¹Zvino vanakomana vavaporofita vakati kuna Erisha, Tarirai zvino, apa patigere pamberi penyu pakamanikana, hapatiringani.

¹And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.

²Titenderei henyu tiende kwaJoridhani, mumwe nomumwe atore dandapo, tizvivakirepo patingagara. Iye akapindura, akati, Endai henyu.

²Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.

³Zvino mumwe akati, Tinokumbira kuti imwi mutende kuendawo navaranda venyu. Akapindura akati, Ndichaenda.

³And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.

⁴Naizvozvo akaenda navo. Vakati vasvika kwaJoridhani, vakatema matanda.

⁴So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.

⁵Asi mumwe wakati achitema danda, demo ndokuwira mumvura; akadanidzira, achiti, Haiwa! Tenzi wangu! nekuti rakanga rakumbirwa.

⁵But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.

⁶Munhu waMwari akati, rawirepiko? Akamuratidza parakanga rawira. Erisha akatema rutanda, akarukandirako, akapapamadza demo.

⁶And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.

⁷Akati, Chiritora hako. Iye akatambanudza ruoko rwake, akaritora.

⁷Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.

⁸Zvino mambo weSiria wakarwa navaIsiraeri; akarangana navaranda vake, akati, Matende angu anofanira kudzikwa pokuti nopokuti.

⁸Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.

⁹Zvino munhu waMwari ndokutuma shoko kuna mambo waIsiraeri, akati, Chenjerai, murege kupfuura nopokuti, nekuti vaSiria voburukira ipapo.

⁹And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.

¹⁰Ipapo mambo waIsiraeri akatuma vanhu ikoko kwaakaudzwa, nokunyeverwa nomunhu waMwari, akazvingwarirapo asingadaro kamwe nakaviri chete.

¹⁰And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.

¹¹Naizvozvo moyo wamambo weSiria wakanyauswa kwazvo pamusoro pechinhu ichi; akadana varanda vake, akati kwavari, Hamungandiratidzi here, kuti ndianiko pakati patiri unonzwana namambo waIsiraeri?

¹¹Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not show me which of us is for the king of Israel?

¹²Mumwe wavaranda vake akati, Kwete, ishe wangu mambo, asi Erisha muporofita, ari pakati paIsiraeri, ndiye unoudza mambo waIsiraeri mashoko amunotaura muimba yenyu yomukati.

¹²And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.

¹³Akati, Endai mundotarira kwaari, nditume vanhu kuzomutora. Akaudzwa, zvichinzi, Uri paDhotani.

¹³And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

¹⁴Naizvozvo akatumirako mabhiza, nengoro, nehondo huru; vakafamba usiku, vakakomba guta.

¹⁴Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.

¹⁵Zvino muranda womunhu waMwari wakati amuka mangwanani, akabuda, ndokuona hondo namabhiza nengoro zvakakomba guta. Muranda wake akati kwaari, Haiwa! Tenzi wangu, tichadiniko?

¹⁵And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

¹⁶Iye akapindura, akati, Usatya hako, nekuti vari kwatiri vanopfuura vari kwavari pakuwanda.

¹⁶And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.

¹⁷Zvino Erisha akanyengetera, akati, Jehovha, svinudzai henyu meso ake, awone. Ipapo Jehovha akasvinudza meso ejaya, akaona gomo rizere namabhiza, nengoro dzomoto zvakanga zvakakomba Erisha.

¹⁷And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

¹⁸Zvino vakati vachiburukira kwaari, Erisha akanyengetera kuna Jehovha, akati, Dorovai vanhu ava noupofu. Jehovha akavarova noupofu, sezvakanga zvarehwa naErisha.

¹⁸And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

¹⁹Erisha akati kwavari, Haizi iyo nzira, uye guta iri harizi iro; nditeverei ini, ndikuisei kumunhu wamunotsvaka. Akaenda navo Samaria.

¹⁹And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.

²⁰Vakati vasvika Samaria, Erisha akati, Jehovha, svinudzai meso avanhu ava, vawone. Jehovha akasvinudza meso avo, vakaona kuti vava mukati meSamaria.

²⁰And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.

²¹Zvino mambo waIsiraeri wakati achivaona, akati kuna Erisha, Baba vangu, ndovauraya here? Ndovauraya here?

²¹And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?

²²Iye akapindura, akati, Usavauraya; ko ungavauraya vawakatapa nomunondo wako nouta hwako here? Gadzika chingwa nemvura pamberi pavo, vadye, vamwe, vaende kuna tenzi wavo.

²²And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.

²³Iye akavagadzirira zvokudya zvizhinji; zvino vakati vadya nokumwa, akavaendisa, vakadzokera kuna tenzi wavo. Zvino hondo dzavaSiria hadzina kuzopindazve munyika yaIsiraeri.

²³And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

²⁴Shure kwaizvozvo, Bhenihadhadhi mambo weSiria akaunganidza hondo yake yose, akandokomba Samaria.

²⁴And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

²⁵Nzara huru ikavapo paSamaria; nekuti vakarikomba kusvikira musoro wembongoro uchitengeswa namashekeri esirivha ana makumi masere, nechitswanda chiduku chamatoto enjiva chichitengeswa namashekeri esirivha mashanu.

²⁵And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.

²⁶Zvino mambo waIsiraeri wakati achipfuura napamusoro porusvingo, mumwe mukadzi akadanidzira kwaari, akati, Ndibatsireiwo ishe wangu mambo!

²⁶And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

²⁷Iye akati, Kana Jehovha asingakubatsiri, ini ndingakubatsira neiko? Nezvinobva paburiro kana pachisviniro chewaini kanhi?

²⁷And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?

²⁸Mambo akati kwaari, Chiiko chinokunetsa? Akapindura, akati, Mukadzi uyu wakati kwandiri, Uya nomwanakomana wako, timudye nhasi, mangwana tigodya mwanakomana wangu.

²⁸And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.

²⁹Naizvozvo takabika mwanakomana wangu, tikamudya; fume mangwana ndikati kwaari, Uya nomwanakomana wako, timudye, iye ndokuvanza mwanakomana wake.

²⁹So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.

³⁰Ipapo mambo wakati achinzwa mashoko omukadzi, akabvarura nguvo dzake; (zvino wakange achifamba naparusvingo;) vanhu vakatarira, vakaona kuti wakafuka magumbu mukati pamuviri wake.

³⁰And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.

³¹Ipapo akati, Mwari ngaandirove, arambe achidaro, kana musoro waErisha mwanakomana waShafati ukaramba uri pamusoro pake nhasi.

³¹Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

³²Asi Erisha wakange agere mumba make, vakuru vagerewo naye; mambo akatuma munhu kuzomutungamirira; asi nhume ichigere kusvika kwaari, akati kuvakuru, Munoona here kuti mwana uyu womuurayi watuma munhu kuzobvisa musoro wangu? Tarirai, kana nhume ichisvika, mupfige mukova, mutsigirire mukova; kutsika kwetsoka dzatenzi wake hakunzwiki shure kwake here?

³²But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

³³Zvino wakati achitaurirana navo, nhume ikaburukira kwaari; iye akati, Tarirai, chakaipa ichi chinobva kuna Jehovha; ndichamirireiko Jehovha?

³³And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?