1Zvino negore rechinomwe Jehoyadha akazvisimbisa, akaita sungano navakuru vamazana, vaiti: Azaria mwanakomana waJerohami, naIshimaeri mwanakomana waJehohanani, naAzaria mwanakomana waObhedhi, naMaaseya mwanakomana waAdhaya, naErishafati mwanakomana waZikiri.
1In the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.
2Vakapota nenyika yaJudha, vakakokera vaRevhi vapamaguta ose aJudha, navakuru vedzimba dzamadzibaba aIsiraeri, vakasvika Jerusaremu.
2They went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the heads of fathers’ households of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.
3Ungano yose ikaita sungano namambo mumba maMwari. Iye akati kwavari, Tarirai, mwanakomana wamambo achabata ushe, sezvakarehwa naJehovha pamusoro pavanakomana vaDhavhidhi.
3All the assembly made a covenant with the king in God’s house. He said to them, “Behold, the king’s son shall reign, as Yahweh has spoken concerning the sons of David.
4Munofanira kuita kudai, imwi munopinda nesabata, chetatu chenyu chavapristi navaRevhi, munofanira kuva varindi vemikova;
4This is the thing that you shall do. A third part of you, who come in on the Sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the thresholds.
5chimwe chetatu chinofanira kuva paimba yamambo, nechimwe chetatu pasuwo renheyo; navanhu vose vanofanira kuva pavazhe dzeimba yaJehovha.
5A third part shall be at the king’s house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation. All the people shall be in the courts of Yahweh’s house.
6Asi ngakurege kuva nomunhu mumwe anopinda mumba maJehovha, asi vapristi navaRevhi vanobatamo; ivo ngavapinde nekuti vatsvene; asi vanhu vose vanofanira kurinda imba yaJehovha.
6But let no one come into the house of Yahweh, except the priests, and those who minister of the Levites. They shall come in, for they are holy, but all the people shall follow Yahweh’s instructions.
7VaRevhi vanofanira kukomba mambo, mumwe nomumwe akabata nhumbi dzokurwa nadzo muruoko rwake; Ani naani anopinda paimba, anofanira kuurawa; mugare namambo kana achipinda uye kana achibuda.
7The Levites shall surround the king, every man with his weapons in his hand. Whoever comes into the house, let him be slain. Be with the king when he comes in, and when he goes out.”
8Naizvozvo vaRevhi navaJudha vose vakaita zvose zvavakarairwa nomupristi Jehoyadha; mumwe nomumwe akatora vanhu vake, ivo vaifanira kupinda nesabata naivo vaifanira kubuda nesabata; nekuti mupristi Jehoyadha haana kutendera mapoka kuenda.
8So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men, those who were to come in on the Sabbath; with those who were to go out on the Sabbath; for Jehoiada the priest didn’t dismiss the shift.
9mupristi Jehoyadha akapa vakuru vamazana mapfumo, nenhovo, nenhovo duku, zvaiva zvamambo Dhavhidhi, zvakanga zviri mumba maMwari.
9Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds the spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David’s, which were in God’s house.
10Akarongedza vanhu vose, mumwe nomumwe akabata nhumbi dzokurwa nadzo muruoko rwake, kubva kurutivi rworudyi rweimba kusvikira kurutivi rworuboshwe rweimba, napaaritari neimba, vakakomba mambo.
10He set all the people, every man with his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, around the king.
11Ipapo vakabudisa mwanakomana wamambo, vakamudzika korona, vakamupa chipupuriro, vakamuita mambo; Jehoyadha navanakomana vake vakamuzodza; vakati, Mambo ngaararame!
11Then they brought out the king’s son, and put the crown on him, and gave him the testimony, and made him king: and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him; and they said, “Long live the king!”
12Zvino mambo Ataria vakati vachinzwa mhere-mhere yavanhu vakanga vachimhanya nokurumbidza mambo, vakapinda kuvanhu mumba maJehovha;
12When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of Yahweh:
13akatarira, akaona mambo amire pambiru yake pavaipinda napo, navakuru navane hwamanda vamire kuna mambo; vanhu vose venyika vakafara, vakaridza hwamanda; vaimbiwo vakaridza zvokuridza nazvo, vakaraira vairumbidza nokuimba kwavo. Ipapo mambo Ataria vakabvarura nguvo dzavo, vakati, Ndamukirwa, ndamukirwa!
13and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets; the singers also played musical instruments, and led the singing of praise. Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and said, “Treason! treason!”
14Mupristi Jehoyadha akabudisa vakuru vamazana vairaira hondo, akati kwavari, Mubudisei pakati pemisara yavanhu; ani naani anomutevera iye, ngaaurawe nomunondo; nekuti mupristi wakati, Regai kumuuraya mumba maJehovha
14Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds who were set over the army, and said to them, “Bring her out between the ranks; and whoever follows her, let him be slain with the sword.” For the priest said, “Don’t kill her in the Yahweh’s house.”
15Naizvozvo vakamudziurira nzira, vakaenda nenzira yaipinda mabhiza nayo kumba kwamambo, vakamuurayirapo.
15So they made way for her. She went to the entrance of the horse gate to the king’s house; and they killed her there.
16Ipapo Jehoyadha akaita sungano, iye navanhu vose namambo, kuti vave vanhu vaJehovha.
16Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be Yahweh’s people.
17Vanhu vose vakaenda kumba kwaBhaari, vakaiputsa; vakaputsanya aritari dzake nemifananidzo yake, vakauraya Matani mupristi waBhaari pamberi pearitari.
17All the people went to the house of Baal, and broke it down, and broke his altars and his images in pieces, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
18Jehoyadha akaraira mabasa eimba yaJehovha kuti atarirwe navapristi vaRevhi, vakanga varongedzwa naDhavhidhi mumba maJehovha, kuti vapisire Jehovha zvipiriso zvinopiswa, sezvakanyorwa pamurayiro waMozisi, nomufaro nokuimba, sezvakanga zvarairwa naDhavhidhi.
18Jehoiada appointed the officers of the house of Yahweh under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of Yahweh, to offer the burnt offerings of Yahweh, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David.
19Akagadzawo vatariri pamusuwo eimba yaJehovha, kuti parege kupinda munhu wakasvibiswa nechinhu chipi nechipi.
19He set the porters at the gates of the house of Yahweh, that no one who was unclean in anything should enter in.
20Akaenda ana vakuru vamazana, navaikudzwa, navabati vavanhu, navanhu vose venyika, vakaburusa mambo paimba yaJehovha, vakapinda mumba mamambo napasuwo rokumusoro, vakagadza mambo pachigaro choushe.
20He took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of Yahweh: and they came through the upper gate to the king’s house, and set the king on the throne of the kingdom.
21Naizvozvo vanhu vose venyika vakafara, guta rikanyarara; asi Ataria vakanga vamuuraya nomunondo.
21So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. Athaliah they had slain with the sword.