¹Zvino Hirami mambo weTiro akatuma nhume kuna Dhavhidhi, namatanda emisidhari, navavaki, navavezi, kuti vamuvakire imba.

¹And Huram king of Tyre sendeth messengers unto David, and cedar-wood, and artificers of walls, and artificers of wood, to build to him a house.

²Dhavhidhi akaona kuti Jehovha akamusimbisa kuti ave mambo waIsiraeri, nekuti ushe hwake hwakanga hwakudzwa kwazvo nokuda kwavanhu vake Isiraeri.

²And David knoweth that Jehovah hath established him for king over Israel, because of the lifting up on high of his kingdom, for the sake of His people Israel.

³Dhavhidhi akazvitorerazve vamwe vakadzi paJerusaremu, Dhavhidhi akabereka vamwe vanakomana navanasikana.

³And David taketh again wives in Jerusalem, and David begetteth again sons and daughters;

⁴Zvino ndiwo mazita avana vaakanga anavo paJerusaremu: Shamua, naShobhabhi, naNatani, naSoromoni;

⁴and these [are] the names of the children whom he hath in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,

⁵naIbhari, naErishua, naEripereti;

⁵and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,

⁶naNoga, naNefegi, naJafia;

⁶and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,

⁷naErishama, naBheriyadha, naErifereti.

⁷and Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.

⁸Zvino vaFirisitia vakati vanzwa kuti Dhavhidhi azodzwa kuti ave mambo wavaIsiraeri vose, vaFirisitia vose vakakwira kundotsvaka Dhavhidhi; Dhavhidhi akazvinzwa, akabuda kuzorwa navo.

⁸And the Philistines hear that David hath been anointed for king over all Israel, and all the Philistines go up to seek David, and David heareth, and goeth out before them.

⁹Zvino vaFirisitia vakanga vasvika, vakapararira pamupata weRefaimu.

⁹And the Philistines have come, and rush into the valley of Rephaim,

¹⁰Dhavhidhi akabvunza Jehovha, akati, Ndokwira kundorwa navaFirisitia here? Muchavaisa mumaoko angu here? Jehovha akati kuna Dhavhidhi, Kwira, nekuti ndichavaisa mumaoko ako.

¹⁰and David asketh of God, saying, `Do I go up against the Philistines — and hast Thou given them into my hand?` And Jehovah saith to him, `Go up, and I have given them into thy hand.`

¹¹Vakasvika paBhaariperazimi, Dhavhidhi akavaparadzapo; Dhavhidhi akati, Mwari akapwanya vavengi vangu noruoko rwangu, sokupwanya kwemvura. Naizvozvo vakatumidza nzvimbo iyo Bhaariperazimi.

¹¹And they go up into Baal-Perazim, and David smiteth them there, and David saith, `God hath broken up mine enemies by my hand, like the breaking up of waters;` therefore they have called the name of that place Baal-Perazim.

¹²VaFirisitia vakasiya vamwari vavopo, Dhavhidhi akaraira, vakavapisa nomoto.

¹²And they leave there their gods, and David speaketh, and they are burnt with fire.

¹³VaFirisitia vakapararirazve pamupata uyo.

¹³And the Philistines add again, and rush into the valley,

¹⁴Ipapo Dhavhidhi akabvunza Mwari zve; Mwari akati kwaari, Usandovatevera; tsauka ubve kwavari, ugovavamba pakatarisana nemiti yemibharisami.

¹⁴and David asketh again of God, and God saith to him, `Do not go up after them, turn round from them, and thou hast come to them from over-against the mulberries;

¹⁵Zvino kana uchinzwa kutinhira kokufamba pamisoro yemiti yemibharisami, ipapo unofanira kundorwa; nekuti Mwari akutungamirira kundoparadza hondo yavaFirisitia.

¹⁵and it cometh to pass, when thou hearest the sound of the stepping at the heads of the mulberries, then thou goest out into battle, for God hath gone out before thee to smite the camp of the Philistines.`

¹⁶Dhavhidhi akaita sezvakarairwa naMwari; vakaparadza hondo yavaFirisitia kubva paGibhiyoni kusvikira paGezeri.

¹⁶And David doth as God commanded him, and they smite the camp of the Philistines from Gibeon even unto Gazer;

¹⁷Mbiri yaDhavhidhi ikabudira kunyika dzose; Jehovha akavhundusa marudzi ose pamusoro pake.

¹⁷and the name of David goeth out into all the lands, and Jehovah hath put his fear on all the nations.