¹Zvino Bhenihadhadhi, mambo weSiria, wakakoka hondo dzake dzose; iye waiva namadzimambo ana makumi matatu ana maviri, namabhiza, nengoro pamwechete naye; akaenda, akakomba Samaria, akarwa naro.

¹And Ben-Hadad king of Aram hath gathered all his force, and thirty and two kings [are] with him, and horse and chariot, and he goeth up and layeth siege against Samaria, and fighteth with it,

²Akatuma nhume kuna Ahabhi, mambo waIsiraeri, mukati meguta, akati kwaari, Zvanzi naBhenihadhadhi

²and sendeth messengers unto Ahab king of Israel, to the city,

³Sirivha yako nendarama yako ndezvangu, navakadzi vako navana vako vakanaka ndavangu.

³and saith to him, `Thus said Ben-Hadad, `Thy silver and thy gold are mine, and thy wives and thy sons — the best — are mine.`

⁴Mambo waIsiraeri akapindura, akati, Ndizvo hazvo zvamareva, ishe wangu mambo; ndiri wenyu, nezvose zvandinazvo.

⁴And the king of Israel answereth and saith, `According to thy word, my lord, O king: I [am] thine, and all that I have.`

⁵Nhume dzikadzoka, dzikati, Zvanzi naBhenihadhadhi, Ndakatuma shoko kwauri, ndikati, Unofanira kundipa sirivha yako nendarama yako, navakadzi vako navana vako;

⁵And the messengers turn back and say, `Thus spake Ben-Hadad, saying, Surely I sent unto thee, saying, Thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy sons, to me thou dost give;

⁶asi ndichatuma varanda vangu kwauri mangwana nenguva ino; ivo vachanzvera imba yako, nedzimba dzavaranda vako; zvino, zvose zvinofadza meso ako vachazvitora namaoko avo, ndokuenda nazvo.

⁶for if, at this time to-morrow, I send my servants unto thee then they have searched thy house, and the houses of thy servants, and it hath been, every desirable thing of thine eyes they place in their hand, and have taken away.`

⁷Ipapo mambo waIsiraeri wakadana vakuru vose venyika, akati, Cherekedzai, muvone, kuti munhu uyu unotsvaka kutiitira zvakaipa; nekuti wakatuma shoko kwandiri, achiti uchatora vakadzi vangu navana vangu, nesirivha yangu nendarama yangu, ndikasamurambira chinhu.

⁷And the king of Israel calleth to all the elders of the land, and saith, `Know, I pray you, and see that evil this [one] is seeking, for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my sons, and for my silver, and for my gold, and I withheld not from him.`

⁸Ipapo vakuru vose navanhu vose vakati kwaari, Regai kumuteerera, kana kumutenda.

⁸And all the elders and all the people say unto him, `Do not hearken, nor consent.`

⁹Naizvozvo akati kunhume dzaBhenihadhadhi, Udzai ishe wangu mambo, muti, Zvose zvakazivisa muranda wenyu pakutanga, ndichazviita; asi chinhu ichi handingagoni kuchiita. Nhume dzikaenda, dzikadzokera kwaari nemhinduro.

⁹And he saith to the messengers of Ben-Hadad, `Say to my lord the king, All that thou didst send for unto thy servant at the first I do, and this thing I am not able to do;` and the messengers go and take him back word.

¹⁰Ipapo Bhenihadhadhi akatuma shoko kwaari akati, Vamwari ngavandirove, varambe vachidaro, kana guruva reSamaria rikagona kuringana kuti vanhu vose vanonditevera vatsamure tsama namaoko avo.

¹⁰And Ben-Hadad sendeth unto him, and saith, `Thus do the gods to me, and thus do they add, if the dust of Samaria suffice for handfuls for all the people who [are] at my feet.`

¹¹Mambo waIsiraeri akapindura, akati, Muudzei muti, Unoshonga nhumbi dzake dzokurwa ngaarege kuzvirumbidza saiye wodzibvisa.

¹¹And the king of Israel answereth and saith, `Speak ye: let not him who is girding on boast himself as him who is loosing [his armour].`

¹²Zvino iye wakati achinzwa shoko iro ari pakumwa, iye namadzimambo, pamisasa, akati kuvaranda vake, Rongedzai! Ivo vakarongedza kundorwa neguta.

¹²And it cometh to pass at the hearing of this word — and he is drinking, he and the kings, in the booths — that he saith unto his servants, `Set yourselves;` and they set themselves against the city.

¹³Zvino mumwe muporofita akaswedera kuna Ahabhi mambo waIsiraeri, akati, Zvanzi naJehovha, Waona vanhu ava vazhinji here? Tarira, ndichavapa mumaoko ako nhasi, ugoziva kuti ndini Jehovha.

¹³And lo, a certain prophet hath come nigh unto Ahab king of Israel, and saith, `Thus said Jehovah, `Hast thou seen all this great multitude? lo, I am giving it into thy hand to-day, and thou hast known that I [am] Jehovah.`

¹⁴Ahabhi akati, Naniko? Iye akati, Zvanzi naJehovha, Namajaya amachinda amativi enyika. Iye akati, Ndianiko unofanira kuvamba kurwa? Akapindura akati, Iwe!

¹⁴And Ahab saith, `By whom?` and he saith, `Thus said Jehovah, By the young men of the heads of the provinces;` and he saith, `Who doth direct the battle?` and he saith, `Thou.`

¹⁵Ipapo akaverenga majaya amachinda amativi enyika, vakasvika mazana maviri namakumi matatu namaviri; zvino akaverenga vanhu vose, ivo vana vaIsiraeri vose, vakasvika zviuru zvinomwe.

¹⁵And he inspecteth the young men of the heads of the provinces, and they are two hundred, two and thirty, and after them he hath inspecteth the whole of the people, all the sons of Israel, seven thousand,

¹⁶Vakasimuka masikati makuru. Zvino Bhenihadhadhi wakange ari pakumwa pamisasa, akabatwa, iye namadzimambo, iwo madzimambo makumi matatu namaviri akanga achimubatsira.

¹⁶and they go out at noon, and Ben-Hadad is drinking — drunk in the booths, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings, helping him.

¹⁷Zvino majaya amachinda amativi enyika akatanga kutungamira Bhenihadhadhi akatuma nhume, vakamuudza, vachiti, Kuna varume vanobuda Samaria.

¹⁷And the young men of the heads of the provinces go out at the first, and Ben-Hadad sendeth, and they declare to him, saying, `Men have come out of Samaria.`

¹⁸Iye akati, Kunyange vabuda vachitsvaka rugare, muvabate vari vapenyu, kunyange vabuda vachitsvaka kurwa, muvabate vari vapenyu.

¹⁸And he saith, `If for peace they have come out — catch them alive; and if for battle they have come out — alive catch them.`

¹⁹Naizvozvo vakabuda muguta, iwo majaya amachinda amativi enyika nehondo yakavatevera.

¹⁹And these have gone out of the city — the young men of the heads of the provinces — and the force that [is] after them,

²⁰Mumwe nomumwe akauraya munhu wake, vaSiria vakatiza, vaIsiraeri vakavateverera; naBhenihadhadhi mambo weSiria akatiza, akatasva bhiza ana vamwe vakanga vakatasva mabhiza.

²⁰and smite each his man, and Aram fleeth, and Israel pursueth them, and Ben-Hadad king of Aram escapeth on a horse, and the horsemen;

²¹Ipapo mambo waIsiraeri akabuda, akaparadza mabhiza nengoro, akauraya vaSiria vazhinji-zhinji.

²¹and the king of Israel goeth out, and smiteth the horses, and the charioteers, and hath smitten among the Aramaeans a great smiting.

²²Zvino muporofita akaswedera kuna mambo waIsiraeri, akati kwaari, Enda undozvisimbisa, uchenjere, ufunge zvakanaka zvaunofanira kuita; nekuti kana gore rapera mambo weSiria uchauya kuzorwa newe.

²²And the prophet cometh nigh unto the king of Israel, and saith to him, `Go, strengthen thyself, and know and see that which thou dost, for at the turn of the year the king of Aram is coming up against thee.`

²³Zvino varanda vamambo weSiria vakati kwaari, Mwari wavo ndimwari wamakomo, nemhaka iyo vakatikunda; asi ngatirwe navo pabani, ipapo zvirokwazvo tichavakunda.

²³And the servants of the king of Aram said unto him, `Gods of hills [are] their gods, therefore they were stronger than we; and yet, we fight with them in the plain — are we not stronger than they?

²⁴Naizvozvo itai chinhu ichi, Mubvise madzimambo, mumwe nomumwe panzvimbo yake, mugoisa vatariri vehondo panzvimbo yavo;

²⁴`And this thing do thou: turn aside the kings each out of his place, and set captains in their stead;

²⁵mugozviunganidzira hondo yakafanana nehondo yamakarashikirwa nayo, bhiza panzvimbo yebhiza, nengoro panzvimbo yengoro, tirwe navo pabani; zvirokwazvo tichavakunda. Iye akateerera inzwi ravo, akaita saizvozvo.

²⁵and thou, number to thee a force as the force that is fallen from thee, and horse for horse, and chariot for chariot, and we fight with them in the plain; are we not stronger than they?` and he hearkeneth to their voice, and doth so.

²⁶Pakupera kwegore Bhenihadhadhi akaunganidza vaSiria, akaenda Afeki kundorwa navaIsiraeri.

²⁶And it cometh to pass at the turn of the year, that Ben-Hadad inspecteth the Aramaeans, and goeth up to Aphek, to battle with Israel,

²⁷Vana vaIsiraeri vakaunganidzwawo, vakapiwa mbuva, vakandorwa navo; vana vaIsiraeri vakadzika matende avo pakatarisana navo, vakafanana namapoka maduku maviri embudzi, asi vaSiria vakanga vakazadza nyika.

²⁷and the sons of Israel have been inspected, and supported, and go to meet them, and the sons of Israel encamp before them, like two flocks of goats, and the Aramaeans have filled the land.

²⁸Zvino munhu waMwari akaswedera, akataura kuna mambo waIsiraeri, akati, Zvanzi naJehovha, VaSiria zvavakati, Jehovha ndimwari wamakomo, asi haazi mwari wamapani, naizvozvo ndichapa vanhu avo vose mumaoko ako, vazive kuti ini ndiri Jehovha.

²⁸And there cometh nigh a man of God, and speaketh unto the king of Israel, and saith, `Thus said Jehovah, Because that the Aramaeans have said, God of hills [is] Jehovah, and He [is] not God of valleys — I have given the whole of this great multitude into thy hand, and ye have known that I [am] Jehovah.`

²⁹Zvino vakagara pamisasa vakatarisana mazuva manomwe. Nomusi wechinomwe vakasangana vakarwa, vana vaIsiraeri vakauraya vaSiria vaifamba namakumbo vane zviuru zvine zana nomusi mumwe.

²⁹And they encamp one over-against another seven days, and it cometh to pass on the seventh day, that the battle draweth near, and the sons of Israel smite Aram — a hundred thousand footmen in one day.

³⁰Asi vamwe vakatizira muguta reAfeki, rusvingo ndokuwira pamusoro pavarume vane zviuru zvina makumi maviri nezvinomwe vakanga vasara. NaBhenihadhadhi akatizawo, akasvika muguta, akapinda mukamuri yomukati.

³⁰And those left flee to Aphek, unto the city, and the wall falleth on twenty and seven chief men who are left, and Ben-Hadad hath fled, and cometh in unto the city, into the innermost part.

³¹Ipapo varanda vake vakati kwaari, Tarirai zvino, takanzwa kuti madzimambo eimba yaIsiraeri madzimambo ane nyasha; zvino ngatisunge magumbu pazviuno zvedu namakavi pamisoro yedu, tibudire kuna mambo waIsiraeri; zvimwe uchakuregai muri vapenyu.

³¹And his servants say unto him, `Lo, we pray thee, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel — that they are kind kings; let us put, we pray thee, sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and we go out unto the king of Israel; it may be he doth keep thee alive.`

³²Naizvozvo vakasunga magumbu pazviuno zvavo, namakavi pamisoro yavo, vakaenda kuna mambo waIsiraeri, vakati, Zvanzi nomuranda wenyu Bhenihadhadhi, Ndinokumbira kuti murege kundiuraya henyu. Akati, Uchiri mupenyu here? Iye ihama yangu.

³²And they gird sackcloth on their loins, and ropes [are] on their heads, and they come in unto the king of Israel, and say, `Thy servant Ben-Hadad hath said, Let me live, I pray thee;` and he saith, `Is he yet alive? he [is] my brother.`

³³Zvino varume avo vakacherekedza kwazvo, vakakurumidza kugamuchira shoko iro kwaari, vakati, Hoyo, Bhenihadhadhi hama yenyu. Ipapo iye akati, Endai, mumutore. Bhenihadhadhi akabudira kwaari, akamukwidza pangoro.

³³And the men observe diligently, and hasten, and catch it from him, and say, `Thy brother Ben-Hadad;` and he saith, `Go ye in, bring him;` and Ben-Hadad cometh out unto him, and he causeth him to come up on the chariot.

³⁴Zvino Bhenihadhadhi akati kwaari, Ndichadzosa maguta akatorerwa baba vako nababa vangu; ungazviitira migwagwa muDhamasiko, sezvakaita baba vangu paSamaria. Ahabhi akati, Ini ndichakutendera kuenda nokuda kwesungano iyi. Naizvozvo akaita sungano naye, akamutendera kuenda.

³⁴And he saith unto him, `The cities that my father took from thy father, I give back, and streets thou dost make for thee in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria;` — `and I, with a covenant, send thee away;` and he maketh with him a covenant, and sendeth him away.

³⁵Zvino mumwe murume wavana vavapomfita akati kushamwari yake arairwa naJehovha, Ndirove hako. Murume akaramba kumurova.

³⁵And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour by the word of Jehovah, `Smite me, I pray thee;` and the man refuseth to smite him,

³⁶Ipapo akati kwaari, Zvausina kuteerera inzwi raJehovha, tarira, uchaurawa neshumba kana uchangobva kwandiri. Zvino wakati achangobva kwaari, shumba ikamuwana, ikamuuraya.

³⁶and he saith to him, `Because that thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, lo, thou art going from me, and the lion hath smitten thee;` and he goeth from him, and the lion findeth him, and smiteth him.

³⁷Zvino akawanazve mumwe murume, akati, Ndirove hako. Murume uyo akamurova, akamukuvadza kwazvo.

³⁷And he findeth another man, and saith, `Smite me, I pray thee;` and the man smiteth him, smiting and wounding,

³⁸Naizvozvo muporofita akabva, akandomirira mambo panzira, akazvishandura nomucheka waakanga asunga kumeso kwake.

³⁸and the prophet goeth and standeth for the king on the way, and disguiseth himself with ashes on his eyes.

³⁹Zvino mambo wakati achipfuura, akadanidzira kuna mambo, akati, Muranda wenyu wakange apinda pakati pokurwa, ndikaona munhu achitsauka, akauya kwandiri nomumwe murume, akati, Rinda munhu uyu; kana akatongoshaikwa, upenyu hwake huchatsihwa noupenyu hwako; kana izvo zvikakona, uchafanira kuripa netarenda resirivha.

³⁹And it cometh to pass — the king is passing by — that he hath cried unto the king, and saith, `Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle, and lo, a man hath turned aside and bringeth in unto me a man, and saith, Keep this man; if he be at all missing, then hath thy life been for his life, or a talent of silver thou dost weigh out;

⁴⁰Zvino muranda wenyu wakati achibatabata hake pano napapo, iye akanyangarika. Mambo waIsiraeri akati kwaari, Ndizvo zvauchatongerwa, wazvitonga umene.

⁴⁰and it cometh to pass, thy servant is working hither and thither, and he is not!` and the king of Israel saith unto him, Right [is] thy judgment; thou hast determined [it].`

⁴¹Akakurumidza kubvisa mucheka kumeso kwake, mambo walsiraeri akamuziva kuti ndomumwe wavaporofita.

⁴¹And he hasteth and turneth aside the ashes from off his eyes, and the king of Israel discerneth him, that he [is] of the prophets,

⁴²Iye akati kwaari, Zvanzi naJehovha, Zvawatendera munhu kupukunyuka pamaoko ako, iye wakange atukwa neni kuti aparadzwe, naizvozvo upenyu hwake hwuchatsihwa noupenyu hwako, uye vanhu vake vachatsihwa navanhu vako.

⁴²and he saith unto him, `Thus said Jehovah, Because thou hast sent away the man I devoted, out of [thy] hand, even thy life hath been for his life, and thy people for his people;`

⁴³Mambo waIsiraeri akaenda kumba kwake awora moyo ane shungu, ndokusvika paSamaria.

⁴³and the king of Israel goeth unto his house, sulky and wroth, and cometh in to Samaria.