¹Zvino shure kwaizvozvo Nabhoti muJezereeri wakange anomunda wemizambiringa, waiva paJezereeri pedo neimba youshe yaAhabhi mambo weSamaria.

¹And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

²Zvino Ahabhi akataura naNabhoti, akati, Ndipe munda wako wemizambiringa, ndiuite munda wemiriwo, nekuti uri pedo neimba yangu; ini ndigokupa mumwe munda wemizambiringa unokunda uyu; zvimwe, kana uchida, ndingakupa mari yakaringana mutengo wawo.

²And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house; and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it: or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.

³Ipapo Nabhoti akati kuna Ahabhi, Jehovha ngaandidzivise, ndirege kukupai nhaka yamadzibaba angu.

³And Naboth said to Ahab, Jehovah forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.

⁴ipapo Ahabhi akapinda mumba make, avora moyo, ane shungu, nokuda kweshoko raakanga audzwa naNabhoti muJezereeri, nekuti iye wakange ati, Handingakupiyi nhaka yamadzibaba angu. Akavata panhovo yake, akatendeudza chiso chake, akaramba kudya.

⁴And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

⁵Zvino Izebheri mukadzi wake akaenda kwaari, akati, moyo wenyu une shungu neiko, zvamusingadi kudya?

⁵But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?

⁶Iye akati kwaari: Nekuti ndakataura naNabhoti muJezereeri, ndikati kwaari, Ndipe munda wako wemizambiringa, ndiutenge nemari; asi kana uchida hako, ndichakupa mumwe munda wemizambiringa panzvimbo yawo, iye akapindura, akati, Handingakupiyi munda wangu wemizambiringa.

⁶And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee [another] vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.

⁷Zvino Izebheri makadzi wake akati kwaari, Ko hamuzimi munobata ushe pakati paIsiraeri here? Mukai, mudye, moyo wenyu ufare, nekuti ini ndichakupai munda wemizambiringa waNabhoti muJezereeri.

⁷And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thy heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

⁸Naizvozvo akanyora tsamba nezita raAhabhi, akadzisimbisa nechisimbiso chake, akatuma tsamba idzo kuvakuru, nokumachinda, vaiva muguta rake, vakanga vagere naNabhoti.

⁸So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, [and] that dwelt with Naboth.

⁹Akanyora patsamba idzo, achiti, Tarirai musi wokutsanya nawo, mukudze Nabhoti pakati pavanhu.

⁹And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

¹⁰Mugoraira vanhu vaviri vakaisvoipa vamire pamberi pake, vamupupurire, vachiti, Iwe wakatuka Mwari namambo. Ipapo muende naye kunze kweguta, mumutake namabwe, afe.

¹⁰and set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst curse God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him to death.

¹¹Ipapo varume veguta rake, ivo vakuru namachinda, vakanga vagere muguta rake, vakaita sezvakarairwa naIzebheri, sezvakanyorwa patsamba dzavakanga vatumirwa naye.

¹¹And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.

¹²Vakatara zuva rokutsanya, vakakudza Nabhoti pakati pavanhu.

¹²They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

¹³Zvino varume vaviri vakaisvoipa vakapinda, vakandogara pamberi pake; varume ava vakaisvoipa vakamupupurira, iye Nabhoti, pamberi pavanhu, vakati, Nabhoti wakatuka Mwari namambo. Zvino vakabuda naye paguta, vakamutaka namabwe, akafa.

¹³And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bare witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.

¹⁴Ipapo vakatuma shoko kuna Izebheri, vakati, Nabhoti watakwa namabwe, wafa.

¹⁴Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.

¹⁵Zvino Izebheri wakati achinzwa kuti Nabhoti watakwa namabwe, wafa, Izebheri akati kunaAhabhi, Simukai, mundozvitorera munda wemizambiringa waNabhoti muJezereeri, uyo waakadeya kuramba kukupai, nguva yamakada kumupa mari, nekuti Nabhoti haachiri mupenyu, asi wafa.

¹⁵And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.

¹⁶Zvino Ahabhi wakati achinzwa kuti Nabhoti wafa, akasimuka, akaburuka kumunda wemizambiringa waNabhoti muJezereeri, kundozvitorera iwo.

¹⁶And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

¹⁷Zvino shoko raJehovha rakasvika kuna Eria muTishibhi, richiti,

¹⁷And the word of Jehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

¹⁸Simuka, buruka undosangana naAhabhi mambo waIsiraeri, unogara Samaria; uchamuwana ari mumunda wemizambiringa waNabhoti, kwaaburukira kundozvitorera iwo.

¹⁸Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwelleth in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to take possession of it.

¹⁹Umuudze, uti, Zvanzi naJehovha, Wauraya, zvino watorawo here? Zvino umuudzewo, uti, Zvanzi naJehovha, Apo pakananzva imbwa ropa raNabhoti, ndipo padzichananzva ropa rakowo.

¹⁹And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, Hast thou killed and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

²⁰Ahabhi akati kuna Eria, Wandiwana, iwe muvengi wangu here? Akapindura, akati, Ndakuwana; nekuti wazvitengesa kuti uite zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha.

²⁰And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee, because thou hast sold thyself to do that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah.

²¹Tarira, ndichauyisa zvakaipa pamusoro pako, ndichakutsvaira chose, ubve, ndichaparadza vanakomana vose vaAhabhi, vaduku navakuru kuvaIsiraeri.

²¹Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will utterly sweep thee away and will cut off from Ahab every man-child, and him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel:

²²Imba yako ndichaiita seimba yaJerobhoamu mwanakomana waNebhati, neimba yaBhaasha mwanakomana waAhija, nemhaka yokuti wakanditsamwisa iwe, ukatadzisa Isiraeri.

²²and I will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and hast made Israel to sin.

²³Uye Jehovha akataura pamusoro paIzebheri, akati, Imbwa dzichadya Izebheri parusvingo rweJezereeri.

²³And of Jezebel also spake Jehovah, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel.

²⁴Ani naani waAhabhi, unofira muguta, uchadyiwa nembwa, Ani naani, unofira kusango, uchadyiwa neshiri dzekudenga.

²⁴Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the birds of the heavens eat.

²⁵(Asi hakuna munhu wakafanana naAhabhi, wakazvitengesa kuti aite zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha, achikurudzirwa naIzebheri mukadzi wake.

²⁵(But there was none like unto Ahab, who did sell himself to do that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.

²⁶Akaita zvakanyangadza kwazvo, nekuti wakatevera zvifananidzo netsika dzose dzavaAmori, ivo vakanga vadzingwa naJehovha pamberi pavana vaIsiraeri).

²⁶And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom Jehovah cast out before the children of Israel.)

²⁷Zvino Ahabhi wakati achinzwa mashoko iwayo, akabvarura nguvo dzake, akasimira magumbu pamuviri wake, akatsanya, akavata pasi namagumbu, akanatsofamba.

²⁷And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

²⁸Zvino shoko raJehovha rikasvika kuna Eria muTishibhi, richiti,

²⁸And the word of Jehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

²⁹Unoona here kuti Ahabhi unozvininipisa pamberi pangu? Zvaanozvininipisa pamberi pangu, handingauyisi zvakaipa izvo pamazuva ake; asi pamazuva omwanakomana wake ndichauyisa zvakaipa izvo pamusoro peimba yake.

²⁹Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.