¹Zvino Abhija akavata namadzibaba ake, akavigwa muguta raDhavhidhi; Asa mwanakomana wake akamutevera paushe, pamazuva ake nyika yakanga ino rugare makore ane gumi.

¹So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.

²Asa akaita zvakanaka nezvakarurama pamberi paJehovha Mwari wake.

²And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:

³nekuti akabvisa aritari dzoutorwa, namatunhu akakwirira, akaputsa shongwe, nokutemawo matanda okunamata nawo;

³For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:

⁴akaraira vaJudha kuti vatsvake Jehovha Mwari wamadzibaba avo, nokuchengeta murau nomurayiro.

⁴And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.

⁵Akabvisawo pamaguta ose avaJudha matunhu akakwirira nezvimwari zvezuva; ushe hukava norugare iye ari mambo.

⁵Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.

⁶Akavaka maguta akakombwa paJudha; nekuti nyika yakanga ino rugare, akanga asina kurwa pamakore iwayo; nekuti Jehovha akanga amuzorodza.

⁶And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.

⁷Nekuti akati kuvaJudha: Ngativake maguta iwayo, tiapoteredze namasvingo, neshongwe, namasuwo, namazariro; nyika ichiri pamberi pedu, nekuti takatsvaka Jehovha Mwari wedu; takamutsvaka, akatizorodza pamativi ose. Ipapo vakavaka, vakagara zvakanaka.

⁷Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

⁸Asa akanga ane hondo yavaJudha, vane zviuru zvina mazana matatu, vakanga vakashonga nhovo huru namapfumo; neyavaBhenjamini vane zviuru zvina mazana maviri namakumi masere, vakanga vakashonga nhovo vaifura nouta; ava vose vaiva varume vane simba noumhare.

⁸And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valor.

⁹Zvino Zera multiopia akauya kuzorwa navo nehondo yavanhu vane zviuru zvezviuru, nengoro dzina mazana matatu; akasvika Maresha.

⁹And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.

¹⁰Ipapo Asa akabuda kuzorwa naye, vakagadzira kuzorwa pamupata weZefata paMaresha.

¹⁰Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.

¹¹Asa akachema kuna Jehovha Mwari wake, akati, Jehovha hakuna angabatsira asine simba kurwa nounesimba, asi imwi moga; tibatsirei Jehovha Mwari wedu; nekuti tinovimba nemi, tasvika kuzorwa navazhinji ava nezita renyu. imwi Jehovha, ndimi Mwari wedu; munhu ngaarege kukukundai imi.

¹¹And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let no man prevail against thee.

¹²Ipapo Jehovha akaparadza vaItiopia pamberi paAsa, napamberi pavaJudha, vaItiopia vakatiza.

¹²So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.

¹³Asa navanhu vaakanga anavo vakavateverera kusvikira paGerari; vaItiopia vakaurawa vazhinji, vakakoniwa kumutsiridzika; nekuti vakaparadzwa pamberi paJehovha napamberi pehondo yake vaJudha vakaenda nezvizhinji kwazvo zvavakapamba.

¹³And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.

¹⁴Vakaparadza maguta ose akapoteredza Gerari; nekuti vakavhunduswa naJehovha; vakapamba maguta ose, nekuti kwakanga kune zvingapambwa zvizhinji maari.

¹⁴And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.

¹⁵Vakaparadzawo matende ezvipfuwo, vakatapa makwai mazhinji nemakamera, ndokudzokera Jerusaremu.

¹⁵They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.