¹Josiya wakatanga kubata ushe ava namakore masere; akabata ushe paJerusaremu makore makumi matatu nerimwe; zita ramai vake rakanga riri Jedhidha mukunda waAdhaya weBhozikati.

¹A son of eight years [is] Josiah in his reigning, and thirty and one years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Jedidah daughter of Adaiah of Boskath,

²Akaita zvakarurama pamberi paJehovha, akafamba nenzira yose yaDhavhidhi baba vake, haana kutsaukira kurudyi kana kuruboshwe.

²and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walketh in all the way of David his father, and hath not turned aside — right or left.

³Zvino negore regumi namasere ramambo Josiya, mambo akatuma munyori Shafani mwanakomana waAzaria, mwanakomana waMeshurami, kumba kwaJehovha, akati,

³And it cometh to pass, in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, the king hath sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Jehovah, saying,

⁴Enda kuna Hirikia mupristi mukuru, umuudze averenge mari inoiswa mumba maJehovha, yakaunganidzwa navatariri vomukova kuvanhu;

⁴`Go up unto Hilkiah the high priest, and he doth complete the silver that is brought into the house of Jehovah, that the keepers of the threshold have gathered from the people,

⁵vaipe mumaoko avabati vebasa, vanotarira temberi yaJehovha; ivo vaipe vabati vebasa vari mumba maJehovha, kuti vagadzirise zvakaputsika paimba;

⁵and they give it into the hand of the doers of the work, the overseers, in the house of Jehovah, and they give it to the doers of the work that [is] in the house of Jehovah, to strengthen the breach of the house,

⁶ivo vavezi, navavaki, navanoronga mabwe, uye vatenge nayo matanda, namabwe akavezwa, kuti vagadzire temberi.

⁶to artificers, and to builders, and [to repairers of] the wall, and to buy wood and hewn stones to strengthen the house;

⁷Asi havana kubvunzwa pamusoro pemari yakaiswa mumaoko avo, nekuti vaibata vakatendeka.

⁷only, the silver that is given into their hand is not reckoned with them, for in faithfulness they are dealing.

⁸Ipapo Hirikia mupristi mukuru akati kuna Shafani munyori, Ndawana bhuku yomurayiro mumba maJehovha. Hirikia akapa Shafani bhuku yomurayiro, iye akairava.

⁸And Hilkiah the high priest saith unto Shaphan the scribe, `A book of the law I have found in the house of Jehovah;` and Hilkiah giveth the book unto Shaphan, and he readeth it.

⁹Zvino Shafani munyori akasvika kuna mambo, akadzoka neshoko kuna mambo, akati, Varanda venyu vadurura mari yakawanikwa mumba, vakaipa mumaoko avabati vebasa, vanotarira imba yaJehovha.

⁹And Shaphan the scribe cometh in unto the king, and bringeth the king back word, and saith, `Thy servants have poured out the silver that hath been found in the house, and give it into the hand of the doers of the work, the inspectors, in the house of Jehovah.`

¹⁰Shafani munyori akati kuna mambo, mupristi Hirikia wandipa bhuku. Shafani akariravira mambo.

¹⁰And Shaphan the scribe declareth to the king, saying, `A book hath Hilkiah the priest given to me;` and Shaphan readeth it before the king.

¹¹Zvino mambo wakati achinzwa mashoko ebhuku yomurayiro, akabvarura nguvo dzake.

¹¹And it cometh to pass, at the king`s hearing the words of the book of the law, that he rendeth his garments,

¹²Mambo akaraira mupristi Hirikia, naAhikami mwanakomana waShafani, naAkibhori mwanakomana waMikaya, naShafani munyori, naAsaya muranda wamambo, akati,

¹²and the king commandeth Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam son of Shaphan, and Achbor son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah servant of the king, saying,

¹³Endai mundondibvunzira Jehovha, ini navanhu vavaJudha vose, pamusoro pamashoko ebhuku iyi yakawanikwa; nekuti kutsamwa kwaJehovha kwaakatitsamwira nako kukuru kwazvo, nekuti madzibaba edu havana kuteerera mashoko ebhuku iyi, havana kuita zvose zvatakarairwa.

¹³`Go, seek Jehovah for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found, for great [is] the fury of Jehovah that is kindled against us, because that our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according to all that is written for us.`

¹⁴Naizvozvo mupristi Hirikia, naAhikami, naAkibhori, naShafani, naAsaya vakaenda kuna Huridha muporofitakadzi, mukadzi waSharumi mwanakomana waTikiva, mwanakomana waHarahasi, muchengeti wenguvo; (zvino iye mukadzi wakange agere paJerusaremu kurutivi rwechipiri rweguta;) vakataurirana naye.

¹⁴And Hilkiah the priest goeth, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, unto Huldah the prophetess, wife of Shallum, son of Tikvah, son of Harhas, keeper of the garments, and she is dwelling in Jerusalem in the second, and they speak unto her.

¹⁵Iye akati kwavari, Zvanzi naJehovha Mwari waIsiraeri, Udzai munhu wakakutumai kwandiri muti,

¹⁵And she saith unto them, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Say to the man who hath sent you unto me:

¹⁶zvanzi naJehovha, tarirai, ndichauyisa zvakaipa pamusoro penzvimbo iyi, napamusoro pavagerepo, iwo mashoko ose ebhuku yakarahwa namambo weJudha;

¹⁶Thus said Jehovah, Lo, I am bringing in evil unto this place and on its inhabitants, all the words of the book that the king of Judah hath read,

¹⁷nekuti vakandirasha, vakapisira vamwe vamwari zvinonhuhwira, vakanditsamwisa namabasa ose amaoko avo, naizvozvo kutsamwa kwangu kuchapfutidza nzvimbo iyi, uye hakungadzimwi.

¹⁷because that they have forsaken Me, and make perfume to other gods, so as to provoke Me to anger with every work of their hands, and My wrath hath been kindled against this place, and it is not quenched.

¹⁸Asi muti kuna mambo waJudha wakakutumai kuzobvunza Jehovha, Zvanzi naJehovha Mwari waIsiraeri, kana ari mashoko awakanzwa,

¹⁸`And unto the king of Judah, who is sending you to seek Jehovah, thus do ye say unto him, Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, The words that thou hast heard —

¹⁹moyo wako zvawakanga uri munyoro, ukazvininipisa pamberi paJehovha, nguva yawakanzwa zvandakataura pamusoro penzvimbo iyi, napamusoro pavageremo, kuti vachaitwa dongo nechinhu chakatukwa, wakabvarura nguvo dzako, wakachema pamberi pangu; zvino zvanzi naJehovha, Ini ndakunzwawo.

¹⁹because thy heart [is] tender, and thou art humbled because of Jehovah, in thy hearing that which I have spoken against this place, and against its inhabitants, to be for a desolation, and for a reviling, and dost rend thy garments, and weep before Me — I also have heard — the affirmation of Jehovah —

²⁰Naizvozvo, tarira, ndichakuisa kuna madzibaba ako, uchavigwa muhwiro hwako norugare, meso ako haangawoni zvakaipa zvose zvandichauyisa pamusoro penzvimbo iyi. Vakadzoka neshoko kuna mambo.

²⁰therefore, lo, I am gathering thee unto thy fathers, and thou hast been gathered unto thy grave in peace, and thine eyes do not look on any of the evil that I am bringing in on this place;` and they bring the king back word.