Mambo Akasiya Baba
Ahazi anopisa vanakomana vake chaivo mumupata uye anoiswa mumaoko eAramu neIsraeri. Chinoshamisa ndechokuti vaprofita navakuru vokuchamhembe vanodzosera nhapwa dzeJudha kumusha dzakapfekedzwa uye dzakapiwa zvokudya. Ahazi anopindura kukundwa nokubayira kuvamwari vakamukunda uye nokupfiga masuo eimba yaBaba vedu.
28 1Ahazi akava mambo aine makore makumi maviri; akatonga kwemakore gumi namatanhatu muJerusarema. Haana kuita zvakanaka pamberi paBaba vedu, sezvakaita tateguru wake Dhavhidhi. 2Asi akafamba munzira dzamadzimambo avaIsraeri akaumba zvifananidzo zvesimbi zvaanaBhaari. 3Akapisa zvinonhuhwira muMupata weBheni-Hinomu akapisa vanakomana vake mumoto, achitevedzera zvinonyangadza zvemarudzi akadzingwa naBaba vedu pamberi pavaIsraeri. 4Akabayira akapisa zvinonhuhwira panzvimbo dzakakwirira, pazvikomo, nepasi pemiti yose yakapfumvutira. a a v4 Nzvimbo dzakakwirira dzaiva nzvimbo dzokunamatira dziri pamusoro pezvikomo kana panze dzaishandiswa pakunamata kwavahedheni muKenani mose.
5Saka Baba vedu vakamuisa mumaoko amambo weAramu, uyo akamurova, akatapa vazhinji akavaendesa kuDhamasiko; akaiswawo mumaoko amambo weIsraeri, uyo akamurova zvikuru. 6Peka mwanakomana waRemaria akauraya varume vakashinga zviuru zana namakumi maviri vaJudha muzuva rimwe chete, nokuti vakasiya Baba vedu, Mwari wamadzitateguru avo. 7Zikiri, murwi weEfuremu, akauraya Maaseya mwanakomana wamambo, naAzirikami mukuru womuzinda, naErikana, wechipiri kuna mambo. 8VaIsraeri vakatapa hama zviuru mazana maviri—vakadzi, vanakomana, vanasikana—nezvakapambwa zvizhinji, vakazvitakura vakaenda nazvo kuSamaria. 9Odhedhi, muporofita waBaba vedu, aivapo. Akasangana nehondo yaidzokera kuSamaria, akati, “Tarirai, Baba vedu, Mwari wamadzitateguru enyu, vakatsamwira Judha, saka vakavaisa mumaoko enyu. Asi makavauraya nehasha dzakasvika kudenga. 10Zvino moda kuita varanda vavanhu veJudha neveJerusarema, varume navakadzi. Ko imi pachenyu hamuna mhosva yezvivi kuna Baba venyu here? 11Zvino inzwai: dzosai hama dzamakatapa, nokuti kutsamwa kukuru kwaBaba vedu kuri pamusoro penyu.” 12Vamwe vakuru vavaEfuremu—Azaria mwanakomana waJohanani, naBherekia mwanakomana waMeshiremoti, naJehizikia mwanakomana waSharumi, naAmasa mwanakomana waHadhirai—vakapikisa avo vaibva kuhondo. 13“Musauya navakatapwa pano,” vakadaro, “Munoronga kuwedzera pazvivi zvedu nemhosva yedu kuna Baba vedu. Mhosva yedu yatokura, uye kutsamwa kukuru kuri pamusoro paIsraeri.”
14Saka varwi vakaisa vakatapwa nezvakapambwa pamberi pavakuru, pamberi peungano yose. 15Varume vakanga vadomwa vakatora vakatapwa vakapfekedza vose vakanga vasina kupfeka vachibva pane zvakapambwa. Vakavapa nguo neshangu, zvokudya nezvokunwa, vakavazodza namafuta. Vakatasvisa vakanga vasina simba pambongoro, vakavaendesa kuhama dzavo vaIsraeri paJeriko, guta remichindwe, vakabva vadzokera kuSamaria.
16Panguva iyoyo mambo Ahazi akatuma shoko kuna mambo weAsiria achitsvaka rubatsiro. 17VaEdhomu vakanga vauyazve kuzorwisa Judha, vakatapa vanhu, 18vaFiristia vachipamba maguta amabani eJudha neeNegevhi, vakatora Bheti-shemeshi, neAijaroni, neGedheroti, neSoko, neTimuna, neGimizo pamwe nemisha yawo, vakagaramo. 19Baba vedu vakaninipisa Judha nokuda kwaAhazi mambo weIsraeri, uyo akaparadzira zvakaipa muJudha akanyengera Baba vedu zvachose. b b v19 Ahazi aitonga Judha; kumuti “mambo weIsraeri” kunoratidza kuti akanga atora zvizere sei nzira dzamadzimambo asingatendeki oumambo hwokuchamhembe. 20Tigirati-pireseri mambo weAsiria akauya kuna Ahazi, asi Tigirati-pireseri akamuunzira dambudziko panzvimbo porubatsiro. 21Ahazi akatora pfuma muimba yaBaba vedu, nomumuzinda wamambo, nokuvakuru, akaipa kuna mambo weAsiria—asi hazvina kumubatsira.
22Munguva yokutambudzika kwake, mambo Ahazi iyeyu akanyanya kusatendeka kuna Baba vedu. 23Akabayira vamwari vokuDhamasiko, avo vakanga vamukunda, achiti, “Vamwari vamadzimambo eAramu vakavabatsira; ndichavabayira kuti vandibatsire.” Asi vakamuparadza iye navaIsraeri vose. 24Ahazi akaunganidza midziyo yeimba yaBaba vedu akaimedura-medura, akapfiga mikova yeimba yaBaba vedu, akazvivakira aritari pamakona ose muJerusarema. 25Muguta rimwe nerimwe reJudha akavaka nzvimbo dzakakwirira kuti apisire zvipiriso kuna vamwe vamwari, achitsamwisa Baba vedu, Mwari wamadzitateguru ake.
26Mamwe mabasa ake nenzira dzake dzose, kubva pakutanga kusvikira pakupedzisira, zvakanyorwa muBhuku raMadzimambo aJudha neaIsraeri. 27Ahazi akazorora namadzitateguru ake, akavigwa muJerusarema, asi kwete mumakuva amadzimambo eIsraeri. Hezekia mwanakomana wake akatonga panzvimbo pake.