¹Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

¹Zvino vaIsiraeri vose vakaungana kuna Dhavhidhi paHebhuroni, vakati, Tarirai, isu tiri mafupa enyu nenyama yenyu.

²And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.

²Kare, kunyange Sauro akanga ari mambo, ndimi maibuda nokupinda naIsiraeri; Jehovha Mwari wenyu akati kwamuri, Iwe uchafudza vanhu vangu valsiraeri, nokuva mutungamiriri

³Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.

³Naizvozvo vakuru vose vaIsiraeri vakaenda kuna mambo paHebhuroni, Dhavhidhi akaita sungano paHebhuroni pamberi paJehovha; ivo vakazodza Dhavhidhi, kuti ave mambo waIsiraeri, sezvakanga zvarehwa naJehovha nomuromo waSamueri.

⁴And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

⁴Dhavhidhi navaIsiraeri vose vakakwira Jerusaremu (ndiro Jebhusi); zvino vaJebhusi, vanhu venyika iyo, vakanga varipo.

⁵And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David.

⁵Ipapo vanhu vaigara paJebhusi vakati kuna Dhavhidhi, Haungapindi pano. Asi Dhavhidhi akakunda nhare yeZiyoni; ndiro guta raDhavhidhi.

⁶And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.

⁶Ipapo Dhavhidhi akati, Anotanga kubaya vaJebhusi ndiye achava mutungamiriri nomukuru wehondo. Zvino Joabhu mwanakomana waZeruya akatanga kukwira, akaitwa mutungamiriri wehondo.

⁷And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.

⁷Dhavhidhi akagara panhare; naizvozvo vakaritumidza zita rinonzi guta raDhavhidhi.

⁸And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

⁸Akavaka guta kumativi ose, kubva paMiro kusvikira kumativi ose; Joabhu akagadzira zvimwe zveguta.

⁹So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him.

⁹Dhavhidhi akaramba achikura, nekuti Jehovha wehondo aiva naye.

¹⁰These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

¹⁰Zvino ndivo vakuru vavarume vane simba vaiva naDhavhidhi, vaimusimbisa paushe hwake, pamwechete navaIsiraeri vose, kuti vamugadze ave mambo, sezvakarehwa naJehovha pamusoro palsiraeri.

¹¹And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.

¹¹Ndiko kuwanda kwavarume vane simba vaiva naDhavhidhi: Joshobhiyami mwanakomana wokuHakimoni, mukuru wavana makumi matatu; iye akasimudza pfumo rake akarwa navana mazana matatu, akavauraya nenguva imwe.

¹²And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.

¹²Akamutevera akanga ari Eriazari, mwanakomana waDhodho muAhohi, mumwe wavarume vatatu vaiva nesimba.

¹³He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.

¹³Iye akanga ana Dhavhidhi paPasidhamini; vaFirisitia vakanga vaunganapo kuzorwa pabindu rakanga rizere nebhari; vanhu vakatiza pamberi pavaFirisitia.

¹⁴And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.

¹⁴Vakamira pakati pebindu, vakarirwira, vakauraya vaFirisitia, Jehovha akavarwira nokukunda kukuru.

¹⁵Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

¹⁵Zvino vatatu vavakuru vavana makumi matatu vakaburukira kudombo kuna Dhavhidhi kubako reAdhuramu; zvino hondo yavaFirisitia yakanga yadzika matende pamupata weRefaimu.

¹⁶And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem.

¹⁶Zvino nenguva iyo Dhavhidhi akanga ari munhare, uye boka ravarwi vavaFirisitia raiva paBheterehemu nenguva iyo.

¹⁷And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!

¹⁷Dhavhidhi akapanga, akati, Haiwa! Dai mumwe achindipa mvura yetsime reBheterehemu, riri pasuwo, ndimwe!

¹⁸And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD.

¹⁸Ipapo mhare idzo nhatu dzakapasanura napakati pehondo yavaFirisitia, vakandoteka mvura patsime reBheterehemu, riri pasuwo, vakaitora, vakauya nayo kuna Dhavhidhi; asi Dhavhidhi wakaramba kuimwa, akaidururira kuna Jehovha,

¹⁹And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.

¹⁹akati, Mwari wangu ngaandidzivise, ndirege kuita chinhu ichi! Ndingamwa ropa ravarume ava vakaenda vasingarangariri upenyu hwavo here? nekuti vakauya nayo vasingarangariri upenyu hwavo. Naizvozvo akaramba kuimwa. Ndizvo zvakaitwa nemhare idzo nhatu.

²⁰And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.

²⁰Abhishai munin'ina waJoabhu, ndiye akanga ari mukuru wavatatu avo, nekuti akasimudza pfumo rake akarwa navana mazana matatu, akavauraya; akava nomukurumbira pakati pavatatu avo.

²¹Of the three, he was more honorable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.

²¹Pakati pavatatu ndiye wakange ane mbiri kukunda vamwe vaviri, akava mukuru wavo; asi haana kuenzana navatatu vokutanga.

²²Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.

²²Bhenaya mwanakomana waJehoyadha, mwanakomana wemhare weKabhizeeri, akanga aita mabasa makuru, iye akauraya vanakomana vaviri vaArieri waMoabhi, akandourayawo shumba mukati mehunza panguva yechando.

²³And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

²³Akaurayawo muEgipita, murume akanga akakura kwazvo akasvika makubhiti mashanu; muEgipita uyu akanga akabata pfumo muruoko rwake, asi iye akaburukira kwaari akabata tsvimbo, akabvuta pfumo muruoko rwomuEgipita, akamuuraya nepfumo rake iro.

²⁴These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.

²⁴Zvinhu izvi zvakaitwa naBhenaya mwanakomana waJehoyadha, akanga akakurumbira pakati pemhare idzo nhatu.

²⁵Behold, he was honorable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.

²⁵Tarirai, iye akanga ane mbiri kukunda vana makumi matatu, asi haana kuenzana navatatu vokutanga. Dhavhidhi akamuita mutariri wavarindi vake.

²⁶Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

²⁶Mhare dzehondo dzaiva: Ashaheri munin'ina waJoabhu, naErihanani mwanakomana waDhodho weBheterehemu;

²⁷Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,

²⁷naShamoti muHarodhi, naHerezi muPeroni;

²⁸Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite,

²⁸naIra mwanakomana wIkeshi muTekoite, naAbhiezeri muAnatoti;

²⁹Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,

²⁹naSibekai muHushati, naIrai muAhohi;

³⁰Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,

³⁰naMakarai muNetofati, naHeredhi mwanakomana waBhaana muNetofati;

³¹Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,

³¹naItai mwanakomana waRibhai weGibhiya wavana vaBhenjamini, naBhenaya muPiratoni;

³²Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,

³²naHurai wehova dzeGaashi, naAbhieri muAribhati;

³³Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,

³³naAzimavheti muBhaharumiti, naEriabha muShaaribhoni;

³⁴The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,

³⁴navanakomana vaHashemi muGizoni, naJonatani mwanakomana waShage muHarari,

³⁵Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,

³⁵naAhiami mwanakomana waSakari muHarari, naErifari mwanakomana waUri;

³⁶Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,

³⁶naHeferi muMekerati, naAhiya muPeroni;

³⁷Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,

³⁷naHezero muKarimeri, naNaarai mwanakomana waEzibha;

³⁸Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,

³⁸naJoeri munin'ina waNatani, naMibhari mwanakomana waHagiri;

³⁹Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

³⁹naZereki muAmoni, naNaharai muBheroti, mubati wenhumbi dzokurwa nadzo dzaJoabhu mwanakomana waZeruya;

⁴⁰Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

⁴⁰naIra muItiri, naGarebhi muItiri,

⁴¹Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,

⁴¹naUriya muHiti, naZabhadhi mwanakomana waArai;

⁴²Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,

⁴²naAdhina mwanakomana waShiza muRubheni, mukuru wavaRubheni, navana makumi matatu naye;

⁴³Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,

⁴³naHanani mwanakomana waMaaka, naJoshafati muMitini;

⁴⁴Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite,

⁴⁴naUziya muAshiterati, naShama naJeyieri vanakomana vaHotami muAroeri;

⁴⁵Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,

⁴⁵naJedhiaeri mwanakomana waShimiri, naJoha munin'ina wake, muTizi;

⁴⁶Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,

⁴⁶naErieri muMahavhi, naJeribhai, naJoshavhia, vanakomana vaErinaami, naItima muMoabhu;

⁴⁷Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.

⁴⁷naErieri, naObhedhi, naJaasieri muMezobha.