1Zvino Jehoramu mwanakomana waAhabhi wakatanga kubata ushe hwaIsiraeri paSamaria negore regumi namasere raJehoshafati mambo waJudha, akabata ushe makore ane gumi namaviri.
1Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
2Akaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha, asi haana kuita sababa vake kana samai vake; nekuti wakabvisa shongwe yaBhaari yakanga yaitwa nababa vake.
2And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.
3Kunyange zvakadaro, wakanamatira zvivi zvaJerobhoamu mwanakomana waNebhati, zvaakatadzisa Isiraeri nazvo, haana kutsauka kwazviri.
3Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
4Zvino Mesha mambo waMoabhu wakange ari mwene wamakwai, waipa mambo waIsiraeri makushe amakwayana ane zviuru zvine zana, naamakondobwe ane zviuru zvine zana.
4And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
5Asi Ahabhi wakati afa, mambo waMoabhu akamukira mambo waIsiraeri.
5But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
6Mambo Jehoramu akabuda paSamaria nenguva iyo, akaunganidza vaIsiraeri vose.
6And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.
7Akatuma shoko kuna Jehoshafati mambo waJudha, achiti, Mambo waMoabhu wandimukira, uchaenda neni kundorwa naMoabhu here? Iye akati, Ndichaenda; ini ndakaita sewe, navanhu vangu savanhu vako, namabhiza angu samabhiza ako.
7And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses.
8Iye akati, Tichaenda nenzira ipiko? Akati, Nenzira yokurenje raEdhomu.
8And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.
9Naizvozvo mambo waIsiraeri akaenda, namambo waJudha, namambo waEdhomu, vakapota vakafamba mazuva manomwe, vakashaiwa mvura yokumwisa hondo nezvipfuwo zvavakanga vanazvo.
9So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.
10Ipapo mambo waIsiraeri akati, Haiwa! Jehovha wakadana madzimambo awa matatu, kuti avaise mumaoko avaMoabhu.
10And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!
11Zvino Jehoshafati akati, Hapana muporofita waJehovha pano, tibvunze Jehovha naye here? Mumwe wavaranda vamambo waIsiraeri akapindura, akati, Erisha mwanakomana waShafati ari pano, iye wakadeya kusururidza mvura pamaoko aEria.
11But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.
12Jehoshafati akati, Shoko raJehovha riri kwaari. Zvino mambo waIsiraeri, naJehoshafati, namambo waEdhomu vakaenda kwaari.
12And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
13Erisha akati kuna mambo waIsiraeri, Ndineiko nemi? Endai kuvaporofita vababa venyu nokuvaporofita vamai venyu. Mambo waIsiraeri akati kwaari, Kwete, nekuti Jehovha ndiye wakadana madzimambo awa matatu, kuti avaise mumaoko avaMoabhu.
13And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
14Erisha akati, NaJehovha wehondo mupenyu, iye wandimire pamberi pake, zvirokwazvo dai ndisaiva nehanya naJehoshafati mambo waJudha ari pano, handizaitarira kwamuri, kana kukuonai imi.
14And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.
15Asi zvino uyai kwandiri nomuridzi wembira. Zvino muridzi wembira wakati achiridza, ruoko rwaJehovha rukauya pamusoro pake.
15But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
16Akati, Zvanzi naJehovha, Cherai makoronga mazhinji pamupata uyu.
16And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.
17Nekuti zvanzi naJehovha, Hamungawoni mhepo, hamungawoni mvura; kunyange zvakadaro mupata uyu uchazadzwa nemvura; imwi muchamwa, imwi nezvipfuwo zvenyu, nezvinotakura nhumbi dzenyu.
17For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
18Chinhu ichi chiduku hacho pamberi paJehovha; asi iye uchaisawo vaMoabhu mumaoko enyu.
18And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
19Muchaparadza guta rimwe nerimwe rakasimbiswa, neguta rimwe nerimwe rakatsaurwa, muchatema muti mumwe nomumwe wakanaka, nokudzivira matsime ose emvura, nokushatisa namabwe munda mumwe nomumwe wakanaka.
19And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.
20Zvino fume mangwana, nenguva yokubayira chipo, mvura ikaonekwa ichibva nenzira yaEdhomu, nyika ikazadzwa nemvura.
20And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
21Zvino vaMoabhu vose vakati vachinzwa kuti madzimambo akanga asvika kuzorwa navo, vakaungana, vose vakanga vachigona kupfeka nhumbi dzokurwa nadzo, navakavapfuura pamakore, vakandomira pamuganhu.
21And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood in the border.
22Vakamuka mangwanani, vakaona zuva richipenya pamvura, vaMoabhu vakaona mvura vari kure yakatsvuka seropa.
22And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:
23Vakati, Iropa; zvirokwazvo madzimambo aparadzwa, vaurayana; naizvozvo zvino, vaMoabhu, endai mundopamba.
23And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
24Zvino vakati vachisvika pamisasa yavaIsiraeri, vaIsiraeri vakasimuka, vakaparadza vaMoabhu, vakatiza pamberi pavo; vakapinda munyika yavo vachiparadza vaMoabhu.
24And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country.
25Vakaputsa maguta, mumwe nomumwe akakanda ibwe rake pamunda mumwe nomumwe wakanaka, ikazara; vakadzivira matsime ose emvura, vakatema miti yose yakanaka, kusvikira vasiya mabwe oga paKirihareseti, vaposheri vamabwe vakarikomba, vakariparadza.
25And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
26Zvino mambo waMoabhu wakati achiona kuti wakundwa pakurwa, akatora varume vana mazana manomwe vaigona kurwa nomunondo, akaidza kupasanura kuna mambo waEdhomu; asi vakanga vasingagoni.
26And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.
27Ipapo akatora mwanakomana wake wedangwe, waifanira kumutevera paushe, akamubayira chive chipiriso chinopiswa pamusoro porusvingo. Ipapo vaIsiraeri vakatsamwa kwazvo, vakabva kwaari, vakadzokera kunyika yavo.
27Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.