Isaya 44:1-8

“Asi zvino chinzwa, iwe Jakobho, muranda wangu, naIsiraeri wandakasanangura, zvanzi naJehovha, akakuita, akakuumba kubvira pachizvaro, achakubatsira, ‘Usatya hako, iwe Jakobho, muranda wangu, newe Jeshuruni, wandakasanangura. Nokuti ndichadira mvura pamusoro penyika ine nyota, nenzizi pamusoro pevhu rakaoma; ndichadira Mweya wangu pamusoro porudzi rwako, nokuropafadza kwangu pamusoro pavana vako; vachamera pakati pouswa, semikonachando pamvura inoyerera.’ “Mumwe achati, ‘Ndiri waJehovha,’ mumwezve achazvitumidza nezita raJakobho, mumwezve achanyora noruoko rwake, achiti, ‘Ndiri waJehovha, nokutora zita raIsiraeri.’ ” Zvanzi naJehovha, Mwari wavaIsiraeri, noMudzikinuri wavo, Jehovha wehondo, “Ndini wokutanga nowokupedzisira; kunze kwangu hakuna Mwari. Ndianiko angadana seni, nokuzviparidza, nokuzvigadzirira izvo, kubva panguva yandakagadza vanhu vakare-kare? Zvinhu zvinouya, nezvinozoitika, ngavazviparidze izvo. Musatya henyu, musavhunduka; handina kukuparidzirai izvozvo kare, nokukuratidzai here? Imi muri zvapupu zvangu. Kunomumwe Mwari kunze kwangu here? Zvirokwazvo, hakune rimwe dombo, ini handirizivi.”