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 the 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 together the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief fathers 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 congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said to them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as Jehovah has said of the sons of David.

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

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

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 except the priests and those of the Levites that do the service; they shall go in, for they are holy; but all the people shall keep the watch 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 encompass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he that comes into the house shall be put to death; and ye shall be with the king when he comes in and when he goes 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.

⁸And 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 them that were to go forth on the sabbath; for Jehoiada the priest did not liberate the divisions.

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

⁹And Jehoiada the priest gave to the captains of the hundreds king David's spears and shields and targets, 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 javelin in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, toward 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!

¹¹And they brought forth 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 said, Long live the king!

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

¹²And Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, and 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 on his dais at the entrance, and the princes and the trumpets were by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets; and the singers [were there] with the instruments of music, and such as taught to sing praise. And Athaliah rent her garments, and said, Conspiracy! Conspiracy!

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 the hundreds that were set over the host, and said to them, Lead her forth without the ranks; and whosoever follows her, let him be slain with the sword; for the priest said, Ye shall not put her to death in the house of Jehovah.

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

¹⁵And they made way for her, and she went through the entrance of the horse-gate into the king's house, and they put her to death 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 the people of Jehovah.

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

¹⁷And all the people went into the house of Baal, and broke it down; and they broke 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 offices of the house of Jehovah under the hand of the priests, the Levites, whom David had set by classes over the house of Jehovah to offer up Jehovah's burnt-offerings, as it is written in the law of Moses, -- with rejoicing and with singing according to the directions of David.

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

¹⁹And he set the doorkeepers at the gates of the house of Jehovah, that no one 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 the 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 into 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.

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