¹Zvino negore regumi namaviri raAhazi mambo waJudha, Hoshea mwanakomana waEra wakatanga kubata ushe hwaIsiraeri paSamaria, akahubata makore mapfumbamwe.

¹In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah reigned hath Hoshea son of Elah in Samaria, over Israel — nine years,

²Akaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha; asi haana kufanana namadzimambo aIsiraeri akamutangira.

²and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, only, not as the kings of Israel who were before him;

³Zvino Sharimaneseri mambo weAsiria akasvika kuzorwa naye, Hoshea akava muranda wake, akamuteerera mutero.

³against him came up Shalmaneser king of Asshur, and Hoshea is to him a servant, and doth render to him a present.

⁴Asi mambo weAsiria wakati achiona kuti Hoshea akarangana navamwe kumumukira, nekuti wakange atuma nhume kuna Soromoni mambo weEgipita, akazorega kuteerera mambo weAsiria mutero gore rimwe nerimwe, mambo weAsiria akamupfigira mutirongo akamusunga.

⁴And the king of Asshur findeth in Hoshea a conspiracy, in that he hath sent messengers unto So king of Egypt, and hath not caused a present to go up to the king of Asshur, as year by year, and the king of Asshur restraineth him, and bindeth him in a house of restraint.

⁵Ipapo mambo weAsiria akafamba nenyika yose, akaenda Samaria, akarikomba makore matatu.

⁵And the king of Asshur goeth up into all the land, and he goeth up to Samaria, and layeth siege against it three years;

⁶Negore repfumbamwe raHoshea, mambo weAsiria akakunda Samaria, akatapa vaIsiraeri, akaenda navo Asiria, akavaisa paHara, napaHabhori, parwizi Gozani, napamaguta avaMedhi.

⁶in the ninth year of Hoshea hath the king of Asshur captured Samaria, and removeth Israel to Asshur, and causeth them to dwell in Halah, and in Habor, [by] the river Gozan, and [in] the cities of the Medes.

⁷Izvozvo zvakaitwa, nekuti vana vaIsiraeri vakatadzira Jehovha Mwari wavo, iye wakange avabudisa panyika yeEgipita kwavakanga vakabatwa naFarao mambo vakatya vamwe vamwari,

⁷And it cometh to pass, because the sons of Israel have sinned against Jehovah their God — who bringeth them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt — and fear other gods,

⁸vakafamba nemitemo yendudzi dzakanga dzadzingwa naJehovha pamberi pavana vaIsiraeri, neyamadzimambo aIsiraeri yavakatema ivo.

⁸and walk in the statutes of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel, and of the kings of Israel that they made;

⁹Vana vaIsiraeri vakaita pakavanda zvisina kururama pamberi paJehovha Mwari wavo, vakazvivakira matunhu akakwirira mumaguta avo ose,kubva pachirindo chavarindi kusvikira pamaguta akakombwa.

⁹and the sons of Israel do covertly things that [are] not right against Jehovah their God, and build for them high places in all their cities, from a tower of the watchers unto the fenced city,

¹⁰Vakazvimutsira shongwe namatanda okunamata nawo pamatunhu ose akakwirira, napasi pemiti yose mitema.

¹⁰and set up for them standing-pillars and shrines on every high height, and under every green tree,

¹¹Vakapisirapo zvinonhuhwira pamatunhu ose akakwirira, sezvaiita ndudzi dzakanga dzabviswa pamberi pavo naJehovha; vakaita zvakashata zvakatsamwisa Jehovha;

¹¹and make perfume there in all high places, like the nations that Jehovah removed from their presence, and do evil things to provoke Jehovah,

¹²vakashumira zvifananidzo, zvavakanga vanzi naJehovha, Regai kuita chinhu ichi.

¹²and serve the idols, of which Jehovah said to them, `Ye do not do this thing;`

¹³Kunyange zvakadaro Jehovha wakapupurira Isiraeri naJudha nemiromo yavaporofita vose navawoni vose, akati, Dzokai panzira dzenyu dzakaipa, muchengete mirairo yangu nezvandakatema, sezvakarehwa nomurayiro wangu wose wandakaraira madzibaba enyu, wandakatuma nemiromo yavaporofita varanda vangu.

¹³And Jehovah testifieth against Israel, and against Judah, by the hand of every prophet, and every seer, saying, `Turn back from your evil ways, and keep My commands, My statutes, according to all the law that I commanded your fathers, and that I sent unto you by the hand of My servants the prophets;`

¹⁴Kunyange zvakadaro, vakaramba kuteerera, vakawomesa mitsipa yavo, semitsipa yamadzibaba avo, vakanga vasingatendi Jehovha Mwari wavo.

¹⁴and they have not hearkened, and harden their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who did not remain stedfast in Jehovah their God,

¹⁵Vakaramba mitemo yake nesungano yake yaakaita namadzibaba avo, nezvipupuriro zvake zvaakavapupurira, vakatevera zvisina maturo, ivo vakava vasina maturo, vakatevera ndudzi dzakavapoteredza, ivo vavakanga varairwa naJehovha kuti varege kuita saivo.

¹⁵and reject His statutes and His covenant that He made with their fathers, and His testimonies that He testified against them, and go after the vain thing, and become vain, and after the nations that are round about them, of whom Jehovah commanded them not to do like them;

¹⁶Vakasiya mirairo yose yaJehovha Mwari wavo, vakazviitira zvifananidzo zvakaumbwa, zvemhuru mbiri; vakaitawo matanda okunamata nawo, vakanamata hondo yose yokudenga, vakashumira Bhaari.

¹⁶And they forsake all the commands of Jehovah their God, and make to them a molten image — two calves, and make a shrine, and bow themselves to all the host of the heavens, and serve Baal,

¹⁷Vakapinza vanakomana navakunda vavo mumoto, vakauka nokuita uroyi hwavo, vakazvitengesa kuti vaite zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha, vakamutsamwisa.

¹⁷and cause their sons and their daughters to pass over through fire, and divine divinations, and use enchantments, and sell themselves to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to provoke Him;

¹⁸Naizvozvo Jehovha wakatsamwira vaIsiraeri kwazvo, akavabvisa pachiso chake; hakuna vakasiiwa, asi rudzi rwaJudha chete.

¹⁸That Jehovah sheweth himself very angry against Israel, and turneth them aside from His presence; none hath been left, only the tribe of Judah by itself.

¹⁹Kunyange navaJudhawo havana kuchengeta mirairo yaJehovha Mwari wavo, asi vakafamba nemitovo yavaIsiraeri, yavakatema.

¹⁹Also Judah hath not kept the commands of Jehovah their God, and they walk in the statutes of Israel that they had made.

²⁰Jehovha akarasha vana vaIsiraeri vose, akavatambudza, akavapa mumaoko avaparadzi, kusvikira avarashira kure nechiso chake.

²⁰And Jehovah kicketh against all the seed of Israel, and afflicteth them, and giveth them into the hand of spoilers, till that He hath cast them out of His presence,

²¹Nekuti wakabvarura vaIsiraeri paimba yaDhavhidhi; vakaita Jerobhoamu mwanakomana waNebhati, mambo wavo, Jerobhoamu akatsausa vaIsiraeri, vakarega kutevera Jehovha, akavatadzisa nechivi chikuru.

²¹for He hath rent Israel from the house of David, and they make Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam driveth Israel from after Jehovah, and hath caused them to sin a great sin,

²²Vana vaIsiraeri vakafamba pazvivi zvose zvaJerobhoamu, zvaakaita; havana kutsauka kwazviri;

²²and the sons of Israel walk in all the sins of Jeroboam that he did, they have not turned aside therefrom,

²³kusvikira Jehovha abvisa Isiraeri kure nechiso chake, sezvaakataura nemiromo yavaporofita, varanda vake vose. Naizvozvo vaIsiraeri vakatapwa panyika yavo, vakaiswa Asiria kusvikira nhasi.

²³till that Jehovah hath turned Israel aside from His presence, as He spake by the hand of all His servants the prophets, and Israel is removed from off its land to Asshur, unto this day.

²⁴Zvino mambo weAsiria wakatora vanhu paBhabhironi, napaKuta, napaAva, napaHamati, napaSefarivhaimi, akavaisa mumaguta eSamaria panzvimbo yavana vaIsiraeri; Samaria rikava ravo, vakagara mumaguta aro.

²⁴And the king of Asshur bringeth in from Babylon and from Cutha, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and causeth [them] to dwell in the cities of Samaria instead of the sons of Israel, and they possess Samaria, and dwell in its cities;

²⁵Zvino pakutanga kokugarapo kwavo havana kutya Jehovha, Jehovha akatuma shumba pakati pavo, dzikavauraya vamwe vavo.

²⁵and it cometh to pass, at the commencement of their dwelling there, they have not feared Jehovah, and Jehovah doth send among them the lions, and they are destroying among them.

²⁶Naizvozvo vakaudza mambo weAsiria, vakati, Ndudzi dzavanhu dzamakatapa, mukavaisa mumaguta eSamaria, hadzizivi tsika dzaMwari wenyika iyo, naizvozvo wakatuma shumba pakati pavo, dzino vauraya, nekuti havazivi tsika dzaMwari wenyika iyo.

²⁶And they speak to the king of Asshur, saying, `The nations that thou hast removed, and dost place in the cities of Samaria, have not known the custom of the God of the land, and He sendeth among them the lions, and lo, they are destroying them, as they do not know the custom of the God of the land.`

²⁷Ipapo mambo weAsiria akaraira, akati, Isaiko mumwe wavapristi vamakatapapo; ngavaende kundogarako, avadzidzise tsika dzaMwari wenyika iyo.

²⁷And the king of Asshur commandeth, saying, `Cause to go thither one of the priests whom ye removed thence, and they go and dwell there, and he doth teach them the custom of the God of the land.`

²⁸Naizvozvo mumwe wavapristi vavakatapa paSamaria, wakandogara paBhetieri, akavadzidzisa sezvavanofanira kutya Jehovha.

²⁸And one of the priests whom they removed from Samaria cometh in, and dwelleth in Beth-El, and he is teaching them how they do fear Jehovah,

²⁹Kunyange zvakadaro rudzi rumwe norumwe rwakazviitira vamwari varwo, vakavaisa mudzimba dzamatunhu akakwirira, dzakavakwa navaSamaria, rudzi rumwe norumwe pamaguta arwo, kwavaigara.

²⁹and they are making each nation its gods, and place [them] in the houses of the high places that the Samaritans have made, each nation in their cities where they are dwelling.

³⁰Vanhu veBhabhironi vakavaka Sukotibhenoti, vanhu veKuti vakavaka Nerigari, vanhu veHamati vakavaka Ashima,

³⁰And the men of Babylon have made Succoth-Benoth, and the men of Cuth have made Nergal, and the men of Hamath have made Ashima,

³¹vaAvhi vakavaka Nibhazi neTaritaki, vaSefari- vhaimi vakapisa vana vavo mumoto kuna Adhiramereki naAnamereki, vamwari veSefari-vhaimi.

³¹and the Avites have made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites are burning their sons with fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, gods of Sepharvim.

³²Naizvozvo vakasatya Jehovha, vakazvitsaurira pakati pavo vapristi vamatunhu akakwirira, vaivabayirira mudzimba dzamatunhu akakwirira.

³²And they are fearing Jehovah, and make to themselves from their extremities priests of high places, and they are acting for them in the house of the high places.

³³Vakatya Jehovha, vakashumira vamwari vavo, vachitevera tsika dzendudzi kwavakanga vatapwako.

³³Jehovah they are fearing, and their gods they are serving, according to the custom of the nations whence they removed them.

³⁴Kusvikira zuva ranhasi vanotevera tsika dzakare, havatyi Jehovha, kana kuita sezvavanorairwa nemitemo yavo, kana zviga zvavo, kana murayiro wavo, kana mirau yavo, yakanga yarairwa vana vaJakove naJehovha, iye waakatumidza zita rinonzi Isiraeri;

³⁴Unto this day they are doing according to the former customs — they are not fearing Jehovah, and are not doing according to their statutes, and according to their ordinances, and according to the law, and according to the command, that Jehovah commanded the sons of Jacob whose name He made Israel,

³⁵Jehovha akaita sungano navo, akavaraira, akati, Regai kutya vamwe vamwari, kana kuvapfugamira kana kuvashumira, kana kuvabayira,

³⁵and Jehovah maketh with them a covenant, and chargeth them, saying, `Ye do not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them,

³⁶asi Jehovha, wakakubudisai paEgipita nesimba guru, noruoko rwakatambanudzwa, ndiye wamunofanira kutya, ndiye wamunofanira kufugamira, ndiye wamunofanira kubayira.

³⁶but Jehovah who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a stretched-out arm, Him ye do fear, and to Him ye bow yourselves, and to Him ye do sacrifice;

³⁷Mitemo, nezviga, nomurayiro, nomurau, zvaakakunyorerai, munofanira kuzvichengeta nokusingaperi, hamufaniri kutya vamwe vamwari;

³⁷and the statutes, and the judgments, and the law, and the command, that He wrote for you, ye observe to do all the days, and ye do not fear other gods;

³⁸uye hamufaniri kukangamwa sungano yandakaita nemi; uye hamufaniri kutya vamwe vamwari;

³⁸and the covenant that I have made with you ye do not forget, and ye do not fear other gods;

³⁹asi munofanira kutya Jehovha Mwari wenyu; iye achakusunungurai pamaoko avavengi venyu vose.

³⁹but Jehovah your God ye do fear, and He doth deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies;`

⁴⁰Kunyange zvakadaro havana kuteerera, asi vakatevera tsika dzakare.

⁴⁰and they have not hearkened, but according to their former custom they are doing,

⁴¹Naizvozvo ndudzi idzi dzakatya Jehovha, dzikashumirawo zvifananidzo zvadzo zvakavezwa; navana vavo, navana vavana vavo, vanoita saizvozvo kusvikira nhasi, sezvakaita madzibaba avo.

⁴¹and these nations are fearing Jehovah, and their graven images they have served, both their sons and their sons` sons; as their fathers did, they are doing unto this day.