1 Makoronike 14:1-17
14 Hiramu+ mambo weTire+ akatuma nhume kuna Dhavhidhi nematanda omusidhari+ nevavaki vemasvingo nevavezi vemiti kuti vamuvakire imba.+
2 Dhavhidhi akaziva kuti Jehovha akanga amusimbisa kwazvo+ kuti ave mambo waIsraeri, nokuti umambo hwake hwakakwidziridzwa kwazvo nokuda kwevanhu vake vaIsraeri.+
3 Zvino Dhavhidhi akatora mamwe madzimai+ muJerusarema, Dhavhidhi akabereka vamwe vanakomana nevanasikana.+
4 Aya ndiwo mazita evana vaakava navo ari muJerusarema: Shamua+ naShobhabhu,+ Natani+ naSoromoni,+
5 naIbhari+ naErishua naEripereti,+
6 naNoga naNefegi+ naJafiya,
7 naErishama+ naBheeriyadha naErifereti.+
8 Zvino vaFiristiya vakanzwa kuti Dhavhidhi akanga azodzwa kuti ave mambo wevaIsraeri vose.+ VaFiristiya vose vakabva vauya kuzotsvaka Dhavhidhi.+ Dhavhidhi paakazvinzwa, akabva abuda kuti anorwa navo.
9 Asi vaFiristiya vakasvika, vakaramba vachirwisa vari mubani revaRefaimu.+
10 Dhavhidhi akatanga kubvunza Mwari,+ achiti: “Ndiende kunorwa nevaFiristiya here? Muchavaisa muruoko rwangu here?” Jehovha akati kwaari: “Enda, ndichavaisa muruoko rwako.”
11 Naizvozvo Dhavhidhi akaenda kuBhaari-perazimu+ akavauraya ikoko. Dhavhidhi akati: “Mwari wechokwadi aputsa vavengi vangu achishandisa ruoko rwangu sepakaputswa nemvura.” Ndokusaka vakatumidza nzvimbo iyoyo+ kuti Bhaari-perazimu.
12 Naizvozvo vakasiya vanamwari vavo ipapo.+ Dhavhidhi akabva ataura shoko, vakapiswa nomoto.+
13 Gare gare vaFiristiya vakarwisazve mubani.+
14 Dhavhidhi akabva abvunzazve+ Mwari, Mwari wechokwadi akabva ati kwaari: “Usavatevera. Pota neseri kwavo, usvike pavari uri pakatarisana nemakwenzi emibheka.+
15 Zvino paunonzwa mutsindo wokufora pamusoro pemakwenzi emibheka,+ ibva waenda kunorwa,+ nokuti Mwari wechokwadi achange afanotungamira pamberi pako+ kunoparadza musasa wevaFiristiya.”
16 Naizvozvo Dhavhidhi akaita sezvaakanga arayirwa naMwari wechokwadi,+ ivo vakaparadza musasa wevaFiristiya kubvira kuGibhiyoni+ kusvikira kuGezeri.+
17 Mukurumbira+ waDhavhidhi wakatanga kuenda kunyika dzose, Jehovha akaita kuti marudzi ose amutye.+
