¹Zvino tarira, mumwe munhu waMwari wakange arairwa neshoko raJehovha, wakabva kwaJudha, akasvika Bheteri; Jerobhoamu wakange amire paaritari achipisa zvinonhuhwira.

¹Behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of Yahweh to Beth El: and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.

²Iye akadanidzira kuaritari, neshoko raJehovha, akati, Iwe aritari, aritari, zvanzi naJehovha, Tarirai, imba yaDhavhidhi ichaponerwa mwanakomana, uchanzi Josiya; iye uchabaya pamusoro pako vapristi vamatunhu akakwirira, vanopisira zvinonhuhwira pamusoro pako, uye vachapisa mafupa avanhu pamusoro pako.

²He cried against the altar by the word of Yahweh, and said, “Altar, altar, thus says Yahweh: ‘Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name. On you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and they will burn men’s bones on you.’”

³Akavapa chiratidzo nezuva iro, akati, Ndicho chiratidzo chakataurwa naJehovha, Tarirai, aritari ichapamuka, namadota ari pamusoro payo acharashirwa pasi.

³He gave a sign the same day, saying, “This is the sign which Yahweh has spoken: Behold, the altar will be split apart, and the ashes that are on it will be poured out.”

⁴Zvino mambo wakati achinzwa shoko romunhu waMwari, raakadanidzira kuaritari paBheteri Jerobhoamu akasimudza ruoko rwake paaritari, akatendeka narwo, akati, Mubatei! Ipapo ruoko rwake rwaakanga amutendeka narwo rwakawoma, akasagona kurudzosazve.

⁴It happened, when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, that Jeroboam put out his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him!” His hand, which he put out against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to himself.

⁵Aritariwo yakapamuka, namadota akarashirwa pasi paaritari, chiratidzo chakanga chapiwa nomunhu waMwari chikaitika, icho chakanga charairwa naJehovha.

⁵The altar also was split apart, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of Yahweh.

⁶Ipapo mambo akapindura, akati kumunhu waMwari, Kumbira hako kuna Jehovha Mwari wako andinzwire nyasha, undinyengeterere, kuti ndiporeserwezve ruoko rwangu. Munhu waMwari akanyengetera kuna Jehovha, mambo akaporeserwazve ruoko rwake, rukaita sakare.

⁶The king answered the man of God, “Now entreat the favor of Yahweh your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again.” The man of God entreated Yahweh, and the king’s hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.

⁷Ipapo mambo akati kumunhu waMwari, Enda neni kumba kwangu, uzvisimbisepo, ini ndikupewo mubayiro.

⁷The king said to the man of God, “Come home with me, and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.”

⁸Asi munhu waMwari wakati kuna mambo, Kunyange mukandiganhurira imba yenyu napakati, handingapindi kwamuri, kunyange kudya zvokudya, kana kumwa pano,

⁸The man of God said to the king, “Even if you gave me half of your house, I would not go in with you, neither would I eat bread nor drink water in this place;

⁹nekuti Jehovha wakandiraira neshoko rake, akati, Usadya zvokudya, kana kumwa mvura, kana kudzoka nenzira yawaenda nayo.

⁹for so was it commanded me by the word of Yahweh, saying, ‘You shall eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the way that you came.’”

¹⁰Naizvozvo akadzoka neimwe nzira, haana kudzoka nenzira yaakanga aenda nayo Bheteri.

¹⁰So he went another way, and didn’t return by the way that he came to Bethel.

¹¹Zvino paBheteri pakanga pagere muporofita mutana; mwanakomana wake akandomuudza mabasa ose akaitwa no munhu waMwari paBheteri pazuva iro, namashoko aakataura kuna mambo, naiwo vakaudzawo baba vavo.

¹¹Now there lived an old prophet in Bethel; and one of his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words which he had spoken to the king.

¹²Ipapo baba vavo vakati kwavari, Waenda nenzira ipiko? Zvino vana vake vakanga vaona nzira yaendwa nayo nomunhu waMwari wokwaJudha.

¹²Their father said to them, “Which way did he go?” Now his sons had seen which way the man of God went, who came from Judah.

¹³Akati kuvanakomana vake, Ndisungirei chigaro pambongoro; ivo vakamusungira chigaro pambongoro, akaitasva.

¹³He said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled the donkey for him; and he rode on it.

¹⁴Akatevera munhu waMwari, akamuwana agere pasi pomuti womuoki, ndokuti kwaari, Ndiwe munhu waMwari wakabva kwaJudha here? Akati, Ndini.

¹⁴He went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak. He said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” He said, “I am.”

¹⁵Ipapo akati kwaari, Hendei kumba kwangu, undodya zvokudya.

¹⁵Then he said to him, “Come home with me, and eat bread.”

¹⁶Iye akati, Handingagoni kudzoka nemwi kana kupinda kwamuri, handingadyi zvokudya, kana kumwa mvura nemwi pano,

¹⁶He said, “I may not return with you, nor go in with you; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place.

¹⁷nekuti ndakarairwa neshoko raJehovha, akati, Usadya zvokudya, kana kumwa mvurapo kana kudzoka nenzira yawaenda nayo.

¹⁷For it was said to me by the word of Yahweh, ‘You shall eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that you came.’”

¹⁸Ipapo akati kwaari, Neniwo ndiri muporofita sewe; zvino mutumwa wakandiudza shoko raJehovha, akati, Dzoka naye kumba kwako, adye zvokudya nokumwa mvura. Akareva nhema kwaari.

¹⁸He said to him, “I also am a prophet as you are; and an angel spoke to me by the word of Yahweh, saying, ‘Bring him back with you into your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.’” He lied to him.

¹⁹Naizvozvo akadzoka naye, akandodya zvokudya mumba make nokumwa mvura.

¹⁹So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.

²⁰Zvino vakati vagere patafura, shoko raJehovha rikasvika kumuporofita wakamudzosa,

²⁰It happened, as they sat at the table, that the word of Yahweh came to the prophet who brought him back;

²¹akadanidzira kumunhu waMwari, wakange abva kwaJudha, akati, Zvanzi naJehovha, Zvausina kuteerera muromo waJehovha, ukasachengeta murayiro wawakarairwa naJehovha Mwari wako,

²¹and he cried to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Because you have been disobedient to the mouth of Yahweh, and have not kept the commandment which Yahweh your God commanded you,

²²ukadzoka, ukadya zvokudya, ukamwa mvura ipapo paakati kwauri, Usadya zvokudya nokumwa mvura, naizvozvo chitunha chako hachingasviki muhwiro hwamadzibaba ako.

²²but came back, and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he said to you, “Eat no bread, and drink no water”; your body shall not come to the tomb of your fathers.’”

²³Zvino wakati adya zvokudya, nokumwa, akasungirira chigaro pambongoro, iye muporofita waakadzosa.

²³It happened, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled the donkey for the prophet whom he had brought back.

²⁴Zvino wakati aenda, shumba ikasangana naye munzira, ikamuuraya, chitunha chake chikakandirwa munzira, mbongoro ikamira nacho, uye shumbawo ikamira pachitunha.

²⁴When he had gone, a lion met him by the way, and killed him. His body was cast in the way, and the donkey stood by it. The lion also stood by the body.

²⁵Zvino wonei, vanhu vakapfuura napo, vakaona chitunha chakakandirwa munzira, uye shumba imire pachitunha; vakaenda, vakandozviudza vanhu muguta, makanga mugere muporofita mutana.

²⁵Behold, men passed by, and saw the body cast in the way, and the lion standing by the body; and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet lived.

²⁶Zvino muporofita, wakamudzosa panzira, wakati achizvinzwa, akati, Ndiye munhu waMwari usina kuteerera muromo waJehovha; naizvozvo Jehovha wakamukwevera pashumba, ikamubvambura, ikamuuraya, sezvakarehwa neshoko raJehovha raakataura kwaari.

²⁶When the prophet who brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, “It is the man of God who was disobedient to the mouth of Yahweh. Therefore Yahweh has delivered him to the lion, which has mauled him and slain him, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke to him.”

²⁷Akati kuvanakomana vake, Ndisungirirei chigaro pambongoro, vakaisungira chigaro.

²⁷He spoke to his sons, saying, “Saddle the donkey for me.” They saddled it.

²⁸Akaenda, akandowana chitunha chake chakakandirwa munzira, uye mbongoro neshumba zvimire pachitunha; shumba yakanga isina kudya chitunha kana kubvambura mbongoro.

²⁸He went and found his body cast in the way, and the donkey and the lion standing by the body. The lion had not eaten the body, nor mauled the donkey.

²⁹Ipapo muporofita akasimudza chitunha chomunhu waMwari, akachiisa pamusoro pembongoro, akadzoka nacho; akasvika kuguta romuporofita mutana, akamuchema nokumuviga.

²⁹The prophet took up the body of the man of God, and laid it on the donkey, and brought it back. He came to the city of the old prophet to mourn, and to bury him.

³⁰Akaisa chitunha chake muhwiro hwake, vakamuchema, achiti, Haiwa, munin'ina wangu!

³⁰He laid his body in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, “Alas, my brother!”

³¹Zvino wakati amuviga, akataura navanakomana vake, akati, Kana ndafa, mundivige muhwiro makavigwa munhu waMwari; muise mafupa angu kurutivi rwamafupa ake;

³¹It happened, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, “When I am dead, then bury me in the tomb in which the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones.

³²nekuti izvo zvaakataura, paakadanidzira achirairwa naJehovha, kuaritari paBheteri, nokudzimba dzose dzamatunhu akakwirira, ari pamaguta eSamaria, zvichaitika zvirokwazvo.

³²For the saying which he cried by the word of Yahweh against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, will surely happen.”

³³Pashure pechinhu ichi Jerobhoamu haana kutendeuka panzira yake yakaipa, asi wakatsaurazve vamwe pakati pavanhu vose, akavaita vapristi pamatunhu akakwirira; Ani naani waaida, waimugadza, akavaita vapristi pamatunhu akakwirira.

³³After this thing Jeroboam didn’t return from his evil way, but again made priests of the high places from among all the people. Whoever wanted to, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places.

³⁴Uye nechinhu ichi kwakava nechivi paimba yaJerobhoamu, kuti iparadzwe nokupedzwa panyika.

³⁴This thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the surface of the earth.