1 Mushure mokunge chinzvimbo chaRehobhoamu samambo chasimbiswa, uye paakanga asimba, iye neIsraeri yose pamwe chete vakasiya murayiro waJehovha.
2 Nokuti vakanga vasina kutendeka kuna Jehovha, Shishaki mambo weIjipiti akarwisa Jerusarema mugore rechishanu ramambo Rehobhoamu.
3 Nengoro chiuru namazana maviri navatasvi vamabhiza zviuru makumi matanhatu navarwi vokuRibhiya, Suki neEtiopia vakanga vasingaverengeki vaakauya navo kubva kuIjipiti,
4 akakunda maguta enhare eJudha kusvika kuJerusarema.
5 Ipapo muprofita Shemaya akauya kuna Rehobhoamu nokuvatungamiri veJudha vakanga vaungana muJerusarema vachitya Shishaki, akati kwavari, “Zvanzi naJehovha, ‘Makandirasa; naizvozvo zvino ndava kukurasirai kuna Shishaki.’ ”
6 Vatungamiri veIsraeri namambo vakazvininipisa vakati, “Jehovha akarurama.”
7 Jehovha pavakaona kuti vazvininipisa shoko iri raJehovha rakauya kuna Shemaya richiti, “Nokuda kwokuti vazvininipisa, handichavaparadzi asi munguva pfupi ndichavanunura. Kutsamwa kwangu hakuchadururirwa paJerusarema kubudikidza naShishaki.