Ahazi Vanosiya Nzira yaBaba
Ahazi anopisa mwanakomana wake pachake mumoto uye anotenga dziviriro yeAsiria nesirivha yetemberi. Ipapo anoona aritari muDhamasiko yaanofarira, anotumira muenzaniso wayo kumusha, uye anoita kuti Uria avake imwe yakafanana nayo. Aritari yendarira yaBaba vedu inosundirwa parutivi, uye Uria anoita sezvaanoudzwa.
16 1Mugore regumi namanomwe raPeka mwanakomana waRemaria, Ahazi mwanakomana waJotamu vakava mambo weJudha. 2Ahazi vakanga vava namakore makumi maviri pavakava mambo; vakatonga kwamakore gumi namatanhatu muJerusarema. Havana kuita zvakanaka pamberi paBaba vedu Mwari wavo, kusiyana naDhavhidhi tateguru wavo. 3Asi vakatevera nzira yamadzimambo aIsraeri, vakatoita kuti mwanakomana wavo apfuure nomumoto, vachitevedzera tsika dzinonyangadza dzamarudzi avo Baba vedu vakadzinga pamberi pavaIsraeri. a a v3 Kuita kuti mwana “apfuure nomumoto” kwaireva kubayira mwana iyeye mumurazvo womoto kuna mwari wechihedheni — chinhu chinotyisa icho Baba vedu vakanga vakashora. 4Vakabayira nokupisa zvinonhuhwirira panzvimbo dzakakwirira, pazvikomo, uye pasi pomuti wose wakapararira.
5Ipapo Rezini mambo weAramu naPeka mwanakomana waRemaria mambo weIsraeri vakakwira kuJerusarema kundorwa; vakakomba Ahazi asi vakatadza kuvakunda. 6Panguva iyoyo Rezini mambo weAramu vakadzorera Erati kuAramu, vakadzinga vaJudha vachibvapo, uye vaEdhomu vakauya vakagarapo kusvikira nhasi. 7Ahazi vakatuma nhume kuna Tigirati-Pireseri mambo weAsiria, vachiti, “Ndiri muranda wenyu nomwanakomana wenyu. Uyai mundinunure kubva kuna mambo weAramu namambo weIsraeri, vari kundirwisa.” 8Ahazi vakatora sirivha negoridhe zvakawanikwa muimba yaBaba vedu nomumatura amambo, vakazvitumira sechipo kuna mambo weAsiria. 9Mambo weAsiria vakabvuma. Vakarwisa Dhamasiko, vakaritapa, vakaendesa vanhu varo kuutapwa kuKiri, vakauraya Rezini.
10Mambo Ahazi pavakaenda kuDhamasiko kundosangana naTigirati-Pireseri mambo weAsiria, vakaona aritari yaivapo. Saka vakatumira Uria muprista mufananidzo wearitari nomuenzaniso wayo wose, zvakarurama pazvinhu zvose. 11Uria muprista akavaka aritari sezvakanga zvatumwa namambo Ahazi kubva kuDhamasiko, akapedza mambo Ahazi vasati vadzoka. 12Mambo pavakadzoka kubva kuDhamasiko vakaona aritari, vakaswedera vakakwira pairi. 13Vakapisa chipiriso chavo chinopiswa nechipiriso chezviyo, vakadurura chipiriso chavo chokunwa, vakasasa ropa rezvipiriso zvavo zvokuyananisa paaritari. 14Vakabvisa aritari yendarira yaiva pamberi paBaba vedu kubva kumberi kweimba—pakati pearitari itsva neimba yaBaba vedu—vakaiisa kurutivi rwokumusoro rwearitari itsva. 15Mambo Ahazi vakarayira Uria muprista, vachiti, “Paaritari huru pisa chipiriso chinopiswa chamangwanani, nechipiriso chezviyo chamanheru, nezvipiriso zvamambo zvinopiswa nezvezviyo, nezvavanhu vose venyika: zvipiriso zvavo zvinopiswa, zvezviyo, nezvokunwa. Sasa pairi ropa rose rezvipiriso zvinopiswa nezvibayiro. Asi aritari yendarira ndeyangu, yandichashandisa kubvunza nhungamiro.” 16Uria muprista akaita zvinhu zvose sezvakanga zvarayirwa namambo Ahazi.
17Mambo Ahazi vakacheka mahwendefa aiva pazvigadziko zvinofambiswa, vakabvisa midziyo yawo. Vakaburutsa Gungwa rendarira kubva panzombe dzendarira dzaiva pasi paro, vakariisa pahwaro rematombo. 18Nokuda kwamambo weAsiria, vakabvisa nzira yakafukidzwa yeSabata yakanga yakavakwa muimba, nomukova wokunze wamambo, kubva kuimba yaBaba vedu. 19Ko mamwe mabasa aAhazi, zvavakaita, hazvina kunyorwa here muBhuku raMakoronike aMadzimambo eJudha? 20Ahazi vakazorora namadzitateguru avo, vakavigwa navo muGuta raDhavhidhi; Hezekia mwanakomana wavo vakava mambo panzvimbo yavo.