¹Zvino vaMoabhu vakamukira vaIsiraeri, shure kokufa kwaAhabhi.

¹And Moab transgresseth against Israel after the death of Ahab,

²Zvino Ahazia wakange awira pasi napahwindo yekamuri yake yokumusoro, yaiva paSamaria, akarwara akatuma nhume, akati kwavari, Endai mundobvunza Bhaarizebhubhi, mwari weEkironi, kana ndichapora pakurwara uku.

²and Ahaziah falleth through the lattice in his upper chamber that [is] in Samaria, and is sick, and sendeth messengers, and saith unto them, `Go ye, inquire of Baal-Zebub god of Ekron if I recover from this sickness.`

³Asi mutumwa waJehovha akati kuna Eria muTishibhi, Simuka undosangana nenhume dzamambo weSamaria, uti kwavari, Asi hapana Mwari here pakati paIsiraeri, zvamondobvunza Bhaarizebhubhi, mwari weEkironi?

³And a messenger of Jehovah hath spoken unto Elijah the Tishbite, `Rise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and speak unto them, Is it because there is not a God in Israel — ye are going to inquire of Baal Zebub god of Ekron?

⁴Naizvozvo zvanzi naJehovha, Haungaburukizve pamubhedha wawakwira, asi zvirokwazvo uchafa. Eria akabva.

⁴and therefore, thus said Jehovah, The bed whither thou hast gone up, thou dost not come down from it, for thou dost certainly die;` and Elijah goeth on.

⁵Ipapo nhume dzakadzokera kwaari, iye akati kwavari, Madzokereiko?

⁵And the messengers turn back unto him, and he saith unto them, `What [is] this — ye have turned back!`

⁶Ivo vakati kwaari, Mumwe murume wakauya akasangana nesu, akati kwatiri, Endai, dzokerai kuna mambo wakakutumai, muti kwaari, Zvanzi naJehovha, asi hapana Mwari here pakati paIsiraeri, zvawotuma vanhu kundobvunza Bhaarizebhubhi mwari weEkironi? Naizvozvo haungaburukizve pamubhedha wawakwira, asi zvirokwazvo uchafa.

⁶And they say unto him, `A man hath come up to meet us, and saith unto us, Go, turn back unto the king who sent you, and ye have said unto him, Thus said Jehovah, Is it because there is not a God in Israel — thou art sending to inquire of Baal-Zebub god of Ekron? therefore, the bed whither thou hast gone up, thou dost not come down from it, for thou dost certainly die.`

⁷Akati kwavari, Murume, wakauya akasangana nemi, akakuudzai mashoko awo, wakange akadiniko?

⁷And he saith unto them, `What [is] the fashion of the man who hath come up to meet you, and speaketh unto you these words?`

⁸Vakamupindura vakati, wakange ari murume wakafuka nguvo yemvere, akazvisunga chiuno chake nebhanhire reganda. Iye akati, Ndiye Eria muTishibhi.

⁸And they say unto him, `A man — hairy, and a girdle of skin girt about his loins;` and he saith, `He [is] Elijah the Tishbite.`

⁹Ipapo mambo akatuma kwaari mukuru wavarume vana makumi mashanu, ana vanhu vake vana makumi mashanu. Iye akakwira kwaari, akamuwana agere pamusoro pegomo. Akati kwaari, Nhai munhu waMwari, zvanzi namambo, Burukai.

⁹And he sendeth unto him a head of fifty and his fifty, and he goeth up unto him (and lo, he is sitting on the top of the hill), and he speaketh unto him, `O man of God, the king hath spoken, Come down.`

¹⁰Eria akapindura, akati kumukuru wavana makumi mashanu, Kana ndiri munhu waMwari, moto ngauburuke kudenga, ukuparadze iwe navanhu vako vana makumi mashanu. Ipapo moto ukaburuka kudenga, ukamuparadza iye navanhu vake vana makumi mashanu.

¹⁰And Elijah answereth and speaketh unto the head of the fifty, `And if I [am] a man of God, fire doth come down from the heavens, and consume thee and thy fifty;` and fire cometh down from the heavens, and consumeth him and his fifty.

¹¹Akatumazve kwaari mumwe mukuru wavana makumi mashanu. Iye akapindura, akati kwaari, Nhai munhu waMwari, zvanzi namambo, Kurumidzai muburuke.

¹¹And he turneth and sendeth unto him another head of fifty and his fifty, and he answereth and speaketh unto him, `O man of God, thus said the king, Haste, come down.`

¹²Eria akapindura, akati kwavari, Kana ndiri munhu waMwari, moto ngauburuke kudenga, ukuparadze iwe navanhu vako vana makumi mashanu. Ipapo moto waMwari ukaburuka kudenga, ukamuparadza iye navanhu vake vana makumi mashanu.

¹²And Elijah answereth and speaketh unto them, `If I [am] a man of God, fire doth come down from the heavens, and consume thee and thy fifty;` and fire of God cometh down from the heavens, and consumeth him and his fifty.

¹³Akatumazve mumwe mukuru wavana makumi mashanu; wechitatu, anavanhu vake vana makumi mashanu. Zvino iye mukuru wavana makumi mashanu, wechitatu, akakwira, akapfugama namabvi ake pamberi paEria, akakumbira, akati kwaari, Haiwa, munhu waMwari, upenyu hwangu nohwavaranda venyu ava vana makumi mashanu, ngachive chinhu chinokosha pamberi penyu.

¹³And he turneth and sendeth a third head of fifty and his fifty, and the third head of fifty goeth up, and cometh in, and boweth on his knees over-against Elijah, and maketh supplication unto him, and speaketh unto him, `O man of God, let be precious, I pray thee, my soul and the soul of thy servants — these fifty — in thine eyes.

¹⁴Tarirai, moto wakaburuka kudenga, ukapisa vakuru vaviri vavana makumi mashanu vokutanga navanhu vavo vana makumi mashanu; naizvozvo upenyu hwangu zvino ngachive chinhu chinokosha pamberi penyu.

¹⁴Lo, come down hath fire from the heavens, and consumeth the two heads of the former fifties and their fifties; and, now, let my soul be precious in thine eyes.`

¹⁵Ipapo mutumwa waJehovha akati kuna Eria, Buruka naye, usamutya hako. Akasimuka, akaenda naye kuna mambo.

¹⁵And a messenger of Jehovah speaketh unto Elijah, `Go down with him, be not afraid of him;` and he riseth and goeth down with him unto the king,

¹⁶Akati kwaari, Zvanzi naJehovha, Zvawakatuma nhume kundobvunza Bhaarizebhubhi, mwari weEkironi, asi hapana Mwari here pakati paIsiraeri, waungabvunza shoko rake? Naizvozvo haungaburukizve pamubhedha wawakwira, asi zvirokwazvo uchafa.

¹⁶and speaketh unto him, `Thus said Jehovah, Because that thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-Zebub god of Ekron — is it because there is not a God in Israel to inquire of His word? therefore, the bed whither thou hast gone up — thou dost not come down from it, for thou dost certainly die.`

¹⁷Naizvozvo akafa seshoko raJehovha rakanga rarehwa naEria. Jehoramu akamutevera paushe, akatanga kubata ushe pagore rechipiri reJehoramu mwanakomana waJehoshafati mambo waJudha; nekuti iye wakange asina mwana.

¹⁷And he dieth, according to the word of Jehovah that Elijah spake, and Jehoram reigneth in his stead, in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, for he had no son.

¹⁸Mamwe mabasa aAhazia aakabata, haana kunyorwa here mubhuku yaMakoronike amadzimambo aIsiraeri?

¹⁸And the rest of the matters of Ahaziah that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?