¹Zvino Jehoramu mwanakomana waAhabhi wakatanga kubata ushe hwaIsiraeri paSamaria negore regumi namasere raJehoshafati mambo waJudha, akabata ushe makore ane gumi namaviri.

¹And Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; and he reigned twelve years.

²Akaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha, asi haana kuita sababa vake kana samai vake; nekuti wakabvisa shongwe yaBhaari yakanga yaitwa nababa vake.

²And he wrought evil in the sight of Jehovah, but not like his father, and like his mother; and he took away the column of Baal that his father had made.

³Kunyange zvakadaro, wakanamatira zvivi zvaJerobhoamu mwanakomana waNebhati, zvaakatadzisa Isiraeri nazvo, haana kutsauka kwazviri.

³Only, he clave to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat who made Israel to sin: he did not depart therefrom.

⁴Zvino Mesha mambo waMoabhu wakange ari mwene wamakwai, waipa mambo waIsiraeri makushe amakwayana ane zviuru zvine zana, naamakondobwe ane zviuru zvine zana.

⁴And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and a hundred thousand rams, with the wool.

⁵Asi Ahabhi wakati afa, mambo waMoabhu akamukira mambo waIsiraeri.

⁵And it came to pass when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

⁶Mambo Jehoramu akabuda paSamaria nenguva iyo, akaunganidza vaIsiraeri vose.

⁶And at that time king Jehoram went out of Samaria and inspected all Israel.

⁷Akatuma shoko kuna Jehoshafati mambo waJudha, achiti, Mambo waMoabhu wandimukira, uchaenda neni kundorwa naMoabhu here? Iye akati, Ndichaenda; ini ndakaita sewe, navanhu vangu savanhu vako, namabhiza angu samabhiza ako.

⁷And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah saying, The king of Moab has rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.

⁸Iye akati, Tichaenda nenzira ipiko? Akati, Nenzira yokurenje raEdhomu.

⁸And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he said, By way of the wilderness of Edom.

⁹Naizvozvo mambo waIsiraeri akaenda, namambo waJudha, namambo waEdhomu, vakapota vakafamba mazuva manomwe, vakashaiwa mvura yokumwisa hondo nezvipfuwo zvavakanga vanazvo.

⁹And the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom, and they made a circuit of seven days' journey. And there was no water for the army, and for the cattle that followed them.

¹⁰Ipapo mambo waIsiraeri akati, Haiwa! Jehovha wakadana madzimambo awa matatu, kuti avaise mumaoko avaMoabhu.

¹⁰And the king of Israel said, Alas! that Jehovah has called these three kings together, to give them into the hand of Moab!

¹¹Zvino Jehoshafati akati, Hapana muporofita waJehovha pano, tibvunze Jehovha naye here? Mumwe wavaranda vamambo waIsiraeri akapindura, akati, Erisha mwanakomana waShafati ari pano, iye wakadeya kusururidza mvura pamaoko aEria.

¹¹And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah that we may inquire of Jehovah by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.

¹²Jehoshafati akati, Shoko raJehovha riri kwaari. Zvino mambo waIsiraeri, naJehoshafati, namambo waEdhomu vakaenda kwaari.

¹²And Jehoshaphat said, The word of Jehovah is with him. And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

¹³Erisha akati kuna mambo waIsiraeri, Ndineiko nemi? Endai kuvaporofita vababa venyu nokuvaporofita vamai venyu. Mambo waIsiraeri akati kwaari, Kwete, nekuti Jehovha ndiye wakadana madzimambo awa matatu, kuti avaise mumaoko avaMoabhu.

¹³And Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? go to the prophets of thy father and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said to him, Not so, for Jehovah has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.

¹⁴Erisha akati, NaJehovha wehondo mupenyu, iye wandimire pamberi pake, zvirokwazvo dai ndisaiva nehanya naJehoshafati mambo waJudha ari pano, handizaitarira kwamuri, kana kukuonai imi.

¹⁴And Elisha said, As Jehovah of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee nor see thee.

¹⁵Asi zvino uyai kwandiri nomuridzi wembira. Zvino muridzi wembira wakati achiridza, ruoko rwaJehovha rukauya pamusoro pake.

¹⁵And now fetch me a minstrel. And it came to pass when the minstrel played, that the hand of Jehovah was upon him.

¹⁶Akati, Zvanzi naJehovha, Cherai makoronga mazhinji pamupata uyu.

¹⁶And he said, Thus saith Jehovah: Make this valley full of ditches.

¹⁷Nekuti zvanzi naJehovha, Hamungawoni mhepo, hamungawoni mvura; kunyange zvakadaro mupata uyu uchazadzwa nemvura; imwi muchamwa, imwi nezvipfuwo zvenyu, nezvinotakura nhumbi dzenyu.

¹⁷For thus saith Jehovah: Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet this valley shall be filled with water, and ye shall drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.

¹⁸Chinhu ichi chiduku hacho pamberi paJehovha; asi iye uchaisawo vaMoabhu mumaoko enyu.

¹⁸And this is a light thing in the sight of Jehovah: he will give the Moabites also into your hand.

¹⁹Muchaparadza guta rimwe nerimwe rakasimbiswa, neguta rimwe nerimwe rakatsaurwa, muchatema muti mumwe nomumwe wakanaka, nokudzivira matsime ose emvura, nokushatisa namabwe munda mumwe nomumwe wakanaka.

¹⁹And ye shall smite every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.

²⁰Zvino fume mangwana, nenguva yokubayira chipo, mvura ikaonekwa ichibva nenzira yaEdhomu, nyika ikazadzwa nemvura.

²⁰And it came to pass in the morning, when the oblation was offered up, that behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.

²¹Zvino vaMoabhu vose vakati vachinzwa kuti madzimambo akanga asvika kuzorwa navo, vakaungana, vose vakanga vachigona kupfeka nhumbi dzokurwa nadzo, navakavapfuura pamakore, vakandomira pamuganhu.

²¹And all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, and they were called together, all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood by the border.

²²Vakamuka mangwanani, vakaona zuva richipenya pamvura, vaMoabhu vakaona mvura vari kure yakatsvuka seropa.

²²And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun rose upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side red as blood.

²³Vakati, Iropa; zvirokwazvo madzimambo aparadzwa, vaurayana; naizvozvo zvino, vaMoabhu, endai mundopamba.

²³And they said, This is blood: the kings are entirely destroyed, and have smitten one another; and now, Moab, to the spoil!

²⁴Zvino vakati vachisvika pamisasa yavaIsiraeri, vaIsiraeri vakasimuka, vakaparadza vaMoabhu, vakatiza pamberi pavo; vakapinda munyika yavo vachiparadza vaMoabhu.

²⁴And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, and they fled before them; and they entered in and smote Moab.

²⁵Vakaputsa maguta, mumwe nomumwe akakanda ibwe rake pamunda mumwe nomumwe wakanaka, ikazara; vakadzivira matsime ose emvura, vakatema miti yose yakanaka, kusvikira vasiya mabwe oga paKirihareseti, vaposheri vamabwe vakarikomba, vakariparadza.

²⁵And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone and filled it, and they stopped every well of water, and felled every good tree, until they left [only] the stones at Kirhareseth; and the slingers went about it, and smote it.

²⁶Zvino mambo waMoabhu wakati achiona kuti wakundwa pakurwa, akatora varume vana mazana manomwe vaigona kurwa nomunondo, akaidza kupasanura kuna mambo waEdhomu; asi vakanga vasingagoni.

²⁶And the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe for him, and he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not.

²⁷Ipapo akatora mwanakomana wake wedangwe, waifanira kumutevera paushe, akamubayira chive chipiriso chinopiswa pamusoro porusvingo. Ipapo vaIsiraeri vakatsamwa kwazvo, vakabva kwaari, vakadzokera kunyika yavo.

²⁷And he took his eldest son, that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him up for a burnt-offering upon the wall. And there was great wrath against Israel; and they departed from him, and returned to [their own] land.