¹Zvino vaIsiraeri vose vakaungana kuna Dhavhidhi paHebhuroni, vakati, Tarirai, isu tiri mafupa enyu nenyama yenyu.

¹And gathered are all Israel unto David to Hebron, saying, `Lo, thy bone and thy flesh [are] we;

²Kare, kunyange Sauro akanga ari mambo, ndimi maibuda nokupinda naIsiraeri; Jehovha Mwari wenyu akati kwamuri, Iwe uchafudza vanhu vangu valsiraeri, nokuva mutungamiriri

²even in time past, even in Saul`s being king, it is thou who art taking out and bringing in Israel, and Jehovah thy God saith to thee: Thou dost feed My people Israel, and thou art leader over My people Israel.`

³Naizvozvo vakuru vose vaIsiraeri vakaenda kuna mambo paHebhuroni, Dhavhidhi akaita sungano paHebhuroni pamberi paJehovha; ivo vakazodza Dhavhidhi, kuti ave mambo waIsiraeri, sezvakanga zvarehwa naJehovha nomuromo waSamueri.

³And all the elders of Israel come in unto the king to Hebron, and David maketh with them a covenant in Hebron before Jehovah, and they anoint David for king over Israel, according to the word of Jehovah by the hand of Samuel.

⁴Dhavhidhi navaIsiraeri vose vakakwira Jerusaremu (ndiro Jebhusi); zvino vaJebhusi, vanhu venyika iyo, vakanga varipo.

⁴And David goeth, and all Israel, to Jerusalem — it [is] Jebus — and there the Jebusite, the inhabitants of the land.

⁵Ipapo vanhu vaigara paJebhusi vakati kuna Dhavhidhi, Haungapindi pano. Asi Dhavhidhi akakunda nhare yeZiyoni; ndiro guta raDhavhidhi.

⁵And the inhabitants of Jebus say to David, `Thou dost not come in hither;` and David captureth the fortress of Zion — it [is] the city of David.

⁶Ipapo Dhavhidhi akati, Anotanga kubaya vaJebhusi ndiye achava mutungamiriri nomukuru wehondo. Zvino Joabhu mwanakomana waZeruya akatanga kukwira, akaitwa mutungamiriri wehondo.

⁶And David saith, `Whoever smiteth the Jebusite first doth become head and prince;` and go up first doth Joab son of Zeruiah and becometh head.

⁷Dhavhidhi akagara panhare; naizvozvo vakaritumidza zita rinonzi guta raDhavhidhi.

⁷And David dwelleth in the fortress, therefore they have called it, `City of David;`

⁸Akavaka guta kumativi ose, kubva paMiro kusvikira kumativi ose; Joabhu akagadzira zvimwe zveguta.

⁸and he buildeth the city round about, from Millo, and unto the circumference, and Joab restoreth the rest of the city.

⁹Dhavhidhi akaramba achikura, nekuti Jehovha wehondo aiva naye.

⁹And David goeth, going on and becoming great, and Jehovah of Hosts [is] with him.

¹⁰Zvino ndivo vakuru vavarume vane simba vaiva naDhavhidhi, vaimusimbisa paushe hwake, pamwechete navaIsiraeri vose, kuti vamugadze ave mambo, sezvakarehwa naJehovha pamusoro palsiraeri.

¹⁰And these [are] heads of the mighty ones whom David hath, who are strengthening themselves with him in his kingdom, with all Israel, to cause him to reign, according to the word of Jehovah, over Israel.

¹¹Ndiko kuwanda kwavarume vane simba vaiva naDhavhidhi: Joshobhiyami mwanakomana wokuHakimoni, mukuru wavana makumi matatu; iye akasimudza pfumo rake akarwa navana mazana matatu, akavauraya nenguva imwe.

¹¹And this [is] an account of the mighty ones whom David hath: Jashobeam son of a Hachmonite [is] head of the thirty; he is lifting up his spear against three hundred — wounded, at one time.

¹²Akamutevera akanga ari Eriazari, mwanakomana waDhodho muAhohi, mumwe wavarume vatatu vaiva nesimba.

¹²And after him [is] Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite, he [is] among the three mighty;

¹³Iye akanga ana Dhavhidhi paPasidhamini; vaFirisitia vakanga vaunganapo kuzorwa pabindu rakanga rizere nebhari; vanhu vakatiza pamberi pavaFirisitia.

¹³he hath been with David in Pas-Dammim, and the Philistines have been gathered there to battle, and a portion of the field is full of barley, and the people have fled from the face of the Philistines,

¹⁴Vakamira pakati pebindu, vakarirwira, vakauraya vaFirisitia, Jehovha akavarwira nokukunda kukuru.

¹⁴and they station themselves in the midst of the portion, and deliver it, and smite the Philistines, and Jehovah saveth — a great salvation.

¹⁵Zvino vatatu vavakuru vavana makumi matatu vakaburukira kudombo kuna Dhavhidhi kubako reAdhuramu; zvino hondo yavaFirisitia yakanga yadzika matende pamupata weRefaimu.

¹⁵And three of the thirty heads go down on the rock unto David, unto the cave of Adullam, and the host of the Philistines is encamping in the valley of Rephaim,

¹⁶Zvino nenguva iyo Dhavhidhi akanga ari munhare, uye boka ravarwi vavaFirisitia raiva paBheterehemu nenguva iyo.

¹⁶and David [is] then in the fortress, and the station of the Philistines [is] then in Beth-Lehem,

¹⁷Dhavhidhi akapanga, akati, Haiwa! Dai mumwe achindipa mvura yetsime reBheterehemu, riri pasuwo, ndimwe!

¹⁷and David longeth, and saith, `Who doth give me to drink water from the well of Beth-Lehem, that [is] at the gate!`

¹⁸Ipapo mhare idzo nhatu dzakapasanura napakati pehondo yavaFirisitia, vakandoteka mvura patsime reBheterehemu, riri pasuwo, vakaitora, vakauya nayo kuna Dhavhidhi; asi Dhavhidhi wakaramba kuimwa, akaidururira kuna Jehovha,

¹⁸And the three break through the camp of the Philistines, and draw water from the well of Beth-Lehem, that [is] at the gate, and bear and bring in unto David, and David hath not been willing to drink it, and poureth it out to Jehovah,

¹⁹akati, Mwari wangu ngaandidzivise, ndirege kuita chinhu ichi! Ndingamwa ropa ravarume ava vakaenda vasingarangariri upenyu hwavo here? nekuti vakauya nayo vasingarangariri upenyu hwavo. Naizvozvo akaramba kuimwa. Ndizvo zvakaitwa nemhare idzo nhatu.

¹⁹and saith, `Far be it from me, by my God, to do this; the blood of these men do I drink with their lives? for with their lives they have brought it;` and he was not willing to drink it; these [things] did the three mighty ones.

²⁰Abhishai munin'ina waJoabhu, ndiye akanga ari mukuru wavatatu avo, nekuti akasimudza pfumo rake akarwa navana mazana matatu, akavauraya; akava nomukurumbira pakati pavatatu avo.

²⁰And Abishai brother of Joab, he hath been head of the three: and he is lifting up his spear against three hundred — wounded, and hath a name among three.

²¹Pakati pavatatu ndiye wakange ane mbiri kukunda vamwe vaviri, akava mukuru wavo; asi haana kuenzana navatatu vokutanga.

²¹Of the three by the two he is honoured, and becometh their head; and unto the [first] three he hath not come.

²²Bhenaya mwanakomana waJehoyadha, mwanakomana wemhare weKabhizeeri, akanga aita mabasa makuru, iye akauraya vanakomana vaviri vaArieri waMoabhi, akandourayawo shumba mukati mehunza panguva yechando.

²²Benaiah son of Jehoiada, son of a man of valour, of great deeds, from Kabzeel: he hath smitten the two lion-like Moabites, and he hath gone down and smitten the lion in the midst of the pit, in the day of snow.

²³Akaurayawo muEgipita, murume akanga akakura kwazvo akasvika makubhiti mashanu; muEgipita uyu akanga akabata pfumo muruoko rwake, asi iye akaburukira kwaari akabata tsvimbo, akabvuta pfumo muruoko rwomuEgipita, akamuuraya nepfumo rake iro.

²³And he hath smitten the man, the Egyptian — a man of measure, five by the cubit — and in the hand of the Egyptian [is] a spear like a beam of weavers, and he goeth down unto him with a rod, and taketh violently away the spear out of the hand of the Egyptian, and slayeth him with his own spear.

²⁴Zvinhu izvi zvakaitwa naBhenaya mwanakomana waJehoyadha, akanga akakurumbira pakati pemhare idzo nhatu.

²⁴These [things] hath Benaiah son of Jehoiada done, and hath a name among the three mighty ones.

²⁵Tarirai, iye akanga ane mbiri kukunda vana makumi matatu, asi haana kuenzana navatatu vokutanga. Dhavhidhi akamuita mutariri wavarindi vake.

²⁵Of the thirty, lo, he [is] honoured, and unto the [first] three he hath not come, and David setteth him over his guard.

²⁶Mhare dzehondo dzaiva: Ashaheri munin'ina waJoabhu, naErihanani mwanakomana waDhodho weBheterehemu;

²⁶And the mighty ones of the forces [are] Asahel brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Beth-Lehem,

²⁷naShamoti muHarodhi, naHerezi muPeroni;

²⁷Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,

²⁸naIra mwanakomana wIkeshi muTekoite, naAbhiezeri muAnatoti;

²⁸Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi-Ezer the Annethothite,

²⁹naSibekai muHushati, naIrai muAhohi;

²⁹Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,

³⁰naMakarai muNetofati, naHeredhi mwanakomana waBhaana muNetofati;

³⁰Maharai the Netophathite, Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite,

³¹naItai mwanakomana waRibhai weGibhiya wavana vaBhenjamini, naBhenaya muPiratoni;

³¹Ithai son of Ribai of Gibeah, of the sons of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,

³²naHurai wehova dzeGaashi, naAbhieri muAribhati;

³²Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,

³³naAzimavheti muBhaharumiti, naEriabha muShaaribhoni;

³³Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,

³⁴navanakomana vaHashemi muGizoni, naJonatani mwanakomana waShage muHarari,

³⁴the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan son of Shage the Hararite,

³⁵naAhiami mwanakomana waSakari muHarari, naErifari mwanakomana waUri;

³⁵Ahiam son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal son of Ur,

³⁶naHeferi muMekerati, naAhiya muPeroni;

³⁶Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,

³⁷naHezero muKarimeri, naNaarai mwanakomana waEzibha;

³⁷Hezor the Carmelite, Naarai son of Ezbai,

³⁸naJoeri munin'ina waNatani, naMibhari mwanakomana waHagiri;

³⁸Joel brother of Nathan, Mibhar son of Haggeri,

³⁹naZereki muAmoni, naNaharai muBheroti, mubati wenhumbi dzokurwa nadzo dzaJoabhu mwanakomana waZeruya;

³⁹Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, bearer of the weapons of Joab son of Zeruiah,

⁴⁰naIra muItiri, naGarebhi muItiri,

⁴⁰Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

⁴¹naUriya muHiti, naZabhadhi mwanakomana waArai;

⁴¹Uriah the Hittite, Zabad son of Ahlai,

⁴²naAdhina mwanakomana waShiza muRubheni, mukuru wavaRubheni, navana makumi matatu naye;

⁴²Adina son of Shiza the Reubenite, head of the Reubenites, and by him thirty,

⁴³naHanani mwanakomana waMaaka, naJoshafati muMitini;

⁴³Hanan son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,

⁴⁴naUziya muAshiterati, naShama naJeyieri vanakomana vaHotami muAroeri;

⁴⁴Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel sons of Hothan the Aroerite,

⁴⁵naJedhiaeri mwanakomana waShimiri, naJoha munin'ina wake, muTizi;

⁴⁵Jediael son of Shimri, and Joha his brother the Tizite,

⁴⁶naErieri muMahavhi, naJeribhai, naJoshavhia, vanakomana vaErinaami, naItima muMoabhu;

⁴⁶Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,

⁴⁷naErieri, naObhedhi, naJaasieri muMezobha.

⁴⁷Eliel, and Obed, and Jaasiel the Mesobaite.