¹Zvino shure kwaizvozvo Nabhoti muJezereeri wakange anomunda wemizambiringa, waiva paJezereeri pedo neimba youshe yaAhabhi mambo weSamaria.

¹And it cometh to pass, after these things, a vineyard hath been to Naboth the Jezreelite, that [is] in Jezreel, near the palace of Ahab king of Samaria,

²Zvino Ahabhi akataura naNabhoti, akati, Ndipe munda wako wemizambiringa, ndiuite munda wemiriwo, nekuti uri pedo neimba yangu; ini ndigokupa mumwe munda wemizambiringa unokunda uyu; zvimwe, kana uchida, ndingakupa mari yakaringana mutengo wawo.

²and Ahab speaketh unto Naboth, saying, `Give to me thy vineyard, and it is to me for a garden of green herbs, for it [is] near by my house, and I give to thee in its stead a better vineyard than it; if good in thine eyes, I give to thee silver — its price.`

³Ipapo Nabhoti akati kuna Ahabhi, Jehovha ngaandidzivise, ndirege kukupai nhaka yamadzibaba angu.

³And Naboth saith unto Ahab, `Far be it from me, by Jehovah, my giving the inheritance of my fathers to thee;`

⁴ipapo Ahabhi akapinda mumba make, avora moyo, ane shungu, nokuda kweshoko raakanga audzwa naNabhoti muJezereeri, nekuti iye wakange ati, Handingakupiyi nhaka yamadzibaba angu. Akavata panhovo yake, akatendeudza chiso chake, akaramba kudya.

⁴and Ahab cometh in unto his house, sulky and wroth, because of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite hath spoken unto him when he saith, `I do not give to thee the inheritance of my fathers,` and he lieth down on his bed, and turneth round his face, and hath not eaten bread.

⁵Zvino Izebheri mukadzi wake akaenda kwaari, akati, moyo wenyu une shungu neiko, zvamusingadi kudya?

⁵And Jezebel his wife cometh in unto him, and speaketh unto him, `What [is] this? — thy spirit sulky, and thou art not eating bread!`

⁶Iye akati kwaari: Nekuti ndakataura naNabhoti muJezereeri, ndikati kwaari, Ndipe munda wako wemizambiringa, ndiutenge nemari; asi kana uchida hako, ndichakupa mumwe munda wemizambiringa panzvimbo yawo, iye akapindura, akati, Handingakupiyi munda wangu wemizambiringa.

⁶And he saith unto her, `Because I speak unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and say to him, Give to me thy vineyard for money, or if thou desire, I give to thee a vineyard in its stead; and he saith, I do not give to thee my vineyard.`

⁷Zvino Izebheri makadzi wake akati kwaari, Ko hamuzimi munobata ushe pakati paIsiraeri here? Mukai, mudye, moyo wenyu ufare, nekuti ini ndichakupai munda wemizambiringa waNabhoti muJezereeri.

⁷And Jezebel his wife saith unto him, `Thou now dost execute rule over Israel! rise, eat bread, and let thy heart be glad, — I do give to thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.`

⁸Naizvozvo akanyora tsamba nezita raAhabhi, akadzisimbisa nechisimbiso chake, akatuma tsamba idzo kuvakuru, nokumachinda, vaiva muguta rake, vakanga vagere naNabhoti.

⁸And she writeth letters in the name of Ahab, and sealeth with his seal, and sendeth the letters unto the elders, and unto the freemen, who are in his city, those dwelling with Naboth,

⁹Akanyora patsamba idzo, achiti, Tarirai musi wokutsanya nawo, mukudze Nabhoti pakati pavanhu.

⁹and she writeth in the letters, saying, `Proclaim a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people,

¹⁰Mugoraira vanhu vaviri vakaisvoipa vamire pamberi pake, vamupupurire, vachiti, Iwe wakatuka Mwari namambo. Ipapo muende naye kunze kweguta, mumutake namabwe, afe.

¹⁰and cause two men — sons of worthlessness — to sit over-against him, and they testify of him, saying, Thou hast blessed God and Melech; and they have brought him out, and stoned him, and he dieth.`

¹¹Ipapo varume veguta rake, ivo vakuru namachinda, vakanga vagere muguta rake, vakaita sezvakarairwa naIzebheri, sezvakanyorwa patsamba dzavakanga vatumirwa naye.

¹¹And the men of his city, the elders and the freemen who are dwelling in his city, do as Jezebel hath sent unto them, as written in the letters that she sent unto them,

¹²Vakatara zuva rokutsanya, vakakudza Nabhoti pakati pavanhu.

¹²they have proclaimed a fast, and caused Naboth to sit at the head of the people,

¹³Zvino varume vaviri vakaisvoipa vakapinda, vakandogara pamberi pake; varume ava vakaisvoipa vakamupupurira, iye Nabhoti, pamberi pavanhu, vakati, Nabhoti wakatuka Mwari namambo. Zvino vakabuda naye paguta, vakamutaka namabwe, akafa.

¹³and two men — sons of worthlessness — come in, and sit over-against him, and the men of worthlessness testify of him, even Naboth, before the people, saying, `Naboth blessed God and Melech;` and they take him out to the outside of the city, and stone him with stones, and he dieth;

¹⁴Ipapo vakatuma shoko kuna Izebheri, vakati, Nabhoti watakwa namabwe, wafa.

¹⁴and they send unto Jezebel, saying, `Naboth was stoned, and is dead.`

¹⁵Zvino Izebheri wakati achinzwa kuti Nabhoti watakwa namabwe, wafa, Izebheri akati kunaAhabhi, Simukai, mundozvitorera munda wemizambiringa waNabhoti muJezereeri, uyo waakadeya kuramba kukupai, nguva yamakada kumupa mari, nekuti Nabhoti haachiri mupenyu, asi wafa.

¹⁵And it cometh to pass, at Jezebel`s hearing that Naboth hath been stoned, and is dead, that Jezebel saith unto Ahab, `Rise, possess the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, that he refused to give to thee for money, for Naboth is not alive but dead.`

¹⁶Zvino Ahabhi wakati achinzwa kuti Nabhoti wafa, akasimuka, akaburuka kumunda wemizambiringa waNabhoti muJezereeri, kundozvitorera iwo.

¹⁶And it cometh to pass, at Ahab`s hearing that Naboth is dead, that Ahab riseth to go down unto the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to possess it.

¹⁷Zvino shoko raJehovha rakasvika kuna Eria muTishibhi, richiti,

¹⁷And the word of Jehovah is unto Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

¹⁸Simuka, buruka undosangana naAhabhi mambo waIsiraeri, unogara Samaria; uchamuwana ari mumunda wemizambiringa waNabhoti, kwaaburukira kundozvitorera iwo.

¹⁸`Rise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who [is] in Samaria, — lo, in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he hath gone down to possess it,

¹⁹Umuudze, uti, Zvanzi naJehovha, Wauraya, zvino watorawo here? Zvino umuudzewo, uti, Zvanzi naJehovha, Apo pakananzva imbwa ropa raNabhoti, ndipo padzichananzva ropa rakowo.

¹⁹and thou hast spoken unto him, saying, Thus said Jehovah, Hast thou murdered, and also possessed? and thou hast spoken unto him, saying, Thus said Jehovah, In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth, do the dogs lick thy blood, even thine.`

²⁰Ahabhi akati kuna Eria, Wandiwana, iwe muvengi wangu here? Akapindura, akati, Ndakuwana; nekuti wazvitengesa kuti uite zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha.

²⁰And Ahab saith unto Elijah, `Hast thou found me, O mine enemy?` and he saith, `I have found — because of thy selling thyself to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah;

²¹Tarira, ndichauyisa zvakaipa pamusoro pako, ndichakutsvaira chose, ubve, ndichaparadza vanakomana vose vaAhabhi, vaduku navakuru kuvaIsiraeri.

²¹lo, I am bringing in unto thee evil, and have taken away thy posterity, and cut off to Ahab those sitting on the wall, and restrained, and left, in Israel,

²²Imba yako ndichaiita seimba yaJerobhoamu mwanakomana waNebhati, neimba yaBhaasha mwanakomana waAhija, nemhaka yokuti wakanditsamwisa iwe, ukatadzisa Isiraeri.

²²and given up thy house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha son of Ahijah, for the provocation with which thou hast provoked [Me], and dost cause Israel to sin.

²³Uye Jehovha akataura pamusoro paIzebheri, akati, Imbwa dzichadya Izebheri parusvingo rweJezereeri.

²³`And also of Jezebel hath Jehovah spoken, saying, The dogs do eat Jezebel in the bulwark of Jezreel;

²⁴Ani naani waAhabhi, unofira muguta, uchadyiwa nembwa, Ani naani, unofira kusango, uchadyiwa neshiri dzekudenga.

²⁴him who dieth of Ahab in a city do the dogs eat, and him who dieth in a field do fowl of the heavens eat;

²⁵(Asi hakuna munhu wakafanana naAhabhi, wakazvitengesa kuti aite zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha, achikurudzirwa naIzebheri mukadzi wake.

²⁵surely there hath none been like Ahab, who sold himself to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, whom Jezebel his wife hath moved,

²⁶Akaita zvakanyangadza kwazvo, nekuti wakatevera zvifananidzo netsika dzose dzavaAmori, ivo vakanga vadzingwa naJehovha pamberi pavana vaIsiraeri).

²⁶and he doth very abominably to go after the idols, according to all that the Amorite did whom Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel.`

²⁷Zvino Ahabhi wakati achinzwa mashoko iwayo, akabvarura nguvo dzake, akasimira magumbu pamuviri wake, akatsanya, akavata pasi namagumbu, akanatsofamba.

²⁷And it cometh to pass, at Ahab`s hearing these words, that he rendeth his garments, and putteth sackcloth on his flesh, and fasteth, and lieth in sackcloth, and goeth gently.

²⁸Zvino shoko raJehovha rikasvika kuna Eria muTishibhi, richiti,

²⁸And the word of Jehovah is unto Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

²⁹Unoona here kuti Ahabhi unozvininipisa pamberi pangu? Zvaanozvininipisa pamberi pangu, handingauyisi zvakaipa izvo pamazuva ake; asi pamazuva omwanakomana wake ndichauyisa zvakaipa izvo pamusoro peimba yake.

²⁹`Hast thou seen that Ahab hath been humbled before Me? because that he hath been humbled before Me, I bring not in the evil in his days; in the days of his son I bring in the evil on his house.`