¹Negore rechipiri raJoashi mwanakomana waJoahazi mambo waIsiraeri, Amazia mwanakomana waJoashi mambo waJudha, akatanga kubata ushe.

¹In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned hath Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah;

²Akatanga kubata ushe ana makore makumi maviri namashanu; akabata ushe paJerusaremu makore makumi maviri namapfumbamwe; zita ramai vake rakanga riri Jehoadhini weJerusaremu.

²a son of twenty and five years was he in his reigning, and twenty and nine years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Jehoaddan of Jerusalem,

³Akaita zvakarurama pamberi paJehovha, asi haana kufanana nababa vake Dhavhidhi; akaita zvose zvakaita baba vake Joashi.

³and he doth that which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah, only not like David his father, according to all that Joash his father did he hath done,

⁴Asi matunhu akakwirira haana kubviswa, asi vanhu vakaramba vachibayira nokupisa zvinonhuhwira pamatunhu akakwirira.

⁴only, the high places have not turned aside — yet are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places.

⁵Zvino ushe hwakati huchangosimbiswa naye, akauraya varanda vake vakanga vauraya mambo baba vake.

⁵And it cometh to pass, when the kingdom hath been strong in his hand, that he smiteth his servants, those smiting the king his father,

⁶Asi haana kuuraya vana vavaurayi, sezvazvakanyorwa mubhuku yomurayiro waMozisi, sezvakaraira Jehovha, achiti, Madzibaba ngaarege kuurawa nokuda kwavana, kana vana ngavarege kuurawa nokuda kwamadzibaba; asi munhu mumwe nomumwe ngaafire zvivi zvake.

⁶and the sons of those smiting [him] he hath not put to death, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses that Jehovah commanded, saying, `Fathers are not put to death for sons, and sons are not put to death for fathers, but each for his own sin is put to death.`

⁷Akauraya vane zviuru zvine gumi zvavaEdhomu pamupata womunyu, akakundawo Sera pakurwa, akaritumidza zita rinonzi Joketeeri, kusvikira zuva ranhasi.

⁷He hath smitten Edom, in the valley of salt — ten thousand, and seized Selah in war, and [one] calleth its name Joktheel unto this day,

⁸Zvino Amazia akatuma nhume kuna Jehoashi mwanakomana waJehoahazi mwanakomana waJehu, mambo waIsiraeri, akati, Uya tionane.

⁸then hath Amaziah sent messengers unto Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, `Come, we look one another in the face.`

⁹Jehoashi 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, ikatsikatsika rukato.

⁹And Jehoash 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.

¹⁰Iwe wakunda vaEdhomu, zvino moyo wako wozvikudza; chizvikudza hako, ugare kumusha; nekuti unotsvakireiko njodzi, uwiremo, iwe naJudha pamwechete newe?

¹⁰Thou hast certainly smitten Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee up; be honoured, and abide in thy house; and why dost thou stir thyself up in evil, that thou hast fallen, thou, and Judah with thee?`

¹¹Asi Amazia wakaramba kunzwa. Naizvozvo Jehoashi mambo waIsiraeri akaenda; iye naAmazia mambo waJudha vakaonana paBhetishemeshi raiva raJudha.

¹¹And Amaziah hath not hearkened, and go up doth Jehoash king of Israel, and they look one another in the face, he and Amaziah king of Judah, in Beth-Shemesh, that [is] Judah`s,

¹²VaJudha vakakundwa navaIsiraeri, mumwe nomumwe akatizira kutende rake.

¹²and Judah is smitten before Israel, and they flee each to his tent.

¹³Jehoashi mambo waIsiraeri akasunga Amazia mambo waJudha, mwanakomana waJehoashi, mwanakomana waAhazia, paBhetishemeshi, akasvika Jerusaremu, akaputsa rusvingo rweJerusaremu, kubva pasuwo raEfuremu kusvikira pasuwo rapakona, makubhiti ana mazana mana.

¹³And Amaziah king of Judah, son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah, caught hath Jehoash king of Israel in Beth-Shemesh, and they come in to Jerusalem, and he bursteth through the wall of Jerusalem, at the gate of Ephraim unto the gate of the corner, four hundred cubits,

¹⁴Akatora ndarama yose nesirivha, nemidziyo yose yakawanikwa mumba maJehovha, napafuma yomumba mamambo, navanhu kuzova rubatso, akadzokera Samaria.

¹⁴and hath taken all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that are found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the house of the king, and the sons of the pledges, and turneth back to Samaria.

¹⁵Zvino mamwe mabasa aJehoashi aakaita, nesimba rake, nokurwa kwake naAmazia mambo waJudha, hazvina kunyorwa here mubhuku yaMakoronike amadzimambo aIsiraeri?

¹⁵And the rest of the matters of Jehoash that he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

¹⁶Jehoashi akavata namadzibaba ake, akavigwa paSamaria kuna madzimambo aIsiraeri, Jerobhoamu akamutevera paushe.

¹⁶And Jehoash lieth with his fathers, and is buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel, and reign doth Jeroboam his son in his stead.

¹⁷Amazia mwanakomana waJoashi mambo waJudha wakaramba ari mupenyu makore ane gumi namashanu, shure kokufa kwaJehoashi mwanakomana waJehoahazi mambo welsiraeri.

¹⁷And Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah liveth after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years,

¹⁸Zvino mamwe mabasa aAmazia haana kunyorwa here mubhuku yaMakoronike amadzimambo aJudha?

¹⁸and the rest of the matters of Amaziah are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

¹⁹Zvino vakarangana kumuuraya paJerusaremu, akatizira Rakishi; asi vakatuma vanhu Rakishi vachimutevera, vakamuurayirapo.

¹⁹And 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,

²⁰Vakauya naye pamabhiza, akavigwa kuna madzibaba ake muguta raDhavhidhi.

²⁰and lift him up on the horses, and he is buried in Jerusalem, with his fathers, in the city of David.

²¹Zvino vanhu vose vaJudha vakatora Azaria, wakange anamakore ane gumi namatanhatu, vakamuita mambo panzvimbo yababa vake Amazia.

²¹And all the people of Judah take Azariah, and he [is] a son of sixteen years, and cause him to reign instead of his father Amaziah;

²²Akavaka Erati, akaridzosera kuna Judha, mambo avata namadzibaba ake.

²²he hath built Elath, and bringeth it back to Judah, after the lying of the king with his fathers.

²³Negore regumi namashanu raAmazia mwanakomana waJoashi mambo waJudha, Jerobhoamu mwanakomana waJoashi, mambo waIsiraeri, akatanga kubata ushe paSamaria, akaubata makore ana makumi mana nerimwe.

²³In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah, reigned hath Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel in Samaria — forty and one years,

²⁴Akaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha; haana kutsauka pazvivi zvose zvaJerobhoamu mwanakomana waNebhati, zvaakatadzisa Isiraeri nazvo.

²⁴and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, he hath not turned aside from all the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat that he caused Israel to sin.

²⁵Akakundazve nyika yaIsiraeri, kubva pavanopinda paHamati kusvikira pagungwa reArabha, sezvakarehwa neshoko raJehovha, Mwari waIsiraeri, raakataura nomuromo womuranda wake Jona, mwanakomana waAmitai, muporofita weGatiheferi.

²⁵He hath brought back the border of Israel, from the entering in of Hamath unto the sea of the desert, according to the word of Jehovah, God of Israel, that He spake by the hand of His servant Jonah son of Amittai the prophet, who [is] of Gath-Hepher,

²⁶Nekuti Jehovha wakaona kutambudzika kwaIsiraeri, kuti kwakanga kwakanyanya kwazvo; nekuti kwakanga kusina vakuru navaduku, kwakanga kusina mubetseri waIsiraeri.

²⁶for Jehovah hath seen the affliction of Israel — very bitter, and there is none restrained, and there is none left, and there is no helper to Israel;

²⁷Asi Jehovha haana kutaura kuti uchadzima zita relsiraeri pasi pedenga, asi wakavaponesa noruoko rwaJerobhoamu mwanakomana waJoashi.

²⁷and Jehovah hath not spoken to blot out the name of Israel from under the heavens, and saveth them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Joash.

²⁸Zvino mamwe mabasa aJerobhoamu, nezvose zvaakaita, nesimba rake, nokurwa kwake, nokudzosera kwake Dhamasiko neHamati kuna Isiraeri, aiva maguta aJudha, hazvina kunyorwa here mubhuku yaMakoronike amadzimambo aIsiraeri?

²⁸And the rest of the matters of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought, and with which he brought back Damascus, and Hamath of Judah, into Israel, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

²⁹Jerobhoamu akavata namadzibaba ake, madzimambo aIsiraeri; Zekariya mwanakomana wake akamutevera paushe.

²⁹And Jeroboam lieth with his fathers, with the kings of Israel, and reign doth Zechariah his son in his stead.