1 Ngemazuva okutonga kwevatongi, kwakaita nzara munyika, nomunhu umweni weBhetherehema muJudha wakaenda akagaramwo munyika yeMoabhi, iye nomukadzi wake, nevakororo vake vairi.
Zvino yaiyapo nzara munyikayo. Ndizvo Abrama wakadzaka kuenda Egipite kumbogarayo, ngokuti nzara yaiya huru munyikamwo.
Zvino kwakaita nzara munyika, isikazi kudai ngenzara yaiyapo pamazuva aAbrahama. Isaka wakaenda muGera kunaAbhimerekhi mambo wevaFiristia.
Nzara yaiya yashata munyika.
Zvino kwaiyapo nzara ngomukuwo waDhavhidha makore matatu anoteererana; naDhavhidha wakabvunza kunaMambo Mwari. Mambo Mwari wakamupingura, akati, “Ngendaa yaSauri nendaa yengazi yemhatso yake, ngokuti wakauraya vaGibheoni.”
Ndizvo Erija wakaenda koodzipangidza pachake kunaAhabhi. Yaiyapo nzara huru muSamaria.
Sarima baba aBhetherehema, Harefi baba aBhethigadha.
Vakororo vaSarima: Bhetherehema, vaNetofathi, Atirothibhethijoabhi, nevorupande rwaManahathi, vaZori.
Naapo paakadaidza nzara kuti iuye panyika, nokugura ndonga yeshe yezvingwa,
nenyika yakavhundira kuita bare, ngendaa yokushata kwaavo vanogaremwo.
Izwi raMambo Mwari rakauya kunaJeremia ngendaa yokuomerwa kwenyika.
“Mukororo womunhu, apo nyika yechishaisha kwendiri ngokusikagondeka kukurutu, neni ndinozotambanudza nyara yangu kurwa nayo, ndigure mudondoro wechingwa chayo, ndiunze nzara padera payo, nokuuraya vanhu nemhuka kubva kweiri,
“Ngokuti izvi ndizvo zvinoronza Mambo Mwari: Kunozopinda kwakaitawani kukura apo ndinozotumira kuita kwangu kunouraya kwokutonga kwangu kurongomuna kunotyisa padera peJerusarema, shoti, nzara, zvikara zvinotyisa, nenhenda, kuuraya kubva kweiri vanhu nemhuka!
Ndinozogura kudzikudza kwesimba renyu, ndikaita denga renyu ridai ngesimbi, nenyika yenyu kuti idai ngethusi.
Ndakamupa kusukika kwemazino mumadhorobha enyu eshe, nokutamika kwechingwa kundau dzenyu dzeshe, asi amuzi kupetuka kwendiri, unoronza Mambo Mwari.
“Asi iwewe, Bhetherehema Efratha, umwe wemadzinza madoko aJudha, kubva kwouri unozondibudira umwe unozoita mutongi muIsuraeri, uwo maambo ake ngeekaretu, kubva kumazuva ekaretu.”
Nemwi munozobuda nembeu dzakawanda dzokukusha mumunda, asi munozokukura zvishomani, ngokuti ndongwe dzinozozvidya.
Ngesure kwake Ibhizani muBhetherehema wakatonga Isuraeri.
Zvino kwaiyapo jaha muBhetherehema raJudha wedzinza raJudha waiya muRevhi, waiya chigarandimo apo.
Nouwo munhu wakabuda kubva kudhorobha reBhetherehema muJudha, kuti aende koogara apo paanokona kugara. Wakauya kumhatso yaMikha munyika yemitunhu yaEfuremu.