¹Zvino Ataria mai vaAhazia, wakati achiona kuti mwanakomana wake wafa, akasimuka, akaparadza vose vorudzi rwamambo.

¹And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

²Asi Jehoshebha mukunda wamambo Joramu, hanzvadzi yaAhazia, wakatora Joashi mwanakomana waAhazia, akamuba pakati pavanakomana vamambo vaiurawa, iye nomureri wake, mumba mokuvata; vakamuvanza panaAtaria, naizvozvo haana kuurawa.

²But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.

³Akagara naye akavanzwa mumba maJehovha makore matanhatu; Ataria akabata ushe panyika.

³And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.

⁴Zvino negore rechinomwe Jehoyadha akatuma vanhu vakatora vakuru vamazana vavaKari navarindi vamambo, akauya navo kwaari mumba maJehovha, akaita sungano navo, akavapikisa mumba maJehovha, akavaratidza mwanakomana wamambo.

⁴And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king's son.

⁵Akavaraira, akati, Munofanira kuita kudai, imwi munopinda nesabata, chetatu chenyu munofanira kuva varindi veimba yama mbo;

⁵And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;

⁶chimwe chetatu munofanira kumira pasuwo rinonzi Suri; chimwe cheta tuzve vanofanira kumira pasuwo riri shure kwavarindi vamambo; saizvozvo munofanira kurinda imba, nokuidzivirira.

⁶And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.

⁷Mapoka enyu maviri, imwi mose munobuda nesabata, munofanira kurinda imba yaJehovha muchikomba mambo.

⁷And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.

⁸Mukombe mambo, mumwe nomumwe akabata nhumbi dzokurwa nadzo muruoko rwake; Ani naani unopinda pakati pemisara, unofanira kuurawa; mugare namambo kana achibuda uye kana achipinda.

⁸And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.

⁹Vakuru vamazana vakaita zvose zvavakarairwa nomupristi Jehoyadha; mumwe nomumwe akatora vanhu vake, ivo vaifanira kupinda nesabata, naivo vaifanira kubuda nesabata, vakasvika kumupristi Jehoyadha.

⁹And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

¹⁰mupristi akapa vakuru vamazana mapfumo nenhowo zvaiva zvamambo Dhavhidhi, zvakanga zviri mumba maJehovha.

¹⁰And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.

¹¹Zvino varindi vamambo vakamira mumwe nomumwe akabata nhumbi dzokurwa nadzo muruoko rwake, kubva kurutivi rworudyi rweimba kusvikira kurutivi rworuboshwe rweimba, napaaritari neimba, vakakomba mambo.

¹¹And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.

¹²Ipapo akabudisa mwanakomana wamambo, akamudzika korona, akamupa chipupuriro, vakamuita mambo, vakamuzodza; ndokuridza nhondo, vachiti; Mambo ngaararame!

¹²And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.

¹³Zvino Ataria wakati achinzwa mheremhere yavarindi vamambo navanhu, akapinda kuvanhu mumba maJehovha.

¹³And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.

¹⁴Akatarira, ndokuona mambo amire pambiru, netsika yavo, navakuru navakanga vane hwamanda vamire kuna mambo; vanhu vose venyika vakafara, vakaridza hwamanda. Ipapo Ataria akabvarura nguvo dzake, akadanidzira, achiti, Ndamukirwa, ndamukirwa!

¹⁴And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.

¹⁵Zvino mupristi Jehoyadha akaraira vakuru vamazana, vairaira hondo, akati kwavari, Mubudisei pakati pemisara yavanhu; Ani naani unomutevera iye, munofanira kumuuraya nomunondo; nekuti mupristi wakati, Ngaarege kuurayiwa mukati meimba yaJehovha.

¹⁵But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.

¹⁶Naizvozvo vakamubata namaoko, akaenda nenzira yaipinda mabhiza nayo kumba kwamambo, ndokuurayirwapo.

¹⁶And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain.

¹⁷Zvino Jehoyadha akaita sungano pakati paJehovha namambo navanhu, kuti vave vanhu vaJehovha; uyewo pakati pamambo navanhu.

¹⁷And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD's people; between the king also and the people.

¹⁸Vanhu vose venyika vakaenda kumba kwaBhaari, vakaiputsa; vakaputsa kwazvo aritari dzake

¹⁸And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.

¹⁹Akatora vakuru vamazana, navaKari, navarindi vamambo, navanhu vose venyika, vakaburusa mambo paimba yaJehovha, vakaenda kumba kwamambo nenzira yesuwo ravarindi vamambo. Iye akagara pachigaro choushe chamadzimambo.

¹⁹And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.

²⁰Naizvozvo vanhu vose venyika vakafara, guta rikanyarara; vakauraya Ataria nomunondo paimba yamambo.

²⁰And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.

²¹Jehoashi wakatanga kubata ushe ana makore manomwe.

²¹Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.