¹Ipapo vanhu venyika iyo vakatora Jehoahazi mwanakomana waJosiya, vakamuita mambo panzvimbo yababa vake paJerusaremu.

¹And the people of the land take Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and cause him to reign instead of his father in Jerusalem.

²Joahazi akatanga kubata ushe ava namakore makumi maviri namatatu, akabata ushe paJerusaremu mwedzi mitatu.

²A son of three and twenty years [is] Jehoahaz in his reigning, and three months he hath reigned in Jerusalem,

³Mambo weEgipita akamubvisa paushe paJerusaremu, akaripisa nyika matarenda esirivha ane zana, netarenda rimwe rendarama.

³and turn him aside doth the king of Egypt in Jerusalem, and fineth the land a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold;

⁴Mambo weEgipita akagadza Eriyakimi munin'ina wake ave mambo waJudha neJerusaremu, akashandura zita rake, rikazova Jehoyakimu. Neko akatora munin'ina wake Joahazi, akaenda naye Egipita.

⁴and the king of Egypt causeth Eliakim his brother to reign over Judah and Jerusalem, and turneth his name to Jehoiakim; and Jehoahaz his brother hath Necho taken, and bringeth him in to Egypt.

⁵Jehoyakimu akatanga kubata ushe ava namakore makumi maviri namashanu; akabata ushe paJerusaremu makore gumi nerimwe, akaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha Mwari wake.

⁵A son of twenty and five years [is] Jehoiakim in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah his God;

⁶Zvino Nebhukadhinezari mambo weBhabhironi akasvika kuzorwa naye, akamusunga namaketani, kundomuisa Bhabhironi.

⁶against him hath Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon come up, and bindeth him in brazen fetters to take him away to Babylon.

⁷Nebhukadhinezari akaendawo nedzimwe nhumbi dzeimba yaJehovha akadziisa Bhabhironi.

⁷And of the vessels of the house of Jehovah hath Nebuchadnezzar brought in to Babylon, and putteth them in his temple in Babylon.

⁸Zvino mamwe mabasa aJehoyakimu, nezvinonyangadza zvake zvaakaita, nezvakawanikwa maari, tarirai zvakanyorwa mubhuku yamadzimambo aIsiraeri naJudha; Jehoyakini mwanakomana wake akamutevera paushe.

⁸And the rest of the matters of Jehoiakim, and his abominations that he hath done, and that which is found against him, lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, and reign doth Jehoiachin his son in his stead.

⁹Jehoyakini akatanga kubata ushe ava namakore masere, akabata ushe paJerusaremu mwedzi mitatu namazuva ane gumi; akaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha.

⁹A son of eight years is Jehoiachin in his reigning, and three months and ten days he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah;

¹⁰Zvino gore rikati rapera mambo Nebhukadhinezari akatuma nhume vakamuisa Bhabhironi, pamwechete nenhumbi dzinokosha dzeimba yaJehovha, akaita munin'ina wake Zedhekia mambo waJudha neJerusaremu.

¹⁰and at the turn of the year hath king Nebuchadnezzar sent and bringeth him in to Babylon, with the desirable vessels of the house of Jehovah, and causeth Zedekiah his brother to reign over Judah and Jerusalem.

¹¹Zedhekia akatanga kubata ushe ava namakore makumi maviri nerimwe; akabata ushe paJerusaremu makore gumi nerimwe.

¹¹A son of twenty and one years [is] Zedekiah in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem;

¹²Akaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha Mwari wake; haana kuzvininipisa pamberi pomuporofita Jeremiya, aitaura mashoko aibva pamurumo waJehovha.

¹²and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah his God, he hath not been humbled before Jeremiah the prophet [speaking] from the mouth of Jehovah;

¹³Akamukirawo mambo Nebhukadhinezari, akanga amupikisa naMwari; asi akawomesa mutsipa wake, nokuomesa moyo wake, akarega kutendeukira kuna Jehovha Mwari waIsiraeri.

¹³and also, against king Nebuchadnezzar he hath rebelled, who had caused him to swear by God, and he hardeneth his neck, and strengtheneth his heart, against turning back unto Jehovah, God of Israel.

¹⁴Uye vakuru vose vapristi navanhu vakadarika zvikuru kwazvo, vakatevera zvinonyangadza zvose zvavahedheni, vakasvibisa imba yaJehovha yaakanga atsaura paJerusaremu.

¹⁴Also, all the heads of the priests, and the people, having multiplied to commit a trespass according to all the abominations of the nations, and they defile the house of Jehovah that He hath sanctified in Jerusalem.

¹⁵Jehovha Mwari wamadzibaba avo akatuma mashoko kwavari nenhume dzake, achifumira mangwanani achituma; nekuti akanga ane tsitsi navanhu vake uye nenzvimbo yake;

¹⁵And Jehovah, God of their fathers, sendeth unto them by the hand of His messengers -- rising early and sending -- for He hath had pity on His people, and on His habitation,

¹⁶asi vakaseka nhume dzaMwari, vakazvidza mashoko ake, vakadadira vaporofita vake, kusvikira Jehovha atsamwira vanhu vake, kusvikira vasichagoni kurapwa.

¹⁶and they are mocking at the messengers of God, and despising His words, and acting deceitfully with His prophets, till the going up of the fury of Jehovah against His people -- till there is no healing.

¹⁷Saka wakauyisa mambo wavaKaradhea kwavari akauraya majaya avo nomunondo paimba yavo tsvene; haana kunzwira tsitsi kunyange jaya, kana musikana, kana mutana, kana akachena vhudzi; akavaisa vose muruoko rwake.

¹⁷And He causeth to go up against them the king of the Chaldeans, and he slayeth their chosen ones by the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and hath had no pity on young man and virgin, old man and very aged -- the whole He hath given into his hand.

¹⁸Nhumbi dzosewo dzeimba yaMwari, huru neduku, nefuma yeimba yaJehovha, nefuma yamambo neyamachinda ake, akazviisa zvose Bhabhironi.

¹⁸And all the vessels of the house of God, the great and the small, and the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king and of his princes -- the whole he hath brought in to Babylon.

¹⁹Vakapisa imba yaMwari, vakaputsa rusvingo rweJerusaremu, vakapisa dzimba dzose dzoushe dzaro nomoto, vakaparadza nhumbi dzose dzinokosha dzaro.

¹⁹And they burn the house of God, and break down the wall of Jerusalem, and all its palaces they have burnt with fire, and all its desirable vessels -- to destruction.

²⁰Avo vakanga vapukunyuka pamunondo, akaenda navo Bhabhironi; vakandova varanda vake navanakomana vake kusvikira ushe huchibatwa navaPeresia;

²⁰And he removeth those left of the sword unto Babylon, and they are to him and to his sons for servants, till the reigning of the kingdom of Persia,

²¹kuti shoko raJehovha, rakanga rarehwa nomuromo waJeremiya, riitike; kusvikira nyika yafarira masabata ayo, nekuti panguva yose yokuitwa dongo kwayo yakachengeta masabata, ikasvitsa makore ana makumi manomwe.

²¹to fulfil the word of Jehovah in the mouth of Jeremiah, till the land hath enjoyed its sabbaths; all the days of the desolation it kept sabbath -- to the fulness of seventy years.

²²Zvino negore rokutanga raKoreshi mambo wePerisia, kuti shoko raJehovha rakanga rarehwa nomuromo waJeremiya riitike, Jehovha akamutsa mweya waKoreshi mambo wePerisia, akaparidza paushe hwake hwose, akazvinyorawo, achiti,

²²And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, at the completion of the word of Jehovah in the mouth of Jeremiah, hath Jehovah waked up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he causeth an intimation to pass over into all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying,

²³Zvanzi naKoreshi mambo wePerisia, Jehovha Mwari wokudenga akandipa ushe hwose bwenyika, akandiraira kuti ndimuvakire imba paJerusaremu riri paJudha. Ani naani aripo pakati penyu wavanhu vake, Jehovha Mwari wake ngaave naye, ngaakwire hake ko.

²³`Thus said Cyrus king of Persia, All kingdoms of the earth hath Jehovah, God of the heavens, given to me, and He hath laid a charge on me to build to Him a house in Jerusalem, that [is] in Judah; who is among you of all His people? Jehovah his God [is] with him, and he doth go up.'