Makorokoto aSoromoni NHANGANYAYA Heano mamwe enziyo dzakanaka kwazvo dzerugare nemufaro dziri munyika. Asi kwadzakabva, zuva radzakanyorwa, uye zvinoreva chaizvo mavhesi mazhinji zvinoramba zviri chimwe chezvinhu zvikuru zvakavanzika zvemabhuku. Dzakauya kwatiri mugwaro rimwe chete rekare kwazvo mumutauro wechiSyriac. Zviri pachena kuti gwaro iroro ishanduro kubva muchiGiriki chepakutanga. Nhaurirano dzakatsoropodza dzave dzichiitika pamusoro pemaOdes aya; imwe yetsananguro dzinonzwisisika ndeyekuti inziyo dzevaKristu vachangobhabhatidzwa vezana remakore rekutanga. Hadzina kutaurwa nezvenhoroondo zvinoshamisa. Kupenya kwadzo hakuna kuratidzwa kwemazuva ekare. Hadzitore kubva kuTestamente Yekare kana muEvhangeri. Kufemerwa kwendima idzi ndekwechokwadi. Dzinokuyeuchidza nezvemashoko aAristides, "Vanhu vatsva vane chimwe chinhu chaMwari chakasanganiswa nacho." Heino simba neruzivo rwatinogona kuwana zvakafanana chete muzvikamu zvepamusoro-soro zveMagwaro. Nekuda kwemashoko aya anoshamisa echakavanzika, tinobhadhara dudziro yedu kuna J. Rendel Harris, MA., Hon. Fellow weClare College, Cambridge. Anoti nezvawo: "Hapana chinoita sekuti pane chinhu chinobvumiranwa nemunhu wese kunze kwekunge chiri chekuti maOdes ane runako rwakasiyana uye kukosha kukuru kwemweya." ODE 1 1 Jehovha ari pamusoro wangu sekorona, uye handingazovipo ndisina Iye. 2 Vakandirukira korona yechokwadi, uye yakaita kuti matavi ako atungire mandiri. 3 Nokuti harina kufanana nekorona yasvava isingabuki; asi iwe unogara pamusoro pangu, uye wava nemaruva pamusoro pangu. 4 Zvibereko zvako zvakura zvakakwana, zvazara neruponeso rwako. ODE 2 (Hapana chikamu cheOde iyi chakamboonekwa.)
ODE 3 1 . . . Ndakapfeka: 2 Uye nhengo dzake dziri pamwe chete naye. Uye ndakamira padziri, uye Iye anondida: 3 Nokuti ndingadai ndisina kuziva kuda Ishe, dai asina kundida. 4 Nokuti ndianiko anogona kusiyanisa rudo, kunze kwerunodiwa? 5 Ndinoda Mudiwa, uye mweya wangu unomuda: 6 Uye apo pane zororo rake, ndipo pandiriwo; 7 Uye handizovi mutorwa, nekuti kuna Ishe Wekumusorosoro uye ane Ngoni hapana kugunun'una. 8 Ndakabatana kuti ndimhanye, nekuti Mudiwa awana Mudiwa, 9 Uye nekuti ndichamuda Iye, iye Mwanakomana, ndichava mwanakomana; 10 Nokuti uyo anobatanidzwa naIye asingafi, iye pachake achave asingafi; 11 Uye ani naani anofarira Iye Mupenyu, achararama. 12 Uyu ndiwo Mweya waJehovha, usingarevi nhema, unodzidzisa vanakomana vavanhu kuziva nzira dzake. 13 Iva akachenjera, unonzwisisa uye wakangwarira. Hareruya. ODE 4 1 Hapana munhu, Mwari wangu, anochinja nzvimbo yenyu tsvene; 2 Uye hazvigoneki kuti achinje ochiisa kune imwe nzvimbo, nekuti haana simba pamusoro pacho. 3 Makagadzira nzvimbo yenyu tsvene musati magadzira dzimwe nzvimbo: 4 Chiri chikuru hachizochinjwa neavo vari vadiki pane icho. 5 Ishe, makapa moyo wenyu kuna vanotenda; hamungatongokundikani, kana kushaya zvibereko. 6 Nokuti awa imwe chete yekutenda kwako inokosha kupfuura mazuva nemakore ese. 7 Nokuti ndianiko achapfeka nyasha dzako, akakuvadzwa? 8 Nokuti chisimbiso chako chinozikamwa: uye zvisikwa zvako zvinochiziva: uye mauto ako (ekudenga) ane icho: uye ngirozi huru dzakasarudzwa dzakachipfeka. 9 Makatipa kugovana kwenyu; hazvina kureva kuti makanga muchitida isu, asi kuti isu tinokudai. 10 Dururirai dova renyu pamusoro pedu, mugozarura matsime enyu akanaka anotidururira mukaka nouchi. 11 Nokuti hapana kutendeuka kwauri kuti utendeuke pane zvawakavimbisa. 12 Uye magumo akaratidzwa pamberi penyu: nekuti zvamakapa, makazvipa pachena.