Numeri 25 - Shona Bible 1949 revised 2002

VaIsiraeri vanoita upombwe nokunamata zvifananidzo paShitimu

¹ Zvino vaIsiraeri vakagara paShitimu, vanhu vakatanga kuita upombwe navanasikana vaMoabhu;

² nokuti vakadana vanhu vauye kuzvibayiro zvavamwari vavo; vanhu vakadya, vakapfugamira vamwari vavo.

³ VaIsiraeri vakazvisunganidza naBhaari‐peori; Jehovha akatsamwira Isiraeri kwazvo.

⁴ Ipapo Jehovha akati kuna Mosesi, “Tora vakuru vose vavanhu, uvasungirire masikati makuru pamberi paJehovha, kuti kutsamwa kukuru kwaJehovha kudzorwe kuna Isiraeri.”

⁵ Mosesi akati kuvatongi vaIsiraeri, “Mumwe nomumwe wenyu ngaauraye vanhu vake vakazvisunganidza naBhaari‐peori.”

⁶ Zvino onei mumwe murume wavana vaIsiraeri akauya kuhama dzake nomukadzi muMidhiani, Mosesi neungano yose yavana vaIsiraeri vachizviona, ivo vari pakuchema pamukova wetende rokusangana.

⁷ Zvino Pinehasi, mwanakomana waEreazari, mwanakomana womupristi Aroni, akati achizviona, akasimuka, akabuda pakati peungano ane pfumo muruoko rwake,

⁸ akatevera murume uyo muIsiraeri mukati metende, akavabaya nepfumo nomudumbu, ivo vaviri, murume muIsiraeri nomukadzi; naizvozvo denda rakaguma pakati pavana vaIsiraeri.

⁹ Vose vakanga vafa nedenda iro vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi maviri nezvina.

¹⁰ Zvino Jehovha akataura naMosesi, akati,

¹¹ “Pinehasi, mwanakomana waEreazari, mwanakomana waAroni, adzora kutsamwa kwangu kuvana vaIsiraeri; nokuti akanga ane shungu pakati pavo, dzakafanana neshungu dzangu, naizvozvo handina kuparadza vana vaIsiraeri neshungu dzangu.

¹² Naizvozvo uti, ‘Tarira, ndinomupa sungano yangu yorugare,

¹³ ichava kwaari nokuvana vake vanomutevera kuti akanga ane shungu nokuda kwaMwari wake, akayananisira vana vaIsiraeri.’ ”

¹⁴ Zita romurume uyo muIsiraeri akaurawa, iye wakaurawa pamwechete nomukadzi muMidhiani, rakanga riri Zimiri, mwanakomana waSaru, muchinda weimba yamadzibaba pakati pavaSimeoni.

¹⁵ Zita romukadzi muMidhiani akaurawa, rakanga riri Kozibhi, mwanasikana waZuri; iye akanga ari mukuru wavanhu weimba yamadzibaba pavaMidhiani.

¹⁶ Zvino Jehovha akataura naMosesi, akati,

¹⁷ “Vambana navaMidhiani, uvaparadze;

¹⁸ nokuti ivo vakavambana nemi namano avo, avakakunyengerai nawo pane zvakaitwa naPeori nezvakaitwa naKozibhi, mwanasikana womuchinda wavaMidhiani, hanzvadzi yavo, akaurawa nomusi wedenda nokuda kwezvakaitwa naPeori.”