¹zvino rimwe zuva Jonatani mwanakomana waSauro akati kujaya raibata nhumbi dzake dzokurwa nadzo, Hendei tiyambukire kuboka ravarwi vavaFirisitia vari mhiri uko. Asi haana kuudza baba vake.

¹And the day cometh that Jonathan son of Saul saith unto the young man bearing his weapons, `Come, and we pass over unto the station of the Philistines, which [is] on the other side of this;` and to his father he hath not declared [it].

²Sauro wakange agere pamugumo weGibhiya, pasi pomutamba wakange uri paMigironi; wakange ana varume vanenge mazana matanhatu naye.

²And Saul is abiding at the extremity of Gibeah, under the pomegranate which [is] in Migron, and the people who [are] with him, about six hundred men,

³Ahija, mwanakomana waAhitubi, mukuru waIkabhodhi, mwanakomana waPinehasi, mwanakomana waEri, wakange ari mupristi waJehovha paShiro, akafuka efodhi. Vanhu vakanga vasingazivi kuti Jonatani waenda.

³and Ahiah, son of Ahitub, brother of I-Chabod, son of Phinehas son of Eli priest of Jehovah in Shiloh, bearing an ephod; and the people knew not that Jonathan hath gone.

⁴Zvino pakati pemipata, Jonatani paakanga achida kuyambukira napo mhiri kuboka ravarwi vavaFirisitia, pakanga paneshongwe yebwe kurutivi rumwe, neshongwe yebwezve kuno rumwe rutivi; zita reimwe rakanga riri Bhozezi, nezita reimwe Sene.

⁴And between the passages where Jonathan sought to pass over unto the station of the Philistines [is] the edge of a rock on the one side, and the edge of a rock on the other side, and the name of the one is Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

⁵Shongwe imwe yakanga imire kurutivi rwokumusoro pamberi paMikimashi, neimwe kurutivi rwezasi pamberi peGeba.

⁵The one edge [is] fixed on the north over-against Michmash, and the one on the south over-against Gibeah.

⁶Zvino Jonatani akati kujaya raibata nhumbi dzake dzokurwa nadzo, Hendei tiyambukire kuboka ravarwi ravasina kudzingiswa ava; zvimwe Jehovha uchatibatsira, nekuti hakuna chinhu chingadzivisa Jehovha kuponesa, kunyange navazhinji kana navashoma.

⁶And Jonathan saith unto the young man bearing his weapons, `Come, and we pass over unto the station of these uncircumcised; it may be Jehovah doth work for us, for there is no restraint to Jehovah to save by many or by few.`

⁷Ipapo mubati wenhumbi dzake dzokurwa nadzo akati kwaari, Itai zvose zvamunofunga; endai henyu, ini ndinemwi pamunoda kuita napo.

⁷And the bearer of his weapons saith to him, `Do all that [is] in thy heart; turn for thee; lo, I [am] with thee, as thine own heart.`

⁸Ipapo Jonatani akati, Tarira, tichayambukira kuvarume avo, tindozviratidza kwavari.

⁸And Jonathan saith, `Lo, we are passing over unto the men, and are revealed unto them;

⁹Kana vakati kwatiri, Mirai kusvikira tasvika kwamuri, ticharamba timire kwatiri, hatingakwiri kwavari.

⁹if thus they say unto us, `Stand still till we have come unto you,` then we have stood in our place, and do not go up unto them;

¹⁰Asi kana vakati, Kwirai kuno kwatiri, tichakwira, nekuti Mwari wavaisa mumaoko edu; ndicho chichava chiratidzo kwatiri.

¹⁰and if thus they say, `Come up against us,` then we have gone up, for Jehovah hath given them into our hand, and this to us [is] the sign.

¹¹Zvino vose vari vaviri vakazviratidza kuboka ravarwi vavaFirisitia. VaFirisitia vakati, Tarira, vaHebheru vobuda mumakomba mavakanga vakavanda.

¹¹And revealed are both of them unto the station of the Philistines, and the Philistines say, `Lo, Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hid themselves.`

¹²Varume veboka ravarwi vakapindura Jonatani nomubati wenhumbi dzake dzokurwa nadzo, vakati, Kwirai kuno kwatiri, tikuratidzei chinhu. Jonatani akati kumubati wenhumbi dzake dzokurwa nadzo, Kwira unditevere, nekuti Jehovha wavaisa mumaoko avaIsiraeri.

¹²And the men of the station answer Jonathan, and the bearer of his weapons, and say, `Come up unto us, and we cause you to know something.` And Jonathan saith unto the bearer of his weapons, `Come up after me, for Jehovah hath given them into the hand of Israel.`

¹³Jonatani akakwira namaoko ake namakumbo ake, mubati wenhumbi dzake dzokurwa nadzo achimutevera; ivo vakakundwa naJonatani, nomubati wenhumbi dzake dzokurwa nadzo akamutevera achiuraya.

¹³And Jonathan goeth up on his hands, and on his feet, and the bearer of his weapons after him; and they fall before Jonathan, and the bearer of his weapons is putting to death after him.

¹⁴Zvino pakuuraya uku kokutanga, Jonatani nomubati wenhumbi dzake dzokurwa nadzo vakauraya varume vanenge makumi maviri pahafu yendima yomunda.

¹⁴And the first smiting which Jonathan and the bearer of his weapons have smitten is of about twenty men, in about half a furrow of a yoke of a field,

¹⁵Vanhu, vakanga vari pamisasa, napaminda, navanhu vose vakabvunda; neboka ravarwi, navaparadzi, naivo vakabvunda, nenyikawo yakadengenyeka; naizvozvo kwakanga kunokubvunda kukuru.

¹⁵and there is a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people, the station and the destroyers have trembled — even they, and the earth shaketh, and it becometh a trembling of God.

¹⁶Zvino nharirire dzaSauro paGibhiya kwaBhenjamini vakatarira, vakaona boka guru ravanhu richinyangarika, richipararira.

¹⁶And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin see, and lo, the multitude hath melted away, and it goeth on, and is beaten down.

¹⁷Ipapo Sauro akati kuvanhu vaakanga anavo, Verengai zvino, muwone kuti ndianiko usisipo kwatiri. Zvino vakati vaverenga, vakaona kuti Jonatani nomubati wenhumbi dzake dzokurwa nadzo havapo.

¹⁷And Saul saith to the people who [are] with him, `Inspect, I pray you, and see; who hath gone from us?` and they inspect, and lo, Jonathan and the bearer of his weapons are not.

¹⁸Sauro akati kuna Ahija, Uya pano neareka yaMwari. Nekuti areka yaMwari yakanga iripo pakati pevana vaIsiraeri nenguva iyo.

¹⁸And Saul saith to Ahiah, `Bring nigh the ark of God;` for the ark of God hath been on that day with the sons of Israel.

¹⁹Zvino Sauro wakati achataurirana nomupristi, bopoto rakanga riri pamisasa yavaFirisitia rikaramba richinyanya. Sauro akati kumupristi: Dzosa ruoko rwako.

¹⁹And it cometh to pass, while Saul spake unto the priest, that the noise which [is] in the camp of the Philistines goeth on, going on and becoming great, and Saul saith unto the priest, `Remove thy hand.`

²⁰Sauro navanhu vose vaakanga anavo vakaungana, vakarwa, vakawana munondo womumwe nomuwe uchirwa neshamwari yake, kukava nokutambudzika kukuru.

²⁰And Saul is called, and all the people who [are] with him, and they come in unto the battle, and, lo, the sword of each hath been against his neighbour — a very great destruction.

²¹NavaHebheru, vaibatsira vaFirisitia kare, vakanga vakwira navo kumisasa vaibva kunhivi dzose, naivo vakavashandukira, vakabatsira valsiraeri vakanga vana Sauro naJonatani.

²¹And the Hebrews [who] have been for the Philistines as heretofore, who had gone up with them into the camp, have turned round, even they, to be with Israel who [are] with Saul and Jonathan,

²²Zvino varume vose vaIsiraeri, vakanga vakawanda kunyika yamakomo yaEfuyenlu, vakati vachinzwa kuti vaFirisitia votiza naivo vakavatevera kuzorwa navo.

²²and all the men of Israel, who are hiding themselves in the hill-country of Ephraim, have heard that the Philistines have fled, and they pursue — even they — after them in battle.

²³Naizvozvo Jehovha akaponesa vaIsiraeri nomusi uyo; kurwa kukapfuura napaBhetiaveni.

²³And Jehovah saveth Israel on that day, and the battle hath passed over to Beth-Aven.

²⁴Zvino varume vaIsiraeri vakaziya nomusi uyo, asi Sauro wakapikira vanhu, akati, Ani nani unodya zvokudya kusvikira madekwana, kusvikira ndatsivira vavengi vangu, ngaatukwe. Naizvozvo hakuna munhu wakaravira zvokudya.

²⁴And the men of Israel have been distressed on that day, and Saul adjureth the people, saying, `Cursed [is] the man who eateth food till the evening, and I have been avenged of mine enemies;` and none of the people hath tasted food.

²⁵Zvino vanhu vose vakasvika padondo, vakawana uchi huripo pasi.

²⁵And all [they of] the land have come into a forest, and there is honey on the face of the field;

²⁶Vanhu vakati vasvika padondo, vakawana uchi hoyerera pasi, asi hakuna munhu wakaisa ruoko rwake kumuromo wake, nekuti vanhu vakatya kupika kwaSauro.

²⁶and the people come in unto the forest, and lo, the honey dropped, and none is moving his hand unto his mouth, for the people feared the oath.

²⁷Asi Jonatani wakange asina kunzwa baba vake vachiraira vanhu nokupika kwavo; naizvozvo akatambanudza muromo wetsvimbo yake, yakanga iri muruoko rwake, akainyika muzinga rouchi, akaisa ruoko rwake kumuromo wake, meso ake akasvinudzwa.

²⁷And Jonathan hath not heard of his father`s adjuring the people, and putteth forth the end of the rod, which [is] in his hand, and dippeth it in the honeycomb, and bringeth back his hand unto his mouth — and his eyes see!

²⁸Ipapo mumwe wavanhu akapindura, akati, Baba vako vakaraira vanhu kwazvo nokupika vachiti, Ani nani unodya zvokudya nhasi ngaatukwe. Asi vanhu vakanga vaziya.

²⁸And a man of the people answereth and saith, `Thy father certainly adjured the people, saying, Cursed [is] the man who eateth food to-day; and the people are weary.`

²⁹Zvino Jonatani akati, Baba vangu vanetsa nyika. Chionai henyu, meso angu asvinudzwa seiko, nekuti ndaravira uchi uhwu;

²⁹And Jonathan saith, `My father hath troubled the land; see, I pray you, that mine eyes have become bright because I tasted a little of this honey.

³⁰ndoda kana vanhu vakanga vatenderwa kudya zvavakanga vapamba kuvavengi vavo! Asi zvino havana kuuraya vaFirisitia vazhinji.

³⁰How much more if the people had well eaten to-day of the spoil of its enemies which it hath found, for now, the smiting hath not been great among the Philistines.`

³¹Nomusi uyo vakauraya vaFirisitia kubva paMikimashi kusvikira paAjaroni; vanhu vakaziya kwazvo.

³¹And they smite on that day among the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, and the people are very weary,

³²Vanhu vakamhanyira zvakapambwa, vakatora makwai nemombe, nemhuru, vakazviurayira pasi, vanhu vakazvidya pamwechete neropa razvo.

³²and the people make unto the spoil, and take sheep, and oxen, and sons of the herd, and slaughter on the earth, and the people eat with the blood.

³³Zvino vakaudza Sauro, vakati, Tarirai, vanhu vanotadzira Jehovha, nekuti vanodya pamwechete neropa. Akati, Makaita nokusatendeka; ndikungurusirei pano ibwe guru nhasi.

³³And they declare to Saul, saying, `Lo, the people are sinning against Jehovah, to eat with the blood.` And he saith, `Ye have dealt treacherously, roll unto me to-day a great stone.`

³⁴Zvino Sauro akati, Pararirai pakati pavanhu, muti kwavari, Mumwe nomumwe ngaauye kwandiri nenzombe yake, mumwe nomumwe negwai rake, azviurayire pano, adye murege kutadzira Jehovha muchidya pamwechete neropa. Zvino vanhu vose vakauya usiku uhwo mumwe nomumwe nenzombe yake, vakadziurayirapo.

³⁴And Saul saith, `Be ye scattered among the people, and ye have said to them, Bring ye nigh unto me each his ox, and each his sheep; and ye have slain [them] in this place, and eaten, and ye do not sin against Jehovah to eat with the blood.` And all the people bring nigh each his ox, in his hand, that night, and slaughter [them] there.

³⁵Sauro akavakira Jehovha aritari, iyo aritari ndiyo yokutanga yaakavakira Jehovha.

³⁵And Saul buildeth an alter to Jehovah; with it he hath begun to build altars to Jehovah.

³⁶Zvino Sauro akati, Ngatiburuke, titevere vaFirisitia usiku, tivapambare kusvikira kwaedza, tirege kusiya munhu mumwe kwavari. Ivo vakati, Itai henyu sezvamunoda. Ipapo mupristi akati Ngatiswedere kuna Mwari pano.

³⁶And Saul saith, `Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and we prey upon them till the light of the morning, and leave not a man of them.` And they say, `All that is good in thine eyes do.` And the priest saith, `Let us draw near hither unto God.`

³⁷Sauro akabvunza Mwari, akati, Ndoburuka, nditevere vaFirisitia here? Muchavaisa mumaoko avaIsiraeri here? Asi haana kumupindura musi iwoyo.

³⁷And Saul asketh of God, `Do I go down after the Philistines? dost Thou give them into the hand of Israel?` and He hath not answered him on that day.

³⁸Sauro akati, Swederai pano, imwi vakuru vose vavanhu, muzive nokuona kuti chivi ichi chakaitwa nhasi ndecheiko?

³⁸And Saul saith, `Draw ye nigh hither all, the chiefs of the people, and know and see in what this sin hath been to-day;

³⁹Nekuti naJehovha mupenyu, iye unoponesa Isiraeri, kunyange zviri kuna Jonatani mwanakomana wangu, achafanira kufa zvirokwazvo. Asi kwakanga kusino munhu pakati pavanhu vose wakamupindura.

³⁹for, Jehovah liveth, who is saving Israel: surely if it be in Jonathan my son, surely he doth certainly die;` and none is answering him out of all the people.

⁴⁰Zvino akati kuvaIsiraeri vose, imwi mirai kurutivi rumwe, neni naJonatani mwanakomana wangu tichamira kuno rumwe rutivi. Vanhu vakati kuna Sauro, Itai henyu sezvamunoda.

⁴⁰And he saith unto all Israel, `Ye — ye are on one side, and I and Jonathan my son are on another side;` and the people say unto Saul, `That which is good in thine eyes do.`

⁴¹Zvino Sauro akati kuna Jehovha, Mwari waIsiraeri, Ratidzai zvakarurama. Zvino Jonatani naSauro vakabatwa nemijenya, asi vanhu vakapukunyuka havo.

⁴¹And Saul saith unto Jehovah, God of Israel, `Give perfection;` and Jonathan and Saul are captured, and the people went out.

⁴²Zvino Sauro akati kuvaIsiraeri vose, Kandai mijenya pakati pangu naJonatani mwanakomana wangu. Jonatani akabatwa.

⁴²And Saul saith, `Cast between me and Jonathan my son;` and Jonathan is captured.

⁴³Zvino Sauro akati kuna Jonatani, Ndiudze chawaita. Jonatani akamuudza, akati, Ndakaravira hangu zviuchi nomuromo wetsvimbo yandakanga ndakabata muruoko rwangu; zvino ndinofanira kufa hangu.

⁴³And Saul saith unto Jonathan, `Declare to me, what hast thou done?` and Jonathan declareth to him, and saith, `I certainly tasted with the end of the rod that [is] in my hand a little honey; lo, I die!`

⁴⁴Sauro akati, Mwari ngaandirove, arambe achidaro, nekuti zvirokwazvo unofanira kufa, Jonatani.

⁴⁴And Saul saith, `Thus doth God do, and thus doth He add, for thou dost certainly die, Jonathan.`

⁴⁵Zvino vanhu vakati kuna Sauro, Jonatani ungafa seiko, iye wakaponesa vaIsiraeri nokuponesa kukuru uku? Ngazvisadaro! NaJehovha mupenyu, ruvhudzi rumwe rwomusoro wake harungawiri pasi, nekuti wakabata pamwechete naMwari nhasi. Naizvozvo vanhu vakadzikunura Jonatani, akasafa.

⁴⁵And the people say unto Saul, `Doth Jonathan die who wrought this great salvation in Israel? — a profanation! Jehovah liveth, if there falleth from the hair of his head to the earth, for with God he hath wrought this day;` and the people rescue Jonathan, and he hath not died.

⁴⁶Zvino Sauro akarega kutevera vaFirisitia, vaFirisitia vakaenda kunyika yavo.

⁴⁶And Saul goeth up from after the Philistines, and the Philistines have gone to their place;

⁴⁷Zvino Sauro wakati agadzwa ushe hwaIsiraeri, akarwa navavengi vake vose kunhivi dzose, navaMoabhu, navana vaAmoni, navaEdhomu, namadzimambo eZoba, navaFirisitia; pose paakaenda wakakunda.

⁴⁷and Saul captured the kingdom over Israel, and he fighteth round about against all his enemies, against Moab, and against the Bene-Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines, and whithersoever he turneth he doth vex [them].

⁴⁸Akarwa noumhare, akakunda vaAmareki, akarwira vaIsiraeri pamaoko avaivapambara.

⁴⁸And he maketh a force, and smiteth Amalek, and delivereth Israel out of the hand of its spoiler.

⁴⁹Zvino vanakomana vaSauro vaiva Jonatani, naIshivi, naMarikishua, namazita avanasikana vake vaviri aiti, Zita rowedangwe Merabhi, nezita romuduku Mikari.

⁴⁹And the sons of Saul are Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi-Shua; as to the name of his two daughters, the name of the first-born [is] Merab, and the name of the younger Michal;

⁵⁰Zita romukadzi waSauro raiva Ahinowamu, mwanasikana waAhimaazi, nezita romutungamiriri wehondo yake raiva Abhineri, mwanakomana waNeri, babamunini vaSauro.

⁵⁰and the name of the wife of Saul [is] Ahinoam, daughter of Ahimaaz; and the name of the head of his host [is] Abner son of Ner, uncle of Saul;

⁵¹Kishi ndiye waiva baba vaSauro; naNeri, baba vaAbhineri, waiva mwanakomana waAbhieri.

⁵¹and Kish [is] father of Saul, and Ner father of Abner [is] son of Ahiel.

⁵²Pamazuva ose aSauro vakanga vachirwa zvikuru navaFirisitia; zvino Sauro wakati kana achiona murume ane simba kana murume uno umhare, waimugarisa naye.

⁵²And the war is severe against the Philistines all the days of Saul; when Saul hath seen any mighty man, and any son of valour, then he doth gather him unto himself.