¹Zvino negore ramakumi matatu namatanhatu rokubata ushe kwaAsa, Bhaasha mambo waIsiraeri akakwira kundorwa naJudha, akavaka Rama, kuti arege kutendera munhu kubuda kana kupinda kuna Asa mambo waJudha.

¹In the thirty and sixth year of the reign of Asa, come up hath Baasha king of Israel, against Judah, and buildeth Ramah, so as not to permit any going out and coming in to Asa king of Judah.

²Ipapo Asa akabudisa sirivha nendarama muzvivigiro zvefuma yeimba yaJehovha neimba yamambo, akatuma shoko kuna Bhenihadhadhi mambo weSiria, akanga agere Dhamasiko, akati,

²And Asa bringeth out silver and gold from the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and of the house of the king, and sendeth unto Ben-Hadad king of Aram, who is dwelling in Damascus, saying,

³Sungano iripo pakati pangu nemi, sezvayakavapo pakati pababa vangu nababa venyu; tarirai, ndinokutumirai sirivha nendarama; endai muputse sungano yenyu naBhaasha mambo waIsiraeri, abve kwandiri.

³`A covenant [is] between me and thee, and between my father and thy father, lo, I have sent to thee silver and gold; go, break thy covenant with Baasha king of Israel, and he doth go up from off me.'

⁴Bhenihadhadhi akateerera mambo Asa, akatuma vakuru vehondo dzake kundorwa namaguta aIsiraeri, akakunda Ijoni, neDhani, neAbherimaimi, namaguta ose amatura aNafutari.

⁴And Ben-Hadad hearkeneth unto king Asa, and sendeth the heads of the forces that he hath unto cities of Israel, and they smite Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-Maim, and all the stores, cities of Naphtali.

⁵Zvino Bhaasha akati achizvinzwa, akarega kuvaka Rama, akarega basa rake.

⁵And it cometh to pass, at Baasha's hearing, that he ceaseth from building Ramah, and letteth his work rest;

⁶Ipapo mambo Asa akatora vaJudha vose; vakandobvisa mabwe eRama, namatanda aro zvaakanga avaka nazvo iye Bhaasha, akavaka nazvo Gebha neMizipa.

⁶and Asa the king hath taken all Judah, and they bear away the stones of Ramah, and its wood, that Baasha hath built, and he buildeth with them Geba and Mizpah.

⁷Zvino nenguva iyo muoni Hanani akasvika kuna Asa mambo waJudha, akati kwaari, Zvawakavimba namambo weSiria, ukasavimba naJehovha Mwari wako, zvino hondo yamambo weSiria yapukunyuka paruoko rwako.

⁷And at that time hath Hanani the seer come in unto Asa king of Judah, and saith unto him, `Because of thy leaning on the king of Aram, and thou hast not leaned on Jehovah thy God, therefore hath the force of the king of Aram escaped from thy hand.

⁸Ko vaItiopia navaRubhimi vakanga vasi hondo huru-huru, vane ngoro navatasvi vamabhiza vazhinji here? Kunyange zvakadaro, zvawakavimba naJehovha, iye akavaisa muruoko rwako.

⁸Did not the Cushim and the Lubim become a very great force for multitude, for chariot, and for horsemen? and in thy leaning on Jehovah He gave them into thy hand,

⁹nekuti meso aJehovha anotarira-tarira kumativi ose enyika yose, kuti aratidze simba rake kuna iye ano moyo wakarurama kwazvo kwaari. Pachinhu ichi waita sebenzi; nekuti kubva zvino uchavingwa nokurwa.

⁹for Jehovah -- His eyes go to and fro in all the earth, to show Himself strong [for] a people whose heart [is] perfect towards Him; thou hast been foolish concerning this, because -- henceforth there are with thee wars.'

¹⁰Ipapo Asa akatsamwira muoni, akamuisa mutirongo; nekuti akanga amutsamwira kwazvo nokuda kwechinhu ichi. Nenguva iyo Asa akatambudzawo vamwe vanhu.

¹⁰And Asa is angry at the seer, and giveth him to the house of torture, for [he is] in a rage with him for this; and Asa oppresseth [some] of the people at that time.

¹¹Zvino tarirai, mabasa aAsa, okutanga nookupedzisira, akanyorwa mubhuku yamadzimambo aJudha naaIsiraeri.

¹¹And lo, the matters of Asa, the first and the last, lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

¹²Asi pagore ramakumi matatu namapfumbamwe rokubata kwake ushe, Asa akazonzwa makumbo; urwere hwake hukanyanya kwazvo; kunyange zvakadaro, paurwere hwake haana kutsvaka Jehovha, asi n'anga.

¹²And Asa is diseased -- in the thirty and ninth year of his reign -- in his feet, till his disease is excessive, and also in his disease he hath not sought Jehovah, but among physicians.

¹³Asa akavata namadzibaba ake, akafa negore ramakumi mana nerimwe rokubata kwake ushe.

¹³And Asa lieth with his fathers, and dieth in the forty and first year of his reign,

¹⁴Vakamuviga pamuhwiro hwake, hwaakanga azvivezera muguta raDhavhidhi, vakamuradzika panhovo dzizere nezvinonhuhwira zvamarudzi mazhinji, zvakanga zvagadzirwa navaiti vezvinonhuhwira vakangwara; vakamuvesera vira guru, guru kwazvo.

¹⁴and they bury him in [one of] his graves, that he had prepared for himself in the city of David, and they cause him to lie on a bed that [one] hath filled [with] spices, and divers kinds of mixtures, with perfumed work; and they burn for him a burning -- very great.