1 Makoronike
19:1 Zvino shure kwaizvozvo mambo Nahashi wavana vamambo
Amoni akafa, mwanakomana wake akamutevera paushe.
19:2 Zvino Dhavhidhi akati, "Ndichaitira Hanuni mwanakomana waNahashi tsitsi.
nokuti baba vake vakandiitira tsitsi. Dhavhidhi akatuma nhume kwaari
munyaradze pamusoro pababa vake. Naizvozvo varanda vaDhavhidhi vakapinda
nyika yavana vaAmoni kuna Hanuni, kuti amunyaradze.
Asi machinda avana vaAmoni akati kuna Hanuni, Unofunga here?
kuti Dhavhidhi unokudza baba venyu, vaakatuma vanyaradzi kwavari
iwe? varanda vake havauyi kwamuri kuzotsvaka nokunzvera here?
kuparadzwa nokushora nyika?
Naizvozvo Hanuni akabata varanda vaDhavhidhi, akaveura ndebvu dzavo, akavagura
nguvo dzavo napakati kusvikira pamagaro avo, vakavadzinga.
19:5 Zvino vamwe vakaenda, vakandoudza Dhavhidhi zvakanga zvaitirwa varume. Uye iye
akatuma vanhu kundosangana navo, nekuti varume vakanga vachinyara kwazvo. Mambo akati.
garai paJeriko kusvikira ndebvu dzenyu dzamera, mugodzoka henyu.
Zvino vana vaAmoni vakati vachiona kuti vazvivengesa
Hanuni navana vaAmoni vakatumira Dhavhidhi matarenda ane chiuru chimwe
sirivha yokuripira ngoro navatasvi vamabhiza vanobva Mesopotamia, nokubvako
Siriamaaka, neZobha;
19:7 Naizvozvo vakaripira ngoro dzine zviuru zvina makumi matatu nezviviri, namambo weMaaka
navanhu vake; ivo vakasvika vakadzika matende avo pamberi peMedhebha. Uye vana ve
vaAmoni vakaungana pamaguta avo, vakaenda
hondo.
Zvino Dhavhidhi wakati achizvinzwa, akatuma Joabhu nehondo yose yemhare
varume.
Vana vaAmoni vakabuda, vakagadzira hondo pamberi
suwo reguta; namadzimambo, akanga auya, akanga ari oga mukati
munda.
19:10 Zvino Joabhu wakati achiona kuti hondo yakanga yomurwisa mberi neshure.
akatsaura pavasanangurwa vose vaIsiraeri, akavagadzira kuti varwe
vaSiria.
Vamwe vanhu, vakanga vasara, akavaisa kuna Abhishai wake
hama, vakazvigadzira kuti varwe navana vaAmoni.
Akati, Kana vaSiria vakandikurira, iwe unofanira kuvabatsira
asi kana vana vaAmoni vakakukurira iwe, ini ndichadaro
ndibatsire.
19:13 Tsunga moyo, uye ngatizvibate isu pachedu nokuda kwedu
Jehovha ngaaite sezvakaita vanhu, napamusoro pamaguta aMwari wedu;
akanaka pamberi pake.
Naizvozvo Joabhu navanhu vaakanga anavo vakaswedera pamberi pavaSiria
kuhondo; vakatiza pamberi pake.
Zvino vana vaAmoni vakati vachiona kuti vaSiria vatiza, naivo vakatizawo saizvozvo
akatizawo pamberi paAbhishai, akapinda muguta.
Ipapo Joabhu akasvika Jerusaremu.
19:16 Zvino vaSiria vakati vachiona kuti vakundwa naIsiraeri.
vakatuma nhume kundotora vaSiria vakanga vari mhiri kwegungwa
Shofaki mukuru wehondo yaHadhadhezeri akatungamirira
ivo.
19:17 Dhavhidhi akaudzwa; akaunganidza vaIsiraeri vose, akayambuka
Joridhani akavarwisa, akazvigadzira kuzorwa navo. Saka
Dhavhidhi akati azvigadzira kuzorwa navaSiria, ivo vakarwa
naye.
19:18 Asi vaSiria vakatiza pamberi pavaIsiraeri; Dhavhidhi akauraya vanomwe pakati pavaSiria
zviuru zvavarume vairwa nengoro, navaifamba namakumbo vane zviuru zvina makumi mana;
akauraya Shofaki mukuru wehondo.
Zvino varanda vaHadharezeri vakati vachiona kuti vakundwa;
vakayanana naDhavhidhi pamberi paIsiraeri, vakava varanda vake;
vaSiria havana kuzobatsira vana vaAmoni.