2 Makoronike 31

¹Zvino izvo zvose zvakati zvapera, vaIsiraeri vose vakanga varipo, vakabuda kumaguta aJudha, vakaputsa shongwe, nokutema matanda okunamata nawo, vakaputsa matunhu akakwirira nearitari kwaJudha nokwaBhenjamini kwose, nokwaEfuremu nokwaManase, kusvikira vazviparadza zvose. Ipapo vana vaIsiraeri vose vakadzokera kumaguta avo, mumwe nomumwe kuzvinhu zvake.Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.

²Hezekia akaraira mapoka avapirisiti navaRevhi pamapoka avo, munhu mumwe nomumwe pabasa rake vapirisiti navaRevhi vose, vakabayira zvipiriso zvinopiswa nezvipiriso zvokuyananisa, kushumira nokuvonga, nokurumbidza mumasuo emisasa yaJehovha.And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.

³Akarairawo mugove wefuma yamambo wezvipiriso zvinopiswa, zvaiti: Wezvipiriso zvinopiswa mangwanani namadekwana, nezvipiriso zvinopiswa pamaSabata, napakugara kwomwedzi, napamitambo yakatarwa, sezvazvakanyorwa pamurayiro waJehovha.He appointed also the king’s portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD.

⁴Akarairawo vanhu veJerusaremu kupa vapirisiti navaRevhi mugove wavo, kuti ivo vasimbe pamurayiro waJehovha.Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.

⁵Zvino vakati vachangonzwa murayiro uyu, vana vaIsiraeri vakapa zvakawanda zvezvitsva, zvezviyo newaini, namafuta, nouchi, nemichero yose yeminda; uye chegumi chezvinhu zvose vakauya nazvo zviri zvizhinji.And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.

⁶Navana vaIsiraeri navaJudha vakanga vagere pamaguta aJudha vakauyawo nezvegumi zvenzombe namakwai, nezvegumi zvezvinhu zvakatsaurwa zvakanga zvatsaurirwa Jehovha Mwari wavo, vakazviita mirwi.And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps.

⁷Vakatanga kuita mirwi pamwedzi wechitatu, vakapedza nomwedzi wechinomwe.In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

⁸Zvino Hezekia namachinda, vakati vasvika nokuona mirwi, vakavonga Jehovha navanhu vake vaIsiraeri.And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.

⁹Ipapo Hezekia akabvunza vapirisiti navaRevhi pamusoro pemirwi.Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

¹⁰Azaria mupirisiti mukuru weimba yaZadhoki akamupindura, akati, Kubva nguva yavakatanga kuisa zvipo muimba yaJehovha, takadya, tikaguta, tikasarirwa nezvizhinji, nokuti Jehovha akaropafadza vanhu vake; zvasara ndizvo zvizhinji izvi.And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.

¹¹Ipapo Hezekia akaraira kuti vagadzire makamuri mumba maJehovha; vakaagadzira.Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them,

¹²Vakapinza zvipo, nomutowo wakatendeka, nezvegumi, nezvinhu zvakatsaurirwa Jehovha; Konania muRevhi akaitwa mutariri wazvo, uye Shimei munun’una wake akanga ari wechipiri.And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next.

¹³NaJehieri, naAzazia, naNahati, naAsaheri, naJerimoti, naJozabhadhi, naErieri, nalsimakia, naMahati, naBhenaya, vaiva vatariri pasi paKonania naShimei munun’una wake, vakanga vagadzwa namambo Hezekia naAzaria mutariri weimba yaMwari.And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.

¹⁴Kore mwanakomana waImina muRevhi, mutariri wesuo rokumabvazuva, akanga ari mutariri wenhendo dzaingopiwa Mwari nokuzvidira, kuti agovere zvipo zvaJehovha nezvinhu zvitsvene kwazvo.And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things.

¹⁵Pasi pake pakanga pana Edheni, naMiniamini, naJeshua, naShemaya, naAmaria, naShekania, mumaguta avapirisiti, pamabasa avo akatarwa, kuti vape hama dzavo namapoka, vakuru navaduku vose;And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:

¹⁶vasingaverengi varume vakanga vakanyorwa mazita avo, kubva pamakore matatu navanopfuura, Ani naani aipinda mumba maJehovha, kuzoita mabasa akadikanwa zuva rimwe nerimwe, pamabasa avo avakanga vapiwa namapoka avo;Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;

¹⁷navakanga vaverengwa pamazita avapirisiti nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, navaRevhi vamakore makumi maviri navakapfuura, pamabasa avo namapoka avo;Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;

¹⁸navakaverengwa namazita epwere dzavo dzose, navakadzi vavo, navanakomana vavo, navanasikana vavo, paungano yose; nokuti vakanga vazvinatsa noutsvene pamabasa avo akatarwa;And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:

¹⁹navanakomana vaAroni vapirisiti vakanga vari kuminda yoruwa rwamaguta avo, paguta rimwe nerimwe kwaiva navarume vakanga vakanyorwa mazita avo, kuti vape varume vose pakati pavapirisiti migove yavo, navose vakaverengwa mazita avo pakati pavaRevhi.Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites.

²⁰Ndizvo zvakaita Hezekia kwaJudha kwose; akaita zvakanaka nezvakarurama nezvakatendeka pamberi paJehovha Mwari wake.And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.

²¹Pabasa rimwe nerimwe raakatanga pakushumira paimba yaMwari, napamurayiro, napamirau, napakutsvaka Mwari wake, wakazviita nomoyo wake wose, akakunda.And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.