Mabasa 13:26-41

“Hama dzangu, vana vemhuri yaAbhurahamu navamwe vari mukati menyu vanotya Mwari, ndisu takatumirwa shoko roruponeso irworwu. Kuna vavo vanogara muJerusaremu navatongi vavo, vakazadzisa izvozvi nokumupa mhosva pamusana pokuti havana kumuziva kana kunzwisisa zvaitaurwa navaporofita zvinoverengwa paSabata roga roga. Kunyange pakanga pasina mhosva yokumupa yaikodzera rufu asi vakakumbira Pirato kuti auraiwe. Pavakanga vapedza kuita zvose zvakanga zvakanyorwa nezvake, vakamuburutsa pamuti vakamuradzika muguva. Asi Mwari akamumutsa kuvafi. Kwamazuva mazhinji akazviratidza kuna vakakwira naye kubva Garirea vachienda kuJerusaremu zvino vava zvapupu zvake kuvanhu. “Zvino tinokuunzirai Shoko Rakanaka rokuti Mwari zvaakatsidzira kumadzibaba edu izvi akazvizadzisa kwatiri isu vana vavo nokumutsa kwaakaita Jesu sokunyorwawo kwazvakaitwa murwiyo rwechipiri zvichinzi, “ ‘Iwe ndiwe mwanakomana wangu nhasi ndakubereka.’ Zvokuti Mwari akamumutsa uye kuti haachazombodzokerazve mukuora akataura achiti, ‘Ndichakupa zvikomborero zvitsvene zvechokwadi zvaDhavhidhi.’ Nezvo anotaura mune rumwe rwiyo achiti, ‘Hamuregi mutsvene wenyu achiora.’ Nokuti Dhavhidhi paakapedza kuita zvaakanga atarirwa naMwari kuti aite muchizvarwa chake akafa akandovigwa pamwechete namadzitateguru ake akaora. Asi iye akamutswa naMwari, haana kuora. Naizvozvo chizvizivai hama dzangu kuti nokumunhu uyu kuregererwa kwezvitadzo kunoparidzwa kwamuri. Munhu wose anotenda anosunungurwa naye muna zvose zvamakanga musingakwanisi kusunungurwa nomutemo waMosesi. Saka, chenjerai, kuti zvimwe, mungawirwe nezvakataurwa muvaporofita zvinoti: ‘Chinzwai imi vanyombi dzungairai muparare nokuti ndichaita chimwe chinhu mumazuva enyu chinhu chamusingabvumi kudavira kana munhu akutaurirai.’ ”