¹Zvino negore ramakumi matatu namatanhatu rokubata ushe kwaAsa, Bhaasha mambo waIsiraeri akakwira kundorwa naJudha, akavaka Rama, kuti arege kutendera munhu kubuda kana kupinda kuna Asa mambo waJudha.

¹In the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, in order to let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

²Ipapo Asa akabudisa sirivha nendarama muzvivigiro zvefuma yeimba yaJehovha neimba yamambo, akatuma shoko kuna Bhenihadhadhi mambo weSiria, akanga agere Dhamasiko, akati,

²And Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of Jehovah and of the king's house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, who dwelt at Damascus, saying,

³Sungano iripo pakati pangu nemi, sezvayakavapo pakati pababa vangu nababa venyu; tarirai, ndinokutumirai sirivha nendarama; endai muputse sungano yenyu naBhaasha mambo waIsiraeri, abve kwandiri.

³There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I send thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

⁴Bhenihadhadhi akateerera mambo Asa, akatuma vakuru vehondo dzake kundorwa namaguta aIsiraeri, akakunda Ijoni, neDhani, neAbherimaimi, namaguta ose amatura aNafutari.

⁴And Ben-hadad hearkened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his forces against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon and Dan and Abelmaim, and all the store-magazines of the cities of Naphtali.

⁵Zvino Bhaasha akati achizvinzwa, akarega kuvaka Rama, akarega basa rake.

⁵And it came to pass when Baasha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and let his work cease.

⁶Ipapo mambo Asa akatora vaJudha vose; vakandobvisa mabwe eRama, namatanda aro zvaakanga avaka nazvo iye Bhaasha, akavaka nazvo Gebha neMizipa.

⁶And king Asa took all Judah; and they carried away the stones and the timber from Ramah, with which Baasha had been building, and he built with them Geba and Mizpah.

⁷Zvino nenguva iyo muoni Hanani akasvika kuna Asa mambo waJudha, akati kwaari, Zvawakavimba namambo weSiria, ukasavimba naJehovha Mwari wako, zvino hondo yamambo weSiria yapukunyuka paruoko rwako.

⁷And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and hast not relied on Jehovah thy God, therefore has the army of the king of Syria escaped out of thy hand.

⁸Ko vaItiopia navaRubhimi vakanga vasi hondo huru-huru, vane ngoro navatasvi vamabhiza vazhinji here? Kunyange zvakadaro, zvawakavimba naJehovha, iye akavaisa muruoko rwako.

⁸Were not the Ethiopians and the Libyans a huge army, with very many chariots and horsemen? but when thou didst rely on Jehovah, he delivered them into thy hand.

⁹nekuti meso aJehovha anotarira-tarira kumativi ose enyika yose, kuti aratidze simba rake kuna iye ano moyo wakarurama kwazvo kwaari. Pachinhu ichi waita sebenzi; nekuti kubva zvino uchavingwa nokurwa.

⁹For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro through the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

¹⁰Ipapo Asa akatsamwira muoni, akamuisa mutirongo; nekuti akanga amutsamwira kwazvo nokuda kwechinhu ichi. Nenguva iyo Asa akatambudzawo vamwe vanhu.

¹⁰And Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the prison; for he was enraged with him because of this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.

¹¹Zvino tarirai, mabasa aAsa, okutanga nookupedzisira, akanyorwa mubhuku yamadzimambo aJudha naaIsiraeri.

¹¹And behold the acts of Asa, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

¹²Asi pagore ramakumi matatu namapfumbamwe rokubata kwake ushe, Asa akazonzwa makumbo; urwere hwake hukanyanya kwazvo; kunyange zvakadaro, paurwere hwake haana kutsvaka Jehovha, asi n'anga.

¹²And Asa in the thirty-ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was extremely great; yet in his disease he did not seek Jehovah, but the physicians.

¹³Asa akavata namadzibaba ake, akafa negore ramakumi mana nerimwe rokubata kwake ushe.

¹³And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one-and-fortieth year of his reign.

¹⁴Vakamuviga pamuhwiro hwake, hwaakanga azvivezera muguta raDhavhidhi, vakamuradzika panhovo dzizere nezvinonhuhwira zvamarudzi mazhinji, zvakanga zvagadzirwa navaiti vezvinonhuhwira vakangwara; vakamuvesera vira guru, guru kwazvo.

¹⁴And they buried him in his own sepulchre, which he had excavated for himself in the city of David, and laid him in a bed filled with spices, a mixture of divers kinds prepared by the perfumer's art; and they made a very great burning for him.