¹zvino Erisha wakataura nomukadzi uya waakanga amutsira mwanakomana wake, akati, Simuka uende, iwe neimba yako, undogara kwaunogona kugara hako; nekuti Jehovha wakaraira nzara; ichava panyika makore manomwe.

¹And Elisha spake unto the woman whose son he had revived, saying, `Rise and go, thou and thy household, and sojourn where thou dost sojourn, for Jehovah hath called for a famine, and also, it is coming unto the land seven years.`

²Zvino mukadzi akasimuka, akaita sezvaakaudzwa nomunhu waMwari, akaenda neveimba yake, akandogara panyika yavaFirisitia makore manomwe.

²And the woman riseth, and doth according to the word of the man of God, and goeth, she and her household, and sojourneth in the land of the Philistines seven years.

³Zvino makore iwayo akati apera, mukadzi ndokudzoka kunyika yavaFirisitia; akaenda kuna mambo kundochema pamusoro peimba yake nomunda wake.

³And it cometh to pass, at the end of seven years, that the woman turneth back from the land of the Philistines, and goeth out to cry unto the king, for her house, and for her field.

⁴Zvino mambo wakange achitaurirana naGehazi muranda womunhu waMwari, mambo akati, Dondirondedzerawo zvinhu zvose zvikuru, zvakaitwa naErisha.

⁴And the king is speaking unto Gehazi, servant of the man of God, saying, `Recount, I pray thee, to me, the whole of the great things that Elisha hath done.`

⁵Zvino wakati achaudza mambo kuti wakamutsa wakafa, iye mukadzi wakange amutsirwa mwanakomana wake, akachema kuna mambo pamusoro peimba yake nomunda wake. Ipapo Gehazi akati, Ishe wangu mambo, ndiyeyu mukadzi, noyuyu ndiye mwanakomana wake, wakamutswa naErisha.

⁵And it cometh to pass, he is recounting to the king how he had revived the dead, and lo, the woman whose son he had revived is crying unto the king, for her house and for her field, and Gehazi saith, `My lord, O king, this [is] the woman, and this her son, whom Elisha revived.`

⁶Mambo wakati abvunza mukadzi, iye akamuudza. Naizvozvo mambo wakaraira mumwe mukuru pamusoro pake, akati, Mudzosere zvose zvaiva zvake, nemichero yomunda, kubva pazuva raakabva naro panyika kusvikira zvino.

⁶And the king asketh at the woman, and she recounteth to him, and the king appointeth to her a certain eunuch, saying, `Give back all that she hath, and all the increase of the field from the day of her leaving the land even till now.`

⁷Zvino Erisha wakasvika Dhamasiko Bhenihadhadhi mambo weSiria wakange achirwara, akaudzwa, zvichinzi, Munhu waMwari wasvika pano.

⁷And Elisha cometh in to Damascus, and Ben-Hadad king of Aram is sick, and it is declared to him, saying, `The man of God hath come hither.`

⁸Ipapo mambo akati kuna Hazaeri, Tora chipo muruoko rwako, undosangana nomunhu waMwari, ubvunze Jehovha naye, uti, Ndichapora pakurwara uku here?

⁸And the king saith unto Hazael, `Take in thy hand a present, and go to meet the man of God, and thou hast sought Jehovah by him, saying, Do I revive from this sickness?`

⁹Naizvozvo Hazaeri akandosangana naye, akaenda nechipo chezvose zvakanga zvakanaka paDhamasiko, mutoro wakaringana makamera ana makumi mana, akasvika akamira pamberi pake, akati, Mwanakomana wenyu Bhenihadhadhi mambo weSiria, wakandituma kwamuri, achiti, Ndichapora here pakurwara uku?

⁹And Hazael goeth to meet him, and taketh a present in his hand, even of every good thing of Damascus, a burden of forty camels, and he cometh in and standeth before him, and saith, `Thy son Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, hath sent me unto thee, saying, Do I revive from this sickness?`

¹⁰Erisha akati kwaari, Enda, undoti kwaari, Zvirokwazvo haangapori; asi Jehovha wakandiratidza kuti zvirokwazvo iye uchafa.

¹⁰And Elisha saith unto him, `Go, say, Thou dost certainly not revive, seeing Jehovah hath shewed me that he doth surely die.`

¹¹Akaramba akamunananidza kusvikira anyara; munhu wa Mwari akachema.

¹¹And he setteth his face, yea, he setteth [it] till he is ashamed, and the man of God weepeth.

¹²Ipapo Hazaeri akati, Munochemeiko, ishe wangu? Akapindura, akati, nekuti ndinoziva zvakaipa zvauchaitira vana vaIsiraeri; uchapisa nhare dzavo, uchauraya majaya avo nomunondo, uchapwanya pwere dzavo, uchatumbura vakadzi vavo vane mimba.

¹²And Hazael saith, `Wherefore is my lord weeping?` and he saith, `Because I have known the evil that thou dost to the sons of Israel — their fenced places thou dost send into fire, and their young men with sword thou dost slay, and their sucklings thou dost dash to pieces, and their pregnant women thou dost rip up.`

¹³Hazaeri akati, Ko muranda wenyu chinyiko, iyo imbwa zvayo, kuti ndiite chinhu ichi chikuru chakadai? Erisha akapindura, akati, Jehovha wakandizivisa, kuti iwe uchava mambo weSiria.

¹³And Hazael saith, `But what, [is] thy servant the dog, that he doth this great thing?` And Elisha saith, `Jehovah hath shewed me thee — king of Aram.`

¹⁴Ipapo akabva kuna Erisha, akaenda kuna tenzi wake; iye akati kwaari, Erisha wati kudiniko kwauri? Akapindura, akati, Wakandiudza kuti zvirokwazvo muchapora henyu.

¹⁴And he goeth from Elisha, and cometh in unto his lord, and he saith unto him, `What said Elisha to thee?` and he saith, `He said to me, Thou dost certainly recover.`

¹⁵Zvino fume mangwana akatora jira, akarinyika mumvura, ndokumufumbira chiso, naizvozvo akafa; Hazaeri akamutevera paushe.

¹⁵And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that he taketh the coarse cloth, and dippeth in water, and spreadeth on his face, and he dieth, and Hazael reigneth in his stead.

¹⁶Zvino negore rechishanu raJoramu mwanakomana waAhabhi, mambo waIsiraeri, Jehoshafati ari mambo waJudha, Jehoramu mwanakomana waJehoshafati mambo waJudha, akatanga kubata ushe.

¹⁶And in the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel — and Jehoshaphat [is] king of Judah — hath Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah reigned;

¹⁷Iye akatanga kubata ushe ava namakore makumi matatu namaviri; akabata ushe paJerusaremu makore masere.

¹⁷a son of thirty and two years was he in his reigning, and eight years he hath reigned in Jerusalem.

¹⁸Akafamba nenzira yamadzimambo aIsiraeri, sezvakaita imba yaAhabhi; nekuti mukunda waAhabhi waiva mukadzi wake; akaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha.

¹⁸And he walketh in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab, for a daughter of Ahab was to him for a wife, and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah,

¹⁹Kunyange zvakadaro Jehovha wakange asingadi kuparadza Judha, nokuda kwaDhavhidhi muranda wake, nekuti wakange amupikira, kuti uchamupa mwenje wavana vake nguva dzose.

¹⁹and Jehovah was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David his servant, as He said to him, to give to him a lamp — to his sons all the days.

²⁰Zvino namazuva ake vaEdhomu vakamukira vaJudha, vakazvigadzira mambo.

²⁰In his days hath Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and they cause a king to reign over them,

²¹Ipapo Joramu akaenda Zairi, ane ngoro dzake dzose; akamuka usiku, akaparadza vaEdhomu vakanga vakamukomba navakuru vengoro; vanhu vakatizira kumatende avo.

²¹and Joram passeth over to Zair, and all the chariots with him, and he himself hath risen by night, and smiteth Edom, that is coming round about unto him, and the heads of the chariots, and the people fleeth to its tents;

²²Naizvozvo vaEdhomu vakamukira vaJudha, kusvikira zuva ranhasi. Ipapo Ribhina akavamukirawo nenguva iyo.

²²and Edom revolteth from under the hand of Judah till this day; then doth Libnah revolt at that time.

²³Mamwe mabasa aJoramu, nezvose zvaakaita, hazvina kunyorwa here mubhuku yaMakoronike amadzimambo aJudha?

²³And the rest of the matters of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

²⁴Joramu akavata namadzibaba ake, akavigwa kuna madzibaba ake muguta raDhavhidhi; Ahazia mwanakomana wake akamutevera paushe.

²⁴And Joram lieth with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers in the city of David, and reign doth Ahaziah his son in his stead.

²⁵Negore regumi namaviri raJoramu mwanakomana waAhabhi mambo walsiraeri, Ahazia mwanakomana waJehoramu mambo waJudha, akatanga kubata ushe.

²⁵In the twelfth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel reigned hath Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah;

²⁶Ahazia wakange ana makore ana makumi maviri namaviri pakutanga kwake kubata ushe; akabata ushe paJerusaremu gore rimwe. Zita ramai vake rakanga riri Ataria, mukunda waOmiri mambo welsiraeri.

²⁶a son of twenty and two years [is] Ahaziah in his reigning, and one year he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Athaliah daughter of Omri king of Israel,

²⁷Iye wakafamba nenzira yeimba yaAhabhi, akaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha, sezvakaitwa neimba yaAhabhi; nekuti wakange ari mukwasha weimba yaAhabhi.

²⁷and he walketh in the way of the house of Ahab, and doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, like the house of Ahab, for he [is] son-in-law of the house of Ahab.

²⁸Akaenda naJoramu mwanakomana waAhabhi kundorwa naHazaeri mambo weSiria paRamotiGiriyadhi; vaSiria vakakuvadza Joramu.

²⁸And he goeth with Joram son of Ahab to battle with Hazael king of Aram in Ramoth-Gilead, and the Aramaeans smite Joram,

²⁹Mambo Joramu akadzokera Jezereeri kuti arapwe mavanga ake aakatemwa navaSiria paRama, nguva yaakarwa naHazaeri mambo weSiria. Ipapo Ahazia mwanakomana waJehoramu mambo waJudha akaenda kundoona Joramu mwanakomana waAhabhi paJezereeri, nekuti wakange achirwara.

²⁹and Joram the king turneth back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds with which the Arameans smite him in Ramah, in his fighting with Hazael king of Aram, and Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah hath gone down to see Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, for he is sick.