26 “Kudai ngembavha inotsverudzwa apo yabatwa, ndizvo mhatso yaIsuraeri inotsverudzwa; ivo, madzimambo avo, vatongi vavo, vapristi vavo nevaprofeti vavo,
Kubvira kumazuva emadzibaba edu metsa nyamashi tanyanya kudzaka mukushaisha; ngendaa yezvinyangadzo zvedu isusu, madzimambo edu nevapristi vedu, takapirwa munyara dzemadzimambo enyika, koourawa ngeshoti, kuitwa hloko, kuchakatwa, nokutsverudzwa kudai ngezvezvakaita nyamashi.
Veshe vanodira miedzaniso yakatsetswa vanotsverudzwa avo vanodziganzisa ngemiedzaniso; zvimwari zveshe zvinogwadama pamberi pake.
Ngokuti munozotsveruka ngemiokhi yemwakadakara ndiyo, nemwi munozokangaidzwa ngeminda yemwakatsanangura.
Ringirai, veshe vanomudira vanozotsverudzwa; ngwazi vanhutuwo. Ngavaunganidzwe veshe pamwepo, ngavaeme; vanozotyiswa, vanozotsverudzwa veshe.
Veshe avo vanoita miedzaniso yezvimwari yakanyunguruswa avana shwiro nezviro zvevanodakarira zviro zvisina shwiro; zvapupu zvavo azvioni nokuti kuzia. Ndizvo vanotsverudzwa.
Unohambahamba kakurutu ngenyi kutsvaka njira imweni? Iwewe unozotsverudzwa ngeEgipite, kudai ngezvewakatsverudzwa ngeAsiria.
Dutu rinozoparadza vaushi vako veshe, nevadikani vako vanozoenda muubatwa; ngegwinyiso ngouwo mukuwo munozotsverudzwa nokukangaidzwa ngendaa yokushata kwako kweshe.
ngendaa yokushata kweshe kwevanhu vaIsuraeri nekwevanhu vaJudha, kwevakaita kumusa kutseneka kwangu, ivo namadzibaba avo, vatongi vavo, vapristi vavo nevaprofeti vavo, vanhu vaJudha, naavo vanogara muJerusarema.
“Ngeiro zuva,” unoronza Mambo Mwari, “Mwoyo wamambo unozopera simba, nemwoyo yevatongi; vapristi vanozokangaidzwa nevaprofeti vanozoshama.”
Isuraeri aazi kuita chishekedzo kweuri here kunyazwi asikazi kubatwa pakati pembavha? Asi peshe pounoereketa ndiye unodzungudza soro rako.
kuitira kuti iwewe udzitwarire kutsveruka kwako, nokutsverudzwa ngendaa yeizvo zveshe zvewakaita, ngeiyi ndaa iwewe uri muembedzeri kwevari.
Vapristi varo vakagura mutemo wangu, vakasvipisa zviro zvangu zvakachena; avazi kuparadzanisa pakati pezvakachena nezvakasvipiswa, avazi kudzidzisa muparadzaniso pakati pezvisikazi kusukika nezvakasukika. Vakatswatira madziso avo kubva kumaSabatha angu, kuti ndisvipiswe pakati pavo.
Ndinozoribudisa kubanze, unoronza Mambo Mwari wehondo, naro rinozopotera mumhatso mwembavha, nomumhatso mwouwo unopika ngokunyepa ngezina rangu; naro rinozosara mukati mwemhatso iyo, nokuipedza nebasha rayo nemapuwe ayo.”
Ndizvo zvino mwaiya nemichero yakaitawani ngouwo mukuwo kubva kuneizvo zviro zvomunotsveruka ndizvo? Ngokuti magumo azvo rufu.