¹Zvino Jehoshafati akavata namadzibaba ake, akavigwa namadzibaba ake muguta raDhavhidhi; Jehoramu mwanakomana wake akamutevera paushe.

¹Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.

²Iye akanga ana vanin'ina, vaiva vanakomana vaJehoshafati, vaiti: Azaria, naJehieri, naZekariya, naAzaria, naMikaeri, naShefatia; ava vose vaiva vanakomana vaJehoshafati mambo waIsiraeri.

²And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.

³Baba vavo vakavapa zvipo zvikuru zvesirivha, nendarama, nezvinhu zvinokosha, pamwechete namaguta akakombwa paJudha; asi ushe wakahupa Jehoramu, nekuti iye akanga ari wedangwe.

³And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.

⁴Zvino Jehoramu akati apinda paushe hwababa vake, ndokuzvisimbisa, akauraya vanin'ina vake vose nomunondo, navamwewo vamachinda aIsiraeri.

⁴Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel.

⁵Jehoramu akanga asvika makore makumi matatu namaviri pakutanga kwake kubata ushe; akabata ushe paJerusaremu makore masere.

⁵Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

⁶Akafamba nenzira yamadzimambo alsiraeri, sezvakaita imba yaAhabhi; nekuti mukunda waAhabhi akanga ari mukadzi wake; akaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha.

⁶And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD.

⁷Kunyange zvakadaro Jehovha akanga asingadi kuparadza imba yaDhavhidhi, nokuda kwesungano yaakanga aita naDhavhidhi, uye nekuti akanga amupikira kuti achamupa mwenje iye navana vake nguva dzose.

⁷Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.

⁸Zvino namazuva ake vaEdhomu vakamukira vaJudha, vakazviitira mambo wavo.

⁸In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king.

⁹Ipapo Jehoramu akaenda navakuru vake, ane ngoro dzake dzose naye; akamuka usiku, akaparadza vaEdhomu vakanga vakamukomba navakuru vengoro.

⁹Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots.

¹⁰Naizvozvo vaEdhomu vakamukira vaJudha, kusvikira zuva ranhasi. Ipapo veRibhinawo vakamumukira nenguva iyo; nekuti akanga arasha Jehovha, Mwari wamadzibaba ake.

¹⁰So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers.

¹¹Akaitawo matunhu akakwirira pamakomo aJudha, akapatisa vagere Jerusaremu, nokutsausa vaJudha.

¹¹Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto.

¹²Ipapo tsamba yakabva kumuporofita Eria, ikasvika kwaari, ichiti, Zvanzi naJehovha Mwari wababa vako Dhavhidhi, Zvausina kufamba nenzira dzababa vako Jehoshafati, kana nenzira dzaAsa mambo waJudha;

¹²And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

¹³asi wakafamba nenzira dzamadzimambo aIsiraeri, ukapatisa Judha navagere Jerusaremu, sezvakaita imba yaAhabhi, ukaurayawo vanin'ina vako vakanga vakanaka kupfuura iwe;

¹³But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better than thyself:

¹⁴zvino tarira, Jehovha acharova vanhu vako, navana vako, navakadzi vako, nezvinhu zvako zvose, nenjodzi yakaipa;

¹⁴Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:

¹⁵iwe uchava nehosha yakaipa yomuura kusvikira ura hwako huchibuda kunze nemhaka yehosha iyo zuva rimwe nerimwe.

¹⁵And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.

¹⁶Zvino Jehovha akakurudzira mweya yavaFirisitia neyavaArabhia, vakanga vari kurutivi rwavaltiopia, kuzorwa naJehoramu;

¹⁶Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:

¹⁷vakandorwa navaJudha, vakapinda nyika yavo nesimba, ndokutora nhumbi dzose dzavakawana mumba mamambo, navanakomana vake, navakadzi vake; naizvozvo haana kusarirwa nomwanakomana, kunyange nomumwe asi Jehoahazi, muduku wavanakomana vake vose.

¹⁷And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.

¹⁸Shure kwaizvozvo zvose Jehovha akamurova muura hwake nehosha isingagoni kurapwa.

¹⁸And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.

¹⁹Zvino makore maviri akati apera, ura hwake hukabuda kunze nemhaka yourwere, akafa nehosha dzakaipa; vanhu vake vakasamupisira, sezvavakapisira madzibaba ake.

¹⁹And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.

²⁰Akanga asvika makore makumi matatu namaviri pakutanga kwake kubata ushe; akabata ushe paJerusaremu makore masere; akaenda hake asingadikamwi, vakamuviga paguta raDhavhidhi, asi havana kumuviga pamarinda amadzimambo.

²⁰Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.