¹Zvino Jehoshafati mambo waJudha akadzokera norugare kumusha kwake paJerusaremu.

¹And Jehoshaphat king of Judah turneth back unto his house in peace to Jerusalem,

²Ipapo Jehu mwanakomana womuoni Hanani akaenda kundosangana naye, akati kuna mambo Jehoshafati, Zvakanaka kubatsira vakaipa, nokuda vanovenga Jehovha here? Nokuda kwechinhu ichi Jehovha akutsamwirai.

²and go out unto his presence doth Jehu son of Hanani, the seer, and saith unto king Jehoshaphat, `To give help to the wicked, and to those hating Jehovah, dost thou love? and for this against thee [is] wrath from before Jehovah,

³Kunyange zvakadaro, zvimwe zvinhu zvakanaka zvakawanikwa kwamuri, nekuti makabvisa Asheroti panyika, mukatsvaka Mwari nomoyo wose.

³but good things have been found with thee, for thou hast put away the shrines out of the land, and hast prepared thy heart to seek God.'

⁴Jehoshafati akagara paJerusaremu, akabudazve pakati pavanhu kubva paBheerishebha kusvikira kunyika yamakomo yaEfuremu, akavadzoserazve kuna Jehovha Mwari wamadzibaba avo.

⁴And Jehoshaphat dwelleth in Jerusalem, and he turneth back and goeth out among the people from Beer-Sheba unto the hill-country of Ephraim, and bringeth them back unto Jehovah, God of their fathers.

⁵Akagadza vatongi panyika pamaguta ose akakombwa aJudha, guta rimwe nerimwe;

⁵And he establisheth judges in the land, in all the fenced cities of Judah, for every city,

⁶akati kuvatongi, Chenjerai zvamunoita; nekuti hamutongeri vanhu imwi asi Jehovha; iye anemi pakutonga kwenyu.

⁶and saith unto the judges, `See what ye are doing -- for not for man do ye judge, but for Jehovah, who [is] with you in the matter of judgment;

⁷Naizvozvo zvino kutya Jehovha ngakuve nemi; chenjerai, muzviite, nekuti kuna Jehovha Mwari wedu hakune zvakaipa, kana kutsaura vanhu, kana kugamuchira fufuro.

⁷and now, let fear of Jehovah be upon you, observe and do, for there is not with Jehovah our God perverseness, and acceptance of faces, and taking of a bribe.'

⁸Jehoshafati akaisawo paJerusaremu vamwe vaRevhi navapristi, navakuru vedzimba dzamadzibaba aIsiraeri, kuzotonga zvinhu zvaJehovha nemhaka dzenharo. Ipapo vakadzokera Jerusaremu.

⁸And also in Jerusalem hath Jehoshaphat appointed of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the heads of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of Jehovah, and for strife; and they turn back to Jerusalem,

⁹Akavaraira, achiti, Ndizvo zvamunofanira kuita muchitya Jehovha, makatendeka, mune moyo yakarurama.

⁹and he layeth a charge upon them, saying, `Thus do ye do in the fear of Jehovah, in faithfulness, and with a perfect heart,

¹⁰Zvino kana mhaka yenharo ikasvika kwamuri ichibva kuhama dzenyu dzigere pamaguta avo, kana riri shoko rokuurayana, kana romurau kana murayiro, kana zvakatemwa kana zvakatongwa, munofanira kuvanyevera kuti varege kupara mhaka pana Jehovha, kuti murege kutsamwirwa imwi nehama dzenyu; itai izvozvo, mugorega kuva nemhosva.

¹⁰and any strife that cometh in unto you of your brethren who are dwelling in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and command, statutes, and judgments, then ye have warned them and they become not guilty before Jehovah, and wrath hath not been on you and on your brethren; thus do ye do, and ye are not guilty.

¹¹Zvino tarirai, Amaria mupristi mukuru achakurairai pashoko roga roga raJehovha; naZebhadhia mwanakomana waIshimaeri, mutariri weimba yaJudha, pamashoko ose amambo; navaRevhi vachava vatariri venyu. Itai nesimba, Jehovha ave navakanaka.

¹¹`And, lo, Amariah the head priest [is] over you for every matter of Jehovah, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the leader of the house of Judah, [is] for every matter of the king, and officers the Levites [are] before you; be strong and do, and Jehovah is with the good.'