1Zvino Nahashi muAmoni wakakwira akavaka misasa yake paJabheshigiriyadi kuzorwa naro; zvino varume vose veJabheshi vakati kuna Nahashi, Itai sungano nesu tikushumirei.
1Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
2Nahashi muAmoni akati kwavari, Ndichatenda kuita sungano nemwi kana meso enyu ose orudyi achitumburwa, kuti ndinyadze vaIsiraeri vose nazvo.
2And Nahash the Ammonite said unto them, On this condition will I make it with you, that all your right eyes be put out; and I will lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.
3Vakuru veJabheshi vakati kwaari, Titenderei mazuva manomwe, titume nhume kunyika yose yaIsiraeri, zvino kana pasina ungatiponesa, tichabuda kwauri.
3And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the borders of Israel; and then, if there be none to save us, we will come out to thee.
4Zvino nhume dzikasvika paGibhiya, kwaSauro, dzikataura mashoko iwayo kuvanhu; vanhu vose vakachema kwazvo.
4Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and spake these words in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
5Zvino Sauro wakabva kumunda achitinha mombe dzake; Sauro akati, Vanhu vanonzweiko zvavanochema kudai? Akaudzwa mashoko avarume veJabheshi.
5And, behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the words of the men of Jabesh.
6Ipapo Mweya waMwari wakauya pamusoro paSauro nesimba, achinzwa mashoko iwayo, kutsamwa kwake kukamutswa kwazvo.
6And the Spirit of God came mightily upon Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was kindled greatly.
7Akatora nzombe mbiri, akadziguranya ndokutuma nhindi idzo kunyika yose yaIsiraeri namaoko enhume, akati, Ani nani unoramba kubuda nokutevera Sauro naSamueri, uchaitirwa nzombe dzake saizvozvo. Zvino kutya, kwakabva kuna Jehovha, kwakabata vanhu, vakabuda vose-vose.
7And he took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the dread of Jehovah fell on the people, and they came out as one man.
8Iye akavaverenga paBhezeki; vana vaIsiraeri vakasvika zviuru zvina mazana matatu, navarume vaJudha zviuru zvina makumi matatu.
8And he numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
9Vakati kunhume dzakauya, Udzai varume veJabheshigiriyadi, muti, Mangwana kana zuva ropisa, mucharwirwa. Nhume dzikaenda, dzikaudza varume veJabheshi, ivo vakafara.
9And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To-morrow, by the time the sun is hot, ye shall have deliverance. And the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
10Naizvozvo varume veJabheshi vakati, Mangwana tichabuda kwamuri, mutiitire henyu sezvamunoda.
10Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To-morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.
11Fume mangwana Sauro akagadzira vanhu, akavaita mapoka matatu, vakapinda pakati pemisasa nenguva yamangwanani vakauraya vaAmoni kusvikira zuva ropisa; zvino vakasara vakaparadzirwa, hakuna kusara vaviri pamwechete.
11And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and smote the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they that remained were scattered, so that not two of them were left together.
12Zvino vanhu vakati kuna Samueri, Ndianiko wakati, Sauro ungatibata ushe here? Hendei, tivauraye.
12And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.
13Sauro akati, Ngakurege kuurawa munhu mumwe nhasi, nekuti Jehovha wakarwira Isiraeri.
13And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day; for to-day Jehovah hath wrought deliverance in Israel.
14Zvino Samueri akati kuvanhu, Hendei Girigari, tinovandudza ushe ipapo.
14Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
15Vanhu vose vakaenda Girigari, vakagadza Sauro ave mambo wavo pamberi paJehovha paGirigari, vakabayirapo zvibayiro zvezvipiriso zvokuyananisa pamberi paJehovha; Sauro navarume vose vaIsiraeri vakafara kwazvo ipapo.
15And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before Jehovah in Gilgal; and there they offered sacrifices of peace-offerings before Jehovah; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.