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| 1. | Zvino Jehoramu mwanakomana waAhabhi wakatanga kubata ushe hwaIsiraeri paSamaria negore regumi namasere raJehoshafati mambo waJudha, akabata ushe makore ane gumi namaviri. |
| 2. | Akaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha, asi haana kuita sababa vake kana samai vake; nokuti wakabvisa shongwe yaBhaari yakanga yaitwa nababa vake. |
| 3. | Kunyange zvakadaro, wakanamatira zvivi zvaJerobhoamu mwanakomana waNebhati, zvaakatadzisa Isiraeri nazvo, haana kutsauka kwazviri. |
| 4. | Zvino Mesha mambo waMoabhu wakanga ari mwene wamakwai, waipa mambo waIsiraeri makushe amakwayana ane zviuru zvine zana, naamakondohwe ane zviuru zvine zana. |
| 5. | Asi Ahabhi wakati afa, mambo waMoabhu akamukira mambo waIsiraeri. |
| 6. | Mambo Jehoramu akabuda paSamaria nenguva iyo, akaunganidza vaIsiraeri vose. |
| 7. | Akatuma shoko kuna Jehoshafati mambo waJudha, achiti, "Mambo waMoabhu wandimukira, uchaenda neni kundorwa naMoabhu here?" Iye akati, "Ndichaenda; ini ndakaita sewe, navanhu vangu savanhu vako, namabhiza angu samabhiza ako." |
| 8. | Iye akati, "Tichaenda nenzira ipiko?" Akati, "Nenzira yokurenje raEdhomu." |
| 9. | Naizvozvo mambo waIsiraeri akaenda, namambo waJudha, namambo waEdhomu, vakapota vakafamba mazuva manomwe, vakashaiwa mvura yokunwisa hondo nezvipfuwo zvavakanga vanazvo. |
| 10. | Ipapo mambo waIsiraeri akati, "Haiwa! Jehovha wakadana madzimambo awa matatu, kuti avaise mumaoko avaMoabhu." |
| 11. | Zvino Jehoshafati akati, "Hapana muporofita waJehovha pano, tibvunze Jehovha naye here?" Mumwe wavaranda vamambo waIsiraeri akapindura, akati, "Erisha mwanakomana waShafati ari pano, iye wakadeya kusururidza mvura pamaoko aEria." |
| 12. | Jehoshafati akati, "Shoko raJehovha riri kwaari." Zvino mambo waIsiraeri, naJehoshafati, namambo waEdhomu vakaenda kwaari. |
| 13. | Erisha akati kuna mambo waIsiraeri, "Ndineiko nemi? Endai kuvaporofita vababa venyu nokuvaporofita vamai venyu." Mambo waIsiraeri akati kwaari, "Kwete, nokuti Jehovha ndiye wakadana madzimambo awa matatu, kuti avaise mumaoko avaMoabhu." |
| 14. | Erisha akati, "NaJehovha wehondo mupenyu, iye wandimire pamberi pake, zvirokwazvo dai ndisaiva nehanya naJehoshafati mambo waJudha ari pano, handizaitarira kwamuri, kana kukuonai imi. |
| 15. | Asi zvino uyai kwandiri nomuridzi wembira." Zvino muridzi wembira wakati achiridza, ruoko rwaJehovha rukauya pamusoro pake. |
| 16. | Akati, "Zvanzi naJehovha, `Cherai makoronga mazhinji pamupata uyu.' |
| 17. | Nokuti zvanzi naJehovha, `Hamungawoni mhepo, hamungawoni mvura; kunyange zvakadaro mupata uyu uchazadzwa nemvura; imi muchanwa, imi nezvipfuwo zvenyu, nezvinotakura nhumbi dzenyu.' |
| 18. | Chinhu ichi chiduku hacho pamberi paJehovha; asi iye uchaisawo vaMoabhu mumaoko enyu. |
| 19. | Muchaparadza guta rimwe nerimwe rakasimbiswa, neguta rimwe nerimwe rakatsaurwa, muchatema muti mumwe nomumwe wakanaka, nokudzivira matsime ose emvura, nokushatisa namabwe munda mumwe nomumwe wakanaka." |
| 20. | Zvino fume mangwana, nenguva yokubayira chipo, mvura ikaonekwa ichibva nenzira yaEdhomu, nyika ikazadzwa nemvura. |
| 21. | Zvino vaMoabhu vose vakati vachinzwa kuti madzimambo akanga asvika kuzorwa navo, vakaungana, vose vakanga vachigona kupfeka nhumbi dzokurwa nadzo, navakavapfuura pamakore, vakandomira pamuganhu. |
| 22. | Vakamuka mangwanani, vakaona zuva richipenya pamvura, vaMoabhu vakaona mvura vari kure yakatsvuka seropa. |
| 23. | Vakati, "Iropa; zvirokwazvo madzimambo aparadzwa, vaurayana; naizvozvo zvino, vaMoabhu, endai mundopamba." |
| 24. | Zvino vakati vachisvika pamisasa yavaIsiraeri, vaIsiraeri vakasimuka, vakaparadza vaMoabhu, vakatiza pamberi pavo; vakapinda munyika yavo vachiparadza vaMoabhu. |
| 25. | Vakaputsa maguta, mumwe nomumwe akakanda ibwe rake pamunda mumwe nomumwe wakanaka, ikazara; vakadzivira matsime ose emvura, vakatema miti yose yakanaka, kusvikira vasiya mabwe oga paKirihareseti, vaposheri vamabwe vakarikomba, vakariparadza. |
| 26. | Zvino mambo waMoabhu wakati achiona kuti wakundwa pakurwa, akatora varume vana mazana manomwe vaigona kurwa nomunondo, akaidza kupasanura kuna mambo waEdhomu; asi vakanga vasingagoni. |
| 27. | Ipapo akatora mwanakomana wake wedangwe, waifanira kumutevera paushe, akamubayira chive chipiriso chinopiswa pamusoro porusvingo. Ipapo vaIsiraeri vakatsamwa kwazvo, vakabva kwaari, vakadzokera kunyika yavo. |
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