Bhuku Rechipiri raSamueri 6:1-23
6 Dhavhidhi akaunganidzazve mauto ese aiva shasha dzekurwa muIsraeri, varume 30 000.
2 Dhavhidhi nevarume vese vaaiva navo vakabva vasimuka vachienda kuBhaare-judha kuti vanotora Areka yaMwari wechokwadi kubva ikoko.+ Vanhu vanodana zita raJehovha wemauto,+ pamberi peAreka yacho, uyo akagara pachigaro cheumambo pamusoro* pemakerubhi.+
3 Asi vakaisa Areka yaMwari wechokwadi mungoro itsva,+ kuti vaitakure kubva kuimba yaAbhinadhabhi,+ yaiva pachikomo; uye Uza naAhiyo, vanakomana vaAbhinadhabhi, vakanga vachifambisa ngoro yacho itsva.
4 Saka vakatakura Areka yaMwari wechokwadi kubva kumba kwaAbhinadhabhi pachikomo, uye Ahiyo akanga achifamba ari mberi kweAreka.
5 Dhavhidhi nevanhu vese veimba yaIsraeri vakanga vachipembera pamberi paJehovha nezviridzwa zvemhando dzese zvemuti wemujunipa, neudimbwa, nezvimwe zviridzwa zvine tambo,+ nematambureni,+ nematare, nesimbi dzinorovaniswa.+
6 Asi pavakasvika paburiro* raNakoni, Uza akatambanudzira ruoko rwake kuAreka yaMwari wechokwadi, akaibata,+ nekuti yakanga yava kudonhedzwa nemombe.
7 Jehovha akabva atsamwira Uza zvikuru, Mwari wechokwadi akamurova+ ipapo nemhaka yekusaremekedza kwaakaita,+ uye akafira ipapo padivi peAreka yaMwari wechokwadi.
8 Asi Dhavhidhi akatsamwa nekuti Jehovha akanga aratidza hasha dzake kuna Uza; uye nzvimbo iyoyo inonzi Perezi-uza* nanhasi.
9 Saka Dhavhidhi akatya Jehovha+ pazuva iroro, uye akati: “Zvino Areka yaJehovha ichasvika kuguta rangu here?”+
10 Dhavhidhi haana kuda kuunza Areka yaJehovha kuGuta raDhavhidhi kwaaiva.+ Asi Dhavhidhi akaita kuti iendeswe kumba kwaObhedhi-edhomu+ wekuGati.
11 Areka yaJehovha yakaramba iri kumba kwaObhedhi-edhomu wekuGati kwemwedzi mitatu, uye Jehovha akaramba achikomborera Obhedhi-edhomu neimba yake yese.+
12 Mambo Dhavhidhi akaudzwa kuti: “Jehovha akomborera imba yaObhedhi-edhomu nezvinhu zvese zvaainazvo nemhaka yeAreka yaMwari wechokwadi.” Saka Dhavhidhi akaenda achifara chaizvo kunotora Areka yaMwari wechokwadi kumba kwaObhedhi-edhomu kuti aiunze kuGuta raDhavhidhi.+
13 Vatakuri+ veAreka yaJehovha pavakanga vafamba nhanho 6, akabva abayira mukono wemombe neimwe mhuka yakakodzwa.
14 Dhavhidhi akanga achitamba pamberi paJehovha nesimba rake rese; nguva yese iyi Dhavhidhi akanga akapfeka efodhi* yejira.+
15 Dhavhidhi neimba yese yaIsraeri vakanga vachiuya neAreka+ yaJehovha vachishevedzera nemufaro+ uye vachiridza hwamanda.+
16 Asi Areka yaJehovha payakasvika muGuta raDhavhidhi, Mikari,+ mwanasikana waSauro akatarisa pasi nepahwindo, akaona Mambo Dhavhidhi achisvetuka uye achitamba pamberi paJehovha achitenderera; uye akatanga kumushora mumwoyo make.+
17 Saka vakapinda neAreka yaJehovha vakaiisa panzvimbo yayo mutende rayakanga yadzikirwa naDhavhidhi.+ Dhavhidhi akabva apa zvibayiro zvinopiswa+ nezvibayiro zverugare+ pamberi paJehovha.+
18 Dhavhidhi paakapedza kupa zvibayiro zvinopiswa nezvibayiro zverugare, akakomborera vanhu muzita raJehovha wemauto.
19 Uyewo akapa vaIsraeri vese, murume wese nemukadzi wese, chingwa cheraundi,* nekeke remichero yemichindwe, nekeke remazambiringa akaomeswa, vanhu vese vachibva vaenda mumwe nemumwe kumba kwake.
20 Dhavhidhi paakadzoka kuti akomborere imba yake, Mikari+ mwanasikana waSauro akabuda ndokuenda kwaari. Akati: “Inga mambo waIsraeri azvikwidziridza chaizvo paazvipfekenura nhasi pamberi pevarandasikana vevashandi vake, sekuzvipfekenura kunoita benzi pamberi pevanhu!”+
21 Dhavhidhi akabva ati kuna Mikari: “Ndapemberera pamberi paJehovha, uyo akandisarudza panzvimbo pababa vako neimba yavo yese, uye akandigadza kuti ndive mutungamiriri wevaIsraeri,+ ivo vanhu vaJehovha. Saka ndichapemberera pamberi paJehovha,
22 uye ndichazvininipisa kutopfuura ipapo uye ini pachangu ndichatozviona semunhu akaderera. Asi varandasikana vawataura vachandikudza.”
23 Saka Mikari+ mwanasikana waSauro, haana kuva nevana kusvikira pazuva raakafa.
Mashoko Emuzasi
^ Dzimwe shanduro dzinoti, “pakati.”
^ Ona Tsanangudzo Yemashoko.
^ Kureva kuti “Kuputikira Uza Nehasha.”
^ Ona Tsanangudzo Yemashoko.
^ Chingwa ichi cheraundi chaiva neburi pakati.
