Jeremia 7: 23- 28
| 7:23 | But on this matter I did instruct them, achiti: Listen to my voice, uye ndichava Mwari wenyu, and you will be my people. And walk in the entire way that I have commanded you, kuti zvikunakirei. |
| 7:24 | But they did not listen, nor did they incline their ear. Pane kudaro, they walked by their own will and in the depravity of their own wicked heart. Uye saka, they went backward, and not forward, |
| 7:25 | from the day when their fathers went forth from the land of Egypt, nanhasi. And I have sent all my servants, the prophets, kwauri, zuva rose, rising at first light and sending them. |
| 7:26 | But they have not listened to me, nor have they inclined their ear. Pane kudaro, they have stiffened their neck, and they have behaved worse than their fathers did. |
| 7:27 | Uye saka, you will speak to them all these words, but they will not listen to you. And you will call to them, but they will not respond to you. |
| 7:28 | And you will say to them: This is the nation that has not listened to the voice of the Lord their God, nor accepted discipline. Faith has perished and been taken away from their mouth. |
Ruka 11: 14- 23
| 11:14 | Zvino wakange achibudisa dhimoni, murume akanga ari chimumumu. Asi wakati abudisa dhimoni, chimumumu chakataura, uye nokudaro vanhu vazhinji vakashamiswa. |
| 11:15 | Asi vamwe vavo vakati, “Zvakaitwa naBheerizebhubhi, mutungamiri wamadhimoni, kuti anodzinga madhimoni.” |
| 11:16 | Uye vamwe, kumuedza, aida chiratidzo kubva kudenga. |
| 11:17 | Asi paakaona pfungwa dzavo, akati kwavari: “Umambo hwose hunozvipesanisa huchaparadzwa, uye imba ichawira pamusoro peimba. |
| 11:18 | Saka zvino, kana Satani achizvipesanisa, ushe hwake huchamira sei? Nokuti munoti ndinobudisa madhimoni naBheerizebhubhi. |
| 11:19 | Asi kana ndichibudisa madhimoni naBheerizebhuri, vanakomana venyu vanoadzinga nani? Naizvozvo, ivo vachava vatongi venyu. |
| 11:20 | Uyezve, kana ndichibudisa madhimoni nomunwe waMwari, naizvozvo ushe hwaMwari hwasvika kwamuri. |
| 11:21 | Kana murume ane simba ane zvombo anorinda mukova wake, zvinhu zvaanazvo zviri murugare. |
| 11:22 | Asi kana yakasimba, zvichimukurira, akamukunda, achamutorera zvombo zvake zvose, yaaivimba nayo, uye achagovera zvaakapamba. |
| 11:23 | Ani nani asineni, anopikisana neni. Uye ani nani asingaungani neni, anoparadzira. |