Bhuku Rekutanga reMufudzi waHermas, rinonzi Zviratidzo Zvake CHIRATIDZO 1 1 Iye akandirera akatengesa musikana mudiki kuRoma; uyo pandakamuona makore mazhinji gare gare, ndakamuyeuka, ndikatanga kumuda sehanzvadzi. Zvakaitika kuti imwe nguva gare gare, ndakamuona achigeza murwizi rwaTyber; uye ndakatambanudza ruoko rwangu kwaari, ndikamuburitsa murwizi. 2 Uye pandakamuona ndakafunga ndega, ndichiti, Ndingafara sei dai ndaiva nemukadzi akadaro, nekuda kwerunako netsika. Izvi ndakazvifunga ndega; uye handina kuzofungazve. Asi pasina nguva refu, pandakanga ndichifamba ndichifungisisa nezvepfungwa idzi, ndakatanga kukudza chisikwa ichi chaMwari, ndichifunga ndega; kuti aive akanaka uye akanaka sei. 3 Pandakafamba zvishoma, ndakarara. Mweya wakanditora, ukanditakura nepanzvimbo imwe kurudyi, pakanga pasina munhu aigona kupfuura nepairi. Yaiva nzvimbo iri pakati pematombo, ine mawere makuru, uye isingafambiki nemvura. 4 Pandakanga ndapfuura nzvimbo iyi, ndakasvika mubani; uye ipapo ndakapfugama, ndakatanga kunyengetera kuna Ishe, uye kureurura zvivi zvangu. 5 Pandakanga ndichinyengetera, denga rakazarurwa, ndikaona mukadzi wandaishuvira, achindikwazisa kubva kudenga, achiti, Hermas, mhoro! uye ndakamutarisa, ndikati, Maiwe, uri kuitei pano? Akandipindura achiti, Ndiri kukwidzwa pano kuti ndikupomere mhosva yechivi pamberi paIshe. 6 Mai, ndakati, "Ungandinyengetedza here?" Kwete, akadaro: asi inzwa mashoko andiri kuda kukuudza. Mwari anogara kudenga, uye akaita zvinhu zvose kubva pasina chinhu, uye akazviwanza nokuda kwechechi yake tsvene, akatsamwa newe nekuti wakanditadzira."
7 Ndakapindura ndikati kwaari, Mai, kana ndakakutadzirai, ndiudzei kuti ndakambotaura shoko risina kunaka kana renhema riini kwamuri? 8 Handina kukuremekedza semukadzi here nguva dzose? Handina kukuremekedza sehanzvadzi here nguva dzose? Saka sei uchindifungira zvinhu zvakaipa kudai? 9 Ipapo, achinyemwerera kwandiri, akati: Chishuwo chezvakaipa chamuka mumoyo mako. Hazvifungi here kuti chinhu chakaipa kuti munhu akarurama ave nechishuwo chakaipa mumoyo make? 10 Zvechokwadi chivi, uye ichocho chikuru kwazvo, kune akadaro; nekuti munhu akarurama anofunga kuti zvakarurama. Uye paanenge achidaro, uye achifamba zvakarurama, achaita kuti Ishe kudenga vamufarire mune zvese zvaanoita. 11 Asi kana vari avo vanofunga zvakaipa mumwoyo yavo, vanozvitorera rufu neusungwa; uye kunyanya avo vanoda nyika ino yazvino, uye vanozvirumbidza nepfuma yavo, uye vasingatarisi zvakanaka zvichauya; mweya yavo inodzungaira, uye havazivi kwekugadzirisa. 12 Zvino iyi ndiyo nyaya yevaya vane pfungwa mbiri, vasingavimbi naIshe, uye vanoshora nekuregeredza hupenyu hwavo. 13 Asi nyengetera kuna Ishe, uye vachaporesa zvivi zvako, nezvivi zveimba yako yese, nezvevatsvene vake vese. 14 Paakangopedza kutaura mashoko aya matenga akavharwa, uye ndakaramba ndakamedzwa nekusuwa nekutya; ndikati nechemumoyo, kana izvi zvikaiswa pamusoro pangu nekuda kwechivi, ndingaponeswa sei? 15 Kana kuti ndingakwanisa sei kukumbira Jehovha pamusoro pezvivi zvangu zvakawanda uye zvikuru? Ndingamukumbira sei kuti andinzwire tsitsi nemashoko api? 16 Pandakanga ndichifunga nezvezvinhu izvi, ndichifungisisa nezvazvo, tarira, chigaro chakaiswa pamberi pangu chemvere chena, chakajeka sechando. 17 Zvino kwakauya mumwe mukadzi mukuru akapfeka nguo inopenya, akabata bhuku muruoko rwake, akagara ega, akandikwazisa, achiti, Hermas, kwaziwai! Ini ndizere nekuchema, ndichichema, ndakapindura, "Kwaziwai, Mai! 18 Akati kwandiri, Sei wakasuruvara, Hermas, waisada kuva nemoyo murefu, uye kuzvininipisa, uye kugara wakafara? Ndakapindura, ndikati kwaari, Maiwe,