¹Zvino negore rechinomwe Jehoyadha akazvisimbisa, akaita sungano navakuru vamazana, vaiti: Azaria mwanakomana waJerohami, naIshimaeri mwanakomana waJehohanani, naAzaria mwanakomana waObhedhi, naMaaseya mwanakomana waAdhaya, naErishafati mwanakomana waZikiri.

¹And in the seventh year hath Jehoiada strengthened himself, and taketh the heads of the hundreds, even Azariah son of Jeroham, and Ishmael son of Jehohanan, and Azariah son of Obed, and Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri, with him into covenant.

²Vakapota nenyika yaJudha, vakakokera vaRevhi vapamaguta ose aJudha, navakuru vedzimba dzamadzibaba aIsiraeri, vakasvika Jerusaremu.

²And they go round about in Judah, and gather the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and heads of the fathers of Israel, and come in unto Jerusalem,

³Ungano yose ikaita sungano namambo mumba maMwari. Iye akati kwavari, Tarirai, mwanakomana wamambo achabata ushe, sezvakarehwa naJehovha pamusoro pavanakomana vaDhavhidhi.

³and all the assembly make a covenant in the house of God with the king, and he saith to them, `Lo, the son of the king doth reign, as Jehovah spake concerning the sons of David.

⁴Munofanira kuita kudai, imwi munopinda nesabata, chetatu chenyu chavapristi navaRevhi, munofanira kuva varindi vemikova;

⁴`This [is] the thing that ye do: The third of you, going in on the sabbath, of the priests, and of the Levites, [are] for gatekeepers of the thresholds,

⁵chimwe chetatu chinofanira kuva paimba yamambo, nechimwe chetatu pasuwo renheyo; navanhu vose vanofanira kuva pavazhe dzeimba yaJehovha.

⁵and the third [are] at the house of the king, and the third at the gate of the foundation, and all the people [are] in the courts of the house of Jehovah.

⁶Asi ngakurege kuva nomunhu mumwe anopinda mumba maJehovha, asi vapristi navaRevhi vanobatamo; ivo ngavapinde nekuti vatsvene; asi vanhu vose vanofanira kurinda imba yaJehovha.

⁶`And none doth enter the house of Jehovah except the priests, and those ministering of the Levites (they go in for they [are] holy), and all the people keep the watch of Jehovah:

⁷VaRevhi vanofanira kukomba mambo, mumwe nomumwe akabata nhumbi dzokurwa nadzo muruoko rwake; Ani naani anopinda paimba, anofanira kuurawa; mugare namambo kana achipinda uye kana achibuda.

⁷and the Levites have compassed the king round about, each with his weapon in his hand, and he who hath gone in unto the house is put to death; and be ye with the king in his coming in and in his going out.'

⁸Naizvozvo vaRevhi navaJudha vose vakaita zvose zvavakarairwa nomupristi Jehoyadha; mumwe nomumwe akatora vanhu vake, ivo vaifanira kupinda nesabata naivo vaifanira kubuda nesabata; nekuti mupristi Jehoyadha haana kutendera mapoka kuenda.

⁸And the Levites and all Judah do according to all that Jehoiada the priest hath commanded, and take each his men going in on the sabbath, with those going out on the sabbath, for Jehoiada the priest hath not let away the courses.

⁹mupristi Jehoyadha akapa vakuru vamazana mapfumo, nenhovo, nenhovo duku, zvaiva zvamambo Dhavhidhi, zvakanga zviri mumba maMwari.

⁹And Jehoiada the priest giveth to the heads of the hundreds the spears, and the shields, and the bucklers that [are] king David's, that [are] in the house of God;

¹⁰Akarongedza vanhu vose, mumwe nomumwe akabata nhumbi dzokurwa nadzo muruoko rwake, kubva kurutivi rworudyi rweimba kusvikira kurutivi rworuboshwe rweimba, napaaritari neimba, vakakomba mambo.

¹⁰and he stationeth the whole of the people, and each his dart in his hand, from the right shoulder of the house unto the left shoulder of the house, at the altar, and at the house, by the king, round about.

¹¹Ipapo vakabudisa mwanakomana wamambo, vakamudzika korona, vakamupa chipupuriro, vakamuita mambo; Jehoyadha navanakomana vake vakamuzodza; vakati, Mambo ngaararame!

¹¹And they bring out the son of the king, and put upon him the crown, and the testimony, and cause him to reign; and Jehoiada and his sons anoint him, and say, `Let the king live!'

¹²Zvino mambo Ataria vakati vachinzwa mhere-mhere yavanhu vakanga vachimhanya nokurumbidza mambo, vakapinda kuvanhu mumba maJehovha;

¹²And Athaliah heareth the voice of the people who are running, and who are praising the king, and she cometh in unto the people in the house of Jehovah,

¹³akatarira, akaona mambo amire pambiru yake pavaipinda napo, navakuru navane hwamanda vamire kuna mambo; vanhu vose venyika vakafara, vakaridza hwamanda; vaimbiwo vakaridza zvokuridza nazvo, vakaraira vairumbidza nokuimba kwavo. Ipapo mambo Ataria vakabvarura nguvo dzavo, vakati, Ndamukirwa, ndamukirwa!

¹³and seeth, and lo, the king is standing by his pillar in the entrance, and the heads, and the trumpets [are] by the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and shouting with trumpets, and the singers with instruments of song, and the teachers, to praise, and Athaliah rendeth her garments, and saith, `Conspiracy, conspiracy.'

¹⁴Mupristi Jehoyadha akabudisa vakuru vamazana vairaira hondo, akati kwavari, Mubudisei pakati pemisara yavanhu; ani naani anomutevera iye, ngaaurawe nomunondo; nekuti mupristi wakati, Regai kumuuraya mumba maJehovha

¹⁴And Jehoiada the priest bringeth out the heads of the hundreds, inspectors of the force, and saith unto them, `Take her out from within the rows, and he who hath gone after her is put to death by the sword;' for the priest said, `Put her not to death [in] the house of Jehovah.'

¹⁵Naizvozvo vakamudziurira nzira, vakaenda nenzira yaipinda mabhiza nayo kumba kwamambo, vakamuurayirapo.

¹⁵And they make for her sides, and she cometh in unto the entrance of the gate of the horses at the house of the king, and they put her to death there.

¹⁶Ipapo Jehoyadha akaita sungano, iye navanhu vose namambo, kuti vave vanhu vaJehovha.

¹⁶And Jehoiada maketh a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, to be for a people to Jehovah;

¹⁷Vanhu vose vakaenda kumba kwaBhaari, vakaiputsa; vakaputsanya aritari dzake nemifananidzo yake, vakauraya Matani mupristi waBhaari pamberi pearitari.

¹⁷and all the people enter the house of Baal, and break it down, yea, his altars and his images they have broken, and Mattan priest of Baal they have slain before the altars.

¹⁸Jehoyadha akaraira mabasa eimba yaJehovha kuti atarirwe navapristi vaRevhi, vakanga varongedzwa naDhavhidhi mumba maJehovha, kuti vapisire Jehovha zvipiriso zvinopiswa, sezvakanyorwa pamurayiro waMozisi, nomufaro nokuimba, sezvakanga zvarairwa naDhavhidhi.

¹⁸And Jehoiada putteth the offices of the house of Jehovah into the hand of the priests the Levites whom David had apportioned over the house of Jehovah, to cause to ascend the burnt-offerings of Jehovah, as written in the law of Moses, with joy, and with singing, by the hands of David;

¹⁹Akagadzawo vatariri pamusuwo eimba yaJehovha, kuti parege kupinda munhu wakasvibiswa nechinhu chipi nechipi.

¹⁹and he stationeth the gatekeepers over the gates of the house of Jehovah, and the unclean in anything doth not go in.

²⁰Akaenda ana vakuru vamazana, navaikudzwa, navabati vavanhu, navanhu vose venyika, vakaburusa mambo paimba yaJehovha, vakapinda mumba mamambo napasuwo rokumusoro, vakagadza mambo pachigaro choushe.

²⁰And he taketh the heads of the hundreds, and the honourable ones, and the rulers among the people, and all the people of the land, and bringeth down the king from the house of Jehovah, and they come in through the high gate to the house of the king, and cause the king to sit on the throne of the kingdom.

²¹Naizvozvo vanhu vose venyika vakafara, guta rikanyarara; asi Ataria vakanga vamuuraya nomunondo.

²¹And all the people of the land rejoice, and the city hath been quiet, and Athaliah they have put to death by the sword.