“Miti yeMiorivi,” Nyaya dzemuBhuku raMormoni (2023)
Miti yeMiorivi
Rudo rwaMwari rwevanhu Vavo.
Jakobo aiva muporofita waMwari. Aida kudzidzisa vaNifai pamusoro pekuti Mwari vanoda vanhu vavo zvikuru sei. Jakobo akavaudza pamusoro pemunda wemizambiringa wemiti yemiorivi. Ishe vemunda wemizambiringa nevaranda Vavo vakashanda pamwechete kuchengeta munda wemizambiringa.
Ishe vaiva nemuti wemuorivi wakakosha uyo waibereka muchero wakanaka. Jakobo akati muti uyu waiva wakafanana nevanhu vaMwari, kana kuti imba yaIsraeri. Muchero wakanga wakafanana nezviito zvavanhu. Ishe vaichengetedza zvikuru muti uyu. Vaiubatsira kuti ukure kuburikidza nekupa zvokudya kumidzi yawo uye nekuguririra mapazi awo. Vaiupa izvo zvawaida kuti urarame.
Mushure menguva yakati rebei, muti Wavo wakakosha wakatanga kufa. Paiva nemapazi mashoma chete akanga ane utano Izvi zvakaita kuti Ishe vasuwe. Vaida kuti urambe uchibereka muchero wakanaka.
Kuti vaponese mapazi ane utano, Ishe vakaabvisa uye vakanoabatanidzira kune mimwe miti. Zvino Vakaatsivanisa nemamwe mapazi ane utano aibva kune mimwe miti.
Nguva refu yakapfuura. Ishe nevaranda vavo vakauya kumunda wemizambiringa kazhinji. Vakachengeta muti waIshe wakakosha. Vakachengetawo mapazi akakosha aiva akapararira mumiti yaive yakazara mumunda wemizambiringa. Muchero muzhinji waiberekwa vaive wakanaka. Muchero wakanaka wakaita kuti Ishe nemuranda wavo vafare.
Mushure mechinguva, muti woga woga wakabereka mumwe muchero wakawanda. Asi zvino muchero wose wakanga wakashata. Ishe vakasuwa zvikuru. Vakanga vasingadi kurasikirwa nomunda wemizambiringa kana muchero wawo. Vakanga vashanda nesimba kubatsira miti Yavo. Vakashamisika kuti chii chimwe chaVangakwanisa kuita. Vakataura nemuranda Wavo uye vakasarudza kuramba vachiedza.
Kuti Vaponese munda Wavo wemizambiringa, Ishe vakati mapazi aVakanga vabvisa pamuti wakakosha ngaaunganidzwe. Vakati ngaabatanidzwe zvakare pamuti wakakosha.
Iyi ndiyo yaiva nguva yekupedzisira Ishe yavaizoshanda mumunda Wavo wemizambiringa. Vakadana vamwe varanda kuti vavabatsire. Vanhu vose vakashanda pamwechete kuunganidza nekubatanidza mapazi.
Vakachengeta miti yose. Vakabvisa mapazi akashata uye vakachengeta akanaka. Mushure menguva yakati rebei, muti waIshe wakakosha wakatanga kubereka muchero wakanaka zvakare. Mimwe miti yakaberekawo muchero wakanga wakanaka sewe muti wakakosha. Ishe vakafara. Miti Yavo yakanga yaponeswa! Yose yakabereka muchero waVaida kuti ibereke.
Ishe vakatenda varanda. Vakavaudza kuti vakanga varopafadzwa nokuda kwokushanda nesimba uye nokuchengeta mirairo Yavo. Vakagovana muchero navo, uye izvi zvakavafadza zvikuru. Kwenguva refu, Ishe vakanakirwa nemuchero.
Jakobo akapedza nyaya yemiti yemiorivi. Akadzidzisa vanhu kuti Mwari vanovataririra sokutaririra kwakaita Ishe vemunda wemizambiringa miti Yavo. Jakobo akakumbira vanhu vose kuti vatendeuke uye vaswedere pedyo naMwari. Akavadzidzisa kuda nekushandira Mwari nokuti Mwari vanogara vachinanavira kwavari.