¹Zvino Joabhu akaudzwa, zvichinzi Tarira, mambo unochema nokuungudzira Abhusaromu.

¹And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

²Naizvozvo kukunda kwezuva iro kwakashandurwa kukava kuchema kwavanhu vose, nekuti vanhu vakanzwa zuva iro zvichinzi, Mambo unochema mwanakomana wake.

²And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.

³Vanhu vakapinda muguta zuva iro vachiverevedza, savanhu vanonyara kana vachitiza kurwa.

³And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

⁴Mambo akafukidza chiso chake, mambo akachema nenzwi guru, achiti, Haiwa, mwana wangu Abhusaromu, Abhusaromu, mwana wangu, mwana wangu!

⁴But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

⁵Ipapo Joabhu akapinda mumba kuna mambo, akati, Nhasi manyadza zviso zvavaranda venyu vose vakaponesa upenyu bwenyu nhasi, neupenyu hwevanakomana navanasikana venyu, noupenyu hwevakadzi venyu, noupenyu hwevarongo venyu;

⁵And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;

⁶nekuti munoda ivo vanokuvengai, muchivenga vanokudai. nekuti makatiratidza nhasi, kuti hamuna hanya namachinda navaranda, nekuti nhasi ndaona, kuti Abhusaromu akanga achiri mupenyu, nesu tose takafa hedu nhasi, maifarira izvozvo.

⁶In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.

⁷Naizvozvo zvino simukai, mubude, mundotaura navaranda venyu, muvanyaradze; nekuti ndinokupikirai naJehovha, kuti kana musingabudi, hakuna munhu ungasara nemwi usiku hwuno; izvozvo zvingava zvakaipa kwamuri kukunda zvakaipa zvose zvakakuwirai kubva pawuduku bwenyu kusvikira zvino.

⁷Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.

⁸Ipapo mambo akasimuka, akandogara pasuwo. Vakaudza vanhu vose, vachiti, Tarirai, mambo ugere pasuwo; vanhu vose vakauya pamberi pamambo.

⁸Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.

⁹Asi vanhu vose vakanga vachiita bope kumarudzi ose avaIsiraeri, vachiti, Mambo wakatirwira pamaoko avavengi vedu, akatiponesa pamaoko avaFirisitia, zvino wabva panyika achitiza Abhusaromu.

⁹And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.

¹⁰Asi Abhusaromu watakanga tazodza kuti ave mambo wedu, wafa pakurwa. Zvino munoregereiko kutaurirana kudzosa mambo?

¹⁰And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?

¹¹Zvino mambo Dhavhidhi wakatuma nhume kuna Zhadhoki naAbhiatari vapristi, akati, Taurai kuvakuru vaJudha, muti, Imi munononokereiko kudzosa mambo kumba kwake? nekuti mambo wakanzwa kuti vaIsiraeri vose vanotaura kuti adzoswe kumba kwake.

¹¹And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.

¹²imwi muri hama dzangu, muri mafupa angu nenyama yangu, zvino munononokerei kudzosa mambo?

¹²Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?

¹³Zvino muti kuna Amasa, Iwe hausi pfupa rangu nenyama yangu here? Mwari ngaandirove, arambe achidaro, kana iwe usingazovi mukuru wehondo nguva yose pamberi pangu panzvimbo yaJoabhu.

¹³And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.

¹⁴Akarereudza moyo yavanhu vose vaJudha somoyo womunhu mumwe; naizvozvo vakatuma shoko kuna mambo, vakati, Dzokai, imwi navaranda venyu vose.

¹⁴And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.

¹⁵Naizvozvo mambo akadzoka akasvika paJoridhani VaJudha vakasvika paGirigari, vakasangana namambo, vakayambusa mambo Joridhani.

¹⁵So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.

¹⁶Zvino Shimei mwanakomana waGera, muBhenjamini, wakange agere Bhahurimu, wakakurumidza akaburuka navarume vaJudha kundosangana namambo Dhavhidhi.

¹⁶And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

¹⁷Iye waiva navarume veBhenjamini vane chiuru chimwe, naZibha, muranda weimba yaSauro, navanakomana vake vane gumi navashanu, navaranda vake vane makumi maviri; ivo vakayambuka Joridhani pamberi pamambo.

¹⁷And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.

¹⁸Igwa rikaenda kundoyambusa veimba yamambo, nokuita sezvavaida. Ipapo Shimei mwanakomana waGera wakazviwisira pasi pamberi pamambo, iye akayambuka Joridhani.

¹⁸And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan;

¹⁹Akati kuna mambo, Ishe wangu ngaarege kundipa mhaka; regai henyu kurangarira kutadza komuranda wenyu zuva riya rokubuda kwashe wangu paJerusaremu; mambo ngaarege hake kurangarira izvozvo pamoyo pake.

¹⁹And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.

²⁰nekuti muranda wenyu unoziva kuti ndakatadza; naizvozvo tarirai, nhasi ndauya ndichitangira vose veimba yaJosefa, ndakaburuka kuzosangana nashe wangu mambo.

²⁰For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.

²¹Asi Abhishai mwanakomana waZeruya, akapindura akati, Shimei haafaniri here kuurawa pamusoro pechinhu ichi, nekuti wakatuka muzodzwa waJehovha?

²¹But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD's anointed?

²²Dhavhidhi akati, Ndine mhosva yeiko nemi, imwi vanakomana vaZeruya, zvamunoda kuva vavengi vangu nhasi? Kungaurawa munhu mumwe waIsiraeri nhasi here? Munoti handizivi here kuti ndiri mambo waIsiraeri nhasi?

²²And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?

²³Mambo akati kuna Shimei, Haungafi. Mambo akapika kwaari.

²³Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him.

²⁴Zvino Mefibhosheti mwanakomana waSauro wakaburuka kuzosangana namambo; asi iye wakange asina kushambidza tsoka dzake, kana kupetura ndebvu dzake, kana kusuka nguvo dzake, kubva pazuva rakaenda mambo kusvikira zuva raakadzoka naro norugare.

²⁴And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.

²⁵Zvino wakati asvika Jerusaremu kuzosangana namambo, mambo akati kwaari, Wakaregereiko kuenda neni, Mefibhosheti?

²⁵And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?

²⁶Iye akapindura akati, Ishe wangu mambo, muranda wangu wakandinyengera; nekuti muranda wenyu wakati, ndichazviisira chigaro pambongoro, ndiitasve, ndiende namambo, nekuti muranda wenyu chirema.

²⁶And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.

²⁷Iye akandochera muranda wenyu kunashe wangu mambo; asi ishe wangu mambo wakafanana nomutumwa waMwari, naizvozvo itai henyu sezvamunoda.

²⁷And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.

²⁸nekuti vose veimba yababa vangu vaifanira kuurawa nashe wangu mambo; kunyange zvakadaro makagadza muranda wenyu pakati pavaidya patafura yenyu. Ini ndichine simba reiko rokuchema naro kuna mambo?

²⁸For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?

²⁹Mambo akati kwaari, Ucharamba uchitaureiko? Ndinoti, Iwe naZibha govanai nyika.

²⁹And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.

³⁰Mefibhosheti akati kuna mambo, Iye ngaatore hake zvose, ishe wangu mambo zvaakadzokera kumba kwake norugare.

³⁰And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.

³¹NaBharizirai muGiriyadhi wakaburukawo achibva Rogerimi, akayambuka Joridhani namambo, kuzomuperekedzera mhiri kwaJoridhani.

³¹And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.

³²Zvino Bharizirai wakange ari mutana kwazvo, wakange asvika makore makumi masere; wakange avigira mambo zvokudya panguva yokugara kwake paMahanaimi, nekuti wakange akafuma kwazvo.

³²Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.

³³Mambo akati kuna Bharizirai, Hendei, tiyambuke tose, ini ndichakuraramisa kwandiri paJerusaremu.

³³And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.

³⁴Bharizirai akati kuna mambo, Makore oupenyu hwangu achava manganiko, kuti ndikwire Jerusaremu namambo?

³⁴And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?

³⁵Nhasi ndava namakore makumi masere; ini ndichagona kutsaura zvakanaka kune zvakaipa here? Muranda wenyu uchagona kuravira zvakanaka zvaanodya kana zvaanomwa here? Ndichagona kunzwa manzwi avarume navakadzi kana vachiimba here? Muranda wenyu ucharemedzereiko ishe wangu mambo?

³⁵I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?

³⁶Muranda wenyu wakange achingoda hake kuyambuka Joridhani namambo; zvino mambo ungandiripira izvozvo nomubayiro wakadai seiko?

³⁶Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?

³⁷Regai, muranda wenyu adzoke hake, ndinofira hangu muguta rangu, pamarinda ababa vangu namai vangu; asi hoyo muranda wenyu Chimhamu, iye ngaayambuke nashe wangu mambo, mugomuitira iye sezvamunoda.

³⁷Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.

³⁸Mambo akapindura akati, Chimhamu uchayambuka neni, ini ndichamuitira iye sezvaunoda iwe; zvose zvaunoreva kwandiri ndichakuitira izvo.

³⁸And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.

³⁹Vanhu vose vakayambuka Joridhani, naiye mambo akayambukawo; mambo akatsvoda Bharizirai akamuropafadza, iye akadzokera kumusha kwake.

³⁹And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.

⁴⁰Naizvozvo mambo akapfuurira Girigari, Chimhamu akayambuka naye, navanhu vose vaJudha vakapfuudzira mberi mambo, uyewo hafu yavanhu vaIsiraeri.

⁴⁰Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.

⁴¹Zvino varume vose vaIsiraeri vakauya kuna mambo, vakati kuna mambo, Hama dzedu, varume vaJudha, vakakubireiko, vakayambusa mambo naveimba yake Joridhani, pamwechete navarume vose vaDhavhidhi?

⁴¹And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan?

⁴²Varume vose vaJudha vakapindura varume vaIsiraeri, vakati, nekuti mambo ihama yedu yomumba; matsamwireiko nemhaka iyi? Ko isu takatongodya zvamambo here? Iye wakatongotipa chipo here?

⁴²And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift?

⁴³Varume vaIsiraeri vakapindura varume vaJudha, vakati, Isu tine migove ine gumi kuna mambo, naDhavhidhi ndewedu kukunda imi; zvino imwi makatizvidzireiko, zvamusina kutanga kurangana nesu pamusoro pokudzosa mambo wedu? Asi mashoko avarume vaJudha akanga achityisa kukunda mashoko avarume vaIsiraeri.

⁴³And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.