¹Zvino negore regumi namasere ramambo Jerobhoamu mwanakomana waNebhati, Abhija wakatanga kubata ushe hwaJudha.

¹Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.

²Akabata ushe paJerusaremu makore matatu; zita ramai vake rakanga riri Maaka, mukunda waAbhusaromi.

²Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. and his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

³Iye akafamba pazvivi zvose zvababa vake, zvavakamutangira kuita; moyo wake wakange usina kururama kwazvo kuna Jehovha Mwari wake, somoyo waDhavhidhi baba vake.

³And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.

⁴Kunyange zvakadaro nokuda kwaDhavhidhi, Jehovha Mwari wake akamupa mwenje paJerusaremu, akamumutsira mwanakomana wake shure kwake, asimbise Jerusaremu;

⁴Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:

⁵nekuti Dhavhidk waiita zvakarurama pamberi paJehovha, haana kutsauka pachinhu chimwe chaakamuraira mazuva ose oupenyu hwake, asi pamhaka yaUriya muHiti chete.

⁵Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

⁶Kurwa kwakanga kuripo pakati paRehobhoamu naJerobhoamu mazuva ose oupenyu hwake.

⁶And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

⁷Zvino mamwe mabasa aAbhija, nezvose zvaakaita hazvina kunyorwa here mubhuku raMakoronike amadzimambo aJudha? Kurwa kwakanga kuripo pakati paAbhija naJerobhoamu.

⁷Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

⁸Abhija akavata namadzibaba ake, vakamuviga muguta raDhavhidhi; Asa mwanakomana wake akamutevera paushe.

⁸And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.

⁹Negore ramakumi maviri raJerobhoamu mambo waIsiraeri, Asa wakatanga kubata ushe paJudha.

⁹And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.

¹⁰Akabata ushe paJerusaremu makore makumi mana nerimwe, zita ramai vake rakanga riri Maaka mukunda waAbhusaromi.

¹⁰And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

¹¹Asa akaita zvakarurama pamberi paJehovha, sezvakaita Dhavhidhi baba vake.

¹¹And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.

¹²Akabvisa vaSodhomi panyika, akabvisawo zvifananidzo zvose zvakaitwa namadzibaba ake.

¹²And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

¹³Akabvisawo Maaka mai vake pauhosi hwavo, nekuti vakanga vaitira matanda okunamata nawo chifananidzo chinonyangadza; Asa akaparadza chifananidzo chavo, akachipisa parukova Kidhironi.

¹³And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.

¹⁴Asi matunhu akakwirira haana kubviswa; kunyange zvakadaro moyo waAsa wakange wakarurama kwazvo kuna Jehovha mazuva ake ose.

¹⁴But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.

¹⁵Akaisa mumba maJehovha nhumbi dzakanga dzatsaurwa nababa vake, nenhumbi dzaakanga atsaura iye amene, sirivha, nendarama, nemidziyo.

¹⁵And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels.

¹⁶Zvino kurwa kwakanga kuripo pakati paAsa naBhaasha mambo waIsiraeri mazuva avo ose.

¹⁶And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

¹⁷Bhaasha mambo waIsiraeri akakwira kundorwa naJudha, akavaka Rama, kuti arege kutendera munhu kubuda kana kupinda kuna Asa mambo waJudha.

¹⁷And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

¹⁸Ipapo Asa akatora sirivha yose nendarama zvakanga zvasara pafuma yeimba yaJehovha, napafuma yeimba yamambo, akazvipa mumaoko avaranda vake, mambo Asa akazvitumira kuna Bhenihadhadhi mwanakomana waTabhirimoni, mwanakomana waHeZiyoni, mambo weSiria wakange agere Dhamasiko, akati,

¹⁸Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

¹⁹Sungano iripo pakati pangu nemi, pakati pababa vangu nababa venyu;tarirai ndinokutumirai chipo chesirivha nendarama, endai muputse sungano yenyu naBhaasha mambo waIsiraeri, abve kwandiri.

¹⁹There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

²⁰Bhenihadhadhi akateerera mambo Asa, akatuma vehondo dzake kundorwa namaguta aIsiraeri, akakunda Ijoni, neDhani, neAbheribhetimaaka, neKineroti rose, nenyika yose yaNafitari.

²⁰So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

²¹Zvino Bhaasha wakati achizvinzwa, akarega kuvaka Rama, akandogara Tiriza.

²¹And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

²²Ipapo mambo Asa akakoka vaJudha vose, hakuna wakadarikwa, vakandotora mabwe eRama, namatanda aro, zvaakanga achivaka nazvo iye Bhaasha; mambo Asa akavaka nazvo Ghebha rokwaBhenjamini neMizipa.

²²Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

²³Zvino mamwe mabasa ose aAsa, nesimba rake rose, nezvose zvaakaita, namaguta aakavaka, hazvina kunyorwa here mubhuku yaMakoronike amadzibaba aJudha? Asi panguva yokukwegura kwake wakange achinzwa makumbo.

²³The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

²⁴Asa akavata namadzibaba ake, akavigwa kunamadzibaba ake paguta raDhavhidhi baba vake; Josafati mwanakomana wake, akamutevera paushe.

²⁴And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.

²⁵Zvino Nadhabhi mwanakomana waJerobhoamu, wakatanga kubata ushe hwaIsiraeri negore rechipiri raAsa mambo waJudha, akabata ushe hwaIsiraeri makore maviri.

²⁵And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.

²⁶Akaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha, akafamba nenzira yababa vake, nomuzvivi zvake zvaakatadzisa Isiraeri nazvo.

²⁶And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.

²⁷Ipapo Bhaasha mwanakomana waAhija, weimba yaIsakari, akamumukira, Bhaasha akamuuraya paGibhetoni raiva ravaFirisitia; nekuti Nadhabhi navaIsiraeri vose vakanga vakomba Gibhetoni.

²⁷And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.

²⁸Bhaasha akamuuraya negore retatu raAsa mambo waJudha, akamutevera paushe.

²⁸Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.

²⁹Zvino wakati achangogara ushe, akauraya vose veimba yaJerobhoamu; haana kusiira Jerobhoamu mumwe wakange achafema, kusvikira amuparadza, sezvazvakarehwa naJehovha nomuromo womuranda wake Ahija muShiro;

²⁹And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:

³⁰nokuda kwezvivi zvaJerobhoamu, zvaakaita iye, nezvaakatadzisa Isiraeri nazvo, nokuda kokutambudza kwaakatambudza Jehovha Mwari waIsiraeri nako.

³⁰Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.

³¹Zvino mamwe mabasa aNadhabhi, nezvose zvaakaita, hazvina kunyorwa here mubhuku yaMakoronike amadzimambo alsiraeri?

³¹Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

³²Kurwa kwakanga kuripo nguva dzose pakati paAsa naBhaasha mambo waIsiraeri.

³²And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

³³Negore rechitatu raAsa mambo waJudha, Bhaasha mwanakomana waAhija, wakatanga kubata ushe hwevaIsiraeri vose paTiriza, akabata makore makumi maviri namana.

³³In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.

³⁴Akaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha, akafamba nenzira yaJerobhoamu, nomuzvivi zvake, zvaakatadzisa Isiraeri nazvo.

³⁴And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.