Nahumi
CHITSAUKO 1
1 Chirevo pamusoro peNinivhe. Bhuku rezvakaonekwa naNahumi muErikoshi.
2 Mwari ane godo, Jehovha anotsiva; Jehovha anotsiva, akatsamwa; Jehovha achatsiva vadzivisi vake, anochengetera vavengi vake hasha dzake.
3 Jehovha anononoka kutsamwa, ane simba guru, haangatongopembedzi akaipa ane mhosva; nzira yaJehovha iri muchamupupuri nedutu, makore iguruva retsoka dzake.
4 Anotuka gungwa, achiriomesa, anopwisa nzizi dzose; Bhashani rashaiwa simba, neKarimeri, ruva reRebhanonirashaiwa simba.
5 Makomo anodedera pamberi pake, zvikomo zvinonyunguduka; nyika inotsva pamberipake, iyo nyika navosevageremo.
6 Ndiani angamira pamberi pehasha dzake? Ndiani angagara pakutsamwa kwake kukuru? hasha dzake dzakadururwa somoto, uye matomboakaputsirwa pasinaye.
7 Jehovha akanaka, inhare nezuva rokutambudzika; uye anoziva vanovimba naye.
8 Asi achaparadza kwazvo nzvimbo yeguta nemvura inokukura, achidzingana navavengivake murima;
9 Munorangarireiko pamusoro paJehovha? achagumisa chose, nhamo haingamukizverwechipiri.
10 nekuti kunyange vakakorekana semhinzwa, uye kana vabatwa savadhakwa, vachaparadzwa chose samashanga akaoma.
11 Mumwe akabuda pakati penyu anorangarira zvakaipa pamusoro paJehovha, anorangana zvakaipa.
12 Zvanzi naJehovha, Kunyange vakanyarara, vakawandawo, kunyange zvakadaro vachatemwa, iye achipfuura hake. Kunyange ndakakutambudza, handichazokutambudzizve.
13 Nekuti zvino ndichavhuna joko rake, ribve kwamuri, ndichadambura ngetani dzenyu napakati.
14 Jehovha akaraira pamusoro penyu, kuti vezita renyu varege kuzodzvarwazve; mumba mavamwari venyu ndichaparadza mufananidzo wakavezwa nomufananidzo wakaumbwa; nekuti wakashata.
Tarirai pamakomo tsoka dzounouya namashoko akanaka, anoparidza rugare! Iwe Judha, chengeta mitambo yako yakatarwa, ita mhiko dzako, nekuti wakaipa haangazopfuurizve napakati pako; wagurwa chose.
CHITSAUKO 2
1 Muputsanyi wauya pamberi penyu; rindirai nhare, tarirai nzira, simbisaizviunozvenyu, simbisai simba renyu kwazvo.
2 nekuti Jehovha adzosa kukudzwa kwaJakove sokurumbidzwa kukuru kwaIsiraeri; nekuti vapambi vakavapamba, vakaparadza matavi emizambiringa yavo.
3 Nhovo dzemhare dzake dzakatsvukiswa, varume vakatsunga vakapfeka nguvo tsvuku; ngoro dzichava namazhenje omoto nezuva rokuzvigadzira kwake, nemipaini ichazununguswa kwazvo.
4 Ngoro dzinovirima munzira dzomumusha, dzinomirisana panzira dzomumusha; dzinofanana namazhenje, dzinomhanya semheni.
5 Ucharangarira vakuru vake, vanogumburwa pakufamba kwavo; vachamhanyira kurusvingorwaro, rusvingorwaro rwakagadzirwa.
6 Masuwo enzizi achazarurwa, uye imba yamambo ichaparadzwa;
7 Huzabhi achatapwa, achatapwa, varandakadzi vake vachamutungamirira nenzwirenjiva, vachizvirova pazvipfuva zvavo.
8 Asi kubva kare Ninivhe rakanga rakaita sedziva remvura; kunyange zvakadaro vachatiza. vachadana, Mirai, mirai; asi hakuna achacheuka.
9 Pambaisirivha, pambai ndarama; nekuti kuwanda kwazvo hakuperi, iyofuma yenhumbi dzakaisvonaka.
10 Harina chinhu, rinoshaiwa zvose, rava dongo, moyo unonyauka, mabvi anobonderana, kurwadziwa kukuru kuri pazviuno zvose, zviso zvavosezvasviba.
11 Hugaro hweshumba huripi, nemafuro eshumba duku, painofamba shumba neshumbakadzi nomwana weshumba, kusina anodzityisa?
12 Shumba yaibvamburanya zvakaringana vana vayo, yakadzipira hadzi dzayo, yaizadza mapako ayo nezvayairuma, nenzimba dzayo nezvayairuma.
13 Tarirai, ndine mhaka nemi, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo ndichapisa ngoro dzaro muutsi, munondo uchadya shumba dzenyu duku; hazvichazonzwiki.
CHITSAUKO 3
1 Guta reropa rine nhamo! Rizere nenhema nokupamba; chakapambwa hachiendi;
2 Kurira kwetyava, nomubvumo wokutinhira kwamakumbo engoro, nowokumhanya kwamabhiza, nengoro dzinosvetuka-svetuka.
3 mutasvi webhiza anopenya, nomunondo unopenya, nepfumo rinovaima, navazhinji vakaurawa, nomurwi mukuru wezvitunha; zvitunha zvavohazviperi; vanogumburwa nezvitunha zvavo.
4 nemhaka yokufeva kuzhinji kwechifeve chakanaka pakudikamwa, iye mwene wouroyi, anotengesa marudzi avanhu noufeve hwake, nemhuri dzavanhunouroyi hwake.
5 Tarira, ndine mhosva newe ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo; ndichafukura nguvo dzako pachiso chako, ndigoratidza marudzi kushama kwako, uye ushe hwosekunyara kwako.
6 Ndichakandira pamusoro pako tsvina inosemesa, nokukushatisa, nokukuita chinhu chinotarirwa navose.
7 Ipapo vose vanokuona vachakutiza, vachiti, Ninivhe raparadzwa, ndiani acharichema? Ndichakutsvakirepivanyaradzi?
8 Ko iwe unopfuura No-amoni, rakanga rakavakwa pakati penzizi, rakanga rakapoteredzwa nemvura; rusvingo rwaro raiva gungwa, namadziroarorakanga riri gungwa here?
9 Itiopia neEgipita raiva simba raro, rakanga risina mugumo; Puti neRubhimi vaiva vabatsiri vako.
10 Kunyange zvakadaro vakazoenda naro, rakatapwa; vana varo vaduku vakaputsanyiwa pakuvamba kwenzira dzose dzomumusha; vakakanda mijenya pamusoro pavakakudzwa varo, vakuru varo vose vakasungwa namaketani.
11 Newewo uchabatwa newaini, uchandovanda; newewo uchandotsvaka simba nokuda komuvengi.
12 Nhare dzako dzose dzichafanana nemionde ina maonde otanga kuibva; kana ichizunzwa, anowira mumuromo woanodya.
13 Tarira, vanhu vako pakatipako vakaita savakadzi; masuwo enyika yako azarurirwa vavengi vako kwazvo; moto wapedza zvipfigiso zvako.
14 Zvicherere mvura yokumwa pakukombwa kwako, simbisa nhare dzako, pinda mudope ukanye ivhu, ubateforoma.
15 Moto uchakupedzapo; munondo uchakuparadza, uchakupedza segwatakwata; zviitei vazhinji segwatakwata, zviitei vazhinji semhashu.
16 Makawanza vatengesi venyu vakapfuura nyeredzi dzokudenga; gwatakwata rinoparadza, ndokubhururuka richienda.
17 Machinda enyu akaita semhashu, vakuru venyu semhashu zhinjizhinji, dzinovata pazhowa kana kune chando, asi kana zuva rabuda dzinobhururuka dzichienda, hadzichazikamwi kwadziri.
18 Vafudzi vako vanotsumwaira, iwe mambo weAsiria, vakakudzwa vako vachagara muguruva, vanhu vako vakapararira pamakomo, hakuna angavaunganidza.
19 Kukuvadzwa kwako hakungarapwi; vanga rako rakaipa; vose vanonzwa guva rako vachakuitira nondo; nekuti ndianiko ushati hwako hwange husingapfuuri pamusoropake?