¹Zvino mazuva aDhavhidhi okufa kwake akaswedera, akaraira Soromoni mwanakomana wake, akati,

¹Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he commanded Solomon his son, saying,

²Ini ndoenda nenzira yenyika yose; naizvozvo iva nesimba, uve murume chaiye.

²“I am going the way of all the earth. You be strong therefore, and show yourself a man;

³Chengeta zvawakarairwa naJehovha Mwari wako, kuti ufambe nenzira dzake, uchichengeta zvaakatema, nemirairo yake, nezvaakatonga, nezvipupuriro zvake, sezvazvakanyorwa pamurayiro waMozisi, kuti ufare pazvose zvaunoita, uye kose kwaunoenda.

³and keep the instruction of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do, and wherever you turn yourself.

⁴Kuti Jehovha asimbise shoko rake raakataura pamusoro pangu, achiti, Kana vana vako vakachenjera panzira dzavo, kuti vafambe pamberi pangu nechokwadi nomoyo wavo wose uye nomweya wavo wose (ndizvo zvaakataura), hakungazoshaikwi munhu pachigaro choushe chaIsiraeri.

⁴That Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you,’ he said, ‘a man on the throne of Israel.’

⁵Uye unozivawo zvandakaitirwa naJoabhu, mwanakomana waZeruya, izvo zvaakaitira vakuru vaviri vehondo dzaIsiraeri, vanaAbhineri mwanakomana waNeri, naAmasa mwanakomana waJeteri, vaakauraya, akateura panguva yorugare ropa raifanira kuteurwa panguva yokurwa, akaisa ropa rokurwa pabhanhire rakanga riri pachiuno chake, nomushangu dzake dzakanga dziri patsoka dzake.

⁵“Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, even what he did to the two captains of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his sash that was about his waist, and in his shoes that were on his feet.

⁶Naizvozvo ita nokuziva kwako, urege kutendera musoro wake wachena kuburukira muhwiro norugare.

⁶Do therefore according to your wisdom, and don’t let his gray head go down to Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. in peace.

⁷Asi vanakomana vaBharizirai muGiriyadhi, uvaitire unyoro, vave pakati paivo vanodya patafura yako; nekuti vakauya kwandiri saizvozvo panguva yandakatiza pamberi paAbhusaromu mukuru wako.

⁷But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those who eat at your table; for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom your brother.

⁸Tarira, kwauri kuna Shimei mwanakomana waGera, muBhenjamini weBhahurimi, iye, wakandituka nokutuka kwakaipa pazuva randakanga ndichienda Mahanaimi; asi wakazouya akasangana neni paJoridhani, ndikamupikira naJehovha, ndikati, Handingakuurayi nomunondo.

⁸“Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Yahweh, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’

⁹Asi zvino usamurega ave somunhu usine mhosva, nekuti iwe uri munhu wakachenjera; uchaziva hako zvaunofanira kumuitira, unofanira kuburusira musoro wake wachena muhwiro neropa.

⁹Now therefore don’t hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down to Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. with blood.”

¹⁰Dhavhidi akazovata namadzibaba ake, akavigwa muguta raDhavhidhi.

¹⁰David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

¹¹Nguva yakabata Dhavhidhi ushe hwaIsiraeri aiva makore makumi mana; akabata paHebhuroni makore manomwe, uye akabata paJerusaremu makore makumi matatu namatatu.

¹¹The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

¹²Zvino Soromoni akagara pachigaro choushe chababa vake Dhavhidhi; ushe hwake hukasimba kwazvo.

¹²Solomon sat on the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was firmly established.

¹³Ipapo Adhonia mwanakomana waHagiti, akasvika kuna Bhati-shebha mai vaSoromoni. Ivo vakati, Unouya norugare here? Iye akati, Hongu, norugare.

¹³Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. She said, “Do you come peaceably?” He said, “Peaceably.

¹⁴Akatizve, Ndine chimwe chandinoda kukuudzai. Ivo vakati, Taura hako.

¹⁴He said moreover, I have something to tell you.” She said, “Say on.”

¹⁵Akati, Munoziva kuti ushe hwaiva hwangu, meso avalsiraeri vose ainditarira, kuti ndive mambo; asi ushe hwakashandurwa, hukazova hwomunin'ina wangu, nekuti hwakanga huri hwake nokuda kwaJehovha.

¹⁵He said, “You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign. However the kingdom is turned around, and has become my brother’s; for it was his from Yahweh.

¹⁶Zvino ndinokumbira chinhu chimwe choga kwamuri; musandirambira henyu chinhu icho. Ivo vakati kwaari, Taura hako.

¹⁶Now I ask one petition of you. Don’t deny me.” She said to him, “Say on.”

¹⁷Akati, Dotauriranai henyu namambo Soromoni, nekuti haangakurambiriyi chinhu, kuti andipe Abhishagi muShunami, ave mukadzi wangu.

¹⁷He said, “Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell you ‘no’), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.”

¹⁸Bhati-shebha akati, Ndizvo hazvo, ndichakurevera kuna mambo.

¹⁸Bathsheba said, “Alright. I will speak for you to the king.”

¹⁹Naizvozvo Bhati-shebha akaenda kuna mambo Soromoni kundorevera Adhonia. Mambo akasimuka kuzosangana naye, akakotama pamberi pake, akagara pachigaro choushe, akaraira kuti chigaro choushe chigadzirirwe mai vamambo; ivo vakagara kurutivi rwake rworudyi.

¹⁹Bathsheba therefore went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand.

²⁰Ipapo vakati, Ndinokumbira kwauri chinhu chiduku; usandirambira hako chinhu ichi. Mambo akati kwavari, Kumbirai henyu, mai vangu, nekuti handingakurambiriyi icho.

²⁰Then she said, “I ask one small petition of you; don’t deny me.” The king said to her, “Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny you.”

²¹Vakati, Adhonia mukuru wako ngaapiwe Abhishagi muShunami, ave mukadzi wake.

²¹She said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife.”

²²Ipapo mambo Soromoni akapindura, akati kuna mai vake, Munokumbirira Adhonia Abhishagi muShunami neiko? Mumukumbirireiwo ushe, nekuti ndiye mukuru wangu; mumukumbirirei iye, naAbhiatari mupristi, naJoabhu mwanakomana waZeruya.

²²King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.”

²³Ipapo mambo Soromoni akapika naJehovha, akati, Mwari ngaandirove, arambe achidaro, Adhonia ucharipira shoko iri noupenyu hwake.

²³Then king Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, “God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.

²⁴Naizvozvo zvino, naJehovha mupenyu, iye wakandisimbisa, akandigadza pachigaro choushe chababa vangu Dhavhidhi, akandimutsira imba sezvaakandipikira, zvirokwazvo Adhonia uchaurawa nhasi.

²⁴Now therefore as Yahweh lives, who has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death this day.”

²⁵Ipapo mambo Soromoni akatuma Bhenaya mwanakomana waJehoyadha, iye akamuvamba akamuuraya.

²⁵King Solomon sent by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell on him, so that he died.

²⁶Mambo akati kuna Abhiatari mupristi, Enda Anatoti kunyika yako, nekuti waifanira kufa; asi handingakuurayi nhasi, nekuti wakambotakura areka yaJehovha Mwari pamberi pababa vangu Dhavhidhi, uye nekuti wakatambudzika pamwechete nababa vangu pakutambudzika kwavo kose.

²⁶To Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your own fields; for you are worthy of death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you bore the ark of the Lord The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” Yahweh before David my father, and because you were afflicted in all in which my father was afflicted.”

²⁷Naizvozvo Soromoni akadzinga Abhiatari, kuti arege kuva mupristi pamberi paJehovha; kuti aite shoko raJehovha, raakanga ataura pamusoro peimba yaEri paShiro.

²⁷So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest to Yahweh, that he might fulfill the word of Yahweh, which he spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

²⁸Zvino shoko iro rikasvika kuna Joabhu, nekuti Joabhu wakange atevera Adhonia, kunyange asina kutevera Abhusaromu. Joabhu akatizira kuTende raJehovha, akandobata nyanga dzeatari.

²⁸The news came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he didn’t turn after Absalom. Joab fled to the Tent of Yahweh, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

²⁹Ipapo mambo Soromoni akaudzwa, zvichinzi, Joabhu watizira kuTende raJehovha, tarirai, ari paatari. Ipapo Soromoni akatuma Bhenaya mwanakomana waJehoyadha, akati, Enda undomuvamba.

²⁹It was told king Solomon, “Joab has fled to the Tent of Yahweh, and behold, he is by the altar.” Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, fall on him.”

³⁰Bhenaya akaenda kuTende raJehovha, akati kwaari, Zvanzi namambo, Budai! Iye akati, Kwete, ndichafira pano hangu. Bhenaya akaudza mambozve, akati, Ndizvo zvataura Joabhu, ndizvo zvaandipindura.

³⁰Benaiah came to the Tent of Yahweh, and said to him, “Thus says the king, ‘Come forth!’” He said, “No; but I will die here.” Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, “Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.”

³¹Ipapo mambo akati kwaari, Ita sezvaataura, umuvambe, ugomuviga; kuti ubvise kwandiri napaimba yababa vangu ropa rakateurwa naJoabhu rakanga risine mhosva.

³¹The king said to him, “Do as he has said, and fall on him, and bury him; that you may take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father’s house.

³²Jehovha uchadzosera ropa rake pamusoro wake, nekuti wakauraya vanhu vaviri vakanga vakamupfuura pakururama nokunaka, akavauraya nomunondo, baba vangu Dhavhidhi vasingazvizivi, iye Abhineri mwanakomana waNeri, mukuru wehondo yaIsiraeri, naAmasa mwanakomana waJeteri, mukuru wehondo yaJudha.

³²Yahweh will return his blood on his own head, because he fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David didn’t know it: Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.

³³Naizvozvo ropa ravo richadzokera pamusoro waJoabhu napamisoro yorudzi rwake nokusingaperi; asi rugare runobva kuna Jehovha ruchava naDhavhidhi, norudzi rwake, neimba yake, nechigaro chake choushe nokusingaperi.

³³So shall their blood return on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed forever. But to David, and to his seed, and to his house, and to his throne, there shall be peace forever from Yahweh.”

³⁴Ipapo Bhenaya mwanakomana waJehoyadha, akaenda, akamuvamba, ndokuuraya; akavigwa mumba make murenje.

³⁴Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell on him, and killed him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

³⁵Zvino mambo akagadza Bhenaya mwanakomana waJehoyadha, panzvimbo yake ave mukuru wehondo; mambo akagadzawo Zadhoki ave mupristi panzvimbo yaAbhiatari.

³⁵The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army; and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.

³⁶Mambo akatuma munhu kundodana Shimei, akati kwaari, Uzvivakire imba paJerusaremu, ugarepo, usabvapo uchienda kumwe.

³⁶The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and don’t go out from there anywhere.

³⁷Nekuti nomusi waunobuda nawo, ukayambuka rukova Kidhironi, uzive kwazvo kuti uchaurawa zvirokwazvo; ropa rako richava pamusoro wako.

³⁷For on the day you go out, and pass over the brook Kidron, know for certain that you shall surely die: your blood shall be on your own head.”

³⁸Ipapo Shimei akati kuna mambo, Ishoko rakanaka; muranda wenyu uchaita sezvakarehwa nashe wangu mambo. Shimei akagara mazuva mazhinji paJerusaremu.

³⁸Shimei said to the king, “The saying is good. As my lord the king has said, so will your servant do.” Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.

³⁹Zvino makore matatu akati apfuura, varanda vaviri vaShimei vakatizira kuna Akishi mwanakomana waMaaka, mambo weGati. Vakaudza Shimei, vachiti, Tarira varanda vako vari Gati.

³⁹It happened at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. They told Shimei, saying, “Behold, your servants are in Gath.”

⁴⁰Ipapo Shimei akasimuka, akasungira chigaro pambongoro yake, akaenda Gati kuna Akishi, kundotsvaka varanda vake; Shimei akatora varanda vake Gati.

⁴⁰Shimei arose, and saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to Achish, to seek his servants; and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

⁴¹Zvino Soromoni akaudzwa kuti Shimei wakange abuda Jerusaremu, akaenda Gati, akadzokazve.

⁴¹It was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had come again.

⁴²Mambo akatuma munhu kundodana Shimei, akati kwaari, Handina kukupikisa naJehovha here, ndikakunyevera, ndichiti, Uzive kwazvo kuti nomusi waunobuda nawo, ukafamba kumwe, uchaurawa zvirokwazvo? Iwe ukati kwandiri, Shoko randanzwa rakanaka.

⁴²The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, “Didn’t I adjure you by Yahweh, and warn you, saying, ‘Know for certain, that on the day you go out, and walk abroad any where, you shall surely die?’ You said to me, ‘The saying that I have heard is good.’

⁴³Zvino wakaregereiko kuchengeta mhiko yawakapika kuna Jehovha, nomurayiro wandakakuraira?

⁴³Why then have you not kept the oath of Yahweh, and the commandment that I have instructed you with?”

⁴⁴Mambo akatiwo kuna Shimei, Iwe unoziva kwazvo zvakaipa zvose zvawakaitira baba vangu Dhavhidhi; naizvozvo Jehovha uchadzosera zvakaipa zvako pamusoro wako.

⁴⁴The king said moreover to Shimei, “You know all the wickedness which your heart is privy to, that you did to David my father. Therefore Yahweh shall return your wickedness on your own head.

⁴⁵Asi mambo Soromoni ucharopafadzwa, nechigaro choushe chaDhavhidhi chichasimbiswa pamberi paJehovha nokusingaperi.

⁴⁵But king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before Yahweh forever.”

⁴⁶Naizvozvo mambo akaraira Bhenaya mwanakomana waJehoyadha, iye akaenda, akandomuvamba, ndokumuuraya. Naizvozvo ushe, hwakanga hwakabatwa naSoromoni, hwakasimbiswa.

⁴⁶So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out, and fell on him, so that he died. The kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.