¹Zvino Bhenihadhadhi, mambo weSiria, wakakoka hondo dzake dzose; iye waiva namadzimambo ana makumi matatu ana maviri, namabhiza, nengoro pamwechete naye; akaenda, akakomba Samaria, akarwa naro.

¹And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.

²Akatuma nhume kuna Ahabhi, mambo waIsiraeri, mukati meguta, akati kwaari, Zvanzi naBhenihadhadhi

²And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad,

³Sirivha yako nendarama yako ndezvangu, navakadzi vako navana vako vakanaka ndavangu.

³Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.

⁴Mambo waIsiraeri akapindura, akati, Ndizvo hazvo zvamareva, ishe wangu mambo; ndiri wenyu, nezvose zvandinazvo.

⁴And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.

⁵Nhume dzikadzoka, dzikati, Zvanzi naBhenihadhadhi, Ndakatuma shoko kwauri, ndikati, Unofanira kundipa sirivha yako nendarama yako, navakadzi vako navana vako;

⁵And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Benhadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;

⁶asi ndichatuma varanda vangu kwauri mangwana nenguva ino; ivo vachanzvera imba yako, nedzimba dzavaranda vako; zvino, zvose zvinofadza meso ako vachazvitora namaoko avo, ndokuenda nazvo.

⁶Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.

⁷Ipapo mambo waIsiraeri wakadana vakuru vose venyika, akati, Cherekedzai, muvone, kuti munhu uyu unotsvaka kutiitira zvakaipa; nekuti wakatuma shoko kwandiri, achiti uchatora vakadzi vangu navana vangu, nesirivha yangu nendarama yangu, ndikasamurambira chinhu.

⁷Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.

⁸Ipapo vakuru vose navanhu vose vakati kwaari, Regai kumuteerera, kana kumutenda.

⁸And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent.

⁹Naizvozvo akati kunhume dzaBhenihadhadhi, Udzai ishe wangu mambo, muti, Zvose zvakazivisa muranda wenyu pakutanga, ndichazviita; asi chinhu ichi handingagoni kuchiita. Nhume dzikaenda, dzikadzokera kwaari nemhinduro.

⁹Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.

¹⁰Ipapo Bhenihadhadhi akatuma shoko kwaari akati, Vamwari ngavandirove, varambe vachidaro, kana guruva reSamaria rikagona kuringana kuti vanhu vose vanonditevera vatsamure tsama namaoko avo.

¹⁰And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

¹¹Mambo waIsiraeri akapindura, akati, Muudzei muti, Unoshonga nhumbi dzake dzokurwa ngaarege kuzvirumbidza saiye wodzibvisa.

¹¹And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.

¹²Zvino iye wakati achinzwa shoko iro ari pakumwa, iye namadzimambo, pamisasa, akati kuvaranda vake, Rongedzai! Ivo vakarongedza kundorwa neguta.

¹²And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city.

¹³Zvino mumwe muporofita akaswedera kuna Ahabhi mambo waIsiraeri, akati, Zvanzi naJehovha, Waona vanhu ava vazhinji here? Tarira, ndichavapa mumaoko ako nhasi, ugoziva kuti ndini Jehovha.

¹³And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

¹⁴Ahabhi akati, Naniko? Iye akati, Zvanzi naJehovha, Namajaya amachinda amativi enyika. Iye akati, Ndianiko unofanira kuvamba kurwa? Akapindura akati, Iwe!

¹⁴And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.

¹⁵Ipapo akaverenga majaya amachinda amativi enyika, vakasvika mazana maviri namakumi matatu namaviri; zvino akaverenga vanhu vose, ivo vana vaIsiraeri vose, vakasvika zviuru zvinomwe.

¹⁵Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.

¹⁶Vakasimuka masikati makuru. Zvino Bhenihadhadhi wakange ari pakumwa pamisasa, akabatwa, iye namadzimambo, iwo madzimambo makumi matatu namaviri akanga achimubatsira.

¹⁶And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.

¹⁷Zvino majaya amachinda amativi enyika akatanga kutungamira Bhenihadhadhi akatuma nhume, vakamuudza, vachiti, Kuna varume vanobuda Samaria.

¹⁷And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.

¹⁸Iye akati, Kunyange vabuda vachitsvaka rugare, muvabate vari vapenyu, kunyange vabuda vachitsvaka kurwa, muvabate vari vapenyu.

¹⁸And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

¹⁹Naizvozvo vakabuda muguta, iwo majaya amachinda amativi enyika nehondo yakavatevera.

¹⁹So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.

²⁰Mumwe nomumwe akauraya munhu wake, vaSiria vakatiza, vaIsiraeri vakavateverera; naBhenihadhadhi mambo weSiria akatiza, akatasva bhiza ana vamwe vakanga vakatasva mabhiza.

²⁰And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.

²¹Ipapo mambo waIsiraeri akabuda, akaparadza mabhiza nengoro, akauraya vaSiria vazhinji-zhinji.

²¹And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.

²²Zvino muporofita akaswedera kuna mambo waIsiraeri, akati kwaari, Enda undozvisimbisa, uchenjere, ufunge zvakanaka zvaunofanira kuita; nekuti kana gore rapera mambo weSiria uchauya kuzorwa newe.

²²And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.

²³Zvino varanda vamambo weSiria vakati kwaari, Mwari wavo ndimwari wamakomo, nemhaka iyo vakatikunda; asi ngatirwe navo pabani, ipapo zvirokwazvo tichavakunda.

²³And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

²⁴Naizvozvo itai chinhu ichi, Mubvise madzimambo, mumwe nomumwe panzvimbo yake, mugoisa vatariri vehondo panzvimbo yavo;

²⁴And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:

²⁵mugozviunganidzira hondo yakafanana nehondo yamakarashikirwa nayo, bhiza panzvimbo yebhiza, nengoro panzvimbo yengoro, tirwe navo pabani; zvirokwazvo tichavakunda. Iye akateerera inzwi ravo, akaita saizvozvo.

²⁵And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.

²⁶Pakupera kwegore Bhenihadhadhi akaunganidza vaSiria, akaenda Afeki kundorwa navaIsiraeri.

²⁶And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.

²⁷Vana vaIsiraeri vakaunganidzwawo, vakapiwa mbuva, vakandorwa navo; vana vaIsiraeri vakadzika matende avo pakatarisana navo, vakafanana namapoka maduku maviri embudzi, asi vaSiria vakanga vakazadza nyika.

²⁷And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.

²⁸Zvino munhu waMwari akaswedera, akataura kuna mambo waIsiraeri, akati, Zvanzi naJehovha, VaSiria zvavakati, Jehovha ndimwari wamakomo, asi haazi mwari wamapani, naizvozvo ndichapa vanhu avo vose mumaoko ako, vazive kuti ini ndiri Jehovha.

²⁸And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

²⁹Zvino vakagara pamisasa vakatarisana mazuva manomwe. Nomusi wechinomwe vakasangana vakarwa, vana vaIsiraeri vakauraya vaSiria vaifamba namakumbo vane zviuru zvine zana nomusi mumwe.

²⁹And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.

³⁰Asi vamwe vakatizira muguta reAfeki, rusvingo ndokuwira pamusoro pavarume vane zviuru zvina makumi maviri nezvinomwe vakanga vasara. NaBhenihadhadhi akatizawo, akasvika muguta, akapinda mukamuri yomukati.

³⁰But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.

³¹Ipapo varanda vake vakati kwaari, Tarirai zvino, takanzwa kuti madzimambo eimba yaIsiraeri madzimambo ane nyasha; zvino ngatisunge magumbu pazviuno zvedu namakavi pamisoro yedu, tibudire kuna mambo waIsiraeri; zvimwe uchakuregai muri vapenyu.

³¹And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.

³²Naizvozvo vakasunga magumbu pazviuno zvavo, namakavi pamisoro yavo, vakaenda kuna mambo waIsiraeri, vakati, Zvanzi nomuranda wenyu Bhenihadhadhi, Ndinokumbira kuti murege kundiuraya henyu. Akati, Uchiri mupenyu here? Iye ihama yangu.

³²So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.

³³Zvino varume avo vakacherekedza kwazvo, vakakurumidza kugamuchira shoko iro kwaari, vakati, Hoyo, Bhenihadhadhi hama yenyu. Ipapo iye akati, Endai, mumutore. Bhenihadhadhi akabudira kwaari, akamukwidza pangoro.

³³Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Benhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

³⁴Zvino Bhenihadhadhi akati kwaari, Ndichadzosa maguta akatorerwa baba vako nababa vangu; ungazviitira migwagwa muDhamasiko, sezvakaita baba vangu paSamaria. Ahabhi akati, Ini ndichakutendera kuenda nokuda kwesungano iyi. Naizvozvo akaita sungano naye, akamutendera kuenda.

³⁴And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.

³⁵Zvino mumwe murume wavana vavapomfita akati kushamwari yake arairwa naJehovha, Ndirove hako. Murume akaramba kumurova.

³⁵And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbor in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.

³⁶Ipapo akati kwaari, Zvausina kuteerera inzwi raJehovha, tarira, uchaurawa neshumba kana uchangobva kwandiri. Zvino wakati achangobva kwaari, shumba ikamuwana, ikamuuraya.

³⁶Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.

³⁷Zvino akawanazve mumwe murume, akati, Ndirove hako. Murume uyo akamurova, akamukuvadza kwazvo.

³⁷Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.

³⁸Naizvozvo muporofita akabva, akandomirira mambo panzira, akazvishandura nomucheka waakanga asunga kumeso kwake.

³⁸So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.

³⁹Zvino mambo wakati achipfuura, akadanidzira kuna mambo, akati, Muranda wenyu wakange apinda pakati pokurwa, ndikaona munhu achitsauka, akauya kwandiri nomumwe murume, akati, Rinda munhu uyu; kana akatongoshaikwa, upenyu hwake huchatsihwa noupenyu hwako; kana izvo zvikakona, uchafanira kuripa netarenda resirivha.

³⁹And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.

⁴⁰Zvino muranda wenyu wakati achibatabata hake pano napapo, iye akanyangarika. Mambo waIsiraeri akati kwaari, Ndizvo zvauchatongerwa, wazvitonga umene.

⁴⁰And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.

⁴¹Akakurumidza kubvisa mucheka kumeso kwake, mambo walsiraeri akamuziva kuti ndomumwe wavaporofita.

⁴¹And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.

⁴²Iye akati kwaari, Zvanzi naJehovha, Zvawatendera munhu kupukunyuka pamaoko ako, iye wakange atukwa neni kuti aparadzwe, naizvozvo upenyu hwake hwuchatsihwa noupenyu hwako, uye vanhu vake vachatsihwa navanhu vako.

⁴²And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.

⁴³Mambo waIsiraeri akaenda kumba kwake awora moyo ane shungu, ndokusvika paSamaria.

⁴³And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.