¹Erisha akati, Inzwai shoko raJehovha, Zvanzi naJehovha, Mangwana nenguva ino, chiyero chimwe choupfu hwakatsetseka chichatengeswa neshekeri rimwe, nezviyero zviviri zvebhari neshekeri rimwe pasuwo reSamaria.

¹And Elisha saith, `Hear ye a word of Jehovah: thus said Jehovah, About this time to-morrow, a measure of fine flour [is] at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.`

²Zvino mukuru uyo, mambo waakanga akasendama paruoko rwake, akapindura munhu waMwari, akati, Tarirai, kunyange Jehovha akaita mahwindo kudenga, chinhu ichi chingaitika here? Erisha akati, Tarira, uchazviona nameso ako, asi haungazvidyi.

²And the captain whom the king hath, by whose hand he hath been supported, answereth the man of God and saith, `Lo, Jehovah is making windows in the heavens — shall this thing be?` and he saith, `Lo, thou art seeing it with thine eyes, and thereof thou dost not eat.`

³Zvino kwakanga kuna varume vana vaiva namaperembudzi kunze kwesuwo; ivo vakataurirana, vakati, Tinogarireiko pano kusvikira tafa?

³And four men have been leprous, at the opening of the gate, and they say one unto another, `What — we are sitting here till we have died;

⁴Kana tikati, Tichapinda muguta, nzara huru iri muguta, tichandofiramo; kana tikagara pano, tichafawo. Naizvozvo zvino hendei tiende hedu kuhondo dzavaSiria; kana vakatirega tiri vapenyu, tararama hedu; kana vakatiuraya, tafa hedu.

⁴if we have said, We go in to the city, then the famine [is] in the city, and we have died there; and if we have sat here, then we have died; and now, come and we fall unto the camp of Aram; if they keep us alive, we live, and if they put us to death — we have died.`

⁵Ipapo vakasimuka mambakwedza, vakaenda kumisasa yavaSiria; vakati vasvika kumisasa yokumudzivo yavaSamaria, vakawana kusina munhu.

⁵And they rise in the twilight, to go in unto the camp of Aram, and they come in unto the extremity of the camp of Aram, and lo, there is not a man there,

⁶nekuti Jehovha wakange anzwisa hondo yavaSiria kutinhira kwengoro, nokutinhira kwamabhiza, kuri kutinhira kwehondo huru; vakataurirana, vakati, Tarirai, mambo waIsiraeri wakakoka madzimambo avaHiti namadzimambo avaEgipita kuzorwa nesu.

⁶seeing Jehovah hath caused the camp of Aram to hear a noise of chariot and a noise of horse — a noise of great force, and they say one unto another, `Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Egypt, to come against us.`

⁷Naizvozvo vakamuka mambakwedza, vakasiya matende avo, namabhiza avo, namahesera avo, musasa wose wakangodaro, vakatiza kuti vararame.

⁷And they rise and flee in the twilight, and forsake their tents, and their horses, and their asses — the camp as it [is] — and flee for their life.

⁸Zvino vaya vaiva namaperembudzi vakati vachisvika kumisasa yokumidzivo, vakapinda patende rimwe, vakadya nokumwa, vakatoramo sirivha nendarama nenguvo, vakandozviviga; vakadzokazve, vakapinda mune rimwe tende, vakatora zvakanga zvirimowo, vakandozviviga.

⁸And these lepers come in unto the extremity of the camp, and come in unto one tent, and eat, and drink, and lift up thence silver, and gold, and garments, and go and hide; and they turn back and go in unto another tent, and lift up thence, and go and hide.

⁹Ipapo vakataurirana, vakati, Hatiiti zvakanaka; nhasi izuva reshoko rakanaka, asi isu tinongonyarara hedu; kana tikanonoka kusvikira kwaedza, tichavingwa nokurohwa; naizvozvo hendei zvino, tindoudza imba yamambo.

⁹And they say one unto another, `We are not doing right this day; a day of tidings it [is], and we are keeping silent; and — we have waited till the light of the morning, then hath punishment found us; and now, come and we go in and declare to the house of the king.`

¹⁰Naizvozvo vakaenda vakadanidzira kuvatariri vesuwo reguta, vakavaudza, vakati kwaari, Takasvika kumisasa yavaSiria, tikawana kusisina munhupo, kunyange inzwi romunhu, asi mabhiza akasungirwa, namahesera akasungirwa, namatende akangodaro.

¹⁰And they come in, and call unto the gatekeeper of the city, and declare for themselves, saying, `We have come in unto the camp of Aram, and lo, there is not there a man, or sound of man, but the bound horse, and the bound ass, and tents as they [are].`

¹¹Ipapo vatariri vesuwo vakadanidzira, vakaudza vomumba mamambo mukati.

¹¹and he calleth the gatekeepers, and they declare to the house of the king within.

¹²Mambo akamuka pakati pousiku, akati kuvaranda vake, Ndichakuudzai zvataitirwa navaSiria. Vanoziva kuti tine nzara; naizvozvo vakabuda pamisasa vakandovanda kusango, vachiti, Kana vakabuda muguta, tichavabata vari vapenyu, isu tigopinda muguta.

¹²And the king riseth by night, and saith unto his servants, `Let me declare, I pray you, to you that which the Aramaeans have done to us; they have known that we are famished, and they are gone out from the camp to be hidden in the field, saying, When they come out from the city, then we catch them alive, and unto the city we enter.`

¹³Ipapo mumwe muranda wake akapindura, akati, Vamwe ngavatore mabhiza mashanu kuna akasara, akasiiwa muguta (tarirai, vakafanana navamwe vaIsiraeri vazhinji vakasara imomo; tarirai vakafananawo navamwe vaIsiraeri vazhinji vatoparadzwa havo;) tivatume, tione.

¹³And one of his servants answereth and saith, `Then let them take, I pray thee, five of the horses that are left, that have been left in it — lo, they [are] as all the multitude of Israel who have been left in it; lo, they are as all the multitude of Israel who have been consumed — and we send and see.`

¹⁴Naizvozvo vakatora ngoro mbiri namabhiza adzo, mambo akatuma vanhu kuzotevera hondo yavaSiria, akati, Endai, mundoona.

¹⁴And they take two chariot-horses, and the king sendeth after the camp of Aram, saying, `Go, and see.`

¹⁵Ivo vakaenda, vakavatevera kusvikira kwaJoridhani, vakawana nzira yose izere nenguvo, nenhumbi, dzakanga dzarashwa navaSiria nokumhanya kwavo. Nhume dzikadzoka, dzikaudza mambo.

¹⁵And they go after them unto the Jordan, and lo, all the way is full of garments and vessels that the Aramaeans have cast away in their haste, and the messengers turn back and declare to the king.

¹⁶Ipapo vanhu vakabuda, vakapamba misasa yavaSiria. Naizvozvo chiyero choupfu hwakatsetseka chakatengeswa neshekeri rimwe, nezvi yero zviviri zvebhari neshekeri rimwe, sezvakanga zvarehwa naJehovha.

¹⁶And the people go out and spoil the camp of Aram, and there is a measure of fine flour at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel, according to the word of Jehovah.

¹⁷Mambo akagadza mukuru uya, waakanga akasendama paruoko rwake, kuti arindire suwo; vanhu vakamutsikirira musuwo, akafa sezvakanga zvarehwa nomunhu waMwari, wakataura shoko iro musi wakaburukira mambo kwaari.

¹⁷And the king hath appointed the captain, by whose hand he is supported, over the gate, and the people tread him down in the gate, and he dieth, as the man of God spake, which he spake in the coming down of the king unto him,

¹⁸Zvikaitika sezvakanga zvataurwa nomunhu waMwari kuna mambo, zvaakati, Mangwana nenguva ino zviyero zviviri zvebhari zvichatengeswa neshekeri, nechiyero chimwe choupfu hwakatsetseka neshekeri pasuwo reSamaria;

¹⁸yea, it cometh to pass, according to the speaking of the man of God unto the king, saying, `Two measures of barley at a shekel, and a measure of fine flour at a shekel are, at this time to-morrow, in the gate of Samaria;`

¹⁹mukuru uyo akapindura munhu waMwari, akati, Zvino tarira, kunyange Jehovha akaita mahwindo kudenga, chinhu ichi chakadai chingaitwa here? Iye akati Tarira, uchazviona nameso ako, asi haungazvidyi.

¹⁹and the captain answereth the man of God, and saith, `And lo, Jehovah is making windows in the heavens — it is according to this word?` and he saith, `Lo, thou art seeing with thine eyes, and thereof thou dost not eat;`

²⁰Ndizvo zvaakazoitirwa; nekuti vanhu vakamutsikirira musuwo, akafa.

²⁰and it cometh to him so, and the people tread him down in the gate, and he dieth.