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18 ¹Zvino Jehoshafati akanga aine upfumi hukuru nokukudzwa, uye akabatana naAhabhi nenzira yewaniso. ²Mushure mamakore, akaburuka kuna Ahabhi muSamaria, uko Ahabhi akamuurayira makwai nenʼombe zhinji iye navanhu vaaiva navo, achimukurudzira kuti arwise Ramoti-Gireadhi. ³Ahabhi mambo waIsraeri akabvunza Jehoshafati mambo waJudha achiti, “Muchaenda neni kuRamoti-Gireadhi here?” Iye akapindura akati, “Ini ndakaita semi, vanhu vangu sevanhu venyu; tichabatana nemi muhondo.”

⁴Asi Jehoshafati akati kuna mambo waIsraeri, “Tangai kubvunza shoko raBaba vedu.”

⁵Saka mambo waIsraeri akaunganidza vaprofita, varume mazana mana, akavabvunza achiti, “Tingaenda kuRamoti-Gireadhi kundorwa here, kana kuti tiregere?” Ivo vakati, “Kwirai, nokuti Mwari achariisa mumaoko amambo.”

⁶Asi Jehoshafati akati, “Hakuna here muprofita waBaba vedu achiripo pano watingabvunza?”

⁷Mambo waIsraeri akaudza Jehoshafati achiti, “Kuchine murume mumwe watingabvunza naye kuna Baba vedu, asi ndinomuvenga—haatombprofiti zvakanaka pamusoro pangu, asi zvakaipa chete. Ndiye Mikaya mwanakomana waImura.” Jehoshafati akapindura akati, “Mambo ngavarege kutaura kudaro.”

⁸Ipapo mambo waIsraeri akadana mukuru mumwe akati, “Kurumidzai kuuya naMikaya mwanakomana waImura.”

⁹Mambo waIsraeri naJehoshafati mambo waJudha vakagara mumwe nomumwe pachigaro chake choumambo, vakapfeka nguo dzoumambo, paburiro raiva pamukova wesuo reSamaria, vaprofita vose vachiprofita pamberi pavo. ¹⁰Zedhekia mwanakomana waKenana akaita nyanga dzesimbi akati, “Mwari anoti: ‘Nadzo uchatunga vaAramu kusvikira vaparadzwa.’”

¹¹Vaprofita vose vakaprofita saizvozvo, vachiti: “Kwirai kuRamoti-Gireadhi mukunde; Baba vedu vacharipa mumaoko amambo.”

¹²Nhume yakatumwa kundodana Mikaya yakamuudza ichiti, “Mashoko avaprofita ose anotsigira mambo. Rega mashoko ako aenderane neavo—taura zvakanaka.”

¹³Asi Mikaya akati, “Zvirokwazvo, naBaba vedu vapenyu, ndichataura chete zvinorehwa naBaba vangu.”

¹⁴Paakasvika, mambo akati, “Mikaya, tingaenda kundorwa kuRamoti-Gireadhi here, kana kuti ndiregere?” Iye akati, “Kwirai mukunde; vachaiswa mumaoko enyu.”

¹⁵Asi mambo akati kwaari, “Kangani kwandinofanira kukupikisa kuti undiudze chokwadi chete muzita raBaba vedu?”

¹⁶Mikaya akati, “Ndakaona vaIsraeri vose vakapararira mumakomo, samakwai asina mufudzi. Uye Baba vedu vakati, ‘Havana tenzi; mumwe nomumwe ngaadzokere kumba kwake norugare.’”

¹⁷Mambo waIsraeri akati kuna Jehoshafati, “Handina kukuudza here kuti haangaprofiti chinhu chakanaka pamusoro pangu, asi zvakaipa chete?”

¹⁸Mikaya akati, “Zvino inzwai shoko raBaba vedu: Ndakaona Baba vedu vakagara pachigaro chavo choumambo, hondo dzose dzokudenga dzimire kurudyi nokuruboshwe rwavo.

¹⁹Uye Baba vedu vakati, ‘Ndiani achanyengera Ahabhi mambo waIsraeri kuti akwire andowira kuRamoti-Gireadhi?’ Mumwe akati izvi, mumwe akati izvo.

²⁰Mweya wakauya mberi, ukamira pamberi paBaba vedu, ukati, ‘Ini ndichamunyengera.’ Baba vedu vakaubvunza vachiti, ‘Uchaita sei?’

²¹Iwo wakati, ‘Ndichabuda ndive mweya wenhema mumuromo wavaprofita vake vose.’ Ipapo Baba vedu vakati, ‘Uchamunyengera uye uchakundawo. Buda unoita saizvozvo.’

²²Saka zvino, Baba vedu vakaisa mweya wenhema mumuromo mavaprofita venyu ava, uye Baba vedu vakataura njodzi pamusoro penyu.”

²³Ipapo Zedhekia mwanakomana waKenana akaswedera, akarova Mikaya padama, akati, “Mweya waMwari wakabva kwandiri nenzira ipi kuti utaure newe?”

²⁴Mikaya akati, “Uchazviona pazuva iroro paunopinda mukamuri romukati kundohwanda.”

²⁵Mambo waIsraeri akati, “Dzosai Mikaya kuna Amoni mubati weguta nokuna Joashi mwanakomana wamambo, ²⁶muti, ‘Mambo anoti: Isai murume uyu mutorongo, mumupe chingwa nemvura zvishoma chete kusvikira ndadzoka norugare.’”

²⁷Mikaya akati, “Kana mukazodzoka norugare, Baba vedu havana kutaura kubudikidza neni.” Ipapo akati, “Teererai, imi vanhu mose!”

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²⁸Saka mambo waIsraeri naJehoshafati mambo waJudha vakakwira kuRamoti-Gireadhi. ²⁹Mambo waIsraeri akati kuna Jehoshafati, “Ini ndichazvivanza ndopinda muhondo, asi imi pfekai nguo dzenyu dzoumambo.” Saka mambo waIsraeri akazvivanza, vakapinda muhondo. ³⁰Mambo weAramu akanga arayira vakuru vengoro dzake dzehondo achiti, “Musarwa nomunhu, mudiki kana mukuru, asi namambo waIsraeri chete.”

³¹Vakuru vengoro dzehondo pavakaona Jehoshafati, vakati, “Ndiye mambo waIsraeri,” vakatendeukira kuzorwa naye. Asi Jehoshafati akachema kwazvo, Baba vedu vakamubatsira, vakaita kuti vabve paari. ³²Vakuru vengoro dzehondo pavakaona kuti akanga asiri mambo waIsraeri, vakarega kumudzingirira. ³³Mumwe murume akakweva uta hwake pasina chaakananga, akabaya mambo waIsraeri pakati penhungo dzenguo yake yesimbi. Akati kumutyairi wengoro yake, “Tendeuka undibudise muhondo; ndakuvara.” ³⁴Hondo yakanyanya kurwiwa zuva iroro. Mambo waIsraeri akatsigwa mungoro yake akatarisana navaAramu kusvikira madekwana, akazofa nguva yokuvira kwezuva.