1Zvino Ataria mai vaAhazia, wakati achiona kuti mwanakomana wake wafa, akasimuka, akaparadza vose vorudzi rwamambo.
1Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
2Asi Jehoshebha mukunda wamambo Joramu, hanzvadzi yaAhazia, wakatora Joashi mwanakomana waAhazia, akamuba pakati pavanakomana vamambo vaiurawa, iye nomureri wake, mumba mokuvata; vakamuvanza panaAtaria, naizvozvo haana kuurawa.
2But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were slain, even him and his nurse, and put them in the bedroom; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain;
3Akagara naye akavanzwa mumba maJehovha makore matanhatu; Ataria akabata ushe panyika.
3He was with her hidden in the house of Yahweh six years. Athaliah reigned over the land.
4Zvino negore rechinomwe Jehoyadha akatuma vanhu vakatora vakuru vamazana vavaKari navarindi vamambo, akauya navo kwaari mumba maJehovha, akaita sungano navo, akavapikisa mumba maJehovha, akavaratidza mwanakomana wamambo.
4In the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him into the house of Yahweh; and he made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of Yahweh, and showed them the king’s son.
5Akavaraira, akati, Munofanira kuita kudai, imwi munopinda nesabata, chetatu chenyu munofanira kuva varindi veimba yama mbo;
5He commanded them, saying, “This is the thing that you shall do: a third part of you, who come in on the Sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king’s house;
6chimwe chetatu munofanira kumira pasuwo rinonzi Suri; chimwe cheta tuzve vanofanira kumira pasuwo riri shure kwavarindi vamambo; saizvozvo munofanira kurinda imba, nokuidzivirira.
6A third part shall be at the gate Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard. So you shall keep the watch of the house, and be a barrier.
7Mapoka enyu maviri, imwi mose munobuda nesabata, munofanira kurinda imba yaJehovha muchikomba mambo.
7The two companies of you, even all who go out on the Sabbath, shall keep the watch of the house of Yahweh around the king.
8Mukombe mambo, mumwe nomumwe akabata nhumbi dzokurwa nadzo muruoko rwake; Ani naani unopinda pakati pemisara, unofanira kuurawa; mugare namambo kana achibuda uye kana achipinda.
8You shall surround the king, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he who comes within the ranks, let him be slain. Be with the king when he goes out, and when he comes in.”
9Vakuru vamazana vakaita zvose zvavakarairwa nomupristi Jehoyadha; mumwe nomumwe akatora vanhu vake, ivo vaifanira kupinda nesabata, naivo vaifanira kubuda nesabata, vakasvika kumupristi Jehoyadha.
9The captains over hundreds 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, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
10mupristi akapa vakuru vamazana mapfumo nenhowo zvaiva zvamambo Dhavhidhi, zvakanga zviri mumba maJehovha.
10The priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears and shields that had been king David’s, which were in the house of Yahweh.
11Zvino varindi vamambo vakamira mumwe nomumwe akabata nhumbi dzokurwa nadzo muruoko rwake, kubva kurutivi rworudyi rweimba kusvikira kurutivi rworuboshwe rweimba, napaaritari neimba, vakakomba mambo.
11The guard stood, every man with his weapons 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.
12Ipapo akabudisa mwanakomana wamambo, akamudzika korona, akamupa chipupuriro, vakamuita mambo, vakamuzodza; ndokuridza nhondo, vachiti; Mambo ngaararame!
12Then he brought out the king’s son, and put the crown on him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, “Long live the king!”
13Zvino Ataria wakati achinzwa mheremhere yavarindi vamambo navanhu, akapinda kuvanhu mumba maJehovha.
13When Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the house of Yahweh:
14Akatarira, ndokuona mambo amire pambiru, netsika yavo, navakuru navakanga vane hwamanda vamire kuna mambo; vanhu vose venyika vakafara, vakaridza hwamanda. Ipapo Ataria akabvarura nguvo dzake, akadanidzira, achiti, Ndamukirwa, ndamukirwa!
14and she looked, and behold, the king stood by the pillar, as the tradition was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and cried, “Treason! Treason!”
15Zvino mupristi Jehoyadha akaraira vakuru vamazana, vairaira hondo, akati kwavari, Mubudisei pakati pemisara yavanhu; Ani naani unomutevera iye, munofanira kumuuraya nomunondo; nekuti mupristi wakati, Ngaarege kuurayiwa mukati meimba yaJehovha.
15Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were set over the army, and said to them, “Bring her out between the ranks. Kill him who follows her with the sword.” For the priest said, “Don’t let her be slain in the house of Yahweh.”
16Naizvozvo vakamubata namaoko, akaenda nenzira yaipinda mabhiza nayo kumba kwamambo, ndokuurayirwapo.
16So they made way for her; and she went by the way of the horses’ entry to the king’s house. She was slain there.
17Zvino Jehoyadha akaita sungano pakati paJehovha namambo navanhu, kuti vave vanhu vaJehovha; uyewo pakati pamambo navanhu.
17Jehoiada made a covenant between Yahweh and the king and the people, that they should be Yahweh’s people; between the king also and the people.
18Vanhu vose venyika vakaenda kumba kwaBhaari, vakaiputsa; vakaputsa kwazvo aritari dzake
18All the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and broke it down; his altars and his images broke they in pieces thoroughly, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. The priest appointed officers over the house of Yahweh.
19Akatora vakuru vamazana, navaKari, navarindi vamambo, navanhu vose venyika, vakaburusa mambo paimba yaJehovha, vakaenda kumba kwamambo nenzira yesuwo ravarindi vamambo. Iye akagara pachigaro choushe chamadzimambo.
19He took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of Yahweh, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king’s house. He sat on the throne of the kings.
20Naizvozvo vanhu vose venyika vakafara, guta rikanyarara; vakauraya Ataria nomunondo paimba yamambo.
20So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. Athaliah they had slain with the sword at the king’s house.
21Jehoashi wakatanga kubata ushe ana makore manomwe.
21Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.