¹Zvino Naamani, mukuru wehondo dzamambo weSiria, waiva munhu mukuru kuna tenzi wake, nomunhu waikudzwa; nekuti Jehovha wakange akundisa vaSiria naye; uye waiva munhu wesimba noumhare, asi wakange ana maperembudzi.

¹And Naaman, head of the host of the king of Aram, was a great man before his lord, and accepted of face, for by him had Jehovah given salvation to Aram, and the man was mighty in valour — leprous.

²Zvino vaSiria vakanga vandorwa vakaita mapoka-poka, vakadzoka nomusikana muduku wavakanga vatapa panyika yaIsiraeri; iye wakange achibatira mukadzi waNaamani basa.

²And the Aramaeans have gone out [by] troops, and they take captive out of the land of Israel a little damsel, and she is before the wife of Naaman,

³Akati kuna tenzikadzi wake, Dai ishe wangu aiva kumuporofita ari paSamaria,ungadai akavaporesa maperembudzi ake.

³and she saith unto her mistress, `O that my lord [were] before the prophet who [is] in Samaria; then he doth recover him from his leprosy.`

⁴Zvino mumwe akapinda, akandoudza ishe wake, akati, Musikana wenyika yaIsiraeri wakataura chokuti nechokuti.

⁴And [one] goeth in and declareth to his lord, saying, `Thus and thus she hath spoken, the damsel who [is] from the land of Israel.`

⁵Mambo weSiria akati, Enda, ndinoda kutuma tsamba kuna mambo waIsiraeri. Akabva akaenda nematarenda gumi esirivha, nengoda zvuru zvitanhatu dzendarama, nenguvo dzakanaka dzine gumi.

⁵And the king of Aram saith, `Go thou, enter, and I send a letter unto the king of Israel;` and he goeth and taketh in his hand ten talents of silver, and six thousand [pieces] of gold, and ten changes of garments.

⁶Akaenda netsamba kuna mambo waIsiraeri, yakanga ichiti, Zvino kana tsamba iyi ichisvika kwamuri, muzive kuti ndatuma Naamani muranda wangu kwamuri, kuti mumuporese maperembudzi ake.

⁶And he bringeth in the letter unto the king of Israel, saying, `And now, at the coming in of this letter unto thee, lo, I have sent unto thee Naaman my servant, and thou hast recovered him from his leprosy.`

⁷Zvino mambo waIsiraeri wakati arava tsamba iyo, akabvarura nguvo dzake, akati, Asi ndini Mwari kanhi? Ndinoziva kuuraya nokuraramisa kanhi, munhu uyu zvaatuma shoko kwandiri, kuti ndiporese munhu maperembudzi ake? Asi fungai, muwone, kuti unotsvaka kurwa neni.

⁷And it cometh to pass, at the king of Israel`s reading the letter, that he rendeth his garments, and saith, `Am I God, to put to death and to keep alive, that this [one] is sending unto me to recover a man from his leprosy? for surely know, I pray you, and see, for he is presenting himself to me.`

⁸Zvino Erisha munhu waMwari, wakati achinzwa kuti mambo waIsiraeri wabvarura nguvo dzake, akatuma shoko kuna mambo, akati, Mabvarurireiko nguvo dzenyu? Ngaauye hake zvino kwandiri, azive kuti muporofita aripo pakati paIsiraeri.

⁸And it cometh to pass, at Elisha the man of God`s hearing that the king of Israel hath rent his garments, that he sendeth unto the king, saying, `Why hast thou rent thy garments? let him come, I pray thee, unto me, and he doth know that there is a prophet in Israel.`

⁹Naizvozvo Naamani akaenda namabhiza ake nengoro dzake, akandomira pamukova weimba yaErisha.

⁹And Naaman cometh, with his horses and with his chariot, and standeth at the opening of the house for Elisha;

¹⁰Erisha akatuma nhume kwaari, akati, Enda, undoshamba kanomwe muna Joridhani, nyama yako idzokerezve kwauri, uve wakanaka.

¹⁰and Elisha sendeth unto him a messenger, saying, `Go, and thou hast washed seven times in Jordan, and thy flesh doth turn back to thee — and be thou clean.

¹¹Asi Naamani wakatsamwa, akabva, akati, Tarirai, ndanga ndichiti, zvirokwazvo uchabuda kwandiri, akamira, akadana zita raJehovha Mwari wake, nokupuruzirapo noruoko rwake, agoporesa wemaperembudzi.

¹¹And Naaman is wroth, and goeth on, and saith, `Lo, I said, Unto me he doth certainly come out, and hath stood and called in the name of Jehovah his God, and waved his hand over the place, and recovered the leper.

¹²Ko Abana neFaripari, idzo nzizi dzeDhamasiko, hadzina kunaka kukunda mvura yose iri pakati paIsiraeri here? Handingashambi madziri, ndikava wakanaka here? Naizvozvo akaenda, akabva atsamwa kwazvo.

¹²Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? do I not wash in them and I have been clean?` and he turneth and goeth on in fury.

¹³Zvino varanda vake vakaswedera, vakataura naye, vakati, Nhai, baba vedu, dai muporofita akakurairai kuita chinhu chikuru, hamuchizviita here? Ndoda zvaakati kwamuri, Shamba, uve wakanaka?

¹³And his servants come nigh, and speak unto him, and say, `My father, a great thing had the prophet spoken unto thee — dost thou not do [it]? and surely, when he hath said unto thee, Wash, and be clean.`

¹⁴Ipapo akaburuka, akandonyura muna Joridhani kanomwe, sezvakanga zvataura munhu waMwari; nyama yake ikadzoka, ikafanana nenyama yomwana muduku, akava wakanaka.

¹⁴And he goeth down and dippeth in Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh doth turn back as the flesh of a little youth, and is clean.

¹⁵Zvino akadzokera pakati paIsiraeri; naizvozvo zvino, gamuchirai henyu chipo kumuranda wenyu.

¹⁵And he turneth back unto the man of God, he and all his camp, and cometh in, and standeth before him, and saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have known that there is not a God in all the earth except in Israel; and now, take, I pray thee, a blessing from thy servant.`

¹⁶Asi iye akati, NaJehovha mupenyu, iye wandimire pamberi pake, handingagamuchiri chinhu. Akamugombedzera, kuti agamuchire, asi wakaramba.

¹⁶And he saith, `Jehovah liveth, before whom I have stood — if I take [it];` and he presseth on him to take, and he refuseth.

¹⁷Zvino Naamani akati, Kana musingadi henyu, muranda wenyu ngaapiwe hake mitoro yevhu ingatakurwa namahesera maviri; nekuti kubva zvino muranda wenyu haangabayiri vamwe vamwari chipiriso chinopiswa kana chimwe chibayiro asi Jehovha oga.

¹⁷And Naaman saith, `If not — let be given, I pray thee, to thy servant, a couple of mules` burden of earth, for thy servant doth make no more burnt-offering and sacrifice to other gods, but to Jehovah.

¹⁸Asi Jehovha ngaakangamwire hake muranda wake pachinhu ichi, kana tenzi wangu achipinda mumba maRimoni kuzonamatapo, akasendamira paruoko rwangu, ini ndikapfugama mumba maRimoni; kana ndikapfugama mumba maRimoni Jehovha ngaakagamwire muranda wake pachinhu ichi.

¹⁸For this thing Jehovah be propitious to thy servant, in the coming in of my lord into the house of Rimmon to bow himself there, and he was supported by my hand, and I bowed myself [in] the house of Rimmon; for my bowing myself in the house of Rimmon Jehovah be propitious, I pray thee, to thy servant in this thing.`

¹⁹Akati kwaari, Enda hako nomufaro. Naizvozvo akabva kwaari, akafamba chinhambo chiduku.

¹⁹And he saith to him, `Go in peace.` And he goeth from him a kibrath of land,

²⁰Asi Gehazi muranda waErisha, munhu waMwari, akati, Tarirai, tenzi wangu wakarega Naamani uyu muSiria, zvaasina kugamuchira kwaari chaakanga auya nacho; asi naJehovha mupenyu, ndichamhanya, ndikamutevera, nditore chinhu kwaari.

²⁰And Gehazi, servant of Elisha the man of God, saith, `Lo, my lord hath spared Naaman this Aramaean, not to receive from his hand that which he brought; Jehovah liveth; surely if I have run after him, then I have taken from him something.`

²¹Naizvozvo Gehazi akatevera Naamani. Zvino Naamani wakati achiona munhu achimhanya achimutevera, akaburuka pangoro kuti asangane naye, akati, Makafara henyu mose here?

²¹And Gehazi pursueth after Naaman, and Naaman seeth one running after him, and alighteth from off the chariot to meet him, and saith, `Is there peace?`

²²Iye akati, Takafara hedu tose. Tenzi wangu wakandituma, achiti, Tarirai, zvino-zvino majaya maviri, vanakomana vavaporofita, vakasvika kwandiri, vachibva kunyika yamakomo yaEfuremu; dondipaiwo tarenda rimwe resirivha, nenguvo mbiri dzakanaka.

²²And he saith, `Peace; my lord hath sent me, saying, Lo, now, this, come unto me have two young men from the hill-country of Ephraim, of the sons of the prophets; give, I pray thee, to them, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.`

²³Naamani akati, Ndinokumbira kuti utore hako matarenda maviri. Akamugombedzera, akasungira matarenda maviri esirivha muhomwe mbiri, pamwechete nenguvo mbiri dzakanaka, akazvitakudza varanda vake vaviri, vakazvitakurira pamberi pake

²³And Naaman saith, `Be pleased, take two talents;` and he urgeth on him, and bindeth two talents of silver in two purses, and two changes of garments, and giveth unto two of his young men, and they bear before him;

²⁴Zvino wakati asvika pachikomo, akazvitora pamaoko avo, akazviviga mumba, akadzosa vanhu, vakaenda havo.

²⁴and he cometh in unto the high place, and taketh out of their hand, and layeth up in the house, and sendeth away the men, and they go.

²⁵Ipapo akapinda, akamira pamberi patenzi wake. Erisha akati kwaari, Wabvepiko, Gehazi? Iye akati, Muranda wenyu wakange achingova pano hake.

²⁵And he hath come in, and doth stand by his lord, and Elisha saith unto him, `Whence — Gehazi?` and he saith, `Thy servant went not hither or thither.`

²⁶Iye akati kwaari, moyo wangu hauna kuenda newe here nguva iya murume achidzoka pangoro kuzosangana newe? Ko ndiyo nguva yokugamuchira mari, nokugamuchira nguvo, neminda yemiorivhi, neminda yemizambiringa, namakwai nenzombe, navaranda navarandakadzi here.

²⁶And he saith unto him, `My heart went not when the man turned from off his chariot to meet thee; is it a time to take silver, and to take garments, and olives, and vines, and flock, and herd, and men-servants, and maid-servants?

²⁷Naizvozvo maperembudzi aNaamani achakunamatira. iwe navana vako nokusingaperi. Ipapo akabuda pamberi pake ava namaperembudzi, akati mbembe sechando.

²⁷yea, the leprosy of Naaman doth cleave to thee, and to thy seed, — to the age;` and he goeth out from before him — leprous as snow.