzi wacho akabva ati kuna Joabhi: “Uchakandirwa musoro wake nepamusoro perusvingo!”
22 Mukadzi iyeye akachenjera akabva aenda kuvanhu vese, uye vakadimbura musoro waShebha mwanakomana waBhikri, vakaukandira kuna Joabhi. Joabhi akabva aridza hwamanda, vakabva vapararira vachibva paguta racho, mumwe nemumwe achienda kumba kwake;+ uye Joabhi akadzokera kuJerusarema kwaiva namambo.
23 Joabhi ndiye aitungamirira uto rese reIsraeri;+ Bhenaya+ mwanakomana waJehoyadha+ achitungamirira vaKereti nevaPereti.+
24 Adhoramu+ aitungamirira vaya vakanga vatorwa kuti vaite basa rekumanikidzwa; Jehoshafati+ mwanakomana waAhirudhi ndiye aiva munyori wezvaiitika.
25 Shevha aiva munyori; uye Zadhoki+ naAbhiyatari+ vaiva vapristi.
26 Ira muJairi akava muchinda mukuru* waDhavhidhi.
Mashoko Emuzasi
^ Dzimwe shanduro dzinoti, “kumatende ake.”
^ Kana kuti “kumuzinda wake.”
^ ChiHeb., “kumedza.”
^ ChiHeb., “akava mupristi.”
