¹Amazia akanga ana makore makumi maviri namashanu pakutanga kwake kubata ushe; akabata ushe paJerusaremu makore makumi maviri namapfumbamwe, zita ramai vake rakanga riri Jehoadhani weJerusaremu

¹A son of twenty and five years hath Amaziah reigned, and twenty and nine years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Jehoaddan of Jerusalem,

²Iye akaita zvakarurama pamberi paJehovha, asi haana kuita nomoyo wose.

²and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah -- only, not with a perfect heart.

³Zvino akati asimba paushe hwake, akauraya varanda vake vakauraya mambo baba vake.

³And it cometh to pass, when the kingdom hath been strong upon him, that he slayeth his servants, those smiting the king his father,

⁴Asi haana kuuraya vana vavo, asi akaita sezvakanyorwa pamurayiro pabhuku yaMozisi, sezvakarairwa naJehovha, achiti, Madzibaba haafaniri kufira vana vavo, navana havafaniri kufira madzibaba avo; asi munhu mumwe nomumwe anofanira kufira zvivi zvake.

⁴and their sons he hath not put to death, but [did] as is written in the law, in the book of Moses, whom Jehovah commanded, saying, `Fathers do not die for sons, and sons die not for fathers, but each for his own sin they die.'

⁵Amazia akaunganidzawo vaJudha, akagadza pamusoro pavo vatariri vezviuru navatariri vamazana nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, ivo vaJudha vose navaBhenjamini; akavaverenga, vose vamakore ana makumi maviri navakapfuura, akavawana vari varume vane zviuru zvina mazana matatu vakatsaurwa, vaigona kurwa, vaigona kurwa nepfumo nenhovo.

⁵And Amaziah gathereth Judah, and appointeth them, according to the house of the fathers, for heads of the thousands, and for heads of the hundreds, for all Judah and Benjamin; and he inspecteth them from a son of twenty years and upward, and findeth them three hundred thousand chosen ones, going forth to the host, holding spear and target.

⁶Akaripirawo varume vane simba noumahare vane zviuru zvine zana vavaIsiraeri, akavapa matarenda* ane zana esirivha.

⁶And he hireth out of Israel a hundred thousand mighty ones of valour, with a hundred talents of silver;

⁷Asi mumwe munhu waMwari akauya kwaari, akati, Haiwa, mambo, hondo yavaIsiraeri ngairege kuenda nemi, nekuti Jehovha haapo panaIsiraeri, pavana vaEfuraimu vose.

⁷and a man of God hath come in unto him, saying, `O king, the host of Israel doth not go with thee; for Jehovah is not with Israel -- all the sons of Ephraim;

⁸Asi endai imwi moga, shingai murwe nesimba; Mwari angakukundisai navavengi here? Nekuti Mwari ane simba rokubatsira nerokukundisa.

⁸but if thou art going -- do [it], be strong for battle, God doth cause thee to stumble before an enemy, for there is power in God to help, and to cause to stumble.'

⁹Ipapo Amazia akati kumunhu waMwari, Zvino tichaita seiko pamusoro pamatarenda* ane zana andakapa pfumo ravaIsiraeri? Munhu waMwari akapindura, akati, Jehovha anogona kukupai zvinopfuura izvozvo kwazvo.

⁹And Amaziah saith to the man of God, `And what -- to do for the hundred talents that I have given to the troop of Israel?' And the man of God saith, `Jehovah hath more to give to thee than this.'

¹⁰Ipapo Amazia akavaraura, iro pfumo rakanga rauya kwaari richibva kwaEfuremu, kuti vadzokerezve kumusha; nemhaka iyo vakatsamwira Judha kwazvo, vakadzokera kumusha vatsamwa kwazvo.

¹⁰And Amaziah separateth them -- for the troop that hath come in unto him from Ephraim to go to their own place, and their anger doth burn mightily against Judah, and they turn back to their place in the heat of anger.

¹¹Zvino Amazia akatsunga moyo, akatungamirira vanhu vake, akaenda kuMupata woMunyu, akauraya vana vaSeiri vane zviuru zvine gumi.

¹¹And Amaziah hath strengthened himself, and leadeth his people, and goeth to the Valley of Salt, and smiteth the sons of Seir -- ten thousand.

¹²Vana vaJudha vakatapa vane zviuru zvine gumi vari vapenyu, vakaenda navo pamusoro pedombo, vakavakandira pasi padombo, vakavhunikanya vose.

¹²And ten thousand alive have the sons of Judah taken captive, and they bring them to the top of the rock, and cast them from the top of the rock, and all of them have been broken.

¹³Asi varume vehondo vakanga vadzoswa naAmazia, kuti varege kundorwa naye, vakandowira maguta aJudha, kubva paSamaria kusvikira paBhetihoroni, vakauraya vanhu vane zviuru zvitatu kwavari, vakapambara zvizhinji.

¹³And the sons of the troop that Amaziah hath sent back from going with him to battle -- they rush against cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-Horon, and smite of them three thousand, and seize much prey.

¹⁴Zvino Amazia akati achidzoka pakuuraya vaEdhomu, akauya navamwari vavana vaSeiri, akavaita vamwari vake, akavafugamira, nokuvapisira zvinonhuhwira.

¹⁴And it cometh to pass, after the coming in of Amaziah from smiting the Edomites, that he bringeth in the gods of the sons of Seir, and establisheth them to him for gods, and before them doth bow himself, and to them he maketh perfume.

¹⁵Saka Jehovha akatsamwira Amazia, akatuma muporofita kwaari; iye akati kwaari, Wakabvunzireiko vamwari vavanhu vakakoniwa kurwira vanhu vavo pamaoko ako?

¹⁵And the anger of Jehovah burneth against Amaziah, and He sendeth unto him a prophet, and he saith unto him, `Why hast thou sought the gods of the people that have not delivered their people out of thy hand?'

¹⁶Zvino wakati achataura naye, mambo akati kwaari, Takakuita gurukota ramambo here? Nyarara, uchaurayirweiko? Ipapo muporofita akanyarara, asi akati, Ndinoziva kuti Mwari anofunga kukuparadza, nekuti wakaita izvozvi, ukasateerera zvandakakuraira.

¹⁶And it cometh to pass, in his speaking unto him, that he saith to him, `For a counsellor to the king have we appointed thee? cease for thee; why do they smite thee?' And the prophet ceaseth, and saith, `I have known that God hath counselled to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened to my counsel.'

¹⁷Ipapo Amazia mambo waJudha akatsvaka zano, akatuma kuna Joashi mwanakomana waJehoahazi, mwanakomana waJehu, mambo waIsiraeri, akati, Uya tivonane.

¹⁷And Amaziah king of Judah taketh counsel, and sendeth unto Joash son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying,

¹⁸Joashi mambo waIsiraeri akatuma shoko kuna Amazia mambo waJudha, akati, Rukato rwakanga ruri paRebhanoni rwakatuma shoko kumusidhari wakange uri paRebhanoni, rukati, Ipa mwanakomana wangu mukunda wako ave mukadzi wake, zvino imwe mhuka yakanga iri paRebhanoni ikapfuurapo, ikatsika-tsika rukato.

¹⁸`Come, we look one another in the face.' And Joash king of Israel sendeth unto Amaziah king of Judah, saying, `The thorn that [is] in Lebanon hath sent unto the cedar that [is] in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son for a wife; and pass by doth a beast of the field that [is] in Lebanon, and treadeth down the thorn.

¹⁹Iwe unoti, Tarira wakunda Edhomu; zvino moyo wako wava namanyawi, wozvikudza; gara hako zvino kumusha kwako; nekuti uchatsvakireiko njodzi, uwiremo, iwe naJudha pamwechete newe?

¹⁹Thou hast said, Lo, I have smitten Edom; and thy heart hath lifted thee up to boast; now, abide in thy house, why dost thou stir thyself up in evil, that thou hast fallen, thou, and Judah with thee?'

²⁰Asi Amazia akaramba kunzwa; nekuti zvakanga zvichibva kuna Mwari, kuti avaise mumaoko avavengi vavo; nekuti vakanga vatevera vamwari vaEdhomu.

²⁰And Amaziah hath not hearkened, for from God it [is] in order to give them into hand, because they have sought the gods of Edom;

²¹Naizvozvo Joashi mambo waIsiraeri akaenda; iye naAmazia mambo waJudha vakarwa paBhetishemeshi riri paJudha.

²¹and go up doth Joash king of Israel, and they look one another in the face, he and Amaziah king of Judah, in Beth-Shemesh, that [is] Judah's,

²²Judha vakakundwa naIsiraeri, mumwe nomumwe akatizira kutende rake.

²²and Judah is smitten before Israel, and they flee -- each to his tents.

²³Joashi mambo walsiraeri akasunga Amazia mambo waJudha, mwanakomana waJoashi, mwanakomana waJehoahazi, paBhetishemeshi, akaenda naye Jerusaremu, akaputsa rusvingo rweJerusaremu, kubva pasuwo raEfuremu kusvikira pasuwo rapakona, makubhiti ana mazana mana.

²³And Amaziah king of Judah, son of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, hath Joash king of Israel caught in Beth-Shemesh, and bringeth him in to Jerusalem, and breaketh down in the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the gate of the corner, four hundred cubits,

²⁴Akatora ndarama yose nesirivha, nemidziyo yose yakawanikwa mumba maMwari kuna Obhedhi-Edhomu, nefuma yomumba mamambo, navanhu kuzova rubatso, akadzokera Samaria.

²⁴and [taketh] all the gold, and the silver, and all the vessels that are found in the house of God with Obed-Edom, and the treasures of the house of the king, and the sons of the pledges, and turneth back to Samaria.

²⁵Zvino Amazia mwanakomana waJoashi mambo waJudha wakagara ari mupenyu makore ane gumi namashanu shure kokufa kwaJoashi mwanakomana waJehoahazi mambo waIsiraeri.

²⁵And Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, liveth after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, fifteen years;

²⁶Zvino mamwe mabasa aAmazia, okutanga nookupedzisira, tarirai, haana kunyorwa here mubhuku yamadzimambo aJudha naIsiraeri?

²⁶and the rest of the matters of Amaziah, the first and the last, lo, are they not written on the books of the kings of Judah and Israel?

²⁷Zvino kubva panguva yakarega Amazia kutevera Jehovha, vakamurangana, vakamumukira paJerusaremu; iye ndokutizira Rakishi; asi vakatuma vanhu Rakishi vachimutevera, vakamuurayirapo.

²⁷And from the time that Amaziah hath turned aside from after Jehovah -- they make a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fleeth to Lachish, and they send after him to Lachish, and put him to death there,

²⁸Vakauya naye pamabhiza, vakamuviga kumadzibaba ake muguta raJudha.

²⁸and lift him up on the horses, and bury him with his fathers in the city of Judah.