¹Zvino shure kwaizvozvo Nabhoti muJezereeri wakange anomunda wemizambiringa, waiva paJezereeri pedo neimba youshe yaAhabhi mambo weSamaria.

¹It happened after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

²Zvino Ahabhi akataura naNabhoti, akati, Ndipe munda wako wemizambiringa, ndiuite munda wemiriwo, nekuti uri pedo neimba yangu; ini ndigokupa mumwe munda wemizambiringa unokunda uyu; zvimwe, kana uchida, ndingakupa mari yakaringana mutengo wawo.

²Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near to my house; and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it. Or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its worth in money.”

³Ipapo Nabhoti akati kuna Ahabhi, Jehovha ngaandidzivise, ndirege kukupai nhaka yamadzibaba angu.

³Naboth said to Ahab, “May Yahweh forbid me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!”

⁴ipapo Ahabhi akapinda mumba make, avora moyo, ane shungu, nokuda kweshoko raakanga audzwa naNabhoti muJezereeri, nekuti iye wakange ati, Handingakupiyi nhaka yamadzibaba angu. Akavata panhovo yake, akatendeudza chiso chake, akaramba kudya.

⁴Ahab came into his house sullen and angry because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He laid himself down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

⁵Zvino Izebheri mukadzi wake akaenda kwaari, akati, moyo wenyu une shungu neiko, zvamusingadi kudya?

⁵But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, “Why is your spirit so sad, that you eat no bread?”

⁶Iye akati kwaari: Nekuti ndakataura naNabhoti muJezereeri, ndikati kwaari, Ndipe munda wako wemizambiringa, ndiutenge nemari; asi kana uchida hako, ndichakupa mumwe munda wemizambiringa panzvimbo yawo, iye akapindura, akati, Handingakupiyi munda wangu wemizambiringa.

⁶He said to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it pleases you, I will give you another vineyard for it.’ He answered, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’”

⁷Zvino Izebheri makadzi wake akati kwaari, Ko hamuzimi munobata ushe pakati paIsiraeri here? Mukai, mudye, moyo wenyu ufare, nekuti ini ndichakupai munda wemizambiringa waNabhoti muJezereeri.

⁷Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry. I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”

⁸Naizvozvo akanyora tsamba nezita raAhabhi, akadzisimbisa nechisimbiso chake, akatuma tsamba idzo kuvakuru, nokumachinda, vaiva muguta rake, vakanga vagere naNabhoti.

⁸So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, who lived with Naboth.

⁹Akanyora patsamba idzo, achiti, Tarirai musi wokutsanya nawo, mukudze Nabhoti pakati pavanhu.

⁹She wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

¹⁰Mugoraira vanhu vaviri vakaisvoipa vamire pamberi pake, vamupupurire, vachiti, Iwe wakatuka Mwari namambo. Ipapo muende naye kunze kweguta, mumutake namabwe, afe.

¹⁰Set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king!’ Then carry him out, and stone him to death.”

¹¹Ipapo varume veguta rake, ivo vakuru namachinda, vakanga vagere muguta rake, vakaita sezvakarairwa naIzebheri, sezvakanyorwa patsamba dzavakanga vatumirwa naye.

¹¹The men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them.

¹²Vakatara zuva rokutsanya, vakakudza Nabhoti pakati pavanhu.

¹²They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

¹³Zvino varume vaviri vakaisvoipa vakapinda, vakandogara pamberi pake; varume ava vakaisvoipa vakamupupurira, iye Nabhoti, pamberi pavanhu, vakati, Nabhoti wakatuka Mwari namambo. Zvino vakabuda naye paguta, vakamutaka namabwe, akafa.

¹³The two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him. The base fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!” Then they carried him out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.

¹⁴Ipapo vakatuma shoko kuna Izebheri, vakati, Nabhoti watakwa namabwe, wafa.

¹⁴Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned, and is dead.”

¹⁵Zvino Izebheri wakati achinzwa kuti Nabhoti watakwa namabwe, wafa, Izebheri akati kunaAhabhi, Simukai, mundozvitorera munda wemizambiringa waNabhoti muJezereeri, uyo waakadeya kuramba kukupai, nguva yamakada kumupa mari, nekuti Nabhoti haachiri mupenyu, asi wafa.

¹⁵It happened, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, “Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.”

¹⁶Zvino Ahabhi wakati achinzwa kuti Nabhoti wafa, akasimuka, akaburuka kumunda wemizambiringa waNabhoti muJezereeri, kundozvitorera iwo.

¹⁶It happened, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

¹⁷Zvino shoko raJehovha rakasvika kuna Eria muTishibhi, richiti,

¹⁷The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

¹⁸Simuka, buruka undosangana naAhabhi mambo waIsiraeri, unogara Samaria; uchamuwana ari mumunda wemizambiringa waNabhoti, kwaaburukira kundozvitorera iwo.

¹⁸“Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwells in Samaria. Behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to take possession of it.

¹⁹Umuudze, uti, Zvanzi naJehovha, Wauraya, zvino watorawo here? Zvino umuudzewo, uti, Zvanzi naJehovha, Apo pakananzva imbwa ropa raNabhoti, ndipo padzichananzva ropa rakowo.

¹⁹You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Have you killed and also taken possession?”’ You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours.”’”

²⁰Ahabhi akati kuna Eria, Wandiwana, iwe muvengi wangu here? Akapindura, akati, Ndakuwana; nekuti wazvitengesa kuti uite zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha.

²⁰Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, my enemy?” He answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh.

²¹Tarira, ndichauyisa zvakaipa pamusoro pako, ndichakutsvaira chose, ubve, ndichaparadza vanakomana vose vaAhabhi, vaduku navakuru kuvaIsiraeri.

²¹Behold, I will bring evil on you, and will utterly sweep you away and will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall, or, male and him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel.

²²Imba yako ndichaiita seimba yaJerobhoamu mwanakomana waNebhati, neimba yaBhaasha mwanakomana waAhija, nemhaka yokuti wakanditsamwisa iwe, ukatadzisa Isiraeri.

²²I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah for the provocation with which you have provoked me to anger, and have made Israel to sin.”

²³Uye Jehovha akataura pamusoro paIzebheri, akati, Imbwa dzichadya Izebheri parusvingo rweJezereeri.

²³Yahweh also spoke of Jezebel, saying, “The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel.

²⁴Ani naani waAhabhi, unofira muguta, uchadyiwa nembwa, Ani naani, unofira kusango, uchadyiwa neshiri dzekudenga.

²⁴The dogs will eat he who dies of Ahab in the city; and the birds of the sky will eat he who dies in the field.”

²⁵(Asi hakuna munhu wakafanana naAhabhi, wakazvitengesa kuti aite zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha, achikurudzirwa naIzebheri mukadzi wake.

²⁵But there was none like Ahab, who sold himself to do that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.

²⁶Akaita zvakanyangadza kwazvo, nekuti wakatevera zvifananidzo netsika dzose dzavaAmori, ivo vakanga vadzingwa naJehovha pamberi pavana vaIsiraeri).

²⁶He did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.

²⁷Zvino Ahabhi wakati achinzwa mashoko iwayo, akabvarura nguvo dzake, akasimira magumbu pamuviri wake, akatsanya, akavata pasi namagumbu, akanatsofamba.

²⁷It happened, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

²⁸Zvino shoko raJehovha rikasvika kuna Eria muTishibhi, richiti,

²⁸The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

²⁹Unoona here kuti Ahabhi unozvininipisa pamberi pangu? Zvaanozvininipisa pamberi pangu, handingauyisi zvakaipa izvo pamazuva ake; asi pamazuva omwanakomana wake ndichauyisa zvakaipa izvo pamusoro peimba yake.

²⁹“See how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but in his son’s days will I bring the evil on his house.”