1 Samueri 4:12-22

Zvino mumwe murume wavaBhenjamini akabva kuhondo, akamhanya, akasvika paShiro nomusi iwoyo, ane nguo dzakabvarurwa neguruva pamusoro wake. Pakusvika kwake, Eri wakanga agere pachigaro chake kurutivi rwenzira, akataririra, nokuti mwoyo wake wakanga uchibvunda pamusoro peareka yaMwari. Murume wakati asvika muguta, akavaudza izvozvo, vanhu vose veguta vakachema. Zvino Eri wakati achinzwa izwi rokuchema, akati, “Izwi rebopoto iri rinoti kudiniko?” Murume akakurumidza, akandoudza Eri. Zvino Eri wakanga ava namakore ana makumi mapfumbamwe namasere, meso ake akanga ava norutara, asichagoni kuona kwazvo. Murume akati kuna Eri, “Ndini ndakabva kuhondo, ndatiza nhasi kuhondo.” Akati, “Kwaitweiko, mwana wangu?” Zvino murume wakanga auya neshoko akapindura, akati, “VaIsiraeri vatiza pamberi pavaFirisitia; vanhu vazhinji vaurawa; uye vanakomana venyu vaviri, Hofini naPinehasi, vafawo; uye areka yaMwari yatorwa.” Zvino wakati achireva areka yaMwari, Eri akawa pachigaro negotsi kurutivi rwesuo, akavhunika mutsipa, akafa; nokuti wakanga ava mutana, ano muviri mukobvu. Wakanga atonga vaIsiraeri makore makumi mana. Zvino mukadzi womwanakomana wake Pinehasi, wakanga ava nemimba, oda kupona mwana; akati achinzwa kuti areka yaMwari yatorwa, uye kuti baba vomurume wake, nomurume wakewo, vafa vose, akapfugama, akapona mwana, nokuti wakasvikirwa nokurwadziwa kwake. Nenguva yokufa kwake vakanga vamirepo naye vakati, “Usatya hako, nokuti wapona mwana womukomana. Asi haana kupindura, kana kurangarira izvozvo.” Akatumidza mwana zita rinonzi Ikabhodhi, achiti, “Kukudzwa kwabviswa kuna Isiraeri; nokuti areka yaMwari yakanga yatorwa, uye nokuda kwababa vomurume wake, nomurume wake.” Akati, “Kukudzwa kwabviswa kuna Isiraeri; nokuti areka yaMwari yatorwa.”