¹Zvino vanhu vakaudza Dhavhidhi vakati, Tarirai, vaFirisitia vanorwa neKeira, vachipambara zviri pamapuriro.

¹And they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing-floors.

²Naizvozvo Dhavhidhi akabvunza Jehovha akati, Ndoenda, ndinoparadza vaFirisitia avo here? Jehovha akati kuna Dhavhidhi, Enda undoparadza vaFirisitia, uponese Keira.

²Therefore David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And Jehovah said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.

³Varume vaDhavhidhi vakati kwaari, Tarirai, isu tinotya tichiri pano paJudha, ndoda kana tikaenda Keira kundorwa nehondo dzavaFirisitia.

³And David's men said unto him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

⁴Zvino Dhavhidhi akabvunzazve Jehovha, Jehovha akamupindura akati, Simuka, uburukire Keira, nekuti ndichaisa vaFirisitia muruoko rwako.

⁴Then David inquired of Jehovah yet again. And Jehovah answered him, and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thy hand.

⁵Dhavhidhi navanhu vake vakaenda Keira, vakandorwa navaFirisitia, vakavatorera mombe dzavo, vakavauraya nokuuraya kukuru. Naizvozvo Dhavhidhi akaponesa vanhu vakanga vagere Keira.

⁵And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and slew them with a great slaughter. So David save the inhabitants of Keilah.

⁶Zvino Abhiatari mwanakomana waAhimereki pakutizira kwake kuna Dhavhidhi paKeira, wakaenda akabata efodhi paruoko rwake.

⁶And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.

⁷Sauro akaudzwa kuti Dhavhidhi wasvika Keira. Sauro akati, Mwari wamuisa muruoko rwangu, wazaririrwamo zvaapinda muguta rinamasuwo ezvipfigiso.

⁷And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.

⁸Sauro akadana vanhu vose kundorwa, akaburukira Keira, akakomba Dhavhidhi navanhu vake.

⁸And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

⁹Asi Dhavhidhi wakaziva kuti Sauro wakafunga kumuitira zvakaipa, akati kuna Abhiatari mupristi, Uya pano neefodhi.

⁹And David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.

¹⁰Zvino Dhavhidhi akati, Jehovha, Mwari waIsiraeri, muranda wenyu wakanzwa zvirokwazvo kuti Sauro unoda kuuya Keira, kuzoparadza guta nokuda kwangu.

¹⁰Then said David, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, thy servant hath surely heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

¹¹Ko varume veKeira vachandiisa mumaoko ake here? Ko Sauro uchaburuka here, sezvakanzwa muranda wenyu? Jehovha, Mwari waIsiraeri, ndinokumbira muzivise henyu muranda wenyu. Jehovha akati, Uchaburuka.

¹¹Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Jehovah, the God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And Jehovah said, He will come down.

¹²Dhavhidhi akati, Ko varume veKeira vachandiisa navanhu vangu muruoko rwaSauro here? Jehovha akati, Vachakuisa.

¹²Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver up to me and my men into the hand of Saul? And Jehovah said, They will deliver thee up.

¹³Ipapo Dhavhidhi navanhu vake, vanenge mazana matanhatu, vakasimuka, vakabva Keira, vakafamba-famba havo. Sauro akaudzwa kuti Dhavhidhi wapukunyuka paKeira, akarega hake kuendako.

¹³Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.

¹⁴Dhavhidhi akagara murenje munhare, akaramba agere panyika yamakomo murenje reZifi. Sauro akamutsvaka mazuva ose, Mwari haana kumuisa muruoko rwake.

¹⁴And David abode in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill-country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.

¹⁵Zvino Dhavhidhi akaona kuti Sauro wakange abuda kuzotsvaka kumuuraya, Dhavhidhi akagara murenje reZifi mudondo.

¹⁵And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.

¹⁶Ipapo Jonatani mwanakomana waSauro, akasimuka, akaenda kuna Dhavhidhi mudondo, akamusimbisa muna Mwari.

¹⁶And Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.

¹⁷Akati kwaari, Usatya, nekuti ruoko rwababa vangu Sauro harungakuwani, uchava mambo walsiraeri, neni ndichava muduku kwauri; nababa vangu Sauro vanozviziva.

¹⁷And he said unto him, Fear not; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.

¹⁸Ivo vaviri vakaita sungano pamberi paJehovha; Dhavhidhi akagara mudondo, Jonatani akadzokera kumba kwake.

¹⁸And they two made a covenant before Jehovah: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

¹⁹Zvino vaZifi vakakwira kuna Sauro paGibhiya vakati, Ko Dhavhidhi haazinovanda kwatiri, panhare mudondo, mugomo reHakira riri kurutivi rwezasi rwerenje here?

¹⁹Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?

²⁰Naizvozvo zvino, mambo burukai, sezvinoda moyo wenyu; kana tirisu ndiro basa redu kuti timuise pamaoko amambo.

²⁰Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king's hand.

²¹Ipapo Sauro akati, Imi muropafadzwe naJehovha, nekuti makandinzwira tsitsi.

²¹And Saul said, Blessed be ye of Jehovah; for ye have had compassion on me.

²²Chiendai henyu, mucherekedze kwazvo, muzive nokuona kwaari, kwaanogara, uye kuti ndianiko wakamuonako; nekuti ndaudzwa kuti unamano kwazvo.

²²Go, I pray you, make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, [and] who hath seen him there; for it is told me that he dealeth very subtly.

²³Naizvozvo tarisisai, muzive zvakanaka nzvimbo dzake dzose dzaanovanda kwadziri, mugodzokerazve kwandiri, zvirokwazvo, ndiende nemi; zvino kana achinge ari munyika iyo, ndichandomutsvakisisa pakati pezviuru zvavaJudha.

²³See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me of a certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.

²⁴Ipapo vakasimuka, vakaenda Zifi pamberi paSauro, asi Dhavhidhi navanhu vake vakanga vari murenje reMaoni paArabha kurutivi rwezasi rwerenje.

²⁴And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.

²⁵Zvino Sauro navanhu vake vakaenda kundomutsvaka. Dhavhidhi akaudzwa izvozvo; naizvozvo akaburukira kudombo, akandogara murenje reMaoni. Zvino Sauro wakati achinzwa, akatevera Dhavhidhi kurenje reMaoni.

²⁵And Saul and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard [that], he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

²⁶Sauro akaenda nechokuno kwegomo, Dhavhidhi navanhu vake vakaenda necheseri kwegomo; Dhavhidhi akakurumidza kubva, nokutya Sauro; nekuti Sauro navanhu vake vakanga vakomba Dhavhidhi navanhu vake, kuti vavabate.

²⁶And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.

²⁷Asi nhume yakasvika kuna Sauro, ikati, Kurumidzai, muuye, nekuti vaFirisitia vopambara nyika.

²⁷But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have made a raid upon the land.

²⁸Naizvozvo Sauro akadzoka pakutevera Dhavhidhi, akandorwa navaFirisitia. Naizvozvo vakapatumidza zita rokuti Serahamarekoti.

²⁸So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.

²⁹Dhavhidhi akakwira, akabvapo, akandogara munhare dzapaEnigedhi.

²⁹And David went up from thence, and dwelt in the strongholds of En-gedi.