¹Zvino mazuva aDhavhidhi okufa kwake akaswedera, akaraira Soromoni mwanakomana wake, akati,

¹And the days of David were at hand that he should die; and he enjoined Solomon his son saying,

²Ini ndoenda nenzira yenyika yose; naizvozvo iva nesimba, uve murume chaiye.

²I go the way of all the earth: be of good courage therefore, and be a man;

³Chengeta zvawakarairwa naJehovha Mwari wako, kuti ufambe nenzira dzake, uchichengeta zvaakatema, nemirairo yake, nezvaakatonga, nezvipupuriro zvake, sezvazvakanyorwa pamurayiro waMozisi, kuti ufare pazvose zvaunoita, uye kose kwaunoenda.

³and keep the charge of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest and whithersoever thou turnest thyself;

⁴Kuti Jehovha asimbise shoko rake raakataura pamusoro pangu, achiti, Kana vana vako vakachenjera panzira dzavo, kuti vafambe pamberi pangu nechokwadi nomoyo wavo wose uye nomweya wavo wose (ndizvo zvaakataura), hakungazoshaikwi munhu pachigaro choushe chaIsiraeri.

⁴that Jehovah may confirm his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If thy sons take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee, said he, a man upon the throne of Israel.

⁵Uye unozivawo zvandakaitirwa naJoabhu, mwanakomana waZeruya, izvo zvaakaitira vakuru vaviri vehondo dzaIsiraeri, vanaAbhineri mwanakomana waNeri, naAmasa mwanakomana waJeteri, vaakauraya, akateura panguva yorugare ropa raifanira kuteurwa panguva yokurwa, akaisa ropa rokurwa pabhanhire rakanga riri pachiuno chake, nomushangu dzake dzakanga dziri patsoka dzake.

⁵And thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and upon his sandals that were on his feet.

⁶Naizvozvo ita nokuziva kwako, urege kutendera musoro wake wachena kuburukira muhwiro norugare.

⁶And thou shalt do according to thy wisdom, and not let his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.

⁷Asi vanakomana vaBharizirai muGiriyadhi, uvaitire unyoro, vave pakati paivo vanodya patafura yako; nekuti vakauya kwandiri saizvozvo panguva yandakatiza pamberi paAbhusaromu mukuru wako.

⁷But shew kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table; for so they came up to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.

⁸Tarira, kwauri kuna Shimei mwanakomana waGera, muBhenjamini weBhahurimi, iye, wakandituka nokutuka kwakaipa pazuva randakanga ndichienda Mahanaimi; asi wakazouya akasangana neni paJoridhani, ndikamupikira naJehovha, ndikati, Handingakuurayi nomunondo.

⁸And behold, there is with thee Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day that I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Jehovah saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

⁹Asi zvino usamurega ave somunhu usine mhosva, nekuti iwe uri munhu wakachenjera; uchaziva hako zvaunofanira kumuitira, unofanira kuburusira musoro wake wachena muhwiro neropa.

⁹And now hold him not guiltless; for thou art a wise man, and thou shalt know what thou oughtest to do to him; but bring his hoar head down to Sheol with blood.

¹⁰Dhavhidi akazovata namadzibaba ake, akavigwa muguta raDhavhidhi.

¹⁰And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

¹¹Nguva yakabata Dhavhidhi ushe hwaIsiraeri aiva makore makumi mana; akabata paHebhuroni makore manomwe, uye akabata paJerusaremu makore makumi matatu namatatu.

¹¹And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: he reigned seven years in Hebron, and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

¹²Zvino Soromoni akagara pachigaro choushe chababa vake Dhavhidhi; ushe hwake hukasimba kwazvo.

¹²And Solomon sat on the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.

¹³Ipapo Adhonia mwanakomana waHagiti, akasvika kuna Bhati-shebha mai vaSoromoni. Ivo vakati, Unouya norugare here? Iye akati, Hongu, norugare.

¹³And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

¹⁴Akatizve, Ndine chimwe chandinoda kukuudzai. Ivo vakati, Taura hako.

¹⁴And he said, I have something to say to thee. And she said, Speak.

¹⁵Akati, Munoziva kuti ushe hwaiva hwangu, meso avalsiraeri vose ainditarira, kuti ndive mambo; asi ushe hwakashandurwa, hukazova hwomunin'ina wangu, nekuti hwakanga huri hwake nokuda kwaJehovha.

¹⁵And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and all Israel had set their faces on me that I should reign; but the kingdom is turned about and is become my brother's, for it was his from Jehovah.

¹⁶Zvino ndinokumbira chinhu chimwe choga kwamuri; musandirambira henyu chinhu icho. Ivo vakati kwaari, Taura hako.

¹⁶And now I ask one petition of thee; refuse me not. And she said to him, Speak.

¹⁷Akati, Dotauriranai henyu namambo Soromoni, nekuti haangakurambiriyi chinhu, kuti andipe Abhishagi muShunami, ave mukadzi wangu.

¹⁷And he said, Speak, I pray thee, to Solomon the king -- for he will not refuse thee -- that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.

¹⁸Bhati-shebha akati, Ndizvo hazvo, ndichakurevera kuna mambo.

¹⁸And Bathsheba said, Well, I will speak for thee to the king.

¹⁹Naizvozvo Bhati-shebha akaenda kuna mambo Soromoni kundorevera Adhonia. Mambo akasimuka kuzosangana naye, akakotama pamberi pake, akagara pachigaro choushe, akaraira kuti chigaro choushe chigadzirirwe mai vamambo; ivo vakagara kurutivi rwake rworudyi.

¹⁹And Bathsheba went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne; and he caused a throne to be set for the king's mother, and she sat on his right hand.

²⁰Ipapo vakati, Ndinokumbira kwauri chinhu chiduku; usandirambira hako chinhu ichi. Mambo akati kwavari, Kumbirai henyu, mai vangu, nekuti handingakurambiriyi icho.

²⁰Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; refuse me not. And the king said to her, Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse thee.

²¹Vakati, Adhonia mukuru wako ngaapiwe Abhishagi muShunami, ave mukadzi wake.

²¹And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother as wife.

²²Ipapo mambo Soromoni akapindura, akati kuna mai vake, Munokumbirira Adhonia Abhishagi muShunami neiko? Mumukumbirireiwo ushe, nekuti ndiye mukuru wangu; mumukumbirirei iye, naAbhiatari mupristi, naJoabhu mwanakomana waZeruya.

²²And king Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

²³Ipapo mambo Soromoni akapika naJehovha, akati, Mwari ngaandirove, arambe achidaro, Adhonia ucharipira shoko iri noupenyu hwake.

²³And king Solomon swore by Jehovah saying, God do so to me, and more also, -- Adonijah has spoken this word against his own life!

²⁴Naizvozvo zvino, naJehovha mupenyu, iye wakandisimbisa, akandigadza pachigaro choushe chababa vangu Dhavhidhi, akandimutsira imba sezvaakandipikira, zvirokwazvo Adhonia uchaurawa nhasi.

²⁴And now [as] Jehovah liveth, who has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.

²⁵Ipapo mambo Soromoni akatuma Bhenaya mwanakomana waJehoyadha, iye akamuvamba akamuuraya.

²⁵And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; who fell on him, that he died.

²⁶Mambo akati kuna Abhiatari mupristi, Enda Anatoti kunyika yako, nekuti waifanira kufa; asi handingakuurayi nhasi, nekuti wakambotakura areka yaJehovha Mwari pamberi pababa vangu Dhavhidhi, uye nekuti wakatambudzika pamwechete nababa vangu pakutambudzika kwavo kose.

²⁶And the king said to Abiathar the priest, Go to Anathoth, to thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death; but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou didst bear the ark of Adonai Jehovah before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

²⁷Naizvozvo Soromoni akadzinga Abhiatari, kuti arege kuva mupristi pamberi paJehovha; kuti aite shoko raJehovha, raakanga ataura pamusoro peimba yaEri paShiro.

²⁷And Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest to Jehovah, to fulfil the word of Jehovah, which he had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

²⁸Zvino shoko iro rikasvika kuna Joabhu, nekuti Joabhu wakange atevera Adhonia, kunyange asina kutevera Abhusaromu. Joabhu akatizira kuTende raJehovha, akandobata nyanga dzeatari.

²⁸And the report came to Joab (for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he had not turned after Absalom); and Joab fled to the tent of Jehovah, and caught hold of the horns of the altar.

²⁹Ipapo mambo Soromoni akaudzwa, zvichinzi, Joabhu watizira kuTende raJehovha, tarirai, ari paatari. Ipapo Soromoni akatuma Bhenaya mwanakomana waJehoyadha, akati, Enda undomuvamba.

²⁹And it was told king Solomon that Joab had fled to the tent of Jehovah; and behold, he is by the altar. And Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall on him.

³⁰Bhenaya akaenda kuTende raJehovha, akati kwaari, Zvanzi namambo, Budai! Iye akati, Kwete, ndichafira pano hangu. Bhenaya akaudza mambozve, akati, Ndizvo zvataura Joabhu, ndizvo zvaandipindura.

³⁰And Benaiah came to the tent of Jehovah and said to him, Thus saith the king: Come forth. And he said, No; for I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

³¹Ipapo mambo akati kwaari, Ita sezvaataura, umuvambe, ugomuviga; kuti ubvise kwandiri napaimba yababa vangu ropa rakateurwa naJoabhu rakanga risine mhosva.

³¹And the king said to him, Do as he has said, and fall upon him, and bury him; and take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me and from the house of my father.

³²Jehovha uchadzosera ropa rake pamusoro wake, nekuti wakauraya vanhu vaviri vakanga vakamupfuura pakururama nokunaka, akavauraya nomunondo, baba vangu Dhavhidhi vasingazvizivi, iye Abhineri mwanakomana waNeri, mukuru wehondo yaIsiraeri, naAmasa mwanakomana waJeteri, mukuru wehondo yaJudha.

³²And Jehovah shall requite the blood which he shed upon his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, without my father David's knowledge: Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

³³Naizvozvo ropa ravo richadzokera pamusoro waJoabhu napamisoro yorudzi rwake nokusingaperi; asi rugare runobva kuna Jehovha ruchava naDhavhidhi, norudzi rwake, neimba yake, nechigaro chake choushe nokusingaperi.

³³And their blood shall be requited upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever; but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from Jehovah.

³⁴Ipapo Bhenaya mwanakomana waJehoyadha, akaenda, akamuvamba, ndokuuraya; akavigwa mumba make murenje.

³⁴And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and fell upon him, and put him to death; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

³⁵Zvino mambo akagadza Bhenaya mwanakomana waJehoyadha, panzvimbo yake ave mukuru wehondo; mambo akagadzawo Zadhoki ave mupristi panzvimbo yaAbhiatari.

³⁵And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his stead over the host; and Zadok the priest the king put in the stead of Abiathar.

³⁶Mambo akatuma munhu kundodana Shimei, akati kwaari, Uzvivakire imba paJerusaremu, ugarepo, usabvapo uchienda kumwe.

³⁶And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Build thee a house in Jerusalem, and abide there, and go not forth thence anywhere.

³⁷Nekuti nomusi waunobuda nawo, ukayambuka rukova Kidhironi, uzive kwazvo kuti uchaurawa zvirokwazvo; ropa rako richava pamusoro wako.

³⁷And it shall be that on the day thou goest forth, and passest over the torrent of Kidron, ... know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.

³⁸Ipapo Shimei akati kuna mambo, Ishoko rakanaka; muranda wenyu uchaita sezvakarehwa nashe wangu mambo. Shimei akagara mazuva mazhinji paJerusaremu.

³⁸And Shimei said to the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king has said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

³⁹Zvino makore matatu akati apfuura, varanda vaviri vaShimei vakatizira kuna Akishi mwanakomana waMaaka, mambo weGati. Vakaudza Shimei, vachiti, Tarira varanda vako vari Gati.

³⁹And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two servants of Shimei's ran away to Achish son of Maachah, king of Gath. And they told Shimei saying, Behold, thy servants are in Gath.

⁴⁰Ipapo Shimei akasimuka, akasungira chigaro pambongoro yake, akaenda Gati kuna Akishi, kundotsvaka varanda vake; Shimei akatora varanda vake Gati.

⁴⁰Then Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath, to Achish, to seek his servants; and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

⁴¹Zvino Soromoni akaudzwa kuti Shimei wakange abuda Jerusaremu, akaenda Gati, akadzokazve.

⁴¹And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had come again.

⁴²Mambo akatuma munhu kundodana Shimei, akati kwaari, Handina kukupikisa naJehovha here, ndikakunyevera, ndichiti, Uzive kwazvo kuti nomusi waunobuda nawo, ukafamba kumwe, uchaurawa zvirokwazvo? Iwe ukati kwandiri, Shoko randanzwa rakanaka.

⁴²And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make thee swear by Jehovah, and protest to thee, saying, Know for certain, that on the day thou goest forth, and walkest abroad anywhere, thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst to me, The word that I have heard is good.

⁴³Zvino wakaregereiko kuchengeta mhiko yawakapika kuna Jehovha, nomurayiro wandakakuraira?

⁴³Why then hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the commandment that I charged thee with?

⁴⁴Mambo akatiwo kuna Shimei, Iwe unoziva kwazvo zvakaipa zvose zvawakaitira baba vangu Dhavhidhi; naizvozvo Jehovha uchadzosera zvakaipa zvako pamusoro wako.

⁴⁴And the king said to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness of which thy heart is conscious, which thou didst to David my father; and Jehovah returns thy wickedness upon thine own head;

⁴⁵Asi mambo Soromoni ucharopafadzwa, nechigaro choushe chaDhavhidhi chichasimbiswa pamberi paJehovha nokusingaperi.

⁴⁵and king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before Jehovah for ever.

⁴⁶Naizvozvo mambo akaraira Bhenaya mwanakomana waJehoyadha, iye akaenda, akandomuvamba, ndokumuuraya. Naizvozvo ushe, hwakanga hwakabatwa naSoromoni, hwakasimbiswa.

⁴⁶And the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; who went out and fell upon him, and he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.