¹ Hama dzangu, musagare nokutenda Ishe Djesu Kirisitu, Ishe womasimba, ngokudha kubhatsira anhu amweni. ² Rangarizdai kuti munhu opinda pamunonga maka ungana etchipfeka mhete yo gorodi no matchira anodura uye pozo pindawo murombo no matchira akaswipa. ³ Kudhai mukadhaira wakanyatsa kupfekeo meiti: ''Pamusoro, garai ngoapa pakatchena'', mobvunzazwe kumurombo: ''Gara ngokweneio'' kana kuti gara patsoka yangu''. ⁴ Munonga musiripi here kutongerana patchenyu? Musaite atongi anondangaridzo dzakashata? ⁵ Izwai bhasi hama dzangu: Mwari aazi here kusanganura arombo e nyika ino kuti aite apfumi ku uMambo okudhenga nokua gondesa nhaka ku aia anomudha? ⁶ Imwimwi amuremekedzi arombo, andiopi ere apfumi anokusungai? ⁷ Andiyopi here apfumi anoku kwekweredzai kuenda mutchianze? Andiopi here apfumi anotuka mazina okwenyu? ⁸ Kudhai mukatendera Mitemo yaka tarwa: ''Idhawo mudhoni wako se mazvidhiro aunoita'', natsaio, ⁹ Mukaremekedza anhu amweni munonga maakuita ushaishi, munonga maakutosungwa nomutemo, kuita anhu asikazwi. ¹⁰ Muzwione kuti uya anonga etchi teerera mitemo dzese, asi oshaisha tchimwe bhasi, ndie anozoita mushaihsi asikaiti zwiri paMutemo. ¹¹ Ndiyo Mutemo umweyo wakati: "Usaite useki", ozotizve: "Usaurae". Kudhai ukasaita useki, kudhii rimweni utchiuraya unonga waakushaisha Mutemo. ¹² Hino reketai nokuparidzawo kuita tiagana anhu anozotongwa nomitemo dzo rusununguko. ¹³ Mutongeri aazorerutsiri kuna aya asika rerutsirio amweni. Ruregerero riri pamusoro pe mutongeri, ¹⁴ Zwino bhatsirei hama dzangu, kudhai munhu akareketa kuti ndinotenda, asina mabhasa? kutenda kwake kungamu nunura here? ¹⁵ Rangaridzai kuti, handzvadzi kana kuti mukoma, anodha zwokupfeka, asinazve tchokurya tsuku iyona. ¹⁶ kudhai umwe wenyu akati: "Endai norugare, dzirwai uye indyai mugute", musikaapi zviro zvaari kudhezvo, zwino bhatsirei? ¹⁷ Nomu shobho uona, kutenda koga pasina mabhasa kwakafa. ¹⁸ Asi munhu ungatiwo hake: "Iwewe kutenda unako, inini ndino mabhasa". Ndipangidze kutenda kwako pasina mabhasa, uye ndinokupangidzao mabhasa angu nokudha kokutenda. ¹⁹ Unotenda kuti Mwari ndie ega; Ita unatsi! kunyangwe madimoni anotendao izwi, uye anohuta. ²⁰ Iwewe urukudha here kuzya, munhu asikazwi , kuti kutenda pasina mabhasa kwakafa? ²¹ Andiepi here Aburahama, bhabha wedhu, wakadhairirwa no mabhasa, wakaita shipiriso mwana wake Isaki pa guwa? ²² Onao kuti kutenda kwabhatana pamwepo nomabhasa, uye no mabhasa kutenda kwaka bhudhikira pamhene. ²³ Zwaitika zvitarwa zvaiti: "Aburahama wakatenda kuna Mwari, ndizvo zvakaita kuti Mwari amutambire"; iyena wakadhaidzwa shamwari ya Mwari. ²⁴ Onai kuti no mabhasa omunhu wakatambirwa na Mwari, kusiripi bhasi nokutenda. ²⁶ Nomushobho umwewo, andiopi here mhombwe Raabe yakatendwa no mabhasa, payaka tambira atumwa kuti aende no gwanza rimweni? ²⁵ Ndizwonawo kuti muwiri ukasiyana no mweya wakafa, ndizvoo nokutenda kusina mabhasa kwakafa.