¹Zvino negore regumi namasere ramambo Jerobhoamu mwanakomana waNebhati, Abhija wakatanga kubata ushe hwaJudha.

¹And in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam son of Nebat, reigned hath Abijam over Judah;

²Akabata ushe paJerusaremu makore matatu; zita ramai vake rakanga riri Maaka, mukunda waAbhusaromi.

²three years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Maachah daughter of Abishalom;

³Iye akafamba pazvivi zvose zvababa vake, zvavakamutangira kuita; moyo wake wakange usina kururama kwazvo kuna Jehovha Mwari wake, somoyo waDhavhidhi baba vake.

³and he walketh in all the sins of his father, that he did before him, and his heart hath not been perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father;

⁴Kunyange zvakadaro nokuda kwaDhavhidhi, Jehovha Mwari wake akamupa mwenje paJerusaremu, akamumutsira mwanakomana wake shure kwake, asimbise Jerusaremu;

⁴but for David`s sake hath Jehovah his God given to him a lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem,

⁵nekuti Dhavhidk waiita zvakarurama pamberi paJehovha, haana kutsauka pachinhu chimwe chaakamuraira mazuva ose oupenyu hwake, asi pamhaka yaUriya muHiti chete.

⁵in that David did that which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah, and turned not aside from all that He commanded him all days of his life — only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite;

⁶Kurwa kwakanga kuripo pakati paRehobhoamu naJerobhoamu mazuva ose oupenyu hwake.

⁶and war hath been between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

⁷Zvino mamwe mabasa aAbhija, nezvose zvaakaita hazvina kunyorwa here mubhuku raMakoronike amadzimambo aJudha? Kurwa kwakanga kuripo pakati paAbhija naJerobhoamu.

⁷And the rest of the matters of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? And war hath been between Abijam and Jeroboam;

⁸Abhija akavata namadzibaba ake, vakamuviga muguta raDhavhidhi; Asa mwanakomana wake akamutevera paushe.

⁸and Abijam lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David, and reign doth Asa his son in his stead.

⁹Negore ramakumi maviri raJerobhoamu mambo waIsiraeri, Asa wakatanga kubata ushe paJudha.

⁹And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned hath Asa over Judah,

¹⁰Akabata ushe paJerusaremu makore makumi mana nerimwe, zita ramai vake rakanga riri Maaka mukunda waAbhusaromi.

¹⁰and forty and one years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Maachah daughter of Abishalom.

¹¹Asa akaita zvakarurama pamberi paJehovha, sezvakaita Dhavhidhi baba vake.

¹¹And Asa doth that which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah, like David his father,

¹²Akabvisa vaSodhomi panyika, akabvisawo zvifananidzo zvose zvakaitwa namadzibaba ake.

¹²and removeth the whoremongers out of the land, and turneth aside all the idols that his fathers made;

¹³Akabvisawo Maaka mai vake pauhosi hwavo, nekuti vakanga vaitira matanda okunamata nawo chifananidzo chinonyangadza; Asa akaparadza chifananidzo chavo, akachipisa parukova Kidhironi.

¹³and also Maachah his mother — he turneth her aside from being mistress, in that she made a horrible thing for a shrine, and Asa cutteth down her horrible thing, and burneth [it] by the brook Kidron;

¹⁴Asi matunhu akakwirira haana kubviswa; kunyange zvakadaro moyo waAsa wakange wakarurama kwazvo kuna Jehovha mazuva ake ose.

¹⁴and the high places have not turned aside; only, the heart of Asa hath been perfect with Jehovah all his days,

¹⁵Akaisa mumba maJehovha nhumbi dzakanga dzatsaurwa nababa vake, nenhumbi dzaakanga atsaura iye amene, sirivha, nendarama, nemidziyo.

¹⁵and he bringeth in the sanctified things of his father, and his own sanctified things, to the house of Jehovah, silver, and gold, and vessels.

¹⁶Zvino kurwa kwakanga kuripo pakati paAsa naBhaasha mambo waIsiraeri mazuva avo ose.

¹⁶And war hath been between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days,

¹⁷Bhaasha mambo waIsiraeri akakwira kundorwa naJudha, akavaka Rama, kuti arege kutendera munhu kubuda kana kupinda kuna Asa mambo waJudha.

¹⁷and Baasha king of Israel goeth up against Judah, and buildeth Ramah, not to permit any one going out and coming in to Asa king of Judah.

¹⁸Ipapo Asa akatora sirivha yose nendarama zvakanga zvasara pafuma yeimba yaJehovha, napafuma yeimba yamambo, akazvipa mumaoko avaranda vake, mambo Asa akazvitumira kuna Bhenihadhadhi mwanakomana waTabhirimoni, mwanakomana waHeZiyoni, mambo weSiria wakange agere Dhamasiko, akati,

¹⁸And Asa taketh all the silver and the gold that are left in the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the house of the king, and giveth them into the hand of his servants, and king Asa sendeth them unto Ben-Hadad, son of Tabrimmon, son of Hezion king of Aram, who is dwelling in Damascus, saying,

¹⁹Sungano iripo pakati pangu nemi, pakati pababa vangu nababa venyu;tarirai ndinokutumirai chipo chesirivha nendarama, endai muputse sungano yenyu naBhaasha mambo waIsiraeri, abve kwandiri.

¹⁹`A covenant [is] between me and thee, between my father and thy father; lo, I have sent to thee a reward of silver and gold; go, break thy covenant with Baasha king of Israel, and he goeth up from off me.`

²⁰Bhenihadhadhi akateerera mambo Asa, akatuma vehondo dzake kundorwa namaguta aIsiraeri, akakunda Ijoni, neDhani, neAbheribhetimaaka, neKineroti rose, nenyika yose yaNafitari.

²⁰And Ben-Hadad hearkeneth unto king Asa, and sendeth the heads of the forces that he hath against cities of Israel, and smiteth Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-Beth-Maachah, and all Chinneroth, besides all the land of Naphtali;

²¹Zvino Bhaasha wakati achizvinzwa, akarega kuvaka Rama, akandogara Tiriza.

²¹and it cometh to pass at Baasha`s hearing, that he ceaseth from building Ramah, and dwelleth in Tirzah.

²²Ipapo mambo Asa akakoka vaJudha vose, hakuna wakadarikwa, vakandotora mabwe eRama, namatanda aro, zvaakanga achivaka nazvo iye Bhaasha; mambo Asa akavaka nazvo Ghebha rokwaBhenjamini neMizipa.

²²And king Asa hath summoned all Judah — there is none exempt — and they lift up the stones of Ramah, and its wood, that Baasha hath built, and king Asa buildeth with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

²³Zvino mamwe mabasa ose aAsa, nesimba rake rose, nezvose zvaakaita, namaguta aakavaka, hazvina kunyorwa here mubhuku yaMakoronike amadzibaba aJudha? Asi panguva yokukwegura kwake wakange achinzwa makumbo.

²³And the rest of all the matters of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities that he built, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? Only, at the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet;

²⁴Asa akavata namadzibaba ake, akavigwa kunamadzibaba ake paguta raDhavhidhi baba vake; Josafati mwanakomana wake, akamutevera paushe.

²⁴and Asa lieth with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers in the city of David his father, and Jehoshaphat his son reigneth in his stead.

²⁵Zvino Nadhabhi mwanakomana waJerobhoamu, wakatanga kubata ushe hwaIsiraeri negore rechipiri raAsa mambo waJudha, akabata ushe hwaIsiraeri makore maviri.

²⁵And Nadab son of Jeroboam hath reigned over Israel, in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigneth over Israel two years,

²⁶Akaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha, akafamba nenzira yababa vake, nomuzvivi zvake zvaakatadzisa Isiraeri nazvo.

²⁶and doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and goeth in the way of his father, and in his sin that he made Israel to sin.

²⁷Ipapo Bhaasha mwanakomana waAhija, weimba yaIsakari, akamumukira, Bhaasha akamuuraya paGibhetoni raiva ravaFirisitia; nekuti Nadhabhi navaIsiraeri vose vakanga vakomba Gibhetoni.

²⁷And conspire against him doth Baasha son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, and Baasha smiteth him in Gibbethon, which [is] to the Philistines — and Nadab and all Israel are laying siege against Gibbethon —

²⁸Bhaasha akamuuraya negore retatu raAsa mambo waJudha, akamutevera paushe.

²⁸yea, Baasha putteth him to death in the third year of Asa king of Judah, and reigneth in his stead.

²⁹Zvino wakati achangogara ushe, akauraya vose veimba yaJerobhoamu; haana kusiira Jerobhoamu mumwe wakange achafema, kusvikira amuparadza, sezvazvakarehwa naJehovha nomuromo womuranda wake Ahija muShiro;

²⁹And it cometh to pass, at his reigning, he hath smitten the whole house of Jeroboam, he hath not left any breathing to Jeroboam till his destroying him, according to the word of Jehovah, that He spake by the hand of His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,

³⁰nokuda kwezvivi zvaJerobhoamu, zvaakaita iye, nezvaakatadzisa Isiraeri nazvo, nokuda kokutambudza kwaakatambudza Jehovha Mwari waIsiraeri nako.

³⁰because of the sins of Jeroboam that he sinned, and that he caused Israel to sin, by his provocation with which he provoked to anger Jehovah, God of Israel.

³¹Zvino mamwe mabasa aNadhabhi, nezvose zvaakaita, hazvina kunyorwa here mubhuku yaMakoronike amadzimambo alsiraeri?

³¹And the rest of the matters of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

³²Kurwa kwakanga kuripo nguva dzose pakati paAsa naBhaasha mambo waIsiraeri.

³²And war hath been between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

³³Negore rechitatu raAsa mambo waJudha, Bhaasha mwanakomana waAhija, wakatanga kubata ushe hwevaIsiraeri vose paTiriza, akabata makore makumi maviri namana.

³³In the third year of Asa king of Judah reigned hath Baasha son of Ahijah over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years,

³⁴Akaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha, akafamba nenzira yaJerobhoamu, nomuzvivi zvake, zvaakatadzisa Isiraeri nazvo.

³⁴and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and walketh in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin that he caused Israel to sin.