2 Makoronike
14:1 Abhija akavata namadzibaba ake, uye vakamuviga muguta
Dhavhidhi; Asa mwanakomana wake akamutevera paushe. Pamazuva ake nyika yakanga iripo
makore gumi akanyarara.
Asa akaita zvakanaka nezvakarurama pamberi paJehovha
Mwari:
14:3 Nokuti akabvisa aritari dzavamwari vokune dzimwe nyika nenzvimbo dzakakwirira.
vakaputsa shongwe, nokutema matanda okunamata nawo;
14:4 Akaraira vaJudha kuti vatsvake Jehovha Mwari wamadzibaba avo, nokumuita
murayiro nomurayiro.
14:5 Akabvisawo mumaguta ose aJudha matunhu akakwirira nenzvimbo
ushe hwakava norugare pamberi pake.
Akavaka maguta akakombwa paJudha, nekuti nyika yakanga ino rugare, akava norugare
hakuna hondo mumakore iwayo; nekuti Jehovha akanga amuzorodza.
Naizvozvo akati kuJudha, Ngativake maguta iwayo, tiapopote
iwo masvingo, neshongwe, masuwo, namazariro, nyika ichiri mberi
us; nokuti takatsvaka Jehovha Mwari wedu, uye takamutsvaka, uye iye
akatipa zororo kumativi ose. Saka vakavaka uye vakabudirira.
Asa akanga ane hondo yavaJudha, vakanga vakabata nhovo huru namapfumo;
zviuru mazana matatu; nakubva kuna Bhenjamini, vakanga vakatakura nhovo vaivhomora
uta, zviuru zvina mazana maviri namakumi masere; ava vose vaiva varume vane simba noumhare
valor.
14:9 Uye Zera muItiopiya akauya kuzorwa navo nehondo yeva
ngoro dzine zviuru nemazana matatu; akasvika Maresha.
Ipapo Asa akabuda kuzorwa naye, vakagadzira hondo kuzorwa
mupata weZefata paMaresha.
Ipapo Asa akachema kuna Jehovha Mwari wake, akati, Jehovha, hazvina mhosva
batsirai, kunyange navazhinji, kana navasine simba;
isu, Jehovha Mwari wedu; nekuti tinovimba nemi, uye tamukira zita renyu
chaunga ichi. Haiwa Jehovha, muri Mwari wedu; munhu ngaarege kukunda
iwe.
Ipapo Jehovha akaparadza vaItiopia pamberi paAsa, napamberi pavaJudha; uye
VaEtiopia vakatiza.
Asa navanhu vaakanga anavo vakavateverera kusvikira paGerari;
vaEtiopia vakakundwa, vakakoniwa kumutsiridzika;
nekuti vakaparadzwa pamberi paJehovha napamberi pehondo yake; uye ivo
vakaenda nezvakapambwa zvizhinji kwazvo.
14:14 Vakaparadza maguta ose akapoteredza Gerari; nokuda kwokutya Jehovha
Jehovha akavarwisa, vakapamba maguta ose; nokuti rakanga riripo
zvakapambwa zvizhinji mazviri.
Vakaparadzawo matende emombe, vakatapa makwai namakamera
uye akadzokera kuJerusarema.