¹Zvino vanhu vose vaJudha vakatora Uziya, akanga anamakore gumi namatanhatu, vakamuita mambo panzvimbo yababa vake Amazia.

¹And all the people of Judah take Uzziah (and he [is] a son of sixteen years), and cause him to reign instead of his father Amaziah.

²lye akavaka Eroti, akaridzosera kuna Judha, mambo avata namadzibaba ake.

²He hath built Eloth, and restoreth it to Judah after the king's lying with his fathers.

³Uziya akanga anamakore gumi namatanhatu pakutanga kwake kubata ushe, akabata ushe paJerusaremu makore makumi mashanu namaviri; zita ramai vake rakanga riri Jekiria weJerusaremu.

³A son of sixteen years [is] Uzziah in his reigning, and fifty and two years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Jecholiah of Jerusalem.

⁴Iye akaita zvakarurama pamberi paJehovha, sezvose sezvakaita baba vake Amazia.

⁴And he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Amaziah his father did,

⁵Akashingaira kutsvaka Mwari namazuva aZekariya, akanga ane njere pakuziva zvaMwari; zvino pamazuva aakatsvaka Jehovha, Mwari akamukundisa.

⁵and he is as one seeking God in the days of Zechariah who hath understanding in visions of God: and in the days of his seeking Jehovah, God hath caused him to prosper.

⁶Akandorwa navaFirisitia, akaputsa rusvingo rweGati, norusvingo rweJabhine, norusvingo rweAshidhodhi; akavaka maguta panyika yeAshidhodhi napakati pavaFirisitia.

⁶And he goeth forth, and fighteth with the Philistines, and breaketh down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and buildeth cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.

⁷Mwari akamubatsira pakurwa navaFirisitia, navaArabhia, vakanga vagere Guribhaari, nevaMeunimi.

⁷And God helpeth him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who are dwelling in Gur-Baal and the Mehunim.

⁸VaAmoni vakavigira Uziya zvipo; mbiri yake ikapararira kusvikira pavanopinda napo paEgipita; nekuti akasimba kwazvo.

⁸And the Ammonites give a present to Uzziah, and his name goeth unto the entering in of Egypt, for he strengthened himself greatly.

⁹Uziya akavakawo shongwe paJerusaremu pasuwo rekona, napasuwo romupata, napakudzoka korusvingo, akadzisimbisa.

⁹And Uzziah buildeth towers in Jerusalem, by the gate of the corner, and by the gate of the valley, and by the angle, and strengtheneth them;

¹⁰Akavakawo shongwe murenje, akacherawo matsime mazhinji, nekuti akanga ane zvipfuwo zvizhinji; napamapaniwo, napanyika yokumakomo; uye akanga ana varimi navasimi vamazambiringa pamakomo napaminda yakaworera, nekuti aida minda.

¹⁰and he buildeth towers in the wilderness, and diggeth many wells, for he had much cattle, both in the low country and in the plain, husbandmen and vine-dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel; for he was a lover of the ground.

¹¹Uyewo Uziya akanga ane hondo yavarwi, vaindorwa vachiita mapoka, sezvavakaverengwa naJeieri munyori, naMaaseya murairi, vakatungamirirwa naHanania mumwe wavakuru vamambo.

¹¹And Uzziah hath a force, making war, going forth to the host, by troops, in the number of their reckoning by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Masseiah the officer, by the hand of Hananiah [one] of the heads of the king.

¹²Vose vakaverengwa kuvakuru vedzimba dzamadzibaba, ivo varume vaiva nesimba noumhare, vakasvika zviuru zviviri namazana matanhatu.

¹²The whole number of heads of the fathers of the mighty ones of valour [is] two thousand and six hundred;

¹³Ivo vairaira hondo yakanga yakadzidziswa, vanhu vane zviuru zvina mazana matatu nezvinomwe namazana mashanu, vaigona kurwa nesimba guru, kuzobatsira mambo kurwa navavengi vavo.

¹³and by their hand [is] the force of the host, three hundred thousand, and seven thousand, and five hundred warriors, with mighty power to give help to the king against the enemy.

¹⁴Uziya akavagadzirira, ivo vose vehondo, nhovo, namapfumo, nengowani, nenguvo dzamatare, nouta, namabwe okupfura nawo.

¹⁴And Uzziah prepareth for them, for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, even to stones of the slings.

¹⁵Akaitawo paJerusaremu michini, yakaitwa navanhu vakangwara, ikaiswa pashongwe napamakona amasvingo, kuzoposhera nayo miseve namabwe makuru. Mbiri yake ikapararira; nekuti akabatsirwa zvinoshamisa, kusvikira asimba.

¹⁵And he maketh in Jerusalem inventions -- a device of an inventor -- to be on the towers, and on the corners, to shoot with arrows and with great stones, and his name goeth out unto a distance, for he hath been wonderfully helped till that he hath been strong.

¹⁶Asi akati asimba, moyo wake ukazvikudza, akazoita zvakashata, akatadzira Jehovha Mwari wake; nekuti akapinda patemberi yaJehovha kundopisa zvinonhuhwira paaritari yezvinonhuhwira.

¹⁶And at his being strong his heart hath been high unto destruction, and he trespasseth against Jehovah his God, and goeth in unto the temple of Jehovah to make perfume upon the altar of perfume.

¹⁷Ipapo mupristi Azaria akamutevera akapinda ana vapristi vaJehovha vana makumi masere, vaiva varume voumhare.

¹⁷And Azariah the priest goeth in after him, and with him priests of Jehovah eighty, sons of valour,

¹⁸Ivo vakadzivisa mambo Uziya, vakati kwaari, Nhandi Uziya, hazvifaniri kuti imwi mupisire Jehovha zvinonhuhwira, asi vapristi vanakomana vaAroni, vakatsaurwa kupisa zvinonhuhwira; budai panzvimbo tsvene, nekuti madarika; hamungakudzwi naJehovha Mwari nokuda kwechinhu ichi.

¹⁸and they stand up against Uzziah the king, and say to him, `Not for thee, O Uzziah, to make perfume to Jehovah, but for priests, sons of Aaron, who are sanctified to make perfume; go forth from the sanctuary, for thou hast trespassed, and [it is] not to thee for honour from Jehovah God.'

¹⁹Ipapo Uziya akatsamwa kwazvo; zvino iye akanga akabata hadyana yezvinonhuhwira kuti apise zvinonhuhwira; zvino akati achakatsamwira vapristi, maperembudzi akabuda pahuma yake pamberi pavapristi muimba yaJehovha, kurutivi rwearitari yezvinonhuhwira.

¹⁹And Uzziah is wroth, and in his hand [is] a censer to make perfume, and in his being wroth with the priests -- the leprosy hath risen in his forehead, before the priests, in the house of Jehovah, from beside the altar of perfume.

²⁰Zvino Azaria mupristi mukuru navapristi vose vakatarira kwaari, vakaona kuti wava namaperembudzi pahuma yake, vakachimbidzika kumubudisapo; kunyange naiye akachimbidzika kubuda, nekuti Jehovha akanga amurova.

²⁰And Azariah the head priest looketh unto him, and all the priests, and lo, he [is] leprous in his forehead, and they hasten him thence, and also he himself hath hastened to go out, for Jehovah hath plagued him.

²¹Zvino mambo Uziya akava namaperembudzi kusvikira pazuva rokufa kwake, akagara ari oga muimba, anamaperembudzi; nekuti akadziviswa kupinda paimba yaJehovha; Jotamu mwanakomana wake akava mutariri weimba yamambo, akatongawo mhosva dzavanhu venyika.

²¹And Uzziah the king is a leper unto the day of his death, and inhabiteth a separate house -- a leper, for he hath been cut off from the house of Jehovah, and Jotham his son [is] over the house of the king, judging the people of the land.

²²Zvino mamwe mabasa aUziya, okutanga nookupedzisira, akanyorwa nomuporofita Isaya mwanakomana waAmozi.

²²And the rest of the matters of Uzziah, the first and the last, hath Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet written;

²³Naizvozvo Uziya akavata namadzibaba ake, vakamuviga kumadzibaba ake mumunda wamarinda aiva amadzimambo; nekuti vakati, Una maperembudzi; Jotamu mwanakomana wake akamutevera paushe.

²³and Uzziah lieth with his fathers, and they bury him with his fathers, in the field of the burying-place that the kings have, for they said, `He [is] a leper;' and reign doth Jotham his son in his stead.