1 Samueri 15:17-26

Samueri akati, ‘Kunyange wakanga uri muduku pakufunga kwako, hauna kuitwa mukuru wamarudzi avaIsiraeri here? Jehovha wakakuzodza, kuti uve mambo waIsiraeri; Jehovha akakutuma parwendo,’ akati, ‘Enda, uparadze chose vatadzi, ivo vaAmareki, urwe navo kusvikira vapera.’ “Zvino wakaregereiko kuteerera izwi raJehovha, asi wakamhanyira zvakapambwa, ukaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha?” Sauro akati kuna Samueri, “Zvirokwazvo ndakateerera izwi raJehovha, ndikaenda nenzira yandakanga ndatumwa naJehovha, ndikauya naAgagi mambo wavaAmareki, ndikaparadza vaAmareki chose. “Asi vanhu, ndivo vakatora zvakapambwa, iwo makwai nenzombe, nezvakanaka pazvinhu zvakanga zvatsaurwa, kuti vabayire Jehovha Mwari wenyu paGirigari.” Samueri akati, “Ko Jehovha ungafarira zvipiriso zvinopiswa nezvibayiro, sezvaanofarira kuteerera izwi raJehovha here? Tarira, kuteerera kunokunda zvibayiro, nokunzwa kunokunda mafuta amakondohwe. Nokuti kumukira Jehovha kwakafanana nechivi chokuuka, uye kusindimara kwakafanana nokunamata kuzvifananidzo neterafimi. Zvawakaramba shoko raJehovha, naiye wakakurambawo kuti urege kuva mambo.” Ipapo Sauro akati kuna Samueri “Ndakatadza, nokuti ndakadarika murayiro waJehovha, uye namashoko enyu, nokuti ndakatya vanhu, ndikateerera mazwi avo. Zvino ndinokumbira kuti mundikanganwirewo zvivi zvangu, mudzoke neni, ndinamate kuna Jehovha.” Samueri akati kuna Sauro, “Handingadzoki newe, nokuti wakaramba shoko raJehovha, naJehovha wakuramba newewo kuti urege kuva mambo waIsiraeri.”