¹Zvino muporofita Erisha wakadana mumwe wavanakomana vavaporofita, akati kwaari, Chizvisunga chiwuno chako, utore chinu ichi chamafuta muruoko rwako uende RamotiGiriyadhi.

¹And Elisha the prophet hath called to one of the sons of the prophets, and saith to him, `Gird up thy loins, and take this vial of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth-Gilead,

²Zvino kana wasvikapo, utsvakepo Jehu mwanakomana waJehoshafati mwanakomana waNimishi; upinde mumba, ugomuraira asimuke pakati pehama dzake, apinde muimba yomukati.

²and thou hast gone in there, and see thou there Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi, and thou hast gone in, and caused him to rise out of the midst of his brethren, and brought him in to the inner part of an inner-chamber,

³Ipapo utore chinu chamafuta, ugoadira pamusoro wake, uchiti, Zvanzi naJehovha, ndakuzodza, kuti uve mambo welsiraeri. Ipapo uzarure mukova, utize, usanonoka.

³and taken the vial of oil, and poured on his head, and said, Thus said Jehovah, I have anointed thee for king unto Israel; and thou hast opened the door, and fled, and dost not wait.`

⁴Naizvozvo jaya, iro jaya romuporofita, rakaenda RamotiGiriyadhi.

⁴And the young man goeth — the young man the prophet — to Ramoth-Gilead,

⁵Wakati asvikapo, akawana vakuru vehondo vagere pasi; akati, Ndine shoko nemi, imwi mukuru. Jehu akati, Kunani, kwatiri tose? Iye akati, Kunemi, imwi mukuru.

⁵and cometh in, and lo, chiefs of the force are sitting, and he saith, `I have a word unto thee, O chief!` and Jehu saith, `Unto which of all of us?` and he saith, `Unto thee, O chief.`

⁶Ipapo akasimuka, akapinda mumba; akadira mafuta pamusoro wake, akati kwaari, Zvanzi naJehovha Mwari waIsiraeri, Ndakakuzodza uve, mambo wavanhu vaJehovha, ivo vaIsiraeri.

⁶And he riseth and cometh in to the house, and he poureth the oil on his head, and saith to him, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, I have anointed thee for king unto the people of Jehovah, unto Israel,

⁷Uchaparadza imba yatenzi wako Ahabhi, kuti nditsive ropa ravaranda vose vaJehovha kuna Izebheri.

⁷and thou hast smitten the house of Ahab thy lord, and I have required the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of Jehovah, from the hand of Jezebel;

⁸nekuti vose veimba yaAhabhi vachaparadzwa,ndichaparadza kuna Ahabhi vana vavakomana vose, vakuru navaduku pakati palsiraeri.

⁸and perished hath all the house of Ahab, and I have cut off to Ahab those sitting on the wall, and restrained, and left, in Israel,

⁹Ndichaita imba yaAhabhi seimba yaJerobhoamu mwanakomana waNebhati, uye seimba yaBhaasha mwanakomana waAhija.

⁹and I have given up the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and as the house of Baasha son of Ahijah,

¹⁰Imbwa dzichadya Izebheri panyika yeJezereeri, hakuna uchamuviga. Ipapo akazarura mukova, ndokutiza.

¹⁰and Jezebel do the dogs eat in the portion of Jezreel, and there is none burying;` and he openeth the door and fleeth.

¹¹Zvino Jehu akabuda kuvaranda vashe wake, mumwe akati kwaari, Kuno mufaro here? Benzi iri rakavingeiko kwauri? Iye akati kwavari, Munoziva henyu munhu uyu, nokutaura kwake.

¹¹And Jehu hath gone out unto the servants of his lord, and [one] saith to him, `Is there peace? wherefore came this madman unto thee?` and he saith unto them, `Ye have known the man and his talk.`

¹²Ivo vakati, Inhema! Tiudze. Iye akati, Wandiudza zvokuti nezvokuti, akati, Zvanzi naJehovha, Ndakakuzodza uve mambo waIsiraeri.

¹²And they say, `False, declare, we pray thee, to us;` and he saith, `Thus and thus spake he unto me, saying, Thus said Jehovah, I have anointed thee for king unto Israel.`

¹³Ipapo vakakurumidza, mumwe nomumwe akatora nguvo yake, akaiisa pasi pake pamusoro pezvikwiriso, vakaridza hwamanda, vakati, Jehu ndimambo!

¹³And they haste and take each his garment, and put [it] under him at the top of the stairs, and blow with a trumpet, and say, `Reigned hath Jehu!`

¹⁴Naizvozvo Jehu mwanakomana waJehoshafati, mwanakomana waNimishi, akamukira Joramu. (Zvino Joramu wakange achidzivirira RamotiGiriyadhi, iye navaIsiraeri vose, nokuda kwaHazaeri mambo weSiria.

¹⁴And Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi, conspireth against Joram — (and Joram was keeping in Ramoth-Gilead, he and all Israel, from the presence of Hazael king of Aram,

¹⁵Asi mambo Jehoramu wakange adzokera Jezereeri kuzorapwa mavanga ake, aakanga atemwa navaSiria, nguva yaakarwa naHazaeri mambo weSiria). Ipapo Jehu akati, Kana muchitenda nazvo, ngakurege kuva nomunhu unotiza muguta, kundoudza izvozvo paJezereeri.

¹⁵and king Joram turneth back to be healed in Jezreel, of the wounds with which the Aramaeans smite him, in his fighting with Hazael king of Aram) — and Jehu saith, `If it is your mind, let not an escaped one go out from the city, to go to declare [it] in Jezreel.`

¹⁶Naizvozvo Jehu akafamba nengoro, akaenda Jezereeri, nekuti Joramu wakange avetepo. Zvino Ahazia mambo waJudha wakange aendako kuzoona Joramu.

¹⁶And Jehu rideth, and goeth to Jezreel, for Joram is lying there, and Ahaziah king of Judah hath gone down to see Joram.

¹⁷Zvino nharirire yakanga imire pamusoro peshongwe yeJezereeri, ikaona boka raJehu richiuya, ikati, Ndinoona boka ravanhu. Joramu akati, Danai mutasvi webhiza, mumutume andosangana navo, ati, Kunorugare here?

¹⁷And the watchman is standing on the tower in Jezreel, and seeth the company of Jehu in his coming, and saith, `A company I see;` and Joram saith, `Take a rider and send to meet them, and let him say, Is there peace?`

¹⁸Naizvozvo mumwe akakwira bhiza, akandosangana naye, akati, Zvanzi namambo, Kuno rugare here? Jehu akati, Uneiko norugare? Enda shure kwangu. Ipapo nharirire yakataura, ikati, Nhume yakasvika kwavari, asi haidzokizve.

¹⁸and the rider on the horse goeth to meet him, and saith, `Thus said the king, Is there peace?` and Jehu saith, `What — to thee and to peace? turn round behind me.` And the watchman declareth, saying, `The messenger came unto them, and he hath not returned.`

¹⁹Zvino akatuma wechipiri, wakange akatasva bhiza, iye akasvika kwaari, akati, Zvanzi namambo,

¹⁹And he sendeth a second rider on a horse, and he cometh in unto them, and saith, `Thus said the king, Is there peace?` and Jehu saith, `What — to thee and to peace? turn round behind me.`

²⁰Zvino nharirire yakataura, ikati, Wakasvika hake kwavari, asi haadzokizve; uye kufambisa kwakafanana nokufambisa kwaJehu mwanakomana waNimishi, nekuti unofambisa zvinotyisa.

²⁰And the watchman declareth, saying, `He came unto them, and he hath not returned, and the driving [is] like the driving of Jehu son of Nimshi, for with madness he driveth.`

²¹Ipapo Joramu akati, Sungai ngoro! Vakasunga ngoro yake. Ipapo Joramu mambo welsiraeri, naAhazia mambo waJudha vakabuda kundosangana naJehu, mumwe nomumwe nengoro yake, vakamuwana pabindu raNabhoti muJezereeri.

²¹And Jehoram saith, `Harness;` and his chariot is harnessed, and Jehoram king of Israel goeth out, and Ahaziah king of Judah, each in his chariot, and they go out to meet Jehu, and find him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.

²²Zvino Joramu wakati achiona Jehu, akati, Kuno rugare here, nhai Jehu? Iye akapindura, akati, Rugare rwei! Kana ufeve hwamai vako Izebheri nouruoyi hwavo huchiripo huzhinji hwakadai!

²²And it cometh to pass, at Jehoram`s seeing Jehu, that he saith, `Is there peace, Jehu?` and he saith, `What [is] the peace, while the whoredoms of Jezebel thy mother, and her witchcrafts, are many?`

²³Ipapo Joramu akadzosa ngoro yake, akatiza, akati kuna Ahazia, Tanyengerwa Ahazia!

²³And Jehoram turneth his hands, and fleeth, and saith unto Ahaziah, `Deceit, O Ahaziah!`

²⁴Ipapo Jehu akabwembura uta hwake nesimba rose, akapfura Joramu pakati pamafudzi ake, museve ndokubuda napamoyo wake, akawira mungoro yake.

²⁴And Jehu hath filled his hand with a bow, and smiteth Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow goeth out from his heart, and he boweth down in his chariot.

²⁵Zvino Jehu akati kuna Bhidhikari, mukuru wake wehondo, Musimudze, umurashire pabindu romunda waNabhoti muJezereeri; nekuti urangarire kuti Jehovha wakataura izvi pamusoro pake, musi watakatasva mabhiza isu vaviri tichitevera Ahabhi baba vake.

²⁵And [Jehu] saith unto Bidkar his captain, `Lift up, cast him into the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite — for, remember, I and thou were riding together after Ahab his father, and Jehovah lifted upon him this burden:

²⁶Zvanzi naJehovha, Zvirokwazvo, ndakaona zuro ropa raNabhoti, neropa ravanakomana vake; ini ndichakutsiva pabindu iri romunda, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha. Naizvozvo zvino, mutore umukandire pabindu romunda, sezvakataurwa naJehovha.

²⁶Have I not the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons seen yesternight — the affirmation of Jehovah — yea, I have recompensed to thee in this portion — the affirmation of Jehovah; — and now, lift up, cast him into the portion, according to the word of Jehovah.`

²⁷Asi Ahazia mambo waJudha, wakati achizviona, akatiza nenzira yakapfuura napaimba yomunda, Jehu akamutevera, akati, Muuraye naiyewo mungoro. Vakamubaya pajinga pegomo reGuri riri paIbhureami. Akatizira Megidho, akafirapo.

²⁷And Ahaziah king of Judah hath seen, and fleeth the way of the garden-house, and Jehu pursueth after him, and saith, `Smite him — also him — in the chariot,` in the going up to Gur, that [is] Ibleam, and he fleeth to Megiddo, and dieth there,

²⁸Varanda vake vakamutakurira Jerusaremu nengoro, vakamuviga pahwiro hwake kuna madzibaba ake muguta raDhavhidhi. :.

²⁸and his servants carry him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and bury him in his burying-place, with his fathers, in the city of David.

²⁹Ahazia akatanga kubata ushe hwaJudha pagore regumi nerimwe raJoramu mwanakomana waAhabhi.

²⁹And in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab reign did Ahaziah over Judah.

³⁰Zvino Jehu wakati achisvika paJezereeri, Izebheri akazvinzwa; akazodza kumeso kwake, nokushongedza musoro wake, akatarira napahwindo.

³⁰And Jehu cometh in to Jezreel, and Jezebel hath heard, and putteth her eyes in paint and maketh right her head, and looketh out through the window.

³¹Zvino Jehu akati achipinda napasuwo, akati, Kunorugare here, nhai iwe Zimiri, muurayi watenzi wako?

³¹And Jehu hath come into the gate, and she saith, `Was there peace [to] Zimri — slayer of his lord?`

³²Iye akatarira kumusoro kuhwindo, akati, Ndianiko unonzwana neni? Ndianiko? Ipapo varanda vaviri kana vatatu vakatarira kwaari napahwindo.

³²And he lifteth up his face unto the window, and saith, `Who [is] with me? — who?` and look out unto him do two [or] three eunuchs;

³³Akati, Musundire pasi. Naizvozvo vakamusundira pasi, rimwe ropa rake rikachambwadzira pamadziro napamabhiza, akamutsika namakumbo ake.

³³And he saith, `Let her go;` and they let her go, and [some] of her blood is sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses, and he treadeth her down.

³⁴Zvino wakati apinda, akadya nokumwa, akati, Zvino chiendai mundotarira mukadzi uyo akatukwa, mumuvige, nekuti mukunda wamambo.

³⁴And he cometh in, and eateth, and drinketh, and saith, `Look after, I pray you, this cursed one, and bury her, for she [is] a king`s daughter.`

³⁵Vakaenda kundomuviga, asi havana kuwana chinhu, asi dehenya rake, netsoka, nezvanza zvamaoko ake.

³⁵And they go to bury her, and have not found of her except the skull, and the feet, and the palms of the hands.

³⁶Naizvozvo vakadzoka vakamuudza. Iye akati, Ndiro shoko raJehovha, raakataura nomuranda wake Eria muTishibhi, zvaakati, Imbwa dzichadya nyama yaIzebheri panyika yeJezereeri;

³⁶And they turn back, and declare to him, and he saith, `The word of Jehovah it [is], that He spake by the hand of this servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel do the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel,

³⁷uye chitunha chaIzebheri chichava somupfudze pamusoro pomunda panyika yeJezereeri; naizvozvo havangati, uyu ndiye Izebheri.

³⁷and the carcase of Jezebel hath been as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, that they say not, This [is] Jezebel.`