Mutsa waDhavhidhi Wakadzoserwa Nenyadzi
Dhavhidhi anotumira nyaradzo kumambo mutsva wavaAmoni, ane vapi vamazano vanoti nhume isori; vanonyadziswa uye vanoveurwa hafu. Zvakatanga somutsa zvinova hondo yemativi maviri nengoro dzehondo dzakabhadharirwa, uye zvinopera Aramu achiramba kubatsira Amoni zvakare.
19 1Shure kwenguva yakati, Nahashi mambo wavaAmoni akafa, mwanakomana wake akava mambo panzvimbo yake. 2Dhavhidhi akati, “Ndichaitira mutsa Hanuni mwanakomana waNahashi, nokuti baba vake vakandiitira mutsa.” Saka Dhavhidhi akatuma nhume kundomunyaradza pamusoro pababa vake. Asi varanda vaDhavhidhi pavakasvika munyika yavaAmoni, kuna Hanuni, kuti vamunyaradze, 3Vakuru vehondo veAmoni vakati kuna Hanuni, “Ko, Dhavhidhi anonyatsokudza baba vako here nokutuma kwaanoita vanyaradzi kwauri? Ko, varanda vake havana kuuya kwauri kuti vaongorore, vaparadze, uye vasore nyika here?” 4Hanuni akabata varanda vaDhavhidhi, akavaveura, akacheka nguo dzavo napakati pachiuno, akavaendesa. 5Dhavhidhi paakaudzwa pamusoro pavarume ava, akatuma nhume kundovachingamidza, nokuti vakanga vanyadziswa zvikuru. Mambo akati, “Garai muJeriko kusvikira ndebvu dzenyu dzakura, mozodzoka.”
6VaAmoni pavakaona kuti vakanga vava kunhuhwira Dhavhidhi, Hanuni navaAmoni vakatumira sirivha inenge matani makumi matatu nemasere kuti vahaye ngoro navatasvi vamabhiza kubva kuAramu-naharaimu, kuAramu-maaka, nokuZobha. 7Vakahaya ngoro zviuru makumi matatu nezviviri, pamwe chete namambo weMaaka nehondo yake, vakauya vakadzika musasa pakatarisana neMedheba. VaAmoni vakaungana vachibva kumaguta avo vakabuda kuzorwa. 8Dhavhidhi paakazvinzwa, akatuma Joabhu nehondo yose yavarwi. 9VaAmoni vakabuda vakagadzirira kurwa pamukova weguta, asi madzimambo akanga auya akamira oga kusango.
10Joabhu akaona kuti hondo yakanga yamugombedzera mberi neshure, saka akasarudza varwi vakanakisa veIsraeri akavagadzirira kurwa navaAramu. 11Varwi vakasara akavaisa pasi pomununʼuna wake Abhishai, vakagadzirira kurwa navaAmoni. 12Joabhu akati, “Kana vaAramu vakandikurira, munondinunura; kana vaAmoni vakakukurirai, ndichakununurai. 13Simbai; ngatirwe noushingi nokuda kwavanhu vedu nokuda kwamaguta aBaba vedu, uye Baba vedu ngavaite zvakanaka pamberi pavo.”
14Ipapo Joabhu nevarwi vaaiva navo vakaswedera kundorwa navaAramu, ivo vakatiza pamberi pake. 15VaAmoni pavakaona kuti vaAramu vatiza, naivowo vakatiza pamberi paAbhishai mununʼuna wake vakapinda muguta. Ipapo Joabhu akaenda kuJerusarema.
16VaAramu pavakaona kuti vakundwa navaIsraeri, vakatuma nhume vakauyisa vaAramu vaibva mhiri kworwizi Yufuratesi, vachitungamirirwa naShofaki, mukuru wehondo yaHadhadhezeri. 17Dhavhidhi akaudzwa; akaunganidza vaIsraeri vose, akayambuka Jorodhani, akauya kwavari, akagadzirira kurwa. Dhavhidhi akagadzirira kurwa navaAramu, ivo vakarwa naye. 18VaAramu vakatiza pamberi pavaIsraeri. Dhavhidhi akauraya vatyairi vengoro zviuru zvinomwe navarwi vetsoka zviuru makumi mana, akazouraya Shofaki, mukuru wehondo yavo. 19Varanda vaHadhadhezeri pavakaona kuti vakundwa navaIsraeri, vakayananisa naDhavhidhi vakamushandira. VaAramu havana kuzodazve kubatsira vaAmoni.