2 Madzimambo
16:1 Negore regumi nemanomwe raPeka mwanakomana waRemaria, Ahazi mwanakomana wa
Jotamu mambo waJudha akatanga kubata ushe.
Ahazi akanga ana makore makumi maviri pakutanga kwake kubata ushe, akabata ushe ane gumi namatanhatu
makore mazhinji paJerusarema, asi haana kuita zvakarurama pamberi paJehovha
Jehovha Mwari wake, sezvakaita Dhavhidhi baba vake.
Asi wakafamba nenzira yamadzimambo aIsiraeri, akaita mwanakomana wake
kuti ndipinde mumoto, sezvakaita zvinonyangadza zvavahedheni;
vakadzingwa naJehovha pamberi pavana vaIsiraeri.
16:4 Akabayira nokupisa zvinonhuhwira pamatunhu akakwirira, napamatunhu akakwirira
napasi pezvikomo, napasi pomuti mumwe nomumwe mutema.
Ipapo Rezini mambo weSiria, naPeka mwanakomana waRemaria, mambo waIsiraeri, vakasvika
vakakwira Jerusaremu kundorwa; vakakomba Ahazi, asi vakanga vasingagoni kukunda
iye.
16:6 Panguva iyoyo Rezini mambo weSiriya akadzorera Erati kuSiriya, uye akaidzinga
vaJudha vakabva Erati; vaSiria vakasvika Erati, vakagarapo
nhasi.
16:7 Ahazi akatuma nhume kuna Tigiratipireseri mambo weAsiria, akati, Ndini.
muranda wenyu nomwanakomana wenyu, uyai mundiponese paruoko rwaJehovha
namambo weSiria, noruoko rwamambo waIsiraeri anomuka
pamusoro pangu.
16:8 Ahazi akatora sirivha negoridhe zvakawanikwa mutemberi yaJehovha
Jehovha, napapfuma yeimba yamambo, akazvitumira
zvipe kuna mambo weAsiria.
Mambo weAsiria akamunzwa, nekuti mambo weAsiria akaenda
akandorwa neDhamasiko, akarikunda, akatapa vanhu varo
kuKiri, akauraya Rezini.
16:10 Zvino mambo Ahazi akaenda Dhamasiko kundosangana naTigiratipireseri mambo weAsiria.
akaona aritari paDhamasiko, mambo Ahazi akatuma shoko kuna Uriya
mupristi nomufananidzo wearitari, nomufananidzo wayo, nezvose zvayo;
kugadzirwa kwayo.
mupristi Uriya akavaka aritari yakafanana nezvose zvakanga zvamambo Ahazi
akatumwa achibva Dhamasiko, mupristi Uriya akazviita pamberi pamambo Ahazi
kubva kuDhamasiko.
16:12 Zvino mambo wakati adzoka Dhamasiko, mambo akaona aritari, uye
mambo akaswedera kuaritari, kuzobayira pamusoro payo.
16:13 Akapisa chipiriso chake chinopiswa, nechipiriso chake choupfu, akadurura zvake
chipiriso chinodururwa, akasasa ropa rezvipiriso zvake zvokuyananisa pamusoro payo
atari.
16:14 Akabvisawo aritari yendarira, yaiva pamberi paJehovha
nechemberi kweimba, kubva pakati pearitari neimba yaJehovha
Jehovha, zviise parutivi rwearitari nechokumusoro.
Mambo Ahazi akaraira mupristi Uriya, akati, Paaritari huru
pisai chipiriso chinopiswa chamangwanani, nechipiriso choupfu chamadekwana;
chipiriso chinopiswa chamambo, nechipiriso chake choupfu, nechipiriso chinopiswa
kuvanhu vose venyika, nezvipiriso zvavo zvoupfu, nezvinwiwa zvavo
zvipo; uye usase pamusoro payo ropa rose rechipiriso chinopiswa, uye
ropa rose rechibayiro; uye aritari yendarira ichava yangu
bvunza by.
16:16 Naizvozvo mupristi Uriya akaita zvose zvaakanga arairwa namambo Ahazi.
Mambo Ahazi akagura ukomba bwezvingoro, akabvisa mudziyo wokushambidzira
kubva kwavari; akadzikisa dziva panzombe dzendarira dzakanga dziripo
pasi payo, ndokuiisa panzvimbo yakarongwa namabwe.
16:18 nenzvimbo yokuvanda yeSabata, yavakanga vavaka temberi, netemberi
mukova wamambo waiva nechokunze, akaubvisa paimba yaJehovha nokuda kwamambo
weAsiria.
16:19 Zvino mamwe mabasa aAhazi aakaita, hazvina kunyorwa here?
Iri bhuku reMakoronike emadzimambo aJudha?
16:20 Ahazi akarara nemadzibaba ake, uye akavigwa pamwe chete nemadzibaba ake.
Muguta raDhavhidhi; Hezekia mwanakomana wake akamutevera paushe.