¹Zvino izvo zvose zvakati zvapera, vaIsiraeri vose vakanga varipo, vakabuda kumaguta aJudha, vakaputsa shongwe, nokutema matanda okunamata nawo, vakaputsa matunhu akakwirira nearitari kwaJudha nokwaBhenjamini kose, nokwaEfuremu nokwaManase, kusvikira vazviparadza zvose. Ipapo vana vaIsiraeri vose vakadzokera kumaguta avo, mumwe nomumwe kuzvinhu zvake.

¹Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and broke down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.

²Hezekia akaraira mapoka avapristi navaRevhi pamapoka avo, munhu mumwe nomumwe pabasa rake vapristi navaRevhi vose, vakabayira zvipiriso zvinopiswa nezvipiriso zvokuyananisa, kushumira nokuvonga, nokurumbidza mumasuwo emisasa yaJehovha.

²Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites after their divisions, every man according to his service, both the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp of Yahweh.

³Akarairawo mugove wefuma yamambo wezvipiriso zvinopiswa, zvaiti: Wezvipiriso zvinopiswa mangwanani namadekwana, nezvipiriso zvinopiswa pamasabata, napakugara komwedzi, napamitambo yakatarwa, sezvazvakanyorwa pamurayiro waJehovha.

³He appointed also the king’s portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the Sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of Yahweh.

⁴Akarairawo vanhu veJerusaremu kupa vapristi navaRevhi mugove wavo, kuti ivo vasimbe pamurayiro waJehovha.

⁴Moreover he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves to the law of Yahweh.

⁵Zvino vakati vachangonzwa murayiro uyu, vana vaIsiraeri vakapa zvakawanda zvezvitsva, zvezviyo newaini, namafuta, nouchi, nemichero yose yeminda; uye chegumi chezvinhu zvose vakauya nazvo zviri zvizhinji.

⁵As soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel gave in abundance the first fruits of grain, new wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.

⁶Navana vaIsiraeri navaJudha vakanga vagere pamaguta aJudha vakauyawo nezvegumi zvenzombe namakwai, nezvegumi zvezvinhu zvakatsaurwa zvakanga zvatsaurirwa Jehovha Mwari wavo, vakazviita mirwi.

⁶The children of Israel and Judah, who lived in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of cattle and sheep, and the tithe of dedicated things which were consecrated to Yahweh their God, and laid them by heaps.

⁷Vakatanga kuita mirwi pamwedzi wechitatu, vakapedza nomwedzi wechinomwe.

⁷In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

⁸Zvino Hezekia namachinda, vakati vasvika nokuona mirwi, vakavonga Jehovha navanhu vake vaIsiraeri.

⁸When Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed Yahweh, and his people Israel.

⁹Ipapo Hezekia akabvunza vapristi navaRevhi pamusoro pemirwi.

⁹Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

¹⁰Azaria mupristi mukuru weimba yaZadhoki akamupindura, akati, Kubva nguva yavakatanga kuisa zvipo muimba yaJehovha, takadya, tikaguta, tikasarirwa nezvizhinji, nekuti Jehovha akaropafadza vanhu vake; zvasara ndizvo zvizhinji izvi.

¹⁰Azariah the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him and said, “Since people began to bring the offerings into the house of Yahweh, we have eaten and had enough, and have left plenty: for Yahweh has blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.”

¹¹Ipapo Hezekia akaraira kuti vagadzire makamuri mumba maJehovha; vakaagadzira.

¹¹Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare rooms in the house of Yahweh; and they prepared them.

¹²Vakapinza zvipo, nomutowo wakatendeka, nezvegumi, nezvinhu zvakatsaurirwa Jehovha; Konania muRevhi akaitwa mutariri wazvo, uye Shimei munin'ina wake akanga ari wechipiri.

¹²They brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: and over them Conaniah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was second.

¹³NaJehieri, naAzazia, naNahati, naAsaheri, naJerimoti, naJozabhadhi, naErieri, nalsimakia, naMahati, naBhenaya, vaiva vatariri pasi paKonania naShimei munin'ina wake, vakanga vagadzwa namambo Hezekia naAzaria mutariri weimba yaMwari.

¹³Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of God’s house.

¹⁴Kore mwanakomana waImina muRevhi, mutariri wesuwo rokumabvazuva, akanga ari mutariri wenhendo dzaingopiwa Mwari nokuzvidira, kuti agovere zvipo zvaJehovha nezvinhu zvitsvene kwazvo.

¹⁴Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter at the east gate, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the offerings of Yahweh, and the most holy things.

¹⁵Pasi pake pakanga pana Edheni, naMiniamini, naJeshua, naShemaya, naAmaria, naShekania, mumaguta avapristi, pamabasa avo akatarwa, kuti vape hama dzavo namapoka, vakuru navaduku vose;

¹⁵Under him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their office of trust, to give to their brothers by divisions, as well to the great as to the small:

¹⁶vasingaverengi varume vakanga vakanyorwa mazita avo, kubva pamakore matatu navanopfuura, Ani naani aipinda mumba maJehovha, kuzoita mabasa akadikamwa zuva rimwe nerimwe, pamabasa avo avakanga vapiwa namapoka avo;

¹⁶besides those who were reckoned by genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even everyone who entered into the house of Yahweh, as the duty of every day required, for their service in their offices according to their divisions;

¹⁷navakanga vaverengwa pamazita avapristi nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, navaRevhi vamakore makumi maviri navakapfuura, pamabasa avo namapoka avo;

¹⁷and those who were reckoned by genealogy of the priests by their fathers’ houses, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their offices by their divisions;

¹⁸navakaverengwa namazita epwere dzavo dzose, navakadzi vavo, navanakomana vavo, navanasikana vavo, paungano yose; nekuti vakanga vazvinatsa noutsvene pamabasa avo akatarwa;

¹⁸and those who were reckoned by genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their office of trust they sanctified themselves in holiness.

¹⁹navanakomana vaAroni vapristi vakanga vari kuminda yoruwa rwamaguta avo, paguta rimwe nerimwe kwaiva navarume vakanga vakanyorwa mazita avo, kuti vape varume vose pakati pavapristi migove yavo, navose vakaverengwa mazita avo pakati pavaRevhi.

¹⁹Also for the sons of Aaron the priests, who were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every city, there were men who were mentioned by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all who were reckoned by genealogy among the Levites.

²⁰Ndizvo zvakaita Hezekia kwaJudha kose; akaita zvakanaka nezvakarurama nezvakatendeka pamberi paJehovha Mwari wake.

²⁰Hezekiah did so throughout all Judah; and he worked that which was good and right and faithful before Yahweh his God.

²¹Pabasa rimwe nerimwe raakatanga pakushumira paimba yaMwari, napamurayiro, napamirau, napakutsvaka Mwari wake, wakazviita nomoyo wake wose, akakunda.

²¹In every work that he began in the service of God’s house, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.