¹Zvino vakagara makore matatu kusino kurwa pakati pavaSiria navaIsiraeri.

¹And they sit still three years, there is no war between Aram and Israel,

²Zvino negore rechitatu Jehoshafati mambo waJudha wakaburukira kuna mambo waIsiraeri.

²and it cometh to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat king of Judah cometh down unto the king of Israel,

³Ipapo mambo waIsiraeri akati kuvaranda vake, Munoziva here kuti RamotiGiriyadhi nderedu? Asi isu tigere hedu tinyerere, tisingaritori kuna mambo weSiria.

³and the king of Israel saith unto his servants, `Have ye not known that ours [is] Ramoth-Gilead? and we are keeping silent from taking it out of the hand of the king of Aram!`

⁴Akati kuna Jehoshafati, Uchaenda neni kundorwa neRamotiGiriyadhi here? Jehoshafati akati kuna mambo waIsiraeri, Ini ndakaita sewe, navanhu vangu savanhu vako, namabhiza angu samabhiza ako.

⁴And he saith unto Jehoshaphat, `Dost thou go with me to battle [to] Ramoth-Gilead?` and Jehoshaphat saith unto the king of Israel, `As I am, so thou; as my people, so thy people; as my horses, so thy horses.`

⁵Jehoshafati akati kuna mambo waIsiraeri, Dombobvunza hako shoko raJehovha nhasi.

⁵And Jehoshaphat saith unto the king of Israel, `Seek, I pray thee, to-day, the word of Jehovah;`

⁶Zvino mambo waIsiraeri akaunganidza vaporofita, vanenge varume vaiva namazana mana, akati kwavari, Ndiende kundorwa neRamotiGiriyadhi here, kana ndirege? Ivo vakati, Endai, nekuti Ishe uchariisa mumaoko amambo.

⁶and the king of Israel gathereth the prophets, about four hundred men, and saith unto them, `Do I go against Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or do I forbear?` and they say, `Go up, and the Lord doth give [it] into the hand of the king.`

⁷Asi Jehoshafati akati, Hakuchina mumwe muporofita waJehovha pano here, timubvunze?

⁷And Jehoshaphat saith, `Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah besides, and we seek by him?`

⁸Mambo waIsiraeri akati kuna Jehoshafati, Mumwe murume uchiriko, Mikaya mwanakomana waImira, watingabvunza kuda kwaJehovha naye, asi ini ndinomuvenga, nekuti haaporofiti zvakanaka pamusoro pangu, asi zvakaipa. Jehoshafati akati, Mambo ngaarege kudaro.

⁸And the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat, `Yet — one man to seek Jehovah by him, and I have hated him, for he doth not prophesy concerning me good, but evil — Micaiah son of Imlah;` and Jehoshaphat saith, `Let not the king say so.`

⁹Zvino mambo waIsiraeri akadana muranda, akati, Kurumidza undotora Mikaya mwanakomana waImira.

⁹And the king of Israel calleth unto a certain eunuch, and saith, `Hasten Micaiah son of Imlah.`

¹⁰Zvino mambo waIsiraeri naJehoshafati mambo waJudha vakanga vagere mumwe nomumwe pachigaro chake choushe, vakafuka nguvo dzavo dzoushe padare pasuwo reSamaria; vaporofita vose vakaporofita pamberi pavo.

¹⁰And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah are sitting, each on his throne, clothed with garments, in a threshing-floor, at the opening of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets are prophesying before them.

¹¹Zedhekia mwanakomana waKenaani akazviitira nyanga dzamatare, akati, Zvanzi naJehovha, Nedzidzi muchatunga vaSiria, kusvikira vapera.

¹¹And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah maketh for himself horns of iron, and saith, `Thus said Jehovah, By these thou dost push the Aramaeans till they are consumed;`

¹²Navamwe vaporofita vose vakaporofita saizvozvo, vakati, Endai Ramotigiteadhi, muchakunda, nekuti Jehovha uchariisa muruoko rwamambo.

¹²and all the prophets are prophesying so, saying, `Go up to Ramoth-Gilead, and prosper, and Jehovah hath given [it] into the hand of the king.`

¹³Zvino nhume yakanga yandodana Mikaya yakataura kwaari, ikati, Tarirai, mashoko avaporofita anobvumirana achitaura zvakanaka kuna mambo; zvino ndinokumbira kuti shoko renyu rive seshoko romumwe wavo, mutaurewo zvakanaka.

¹³And the messenger who hath gone to call Micaiah hath spoken unto him, saying, `Lo, I pray thee, the words of the prophets, with one mouth, [are] good towards the king; let it be, I pray thee, thy word as the word of one of them — and thou hast spoken good.`

¹⁴Ipapo Mikaya akati, NaJehovha mupenyu, izvo zvinorehwa naJehovha kwandiri, ndizvo zvandichataura.

¹⁴And Micaiah saith, `Jehovah liveth; surely that which Jehovah saith unto me — it I speak.`

¹⁵Zvino wakati achisvika kuna mambo, mambo akati kwaari, Mikaya, tiende kundorwa neRamotiGiriyadhi here, kana tirege? Akapindura, akati, Endai henyu, muchakunda, nekuti Jehovha uchariisa muruoko rwamambo.

¹⁵And he cometh in unto the king, and the king saith unto him, `Micaiah, do we go unto Ramoth-Gilead, to battle, or do we forbear?` and he saith unto him, `Go up, and prosper, and Jehovah hath given [it] into the hand of the king.`

¹⁶Mambo akati kwaari, Ndinofanira kukupikisa kangani kuti undiudze chokwadi yoga nezita raJehovha?

¹⁶And the king saith unto him, `How many times am I adjuring thee that thou speak nothing unto me but truth in the name of Jehovah?`

¹⁷Iye akati, Ndaona vaIsiraeri vose vakapararira pamakomo samakwai asina mufudzi, Jehovha akati, Ava havana tenzi, mumwe nomumwe ngaadzokere kumusha kwake norugare.

¹⁷And he saith, `I have seen all Israel scattered on the hills as sheep that have no shepherd, and Jehovah saith, These have no master; they turn back each to his house in peace.`

¹⁸Mambo waIsiraeri akati kuna Jehoshafati, Handina kukuudza here? Kuti haangaporofiti zvakanaka pamusoro pangu, asi zvakaipa?

¹⁸And the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat, `Have I not said unto thee, He doth not prophesy of me good, but evil?`

¹⁹Mikaya akati, Zvino chinzwai shoko raJehovha, Ndakaona Jehovha agere pachigaro chake choushe, nehondo dzose dzokudenga dzimire naye kurudyi rwake nokuruboshwe rwake.

¹⁹And he saith, `Therefore, hear a word of Jehovah; I have seen Jehovah sitting on His throne, and all the host of the heavens standing by Him, on His right and on His left;

²⁰Ipapo Jehovha akati, Ndianiko uchandonyengera Ahabhi, aende, andourawa paRamotiGiriyadhi? Zvino mumwe akati zvokuti, nomumwezve akati zvokuti.

²⁰and Jehovah saith, Who doth entice Ahab, and he doth go up and fall in Ramoth-Gilead? and this one saith thus, and that one is saying thus.

²¹Zvino mweya ukabuda, ukamira pamberi paJehovha, ukati, Ini ndichandomunyengera.

²¹`And the spirit goeth out, and standeth before Jehovah, and saith, I — I do entice him; and Jehovah saith unto him, By what?

²²Jehovha akati kwauri, Neiko? Iwo ukati, Ndichaenda, ndichava mweya wenhema mumiromo yavaporofita vake vose. Iye akati, Iwe ndiwe uchamunyengera, uchakundawo; enda hako, undoita saizvozvo.

²²and he saith, I go out, and have been a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all his prophets; and He saith, Thou dost entice, and also thou art able; go out and do so.

²³Naizvozvo zvino, tarirai Jehovha wakaisa mweya wenhema mumiromo yavaporofita venyu ava vose, asi Jehovha wakataura zvakaipa pamusoro penyu.

²³And now, lo, Jehovah hath put a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and Jehovah hath spoken concerning thee — evil.`

²⁴Ipapo Zedhekia mwanakomana waKenaani akaswedera, akarova Mikaya padama rake, akati, Mweya waJehovha wakaenda nepiko uchibva kwandiri kundotaura newe?

²⁴And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah draweth nigh, and smiteth Micaiah on the cheek, and saith, `Where [is] this — he hath passed over — the Spirit of Jehovah — from me to speak with thee?`

²⁵Mikaya akati, Uchazviona musi uyo wauchandovanda mukamuri yomukati.

²⁵And Micaiah saith, `Lo, thou art seeing on that day, when thou goest in to the innermost chamber to be hidden.`

²⁶Ipapo mambo waIsiraeri akati, Batai Mikaya, mumuise kuna Amoni mubati weguta, nokuna Joashi mwanakomana wamambo,

²⁶And the king of Israel saith, `Take Micaiah, and turn him back unto Amon head of the city, and unto Joash son of the king,

²⁷muti, Zvanzi namambo, pinzai munhu uyu mutirongo, mumupe zvokudya zvokutambudzika, nemvura yokutambudzika, kusvikira ndichidzoka norugare.

²⁷and thou hast said, Thus said the king, Place ye this one in the house of restraint, and cause him to eat bread of oppression, and water of oppression, till my coming in peace.`

²⁸Ipapo Mikaya akati, Kana mukadzoka norugare, Jehovha haana kutaura neni. Akati, Inzwai, imwi vanhu, imwi mose.

²⁸And Micaiah saith, `If thou at all return in peace — Jehovah hath not spoken by me;` and he saith, `Hear, O peoples, all of them.`

²⁹Naizvozvo mambo waIsiraeri naJehoshafati mambo waJudha vakaenda RamotiGiriyadhi.

²⁹And the king of Israel goeth up, and Jehoshaphat king of Judah, to Ramoth-Gilead.

³⁰Zvino mambo waIsiraeri akati kuna Jehoshafati, Ini ndichazvishandura, ndigondorwa; asi iwe chifuka nguvo dzangu dzoushe. Mambo waIsiraeri akazvishandura, akandorwa.

³⁰And the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat to disguise himself, and to go into battle, `And thou, put on thy garments.` And the king of Israel disguiseth himself, and goeth into battle.

³¹Zvino mambo weSiria wakange araira vatariri vengoro dzake, vana makumi matatu navaviri, akati, Regai kurwa navaduku kana navakuru, asi namambo waIsiraeri oga.

³¹And the king of Aram commanded the heads of the charioteers whom he hath — thirty and two — saying, `Ye do not fight with small or with great, but with the king of Israel by himself.`

³²Zvino vatariri vengoro vakati vachiona Jehoshafati, vakati, Zvirokwazvo ndiye mambo waIsiraeri. Vakatsaukira kundorwa naye; zvino Jehoshafati akaridza mhere.

³²And it cometh to pass, at the heads of the charioteers seeing Jehoshaphat, that they said, `He [is] only the king of Israel;` and they turn aside to him to fight, and Jehoshaphat crieth out,

³³Ipapo vatariri vengoro vakati vachiona kuti haazi mambo waIsiraeri, vakadzoka pakumutevera.

³³and it cometh to pass, at the heads of the charioteers seeing that he [is] not the king of Israel, that they turn back from after him.

³⁴Zvino mumwe murume akabwembura uta hwake asingashumbi, hake, akafura mambo waIsiraeri pakati pezvisungo zvenguvo dzake dzokurwa nadzo, ipapo mambo akati kumufambisi wengoro yake, Dzoka, undiise kunze kwehondo, nekuti ndakuvadzwa kwazvo.

³⁴And a man hath drawn with a bow, in his simplicity, and smiteth the king of Israel between the joinings and the coat of mail, and he saith to his charioteer, `Turn thy hand, and take me out from the camp, for I have become sick.`

³⁵Kurwa kukanyanya kwazvo nomusi uyo; mambo akatsigirwa mungoro yake pakurwa navaSiria, akafa madekwana; ropa rikabuda pavanga rikaerera mukati mengoro.

³⁵And the battle increaseth on that day, and the king hath been caused to stand in the chariot, over-against Aram, and he dieth in the evening, and the blood of the wound runneth out unto the midst of the chariot,

³⁶Zvino zuva rakati rovira mhere ikanzwika pahondo yose, ichiti, Mumwe nomumwe ngaadzokere kuguta rake, mumwe nomumwe kunyika yake.

³⁶and he causeth the cry to pass over through the camp, at the going in of the sun, saying, `Each unto his city, and each unto his land.`

³⁷Naizvozvo mambo akafa, akaiswa Samaria, vakaviga mambo paSamaria.

³⁷And the king dieth, and cometh into Samaria, and they bury the king in Samaria;

³⁸Vakasuka ngoro padziva reSamaria, imbwa dzikananzva ropa rake, ndipo paishamba zvifeve; sezvakanga zvarehwa neshoko raJehovha.

³⁸and [one] rinseth the chariot by the pool of Samaria, and the dogs lick his blood — when the armour they had washed — according to the word of Jehovah that He spake.

³⁹Zvino mamwe mabasa aAhabhi, nezvose zvaakaita, neimba yenyanga dzenzou yaakavaka, namaguta ose aakavaka, hazvina kunyorwa here mubhuku yaMakoronike amadzimambo aIsiraeri?

³⁹And the rest of the matters of Ahab, and all that he did, and the house of ivory that he built, and all the cities that he built, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

⁴⁰Naizvozvo Ahabhi akavata namadzibaba ake, Ahazia mwanakomana wake akamutevera paushe.

⁴⁰And Ahab lieth with his fathers, and Ahaziah his son reigneth in his stead.

⁴¹Zvino Jehoshafati mwanakomana waAsa, wakatanga kubata ushe hwaJudha negore rechina raAhabhi mambo waIsiraeri.

⁴¹And Jehoshaphat son of Asa hath reigned over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel,

⁴²Jehoshafati wakange ava namakore makumi matatu namashanu pakutanga kwake kubata ushe; akabata makore makumi maviri namashanu paJerusaremu. Zita ramai vake rakanga riri Azubha, mukunda waShirihi.

⁴²Jehoshaphat [is] a son of thirty and five years in his reigning, and twenty and five years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Azubah daughter of Shilhi.

⁴³Akafamba panzira dzose dzababa vake Asa; haana kutsauka padziri, asi wakaita zvakarurama pamberi paJehovha; kunyange zvakadaro matunhu akakwirira haana kubviswa, vanhu vakaramba vachingobayira nokupisira zvinonhuhwira pamatunhu akakwirira.

⁴³And he walketh in all the way of Asa his father, he hath not turned aside from it, to do that which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah; only the high places have not turned aside, yet are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places.

⁴⁴Jehoshafati akayanana namambo waIsiraeri.

⁴⁴And Jehoshaphat maketh peace with the king of Israel;

⁴⁵Zvino mamwe mabasa aJehoshafati, nesimba rakaonekwa kwaari, nokurwa kwake, hazvina kunyorwa here mubhuku yaMakoronike amadzimambo aJudha?

⁴⁵and the rest of the matters of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he got, and with which he fought, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

⁴⁶VaSodhomiwo vakanga vasiiwa pamazuva aAsa baba vake, akavabvisawo panyika.

⁴⁶And the remnant of the whoremongers who were left in the days of Asa his father he took away out of the land;

⁴⁷Asi paEdhomu pakanga pasina mambo mumwe wakange achibata panzvimbo yamambo.

⁴⁷and there is no king in Edom; he set up a king.

⁴⁸Jehoshafati akavaka zvikepe zveTarishishi kuenda Ofiri kuzotora ndarama; asi hazvina kuenda, nekuti zvikepe zvakaputsika paEZiyonigebheri.

⁴⁸Jehoshaphat made ships at Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, and they went not, for the ships were broken in Ezion-Geber.

⁴⁹Zvino Ahazia mwanakomana waAhabhi akati kuna Jehoshafati, Varanda vangu ngavaende navaranda vako nezvikepe. Asi Jehoshafati wakaramba.

⁴⁹Then said Ahaziah son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, `Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships;` and Jehoshaphat was not willing.

⁵⁰Jehoshafati akavata namadzibaba ake, akavigwa kuna madzibaba ake paguta raDhavhidhi baba vake, Jehorami mwanakomana wake akamutevera paushe.

⁵⁰And Jehoshaphat lieth with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers in the city of David his father, and Jehoram his son reigneth in his stead.

⁵¹Ahazia mwanakomana waAhabhi, akatanga kubata ushe hwaIsiraeri paSamaria pagore regumi namanomwe raJehoshafati mambo waJudha, akabata ushe hwaIsiraeri makore maviri.

⁵¹Ahaziah son of Ahab hath reigned over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigneth over Israel two years,

⁵²Akaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha, akafamba nenzira yababa vake, uye nenzira yamai vake, uye nenzira yaJerobhoamu mwanakomana waNebhati, wakatadzisa Isiraeri.

⁵²and doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and walketh in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat who caused Israel to sin,

⁵³Nekuti wakashumira Bhaari, akanamata kwaari, akatsamwisa Jehovha Mwari waIsiraeri, sezvakaita baba vake pazvose.

⁵³and serveth the Baal, and boweth himself to it, and provoketh Jehovah, God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.