¹Zvino Jehoshafati mwanakomana wake akabata ushe pachigaro chake, akazvisimbisa kundorwa navaIsiraeri.

¹And Jehoshaphat his son reigneth in his stead, and he strengtheneth himself against Israel,

²Akaisa varwi mumaguta ose akakombwa aJudha, akaisawo mapoka avarwi panyika yaJudha, napamaguta aEfuremu, akanga akundwa naAsa baba vake.

²and putteth a force in all the fenced cities of Judah, and putteth garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim that Asa his father had captured.

³Jehovha akava naJehoshafati, nekuti akafamba munzira dzokutanga dzababa vake Dhavhidhi; haana kundobvunza vaBhaari;

³And Jehovah is with Jehoshaphat, for he hath walked in the first ways of David his father, and hath not sought to Baalim,

⁴asi akabvunza Mwari wababa vake, akafamba nemirairo yake asingateveri mabasa aIsiraeri.

⁴for to the God of his father he hath sought, and in His commands he hath walked, and not according to the work of Israel.

⁵Saka Jehovha akasimbisa ushe paruoko rwake; vaJudha vose vakavigira Jehoshafati zvipo, akava nefuma nokukudzwa zvizhinji.

⁵And Jehovah doth establish the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah give a present to Jehoshaphat, and he hath riches and honour in abundance,

⁶moyo wake ukashingairira nzira dzaJehovha; uye akabvisawo matunhu akakwirira namatanda okunamata nawo pakati paJudha.

⁶and his heart is high in the ways of Jehovah, and again he hath turned aside the high places and the shrines out of Judah.

⁷Uye pagore rechitatu rokubata kwake ushe akatuma machinda ake, vanaBhenihairi, naObhadhiya, naZekariya, naNetaneri, naMikaya, kundodzidzisa mumaguta aJudha;

⁷And in the third year of his reign he hath sent for his heads, for Ben-Hail, and for Obadiah, and for Zechariah, and for Nethaneel, and for Michaiah, to teach in cities of Judah,

⁸uye pamwechete navo vaRevhi, vana Shemaya, naNetania, naZebhadhia, naAshaheri, naShemiramoti, naJehonatani, naAdhonia, naTobhiya, naTobhiadhonia, vari vaRevhi; uye pamwechete navo Erishama naJehoramu, vapristi.

⁸and with them the Levites, Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijath, and Tob-Adonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.

⁹Vakandodzidzisa pakati paJudha, vane bhuku yomurayiro waJehovha; vakafamba vachipota namaguta ose aJudha, vachidzidzisa pakati pavanhu.

⁹And they teach in Judah, and with them [is] the Book of the Law of Jehovah, and they go round about into all cities of Judah, and teach among the people.

¹⁰Ushe hwose bwenyika dzose dzakanga dzakapoteredza Judha, vakavhunduswa naJehovha, vakasarwa naJehoshafati.

¹⁰And here is a fear of Jehovah on all kingdoms of the lands that [are] round about Judah, and they have not fought with Jehoshaphat;

¹¹Vamwe vaFirisitia vakavigira Jehoshafati zvipo, nesirivha yomutero; vaArabhiawo vakamuvigira makwai, makondobwe ane zviuru zvinomwe namazana manomwe, nenhongo dzembudzi dzine zviuru zvinomwe namazana manomwe.

¹¹and of the Philistines they are bringing in to Jehoshaphat a present, and tribute silver; also, the Arabians are bringing to him a flock, rams seven thousand an seven hundred, and he-goats seven thousand and seven hundred.

¹²Jehoshafati akazova mukuru kwazvo, akavaka pakati paJudha nhare namaguta amatura.

¹²And Jehoshaphat is going on and becoming very great, and he buildeth in Judah palaces and cities of store,

¹³Waiva namabasa mazhinji mumaguta aJudha, navarwi, varume vane simba noumhare paJerusaremu.

¹³and he hath much work in cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty of valour, [are] in Jerusalem.

¹⁴Zvino ndiwo mazita avo nedzimba, dzamadzibaba avo: Pakati paJudha, vakuru vezviuru: Adhina mukuru, uye pamwechete naye varume vane simba noumhare vane zviuru zvina mazana matatu;

¹⁴And these [are] their numbers, for the house of their fathers: Of Judah, heads of thousands, Adnah the head, and with him mighty ones of valour, three hundred chiefs.

¹⁵tevere Jehohanani mukuru, uye pamwechete naye varume vane zviuru zvina mazana maviri namakumi masere;

¹⁵And at his hand [is] Jehohanan the head, and with him two hundred and eighty chiefs.

¹⁶tevere Amasia mwanakomana waZikiri, wakazvipa kuna Jehovha nomoyo wake wose; uye pamwechete naye varume vane simba noumhare vane zviuru pakati

¹⁶And at his hand [is] Amasiah son of Zichri, who is willingly offering himself to Jehovah, and with him two hundred chiefs, mighty of valour.

¹⁷pavaBhenjamini: Eriadha munhu ane simba noumhare, uye pamwechete naye varume vane zviuru zvina mazana maviri vakanga vakabata uta nenhovo;

¹⁷And of Benjamin: mighty of valour, Eliada, and with him, armed with bow and shield, two hundred chiefs.

¹⁸tevere Jehozabhadhi, uye pamwechete naye varume vane zviuru zvine zana namakumi masere, vakanga vakazvigadzirira kurwa.

¹⁸And at his hand [is] Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty chiefs, armed ones of the host.

¹⁹Ndivo vaibatira mambo, vamwe vakanga vaiswa namambo mumaguta akakombwa panyika yose yaJudha vasingaverengwi.

¹⁹These [are] those serving the king, apart from those whom the king put in the cities of fortress, in all Judah.