¹Ahazi akanga ana makore makumi maviri pakutanga kwake kubata ushe; akabata ushe paJerusaremu makore gumi namatanhatu; asi haana kuita zvakarurama pamberi paJehovha, sababa vake Dhavhidhi;

¹Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father:

²asi wakafamba nenzira dzamadzibaba aIsiraeri, akaitira vaBhaariwo zvifananidzo zvendarira yakanyauswa.

²For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.

³Uye akapisawo zvinonhuhwira pamupata womwanakomana waHinomi, akapisa vana vake mumoto, sezvainyangadza zvavahedheni, vakanga vadzingwa naJehovha pamberi pavana vaIsiraeri.

³Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

⁴Akabayira nokupisa zvinonhuhwira pamatunhu akakwirira, napazvikomo, napasi pemiti yose mitema.

⁴He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

⁵Saka Jehovha Mwari wake akamuisa muruoko rwamambo weSiria; vakamukunda, vakaenda navanhu vake vazhinji vakatapwa, vakandovaisa Dhamasiko. Naiye amene akaiswa muruoko rwamambo waIsiraeri, akamukunda, akauraya vazhinji-zhinji.

⁵Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.

⁶nekuti Peka mwanakomana waRemaria akauraya paJudha vanhu vane zviuru zvine zana namakumi maviri pazuva rimwe; vose vari varume voumhare; nekuti vakanga vasiya Jehovha Mwari wamadzibaba avo.

⁶For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.

⁷Zikiri murume waEfuremu, akanga ane simba, akauraya Maaseya mwanakomana wamambo, naAzirikami mutariri weimba, naErikana mukuru kutevera mambo.

⁷And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king.

⁸Vana valsiraeri vakatapa pakati pehama dzavo vanhu vane zviuru zvina mazana maviri, vakadzi, vanakomana, navanasikana, vakapambawo zvizhinji kwavari; vakandoisa Samaria izvo zvakapambwa.

⁸And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.

⁹Asi kwakanga kuno muporofita waJehovha, wainzi Obhedhi; iye akaenda kundosangana nehondo yakanga youya Samaria, akati kwavari, Jehovha Mwari wamadzibaba enyu akanga atsamwira vaJudha, saka akavaisa mumaoko enyu, makavauraya nehasha dzakasvikira kudenga.

⁹But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven.

¹⁰Zvino munoti muchamanikidza vana vaJudha naveJerusaremu, vave vatapwa venyu varanda navarandakadzi; ko imwi hamune mhosvawo mumene pamberi paJehovha Mwari wenyu here?

¹⁰And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God?

¹¹Naizvozvo zvino chindinzwai, mudzose vatapwa vamakatapa pakati pehama dzenyu; nekuti Jehovha akutsamwirai kwazvo.

¹¹Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.

¹²Ipapo vamwe vakuru vavana vaEfuremu, vaiti: Azaria mwanakomana waJohwanani, naBherekia mwanakomana waMeshiremoti, naJehizikia mwanakomana waSharumi, naAmasa mwanakomana waHadhirai, vakadzivisa avo vabva pakurwa,

¹²Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war,

¹³vakati kwavari, Hamungapindi pano navatapwa, nekuti munovavarira kuita chinhu chichatiparisa mhaka pana Jehovha, mugowedzera pazvivi zvedu nemhosva yedu; nekuti mhosva yedu ihuru, vaIsiraeri vatsamwirwa kwazvo naJehovha.

¹³And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.

¹⁴Ipapo varwi vakasiya vatapwa nezvakapambwa kumachinda neungano yose.

¹⁴So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation.

¹⁵Zvino ava varume varehwa mazita avo, vakasimuka, vakatora vatapwa, vakafukidza vose vakanga vakashama pakati pavo nezvakapambwa, vakavapfekedza nokuvaisa shangu, ndokuvapa zvokudya nezvokumwa, vakavazodza, vakatasvisa vose vakanga vasine simba pambongoro, vakavaisa Jeriko, guta remichindwe, kuhama dzavo; ipapo vakadzokera Samaria.

¹⁵And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.

¹⁶Panguva iyo mambo Ahazi akatuma shoko kumadzibaba aAsiria, kuti vamubatsire.

¹⁶At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.

¹⁷Nekuti vaEdhomu vakanga vasvikazve, vakakunda vaJudha vakatapa vatapwa.

¹⁷For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.

¹⁸NavaFirisitiawo vakanga vavamba maguta amapani, naaiva kurutivi rwezasi rwaJudha, vakakunda Bhetishemeshi, neAijaroni, neGedheroti, neSoko, nemisha yawo, neTimina, nemisha yaro, neGimizo nemisha yaro; vakagarapo.

¹⁸The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.

¹⁹Nekuti Jehovha akaninipisa vaJudha nokuda kwaAhazi mambo waIsiraeri; nekuti akanga aita zvakaipa paJudha, akatadzira Jehovha kwazvo.

¹⁹For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD.

²⁰Zvino Tirigatipirineseri mambo weAsiria akauya kuzorwa naye, akamumanikidza, asi haana kumukunda.

²⁰And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.

²¹Nekuti Ahazi akatora mugove wefuma paimba yaJehovha, napaimba yamambo, neyamachinda, akazvipa mambo weAsiria; asi hazvina kumubatsira.

²¹For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not.

²²Asi panguva yokutambudzika kwake, akanyanya kutadzira Jehovha, iye mambo Ahazi.

²²And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.

²³nekuti akabayira vamwari veDhamasiko, vakanga vamukunda, akati, Vamwari vamadzimambo aSiria zvavanovabatsira, ini ndichavabayirawo, kuti vandibatsirewo. Asi ivo vakamuparadza iye navalsiraeri vose pamwechete naye.

²³For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

²⁴Zvino Ahazi akaunganidza midziyo yeimba yaMwari akaputsanya midziyo yeimba yaMwari, akapfiga mikova yeimba yaJehovha; akazviitira aritari pose-pose paJerusaremu.

²⁴And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

²⁵Akaitawo matunhu akakwirira paguta rimwe nerimwe raJudha kuzopisira vamwe vamwari zvinonhuhwira ipapo, akatsamwisa Jehovha Mwari wamadzibaba ake.

²⁵And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers.

²⁶Zvino mamwe mabasa ake, netsika dzake dzose, dzokutanga nedzokupedzisira, tarirai zvakanyorwa mubhuku yamadzimambo aJudha naIsiraeri.

²⁶Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

²⁷Ahazi akavata namadzibaba ake, vakamuviga muguta, imo muJerusaremu; nekuti havana kumuisa pamarinda amadzimambo aIsiraeri; Hezekia mwanakomana wake akamutevera paushe.

²⁷And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.