1Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
1Zvino vana vaIsiraeri vose vakabuda, ungano yose ikaungana nomoyo mumwe kubva paDhani kusvikira paBheeri-shebha, pamwechete nenyika yeGiriyadhi, kuna Jehovha paMizipa.
2And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.
2Madzishe avanhu vose, ivo vamarudzi ose avaIsiraeri, vakandomira paungano yavanhu vaMwari, vakanga vane zviuru zvina mazana mana zvavanhu vaifamba namakumbo, vaigona kurwa nomunondo.
3(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness?
3(Zvino vana vaBhenjamini vakanga vanzwa kuti vaIsiraeri vakwira Mizipa.) Vana vaIsiraeri vakati, Tiudzei kuti zvakashata izvi zvakaitwa sei?
4And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.
4Zvino muRevhi, murume womukadzi wakange aurawa, akapindura, akati, Ndakanga ndasvika paGibhiya ravaBhenjamini ndinomurongo wangu, kuti tavatepo.
5And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.
5Varume veGibhiya vakandimukira, vakakomba imba usiku kuzorwa neni, vakanga vachida kundiuraya ini, uye murongo wangu vakamuchinya, akafa.
6And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
6Ipapo ndikatora murongo wangu, ndikamudimuranya, ndikamutuma kunyika yose yenhaka yaIsiraeri, nekuti vakaita zvinonyangadza nezvoupenzi pakati paIsiraeri.
7Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
7Tarirai, imwi vana vaIsiraeri, imwi mose, mutipei zano nomurangariro wenyu pano.
8And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house.
8Ipapo vanhu vose vakasimuka nomoyo mumwe, vakati, Hakuna mumwe wedu ungaenda kutende rake, hakuna mumwe wedu ungadzokera kumba kwake.
9But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it;
9Asi tichaitira vanhu veGibhiya chinhu ichi: Tichandorwa navo, sezvatinoratidzwa nemijenya.
10And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.
10Tichatora varume vane gumi pazana rimwe nerimwe ramarudzi ose avalsiraeri, navane zana pachiuru chimwe nechimwe, navane chiuru pazviuru zvine gumi zvimwe nezvimwe, vandotorera vanhu mbuva, kuti kana vachisvika paGibhiya ravaBhenjamini vavaitire zvakaenzana noupenzi hwavakaita pakati paIsiraeri.
11So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
11Naizvozvo varume vose vaIsiraeri vakaungana paguta vano moyo mumwe.
12And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?
12Zvino marudzi avalsiraeri akatuma varume kurudzi rwose rwaBhenjamini, vakati, Izvi zvakashata zvakaitwa pakati penyu ndezveiko?
13Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel.
13Saka zvino tipei varume avo, vanhu vakaisvoipa, vari paGibhiya, tivauraye, tibvise zvakaipa pakati paIsiraeri, asi vana vaBhenjamini vakaramba kuteerera inzwi rehama dzavo, ivo vana vaIsiraeri.
14But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
14Vana vaBhenjamini vakabva kumaguta vakaungana paGibhiya, kuti varwe navana vaIsiraeri.
15And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
15Vana vaBhenjamini vakanga vabva kumaguta vakaverengwa musi uyo vakasvika varume vane zviuru zvina makumi maviri nezvitanhatu, vaigona kurwa nomunondo; zvino vakanga vagere Gibhiya havana kuverengwa, ivo vakasvika varume vana mazana manomwe vakasanangurwa.
16Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
16Pakati pavanhu ava vose kwakanga kuna varume vana mazana manomwe vakasanangurwa, vakanga vane zviboshwe; mumwe nomumwe wavo waigona kurova ruvhudzi nebwe asingaposhi.
17And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
17Zvino varume vaIsiraeri, kunze kwavaBhenjamini, vakaverengwa, vakasvika varume vane zviuru zvina mazana mana, vaigona kurwa nomunondo; ava vose vaiva varwi.
18And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.
18Vana vaIsiraeri vakasimuka, vakaenda Bhetieri, vakandobvunza zano kuna Mwari, vakati, Ndianiko kwatiri unofanira kutanga kundovamba vana vaBhenjamini? Jehovha akati, Judha ndiye anofanira kutanga.
19And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.
19Zvino vana vaIsiraeri vakamuka mangwanani, vakandodzika matende avo kuzorwa naveGibhiya.
20And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.
20Varume vaIsiraeri vakabuda kundorwa navaBhenjamini; varume vaIsiraeri vakarongedza hondo kuzorwa navo paGibhiya.
21And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.
21Vana vaBhenjamini vakabuda paGibhiya, vakaurayira pasi nomusi iwoyo varume vaIsiraeri vane zviuru zvina makumi maviri nezviviri.
22And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.
22Ipapo vanhu, varume vaIsiraeri, vakazvisimbisa, vakarongedzazve hondo pavakanga vairongedza nezuva rokutanga.
23(And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.)
23(Vana vaIsiraeri vakakwira, vakandochema kuna Jehovha kusvikira madekwana; vakabvunza Jehovha, vakati, Tinofanira kuswederazve kundorwa nehama dzedu, vana vaBhenjamini, here? Jehovha akati kwavari, Kwirai, mundorwa navo.)
24And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.
24Zvino vana vaIsiraeri vakaswedera kuzorwa navana vaBhenjamini nezuva repiri.
25And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.
25VaBhenjamini vakabuda paGibhiya kuzorwa navo nezuva repiri, vakaurayira pasi varume vavana vaIsiraeri vane zviuru zvine gumi nezvisere; ava vose vaigona kurwa nomunondo.
26Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
26Zvino vana vaIsiraeri vose navanhu vose vakakwira vakasvika paBhei-teri, vakachema vakagarapo pamberi paJehovha, vakatsanya zuva iro kusvikira madekwana, vakauya nezvipiriso zvinopiswa nezvipiriso zvokuyananisa kuna Jehovha.
27And the children of Israel inquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,
27Vana vaIsiraeri vakabvunza Jehovha (nokuti areka yesungano yaMwari yakanga iripo pamazuva iwayo.
28And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.
28NaPinehasi, mwanakomana waEreazari, mwanakomana waAroni, wakamira pamberi payo namazuva iwayo), vakati, Tinofanira kubudazve kundorwa nehama dzedu, ivo vana vaBhenjamini, kana tirege here? Jehovha akati, Kwirai, nekuti mangwana ndichavaisa mumaoko enyu.
29And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
29Valsiraeri vakaisa vanhu kuvandira Gibhiya kunhivi dzose.
30And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
30Vana vaIsiraeri vakandorwa navana vaBhenjamini nezuva retatu, vakazvirongedza kundorwa neGibhiya sapane dzimwe nguva.
31And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
31Vana vaBhenjamini vakabuda kuzorwa navanhu, vakanyengerwa nokubuda kure neguta; vakatanga sapane dzimwe nguva kubaya nokuuraya vamwe vanhu panzira huru mbiri, imwe yaikwira ichienda Bheti-eri, neimwe Gibhiya, kusango, vakauraya varume vaIsiraeri vanenge makumi matatu.
32And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.
32Zvino vana vaBhenjamini vakati, Vakundwa nesu sapakutanga. Asi vaIsiraeri vakati, Ngatitize, tivanyengere vabude kunzira huru dziri kure neguta.
33And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.
33Varume vose vaIsiraeri vakasimuka kwavakanga vari, vakazvirongedza paBhaari-tamari; uye vaIsiraeri, vakanga vakavandira, vakakurumidza kubuda kwavakanga vari, paMaare-gebha;
34And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.
34vakabuda pakatarisana neGibhiya vaiva varume vane zviuru zvine gumi vakanga vakasanangurwa pakati pavaIsiraeri vose, kurwa kukanyanya kwazvo; asi vakanga vasingazivi kuti njodzi yava pedo.
35And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.
35Zvino Jehovha akaparadza Bhenjamini pamberi paIsiraeri, vana vaIsiraeri vakaparadza nomusi iwoyo varume vaBhenjamini vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi maviri nezvishanu nezana rimwe; ava vose vaigona kurwa nomunondo.
36So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.
36Ipapo vana vaBhenjamini vakaona kuti vakundwa; nekuti varume vaIsiraeri vakatiza pamberi paBhenjamini, nekuti vakanga vachivimba navanhu vakanga vaiswa kuvandira paGibhiya.
37And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
37Zvino vavandiri vakakurumidza, vakamhanyira Gibhiya; vavandiri vakapfuura, vakaparadza guta rose neminondo inopinza.
38Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.
38Zvino varume valsiraeri navavandiri vakanga vatenderana pamusoro pechiratidzo, kuti vachamutsa gore guru routsi rinobva muguta.
39And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.
39Varume vaIsiraeri vakatendeuka pakurwa kwavo, vaBhenjamini vakatanga kubaya nokuuraya varume vaIsiraeri vanenge makumi matatu; nekuti vakati, Zvirokwazvo, vakundwa nesu sapakurwa kokutanga.
40But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.
40Asi gore rakati rotanga kukwira richibva muguta, seshongwe youtsi, vaBhenjamini vakacheuka, vakaona guta rose richipfungairira kudenga.
41And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.
41Varume vaIsiraeri vakadzoka, varume vaBhenjamini vakavhunduswa, nekuti vakaona kuti vawirwa nenjodzi.
42Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.
42Ipapo vakatiza pamberi pavarume vaIsiraeri, vakamhanya nenzira inoenda kurenje; asi hondo yakavatevera, uye vakanga vachibva mumaguta vakavauraya pakati pawo.
43Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.
43Vakakomba vaBhenjamini kunhivi dzose, vakavadzinga ndokuvabata pavakazorora kusvikira pakatarisana neGibhiya kumabvazuva.
44And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valor.
44Vane zviuru zvine gumi nezvisere vaBhenjamini vakaurawa; avo vose vakanga vari varume voumhare.
45And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.
45Vakatendeuka, ndokutizira kurenje kudombo reRimoni; vakauraya vamwe vavo panzira huru varume vane zviuru zvishanu; vakavatevera kusvikira paGidhomi, vakauraya pakati pavo varume vane zviuru zviviri.
46So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valor.
46Naizvozvo varume vaBhenjamini, vakaurawa nezuva iro, vakanga vane zviuru zvina makumi maviri nezvishanu, varume vaigona kurwa nomunondo; ava vose vaiva varume voumhare.
47But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.
47Asi varume vana mazana matanhatu vakatendeuka, vakatizira kurenje padombo reRimoni, vakagara padombo reRimoni mwedzi mina.
48And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.
48Varume vaIsiraeri vakadzokerazve kuvana vaBhenjamini, vakavauraya neminondo inopinza, guta rose, nemombe, nezvose zvavakawanapo; vakapisawo maguta ose avakawana.