¹Zvino vagere Jerusaremu vakaita Ahazia, mwanakomana wake muduku, mambo panzvimbo yake, nekuti boka ravanhu, vakauya navaArabhia, vakanga vauraya vakuru vake vose. Naizvozvo Ahazia mwanakomana waJehoramu mambo waJudha, akabata ushe.

¹And the inhabitants of Jerusalem cause Ahaziah his youngest son to reign in his stead, (for all the elder had the troop slain that came in with the Arabians to the camp,) and Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah reigneth.

²Ahazia akanga asvika makore makumi mana namaviri pakutanga kwake kubata ushe; akabata ushe paJerusaremu gore rimwe; zita ramai vake rakanga riri Ataria, mukunda waOmiri.

²A son of twenty and two years [is] Ahaziah in his reigning, and one year he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Athaliah daughter of Omri;

³Naiye akafamba nenzira dzeimba yaAhabhi; nekuti mai vake vaiva murairi wake pakuita zvakaipa.

³he also hath walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother hath been his counsellor to do wickedly.

⁴Akaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha sezvakaitwa naveimba yaAhabhi; nekuti baba vake vakati vafa, ndivo vaiva varairi vake, vakamuisa pakuparadzwa.

⁴And he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, like the house of Ahab, for they have been his counsellors, after the death of his father, for destruction to him.

⁵Akafambawo sezvavakamuraira, akaenda naJehoramu mwanakomana waAhabhi mambo waIsiraeri, kundorwa naHazaeri mambo weSiria paRamotiGiriyadhi; vaSiria vakakuvadza Jehoramu.

⁵Also, in their counsel he hath walked, and goeth with Jehoram son of Ahab king of Israel to battle against Hazael king of Aram, in Ramoth-Gilead, and they of Ramah smite Joram;

⁶Akadzokera Jezireeri kuzorapwa mavanga aakatemwa paRama, nguva yaakarwa naHazaeri mambo weSiria. Ipapo Azaria mwanakomana waJehoramu mambo waJudha, akaenda kundoona Jehoramu mwanakomana waAhabhi paJezireeri, nekuti akanga achirwara.

⁶and he turneth back to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds with which they had smitten him in Ramah, in his fighting with Hazael king of Aram. And Azariah son of Jehoram king of Judah hath gone down to see Jehoram son of Ahab, in Jezreel, for he [is] sick;

⁷Zvino kuparadzwa kwaAhazia kwakabva kuna Mwari, zvaakaenda kuna Joramu; nekuti akati asvikapo, akaenda naJehoramu kundorwa naJehu mwanakomana waNishi, akanga azodzwa naJehovha kuti aparadze imba yaAhabhi.

⁷and from God hath been the destruction of Ahaziah, to come unto Joram: and in his coming he hath gone out with Jehoram unto Jehu son of Nimshi, whom Jehovah anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.

⁸Zvino Jehu akati achiitira imba yaAhabhi zvakanga zvatongwa naJehovha, akawana machinda aJudha navanakomana vavanin'ina vaAhazia vachibatira Ahazia, ndokuvauraya.

⁸And it cometh to pass, in Jehu's executing judgment with the house of Ahab, that he findeth the heads of Judah and sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, ministers of Ahaziah, and slayeth them.

⁹Akatsvaka Ahaziawo; vakamubata (nokuti akanga avanda paSamaria), vakamuisa kuna Jehu vakamuuraya; vakamuviga vakati, Mwanakomana waJehoshafati, akatsvaka Jehovha nomoyo wake wose. Asi kwakanga kusina mumwe weimba yaAhazia akanga ane simba rokubata ushe.

⁹And he seeketh Ahaziah, and they capture him, (and he is hiding himself in Samaria), and bring him in unto Jehu, and put him to death, and bury him, for they said, `He [is] son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Jehovah with all his heart;' and there is none to the house of Ahaziah to retain power for the kingdom.

¹⁰Zvino Ataria mai vaAhazia, vakati vachiona kuti mwanakomana wavo afa, vakasimuka, vakaparadza vose vorudzi rwamambo veimba yaJudha.

¹⁰And Athaliah mother of Ahaziah hath seen that her son is dead, and she riseth and destroyeth the whole seed of the kingdom of the house of Judah.

¹¹Asi Jehoshabhiyati mukunda wamambo wakatora Joashi mwanakomana waAhazia, akamuba pakati pavanakomana vamambo vaiurawa, akamuisa iye nomureri wake mumba mokuvata. Naizvozvo Jehoshabhiyati mukunda wamambo Jehoramu, mukadzi waJehoyadha mupristi (nokuti waiva hanzvadzi yaAhazia), akamuvanza pana Ataria, naizvozvo havana kumuuraya.

¹¹And Jehoshabeath daughter of the king taketh Joash son of Ahaziah, and stealeth him from the midst of the sons of the king who are put to death, and putteth him and his nurse into the inner part of the bed-chambers, and Jehoshabeath daughter of king Jehoram, wife of Jehoiada the priest, because she hath been sister of Ahaziah, hideth him from the face of Athaliah, and she hath not put him to death.

¹²Akagara navo akavanzwa mumba maMwari makore matanhatu; Ataria akabata ushe panyika.

¹²And he is with them in the house of God hiding himself six years, and Athaliah is reigning over the land.