¹Zvino negore ramakumi matatu namatanhatu rokubata ushe kwaAsa, Bhaasha mambo waIsiraeri akakwira kundorwa naJudha, akavaka Rama, kuti arege kutendera munhu kubuda kana kupinda kuna Asa mambo waJudha.

¹In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

²Ipapo Asa akabudisa sirivha nendarama muzvivigiro zvefuma yeimba yaJehovha neimba yamambo, akatuma shoko kuna Bhenihadhadhi mambo weSiria, akanga agere Dhamasiko, akati,

²Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Benhadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

³Sungano iripo pakati pangu nemi, sezvayakavapo pakati pababa vangu nababa venyu; tarirai, ndinokutumirai sirivha nendarama; endai muputse sungano yenyu naBhaasha mambo waIsiraeri, abve kwandiri.

³There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

⁴Bhenihadhadhi akateerera mambo Asa, akatuma vakuru vehondo dzake kundorwa namaguta aIsiraeri, akakunda Ijoni, neDhani, neAbherimaimi, namaguta ose amatura aNafutari.

⁴And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.

⁵Zvino Bhaasha akati achizvinzwa, akarega kuvaka Rama, akarega basa rake.

⁵And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.

⁶Ipapo mambo Asa akatora vaJudha vose; vakandobvisa mabwe eRama, namatanda aro zvaakanga avaka nazvo iye Bhaasha, akavaka nazvo Gebha neMizipa.

⁶Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.

⁷Zvino nenguva iyo muoni Hanani akasvika kuna Asa mambo waJudha, akati kwaari, Zvawakavimba namambo weSiria, ukasavimba naJehovha Mwari wako, zvino hondo yamambo weSiria yapukunyuka paruoko rwako.

⁷And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.

⁸Ko vaItiopia navaRubhimi vakanga vasi hondo huru-huru, vane ngoro navatasvi vamabhiza vazhinji here? Kunyange zvakadaro, zvawakavimba naJehovha, iye akavaisa muruoko rwako.

⁸Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand.

⁹nekuti meso aJehovha anotarira-tarira kumativi ose enyika yose, kuti aratidze simba rake kuna iye ano moyo wakarurama kwazvo kwaari. Pachinhu ichi waita sebenzi; nekuti kubva zvino uchavingwa nokurwa.

⁹For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

¹⁰Ipapo Asa akatsamwira muoni, akamuisa mutirongo; nekuti akanga amutsamwira kwazvo nokuda kwechinhu ichi. Nenguva iyo Asa akatambudzawo vamwe vanhu.

¹⁰Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.

¹¹Zvino tarirai, mabasa aAsa, okutanga nookupedzisira, akanyorwa mubhuku yamadzimambo aJudha naaIsiraeri.

¹¹And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

¹²Asi pagore ramakumi matatu namapfumbamwe rokubata kwake ushe, Asa akazonzwa makumbo; urwere hwake hukanyanya kwazvo; kunyange zvakadaro, paurwere hwake haana kutsvaka Jehovha, asi n'anga.

¹²And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.

¹³Asa akavata namadzibaba ake, akafa negore ramakumi mana nerimwe rokubata kwake ushe.

¹³And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.

¹⁴Vakamuviga pamuhwiro hwake, hwaakanga azvivezera muguta raDhavhidhi, vakamuradzika panhovo dzizere nezvinonhuhwira zvamarudzi mazhinji, zvakanga zvagadzirwa navaiti vezvinonhuhwira vakangwara; vakamuvesera vira guru, guru kwazvo.

¹⁴And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odorous and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him.