¹Zvino Samueri wakati akwegura

¹And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

²Zita romwana wake wedangwe rakanga riri Jowero, nezita rowechipiri Abhija; ivo vaiva vatongi paBheerishebha.

²Now the name of his first-born was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.

³Asi vanakomana vake havana kufamba nenzira dzake, asi vakatsaukira kufuma yakaipa, vakagamuchira fufuro, nokusaruramisa pakutonga.

³And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

⁴Zvino vakuru vaIsiraeri vose vakaungana, vakauya kuna Samueri paRama,

⁴Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah;

⁵vakati kwaari, Tarirai, imwi makwegura, asi vanakomana venyu havafambi nenzira dzenyu, zvino tigadzirirei mambo ungatitonga, sezvinoitwa kundudzi dzose.

⁵and they said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

⁶Asi shoko iro harina kufadza Samueri, iro rokuti, Tipei mambo ungatitonga. Samueri akanyengetera kuna Jehovha.

⁶But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto Jehovah.

⁷Ipapo Jehovha akati kuna Samueri, Teerera hako zvose zvinotaura vanhu kwauri, nekuti havana kukuramba iwe, asi vakandiramba ini, kuti ndirege kuva mambo wavo.

⁷And Jehovah said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee; for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.

⁸Zvose zvavakaita kubva zuva randakavakwidza ndichivabudisa paEgipita kusvikira nhasi, vachindirasha nokushumira vamwe vamwari, ndizvo zvavanokuitira iwewo.

⁸According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, in that they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.

⁹Zvino teerera hako manzwi avo; asi uvapupurire kwazvo, uvazivise tsika dzamambo, uchavabata.

⁹Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit thou shalt protest solemnly unto them, and shalt show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

¹⁰Zvino Samueri akaudza vanhu vakanga vachikumbira mambo kwaari mashoko ose aJehovha.

¹⁰And Samuel told all the words of Jehovah unto the people that asked of him a king.

¹¹Akati, Tsika dzamambo, uchakubatai, ndidzo, Uchatora vanakomana venyu akavaisa pangoro dzake.

¹¹And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them unto him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his chariots;

¹²Uchazvitsaurira vamwe vave vakuru vezviuru, navakuru vamakumi mashanu; ucharaira vamwe kumurimira minda yake, nokukohwa michero yake, nokumuitira nhumbi dzake dzokurwa nadzo, nenhumbi dzengoro dzake.

¹²and he will appoint them unto him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and [he will set some] to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.

¹³Uchatora vanasikana venyu, vave vavhenganisi vezvinonhuhwira, navabiki vezvokudya, navabiki vechingwa.

¹³And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.

¹⁴Uchatora minda yenyu neminda yenyu yemizambiringa, neminda yenyu yemiorivhi yakaisvonaka kukunda mimwe, achipa varanda vake.

¹⁴And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

¹⁵Uchatora zvegumi zvembeu dzenyu nemazambiringa enyu, achipa varanda vake navabatiri vake.

¹⁵And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

¹⁶Uchatora varanda venyu navarandakadzi venyu, namajaya enyu akaisvonaka kukunda vamwe vose, nembongoro dzenyu, achibatisa mabasa ake nazvo.

¹⁶And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

¹⁷Uchatora zvegumi zvamapoka enyu amakwai; nemwi muchava varanda vake.

¹⁷He will take the tenth of your flocks: and ye shall be his servants.

¹⁸Nezuva iro muchachema kwazvo nokuda kwamambo wenyu wamunenge mazvitsaurira; asi Jehovha haangakupinduriyi nezuva iro.

¹⁸And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you; and Jehovah will not answer you in that day.

¹⁹Asi vanhu vakaramba kuteerera inzwi raSamueri, vakati, Kwete, tinoda hedu mambo ungatibata,

¹⁹But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay: but we will have a king over us,

²⁰kuti isuwo tifanane nedzimwe ndudzi; mambo wedu atitonge, atitungamirire, nokurwa pahondo dzedu.

²⁰that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

²¹Samueri akanzwa mashoko ose avanhu, akaarondedzera panzeve dzaJehovha.

²¹And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of Jehovah.

²²Zvino Jehovha akati kuna Samueri, Teerera hako manzwi avo, uvagadzirire mambo. Samueri akati kuvarume vaIsiraeri, Endai henyu, mumwe nomumwe kuguta rake.

²²And Jehovah said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.