¹Zvino vaFirisitia vakaunganidza hondo dzavo dzose paAfeki, asi vaIsiraeri vakavaka misasa yavo patsime raiva paJezereeri.

¹Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.

²Madzishe avaFirisitia akapfuura akaita mazana-nemazana zviuru-nezviuru, naDhavhidhi navanhu vake vakapfuurawo vachitevera Akishi.

²And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rearward with Achish.

³Ipapo machinda avaFirisitia akati, Ko vaHebheru ava vanoiteiko pano? Akishi akati kumachinda avaFirisitia, Ko uyu haazi Dhavhidhi, muranda waSauro, mambo waIsiraeri, ugere neni mazuva ano kana makore ano here? Handina kuwana mhosva kwaari, chinguva chaakatizira kwandiri kusvikira nhasi.

³Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?

⁴Asi machinda avaFirisitia akamutsamwira, machinda avaFirisitia vakati kwaari, Dzosa munhu uyu, adzokere uko kwake kwawakamuisa iwe, asi ngaarege kuburuka kundorwa nesu, kuti arege kutipandukira akava muvengi wedu pakurwa. nekuti munhu uyu ungandoyananisa ishe wake neiko? Hatiti nemisoro yavanhu ava here?

⁴And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?

⁵Ko uyu haazi Dhavhidhi uya wavakaimbira vachibvumirana pakutamba kwavo, vachiti,

⁵Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

⁶Ipapo Akishi akadana Dhavhidhi, akati kwaari, NaJehovha mupenyu, iwe wakange uri munhu wakarurama, nokubuda kwako nokupinda kwako pahondo kwakanga kuchindifadza ini, nekuti handina kuwana zvakaipa kwauri kubva pazuva rawakasvika kwandiri kusvikira zuva ranhasi; asi madzishe haakufariri.

⁶Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favor thee not.

⁷Naizvozvo zvino chidzoka hako, uende norugare, kuti urege kuzoita chisingafadzi madzishe avaFirisitia.

⁷Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.

⁸Dhavhidhi akati kuna Akishi, Ndadiniko? Makawaneiko kumuranda wenyu chinguva chandakagara nemwi kusvikira nhasi, kuti ndirege kundorwa navavengi vashe wangu mambo?

⁸And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?

⁹Akishi akapindura, akati kuna Dhavhidhi, Ndinoziva kuti unondifadza ini, somutumwa waMwari; asi machinda avaFirisitia akati, Ngaarege kukwira nesu kundorwa.

⁹And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

¹⁰Naizvozvo zvino chimuka hako achiri mangwanani pamwechete navaranda vashe wako vakauya newe; zvino kana mamuka mangwanani, mogona kuona, muende henyu.

¹⁰Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart.

¹¹Naizvozvo Dhavhidhi akamuka mangwanani, iye navanhu vake, vakaenda mangwanani, vakadzokera kunyika yavaFirisitia. VaFirisitia vakakwira vakaenda Jezereeri.

¹¹So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.