¹Erisha akati, Inzwai shoko raJehovha, Zvanzi naJehovha, Mangwana nenguva ino, chiyero chimwe choupfu hwakatsetseka chichatengeswa neshekeri rimwe, nezviyero zviviri zvebhari neshekeri rimwe pasuwo reSamaria.

¹Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

²Zvino mukuru uyo, mambo waakanga akasendama paruoko rwake, akapindura munhu waMwari, akati, Tarirai, kunyange Jehovha akaita mahwindo kudenga, chinhu ichi chingaitika here? Erisha akati, Tarira, uchazviona nameso ako, asi haungazvidyi.

²Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

³Zvino kwakanga kuna varume vana vaiva namaperembudzi kunze kwesuwo; ivo vakataurirana, vakati, Tinogarireiko pano kusvikira tafa?

³And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

⁴Kana tikati, Tichapinda muguta, nzara huru iri muguta, tichandofiramo; kana tikagara pano, tichafawo. Naizvozvo zvino hendei tiende hedu kuhondo dzavaSiria; kana vakatirega tiri vapenyu, tararama hedu; kana vakatiuraya, tafa hedu.

⁴If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.

⁵Ipapo vakasimuka mambakwedza, vakaenda kumisasa yavaSiria; vakati vasvika kumisasa yokumudzivo yavaSamaria, vakawana kusina munhu.

⁵And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.

⁶nekuti Jehovha wakange anzwisa hondo yavaSiria kutinhira kwengoro, nokutinhira kwamabhiza, kuri kutinhira kwehondo huru; vakataurirana, vakati, Tarirai, mambo waIsiraeri wakakoka madzimambo avaHiti namadzimambo avaEgipita kuzorwa nesu.

⁶For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

⁷Naizvozvo vakamuka mambakwedza, vakasiya matende avo, namabhiza avo, namahesera avo, musasa wose wakangodaro, vakatiza kuti vararame.

⁷Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

⁸Zvino vaya vaiva namaperembudzi vakati vachisvika kumisasa yokumidzivo, vakapinda patende rimwe, vakadya nokumwa, vakatoramo sirivha nendarama nenguvo, vakandozviviga; vakadzokazve, vakapinda mune rimwe tende, vakatora zvakanga zvirimowo, vakandozviviga.

⁸And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.

⁹Ipapo vakataurirana, vakati, Hatiiti zvakanaka; nhasi izuva reshoko rakanaka, asi isu tinongonyarara hedu; kana tikanonoka kusvikira kwaedza, tichavingwa nokurohwa; naizvozvo hendei zvino, tindoudza imba yamambo.

⁹Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.

¹⁰Naizvozvo vakaenda vakadanidzira kuvatariri vesuwo reguta, vakavaudza, vakati kwaari, Takasvika kumisasa yavaSiria, tikawana kusisina munhupo, kunyange inzwi romunhu, asi mabhiza akasungirwa, namahesera akasungirwa, namatende akangodaro.

¹⁰So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.

¹¹Ipapo vatariri vesuwo vakadanidzira, vakaudza vomumba mamambo mukati.

¹¹And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within.

¹²Mambo akamuka pakati pousiku, akati kuvaranda vake, Ndichakuudzai zvataitirwa navaSiria. Vanoziva kuti tine nzara; naizvozvo vakabuda pamisasa vakandovanda kusango, vachiti, Kana vakabuda muguta, tichavabata vari vapenyu, isu tigopinda muguta.

¹²And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.

¹³Ipapo mumwe muranda wake akapindura, akati, Vamwe ngavatore mabhiza mashanu kuna akasara, akasiiwa muguta (tarirai, vakafanana navamwe vaIsiraeri vazhinji vakasara imomo; tarirai vakafananawo navamwe vaIsiraeri vazhinji vatoparadzwa havo;) tivatume, tione.

¹³And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.

¹⁴Naizvozvo vakatora ngoro mbiri namabhiza adzo, mambo akatuma vanhu kuzotevera hondo yavaSiria, akati, Endai, mundoona.

¹⁴They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

¹⁵Ivo vakaenda, vakavatevera kusvikira kwaJoridhani, vakawana nzira yose izere nenguvo, nenhumbi, dzakanga dzarashwa navaSiria nokumhanya kwavo. Nhume dzikadzoka, dzikaudza mambo.

¹⁵And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.

¹⁶Ipapo vanhu vakabuda, vakapamba misasa yavaSiria. Naizvozvo chiyero choupfu hwakatsetseka chakatengeswa neshekeri rimwe, nezvi yero zviviri zvebhari neshekeri rimwe, sezvakanga zvarehwa naJehovha.

¹⁶And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.

¹⁷Mambo akagadza mukuru uya, waakanga akasendama paruoko rwake, kuti arindire suwo; vanhu vakamutsikirira musuwo, akafa sezvakanga zvarehwa nomunhu waMwari, wakataura shoko iro musi wakaburukira mambo kwaari.

¹⁷And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.

¹⁸Zvikaitika sezvakanga zvataurwa nomunhu waMwari kuna mambo, zvaakati, Mangwana nenguva ino zviyero zviviri zvebhari zvichatengeswa neshekeri, nechiyero chimwe choupfu hwakatsetseka neshekeri pasuwo reSamaria;

¹⁸And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:

¹⁹mukuru uyo akapindura munhu waMwari, akati, Zvino tarira, kunyange Jehovha akaita mahwindo kudenga, chinhu ichi chakadai chingaitwa here? Iye akati Tarira, uchazviona nameso ako, asi haungazvidyi.

¹⁹And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

²⁰Ndizvo zvaakazoitirwa; nekuti vanhu vakamutsikirira musuwo, akafa.

²⁰And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.