Baba vedu Vanopa Dhavhidhi Kukunda Kwose
Pfupiso yokukunda — vaFiristia, Moabhu, Zobha, Aramu, Edhomu — mutero uchiyerera uchipinda uye ndarira ichiunganidzwa yetemberi isingazovakwi naDhavhidhi. Mutsetse unokosha unouya kaviri: Baba vedu vakamupa kukunda kwose kwaaienda, uye akatonga zvakarurama.
18 1Shure kwaizvozvi, Dhavhidhi akakunda vaFiristia, akavakunda zvachose, akatora Gati nemisha yaro kubva mumaoko avaFiristia. 2Akakundawo Moabhu, uye vaMoabhu vakava varanda vaDhavhidhi vakamuvigira mutero.
3Dhavhidhi akakunda Hadhadhezeri mambo weZobha, kusvikira kuHamati, paakanga achienda kundowedzera simba rake kuRwizi rwaYufuratesi. 4Dhavhidhi akatapa kwaari ngoro chiuru, vatasvi vamabhiza zviuru zvinomwe, nemauto etsoka zviuru makumi maviri. Akagura marunda emakumbo embhiza dzose dzengoro, asi akachengeta dzaikwana ngoro zana. 5VaAramu veDhamasiko pavakauya kuzobatsira Hadhadhezeri mambo weZobha, Dhavhidhi akauraya vaAramu zviuru makumi maviri nezviviri. 6Dhavhidhi akaisa mauto anorinda muAramu-Dhamasiko; vaAramu vakava varanda vake, vachiripa mutero. Uye Baba vedu vakapa Dhavhidhi kukunda kwose kwaaienda. 7Dhavhidhi akatora nhoo dzegoridhe dzaitakurwa navaranda vaHadhadhezeri, akauya nadzo kuJerusarema. 8Kubva kuTibhati nokuKuni, maguta aHadhadhezeri, Dhavhidhi akatora ndarira zhinji kwazvo; nayo Soromoni akaita Gungwa rendarira, mbiru, nemidziyo yendarira.
9Tou mambo weHamati paakanzwa kuti Dhavhidhi akanga akunda hondo yose yaHadhadhezeri mambo weZobha, 10akatuma mwanakomana wake Hadhoramu kuna Mambo Dhavhidhi kuti amukwazise uye amuropafadze nokuda kwokurwa nokukunda Hadhadhezeri, uyo akanga achigara achirwa naTou. Hadhoramu akauya nemidziyo yemarudzi ose yegoridhe, yesirivha, neyendarira. 11Mambo Dhavhidhi akatsaurira izvi kuna Baba vedu, pamwe chete nesirivha negoridhe raakanga atora kumarudzi ose: Edhomu, Moabhu, vaAmoni, vaFiristia, naAmareki.
12Abhishai mwanakomana waZeruya akauraya vaEdhomu zviuru gumi nezvisere muMupata woMunyu. 13Dhavhidhi akaisa mauto anorinda muEdhomu; vaEdhomu vose vakava varanda vake, uye Baba vedu vakamupa kukunda kwose kwaaienda.
Dhavhidhi Anotonga Nokururamisira Nokururama
14Saka Dhavhidhi akatonga vaIsraeri vose, achiruramisira uye achiita zvakarurama kuvanhu vake vose. 15Joabhu mwanakomana waZeruya aiva mukuru wehondo; Jehoshafati mwanakomana waAhirudhi aiva munyori wenhoroondo; 16Zadhoki mwanakomana waAhitubhi naAhimereki mwanakomana waAbhiatari vaiva vapristi; Shavhisha aiva munyori; 17Bhenaya mwanakomana waJehoyadha aitungamirira vaKereti navaPereti; vanakomana vaDhavhidhi vaiva machinda makuru parutivi rwamambo. a a v17 VaKereti navaPereti vaiva mapoka avarindi voumambo vakasarudzika vaDhavhidhi, zvimwe vaiva varwi venyanzvi vokune imwe nyika.