2 Shekhemu mwana waHamori muHivhi, muzvare wenyikayo, wakamuona; wakamutora ngesimba, akaatana naye, akamushaishira.
3 Wakada Dhaina, mwana waJakobe, akapfaisa kuereketa kunomusikana. 4 Shekhemu wakaereketa kunababa ake Hamori echiti, “Nditorerei uyu musikana kuti aite mukadzi wangu.
5 Zvino Jakobe wakazwa kuti iye waiya ashaishira Dhaina mwana wake; vanavake vake vaiya nen'ombe dzake mushango, naJakobe wakanyarara metsa vakauya. 6 Hamori, baba aShekhemu, wakabuda kuenda kunaJakobe koopangana naye.
7 Vana vaJakobe vakauya kubva mushango; naapo vazvizwa, vamuna ava vakatambudzika, vakatseneka kakurutu, ngokuti wakaita chiro chakapinda kushata kuvaIsuraeri ngokuatana nomwana waJakobe; chiro chisikasisiri kuti chiitwe. 8 Hamori wakapangana navo echiti, “Mwoyo womwana wangu Shekhemu unodisisa mwana wenyu, ndapota kwomuri, mupei kwaari kuita mukadzi.
9 Wiriranai nesu mutipe vana venyu, wechitora vana vedu.
10 Munozogara nesu, nyika inozoa pamberi penyu; garai, mwechitengesa muri mukati mwayo mudziunganidziremwo upfumi''. 11 Shekhemu wakati kunababa ake nokunevakoma vake, “Ngandione nyasha mukuona kwenyu, neizvo zvomunozoronza kwendiri ndinozozvipa.
12 Mukadaidza chuma chakanyaitawani nechipo, neni ndinozopa kudai ngezvomunoronza kwendiri, asi ndipei musikana kuita mukadzi wangu''.
13 Vana vaJakobe vakapingura Shekhemu naHamori baba ake ngourimbwi, vakaereketa kudaro ngokuti waiya ashaishira mukunda wavo Dhaina. 14 Vakati kwaari, “Atikoni kuita chiro ichi, kupa mukunda wedu kunouwo usikazi kuchekwa, ngokuti izvo zvingaita chitsverudzo kwetiri.
15 Kwega ngokuita izvi tinozokutendera, kudai mwechizoita kudai ngezvetinoita isusu, kuti vamuna veshe kwomuri vachekwe.
16 Naapo tinozopa vakunda vedu kwomuri, nesu tinozotora vakunda venyu kwetiri, tinozogara nemwi, tinozoita vanhu vamwevo.
17 Asi kudai musikawirirani nesu, kuti muchekwe, naapo tinozotora mwana wedu tiende''. 18 Mazwi avo akadakadza Hamori naShekhemu mwana waHamori.
19 Jaha arizi kunonoka kuita kudaro, ngokuti raiya nokudakara ngemwana waJakobe, naro raipinda kuremeredzeka kune vemhatso yaro yeshe. 20 Hamori naShekhemu vakauya pamusiwo wedhorobha ravo, vakapangana nevamuna vedhorobha ravo vechiti,
21 “Ava vanhu vanoiyanana nesu; ndizvo tendai kuti vagare munyika, vatengise mukati mwayo, ngokuti, wonai, nyika yakakura inovakwana; ngatitore vana vavo kuita vakadzi, ngativape vana vedu. 22 Kwega ngokuita izvi vanhu avo vanozotenda kugara nesu, kuita vanhu vamwevo, kudai vamuna veshe pakati pedu vechichekwa kudai ndivo vakachekwa.
23 N'ombe dzavo noupfumi hwavo nezvifuyo zvavo zveshe azvizoiti zvedu here? Kwega ngativatendere, navo vanozogara nesu''. 24 Avo veshe wedhorobha vakapurutana kunaHamori nokunaShekhemu, mwana wake; vamuna veshe vakachekwa.
25 Ngezuva rechitatu, apo voorwadziwa, vairi vevakororo vaJakobe, Simeoni naRevhi vakoma vaDhaina, vakatora munondo dzavo, vakauya kudhorobha ngokushinga, vakauraya vamuna veshe.
26 Vakauraya Hamori naShekhemu mwana wake ngokupinza kwemunondo, vakabudisa Dhaina kubva mumhatso yaShekemu, vakaenda. 27 Vamweni vana vaJakobe vakauya kune vakauraiwa, vakavara dhorobha, ngokuti vakasvipisa mukunda wavo.
28 Vakatora makwai avo, nmwombe dzavo, mbongoro dzavo neizvo zvaiya mukati mwedhorobha, neizvo zvaiya muminda.9
29 Noupfumi hwavo hweshe, vadoko vavo veshe nevakadzi vavo, vakavatora. Vakatora zveshe zvaiya mumhatso. 30 Jakobe wakati kunaSimeoni naRevhi, “Mwandiunzira madambudziko, mwandiita kuti ndinuhwe pakati pevagari venyika, pakati pevaKhenani nevaPherizi; vangu vashomani, vanozodziunganidza kurwa neni; ndinozourawa, inini nevemhatso yangu''.
31 Asi Simon na levi vakati, “Waisisira here kubata mukunda wedu kudai ngehure?''.