12 Samueri akazoti kuvaIsraeri vese: “Onai ndaita* zvese zvamakandikumbira kuti ndiite, uye ndagadza mambo kuti akutongei.+

3 Ndini ndiri pano. Kana muine chekundipomera, taurai pamberi paJehovha uye pamberi pemuzodziwa wake:+ Ndiani wandakatorera mombe yake kana dhongi rake?+ Kana kuti ndiani wandakabiridzira kana kuti wandakadzvinyirira? Ndakagamuchira chiokomuhomwe* kubva muruoko rwaani kuti ndipe mutongo usina kururama?+ Kana ndakakuitirai izvozvo, ndichakudzorerai zvinhu zvenyu.”+

8 Rapai vanorwara,+ mutsai vakafa, chenesai vane maperembudzi, dzingai madhimoni. Makagamuchira pachena, ipai pachena.

11 Kana takadyara zvinhu zvemweya pakati penyu, pane chakaipa here kana tikazokohwa zvinhu zvinotitsigira pakurarama kubva kwamuri?+ 12 Kana vamwe vanhu vaine kodzero iyi pamuri, ko isu hatina kodzero inotopfuura yavo here? Kunyange zvakadaro, hatina kushandisa kodzero iyi,+ asi tiri kutsungirira zvinhu zvese, kuti tisambokanganisa mashoko akanaka pamusoro paKristu.+

2 Tiwanireiwo nzvimbo mumwoyo menyu.+ Hatina watakatadzira, hatina watakakanganisa, hatina watakanyengera kuti zvitinakire.+

7 Nekuti semuranda* waMwari, mutariri anofanira kuva munhu asina chaanopomerwa, asina kuoma musoro,+ asingakurumidzi kushatirwa,+ asiri chidhakwa, asingaiti mhirizhonga,* asingakari pfuma,