¹Zvino vaFirisitia vakarwa navaIsiraeri varume vaIsiraeri vakatiza pamberi pavaFirisitia, vakawira pasi vaurawa pagomo reGiribhoa.

¹Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

²VaFirisitia vakateverera Sauro navanakomana vake kwazvo, vaFirisitia vakauraya Jonatani, naAbhinadhabi, naMarikishua, vanakomana vaSauro.

²And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua, Saul's sons.

³Sauro akakurirwa kwazvo pakurwa; vapfuri vouta vakamubata, akatambudzika kwazvo nokuda kwavapfuri vouta.

³And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.

⁴Ipapo Sauro akati kunowaibata nhumbi dzake dzokurwa nadzo, Vhomora munondo wako, undibaye nawo, kuti ava vasina kudzingiswa varege kusvika vandibaye, nokundidadira. Asi mubati wenhumbi dzake dzokurwa nadzo wakaramba, nekuti wakange achitya kwazvo. Naizvozvo Sauro akatora munondo wake, akazviwisira pauri.

⁴Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

⁵Zvino mubati wenhumbi dzake dzokurwa nadzo wakati achiona kuti Sauro wafa, naiye akazviwisira pamunondo wakewo, akafa pamwechete naye.

⁵And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.

⁶Naizvozvo Sauro akafa, pamwechete navanakomana vake vatatu, nomubati wenhumbi dzake dzokurwa nadzo, navanhu vake vose nomusi iwoyo.

⁶So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.

⁷Zvino vanhu vaIsiraeri, vakanga vari mhiri komupata, navakanga vachiona kuti vanhu vaIsiraeri vatiza, uye kuti Sauro navanakomana vake vakanga vafawo, vakabva pamaguta, vakatiza; vaFirisitia vakasvika, vakagaramo.

⁷And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

⁸Zvino fume mangwana vaFirisitia vakati vachiuya kuzokusunungura vakaurawa, vakawana Sauro navanakomana vake vatatu vafa pagomo reGiribhoa.

⁸And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

⁹Vakagura musoro wake, nokusunungura nhumbi dzake dzokurwa nadzo, vakatuma nhume kumativi ose enyika yavaFirisitia, kundozivisa mashoko iwayo kuimba yezvifananidzo zvavo, nokuvanhu.

⁹And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people.

¹⁰Vakaisa nhumbi dzake dzokurwa nadzo muimba yaAshitaroti, vakasungira chitunha chake pamadziro eBhetishani.

¹⁰And they put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.

¹¹Zvino vakanga vagere JabheshiGiriyadhi vakati vachinzwa zvakanga zvaitirwa Sauro navaFirisitia,

¹¹And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;

¹²mhare dzose dzikasimuka, dzikafamba usiku hwose, dzikatora chitunha chaSauro nezvitunha zvavanakomana vake pamadziro eBhetishani, vakaenda Jabheshi vakazvipisapo.

¹²All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.

¹³Vakatora mafupa avo, vakaaviga pasi pomuti womutamarisiki paJabheshi, vakatsanya mazuva manomwe.

¹³And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.