7 Ndasiya mhatso yangu, ndarasha nhaka yangu; ndakapa mudikani womwoyo wangu munyara dzemagaa ake.
Ndinozorasha vakasara venhaka yangu, ndinozovapira munyara dzemagaa avo; vanozoita vakachakatwa nevakapambwa kumagaa avo eshe,
Zvino ushungu hwaMambo Mwari hwakabaka kuvanhu vake, naye wakanyangadzwa ngenhaka yake.
Wakakovera vanhu vake kushoti, nokubeurira ushungu hwake kunhaka yake.
Ngokuti wasiya njira yevanhu vako, O mhatso yaJakobe. Ngokuti vakazara ngemishuma inobva kumabvazuva, vafemberi kudai ngevaFiristia, navo vanobatana nyara nevana vevapara.
“Mudikani wangu chiinyi chaachinacho mumhatso yangu, apo akaomba nevazhinji? Mhiko zhinji nenyama yokupira zvingadusa kuparadzwa kwako here? Apo unoita zvakashata unodakara here?
Mwarasha yaamho vaJudha here? Mweya wako unonyenya Zioni here? Ngenyi watichaira pashi, pasina kurapwa kwedu? Tinotsvaka kunyarara asi akuna chakanaka, tinoringira mukuwo wokutambiswa, asi ringira kutyiswa!
Ngendaa yokuita kwako unozotorerwa nhaka yako yendakakupa; ndinozoita kuti ushandire magaa ako munyika yousikazii; ngokuti muushungu hwangu wakabaka muriro uwo unozobaka mhera nariini.
Asi kudai musikapurutani mazwi aya, ndinopika ndini pachangu, unoronza Mambo Mwari, kuti mhatso iyi inozoita dongo.
“Naapo ava vanhu, vaprofeti, nokuti vapristi, vanozokubvunza vechiti, ‘Ngowenyi mutwaro waMambo Mwari?’ Ndizvo unozoti kwevari, ‘Imwimwi ndimwi mutwaro. Ndinozomurasha kuretu, unoronza Mambo Mwari.’
ndizvo, ringira, inini ndemene ndinozomuriyarwa yaamho, ndinozomurasha kubva mukuona kwangu, imwimwi nedhorobha, rendakamupa nemadzibaba enyu.
Ngokuti Isuraeri naJudha avazi kusiiwa ndiMwari wavo, Mambo Mwari wehondo, kunyazwi nyika yavo yakazadzwa ngokushaisha pamberi peUmwe Wakachena waIsuraeri.
ndizvo ndinozoita kuiyi mhatso inodudzwa ngezina rangu, yomunogonda ndiyo, ndau yendakapa kwemuri nokumadzibaba enyu, kudai ngezvendakaita kuneShiro.
“Para bvudzi rako, urirashe kuretu; udzichemere uri pandau dziri padera, ngokuti Mambo Mwari wakaramba nokusiya mubarirwana unomusa ushungu hwake.
‘Ereketa kunemhatso yaIsuraeri, izvi ndizvo zvinoronza Mambo Mwari, Mwari: Ringira, ndinozosvipisa ugaro hwangu hwakachena, kudzikudza kwesimba renyu, chidakadziso chemadziso enyu, nechidisiso chomweya yenyu; vakororo venyu nevanasikana venyu vemwakasiya sure vanozourawa ngeshoti.
“Apo Isuraeri achimwana, ndakamuda, ndakadaidza mukororo wangu kubva muEgipite.
Kweshe kushata kwavo kwakatangira muGirigari; ndipo pendakavanyenya. Ngendaa yokushata kwezviito zvavo ndinozovadzinga kubva kumhatso yangu. Andichazovadi; veshe vatongi vavo vamukiri.
Ridzai gwama muZioni, chenesai mukuwo wokuera kudya, mudaidzire mushongano wokudira.
ndinozounganidza madzinza eshe nokuaunza muBani raJehoshafati; ndinozopinda mukutonga navo apo ngendaa yevanhu vangu nendaa yenhaka yangu Isuraeri, avo vevakaparadzira pakati pemadzinza. Vakagurirana nyika yangu,
vanozowa ngokupinza kweshoti, vanozokweiwa kuita hloko kumadzinza eshe; neJerusarema rinozotsikwatsikwa pashi ngevemadzinza, metsa nguva yevemadzinza yazadzisika.
NdiBhenjamini wakati: “Mudikani waMambo Mwari unogara mukungwaririka pasinde pake; Mwari Uri-Padera-pazvo-zveshe unozomutendenedza zuva reshe, mudikani unozogara pakati pemapfudzi ake.”