Maitiro ekupikisa Dhiabhori, kumiyedzo yake

Mwanakomana waMwari akataura kumwenga, achimuudza, kuti: “Apo dhiabhorosi anokuedzai, muudze zvinhu izvi zvitatu: ‘Mashoko aMwari haangatongowirirani nezvokwadi; hakuna chinhu chisingagonekwi naMwari; dhiabhorosi, haugoni kundipa rudo rwakadzama rumwe cheterwo rwandinopihwa naMwari.' (Bhuku II, 1)
Muvengi waMwari anochengeta madhimoni matatu
«Muvengi wangu ane madhimoni matatu mukati make: wekutanga anogara munhengo dzake dzepabonde, yechipiri mumoyo make, yechitatu mumuromo make. Wokutanga akafanana nomutyairi wendege anoregedza mvura kupinda mumudziyo inozadza zvishoma nezvishoma mumudziyo; mvura painopfachukira, mudziyo unonyura. Ngarava iyi muviri unozungunutswa nemiedzo yemadhimoni uye nekurwiswa nemhepo dzemakaro avo; sekungopinda kunoita mvura dzehudzvinyiriri mumudziyo, nenzira imwechete kuda kunopinda mumuviri kuburikidza nemafaro ayo muviri pachawo unosangana nawo nepfungwa dzakaipa; uye sezvo isingaipikisane nayo nokutendeuka kana kurega, mvura yomufaro inowedzera uye inowedzera kubvumirana, uye inoita zvimwe chetezvo mungarava, kuitira kuti isasvike pachiteshi cheruponeso. Dhimoni rechipiri, rinogara mumwoyo, rakafanana nehonye yeapuro, iyo inotanga kutsenga mukati, zvino, mushure mokusiya tsvina yaro imomo, inochera muchero wose kusvikira waparadza zvachose. Dhiabhorosi anoita nenzira imwe cheteyo: kutanga anorwisa kuda nezvishuvo zvaro zvakanaka, zvakaenzana neuropi umo simba rose nezvakanaka zvose zvomudzimu zvinogara; zvino, mushure mekunge adurura mwoyo wezvose zvakanaka, anopinza pfungwa nezvido zvenyika mariri; pakupedzisira inosundira muviri kuzvifaro zvawo, ichirerutsa simba roumwari nezivo inonetesa; kubva pane izvi kunobva kusemeswa uye kushorwa kwehupenyu. Zvechokwadi, murume uyu iapuro risina pfungwa, nemamwe mazwi murume asina mwoyo; asina mwoyo, chokwadi, anopinda muChechi yangu, sezvo asina ruzivo rwerudo rwehumwari. Dhimoni rechitatu rakafanana nomupfuri anopfura nepahwindo pane vaya vasingatarisi kwaari. Ko sei dhimoni risingadzore munhu waasina kumbotaura? Nekuti chaunonyanya kuda ndizvo zvaunogara uchitaura. Mashoko anovava aanokuvadza nawo akafanana nemiseve inopinza, inopfurwa pose paanotaura nezvadhiabhorosi; panguva iyoyo munhu asina mhosva anobvarurwa nezvaanotaura uye vanhuwo zvavo vanonyadziswa nazvo. Naizvozvo ini, iye waChokwadi, ndinopika kuti ndichamutongera senzvimbo inosemesa kumoto wesarufa; zvisinei, chero muviri nemweya zvakabatana muhupenyu huno, ndinomupa tsitsi dzangu. Zvino, hechino chinhu chandinokumbira nokukumbira kwaari: kuti kazhinji anobatsira pazvinhu zvoumwari; asingatyi zvakaipa; kuti haadi kukudzwa uye kuti haambotauri zita rakaipa radhiabhorosi. Bhuku I; 13
Nhaurirano pakati paIshe nadhiyabhorosi
Ishe wedu vakati kudhimoni: "Iwe wakasikwa neni, waona kururama kwangu, ndiudze pamberi pake kuti sei wakadonha zvinosiririsa, kana kuti wakafungei pawakadonha." Dhiabhorosi akapindura, kuti: “Ndakaona zvinhu zvitatu mamuri: Ndakanzwisisa kukura kwakaita kubwinya kwenyu, ndichifunga nezvorunako rwangu norunako rwangu; Ndakatenda kuti munokudzwa kupfuura zvinhu zvose, kana muchiona kubwinya kwangu; nokuda kwechikonzero ichi ndakazvikudza ndikasarudza kusazviganhurira pakuva munhu akaenzana newe asi kukupfuura. Ipapo ndakaziva kuti maiva nesimba kupfuura vanhu vose ndokusaka ndaida kuva nesimba kupfuura imi. Chechitatu, ndakaona zvinhu zvichauya sezvavanofanira kuuya nazvo, uye kuti kubwinya kwenyu nerukudzo rwenyu hazvina mavambo nemagumo. Zvakanaka, ndakagodora zvinhu izvi uye mukati mangu ndakafunga kuti ndaizotsungirira nokuzvidira kurwadziwa uye kutambudzwa chero bedzi iwe warega kuvapo uye nepfungwa iyi ndakawira zvinosiririsa; ndosaka gehena riripo." Bhuku I; 34
Kupikisa satani
«Ziva kuti dhiabhorosi akafanana nembwa inovhima yapukunyuka musungo: paanokuona uchigamuchira pesvedzero yoMweya Mutsvene, anomhanyira kwauri nemiedzo yake nezano rake; asi kana ukamupikisa nechinhu chakaoma uye chinovava, chinogumbura mazino ake, anobva aenda uye haakukuvadzi. Zvino, chii chakaoma chinogona kupikisa dhiabhorosi, kana kusiri rudo rwaMwari nekuteerera kumirairo yake? Paanoona kuti rudo urwu nokuteerera zviri kuitwa kusvika pakukwana mauri, kurwiswa kwake, kuedza kwake uye kuda kwake zvichabva zvavhiringika nekuputsika, sezvo achifunga kuti unoda kutambura kupi nokupi pane kuputsa mirairo yaMwari.Bhuku IV 14