Kufungisisa kwanhasi: Ivo havasati votaura uye vakatoreurura Kristu
Mambo mukuru anozvarwa ari mwana mudiki. Varume vakachenjera vanobva kure, vachitungamirwa nenyeredzi uye vanouya kuBheterehema, kuzonamata uyo achakarara mubhedha, asi achitonga kudenga nepanyika. Kana vachenjeri vachizivisa kuna Herodhi kuti Mambo azvarwa, anonetseka, uye kuti arege kurasikirwa nehushe, anoedza kumuuraya, achitenda maari, angadai akachengeteka muhupenyu huno uye angadai akatonga nekusingaperi mune inotevera.
Chii chaunotya, Herodhi, zvawakanzwa kuti Mambo azvarwa? Kristu haana kuuya kuzokubvisa pachigaro, asi kuzokunda dhiabhori. Iwe haunzwisise izvi, saka unoshatirwa uye hasha; zvirokwazvo, kubvisa izvo chete zvaunotsvaga, unoita hutsinye nekuuraya vana vazhinji.
Vanamai vanochema hazviite kuti udzokere kumashure nhanho dzako, haufambiswe nekuchema kwababa nekuurawa kwevana vavo, kuchema kunorwadza kwevana hakumitise. Iko kutya kunobata pamoyo wako kunotyaira kuti uuraye vana uye, paunenge uchiedza kuuraya Hupenyu pachahwo, iwe unofunga kuti unogona kurarama kwenguva refu kana uchikwanisa kuita izvo zvaunoshuvira. Asi iye, tsime renyasha, mudiki uye mukuru panguva imwe chete, achinge akarara mubhedha, anoita kuti chigaro chako chidedere; anokushandisa iwe usingazive zvirongwa zvake uye anosunungura mweya kubva muhuranda hwadhiyabhorosi. Akagamuchira vana vevavengi uye akavaita vana vake vokurera.
Vana, vasingazvizive, vanofira Kristu, asi vabereki vachichema avo vanofira avo vanofa. Kristu anoita avo vasati vataura zvapupu zvake. Uyo akauya kuzotonga anotonga saizvozvi. Mununuri anototanga kusunungura uye muponesi anotopa kare ruponeso rwake.
Asi iwe, iwe Herodhi, usingazive zvese izvi, wakatsamwa uye une hutsinye uye paunenge uchirangana kupokana nemwana uyu, iwe usingazvizive, wave kutomupa rukudzo.
Chipo chinoshamisa chenyasha! Chikweretii icho vana ava vaive nacho chekukunda nenzira iyi? Ivo havasati vataura uye vatobvuma Kristu! Ivo havasati vava kukwanisa kutarisana nehondo iyi, nekuti havasati vachifambisa makumbo avo uye zvakadaro ivo vatotakura ruoko rwekukunda mukukunda.