¹Zvino shoko raJehovha rakasvika kuna Jehu mwanakomana waHanani, pamusoro paBhaasha, richiti,

¹And a word of Jehovah is unto Jehu son of Hanani, against Baasha, saying,

²Ndakakukudza ndikakubvisa paguruva, ndikakuita mutungamiriri wavanhu vangu vaIsiraeri; asi wakafamba nenzira yaJerobhoamu, wakatadzisa vanhu vangu vaIsiraeri, vakamutsa shungu dzangu nezvivi zvavo.

²`Because that I have raised thee up out of the dust, and appoint thee leader over My people Israel, and thou walkest in the way of Jeroboam, and causest My people Israel to sin — to provoke Me to anger with their sins;

³Tarira, ndichabvisa Bhaasha neimba yake chose; ndichaita imba yako sezvandakaita imba yaJerobhoamu mwanakomana waNebhati.

³lo, I am putting away the posterity of Baasha, even the posterity of his house, and have given up thy house as the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat;

⁴Ani nani weimba yaBhaasha unofira muguta, uchadyiwa nembwa; ani nani unofira kusango, uchadyiwa neshiri dzokudenga.

⁴him who dieth of Baasha in a city do the dogs eat, and him who dieth of his in a field do fowl of the heavens eat.`

⁵Mamwe mabasa aBhaasha, nezvaakaita, nesimba rake, hazvina kunyorwa here mubhuku yaMakoronike amadzimambo alsiraeri?

⁵And the rest of the matters of Baasha, and that which he did, and his might, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

⁶Bhaasha akavata namadzibaba ake, akavigwa paTiriza, Era mwanakomana wake, akamutevera paushe.

⁶And Baasha lieth with his fathers, and is buried in Tirzah, and Elah his son reigneth in his stead.

⁷Shoko raJehovha rikauyawo nomuromo womuporofita Jehu mwanakomana waHanani, pamusoro paBhaasha, napamusoro peimba yake, nokuda kwezvakaipa zvose zvaakaita pamberi paJehovha, akamutsa shungu dzake pamusoro pamabasa amaoko ake, akanga akafanana neeimba yaJerobhoamu, uye nekuti wakange amuparadza.

⁷And also by the hand of Jehu son of Hanani the prophet a word of Jehovah hath been concerning Baasha, and concerning his house, and concerning all the evil that he did in the eyes of Jehovah to provoke Him to anger with the work of his hands, to be like the house of Jeroboam, and concerning that for which he smote him.

⁸Negore ramakumi maviri namatanhatu raAsa mambo waJudha, Era mwanakomana waBhaasha, wakatanga kubata ushe hwaIsiraeri paTiriza, akabata makore maviri.

⁸In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah reigned hath Elah son of Baasha over Israel in Tirzah, two years;

⁹Ipapo muranda wake Zimiri, mukuru wehafu yengoro dzake, akamumukira, zvino iye wakange ari paTiriza, achimwa achibatwa mumba maAriza mutariri weimba yake paTiriza.

⁹and conspire against him doth his servant Zimri (head of the half of the chariots) and he [is] in Tirzah drinking — a drunkard in the house of Arza, who [is] over the house in Tirzah.

¹⁰Zimiri akapinda, akamubaya, akamuuraya negore ramakumi maviri namanomwe raAsa mambo waJudha, akamutevera paushe.

¹⁰And Zimri cometh in and smiteth him, and putteth him to death, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigneth in his stead;

¹¹Zvino pakutanga kwake kubata ushe, achangogara pachigaro chake choushe, akauraya vose veimba yaBhaasha; haana kumusiira mwana mumwe womukomana, kana mumwe wehama dzake, kana mumwe weshamwari dzake.

¹¹and it cometh to pass in his reigning, at his sitting on his throne, he hath smitten the whole house of Baasha; he hath not left to him any sitting on the wall, and of his redeemers, and of his friends.

¹²Naizvozvo Zimiri wakaparadza imba yose yaBhaasha, sezvakanga zvarehwa naJehovha, shoko iro raakataura pamusoro paBhaasha nomuporofita Jehu,

¹²And Zimri destroyeth the whole house of Baasha, according to the word of Jehovah, that He spake concerning Baasha, by the hand of Jehu the prophet:

¹³nokuda kwezvivi zvose zvaBhaasha, nezvivi zvaEra mwanakomana wake, zvavakaita, nezvavakatadzisa Isiraeri nazvo, vakamutsa shungu dzaJehovha Mwari waIsiraeri, nezvinhu zvavo zvisina maturo.

¹³concerning all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, that they sinned, and that they caused Israel to sin to provoke Jehovah, God of Israel, with their vanities.

¹⁴Mamwe mabasa aEra, nezvose zvaakaita, hazvina kunyorwa here mubhuku yaMakoronike amadzimambo aIsiraeri?

¹⁴And the rest of the matters of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

¹⁵Negore ramakumi maviri namanomwe raAsa mambo waJudha, Zimiri akabata ushe paTiriza mazuva manomwe. Zvino vanhu vakanga vari kumisasa, vachida kurwa navaGibhetoni raiva ravaFirisitia.

¹⁵In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, reigned hath Zimri seven days in Tirzah; and the people are encamping against Gibbethon, which [is] to the Philistines;

¹⁶Zvino vanhu, vakanga vari kumisasa, vakanzwa, zvichinzi, Zimiri wamukira mambo akamuuraya; naizvozvo vaIsiraeri vose, vakanga vari kumisasa, vakagadza Omiri, mukuru wehondo, ave mambo waIsiraeri zuva iro.

¹⁶and the people who are encamping hear, saying, `Zimri hath conspired, and also hath smitten the king;` and all Israel cause Omri head of the host to reign over Israel on that day in the camp.

¹⁷Ipapo Omiri akabva paGibhetoni, akaenda navaIsiraeri vose kuzokomba Tiriza.

¹⁷And Omri goeth up, and all Israel with him, from Gibbethon, and they lay siege to Tirzah.

¹⁸Zvino Zimiri wakati achiona kuti guta rakundwa, akapinda munhare paimba yamambo, akapisira imba yamambo pamusoro pake, akafa;

¹⁸And it cometh to pass, at Zimri`s seeing that the city hath been captured, that he cometh in unto a high place of the house of the king, and burneth over him the house of the king with fire, and dieth,

¹⁹nokuda kwezvivi zvake pakuita kwake zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha, achifamba nenzira yaJerobhoamu, nomuzvivi zvake zvaakaita, achitadzisa Isiraeri nazvo.

¹⁹for his sins that he sinned, to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to walk in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin that he did, to cause Israel to sin;

²⁰Mamwe mabasa aZimiri, nokumukira kwake mambo, hazvina kunyorwa here mubhuku yaMakoronike amadzimambo aIsiraeri?

²⁰and the rest of the matters of Zimri, and his conspiracy that he made, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

²¹Zvino vanhu vaIsiraeri vakaparadzana, vakaita mapoka maviri; vamwe vakatevera Tibhini mwanakomana waGinati, vachida kumuita mambo wavo, asi vamwe vakatevera Omiri.

²¹Then are the sons of Israel parted into halves; half of the people hath been after Tibni son of Ginath to cause him to reign, and the half after Omri;

²²Asi vanhu, vakatevera Omiri, vakakunda vanhu vakatevera Tibhini mwanakomana waGinati; naizvozvo Tibhini akafa, Omiri akabata ushe.

²²and stronger are the people that are after Omri than the people that are after Tibni son of Ginath, and Tibni dieth, and Omri reigneth.

²³Negore ramakumi matatu nerimwe raAsa mambo waJudha, Omiri akatanga kubata ushe hwaIsiraeri, akabata makore anegumi namaviri; akabata ushe paTiriza makore matanhatu.

²³In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah reigned hath Omri over Israel twelve years; in Tirzah he hath reigned six years,

²⁴Akatenga gomo reSamaria kuna Shemeri namatarenda maviri esirivha, akavaka pagomo, akatumidza zita reguta raakavaka Samaria, achitevedzera zita raShemeri, mwene wegomo.

²⁴and he buyeth the mount Samaria from Shemer, with two talents of silver, and buildeth [on] the mount, and calleth the name of the city that he hath built by the name of Shemer, lord of the hill — Samaria.

²⁵Asi Omiri wakaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha, akapfuura vose vakamutangira pakuita zvakaipa.

²⁵And Omri doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and doth evil above all who [are] before him,

²⁶Nekuti wakafamba nenzira yose yaJerobhoamu mwanakomana waNebhati, nomuzvivi zvaakatadzisa Isiraeri nazvo, vakamutsa shungu dzaJehovha Mwari waIsiraeri nezvinhu zvavo zvakanga zvisina maturo.

²⁶and walketh in all the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and in his sin that he caused Israel to sin, to provoke Jehovah, God of Israel, with their vanities.

²⁷Mamwe mabasa aOmiri, aakaita, nesimba rakaonekwa kwaari, hazvina kunyo rwa here mubhuku yaMakoronike amadzimambo aIsiraeri?

²⁷And the rest of the matters of Omri that he did, and his might that he got, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

²⁸Naizvozvo Omiri akavata namadzibaba ake, akavigwa paSamaria, Ahabhi mwanakomana wake, akamutevera paushe.

²⁸And Omri lieth with his fathers, and is buried in Samaria, and Ahab his son reigneth in his stead.

²⁹Negore ramakumi matatu namasere raAsa mambo waJudha, Ahabhi mwanakomana waOmiri wakatanga kubata ushe hwaIsiraeri, Ahabhi mwanakomana waOmiri akabata ushe hwaIsiraeri paSamaria makore makumi maviri namaviri.

²⁹And Ahab son of Omri hath reigned over Israel in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah, and Ahab son of Omri reigneth over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years,

³⁰Ahabhi mwanakomana waOmiri akaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha, akakunda vose vakamutangira.

³⁰and Ahab son of Omri doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah above all who [are] before him.

³¹Chakanga chiri chinhu chiduku hacho kwaari kufamba muzvivi zvaJerobhoamu mwanakomana waNebhati, asi wakawana Izebheri mukunda waEtibhaari, mambo wavaZidhoni, akandoshumira Bhaari, akanamata kwaari.

³¹And it cometh to pass — hath it been light his walking in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat? — then he taketh a wife, Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians, and goeth and serveth Baal, and boweth himself to it,

³²Akavakira Bhaari aritari muimba yaBhaari, yaakavaka paSamaria.

³²and raiseth up an altar for Baal, in the house of the Baal, that he built in Samaria;

³³Ahabhi akaitawo matanda okunamata nawo, Ahabhi akawedzera kumutsa shungu dzaJehovha Mwari waI siraeri, kupfuura madzimambo ose akamutangira.

³³and Ahab maketh the shrine, and Ahab addeth to do so as to provoke Jehovah, God of Israel, above all the kings of Israel who have been before him.

³⁴Pamazuva ake Hieri muBheteri akavaka Jeriko; akafirwa nedangwe rake, Abhiramu, nguva yakaronga nheyo dzaro, uye akafirwa nomwanakomana wake worugotwe, Segubhi, panguva yaakamisa musuwo; sezvazvakarehwa naJehovha nomuromo waJoshua mwanakomana waNuni.

³⁴In his days hath Hiel the Beth-Elite built Jericho; in Abiram his first-born he laid its foundation, and in Segub his youngest he set up its doors, according to the word of Jehovah that He spake by the hand of Joshua son of Nun.