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Vasori vanotumwa kuJeriko

¹ Joshuwa, mwanakomana waNuni, akatuma varume vaviri vachibva kuShitimu kundosora muchiverevere achiti, “Endai mundoongorora nyika iyo, zvikurukuru muongorore Jeriko.” Vakaenda, vakasvikira mumba mepfambi yainzi Rahabhu, vakararamo.

² Mambo weJeriko akataurirwa kuti, “Kune vamwe varume vechiIsiraeri vauya muno kuzosora nyika ino.”

³ Ipapo mambo weJeriko akatuma shoko kuna Rahabhu rokuti, “Buritsa varume vauya kwauri vapinda mumba mako nokuti vauya kuzosora nyika yose.”

⁴ Asi mukadzi uyu akatora varume ava akavahwandisa akati, “Ichokwadi, varume ivavo vauya kwandiri, asi handina kuziva kwavanobva nako.

⁵ Kuzoti kwasviba, tave kupfiga suo guru reguta, varume ivavo vabva vaenda. Zvino handisi kuziva kwavaenda nako. Vateverei nokukurumidza, munotovabata.”

⁶ Asi iye akanga avakwidza padenga remba akavahwandisa mumashanga efurakisi aakanga arongerera pamusoro pemba.

⁷ Saka varume vaya vakabvapo vachironda vasori vaya, vakaenda nenzira yokunaJorodhani vakasvika kumazambuko. Pavakangoti budeimo, suo guru reguta rakabva rapfigwa.

⁸ Vasati vavata, mukadzi uyu akakwira padenga pavaiva vari,

⁹ akati kuvarume ivavo, “Chandinoziva ndechokuti, Tenzi akakupai nyika ino uye tiri kukutyai chaizvo, vanhu vose vomunyika ino vari kukutyai.

¹⁰ Chandinodariro ndechichi chokuti, takanzwa zvokuomesa kwakaitwa mvura yeGungwa Dzvuku naTenzi mberi kwenyu pamaibva kuIjipiti, tikanzwawo zvokuparadza kwamakaita Sihoni naOgu, madzimambo maviri avaAmori, kumhiri kwaJorodhani.

¹¹ Patakazvinzwa takadedera, tikarasa mwoyo pamusana penyu nokuti Tenzi, Mwari wenyu ndiye Mwari kudenga kumusoro, napanyika pasi pano.

¹² Saka chinditsidziraiwo mupike naTenzi kuti zvandakuitirai mwoyochena, imi muchaitirawo vemba yababa wangu mwoyochena, mundipe chiratidzo chinovimbika chemhiko iyoyo.

¹³ Tsidzai kuti muchararamisa baba naamai vangu, nehanzvadzi, uye vakoma navanun'una vangu, navose vemhuri dzavo, mutinunure kurufu.”

¹⁴ Varume ava vakapika vachimutsindidzawo kuti, “Tinosarudza zvedu kufa pane kuti imi mufe! Kana mukarega kuudza vanhu nezvenyaya yedu, tichakuitirawo mwoyochena tichichengeta shoko redu kwamuri patichapiwa nyika ino naTenzi.”

¹⁵ Mukadzi uyu akavaburitsa napawindo, akavadzikisa pasi netambo nokuti imba yake yakanga yakavakirwa murusvingo rweguta iri, saka aitogara murusvingo chaimo.

¹⁶ Mukadzi uyu akavati, “Endai kumakomo kuti murege kuwanikwa novokuronda. Vandai ikoko kwamazuva matatu kusvikira vokuronda vacho vadzoka mozoenda zvenyu.”

¹⁷ Varume ava vakamuti, “Hatimbokunyengedza pamhiko yawatipikisa.

¹⁸ Chinzwa kana tava kuzopinda munyika ino sungirira kamucheka katsvuku aka pawindo paunotiburitsa napo uchitidzikisa pasi. Unganidza vana baba naamai vako, nehanzvadzi dzako nemhuri yose yababa wako, mumba mako.

¹⁹ Kuwana anobuda mumba mako imomo achitoenda zvake panze munzira, rufu rwake ndorwokuzviparira, haizovi mhosva yedu. Asi kana kukangourayiwa ani zvake anenge anewe mumba mako, mhosva ndeyedu.

²⁰ Asi ukangoudza munhu nezvenyaya yedu iyoyi, zvemhiko yako iyi zvatibva, haichatisunga.”

²¹ Mukadzi akapindura achiti, “Ndizvozvo, ngazviitwe saizvozvo.” Ndokubva avarega voenda zvavo, iye ndokusungirira kamucheka katsvuku kaya pawindo.

²² Varume ava vakabvapo, vakananga kumakomo vakagarako mazuva matatu kudzamara vaivaronda vadzoka, vakanga vavatsvaka munzira yose vakavashaya.

²³ Varume vaviri vaya vakaburuka mumakomo, vakayambuka, vakasvika kuna Joshuwa mwanakomana waNuni, vakamuudza zvose zvavakasangana nazvo.

²⁴ Vakataurira Joshuwa vachiti, “Chokwadi chaicho ndechokuti, Tenzi atoisa nyika iyoyo mumaoko edu, vose vageremo vapera nokutitya.”