¹Zvino Abhija akavata namadzibaba ake, akavigwa muguta raDhavhidhi; Asa mwanakomana wake akamutevera paushe, pamazuva ake nyika yakanga ino rugare makore ane gumi.

¹So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land was quiet ten years.

²Asa akaita zvakanaka nezvakarurama pamberi paJehovha Mwari wake.

²Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Yahweh his God:

³nekuti akabvisa aritari dzoutorwa, namatunhu akakwirira, akaputsa shongwe, nokutemawo matanda okunamata nawo;

³for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and cut down the Asherim,

⁴akaraira vaJudha kuti vatsvake Jehovha Mwari wamadzibaba avo, nokuchengeta murau nomurayiro.

⁴and commanded Judah to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.

⁵Akabvisawo pamaguta ose avaJudha matunhu akakwirira nezvimwari zvezuva; ushe hukava norugare iye ari mambo.

⁵Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.

⁶Akavaka maguta akakombwa paJudha; nekuti nyika yakanga ino rugare, akanga asina kurwa pamakore iwayo; nekuti Jehovha akanga amuzorodza.

⁶He built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Yahweh had given him rest.

⁷Nekuti akati kuvaJudha: Ngativake maguta iwayo, tiapoteredze namasvingo, neshongwe, namasuwo, namazariro; nyika ichiri pamberi pedu, nekuti takatsvaka Jehovha Mwari wedu; takamutsvaka, akatizorodza pamativi ose. Ipapo vakavaka, vakagara zvakanaka.

⁷For he said to Judah, “Let us build these cities, and make walls around them, with towers, gates, and bars. The land is yet before us, because we have sought Yahweh our God; we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.

⁸Asa akanga ane hondo yavaJudha, vane zviuru zvina mazana matatu, vakanga vakashonga nhovo huru namapfumo; neyavaBhenjamini vane zviuru zvina mazana maviri namakumi masere, vakanga vakashonga nhovo vaifura nouta; ava vose vaiva varume vane simba noumhare.

⁸Asa had an army that bore bucklers and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew bows, two hundred eighty thousand: all these were mighty men of valor.

⁹Zvino Zera multiopia akauya kuzorwa navo nehondo yavanhu vane zviuru zvezviuru, nengoro dzina mazana matatu; akasvika Maresha.

⁹There came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an army of a million troops, and three hundred chariots; and he came to Mareshah.

¹⁰Ipapo Asa akabuda kuzorwa naye, vakagadzira kuzorwa pamupata weZefata paMaresha.

¹⁰Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.

¹¹Asa akachema kuna Jehovha Mwari wake, akati, Jehovha hakuna angabatsira asine simba kurwa nounesimba, asi imwi moga; tibatsirei Jehovha Mwari wedu; nekuti tinovimba nemi, tasvika kuzorwa navazhinji ava nezita renyu. imwi Jehovha, ndimi Mwari wedu; munhu ngaarege kukukundai imi.

¹¹Asa cried to Yahweh his God, and said, “Yahweh, there is none besides you to help, between the mighty and him who has no strength. Help us, Yahweh our God; for we rely on you, and in your name are we come against this multitude. Yahweh, you are our God. Don’t let man prevail against you.”

¹²Ipapo Jehovha akaparadza vaItiopia pamberi paAsa, napamberi pavaJudha, vaItiopia vakatiza.

¹²So Yahweh struck the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.

¹³Asa navanhu vaakanga anavo vakavateverera kusvikira paGerari; vaItiopia vakaurawa vazhinji, vakakoniwa kumutsiridzika; nekuti vakaparadzwa pamberi paJehovha napamberi pehondo yake vaJudha vakaenda nezvizhinji kwazvo zvavakapamba.

¹³Asa and the people who were with him pursued them to Gerar: and there fell of the Ethiopians so many that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before Yahweh, and before his army; and they carried away very much booty.

¹⁴Vakaparadza maguta ose akapoteredza Gerari; nekuti vakavhunduswa naJehovha; vakapamba maguta ose, nekuti kwakanga kune zvingapambwa zvizhinji maari.

¹⁴They struck all the cities around Gerar; for the fear of Yahweh came on them: and they despoiled all the cities; for there was much spoil in them.

¹⁵Vakaparadzawo matende ezvipfuwo, vakatapa makwai mazhinji nemakamera, ndokudzokera Jerusaremu.

¹⁵They struck also the tents of livestock, and carried away sheep in abundance, and camels, and returned to Jerusalem.