¹Zvino namazuva iwayo kusina mambo pakati paIsiraeri, mumwe muRevhi waigara mberi kwenyika yamakomo yaEfuremu, akazvitorera mukadzi murongo paBheterehemu-judha.

²Zvino murongo wake akafeva, akabva kwaari, akaenda kumba kwababa vake paBheterehemu-judha, akagarako mwedzi mina.

³Zvino murume wake akasimuka, akamutevera, ano muranda wake nembongoro mbiri, akataura zvakanaka naye, kuti amudzoserezve kwaari, iye mukadzi akamuisa kumba kwababa vake; zvino baba vomusikana vakati vachimuona, vakafara kusangana naye.

⁴Mukarahwa wake, ivo baba vomusikana, vakamudzivisa kuenda, akagara naye mazuva matatu, vakadya, vakamwa, vakavatapo.

⁵Zvino nomusi wechina vakamuka mangwanani, iye akasimuka achida kuenda; baba vomusikana vakati kumukwasha wavo, Simbisa moyo wako nechimedu chechingwa, mugoenda henyu.

⁶Ipapo vakagara pasi, vakadya, vakamwa vose; baba vomusikana vakati kumurume, Tenda hako ugare usiku hwose, moyo wako ufare.

⁷Asi murume wakasimuka, achida kuziva; mukarahwa wake akamugombedzera, akavatapozve.

⁸Nomusi weshanu akamuka mangwanani, achida kubva; baba vomusikana vakati, Simbisa moyo wako, ugare kusvikira zuva rovira; vakadya vose vari vaviri.

⁹Zvino murume wakati achisimuka, achida kubva, iye nomurongo wake, nomuranda wake, mukarahwa wake, ivo baba vomusikana, akati kwaari, Tarira, zuva rovira, ava madekwana, chigara hako usiku hwose; tarira, zuva roda kupera, vata hako pano, moyo wako ufare, mugofumira mangwana parwendo rwenyu kumusha kwenyu.

¹⁰Asi murume wakaramba kuvatapo usiku uhwo, asi wakasimuka, akabva, ndokusvika pakatarisana neJebhusi (ndiro Jerusaremu); wakange ane mbongoro mbiri dzakanga dzakaiswa zvigaro; nomurongo wake wakange anaye.

¹¹Zvino vakati vasvika pedo neJebhusi, zuva rikanga rovira; muranda akati kuna tenzi wake, Ngatitsaukire hedu kuguta iri ravaJebhusi, tivatemo.

¹²Tenzi wake akati kwaari, Handingatsaukiri kuguta ravatorwa, kusina vana vaIsiraeri; asi tichapfuura hedu, kusvikira paGibhiya.

¹³Akati kumuranda wake, Hendei, tiswedere kune imwe yenzvimbo idzi, tivate paGibhiya kana paRama.

¹⁴Ipapo vakapfuura parwendo rwavo, vakavirirwa pedo neGibhiya, raiva guta ravaBhenjamini.

¹⁵Vakatsaukirako, vachida kuvata paGibhiya akapinda, akagara pasi munzira yomuguta; nekuti kwakanga kusina munhu wakavadana kuzovata mumba make.

¹⁶Zvino mumwe mutana akasvika, achibva kubasa rake kumunda madekwana; zvino murume uyo wakange ari wenyika yamakomo yaEfuremu, asi wakagara hake paGibhiya; asi varume venzvimbo iyo vakanga vari vaBhenjamini.

¹⁷Iye akatarira, akaona murume uyu mufambi ari munzira yomuguta; mutana akati, Ko unoendepi? Uye, unobvepiko?

¹⁸Iye akati kwaari, Tinobva Bheterehemu-judha, tinopfuurira kurutivi rwemberi rwenyika yamakomo yaEfuremu; ndiko kwandakabva, ndikaenda Bheterehemu-judha, zvino ndinoenda kumba kwaJehovha, asi hakuna munhu wakandidana kugara mumba make.

¹⁹Kunyange zvakadaro tinahwo uswa nezvokudya zvembongoro dzedu, nechingwa newaini zvinondiringana ini nomurandakadzi wenyu nejaya rina varanda venyu; hakuna chinhu chinoshaikwa.

²⁰Zvino mutana akati, Farao hako, zvose zvawaishaiwa, ini ndichakupa; asi usavata munzira yomuguta.

²¹ipapo akavaisa mumba make, akapa mbongoro zvokudya; vakashambidza tsoka dzavo, vakadya nokumwa.

²²Zvino vakati vofara pamoyo yavo, tarirai varume veguta, vamwe vanhu vakaisvoipa, vakakomba imba kunhivi dzose, vakagogodza pamukova; vakataura nomwene weimba, iye mutana, vakati, Budisa murume wakasvika paimba yako, timuzive.

²³Zvino murume uyo, mwene weimba akabuda kwavari, akati kwavari, Kwete, hama dzangu, regai kuita zvakaipa zvakadai; musaita samapenzi, nekuti murume uyu wakapinda mumba mangu.

²⁴Tarirai, hoyu mukunda wangu mhandara, nomurongo wake; ndichavabudisa zvino, muvazvidze, muvaitire sezvamunoda, asi regai kuitira murume uyu chakaipa chakadai.

²⁵Asi varume vakaramba kumuteerera; ipapo murume akabata murongo wake, akamubudisira kwavari; vakamuziva, vakamuchinya usiku hwose kusvikira mangwana vakamurega koedza.

²⁶Zvino mukadzi akauya koedza, akawira pasi pamukova weimba yomunhu, makanga munashe wake, akavapo kusvikira kwaedza kwazvo.

²⁷Zvino ishe wake wakamuka mangwanani, akazarura mikova yeimba, akabuda, achida kupfuura parwendo rwake; akawana mukadzi, iye murongo wake, akawira pasi pamukova weimba, maoko ake ari pachikumbaridzo.

²⁸Akati kwaari, Simuka, tiende; asi hakuna wakapindura; ipapo akamuisa pambongoro yake, murume akasimuka, akaenda kumba kwake.

²⁹Wakati asvika kumba kwake, akatora banga, akabata murongo wake, akadimuranya mitezo yake, akaita nhindi dzine gumi nembiri, akadzituma munyika yose yavaIsiraeri.

³⁰Zvino vose vakati vachizviona, vakati, Chinguva vana vaIsiraeri vakakwira vachibva panyika yeEgipita, kusvikira zuva ranhasi, hakune chinhu chakadai chakaitwa kana chakaonekwa; rangarirai izvozvo, murangane mutaure.