¹Zvino negore rechinomwe Jehoyadha akazvisimbisa, akaita sungano navakuru vamazana, vaiti: Azaria mwanakomana waJerohami, naIshimaeri mwanakomana waJehohanani, naAzaria mwanakomana waObhedhi, naMaaseya mwanakomana waAdhaya, naErishafati mwanakomana waZikiri.

¹And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.

²Vakapota nenyika yaJudha, vakakokera vaRevhi vapamaguta ose aJudha, navakuru vedzimba dzamadzibaba aIsiraeri, vakasvika Jerusaremu.

²And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the heads of fathers' [houses] of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

³Ungano yose ikaita sungano namambo mumba maMwari. Iye akati kwavari, Tarirai, mwanakomana wamambo achabata ushe, sezvakarehwa naJehovha pamusoro pavanakomana vaDhavhidhi.

³And all the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as Jehovah hath spoken concerning the sons of David.

⁴Munofanira kuita kudai, imwi munopinda nesabata, chetatu chenyu chavapristi navaRevhi, munofanira kuva varindi vemikova;

⁴This is the thing that ye shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the thresholds;

⁵chimwe chetatu chinofanira kuva paimba yamambo, nechimwe chetatu pasuwo renheyo; navanhu vose vanofanira kuva pavazhe dzeimba yaJehovha.

⁵and a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of Jehovah.

⁶Asi ngakurege kuva nomunhu mumwe anopinda mumba maJehovha, asi vapristi navaRevhi vanobatamo; ivo ngavapinde nekuti vatsvene; asi vanhu vose vanofanira kurinda imba yaJehovha.

⁶But let none come into the house of Jehovah, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall come in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the charge of Jehovah.

⁷VaRevhi vanofanira kukomba mambo, mumwe nomumwe akabata nhumbi dzokurwa nadzo muruoko rwake; Ani naani anopinda paimba, anofanira kuurawa; mugare namambo kana achipinda uye kana achibuda.

⁷And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever cometh into the house, let him be slain: and be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.

⁸Naizvozvo vaRevhi navaJudha vose vakaita zvose zvavakarairwa nomupristi Jehoyadha; mumwe nomumwe akatora vanhu vake, ivo vaifanira kupinda nesabata naivo vaifanira kubuda nesabata; nekuti mupristi Jehoyadha haana kutendera mapoka kuenda.

⁸So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men, those that were to come in on the sabbath; with those that were to go out on the sabbath; for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.

⁹mupristi Jehoyadha akapa vakuru vamazana mapfumo, nenhovo, nenhovo duku, zvaiva zvamambo Dhavhidhi, zvakanga zviri mumba maMwari.

⁹And Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds the spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God.

¹⁰Akarongedza vanhu vose, mumwe nomumwe akabata nhumbi dzokurwa nadzo muruoko rwake, kubva kurutivi rworudyi rweimba kusvikira kurutivi rworuboshwe rweimba, napaaritari neimba, vakakomba mambo.

¹⁰And he set all the people, every man with his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about.

¹¹Ipapo vakabudisa mwanakomana wamambo, vakamudzika korona, vakamupa chipupuriro, vakamuita mambo; Jehoyadha navanakomana vake vakamuzodza; vakati, Mambo ngaararame!

¹¹Then they brought out the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and [gave him] the testimony, and made him king: and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him; and they said, [Long] live the king.

¹²Zvino mambo Ataria vakati vachinzwa mhere-mhere yavanhu vakanga vachimhanya nokurumbidza mambo, vakapinda kuvanhu mumba maJehovha;

¹²And when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of Jehovah:

¹³akatarira, akaona mambo amire pambiru yake pavaipinda napo, navakuru navane hwamanda vamire kuna mambo; vanhu vose venyika vakafara, vakaridza hwamanda; vaimbiwo vakaridza zvokuridza nazvo, vakaraira vairumbidza nokuimba kwavo. Ipapo mambo Ataria vakabvarura nguvo dzavo, vakati, Ndamukirwa, ndamukirwa!

¹³and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets; the singers also [played] on instruments of music, and led the singing of praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason! treason!

¹⁴Mupristi Jehoyadha akabudisa vakuru vamazana vairaira hondo, akati kwavari, Mubudisei pakati pemisara yavanhu; ani naani anomutevera iye, ngaaurawe nomunondo; nekuti mupristi wakati, Regai kumuuraya mumba maJehovha

¹⁴And Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth between the ranks; and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword: for the priest said, Slay her not in the house of Jehovah.

¹⁵Naizvozvo vakamudziurira nzira, vakaenda nenzira yaipinda mabhiza nayo kumba kwamambo, vakamuurayirapo.

¹⁵So they made way for her; and she went to the entrance of the horse gate to the king's house: and they slew her there.

¹⁶Ipapo Jehoyadha akaita sungano, iye navanhu vose namambo, kuti vave vanhu vaJehovha.

¹⁶And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be Jehovah's people.

¹⁷Vanhu vose vakaenda kumba kwaBhaari, vakaiputsa; vakaputsanya aritari dzake nemifananidzo yake, vakauraya Matani mupristi waBhaari pamberi pearitari.

¹⁷And all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

¹⁸Jehoyadha akaraira mabasa eimba yaJehovha kuti atarirwe navapristi vaRevhi, vakanga varongedzwa naDhavhidhi mumba maJehovha, kuti vapisire Jehovha zvipiriso zvinopiswa, sezvakanyorwa pamurayiro waMozisi, nomufaro nokuimba, sezvakanga zvarairwa naDhavhidhi.

¹⁸And Jehoiada appointed the officers of the house of Jehovah under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of Jehovah, to offer the burnt-offerings of Jehovah, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David.

¹⁹Akagadzawo vatariri pamusuwo eimba yaJehovha, kuti parege kupinda munhu wakasvibiswa nechinhu chipi nechipi.

¹⁹And he set the porters at the gates of the house of Jehovah, that none that was unclean in anything should enter in.

²⁰Akaenda ana vakuru vamazana, navaikudzwa, navabati vavanhu, navanhu vose venyika, vakaburusa mambo paimba yaJehovha, vakapinda mumba mamambo napasuwo rokumusoro, vakagadza mambo pachigaro choushe.

²⁰And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of Jehovah: and they came through the upper gate unto the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.

²¹Naizvozvo vanhu vose venyika vakafara, guta rikanyarara; asi Ataria vakanga vamuuraya nomunondo.

²¹So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. And Athaliah they had slain with the sword.