¹Zvino Dhavhidhi akasvika Nobhi kuna Ahimereki mupristi; Ahimereki akasangana naDhavhidhi achidedera; akati kwaari, Uri woga neiko, usino mumwe newe?

¹Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?

²Dhavhidhi akati kuna Ahimereki mupristi, Mambo wakandiraira basa, akati kwandiri, Ngakurege kuva nomunhu unoziva chinhu chebasa randinokutuma naro, nerandinokuraira. Majaya ndakaaraira kusangana neni pane imwe nzvimbo.

²And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.

³Naizvozvo zvino, muneiko pano? Ndipei zvingwa zvishanu muruoko rwangu, kunyange zvipi nezvipi zviripo.

³Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.

⁴mupristi akapindura Dhavhidhi, akati, Hapana chingwa chinosidyiwa muruoko rwangu, asi chingwa chitsvene ndicho chiripo; koga kana majaya akazvidzora kuvakadzi.

⁴And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.

⁵Dhavhidhi akapindura mupristi, akati kwaari, Zvirokwazvo, vakadzi vakadziviswa kwatiri sapanguva dzose kana ndichifamba rwendo; nhumbi dzamajaya dzakanga dziri tsvene, kunyange rwaiva rwendo rwamazuva ose harwo, ndoda nhasi nhumbi dzavo dzichava tsvene.

⁵And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.

⁶Naizvozvo mupristi akamupa chingwa chitsvene, nekuti kwakanga kusina chingwapo, asi chingwa chokuratidza, chakanga chabviswa pamberi paJehovha, kuti chingwa chinopisa chiiswepo pazuva rokubviswa kwacho.

⁶So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

⁷Zvino mumwe muranda waSauro wakange aripo nomusi iwoyo, anonoswa pamberi paJehovha, wainzi Dhoegi, muEdhomu, mutariri wavafudzi vaSauro.

⁷Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.

⁸Dhavhidhi akati kuna Ahimereki, Hapana pfumo kana munondo kwamuri here? Nekuti handina kuuya nemunondo wangu, kana nhumbi dzangu dzekurwa nadzo, nekuti basa ramambo raifanira kukurumidzirwa.

⁸And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.

⁹Mupristi akati, Munondo waGoriati muFirisitia, wawakauraya pamupata weEra, uri pano, wakaputirwa mumucheka mberi kweefodhi; kana uchida kuutora, chitora hako, nekuti hakuna mumwe asi iwoyo. Dhavhidhi akati, Hakuna nomumwe wakafanana nawo, ndipe hoyo.

⁹And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.

¹⁰Dhavhidhi akasimuka akatiza musi iwoyo nokutya Sauro, akaenda kuna Akishi, mambo weGati.

¹⁰And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

¹¹Zvino varanda vaAkishi vakati kwaari, Ko uyu haazi Dhavhidhi mambo wenyika here? Haazi iye wavakaimbira vachibvumirana pakutamba kwavo, vachiti, Sauro wakauraya zviuru zvamazana ake,

¹¹And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

¹²Dhavhidhi akarangarira mashoko iwayo mumoyo make, akatya kwazvo Akishi mambo weGati.

¹²And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

¹³Akashandura mugarire wake pamberi pavo, akazviita sebenzi pakati pavo, akakwara-kwara pamagonhi esuwo, akarega mate ake achisiririka pandebvu dzake.

¹³And he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.

¹⁴Zvino Akishi akati kuvaranda vake, Tarirai, munhu uyu ibenzi; mauyireiko naye kuno kwandiri?

¹⁴Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?

¹⁵Ini ndinoshaiwa mapenzi kanhi, zvamauya nomunhu uyu kuzoratidza upenzi hwake pamberi pangu? Munhu wakadai ungapinda mumba mangu here?

¹⁵Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?