¹Shure kwaizvozvo vana vaMoabhu, navana vaAmoni, navamwe vasiri vaAmoni pamwechete navo, vakasvika kuzorwa naJehoshafati.

¹And it came to pass after this, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

²Ipapo vamwe vakasvika, vakaudza Jehoshafati, vachiti, Vanhu vazhinji vanouya, vachibva Siria mhiri kwegungwa, kuzorwa nemi; tarirai, vari paHazazonitamari (ndiro Enigedi).

²Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea from Syria; and, behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar (the same is En-gedi).

³Ipapo Jehoshafati akatya, akashingaira kundobvunza Jehovha; akatara zuva rokutsanya panyika yose yavaJudha.

³And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek unto Jehovah; and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

⁴VaJudha vakaungana kuzotsvaka rubatsiro kuna Jehovha; vakabva kumaguta ose aJudha kuzotsvaka Jehovha.

⁴And Judah gathered themselves together, to seek [help] of Jehovah: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek Jehovah.

⁵Jehoshafati akasimuka paungano yavaJudha navanhu veJerusaremu, mumba maJehovha, pamberi poruvazhe rutsva;

⁵And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Jehovah, before the new court;

⁶akati, Haiwa, Jehovha Mwari wamadzibaba edu, imwi hamuzi Mwari ari kudenga here? Imwi hamuzi mubati woushe hwose bwendudzi here? Paruoko rwenyu pane simba noushe, naizvozvo hapano munhu angakudzivisai.

⁶and he said, O Jehovah, the God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and art not thou ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in thy hand is power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee.

⁷Imi Mwari wedu, hamuna kudzinga here vaigara panyika ino pamberi pavanhu venyu vaIsiraeri, mukaipa vana vaAbhurahamu shamwari yenyu nokusingaperi?

⁷Didst not thou, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and give it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?

⁸Vakagaramo, vakakuvakiraimo imba tsvene yezita renyu, vachiti,

⁸And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

⁹Kana tikawirwa nezvakaipa, kana munondo wokutonga, kana denda, kana nzara, tichamira pamberi peimba ino napamberi penyu (nokuti zita renyu riri muimba ino), tigochema kwamuri tiri pakutambudzika kwedu; ipapo muchatinzwa nokutirwira,

⁹If evil come upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before thee, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, and thou wilt hear and save.

¹⁰Zvino tarirai vana vaAmoni navaMoabhu navapagomo reSeiri, vamusina kutendera vaIsiraeri kupinda pakati pavo nguva yavakabva panyika yeEgipita, asi vakavarega, vakasavaparadza;

¹⁰And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and destroyed them not;

¹¹tarirai votitsiva, vachiuya kuzotidzinga panyika yenyu, yamakatipa ive nhaka yedu.

¹¹behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

¹²Haiwa, Mwari wedu, hamungavatongi here? nekuti hatine simba rokurwa navazhinji ava vanouya kuzorwa nesu; hatizivi chatingaita, asi meso edu akatarira kwamuri.

¹²O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but out eyes are upon thee.

¹³Ipapo vaJudha vose vakamira pamberi paJehovha, pamwechete nepwere dzavo, navakadzi vavo, navana vavo.

¹³And all Judah stood before Jehovah, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

¹⁴Mweya waJehovha ukauya pamusoro paJahazieri, mwanakomana waZekariya, mwanakomana waBhenaya, mwanakomana waJeieri, mwanakomana waMatanya, muRevhi, wavanakomana vaAsafi, pakati peungano;

¹⁴Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of Jehovah in the midst of the assembly;

¹⁵iye akati, Teererai, imwi vaJudha mose, nemwi mugere paJerusaremu, nemwi mambo Jehoshafati; zvanzi naJehovha kwamuri: Nemwi musatya, kana kuvhunduka nokuda kwavanhu ava vazhinji, nekuti kurwa hakuzi kwenyu, asi ndokwaMwari.

¹⁵and he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat: Thus saith Jehovah unto you, Fear not ye, neither be dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

¹⁶Burukai mangwana mundorwa navo; tarirai vanokwira napamukwidza weRizi; muchavawana pakuguma komupata, pamberi perenje reJerueri.

¹⁶To-morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the ascent of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel.

¹⁷imwi hamungafaniri henyu kurwapo; zvigadzireipo, murambe mumire henyu, muone kurwirwa kwenyu naJehovha, imwi vaJudha naveJerusaremu; musatya kana kuvhunduswa; budai mangwana mundorwa navo, nekuti Jehovha anemi.

¹⁷Ye shall not need to fight in this [battle]: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of Jehovah with you, O Judah and Jerusalem; fear not, nor be dismayed: to-morrow go out against them: for Jehovah is with you.

¹⁸Ipapo Jehoshafati akakotamisa musoro wake, chiso chakatarira pasi; vaJudha vose navakanga vagere Jerusaremu vakawira pasi pamberi paJehovha, vakanamata Jehovha.

¹⁸And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Jehovah, worshipping Jehovah.

¹⁹NavaRevhi vavana vavaKohati, navana vavaKora, vakasimuka vakarumbidza Jehovha Mwari waIsiraeri nenzwi guru kwazvo.

¹⁹And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites, stood up to praise Jehovah, the God of Israel, with an exceeding loud voice.

²⁰Vakamuka mangwanani, ndokubudira kurenje reTekoa; zvino vakati vachibuda, Jehoshafati akamira, akati, Chindinzwai imwi vaJudha nemwi mugere Jerusaremu; tendai Jehovha Mwari wenyu, mugosimbiswa; tendai vaporofita vake, mugokunda.

²⁰And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem: believe in Jehovah your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

²¹Zvino akati arangana navanhu, akagadza vaifanira kuimbira Jehovha, nokumurumbidza nenguvo tsvene, vakafamba pamberi pehondo, vachiti, Vongai Jehovha, nekuti nyasha dzake hadziperi.

²¹And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed them that should sing unto Jehovah, and give praise in holy array, as they went out before the army, and say, Give thanks unto Jehovah; for his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever.

²²Zvino vakati vachitanga kuimba nokurumbidza, Jehovha akaisa vavandiri kuzorwa navana vaAmoni, navaMoabhu, navapagomo reSeiri, ivo vakanga vauya kuzorwa navaJudha; vakakundwa.

²²And when they began to sing and to praise, Jehovah set liers-in-wait against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, that were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

²³Nekuti vana vaAmoni nevaMoabhu vakamukira vakanga vagere pagomo reSeiri kuti vavauraye nokuvaparadza chose; zvino vakati vapedza avo vakanga vagere paSeiri, mumwe nomumwe ndokubatsira pakuurayana.

²³For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.

²⁴Zvino vaJudha vakati vachisvika kurusvingo rwenharirire rwokurenje, vakatarira vanhu vazhinji, ndokuona zvava zvitunha zvawira pasi, kwakanga kusina akapukunyuka.

²⁴And when Judah came to the watch-tower of the wilderness, they looked upon the multitude; and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none that escaped.

²⁵Zvino Jehoshafati navanhu vake vakati vachisvika kuzotora zvavakanga vapamba, vakawana pakati pavo zvizhinji: zvipfeko, nezvinhu zvinokosha, vakazvitorera izvo, asi vakakoniwa kuzvitakura zvose nokuwanda kwazvo; vakaita mazuva matatu vachitora mhambara, nokuda kokuwanda kwazvo.

²⁵And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches and dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in taking the spoil, it was so much.

²⁶Zvino pazuva rechina vakaungana pamupata weBheraka; nekuti vakandokudza Jehovha ipapo; naizvozvo zita renzvimbo iyo rakatumidzwa Mupata weBheraka kusvikira zuva ranhasi.

²⁶And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Beracah; for there they blessed Jehovah: therefore the name of that place was called The valley of Beracah unto this day.

²⁷Ipapo vanhu vose vaJudha naveJerusaremu vakadzoka, Jehoshafati akavatungamirira, vakadzokera Jerusaremu nomufaro; nekuti Jehovha akanga avafadza pamusoro pavavengi vavo.

²⁷Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for Jehovah had made them to rejoice over their enemies.

²⁸Vakasvika Jerusaremu nemitengeramwa, nembira, nehwamanda, kusvikira paimba yaJehovha.

²⁸And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of Jehovah.

²⁹Ipapo ushe hwose bwenyika iyo hwakatya Mwari kwazvo, pakunzwa kwavo kuti Jehovha akarwa navavengi vaIsiraeri.

²⁹And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries, when they heard that Jehovah fought against the enemies of Israel.

³⁰Zvino ushe hwaJehoshafati hwakava norugare; nekuti Mwari wake akamuzorodza pamativi ose.

³⁰So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave him rest round about.

³¹Jehoshafati akabata ushe hwaJudha; akanga asvika makore makumi matatu namashanu pakutanga kwake kubata ushe; akabata ushe paJerusaremu makore makumi maviri namashanu; zita ramai vake rakanga riri Azubha, mukunda waShirihi.

³¹And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

³²Akafamba nenzira yababa vake Asa; haana kutsauka pairi, akaramba achiita zvakarurama pamberi paJehovha.

³²And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah.

³³Kunyange zvakadaro matunhu akakwirira haana kubviswa, navanhu vakanga vachigere kutevera Mwari wamadzibaba avo nomoyo wose.

³³Howbeit the high places were not taken away; neither as yet had the people set their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

³⁴Zvino mamwe mabasa aJehoshafati, okutanga nookupedzisira, tarirai akanyorwa pamashoko aJehu, mwanakomana waHanani, akaiswa mubhuku yamadzimambo aIsiraeri.

³⁴Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is inserted in the book of the kings of Israel.

³⁵Shure kwaizvozvi Jehoshafati mambo waJudha wakasungana naAhazia mambo waIsiraeri; iye aifamba nenzira yakaipa kwazvo;

³⁵And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel; the same did very wickedly:

³⁶akasungana naye pakuvaka zvikepe zvaienda Tarishishi; vakavaka zvikepe paEZiyonigebheri.

³⁶and he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish; and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.

³⁷Ipapo Eriezeri mwanakomana waDhodhavhahu weMaresha akaporofita pamusoro paJehoshafati, akati, Zvawasungana naAhazia, Jehovha waparadza mabasa ako. Zvikepe zvikaputsika, zvikakoniwa kuenda Tarishishi.

³⁷Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, Jehovah hath destroyed thy works. And the ships were broken, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.