¹Zvino Abhija akavata namadzibaba ake, akavigwa muguta raDhavhidhi; Asa mwanakomana wake akamutevera paushe, pamazuva ake nyika yakanga ino rugare makore ane gumi.

¹And Abijah lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David, and reign doth Asa his son in his stead: in his days was the land quiet ten years.

²Asa akaita zvakanaka nezvakarurama pamberi paJehovha Mwari wake.

²And Asa doth that which is good, and that which is right, in the eyes of Jehovah his God,

³nekuti akabvisa aritari dzoutorwa, namatunhu akakwirira, akaputsa shongwe, nokutemawo matanda okunamata nawo;

³and turneth aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places, and breaketh the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines,

⁴akaraira vaJudha kuti vatsvake Jehovha Mwari wamadzibaba avo, nokuchengeta murau nomurayiro.

⁴and saith to Judah to seek Jehovah, God of their fathers, and to do the law and the command;

⁵Akabvisawo pamaguta ose avaJudha matunhu akakwirira nezvimwari zvezuva; ushe hukava norugare iye ari mambo.

⁵and he turneth aside out of all cities of Judah the high places and the images, and the kingdom is quiet before him.

⁶Akavaka maguta akakombwa paJudha; nekuti nyika yakanga ino rugare, akanga asina kurwa pamakore iwayo; nekuti Jehovha akanga amuzorodza.

⁶And he buildeth cities of bulwarks in Judah, for the land hath quiet, and there is no war with him in these years, because Jehovah hath given rest to him.

⁷Nekuti akati kuvaJudha: Ngativake maguta iwayo, tiapoteredze namasvingo, neshongwe, namasuwo, namazariro; nyika ichiri pamberi pedu, nekuti takatsvaka Jehovha Mwari wedu; takamutsvaka, akatizorodza pamativi ose. Ipapo vakavaka, vakagara zvakanaka.

⁷And he saith to Judah, `Let us build these cities, and compass [them] with wall, and towers, two-leaved doors, and bars, while the land [is] before us, because we have sought Jehovah our God, we have sought, and He giveth rest to us round about;' and they build and prosper.

⁸Asa akanga ane hondo yavaJudha, vane zviuru zvina mazana matatu, vakanga vakashonga nhovo huru namapfumo; neyavaBhenjamini vane zviuru zvina mazana maviri namakumi masere, vakanga vakashonga nhovo vaifura nouta; ava vose vaiva varume vane simba noumhare.

⁸And there is to Asa a force bearing target and spear, out of Judah three hundred thousand, and out of Benjamin, bearing shield and treading bow, two hundred and eighty thousand: all these [are] mighty of valour.

⁹Zvino Zera multiopia akauya kuzorwa navo nehondo yavanhu vane zviuru zvezviuru, nengoro dzina mazana matatu; akasvika Maresha.

⁹And come out unto them doth Zerah the Cushite with a force of a thousand thousand, and chariots three hundred, and he cometh in unto Mareshah,

¹⁰Ipapo Asa akabuda kuzorwa naye, vakagadzira kuzorwa pamupata weZefata paMaresha.

¹⁰and Asa goeth out before him, and they set battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.

¹¹Asa akachema kuna Jehovha Mwari wake, akati, Jehovha hakuna angabatsira asine simba kurwa nounesimba, asi imwi moga; tibatsirei Jehovha Mwari wedu; nekuti tinovimba nemi, tasvika kuzorwa navazhinji ava nezita renyu. imwi Jehovha, ndimi Mwari wedu; munhu ngaarege kukukundai imi.

¹¹And Asa calleth unto Jehovah his God, and saith, `Jehovah! it is nothing with Thee to help, between the mighty and those who have no power; help us, O Jehovah, our God, for on Thee we have leant, and in Thy name we have come against this multitude; O Jehovah, our God thou [art]; let him not prevail with Thee -- mortal man!

¹²Ipapo Jehovha akaparadza vaItiopia pamberi paAsa, napamberi pavaJudha, vaItiopia vakatiza.

¹²And Jehovah smiteth the Cushim before Asa, and before Judah, and the Cushim flee,

¹³Asa navanhu vaakanga anavo vakavateverera kusvikira paGerari; vaItiopia vakaurawa vazhinji, vakakoniwa kumutsiridzika; nekuti vakaparadzwa pamberi paJehovha napamberi pehondo yake vaJudha vakaenda nezvizhinji kwazvo zvavakapamba.

¹³and Asa and the people who [are] with him pursue them even to Gerar, and there fall of the Cushim, for they have no preserving, because they have been broken before Jehovah, and before His camp; and they bear away very much spoil,

¹⁴Vakaparadza maguta ose akapoteredza Gerari; nekuti vakavhunduswa naJehovha; vakapamba maguta ose, nekuti kwakanga kune zvingapambwa zvizhinji maari.

¹⁴and smite all the cities round about Gerar, for a fear of Jehovah hath been upon them, and they spoil all the cities, for abundant spoil hath been in them;

¹⁵Vakaparadzawo matende ezvipfuwo, vakatapa makwai mazhinji nemakamera, ndokudzokera Jerusaremu.

¹⁵and also tents of cattle they have smitten, and they capture sheep in abundance, and camels, and turn back to Jerusalem.