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Muprista Mukuru weSungano Itsva
1Shoko guru pane izvozvi zvatiri kutaura ndiro iri rokuti: Tino muprista mukuru akadai, akagara kurudyi rwechigaro chaIshe kudenga, 2uye anoshumira muimba tsvene, iyo tabhenakeri chaiyo yakamiswa naIshe, kwete nomunhu.
3Muprista mukuru, mumwe nomumwe, akagadzwa kuti ape zvipo nezvibayiro kuna Mwari, naizvozvo zvakanga zvakafanira kuti uyu ave nechokubayirawo. 4Dai akanga ari panyika, angadai asina kuva muprista, nokuti vaprista vakanga varipo kare vaibayira zvipo sezvakarehwa nomurayiro. 5Vaishumira panzvimbo tsvene inova mufananidzo nomumvuri wezviri kudenga. Nokuda kweizvi Mozisi akayambirwa paakanga ava kuvaka tabhenakeri: “Uve nechokwadi kuti waita zvose maererano nomufananidzo wawakaratidzwa mugomo.” 6Asi ushumiri hwakapiwa Jesu hwakapfuura hwavo pakunaka sezvo ari murevereri wesungano inopfuura nokunaka pane sungano yakare, uye yakasimbiswa nezvipikirwa zviri nani.
7Nokuti dai pakanga pasina chakaipa nesungano yokutanga pangadai pasina kuwanikwa mukana weimwe sungano. 8Asi Mwari akaona kukanganisa kwavanhu ava akati:
“Nguva inouya, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe,
yandichaita sungano itsva
neimba yaIsraeri,
uye neimba yaJudha,
9Haichazovi sesungano
yandakaita namadzitateguru avo,
pandakavabata noruoko
kuti ndivabudise kubva muIjipiti,
nokuti havana kuramba vakatendeka kusungano yangu,
neniwo ndakavasiya,
ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe.
10Iyi ndiyo sungano yandichaita neimba yaIsraeri,
mushure menguva iyoyo, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe.
Ndichaisa mirayiro yangu mundangariro dzavo,
uye ndichainyora pamwoyo yavo.
Ndichava Mwari wavo,
uye vachava vanhu vangu.
11Hakuna munhu achazodzidzisa muvakidzani wake,
kana munhu kudzidzisa hama yake, achiti, ‘Ziva Ishe,’
nokuti vose vachandiziva,
kubva kumuduku kusvikira kumukuru pakati pavo.
12Nokuti ndichavaregerera zvakaipa zvavo
uye handizorangaririzve zvivi zvavo.”
13Nokuti akati sungano iyi “itsva,” ipapo akashayisa basa yokutanga; zvino chinhu chisisina basa uye chava chekare chichaparara nokukurumidza.