16 zuva rokuridzwa kwegwama nokuridza mhere yehondo nokurwisana nemadhorobha anorusvingo, nendau dzehondo dzakakwirira.
Ngeiro zuva gwama guru rinozoridzwa, naavo vaiya varashika munyika yeAsiria naavo vakadzingirwa munyika yeEgipite vanozouya koodira Mambo Mwari padera pomutunhu wakacheneswa muJerusarema.
Ngokuti ngome inozosiiwa, dhorobha rinevanhu vazhinji rinozotizwa; mutunhu nemarusvingo okurinda zvinozoita mapako mhera nariini, kudakara kwedhuba, kumafuro ezvifuyo,
Tinoambamira kutsvaka rukumbati kudai ngebofu, nesu tinoambamira kudai ngouwo usina madziso; tinopumhunwa masikati kudai ngousiku; tiri pakati pevakagwinya tinodai ngavanhu vakafa.
Tizai kuti mupone, O vana vaBhenjamini, kubva pakati peJerusarema! Muridze gwama muThekoa, mwechiemesa mujeki muBhethi-hakheremu; ngokuti kushata kunouya kubva dera, nokuparadzwa kukuru.
Kupheza kwemahachi kunozwika kubva Dhani; nyika yeshe inozungunyika ngebope rokupheza kwemikono yemahachi awo anesimba. Anouya kooparadza nyika nezveshe zviri mukati mwayo, dhorobha naavo vanogaramwo.”
Rufu rwako rwaguma kweuri, O iwewe mugari wenyika. Mukuwo waguma, zuva rokutambudzika riri pasinde, akuchina kudakara kumitunhu.
Ridzai runyanga muGibhea, negwama muRama. Ridzai mhere kuBhethiavheni, ringira sure kwako, Bhenjamini.
“Isa gwama pamuromo wako! Umwe wakadai ngegodzi uri padera pemhatso yaMambo Mwari, ngokuti vagura chitenderano changu nokupauka kubva kumupango wangu.
Ridzai gwama muZioni, muridze mhere pamutunhu wangu wakacheneswa! Veshe vanogara munyika ngavahute, ngokuti zuva raMambo Mwari rinouya, nazvino raa pasinde,
Gwama ringaridzwa here mudhorobha, nevanhu vakarekera kutya? Zvakashata zvingagumira dhorobha here asi kuti Mambo Mwari azviita?
Wakaema, akazungunyisa nyika; wakaringira, akaita kuti madzinza ahute. Mitunhu yemhera nariini yakaparadzwa; kuteera njira dzake dzekaretu zvimitunhu zvemhera nariini zvakanzvaira.
Rinozomukomba mumadhorobha enyu eshe, metsa marukumbati enyu akareba akashosherwa, anemagondero enyu, awa pashi mukati mwenyika yenyu yeshe; rinozomukomba mumadhorobha enyu eshe, mukati mwenyika dzenyu dzeshe dzemwakapuwa ndiMambo Mwari, Mwari wenyu.
Ndizvo vanhu vakadaidzira nemagwama akaridzwa. Naapo vanhu vazwa bope remagwama, vanhu vakadaidzira ngokudaidzira kukurutu, norukumbati rwakawa pashi kuti serere; ndizvo vanhu veshe vakakwira kupotera mudhorobha, munhu weshe kubvira paaiya apo, vakatora dhorobha.