Vatongi 14:1-20

Samusoni akaenda kuTimuna akaona mumwe musikana wechiFirisitia. Akadzoka kuna baba naamai vake ava kuti, “Ndakaona mumwe musikana wechiFirisitia kuTimuna. Zvino ndiroorereiwo musikana iyeyo.” Asi baba naamai vake vakati kwaari, “Ko washaya mukadzi wokuroora here pakati pehama dzako kana kuti parudzi rwedu rwose zvowoda kundoroora mukadzi kuvanhu vasina kudzingiswa, vaFirisitia?” Asi Samusoni akati kuna baba wake, “Ndiroorerei iyeyo chete, ndiye wandada.” Baba naamai vake vakanga vasiri kuziva kuti Tenzi ndiye aimuitisa izvozvo kuti pazova nechimwe chinokonzera kuti vaFirisitia varwiswe. Izvozvo vaFirisitia ndovaitonga vaIsiraeri. Samusoni akadzika kuTimuna pamwechete nababa naamai vake. Paakasvika kuminda yemigirepisi yokuTimuna, akavingwa neshumba ichirikuzvinzwa ichidzvova. Mweya waTenzi wakauya paari nesimba guru kwazvo akabva atsemura shumba yacho napakati kunge munhu ari kutsemura mbudzana chaiyo. Asi akanga asina chimwe chinhu mumaoko. Haana kutaurira baba kana amai vake zvaakanga aita. Samusoni akadzikako akandokurukurirana nomukadzi uya. Mukadzi uyu aidiwa naSamusoni. Kwakati perei chinguva, Samusoni akadzokera ikoko kundotora mukadzi wake. Akambotsauka munzira achida kundoona chitunha cheshumba chiya wanei mukati meshumba iya mune bumha renyuchi nouchi. Akahukwaturira muruoko rwake ndokupfuura nerwendo rwake, oenda zvake achihudya. Akasvika kuna baba naamai vake, akavapawo humwe, ndokubva vadya zvavo. Asi haana kuvaudza kuti hwabva muchitunha cheshumba. Baba waSamusoni akadzikawo kumusha kwomuroora wavo. Samusoni akaita mabiko ikoko, setsika yaiitwa navakuwasha. Veko pavakamuti bha kumuona, vakamupa vaperekedzi, varume makumi matatu. Samusoni akati kwavari, “Regai ndikuitirei chirahwe changu, kana mukagona kundiudza zvachinoreva mumazuva manomwe aya amabiko, mukachidudzira, ini ndichakupai makumi matatu epesa dzamachira erineni namakumiwo matatu ehanzu dzapamabiko. Asi mukatadza kuchirapanura imi ndimi muchandipa pesa dzamachira erineni makumi matatu namakumiwo matatu ehanzu dzapamabiko.” Vakamuti, “Tiitire chirahwe chako tinzwe.” Akavati, “Mune chinodya makabva chokudya, mune chine simba mukabva dapurahunanzva.” Mazuva matatu ose vakakoniwa kurapanura chirahwe chake. Pazuva rechina vakati kumukadzi waSamusoni, “Nyengetedza murume vako, atiudze zvinoreva chirahwe ichi, nokuti tingatokupisai nomoto imi mose nemhuri yababa wako. Heya makatikoka kuno kuti muzotipinza urombo nhai?” Mukadzi waSamusoni akamuchemera achiti, “Unondivenga chete, haundidi. Wakaitira chirahwe vanhu vorudzi rwangu, asi hauna kundiudza zvachinoreva.” Samusoni ndokuti, “Chinzwaka! Baba wangu naamai vangu, handina kumbovataurira! Chandingazoudzirawo iwewe chii?” Mukadzi uyu akamuchemera kwamazuva manomwe mazuva ose amabiko avo. Kuzoti rava rechinomwe Samusoni akazomuudza nokuti mukadzi wake akangoramba ati naye nanga nanga, akabva andoudza vanhu vorudzi rwake zvachinoreva. Zuva risati radoka pazuva rechinomwe iroro, vanhu vomuguta iri vakati kuna Samusoni, “Chii chinotapira kupinda uchi? Chii chine simba kupinda shumba?” Iyewo akavati, “Heede, dai musina kutorima netsiru rangu mungadai musina kuziva chirahwe changu.” Mweya waTenzi wakauya paari nesimba guru kwazvo. Akadzika kuAshikeroni akauraya makumi matatu avarume vomuguta iroro, akapamba zvinhu zvavo, akandopa hanzu dzamabiko kune vaya vakanga varapanura chirahwe chiya. Akagumbuka kwazvo, akadzokera kumusha kwababa vake. Mukadzi waSamusoni akazova mukadzi womumwe wake, aiva muperekedzi wake.