¹Zvino Josiya akaitira Jehovha Pasika paJerusaremu; vakauraya gwayana rePasika nezuva regumi namana romwedzi wokutanga.

¹And Josiah maketh in Jerusalem a passover to Jehovah, and they slaughter the passover-offering on the fourteenth of the first month,

²Akagadza vapristi pamabasa avo, akavatsungisa pabasa reimba yaJehovha.

²and he stationeth the priests over their charges, and strengtheneth them for the service of the house of Jehovah,

³Akati kuna vaRevhi vaidzidzisa vaIsiraeri vose, vakanga vari vatsvene kuna Jehovha, Isai areka tsvene muimba yakavakwa naSoromoni mwanakomana waDhavhidhi mambo walsiraeri; hamuchazovi nomutoro pamafudzi enyu; zvino, shumirai Jehovha Mwari wenyu, navanhu vake Isiraeri.

³and saith to the Levites -- who are teaching all Israel -- who are sanctified to Jehovah, `Put the holy ark in the house that Solomon son of David king of Israel built; it is not to you a burden on the shoulder. `Now, serve Jehovah your God, and His people Israel,

⁴Zvigadzirei, nedzimba dzamadzibaba enyu namapoka enyu, sezvakanyorwa naDhavhidhi mambo waIsiraeri, nezvakanyorwa naSoromoni mwanakomana wake.

⁴and prepare, by the house of your fathers, according to your courses, by the writing of David king of Israel, and by the writing of Solomon his son,

⁵Mumire panzvimbo tsvene, sezvamakagoverwa nedzimba dzamadzibaba ehama dzenyu ivo vana vavanhu; imba imwe neimwe yamadzibaba avaRevhi ipiwe mugove wayo.

⁵and stand in the sanctuary, by the divisions of the house of the fathers of your brethren, sons of the people, and the portion of the house of a father of the Levites,

⁶Muuraye gwayana rePasika, muzvinatse, mugadzirire hama dzenyu; kuti muite sezvakarehwa neshoko raJehovha nomuromo waMozisi.

⁶and slaughter the passover-offering and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brethren, to do according to the word of Jehovah by the hand of Moses.'

⁷Ipapo Josiya akapa vana vavanhu zvimwe zvipfuwo, mwakwayana nembudzana, zvose kuti zvive zvipiriso zvePasika, ivo vose vakanga varipo, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi matatu, uye nzombe dzine zviuru zvitatu; izvi zvose zvakabva pafuma yamambo.

⁷And Josiah lifteth up to the sons of the people a flock of lambs and young goats, the whole for passover-offerings, for every one who is found, to the number of thirty thousand, and oxen three thousand: these [are] from the substance of the king.

⁸Namachinda ake akapawo nomoyo wose kuna vanhu, navapristi, navaRevhi. Hirikia, naZekariya, naJehieri, vabati veimba yaMwari, vakapa vapristi zvipfuwo zviduku zvine zviuru zviviri namazana matanhatu, nenzombe dzina mazana matatu, kuti zvive zvipiriso zvePasika.

⁸And his heads, for a willing-offering to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites, have lifted up; Hilkiah, and Zechariah, and Jehiel, leaders in the house of God, to the priests have given for passover-offerings two thousand and six hundred, and oxen three hundred;

⁹NaKonania, naShemaya, naNetaneri, hama dzake, naHashabhia, naJeyieri, naJozabhadhi, vakuru vavaRevhi, vakapa vaRevhi zvipfuwo zviduku zvine zviuru zvishanu, nenzombe dzina mazana mashanu, kuti zvive zvipiriso zvePasika.

⁹and Conaniah, and Shemaiah, and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah, and Jeiel, and Jozabad, heads of the Levites, have lifted up to the Levites, for passover-offerings, five thousand, and oxen five hundred.

¹⁰Basa rikagadzirwa saizvozvo, navapristi vakamira panzvimbo yavo, navaRevhi pamapoka avo, sezvavakanga varairwa namambo.

¹⁰And the service is prepared, and the priests stand on their station, and the Levites on their courses, according to the command of the king,

¹¹Ipapo vakauraya makwayana ePasika, vapristi ndokusasa ropa ravakapiwa navo, vaRevhi vakaavhiya.

¹¹and they slaughter the passover-offering, and the priests sprinkle out of their hand, and the Levites are striping;

¹²Vakabvisa zvipiriso zvinopiswa, kuti vazvipe nemigove yedzimba dzamadzibaba avana vavanhu, kuti vazvibayire Jehovha, sezvakanyorwa mubhuku yaMozisi. Vakaita saizvozvo nenzombewo.

¹²and they turn aside the burnt-offering, to put them by the divisions of the house of the fathers of the sons of the people, to bring near to Jehovah, as it is written in the book of Moses -- and so to the oxen.

¹³Vakagocha Pasika pamoto, sezvakanga zvarairwa; vakabika zvipiriso zvitsvene muhari, nomumakate, nomumakango, vakachimbidzika kuzviisa kuvana vose vavanhu.

¹³And they cook the passover with fire, according to the ordinance, and the sanctified things they have cooked in pots, and in kettles, and in pans -- for all the sons of the people.

¹⁴Pashure vakazvigadzirira ivo navapristi; nekuti vapristi vanakomana vaAroni vakanga vachibayira zvipiriso zvinopiswa namafuta azvo kusvikira usiku; saka vaRevhi vakazvigadzirira ivo navapristi, ivo vanakomana vaAroni.

¹⁴And afterward they have prepared for themselves, and for the priests: for the priests, sons of Aaron, [are] in the offering up of the burnt-offering and of the fat till night; and the Levites have prepared for themselves, and for the priests, sons of Aaron.

¹⁵Navaimbi ivo vanakomana vaAsafi, vakanga vari panzvimbo yavo, sezvavakanga varairwa naDhavhidhi, naAsafi, naHemani, naJedhutuni muoni wamambo; navarindi va kanga vari pamasuwo ose, ivo havana kufanira kubva pamabasa avo, nekuti hama dzavo vaRevhi dzakavagadzirira.

¹⁵And the singers, sons of Asaph, [are] on their station, according to the command of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun seer of the king, and the gate keepers [are] at gate and gate; it is not for them to turn aside from off their service, for their brethren the Levites have prepared for them.

¹⁶Basa rose raJehovha rikagadzirwa saizvozvo pazuva iro, rokuita Pasika, nokubayira zvipiriso zvinopiswa paaritari yaJehovha, sezvakanga zvarairwa namambo Josiya.

¹⁶And all the service of Jehovah is prepared on that day, to keep the passover, and to cause to ascend burnt-offering upon the altar of Jehovah, according to the command of king Josiah.

¹⁷Zvino vana vaIsiraeri vakanga varipo vakaita Pasika nenguva iyo, nomutambo wezvingwa zvisina kuviriswa mazuva manomwe.

¹⁷And the sons of Israel who are found make the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened things, seven days.

¹⁸Pasika yakadai haina kumboitwa pakati paIsiraeri kubva pamazuva omuporofita Samueri; hakuna kumbova mumwe wamadzimambo aIsiraeri akaita Pasika yakanga yakafanana neyakaitwa naJosiya, navapristi, navaRevhi, navaJudha navaIsiraeri vagere Jerusaremu.

¹⁸And there hath not been made a passover like it in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet, and none of the kings of Israel made such a passover as Josiah hath made, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who are found, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

¹⁹Pasika iyo yakaitwa negore regumi namasere rokubata ushe kwaJosiya.

¹⁹In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah hath this passover been made.

²⁰Shure kwaizvozvo zvose, Josiya agadzira temberi, Neko mambo weEgipita akandorwa naKarikemishi paYufuratesi; Josiya akandorwa naye.

²⁰After all this, when Josiah hath prepared the house, come up hath Necho king of Egypt, to fight against Carchemish by Phrat, and Josiah goeth forth to meet him;

²¹Asi iye akatuma nhume kwaari, achiti, Ndineiko newe, iwe mambo waJudha? Handina kuuya kuzorwa newe nhasi, asi neimba yandinosirwa nayo; Mwari akandiraira kuti ndichimbidzike; zvino iwe chirega hako kunetsa Mwari aneni, kuti arege kukuparadza.

²¹and he sendeth unto him messengers, saying, `What -- to me and to thee, O king of Judah? not against thee do I come to-day, but unto the house with which I have war, and God said to haste me; cease for thee from God who [is] with me, and He doth not destroy thee.'

²²Kunyange zvakadaro Josiya akaramba kumurega, asi akazvishandura kuti arwe naye; haana kuteerera mashoko aNeko, akabva pamuromo waMwari, akaenda kundorwa naye pamupata waMegidho.

²²And Josiah hath not turned round his face from him, but to fight against him hath disguised himself, and hath not hearkened unto the words of Necho, from the mouth of God, and cometh in to fight in the valley of Megiddo;

²³Zvino vapfuri vouta vakapfura mambo Josiya; mambo akati kuvaranda vake, Ndibvisei, nekuti ndakuvadzwa kwazvo.

²³and the archers shoot at king Josiah, and the king saith to his servants, `Remove me, for I have become very sick.'

²⁴Ipapo varanda vake vakamubvisa pangoro yake, vakamuisa pangoro yake yechipiri yaakanga anayo, vakamuisa Jerusaremu; akafa, akavigwa mumahwiro amadzibaba ake. VaJudha vose neJerusaremu vakachema Josiya.

²⁴And his servants remove him from the chariot, and cause him to ride on the second chariot that he hath, and cause him to go to Jerusalem, and he dieth, and is buried in the graves of his fathers, and all Judah and Jerusalem are mourning for Josiah,

²⁵Jeremiya akaita rwiyo rwokuchema Josiya; navaimbi vose varume navaimbi vakadzi vakareva zvaJosiya panziyo dzavo dzokuchema kusvikira nhasi; vakazviita tsika pakati paIsiraeri; tarirai zvakanyorwa panziyo dzokuchema.

²⁵and Jeremiah lamenteth for Josiah, and all the singers and the songstresses speak in their lamentations of Josiah unto this day, and set them for a statute on Israel, and lo, they are written beside the lamentations.

²⁶Zvino mamwe mabasa aJosiya, nezvakanaka zvaakaita, zvakanzwana nezvakanyorwa mumurayiro waJehovha,

²⁶And the rest of the matters of Josiah, and his kind acts, according as it is written in the law of Jehovah,

²⁷nezvaakaita, zvokutanga nezvokupedzisira, tarirai zvakanyorwa mubhuku yamadzimambo aIsiraeri naJudha.

²⁷even his matters, the first and the last, lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.