¹Zvino Jehoshafati akanga ane fuma zhinji nokukudzwa kukuru; akawaniranawo naAhabhi.

¹And Jehoshaphat hath riches and honour in abundance, and joineth affinity to Ahab,

²Zvino mamwe makore akati apfuura, iye akaburukira Samaria kuna Ahabhi. Ahabhi akamuurayira iye navanhu vaakanga anavo makwai nenzombe zhinji, akamukurudzira kuenda naye RamotiGiriyadhi.

²and goeth down at the end of [certain] years unto Ahab to Samaria, and Ahab sacrificeth for him sheep and oxen in abundance, and for the people who [are] with him, and persuadeth him to go up unto Ramoth-Gilead.

³Ipapo Ahabhi mambo waIsiraeri akati kuna Jehoshafati mambo waJudha, Muchaenda neni RamotiGiriyadhi here? Iye akapindura, akati, Ini ndakaita sewe, navanhu vangu savanhu vako; tichaenda newe kundorwa.

³And Ahab king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, `Dost thou go with me [to] Ramoth-Gilead?' And he saith to him, `As I -- so thou, and as thy people -- my people, even with thee in battle.'

⁴Jehoshafati akati kuna mambo waIsiraeri, Dombobvunza hako shoko raJehovha nhasi.

⁴And Jehoshaphat saith unto the king of Israel, `Seek, I pray thee, this day, the word of Jehovah.'

⁵Zvino mambo waIsiraeri akaunganidza vaporofita, varume vaiva namazana mana, akati kwavari, Tiende kundorwa neRamotiGiriyadhi here, kana ndirege? Ivo vakati, Endai, nekuti Mwari achariisa mumaoko amambo.

⁵And the king of Israel gathereth the prophets, four hundred men, and saith unto them, `Do we go unto Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or do I forbear?' And they say, `Go up, and God doth give [it] into the hand of the king.'

⁶Asi Jehoshafati akati, Hakuchina mumwe muporofita waJehovha pano here, timubvunze?

⁶And Jehoshaphat saith, `Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah still, and we seek from him?'

⁷Mambo waIsiraeri akati kuna Jehoshafati, Mumwe murume achiko, watingabvunza kuda kwaJehovha naye, asi ini ndinomuvenga, nekuti haatongoporofiti zvakanaka pamusoro pangu, asi mazuva ose zvakaipa; ndiye Mikaya mwanakomana waImira. Jehoshafati akati, Mambo ngaarege kudaro.

⁷And the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat, `Still -- one man to seek Jehovah from him, and I -- I have hated him, for he is not prophesying concerning me of good, but all his days of evil, he [is] Micaiah son of Imlah;' and Jehoshaphat saith, `Let not the king say so.'

⁸Zvino mambo waIsiraeri akadana muranda, akati, Kurumidza undotora Mikaya mwanakomana waImira.

⁸And the king of Israel calleth unto a certain officer, and saith, `Hasten Micaiah son of Imlah.'

⁹Zvino mambo waIsiraeri naJehoshafati mambo waJudha vakanga vagere mumwe nomumwe pachigaro chake choushe, vagere vakafuka nguvo dzavo dzoushe paruvazhe pasuwo reSamaria; vaporofita vose vakaporofita pamberi pavo.

⁹And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah are sitting, each on his throne, clothed with garments, and they are sitting in a threshing-floor at the opening of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets are prophesying before them.

¹⁰Zedhekia mwanakomana waKenaani akazviitira nyanga dzamatare, akati, Zvanzi naJehovha, Nedzidzi muchatunga vaSiria, kusvikira vapera.

¹⁰And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah maketh for himself horns of iron, and saith, `Thus said Jehovah,

¹¹Navamwe vaporofita vose vakaporofita saizvozvo, vakati, Endai RamotiGiriyadhi, muchakunda, nekuti Jehovha achariisa paruoko rwamambo.

¹¹With these thou dost push Aram till thou hast consumed them.' And all the prophets are prophesying so, saying, `Go up [to] Ramath-Gilead and prosper, and Jehovah hath given [it] into the hand of the king.'

¹²Zvino 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.

¹²And the messenger who hath gone to call for Micaiah hath spoken unto him, saying, `Lo, the words of the prophets -- one mouth -- [are] good towards the king, and let, I pray thee, thy word be like one of theirs: and thou hast spoken good.'

¹³Ipapo Mikaya akati, NaJehovha mupenyu, izvo zvinorehwa naMwari wangu, ndizvo zvandichataura.

¹³And Micaiah saith `Jehovah liveth, surely that which my God saith, it I speak.'

¹⁴Zvino akati achisvika kuna mambo, mambo akati kwaari, Mikaya, tiende kundorwa neRamotiGiriyadhi here, kana ndirege? Iye akati, Endai henyu, muchakunda; vachaiswa muruoko rwenyu.

¹⁴And he cometh in unto the king, and the king saith unto him, `Micaiah, do we go unto Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or do I forbear?' And he saith, `Go ye up, and prosper, and they are given into your hand.'

¹⁵Mambo akati kwaari, Ndinofanira kukupikisa kangani kuti undiudze chokwadi yoga nezita raJehovha?

¹⁵And the king saith unto him, `How many times am I adjuring thee, that thou speak unto me only truth in the name of Jehovah?'

¹⁶Iye akati, Ndakaona vaIsiraeri vose vakapararira pamakomo samakwai asina mufudzi; Jehovha akati, Ava havana tenzi, mumwe nomumwe ngaadzokere kumusha kwake norugare.

¹⁶And he saith, `I have seen all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd, and Jehovah saith, There are no masters to these, they turn back each to his house in peace.'

¹⁷Mambo waIsiraeri akati kuna Jehoshafati, Handina kukuudza here, kuti haangaporofiti zvakanaka pamusoro pangu, asi zvakaipa?

¹⁷And the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat, `Did I not say unto thee, He doth not prophesy concerning me good, but rather of evil?'

¹⁸Mikaya akati, Zvino chinzwai shoko raJehovha, Ndakaona Jehovha agere pachigaro chake choushe, nehondo dzose dzokudenga dzimire kurudyi rwake nokuruboshwe rwake.

¹⁸And he saith, `Therefore, hear ye a word of Jehovah: I have seen Jehovah sitting on His throne, and all the host of the heavens standing on His right and His left;

¹⁹Ipapo Jehovha akati, Ndianiko achandonyengera Ahabhi, aende, andourawa paRamotiGiriyadhi? Zvino mumwe akataura achiti zvokuti, nomumwezve akati zvokuti.

¹⁹and Jehovah saith, Who doth entice Ahab king of Israel, and he doth go up and fall in Ramoth-Gilead? And this speaker saith thus, and that speaker thus.

²⁰Zvino mweya ukabuda, ukamira pamberi paJehovha, ukati, Ini ndichandomunyengera. Jehovha akati kwauri, Neiko?

²⁰And go out doth the spirit, and stand before Jehovah, and saith, I do entice him; and Jehovah saith unto him, With what?

²¹Iwo ukati, Ndichaenda, ndichava mweya wenhema mumiromo yavaporofita vake vose. Iye akati, Iwe ndiwe uchamunyengera, uchakundawo; enda hako, unoita saizvozvo.

²¹and he saith, I go out, and have become 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.

²²Naizvozvo zvino, tarirai Jehovha akaisa mweya wenhema mumiromo yavaporofita venyu ava vose, asi Jehovha akataura zvakaipa pamusoro penyu.

²²And, now, lo, Jehovah hath put a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of these thy prophets, and Jehovah hath spoken concerning thee -- evil.'

²³Ipapo Zedhekia mwanakomana waKenaani akaswedera, akarova Mikaya padama rake, akati, Mweya waJehovha wakaenda nepiko uchibva kwandiri kundotaura newe?

²³And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah cometh nigh, and smiteth Micaiah on the cheek, and saith, `Where [is] this -- the way the Spirit of Jehovah passed over from me to speak with thee?'

²⁴Mikaya akati, Uchazviona musi uyo wauchandovanda nawo mukamuri yomukati.

²⁴And Micaiah saith, `Lo, thou dost see in that day, that thou dost enter into the innermost chamber to be hidden.'

²⁵Ipapo mambo waIsiraeri akati, Batai Mikaya, mumuise kuna Amoni mubati weguta, nokuna Joashi mwanakomana wamambo,

²⁵And the king of Israel saith, `Take ye Micaiah, and turn him back unto Amon head of the city, and unto Joash son of the king,

²⁶muti, Zvanzi namambo, Pinzai munhu uyu mutirongo, mumupe zvokudya zvokutambudzika, nemvura yokutambudzika, kusvikira ndichidzoka norugare.

²⁶and ye have said, Thus said the king, Put ye this [one] in the house of restraint, and cause him to eat bread of oppression, and water of oppression, till my return in peace.'

²⁷Ipapo Mikaya akati, Kana mukatongodzoka norugare, Jehovha haana kutaura neni. Akati, Inzwai, imwi vanhu, imwi mose.

²⁷And Micaiah saith, `If thou dost certainly return in peace, Jehovah hath not spoken by me;' and he saith, `Hear ye, O peoples, all of them!'

²⁸Naizvozvo mambo waIsiraeri naJehoshafati mambo waJudha vakaenda RamotiGiriyadhi.

²⁸And the king of Israel goeth up, and Jehoshaphat king of Judah, unto Ramoth-Gilead;

²⁹Zvino mambo waIsiraeri akati kuna Jehoshafati, Ini ndichazvishandura, ndigondorwa; asi iwe chifuka nguvo dzako dzoushe. Mambo waIsiraeri akazvishandura, akandorwa.

²⁹and 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 they go into battle.

³⁰Zvino mambo weSiria akanga araira vatariri vengoro dzake, akati, Regai kurwa navaduku kana navakuru, asi namambo waIsiraeri oga.

³⁰And the king of Aram hath commanded the heads of the charioteers whom he hath, saying, `Ye do not fight with small or with great, except with the king of Israel by himself.'

³¹Zvino vatariri vengoro vakati vachiona Jehoshafati, vakati, Ndiye mambo waIsiraeri. Naizvozvo vakatsaukira kundorwa naye; asi Jehoshafati wakaridza mhere, Jehovha akamubatsira; Mwari akavakurudzira kumurega.

³¹And it cometh to pass at the heads of the charioteers seeing Jehoshaphat, that they have said, `The king of Israel he is,' and they turn round against him to fight, and Jehoshaphat crieth out, and Jehovah hath helped him, and God enticeth them from him,

³²Zvino vatariri vengoro vakati vachiona kuti haazi mambo waIsiraeri, vakadzoka pakumutevera.

³²yea, it cometh to pass, at the heads of the charioteers seeing that it hath not been the king of Israel -- they turn back from after him.

³³Zvino mumwe murume akawembura uta hwake asingashumbi hake, akafura mambo waIsiraeri pakati pezvisungo zvenguvo dzake dzokurwa nadzo; ipapo mambo akati kumufambisi wengoro, Dzoka, undiise kunze kwehondo, nekuti ndakuvadzwa kwazvo.

³³And 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 the charioteer, `Turn thy hand, and thou hast brought me out of the camp, for I have become sick.'

³⁴Kurwa kukanyanya kwazvo nomusi uyo; asi mambo waIsiraeri wakazvitsigira mungoro yake akarwa navaSiria kusvikira madekwana; zvino panguva yokuvira kwezuva akafa.

³⁴And the battle increaseth on that day, and the king of Israel hath been stayed up in the chariot over-against Aram till the evening, and he dieth at the time of the going in of the sun.