¹Zvino marudzi ose avaIsiraeri akauya kuna Dhavhidhi paHebhuroni, akataura akati, Tarirai tiri mafupa enyu nenyama yenyu.

¹And all the tribes of Israel come unto David, to Hebron, and speak, saying, `Lo, we [are] thy bone and thy flesh;

²Kare Sauro achiri mambo wedu, ndimi maitungamirira vaIsiraeri muchibuda navo nokupinda navo; Jehovha akati kwamuri, Iwe uchafudza vanhu vangu vaIsiraeri.

²also heretofore, in Saul`s being king over us, thou hast been he who is bringing out and bringing in Israel, and Jehovah saith to thee, Thou dost feed My people Israel, and thou art for leader over Israel.`

³Naizvozvo vakuru vose vaIsiraeri vakauya kuna mambo paHebhuroni, mambo Dhavhidhi akaita sungano paHebhuroni pamberi paJehovha; ivo vakazodza Dhavhidhi, kuti ave mambo waIsiraeri.

³And all the elders of Israel come unto the king, to Hebron, and king David maketh with them a covenant in Hebron before Jehovah, and they anoint David for king over Israel.

⁴Dhavhidhi wakange ana makore makumi matatu pakutanga kwake kubata ushe, akabata ushe makore makumi mana.

⁴A son of thirty years [is] David in his being king; forty years he hath reigned;

⁵Akabata ushe paHebhuroni pavaJudha makore manomwe nemwedzi mitanhatu; akabatawo ushe paJerusaremu makore makumi matatu namatatu pavaIsiraeri navaJudha vose.

⁵in Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years, over all Israel and Judah.

⁶lye mambo navanhu vake vakaenda Jerusaremu kundorwa navaJebhusi vakanga vagere panyika iyo; ivo vakataura naDhavhidhi, vakati, Haungapindi pano, mapofu nezvirema vangakudzinga, nekuti vakati, Dhavhidhi haangapindi pano.

⁶And the king goeth, and his men, to Jerusalem, unto the Jebusite, the inhabitant of the land, and they speak to David, saying, `Thou dost not come in hither, except thou turn aside the blind and the lame;` saying, `David doth not come in hither.`

⁷Kunyange zvakadaro Dhavhidhi wakakunda nhare yeZiyoni; ndiro guta raDhavhidhi.

⁷And David captureth the fortress of Zion, it [is] the city of David.

⁸Dhavhidhi akati nezuva iro, Ani nani unorova vaJebhusi, ngaakwire kumugero wemvura, auraye zvirema namapofu, vanovengwa nomweya waDhavhidhi. Naizvozvo vanoti, Mapofu nezvirema havangapindi mumba.

⁸And David saith on that day, `Any one smiting the Jebusite, (let him go up by the watercourse), and the lame and the blind — the hated of David`s soul,` — because the blind and lame say, `He doth not come into the house.`

⁹Dhavhidhi akagara munhare, akaitumidza guta raDhavhidhi. Dhavhidhi akavaka kunhivi dzose, kubva paMiro, zvichipinda mukati.

⁹And David dwelleth in the fortress, and calleth it — City of David, and David buildeth round about, from Millo and inward,

¹⁰Dhavhidhi akaramba achikura, nekuti Jehovha, Mwari wehondo, wakange anaye.

¹⁰and David goeth, going on and becoming great, and Jehovah, God of Hosts, [is] with him.

¹¹Hiramu mambo weTire akatuma nhume kuna Dhavhidhi namatanda emisidhari, navavezi, navavaki, vakavakira Dhavhidhi imba.

¹¹And Hiram king of Tyre sendeth messengers unto David, and cedar-trees, and artificers of wood, and artificers of stone, for walls, and they build a house for David,

¹²Zvino Dhavhidhi akaziva kuti Jehovha wakange amusimbisa kuti ave mambo waIsiraeri, uye kuti wakange akudza ushe hwake nokuda kwavanhu vake Isiraeri.

¹²and David knoweth that Jehovah hath established him for king over Israel, and that He hath lifted up his kingdom, because of His people Israel.

¹³Dhavhidhi wakati abva Hebhuroni, akazvitorera vamwe varongo navakadzi paJerusaremu, Dhavhidhi akaberekerwa vanakomana navanasikana.

¹³And David taketh again concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after his coming from Hebron, and there are born again to David sons and daughters.

¹⁴Ndiwo mazita avakaberekerwa Jerusaremu: Shamua, naShobhabhu, naNatani, naSoromoni,

¹⁴And these [are] the names of those born to him in Jerusalem: Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,

¹⁵naIbhari, naErishua, naNefegi, naJafia,

¹⁵and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,

¹⁶naErishama, naEriadha, naErifereti.

¹⁶and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.

¹⁷Zvino vaFirisitia vakati vachinzwa kuti Dhavhidhi wakange azodzwa kuti ave mambo wavaIsiraeri, vaFirisitia vose vakakwira kundotsvaka Dhavhidhi; Dhavhidhi akazvinzwa, akaburukira kunhare.

¹⁷And the Philistines hear that they have anointed David for king over Israel, and all the Philistines come up to seek David, and David heareth, and goeth down unto the fortress,

¹⁸VaFirisitia vakanga vasvika, vakapararira pamupata weRefaimu.

¹⁸and the Philistines have come, and are spread out in the valley of Rephaim.

¹⁹Dhavhidhi akabvunza Jehovha, akati, Ndokwira kundorwa navaFirisitia here? Muchavaisa mumaoko angu here? Jehovha akati kuna Dhavhidhi, Kwira, nekuti zvirokwazvo ndichaisa vaFirisitia mumaoko ako.

¹⁹And David asketh of Jehovah, saying, `Do I go up unto the Philistines? dost Thou give them into my hand?` And Jehovah saith unto David, `Go up, for I certainly give the Philistines into thy hand.`

²⁰Dhavhidhi akasvika paBhaari-perazimi, Dhavhidhi akavaparadzapo. Akati, Jehovha wakabudira vavengi vangu pamberi pangu, sokupwanya kwemvura. Naizvozvo akatumidza nzvimbo iyo Bhaari-perazimi.

²⁰And David cometh in to Baal-Perazim, and David smiteth them there, and saith, `Jehovah hath broken forth [on] mine enemies before me, as the breaking forth of waters;` therefore he hath called the name of that place Baal-Perazim.

²¹Vakasiya zvifananidzo zvavo ipapo, Dhavhidhi navanhu vake vakazvibvisa.

²¹And they forsake there their idols, and David and his men lift them up.

²²VaFirisitia vakauyazve, vakapararira pamupata weRefaimu.

²²And the Philistines add again to come up, and are spread out in the valley of Rephaim,

²³Zvino Dhavhidhi wakati achibvunza Jehovha, iye akati, Usakwira, asi upote shure kwavo, ugovavamba napakatarisana nemiti yemimaribheri.

²³and David asketh of Jehovah, and He saith, `Thou dost not go up, turn round unto their rear, and thou hast come to them over-against the mulberries,

²⁴Zvino kana uchinzwa kutinhira kokufamba pangara dzemiti yemimaribheri, unofanira kukurumidza, nekuti ndiJehovha wakutungamirira kundoparadza hondo yavaFirisitia.

²⁴and it cometh to pass, in thy hearing the sound of a stepping in the tops of the mulberries, then thou dost move sharply, for then hath Jehovah gone out before thee to smite in the camp of the Philistines.`

²⁵Dhavhidhi akaita sezvaakarairwa naJehovha; akaparadza vaFirisitia kubva paGebha kusvikira paGezeri.

²⁵And David doth so, as Jehovah commanded him, and smiteth the Philistines from Geba unto thy coming to Gazer.