¹Zvino Dhavhidhi akasvika Nobhi kuna Ahimereki mupristi; Ahimereki akasangana naDhavhidhi achidedera; akati kwaari, Uri woga neiko, usino mumwe newe?

¹And David cometh in to Nob, unto Ahimelech the priest, and Ahimelech trembleth at meeting David, and saith to him, `Wherefore [art] thou thyself alone, and no man with thee?`

²Dhavhidhi akati kuna Ahimereki mupristi, Mambo wakandiraira basa, akati kwandiri, Ngakurege kuva nomunhu unoziva chinhu chebasa randinokutuma naro, nerandinokuraira. Majaya ndakaaraira kusangana neni pane imwe nzvimbo.

²And David saith to Ahimelech the priest, `The king hath commanded me a matter, and he saith unto me, Let no man know anything of the matter about which I am sending thee, and which I have commanded thee; and the young men I have caused to know at such and such a place;

³Naizvozvo zvino, muneiko pano? Ndipei zvingwa zvishanu muruoko rwangu, kunyange zvipi nezvipi zviripo.

³and now, what is there under thy hand? five loaves give into my hand, or that which is found.`

⁴mupristi akapindura Dhavhidhi, akati, Hapana chingwa chinosidyiwa muruoko rwangu, asi chingwa chitsvene ndicho chiripo; koga kana majaya akazvidzora kuvakadzi.

⁴And the priest answereth David, and saith, `There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if the youths have been kept only from women.`

⁵Dhavhidhi akapindura mupristi, akati kwaari, Zvirokwazvo, vakadzi vakadziviswa kwatiri sapanguva dzose kana ndichifamba rwendo; nhumbi dzamajaya dzakanga dziri tsvene, kunyange rwaiva rwendo rwamazuva ose harwo, ndoda nhasi nhumbi dzavo dzichava tsvene.

⁵And David answereth the priest, and saith to him, `Surely, if women have been restrained from us as heretofore in my going out, then the vessels of the young men are holy, and it [is] a common way: and also, surely to-day it is sanctified in the vessel.`

⁶Naizvozvo mupristi akamupa chingwa chitsvene, nekuti kwakanga kusina chingwapo, asi chingwa chokuratidza, chakanga chabviswa pamberi paJehovha, kuti chingwa chinopisa chiiswepo pazuva rokubviswa kwacho.

⁶And the priest giveth to him the holy thing, for there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence which is turned aside from the presence of Jehovah to put hot bread in the day of its being taken away.

⁷Zvino mumwe muranda waSauro wakange aripo nomusi iwoyo, anonoswa pamberi paJehovha, wainzi Dhoegi, muEdhomu, mutariri wavafudzi vaSauro.

⁷And there [is] a man of the servants of Saul on that day detained before Jehovah, and his name [is] Doeg the Edomite, chief of the shepherds whom Saul hath.

⁸Dhavhidhi akati kuna Ahimereki, Hapana pfumo kana munondo kwamuri here? Nekuti handina kuuya nemunondo wangu, kana nhumbi dzangu dzekurwa nadzo, nekuti basa ramambo raifanira kukurumidzirwa.

⁸And David saith to Ahimelech, `And is there not here under thy hand spear or sword? for neither my sword nor my vessels have I taken in my hand, for the matter of the king was urgent.`

⁹Mupristi akati, Munondo waGoriati muFirisitia, wawakauraya pamupata weEra, uri pano, wakaputirwa mumucheka mberi kweefodhi; kana uchida kuutora, chitora hako, nekuti hakuna mumwe asi iwoyo. Dhavhidhi akati, Hakuna nomumwe wakafanana nawo, ndipe hoyo.

⁹And the priest saith, `The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou didst smite in the valley of Elah, lo, it is wrapt in a garment behind the ephod, if it thou dost take to thyself, take; for there is none other save it in this [place].` And David saith, `There is none like it — give it to me.`

¹⁰Dhavhidhi akasimuka akatiza musi iwoyo nokutya Sauro, akaenda kuna Akishi, mambo weGati.

¹⁰And David riseth and fleeth on that day from the face of Saul, and cometh in unto Achish king of Gath;

¹¹Zvino varanda vaAkishi vakati kwaari, Ko uyu haazi Dhavhidhi mambo wenyika here? Haazi iye wavakaimbira vachibvumirana pakutamba kwavo, vachiti, Sauro wakauraya zviuru zvamazana ake,

¹¹and the servants of Achish say unto him, `Is not this David king of the land? is it not of this one they sing in dances, saying, `Saul smote among his thousands, and David among his myriads?`

¹²Dhavhidhi akarangarira mashoko iwayo mumoyo make, akatya kwazvo Akishi mambo weGati.

¹²And David layeth these words in his heart, and is exceedingly afraid of the face of Achish king of Gath,

¹³Akashandura mugarire wake pamberi pavo, akazviita sebenzi pakati pavo, akakwara-kwara pamagonhi esuwo, akarega mate ake achisiririka pandebvu dzake.

¹³and changeth his behaviour before their eyes, and feigneth himself mad in their hand, and scribbleth on the doors of the gate, and letteth down his spittle unto his beard.

¹⁴Zvino Akishi akati kuvaranda vake, Tarirai, munhu uyu ibenzi; mauyireiko naye kuno kwandiri?

¹⁴And Achish saith unto his servants, `Lo, ye see a man acting as a madman; why do ye bring him in unto me?

¹⁵Ini ndinoshaiwa mapenzi kanhi, zvamauya nomunhu uyu kuzoratidza upenzi hwake pamberi pangu? Munhu wakadai ungapinda mumba mangu here?

¹⁵A lack of madmen [have] I, that ye have brought in this one to act as a madman by me! doth this one come in unto my house?`