¹Zvino Samueri akati kuvaIsiraeri vose, Tarirai, ndakateerera manzwi enyu pazvinhu zvose zvamakataura kwandiri, ndikakugadzirirai mambo.

¹And Samuel saith unto all Israel, `Lo, I have hearkened to your voice, to all that ye said to me, and I cause to reign over you a king,

²Zvino tarirai, mambo wenyu unofamba pamberi penyu; ini ndakwegura, ndachena vhudzi; tarirai, vanakomana vangu vari pakati penyu; ini ndakafamba pamberi penyu kubva pauduku hwangu kusvikira nhasi.

²and now, lo, the king is walking habitually before you, and I have become aged and gray-headed, and my sons, lo, they [are] with you, and I have walked habitually before you from my youth till this day.

³Ndiri pano; chindipupurirai pamberi paJehovha napamberi pomuzodzwa wake, Ndianiko wandakatorera nzombe yake? Ndianiko wandakatorera mbongoro yake? Ndianiko wandakanyengera? Ndianiko wandakatambudza? Ndianiko wandakagamuchira fufuro kwaari, kuti ndipofumadze meso angu nazvo? Ndizive kuti ndikudzoserei izvozvo.

³`Lo, here [am] I; testify against me, over-against Jehovah, and over-against His anointed; whose ox have I taken, and whose ass have I taken, and whom have I oppressed; whom have I bruised, and of whose hand have I taken a ransom, and hide mine eyes with it? — and I restore to you.`

⁴Ivo vakati, Hamuna kutinyengera, kana kutitambudza; hamuna kugamuchira chinhu kumunhu upi noupi.

⁴And they say, `Thou hast not oppressed us, nor hast thou crushed us, nor hast thou taken from the hand of any one anything.`

⁵Akati kwavari, Jehovha unokupupurirai, naiye muzodzwa wake unopupura nhasi kuti hamuna kuwana mhosva kwandiri. Vakati, Ndiye chapupu.

⁵And he saith unto them, `A witness [is] Jehovah against you: and a witness [is] His anointed this day, that ye have not found anything in my hand;` and they say, `A witness.`

⁶Zvino Samueri akati kuvanhu, Jehovha ndiye wakange agadza Mozisi naAroni, nokisimudza madzibaba enyu panyika yeEgipita.

⁶And Samuel saith unto the people, `Jehovah — He who made Moses and Aaron, and who brought up your fathers out of the land of Egypt!

⁷Naizvozvo zvino chirambai mumire, kuti nditaurirane nemwi pamberi paJehovha pamusoro pezvose zvakarurama zvamakaitirwa naJehovha, imwi namadzibaba enyu.

⁷and, now, station yourselves, and I judge you before Jehovah, with all the righteous acts of Jehovah, which He did with you, and with your fathers.

⁸Nguva yakaenda Jakove Egipita, madzibaba enyu akachema kuna Jehovha, Jehovha akatuma Mozisi naAroni, vakabudisa madzibaba enyu Egipita, vakavagarisa pano.

⁸`When Jacob hath come in to Egypt, and your fathers cry unto Jehovah, then Jehovah sendeth Moses and Aaron, and they bring out your fathers from Egypt, and cause them to dwell in this place,

⁹Asi vakakangamwa Jehovha Mwari wavo, iye akavatengesa kuna Sisera, mukuru wehondo yaHazori, nokuna vaFirisitia, nokuna mambo wavaMoabhu, vakarwa navo.

⁹and they forget Jehovah their God, and He selleth them into the hand of Sisera, head of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fight against them,

¹⁰Ipapo vakachema kuna Jehovha, vakati, Takatadza, nekuti takasiya Jehovha, tikashumira vaBhaari neAshitaroti; asi zvino tirwirei henyu pamaoko avavengi vedu, tikushumirei.

¹⁰and they cry unto Jehovah, and say, We have sinned, because we have forsaken Jehovah, and serve the Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and now, deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we serve Thee.

¹¹Ipapo Jehovha akatuma Jerubhaari, naBhedhani, naJefuta, naSamueri, akakurwirai pamaoko avavengi venyu kunhivi dzose, mukagara zvakanaka.

¹¹`And Jehovah sendeth Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivereth you out of the hand of your enemies round about, and ye dwell confidently.

¹²Zvino makati moona Nahashi, mambo wavana vaAmoni, achiuya kuzorwa nemi, mukati kwandiri, Kwete, tinofanira kubatwa nesuwo namambo, kunyange Jehovha Mwari wenyu wakange ari mambo wenyu.

¹²`And ye see that Nahash king of the Bene-Ammon hath come against you, and ye say to me, Nay, but a king doth reign over us; and Jehovah your God [is] your king!

¹³Naizvozvo zvino, hoyo mambo wamakatsaura, wamakakumbira; tarirai Jehovha wakakugadzirirai mambo.

¹³And, now, lo, the king whom ye have chosen — whom ye have asked! and lo, Jehovah hath placed over you a king.

¹⁴Kana mukatya Jehovha, mukamushumira, mukateerera inzwi rake, mukasaramba murayiro waJehovha, mukatevera Jehovha Mwari wenyu, imwi naiye mambo anokutongai, muchafara henyu;

¹⁴`If ye fear Jehovah, and have served Him, and hearkened to His voice, then ye do not provoke the mouth of Jehovah, and ye have been — both ye and the king who hath reigned over you — after Jehovah your God.

¹⁵asi kana musingateereri inzwi raJehovha, mukaramba murayiro waJehovha, ruoko rwaJehovha rucharwa nemi, sezvarwakarwa namadzibaba enyu.

¹⁵`And if ye do not hearken to the voice of Jehovah — then ye have provoked the mouth of Jehovah, and the hand of Jehovah hath been against you, and against your fathers.

¹⁶Naizvozvo zvino rambai mumire, muwone chinhu ichi chikuru chichaitwa naJehovha pamberi pameso enyu.

¹⁶`Also now, station yourselves and see this great thing which Jehovah is doing before your eyes;

¹⁷Hakuzi kuchekwa kwezviyo nhasi here? Ndichadana kuna Jehovha, kuti atume kutinhira nemvura, imwi muzive muwone kuti makatadza kwazvo pamberi paJehovha, zvamakazvikumbirira mambo.

¹⁷is it not wheat-harvest to-day? I call unto Jehovah, and He doth give voices and rain; and know ye and see that your evil is great which ye have done in the eyes of Jehovah, to ask for you a king.`

¹⁸Naizvozvo Samueri akadana kuna Jehovha, Jehovha akatuma kutinhira nemvura nomusi iwoyo; vanhu vose vakatya Jehovha naSamueri kwazvo.

¹⁸And Samuel calleth unto Jehovah, and Jehovah giveth voices and rain, on that day, and all the people greatly fear Jehovah and Samuel;

¹⁹Ipapo vanhu vose vakati kuna Samueri, nyengetererai henyu varanda venyu kuna Jehovha Mwari wenyu, tirege kufa, nekuti takawedzera pazvivi zvedu zvose chinhu ichi chakaipa, kuti takazvikumbirira mambo.

¹⁹and all the people say unto Samuel, `Pray for thy servants unto Jehovah thy God, and we do not die, for we have added to all our sins evil to ask for us a king.`

²⁰Samueri akati kuvanhu, Musatya henyu; makaita henyu zvakaipa izvi zvose, asi regai kutsauka pakutevera Jehovha, asi shumirai Jehovha nemoyo yenyu yose;

²⁰And Samuel saith unto the people, `Fear not; ye have done all this evil; only, turn not aside from after Jehovah — and ye have served Jehovah with all your heart,

²¹musatsauka, nekuti kana mukadaro, muchatevera zvinhu zvisina maturo, zvisingabatsiri kana kurwira, nekuti hazvina maturo.

²¹and ye do not turn aside after the vain things which do not profit nor deliver, for they [are] vain,

²²Nekuti Jehovha haangasii vanhu vake nokuda kwezita rake guru, nekuti Jehovha wakafara nazvo kukuitai imwi vanhu vake.

²²for Jehovah doth not leave His people, on account of His great name; for Jehovah hath been pleased to make you to Him for a people.

²³Kana ndirini, Mwari ngaandibatsire ndirege kutadzira Jehovha pakurega kukunyengetererai imwi, asi ndichakudzidzisai nzira yakanaka yakarurama.

²³`I, also, far be it from me to sin against Jehovah, by ceasing to pray for you, and I have directed you in the good and upright way;

²⁴Asi ityai Jehovha, mumushumire nechokwadi nemoyo yenyu yose, nekuti rangarirai zvinhu zvikuru zvaakakuitirai.

²⁴only, fear ye Jehovah, and ye have served Him in truth with all your heart, for see that which He hath made great with you;

²⁵Asi kana mukaramba muchiita zvakaipa, muchaparadzwa, imwi namambo wenyu.

²⁵and if ye really do evil, both ye and your king are consumed.`