¹Zvino vanhu vose vaJudha vakatora Uziya, akanga anamakore gumi namatanhatu, vakamuita mambo panzvimbo yababa vake Amazia.

¹And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

²lye akavaka Eroti, akaridzosera kuna Judha, mambo avata namadzibaba ake.

²It was he that built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.

³Uziya akanga anamakore gumi namatanhatu pakutanga kwake kubata ushe, akabata ushe paJerusaremu makore makumi mashanu namaviri; zita ramai vake rakanga riri Jekiria weJerusaremu.

³Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.

⁴Iye akaita zvakarurama pamberi paJehovha, sezvose sezvakaita baba vake Amazia.

⁴And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

⁵Akashingaira kutsvaka Mwari namazuva aZekariya, akanga ane njere pakuziva zvaMwari; zvino pamazuva aakatsvaka Jehovha, Mwari akamukundisa.

⁵And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God; and in the days that he sought Jehovah, God made him to prosper.

⁶Akandorwa navaFirisitia, akaputsa rusvingo rweGati, norusvingo rweJabhine, norusvingo rweAshidhodhi; akavaka maguta panyika yeAshidhodhi napakati pavaFirisitia.

⁶And he went forth and fought against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.

⁷Mwari akamubatsira pakurwa navaFirisitia, navaArabhia, vakanga vagere Guribhaari, nevaMeunimi.

⁷And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-Baal, and the Maonites.

⁸VaAmoni vakavigira Uziya zvipo; mbiri yake ikapararira kusvikira pavanopinda napo paEgipita; nekuti akasimba kwazvo.

⁸And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad to the entrance of Egypt; for he became exceeding strong.

⁹Uziya akavakawo shongwe paJerusaremu pasuwo rekona, napasuwo romupata, napakudzoka korusvingo, akadzisimbisa.

⁹And Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the angle, and fortified them.

¹⁰Akavakawo shongwe murenje, akacherawo matsime mazhinji, nekuti akanga ane zvipfuwo zvizhinji; napamapaniwo, napanyika yokumakomo; uye akanga ana varimi navasimi vamazambiringa pamakomo napaminda yakaworera, nekuti aida minda.

¹⁰And he built towers in the desert and digged many cisterns; for he had much cattle, both in the lowland and on the plateau, husbandmen [also] and vinedressers on the mountains and in Carmel; for he loved husbandry.

¹¹Uyewo Uziya akanga ane hondo yavarwi, vaindorwa vachiita mapoka, sezvavakaverengwa naJeieri munyori, naMaaseya murairi, vakatungamirirwa naHanania mumwe wavakuru vamambo.

¹¹And Uzziah had an army of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains.

¹²Vose vakaverengwa kuvakuru vedzimba dzamadzibaba, ivo varume vaiva nesimba noumhare, vakasvika zviuru zviviri namazana matanhatu.

¹²The whole number of the chief fathers of the mighty men of valour was two thousand six hundred.

¹³Ivo vairaira hondo yakanga yakadzidziswa, vanhu vane zviuru zvina mazana matatu nezvinomwe namazana mashanu, vaigona kurwa nesimba guru, kuzobatsira mambo kurwa navavengi vavo.

¹³And under their hand was an army-host of three hundred and seven thousand five hundred, that made war with mighty power to help the king against the enemy.

¹⁴Uziya akavagadzirira, ivo vose vehondo, nhovo, namapfumo, nengowani, nenguvo dzamatare, nouta, namabwe okupfura nawo.

¹⁴And Uzziah prepared for them, throughout the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and even slinging-stones.

¹⁵Akaitawo paJerusaremu michini, yakaitwa navanhu vakangwara, ikaiswa pashongwe napamakona amasvingo, kuzoposhera nayo miseve namabwe makuru. Mbiri yake ikapararira; nekuti akabatsirwa zvinoshamisa, kusvikira asimba.

¹⁵And he made in Jerusalem machines invented by skilful men, to be upon the towers and upon the bulwarks, wherewith to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he became strong.

¹⁶Asi akati asimba, moyo wake ukazvikudza, akazoita zvakashata, akatadzira Jehovha Mwari wake; nekuti akapinda patemberi yaJehovha kundopisa zvinonhuhwira paaritari yezvinonhuhwira.

¹⁶But when he became strong his heart was lifted up to [his] downfall; and he transgressed against Jehovah his God, and went into the temple of Jehovah to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

¹⁷Ipapo mupristi Azaria akamutevera akapinda ana vapristi vaJehovha vana makumi masere, vaiva varume voumhare.

¹⁷And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him priests of Jehovah, eighty valiant men;

¹⁸Ivo vakadzivisa mambo Uziya, vakati kwaari, Nhandi Uziya, hazvifaniri kuti imwi mupisire Jehovha zvinonhuhwira, asi vapristi vanakomana vaAroni, vakatsaurwa kupisa zvinonhuhwira; budai panzvimbo tsvene, nekuti madarika; hamungakudzwi naJehovha Mwari nokuda kwechinhu ichi.

¹⁸and they withstood Uzziah the king, and said to him, It is not for thee, Uzziah, to burn incense to Jehovah, but for the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast transgressed; neither shall it be for thine honour from Jehovah Elohim.

¹⁹Ipapo Uziya akatsamwa kwazvo; zvino iye akanga akabata hadyana yezvinonhuhwira kuti apise zvinonhuhwira; zvino akati achakatsamwira vapristi, maperembudzi akabuda pahuma yake pamberi pavapristi muimba yaJehovha, kurutivi rwearitari yezvinonhuhwira.

¹⁹And Uzziah was wroth; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense; and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of Jehovah, beside the incense altar.

²⁰Zvino Azaria mupristi mukuru navapristi vose vakatarira kwaari, vakaona kuti wava namaperembudzi pahuma yake, vakachimbidzika kumubudisapo; kunyange naiye akachimbidzika kubuda, nekuti Jehovha akanga amurova.

²⁰And Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked upon him, and behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; even he himself hasted to go out, because Jehovah had smitten him.

²¹Zvino mambo Uziya akava namaperembudzi kusvikira pazuva rokufa kwake, akagara ari oga muimba, anamaperembudzi; nekuti akadziviswa kupinda paimba yaJehovha; Jotamu mwanakomana wake akava mutariri weimba yamambo, akatongawo mhosva dzavanhu venyika.

²¹And Uzziah the king was a leper to the day of his death, and dwelt in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of Jehovah. And Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land.

²²Zvino mamwe mabasa aUziya, okutanga nookupedzisira, akanyorwa nomuporofita Isaya mwanakomana waAmozi.

²²And the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz write.

²³Naizvozvo Uziya akavata namadzibaba ake, vakamuviga kumadzibaba ake mumunda wamarinda aiva amadzimambo; nekuti vakati, Una maperembudzi; Jotamu mwanakomana wake akamutevera paushe.

²³And Uzziah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the burial-ground of the kings, for they said, He is a leper. And Jotham his son reigned in his stead.