¹Zvino shure kwaizvozvo Abhusaromu akazvigadzirira ngoro namabhiza navarume vana makumi mashanu kuti vamhanye pamberi pake.

¹And it cometh to pass afterwards, that Absalom prepareth for himself a chariot, and horses, and fifty men are running before him;

²Abhusaromu waimuka mangwanani, akandomira parutivi rwenzira pasuwo; zvino kana kuchinge kuno munhu wakange ouya kuna mambo kuzotambirwa mhosva yake, Abhusaromu ndokumudana, akati, Uri weguta ripiko? Kana akati, Muranda wenyu unobva kuno rumwe rwamarudzi aIsiraeri,

²and Absalom hath risen early, and stood by the side of the way of the gate, and it cometh to pass, every man who hath a pleading to come unto the king for judgment, that Absalom calleth unto him, and saith, `Of what city [art] thou?` and he saith, `Of one of the tribes of Israel [is] thy servant.`

³Abhusaromu waiti kwaari, Tarira, mashoko ako akanaka, akarurama hawo, asi hakuna munhu wakatumwa namambo kuzokunzwa.

³And Absalom saith unto him, `See, thy matters [are] good and straightforward — and there is none hearkening to thee from the king.`

⁴Uye Abhusaromu akatiwo, Dai ini ndichiitwa mutongi panyika, kuti ani nani anenge ane mhaka kana shoko auye kwandiri, ini ndimururamisire.

⁴And Absalom saith, `Who doth make me a judge in the land, that unto me doth come every man who hath a plea and judgment? — then I have declared him righteous.`

⁵Zvino kana ani nani akaswedera kuzopfugama pamberi pake, iye waitambanudza ruoko rwake, achimubata, achimutsvoda.

⁵And it hath come to pass, in the drawing nearing of any one to bow himself to him, that he hath put forth his hand, and laid hold on him, and given a kiss to him;

⁶Zvino Abhusaromu waiita nomutowo uyu navaIsiraeri vose vaiuya kuna mambo kuzotambirwa mhosva dzavo; naizvozvo Abhusaromu akanyengera moyo yavanhu vaIsiraeri kuti imude.

⁶and Absalom doth according to this thing to all Israel who come in for judgment unto the king, and Absalom stealeth the heart of the men of Israel.

⁷Zvino makore mana akati apfuura, Abhusaromu akati kuna mambo, Nditenderei henyu ndiende Hebhuroni, ndindoripira kupika kwangu kwandakapikira Jehovha.

⁷And it cometh to pass, at the end of forty years, that Absalom saith unto the king, `Let me go, I pray thee, and I complete my vow, that I vowed to Jehovah in Hebron,

⁸nekuti muranda wenyu wakapika mhiko ndichigere Geshuri paSiria, ndikati, Zvirokwazvo, kana Jehovha akandidzosera Jerusaremu, ndichanamata Jehovha.

⁸for a vow hath thy servant vowed in my dwelling in Geshur, in Aram, saying, If Jehovah doth certainly bring me back to Jerusalem, then I have served Jehovah.`

⁹Mambo akati, Chienda hako norugare. Naizvozvo akasimuka, akaenda Hebhuroni.

⁹And the king saith to him, `Go in peace;` and he riseth and goeth to Hebron,

¹⁰Asi Abhusaromu wakatuma vashori pakati pamarudzi ose aIsiraeri, akati, Kana mukanzwa kurira kwehwamanda, ipapo muti, Abhusaromu ndimambo paHebhuroni.

¹⁰and Absalom sendeth spies through all the tribes of Israel, saying, `At your hearing the voice of the trumpet, then ye have said, Absalom hath reigned in Hebron.`

¹¹Zvino Abhusaromu akaperekedzwa navarume vana mazana maviri veJerusaremu, vakanga vakokwa; ivo vakaenda havo vakafara vasingazivi chinhu.

¹¹And with Absalom have gone two hundred men, out of Jerusalem, invited ones, and they are going in their simplicity, and have not known anything;

¹²Abhusaromu akatuma munhu kundodana Ahitoferi muGironi, gurukota raDhavhidhi, paguta rake Giro, panguva yakanga achibayira zvibayiro. Kurangana uku kukava nesimba, nekuti vanhu vakaramba vachiwanda kuna Abhusaromu.

¹²and Absalom sendeth Ahithophel the Gilonite, a counsellor of David, out of his city, out of Gilo, in his sacrificing sacrifices; and the conspiracy is strong, and the people are going and increasing with Absalom.

¹³Zvino nhume yakasvika kuna Dhavhidhi, ikati, moyo yavarume vaIsiraeri yotevera Abhusaromu.

¹³And he who is declaring tidings cometh in unto David, saying, `The heart of the men of Israel hath been after Absalom.`

¹⁴Ipapo Dhavhidhi akati kuvaranda vake vose vakanga vanaye paJerusaremu, Simukai, titize nekuti kana tikasadaro, hapana mumwe wedu ungapukunyuka kuna Abhusaromu; kurumidzai tiende, arege kutibata pakarepo, atiitire zvakaipa, nokuparadza guta nomunondo unopinza.

¹⁴And David saith to all his servants who [are] with him in Jerusalem, `Rise, and we flee, for we have no escape from the face of Absalom; haste to go, lest he hasten, and have overtaken us, and forced on us evil, and smitten the city by the mouth of the sword.`

¹⁵Varanda vamambo vakati kuna mambo, Tarirai, varanda venyu vakamirira kuita zvose zvinodikamwa naishe wedu mambo.

¹⁵And the servants of the king say unto the king, `According to all that my lord the king chooseth — lo, thy servants [do].`

¹⁶Mambo akabuda, vose veimba yake vakamutevera. Mambo akasiya vakadzi vane gumi, vaiva varongo, kuti vachengete imba.

¹⁶And the king goeth out, and all his household at his feet, and the king leaveth ten women — concubines — to keep the house.

¹⁷Mambo akabuda navanhu vose vakamutevera, vakandomira paBhetimaerihaki.

¹⁷And the king goeth out, and all the people at his feet, and they stand still at the farthest off house.

¹⁸Varanda vake vose vakapfuura kurutivi rwake, navaKereti vose, navaPereti vose, navaGiti vose, varume vana mazana matanhatu vakanga vamutevera vachibva Gati, vakatungamirira pamberi pamambo.

¹⁸And all his servants are passing on at his side, and all the Cherethite, and all the Pelethite, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came at his feet from Gath, are passing on at the front of the king.

¹⁹Mambo akati kuna Itai muGiti, Iwe unoendireiko nesu? Dzoka hako, ugare namambo, nekuti iwe uri mutorwa wakadzingwa; dzokera kunyika yako.

¹⁹And the king saith unto Ittai the Gittite, `Why dost thou go — thou also — with us? turn back — and abide with the king, for thou [art] a stranger, and also an exile thou — to thy place.

²⁰Iwe uchangosvika zuro, zvino ini ndichakufambisa-fambisa seiko nesu, zvandisingazivi ini kwandinoenda? Dzoka hako, udzokewo nehama dzako; nenyasha nechokwadi ngazvive newe.

²⁰Yesterday [is] thy coming in, and to-day I move thee to go with us, and I am going on that which I am going! — turn back, and take back thy brethren with thee, — kindness and truth.`

²¹Itai akapindura mambo akati, NaJehovha mupenyu zvirokwazvo, panondogara ishe wangu mambo, kana kufirapo kana kuraramirapo, ndipo pachava nemuranda wenyuwo.

²¹And Ittai answereth the king and saith, `Jehovah liveth, and my lord the king liveth, surely in the place where my lord the king is — if for death, if for life, surely there is thy servant.`

²²Dhavhidhi akati kuna Itai, Chienda hako, uyambuke. Itai muGiti akayambuka, navanhu vake vose, navana vaduku vose vakanga vanaye.

²²And David saith unto Ittai, `Go and pass over;` and Ittai the Gittite passeth over, and all his men, and all the infants who [are] with him.

²³Vanhu venyika yose vakachema nenzwi guru, vanhu vose vakayambuka; naiye mambo amene akayambukawo rukova Kidhoroni, navanhu vose vakayambukawo vakaenda nenzira yokurenje.

²³And all the land are weeping — a great voice, and all the people are passing over; and the king is passing over through the brook Kidron, and all the people are passing over on the front of the way of the wilderness;

²⁴Zvino Zadhoki akasvikawo navaRevhi vose vanaye, vakatakura areka yesungano; vakagadzika areka yaMwari pasi, Abhiatari akakwirawo, kusvikira vanhu vose vapedza kubuda paguta.

²⁴and lo, also Zadok, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God, and they make the ark of God firm, and Abiathar goeth up, till the completion of all the people to pass over out of the city.

²⁵Ipapo mambo akati kuna Zadhoki, Dzoserai areka yaMwari muguta; kana Jehovha akandinzwira nyasha, uchandidzosazve, akandiwonesa iyo nenzvimbo yayozve.

²⁵And the king saith to Zadok, `Take back the ark of God to the city; if I find grace in the eyes of Jehovah, then He hath brought me back, and shewn me it and His habitation;

²⁶Asi kana akati, Handifari newe; tarirai, ndiri pano hangu, ngaandiitire sezvaanoda.

²⁶and if thus He say, I have not delighted in thee; here [am] I, He doth to me as [is] good in His eyes.`

²⁷Mambo akati kuna Zadhoki mupristi, Iwe hausi Muvoni here? Dzokera muguta norugare, iwe navanakomana vako vaviri vaunawo, mwanakomana wako Ahimaazi, naJonatani mwanakomana waAbhiatari.

²⁷And the king saith unto Zadok the priest, `Art thou a seer? turn back to the city in peace, and Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan son of Abiathar, your two sons with you;

²⁸Tarira, ini ndichandomira pamazambuko erenje, kusvikira shoko rinobva kwauri rasvika, kundizivisa.

²⁸see ye, I am tarrying in the plains of the wilderness till the coming in of a word from you to declare to me.`

²⁹Naizvozvo Zadhoki naAbhitari vakadzosera areka yaMwarizve Jerusaremu; ivo vakagarapo.

²⁹And Zadok taketh back — and Abiathar — the ark of God to Jerusalem, and they abide there.

³⁰Dhavhidhi akakwira nokumukwidza wegomo reMiorivhi, akafamba achingochema, akafukidza musoro wake, akafamba asine shangu, navanhu vose vakanga vanaye vakafukidza misoro yavo, vakakwira, vakangochema pakukwira kwavo.

³⁰And David is going up in the ascent of the olives, going up and weeping, and he hath the head covered, and he is going barefooted, and all the people who [are] with him have covered each his head, and have gone up, going up and weeping;

³¹Zvino mumwe akaudza Dhavhidhi, akati, Ahitoferi unoranganawo navamwe naAbhusaromu. Dhavhidhi akati, Haiwa Jehovha, shandurai henyu mashoko aAhitoferi, ave mashoko oupenzi.

³¹and David declared, saying, `Ahithophel [is] among the conspirators with Absalom;` and David saith, `Make foolish, I pray Thee, the counsel of Ahithophel, O Jehovah.`

³²Zvino Dhavhidhi wakati asvika kumusoro kwainamatwa Mwari, akaona Hushai muAriki osangana naye, nguvo dzake dzakabvarurwa nevhu pamusoro wake.

³²And it cometh to pass, David hath come unto the top, where he boweth himself to God, and lo, to meet him [is] Hushai the Archite, his coat rent, and earth on his head;

³³Dhavhidhi akati kwaari, Kana iwe ukapfuura neni, uchandiremedza;

³³and David saith to him, `If thou hast passed on with me then thou hast been on me for a burden,

³⁴asi kana ukadzokera kuguta, ukandoti kuna Abhusaromu, Ndichava muranda wenyu, mambo; sezvandaiva muranda wababa venyu kare, saizvozvo ndichava muranda wenyu zvino; ipapo ungandikundira mano aAhitoferi.

³⁴and if to the city thou dost turn back, and hast said to Absalom, Thy servant I am, O king; servant of thy father I [am] also hitherto, and now, I [am] also thy servant; then thou hast made void for me the counsel of Ahithophel;

³⁵Zadhoki naAbhiatari vapristi, havazipo newe here? Naizvozvo zvose zvaunonzwa mumba mamambo, uudze Zadhoki naAbhiatari vapristi izvozvo.

³⁵and are there not with thee there Zadok and Abiathar the priests? and it hath been, the whole of the matter that thou hearest from the house of the king thou dost declare to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests.

³⁶Tarira, vana vavanakomana vavo vaviripo, Ahimaazi mwanakomana waZadhoki, naJonatani mwanakomana waAbhiatari; zvino unditumire navo zvose zvauchanzwa.

³⁶Lo, there with them [are] their two sons, Ahimaaz to Zadok, and Jonathan to Abiathar, and ye have sent by their hand unto me anything that ye hear.`

³⁷Naizvozvo Hushai, shamwari yaDhavhidhi, akaenda kuguta; naAbhusaromu akapinda Jerusaremu.

³⁷And Hushai, David`s friend, cometh in to the city, and Absalom cometh in to Jerusalem.