¹Zvino Ishibhohosheti mwanakomana waSauro, akati anzwa kuti Abhineri wakange afa paHebhuroni, maoko ake akashaiwa simba, navaIsiraeri vose vakavhunduka.

¹And when [Ish-bosheth], Saul's son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

²Zvino mwanakomana waSauro wakange ana varume vaviri vakanga vari vakuru vamapoka; zita romumwe rakanga riri Bhaana, zita romumwe Rekabhu; vaiva vana vaRimoni muBheeroti, wavana vaBhenjamini; (nokuti Bheeroti rakanga richiverengerwawo kuna Bhenjamini;

²And [Ish-bosheth], Saul's son, [had] two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin (for Beeroth also is reckoned to Benjamin:

³vaBheeroti vakatizira Gitaimu, vakava vatorwapo kusvikira nhasi).

³and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners there until this day).

⁴Zvino Jonatani mwanakomana waSauro, wakange ano mwanakomana wakaremara pamakumbo ake. Iye wakange ava namakore mashanu panguva yokusvika kweshoko rokuurawa kwaSauro naJonatani paJezereeri, mureri wake akamusimudza akatiza naye; zvino wakati achikurumidza kutiza, mwana akawa, akaremara. Zita rake rakanga riri Mefibhosheti.

⁴Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel; and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

⁵Vana vaRimoni muBheeroti, vanaRekabhu naBhaana, vakaenda, vakasvika paimba yaIshibhosheti zuva richipisa, iye achizorora masikati.

⁵And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, as he took his rest at noon.

⁶Vakapinda mukati meimba, vachiita sokuda kutora gorosi, vakamubaya nomudumbu; Rekabhu naBhaana ndokutiza.

⁶And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him in the body: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

⁷nekuti vakanga vapinda mumba make mokuvata, vakamubaya, vakamuuraya, vakagura musoro wake, ndokutora musoro wake, vakaenda nenzira yeArabha usiku hwose.

⁷Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.

⁸Vakaisa musoro walshibhosheti kuna Dhavhidhi paHebhuroni, vakati kuna mambo, Hoyo musoro waIshibhosheti mwanakomana waSauro muvengi wenyu, wakange achitsvaka kukuurayai; Jehovha wakatsiva ishe wangu mambo nhasi pamusoro paSauro navana vake.

⁸And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold, the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul, thine enemy, who sought thy life; and Jehovah hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.

⁹Dhavhidhi akapindura Rekabhu naBhaana munin'ina wake, vana vaRimoni muBheeroti, akati kwavari, NaJehovha mupenyu, wakadzikunura mweya wangu panjodzi dzose,

⁹And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As Jehovah liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

¹⁰musi wandakaudzwa nomumwe, achiti, Tarirai, Sauro afa, achifunga kuti wauya neshoko rakanaka, ndakamubata, ndikamuuraya paZikiragi; ndiwo waiva mubayiro wandakamupa pamusoro peshoko rake.

¹⁰when one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings.

¹¹Ndoda kana vanhu vakaipa vauraya munhu wakarurama hake mumba make, avete panhovo dzake, handingarevi ropa rake pamaoko enyu zvino, ndikakubvisai panyika here?

¹¹How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

¹²Ipapo Dhavhidhi akaraira majaya vakavauraya vakavagura maoko avo netsoka dzavo, vakavaturika kurutivi rwedziva paHebhuroni. Asi vakatora musoro walshibhosheti, vakauviga muhwiro hwaAbhineri paHebhuroni.

¹²And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron.