¹Zvino Abhija akavata namadzibaba ake, akavigwa muguta raDhavhidhi; Asa mwanakomana wake akamutevera paushe, pamazuva ake nyika yakanga ino rugare makore ane gumi.

¹And Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.

²Asa akaita zvakanaka nezvakarurama pamberi paJehovha Mwari wake.

²And Asa did what was good and right in the sight of Jehovah his God;

³nekuti akabvisa aritari dzoutorwa, namatunhu akakwirira, akaputsa shongwe, nokutemawo matanda okunamata nawo;

³and he took away the altars of the strange [gods] and the high places, and broke the columns, and cut down the Asherahs;

⁴akaraira vaJudha kuti vatsvake Jehovha Mwari wamadzibaba avo, nokuchengeta murau nomurayiro.

⁴and commanded Judah to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, and to practise the law and the commandment.

⁵Akabvisawo pamaguta ose avaJudha matunhu akakwirira nezvimwari zvezuva; ushe hukava norugare iye ari mambo.

⁵And he removed out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images; and the kingdom was quiet before him.

⁶Akavaka maguta akakombwa paJudha; nekuti nyika yakanga ino rugare, akanga asina kurwa pamakore iwayo; nekuti Jehovha akanga amuzorodza.

⁶And he built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because Jehovah had given him rest.

⁷Nekuti akati kuvaJudha: Ngativake maguta iwayo, tiapoteredze namasvingo, neshongwe, namasuwo, namazariro; nyika ichiri pamberi pedu, nekuti takatsvaka Jehovha Mwari wedu; takamutsvaka, akatizorodza pamativi ose. Ipapo vakavaka, vakagara zvakanaka.

⁷And he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and surround them with walls and towers, gates and bars, while the land is yet before us; for we have sought Jehovah our God; we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side. And they built and prospered.

⁸Asa akanga ane hondo yavaJudha, vane zviuru zvina mazana matatu, vakanga vakashonga nhovo huru namapfumo; neyavaBhenjamini vane zviuru zvina mazana maviri namakumi masere, vakanga vakashonga nhovo vaifura nouta; ava vose vaiva varume vane simba noumhare.

⁸And Asa had an army that bore targets and spears: out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew the bow, two hundred and eighty thousand: all these, mighty men of valour.

⁹Zvino Zera multiopia akauya kuzorwa navo nehondo yavanhu vane zviuru zvezviuru, nengoro dzina mazana matatu; akasvika Maresha.

⁹And Zerah the Ethiopian came out against him with a host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots, and he came to Mareshah.

¹⁰Ipapo Asa akabuda kuzorwa naye, vakagadzira kuzorwa pamupata weZefata paMaresha.

¹⁰And Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.

¹¹Asa akachema kuna Jehovha Mwari wake, akati, Jehovha hakuna angabatsira asine simba kurwa nounesimba, asi imwi moga; tibatsirei Jehovha Mwari wedu; nekuti tinovimba nemi, tasvika kuzorwa navazhinji ava nezita renyu. imwi Jehovha, ndimi Mwari wedu; munhu ngaarege kukukundai imi.

¹¹And Asa cried unto Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, it maketh no difference to thee to help, whether there be much or no power: help us, O Jehovah our God, for we rely on thee, and in thy name have we come against this multitude. Jehovah, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

¹²Ipapo Jehovha akaparadza vaItiopia pamberi paAsa, napamberi pavaJudha, vaItiopia vakatiza.

¹²And Jehovah smote the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.

¹³Asa navanhu vaakanga anavo vakavateverera kusvikira paGerari; vaItiopia vakaurawa vazhinji, vakakoniwa kumutsiridzika; nekuti vakaparadzwa pamberi paJehovha napamberi pehondo yake vaJudha vakaenda nezvizhinji kwazvo zvavakapamba.

¹³And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them to Gerar; and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that none of them was left alive; for they were crushed before Jehovah and before his army. And they carried away very much spoil.

¹⁴Vakaparadza maguta ose akapoteredza Gerari; nekuti vakavhunduswa naJehovha; vakapamba maguta ose, nekuti kwakanga kune zvingapambwa zvizhinji maari.

¹⁴And they smote all the cities round about Gerar, for the terror of Jehovah came upon them; and they spoiled all the cities, for there was very much spoil in them.

¹⁵Vakaparadzawo matende ezvipfuwo, vakatapa makwai mazhinji nemakamera, ndokudzokera Jerusaremu.

¹⁵They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.