¹Zvino tarira, mumwe munhu waMwari wakange arairwa neshoko raJehovha, wakabva kwaJudha, akasvika Bheteri; Jerobhoamu wakange amire paaritari achipisa zvinonhuhwira.

¹And lo, a man of God hath come from Judah, by the word of Jehovah, unto Beth-El, and Jeroboam is standing by the altar — to make perfume;

²Iye akadanidzira kuaritari, neshoko raJehovha, akati, Iwe aritari, aritari, zvanzi naJehovha, Tarirai, imba yaDhavhidhi ichaponerwa mwanakomana, uchanzi Josiya; iye uchabaya pamusoro pako vapristi vamatunhu akakwirira, vanopisira zvinonhuhwira pamusoro pako, uye vachapisa mafupa avanhu pamusoro pako.

²and he calleth against the altar, by the word of Jehovah, and saith, `Altar! altar! thus said Jehovah, Lo, a son is born to the house of David — Josiah his name — and he hath sacrificed on thee the priests of the high places who are making perfume on thee, and bones of man are burnt on thee.`

³Akavapa chiratidzo nezuva iro, akati, Ndicho chiratidzo chakataurwa naJehovha, Tarirai, aritari ichapamuka, namadota ari pamusoro payo acharashirwa pasi.

³And he hath given on that day a sign, saying, `This [is] the sign that Jehovah hath spoken, Lo, the altar is rent, and the ashes poured forth that [are] on it.`

⁴Zvino mambo wakati achinzwa shoko romunhu waMwari, raakadanidzira kuaritari paBheteri Jerobhoamu akasimudza ruoko rwake paaritari, akatendeka narwo, akati, Mubatei! Ipapo ruoko rwake rwaakanga amutendeka narwo rwakawoma, akasagona kurudzosazve.

⁴And it cometh to pass, at the king`s hearing the word of the man of God that he calleth against the altar in Beth-El, that Jeroboam putteth forth his hand from off the altar, saying, `Catch him;` and his hand is dried up that he hath put forth against him, and he is not able to bring it back unto him,

⁵Aritariwo yakapamuka, namadota akarashirwa pasi paaritari, chiratidzo chakanga chapiwa nomunhu waMwari chikaitika, icho chakanga charairwa naJehovha.

⁵and the altar is rent, and the ashes poured forth from the altar, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of Jehovah.

⁶Ipapo mambo akapindura, akati kumunhu waMwari, Kumbira hako kuna Jehovha Mwari wako andinzwire nyasha, undinyengeterere, kuti ndiporeserwezve ruoko rwangu. Munhu waMwari akanyengetera kuna Jehovha, mambo akaporeserwazve ruoko rwake, rukaita sakare.

⁶And the king answereth and saith unto the man of God, `Appease, I pray thee, the face of Jehovah thy God, and pray for me, and my hand doth come back unto me;` and the man of God appeaseth the face of Jehovah, and the hand of the king cometh back unto him, and it is as at the beginning.

⁷Ipapo mambo akati kumunhu waMwari, Enda neni kumba kwangu, uzvisimbisepo, ini ndikupewo mubayiro.

⁷And the king speaketh unto the man of God, `Come in with me to the house, and refresh thyself, and I give to thee a gift.`

⁸Asi munhu waMwari wakati kuna mambo, Kunyange mukandiganhurira imba yenyu napakati, handingapindi kwamuri, kunyange kudya zvokudya, kana kumwa pano,

⁸And the man of God saith unto the king, `If thou dost give to me the half of thine house, I do not go in with thee, nor do I eat bread, nor do I drink water, in this place;

⁹nekuti Jehovha wakandiraira neshoko rake, akati, Usadya zvokudya, kana kumwa mvura, kana kudzoka nenzira yawaenda nayo.

⁹for so He commanded me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Thou dost not eat bread nor drink water, nor turn back in the way that thou hast come.`

¹⁰Naizvozvo akadzoka neimwe nzira, haana kudzoka nenzira yaakanga aenda nayo Bheteri.

¹⁰And he goeth on in another way, and hath not turned back in the way in which he came in unto Beth-El.

¹¹Zvino paBheteri pakanga pagere muporofita mutana; mwanakomana wake akandomuudza mabasa ose akaitwa no munhu waMwari paBheteri pazuva iro, namashoko aakataura kuna mambo, naiwo vakaudzawo baba vavo.

¹¹And a certain aged prophet is dwelling in Beth-El, and his son cometh and recounteth to him all the deed that the man of God hath done to-day in Beth-El, the words that he hath spoken unto the king, — yea, they recount them to their father.

¹²Ipapo baba vavo vakati kwavari, Waenda nenzira ipiko? Zvino vana vake vakanga vaona nzira yaendwa nayo nomunhu waMwari wokwaJudha.

¹²And their father saith unto them, `Where [is] this — the way he hath gone?` and his sons see the way that the man of God hath gone who came from Judah.

¹³Akati kuvanakomana vake, Ndisungirei chigaro pambongoro; ivo vakamusungira chigaro pambongoro, akaitasva.

¹³And he saith unto his sons, `Saddle for me the ass,` and they saddle for him the ass, and he rideth on it,

¹⁴Akatevera munhu waMwari, akamuwana agere pasi pomuti womuoki, ndokuti kwaari, Ndiwe munhu waMwari wakabva kwaJudha here? Akati, Ndini.

¹⁴and goeth after the man of God, and findeth him sitting under the oak, and saith unto him, `Art thou the man of God who hast come from Judah?` and he saith, `I [am].`

¹⁵Ipapo akati kwaari, Hendei kumba kwangu, undodya zvokudya.

¹⁵And he saith unto him, `Come with me to the house, and eat bread.`

¹⁶Iye akati, Handingagoni kudzoka nemwi kana kupinda kwamuri, handingadyi zvokudya, kana kumwa mvura nemwi pano,

¹⁶And he saith, `I am not able to turn back with thee, and to go in with thee, nor do I eat bread or drink with thee water in this place,

¹⁷nekuti ndakarairwa neshoko raJehovha, akati, Usadya zvokudya, kana kumwa mvurapo kana kudzoka nenzira yawaenda nayo.

¹⁷for a word [is] unto me by the word of Jehovah, Thou dost not eat bread nor drink there water, thou dost not turn back to go in the way in which thou camest.`

¹⁸Ipapo akati kwaari, Neniwo ndiri muporofita sewe; zvino mutumwa wakandiudza shoko raJehovha, akati, Dzoka naye kumba kwako, adye zvokudya nokumwa mvura. Akareva nhema kwaari.

¹⁸And he saith to him, `I also [am] a prophet like thee, and a messenger spake unto me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Bring him back with thee unto thy house, and he doth eat bread and drink water;` — he hath lied to him.

¹⁹Naizvozvo akadzoka naye, akandodya zvokudya mumba make nokumwa mvura.

¹⁹And he turneth back with him, and eateth bread in his house, and drinketh water.

²⁰Zvino vakati vagere patafura, shoko raJehovha rikasvika kumuporofita wakamudzosa,

²⁰And it cometh to pass — they are sitting at the table — and a word of Jehovah is unto the prophet who brought him back,

²¹akadanidzira kumunhu waMwari, wakange abva kwaJudha, akati, Zvanzi naJehovha, Zvausina kuteerera muromo waJehovha, ukasachengeta murayiro wawakarairwa naJehovha Mwari wako,

²¹and he calleth unto the man of God who came from Judah, saying, `Thus said Jehovah, Because that thou hast provoked the mouth of Jehovah, and hast not kept the command that Jehovah thy God charged thee,

²²ukadzoka, ukadya zvokudya, ukamwa mvura ipapo paakati kwauri, Usadya zvokudya nokumwa mvura, naizvozvo chitunha chako hachingasviki muhwiro hwamadzibaba ako.

²²and turnest back and dost eat bread and drink water in the place of which He said unto thee, Thou dost not eat bread nor drink water — thy carcase cometh not in unto the burying-place of thy fathers.`

²³Zvino wakati adya zvokudya, nokumwa, akasungirira chigaro pambongoro, iye muporofita waakadzosa.

²³And it cometh to pass, after his eating bread, and after his drinking, that he saddleth for him the ass, for the prophet whom he had brought back,

²⁴Zvino wakati aenda, shumba ikasangana naye munzira, ikamuuraya, chitunha chake chikakandirwa munzira, mbongoro ikamira nacho, uye shumbawo ikamira pachitunha.

²⁴and he goeth, and a lion findeth him in the way, and putteth him to death, and his carcase is cast in the way, and the ass is standing near it, and the lion is standing near the carcase.

²⁵Zvino wonei, vanhu vakapfuura napo, vakaona chitunha chakakandirwa munzira, uye shumba imire pachitunha; vakaenda, vakandozviudza vanhu muguta, makanga mugere muporofita mutana.

²⁵And lo, men are passing by, and see the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing near the carcase, and they come and speak [of it] in the city in which the old prophet is dwelling.

²⁶Zvino muporofita, wakamudzosa panzira, wakati achizvinzwa, akati, Ndiye munhu waMwari usina kuteerera muromo waJehovha; naizvozvo Jehovha wakamukwevera pashumba, ikamubvambura, ikamuuraya, sezvakarehwa neshoko raJehovha raakataura kwaari.

²⁶And the prophet who brought him back out of the way heareth and saith, `It [is] the man of God who provoked the mouth of Jehovah, and Jehovah giveth him to the lion, and it destroyeth him, and putteth him to death, according to the word of Jehovah that he spake to him.`

²⁷Akati kuvanakomana vake, Ndisungirirei chigaro pambongoro, vakaisungira chigaro.

²⁷And he speaketh unto his sons saying, `Saddle for me the ass,` and they saddle [it].

²⁸Akaenda, akandowana chitunha chake chakakandirwa munzira, uye mbongoro neshumba zvimire pachitunha; shumba yakanga isina kudya chitunha kana kubvambura mbongoro.

²⁸And he goeth and findeth his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion are standing near the carcase — the lion hath not eaten the carcase nor destroyed the ass.

²⁹Ipapo muporofita akasimudza chitunha chomunhu waMwari, akachiisa pamusoro pembongoro, akadzoka nacho; akasvika kuguta romuporofita mutana, akamuchema nokumuviga.

²⁹And the prophet taketh up the carcase of the man of God, and placeth it on the ass, and bringeth it back, and the old prophet cometh in unto the city to mourn and to bury him,

³⁰Akaisa chitunha chake muhwiro hwake, vakamuchema, achiti, Haiwa, munin'ina wangu!

³⁰and he placeth his carcase in his own grave, and they mourn for him, `Oh, my brother!`

³¹Zvino wakati amuviga, akataura navanakomana vake, akati, Kana ndafa, mundivige muhwiro makavigwa munhu waMwari; muise mafupa angu kurutivi rwamafupa ake;

³¹And it cometh to pass, after his burying him, that he speaketh unto his sons, saying, `At my death — ye have buried me in the burying-place in which the man of God is buried; near his bones place my bones;

³²nekuti izvo zvaakataura, paakadanidzira achirairwa naJehovha, kuaritari paBheteri, nokudzimba dzose dzamatunhu akakwirira, ari pamaguta eSamaria, zvichaitika zvirokwazvo.

³²for the word certainly cometh to pass that he called by the word of Jehovah concerning the altar which [is] Beth-El, and concerning all the houses of the high places that [are] in cities of Samaria.`

³³Pashure pechinhu ichi Jerobhoamu haana kutendeuka panzira yake yakaipa, asi wakatsaurazve vamwe pakati pavanhu vose, akavaita vapristi pamatunhu akakwirira; Ani naani waaida, waimugadza, akavaita vapristi pamatunhu akakwirira.

³³After this thing Jeroboam hath not turned from his evil way, and turneth back, and maketh of the extremities of the people priests of high places; he who is desirous he consecrateth his hand, and he is of the priests of the high places.

³⁴Uye nechinhu ichi kwakava nechivi paimba yaJerobhoamu, kuti iparadzwe nokupedzwa panyika.

³⁴And in this thing is the sin of the house of Jeroboam, even to cut [it] off, and to destroy [it] from off the face of the ground.