1Amazia akanga ana makore makumi maviri namashanu pakutanga kwake kubata ushe; akabata ushe paJerusaremu makore makumi maviri namapfumbamwe, zita ramai vake rakanga riri Jehoadhani weJerusaremu
1Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Jehoaddan, of Jerusalem.
2Iye akaita zvakarurama pamberi paJehovha, asi haana kuita nomoyo wose.
2He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, but not with a perfect heart.
3Zvino akati asimba paushe hwake, akauraya varanda vake vakauraya mambo baba vake.
3Now it happened, when the kingdom was established to him, that he killed his servants who had killed the king his father.
4Asi haana kuuraya vana vavo, asi akaita sezvakanyorwa pamurayiro pabhuku yaMozisi, sezvakarairwa naJehovha, achiti, Madzibaba haafaniri kufira vana vavo, navana havafaniri kufira madzibaba avo; asi munhu mumwe nomumwe anofanira kufira zvivi zvake.
4But he didn’t put their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as Yahweh commanded, saying, “The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.”
5Amazia akaunganidzawo vaJudha, akagadza pamusoro pavo vatariri vezviuru navatariri vamazana nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, ivo vaJudha vose navaBhenjamini; akavaverenga, vose vamakore ana makumi maviri navakapfuura, akavawana vari varume vane zviuru zvina mazana matatu vakatsaurwa, vaigona kurwa, vaigona kurwa nepfumo nenhovo.
5Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them according to their fathers’ houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, who could handle spear and shield.
6Akaripirawo varume vane simba noumahare vane zviuru zvine zana vavaIsiraeri, akavapa matarenda* ane zana esirivha.
6He hired also one hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for one hundred talents of silver.
7Asi mumwe munhu waMwari akauya kwaari, akati, Haiwa, mambo, hondo yavaIsiraeri ngairege kuenda nemi, nekuti Jehovha haapo panaIsiraeri, pavana vaEfuraimu vose.
7A man of God came to him, saying, “O king, don’t let the army of Israel go with you; for Yahweh is not with Israel, with all the children of Ephraim.
8Asi endai imwi moga, shingai murwe nesimba; Mwari angakukundisai navavengi here? Nekuti Mwari ane simba rokubatsira nerokukundisa.
8But if you will go, take action, be strong for the battle. God will overthrow you before the enemy; for God has power to help, and to overthrow.”
9Ipapo Amazia akati kumunhu waMwari, Zvino tichaita seiko pamusoro pamatarenda* ane zana andakapa pfumo ravaIsiraeri? Munhu waMwari akapindura, akati, Jehovha anogona kukupai zvinopfuura izvozvo kwazvo.
9Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel?” The man of God answered, “Yahweh is able to give you much more than this.”
10Ipapo Amazia akavaraura, iro pfumo rakanga rauya kwaari richibva kwaEfuremu, kuti vadzokerezve kumusha; nemhaka iyo vakatsamwira Judha kwazvo, vakadzokera kumusha vatsamwa kwazvo.
10Then Amaziah separated them, the army that had come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: therefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in fierce anger.
11Zvino Amazia akatsunga moyo, akatungamirira vanhu vake, akaenda kuMupata woMunyu, akauraya vana vaSeiri vane zviuru zvine gumi.
11Amaziah took courage, and led forth his people, and went to the Valley of Salt, and struck ten thousand of the children of Seir.
12Vana vaJudha vakatapa vane zviuru zvine gumi vari vapenyu, vakaenda navo pamusoro pedombo, vakavakandira pasi padombo, vakavhunikanya vose.
12The children of Judah carry away ten thousand alive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and threw them down from the top of the rock, so that they all were broken in pieces.
13Asi varume vehondo vakanga vadzoswa naAmazia, kuti varege kundorwa naye, vakandowira maguta aJudha, kubva paSamaria kusvikira paBhetihoroni, vakauraya vanhu vane zviuru zvitatu kwavari, vakapambara zvizhinji.
13But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell on the cities of Judah, from Samaria even to Beth Horon, and struck of them three thousand, and took much spoil.
14Zvino Amazia akati achidzoka pakuuraya vaEdhomu, akauya navamwari vavana vaSeiri, akavaita vamwari vake, akavafugamira, nokuvapisira zvinonhuhwira.
14Now it happened, after that Amaziah had come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense to them.
15Saka Jehovha akatsamwira Amazia, akatuma muporofita kwaari; iye akati kwaari, Wakabvunzireiko vamwari vavanhu vakakoniwa kurwira vanhu vavo pamaoko ako?
15Therefore the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent to him a prophet, who said to him, “Why have you sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of your hand?”
16Zvino wakati achataura naye, mambo akati kwaari, Takakuita gurukota ramambo here? Nyarara, uchaurayirweiko? Ipapo muporofita akanyarara, asi akati, Ndinoziva kuti Mwari anofunga kukuparadza, nekuti wakaita izvozvi, ukasateerera zvandakakuraira.
16It happened, as he talked with him, that the king said to him, “Have we made you one of the king’s counselors? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” Then the prophet stopped, and said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this, and have not listened to my counsel.”
17Ipapo Amazia mambo waJudha akatsvaka zano, akatuma kuna Joashi mwanakomana waJehoahazi, mwanakomana waJehu, mambo waIsiraeri, akati, Uya tivonane.
17Then Amaziah king of Judah consulted his advisers, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us look one another in the face.”
18Joashi mambo waIsiraeri akatuma shoko kuna Amazia mambo waJudha, akati, Rukato rwakanga ruri paRebhanoni rwakatuma shoko kumusidhari wakange uri paRebhanoni, rukati, Ipa mwanakomana wangu mukunda wako ave mukadzi wake, zvino imwe mhuka yakanga iri paRebhanoni ikapfuurapo, ikatsika-tsika rukato.
18Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as his wife; then a wild animal that was in Lebanon passed by, and trampled down the thistle.
19Iwe unoti, Tarira wakunda Edhomu; zvino moyo wako wava namanyawi, wozvikudza; gara hako zvino kumusha kwako; nekuti uchatsvakireiko njodzi, uwiremo, iwe naJudha pamwechete newe?
19You say to yourself that you have struck Edom; and your heart lifts you up to boast. Now stay at home. Why should you meddle with trouble, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?’”
20Asi Amazia akaramba kunzwa; nekuti zvakanga zvichibva kuna Mwari, kuti avaise mumaoko avavengi vavo; nekuti vakanga vatevera vamwari vaEdhomu.
20But Amaziah would not listen; for it was of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they had sought after the gods of Edom.
21Naizvozvo Joashi mambo waIsiraeri akaenda; iye naAmazia mambo waJudha vakarwa paBhetishemeshi riri paJudha.
21So Joash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
22Judha vakakundwa naIsiraeri, mumwe nomumwe akatizira kutende rake.
22Judah was defeated by Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.
23Joashi mambo walsiraeri akasunga Amazia mambo waJudha, mwanakomana waJoashi, mwanakomana waJehoahazi, paBhetishemeshi, akaenda naye Jerusaremu, akaputsa rusvingo rweJerusaremu, kubva pasuwo raEfuremu kusvikira pasuwo rapakona, makubhiti ana mazana mana.
23Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
24Akatora ndarama yose nesirivha, nemidziyo yose yakawanikwa mumba maMwari kuna Obhedhi-Edhomu, nefuma yomumba mamambo, navanhu kuzova rubatso, akadzokera Samaria.
24He took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in God’s house with Obed-Edom, and the treasures of the king’s house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
25Zvino Amazia mwanakomana waJoashi mambo waJudha wakagara ari mupenyu makore ane gumi namashanu shure kokufa kwaJoashi mwanakomana waJehoahazi mambo waIsiraeri.
25Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
26Zvino mamwe mabasa aAmazia, okutanga nookupedzisira, tarirai, haana kunyorwa here mubhuku yamadzimambo aJudha naIsiraeri?
26Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, aren’t they written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
27Zvino kubva panguva yakarega Amazia kutevera Jehovha, vakamurangana, vakamumukira paJerusaremu; iye ndokutizira Rakishi; asi vakatuma vanhu Rakishi vachimutevera, vakamuurayirapo.
27Now from the time that Amaziah turned away from following Yahweh, they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem. He fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and killed him there.
28Vakauya naye pamabhiza, vakamuviga kumadzibaba ake muguta raJudha.
28They brought him on horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.