¹Zvino vaIsiraeri vose vakaungana kuna Dhavhidhi paHebhuroni, vakati, Tarirai, isu tiri mafupa enyu nenyama yenyu.

¹And all Israel assembled themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

²Kare, kunyange Sauro akanga ari mambo, ndimi maibuda nokupinda naIsiraeri; Jehovha Mwari wenyu akati kwamuri, Iwe uchafudza vanhu vangu valsiraeri, nokuva mutungamiriri

²Even aforetime, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel; and Jehovah thy God said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over my people Israel.

³Naizvozvo vakuru vose vaIsiraeri vakaenda kuna mambo paHebhuroni, Dhavhidhi akaita sungano paHebhuroni pamberi paJehovha; ivo vakazodza Dhavhidhi, kuti ave mambo waIsiraeri, sezvakanga zvarehwa naJehovha nomuromo waSamueri.

³And all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah; and they anointed David king over Israel according to the word of Jehovah through Samuel.

⁴Dhavhidhi navaIsiraeri vose vakakwira Jerusaremu (ndiro Jebhusi); zvino vaJebhusi, vanhu venyika iyo, vakanga varipo.

⁴And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

⁵Ipapo vanhu vaigara paJebhusi vakati kuna Dhavhidhi, Haungapindi pano. Asi Dhavhidhi akakunda nhare yeZiyoni; ndiro guta raDhavhidhi.

⁵And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come in hither. But David took the stronghold of Zion, which is the city of David.

⁶Ipapo Dhavhidhi akati, Anotanga kubaya vaJebhusi ndiye achava mutungamiriri nomukuru wehondo. Zvino Joabhu mwanakomana waZeruya akatanga kukwira, akaitwa mutungamiriri wehondo.

⁶And David said, Whoever smites the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. And Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.

⁷Dhavhidhi akagara panhare; naizvozvo vakaritumidza zita rinonzi guta raDhavhidhi.

⁷And David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David.

⁸Akavaka guta kumativi ose, kubva paMiro kusvikira kumativi ose; Joabhu akagadzira zvimwe zveguta.

⁸And he built the city round about, even from the Millo round about; and Joab renewed the rest of the city.

⁹Dhavhidhi akaramba achikura, nekuti Jehovha wehondo aiva naye.

⁹And David became continually greater; and Jehovah of hosts was with him.

¹⁰Zvino ndivo vakuru vavarume vane simba vaiva naDhavhidhi, vaimusimbisa paushe hwake, pamwechete navaIsiraeri vose, kuti vamugadze ave mambo, sezvakarehwa naJehovha pamusoro palsiraeri.

¹⁰And these are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who shewed themselves valiant with him in his kingdom, with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of Jehovah concerning Israel.

¹¹Ndiko kuwanda kwavarume vane simba vaiva naDhavhidhi: Joshobhiyami mwanakomana wokuHakimoni, mukuru wavana makumi matatu; iye akasimudza pfumo rake akarwa navana mazana matatu, akavauraya nenguva imwe.

¹¹And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of Hachmoni, the chief of the captains; he brandished his spear against three hundred, slain [by him] at one time.

¹²Akamutevera akanga ari Eriazari, mwanakomana waDhodho muAhohi, mumwe wavarume vatatu vaiva nesimba.

¹²And after him, Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite; he was one of the three mighty men.

¹³Iye akanga ana Dhavhidhi paPasidhamini; vaFirisitia vakanga vaunganapo kuzorwa pabindu rakanga rizere nebhari; vanhu vakatiza pamberi pavaFirisitia.

¹³He was with David at Pas-dammim, where the Philistines were gathered together to battle; and there was [there] a plot of ground full of barley; and the people had fled from before the Philistines.

¹⁴Vakamira pakati pebindu, vakarirwira, vakauraya vaFirisitia, Jehovha akavarwira nokukunda kukuru.

¹⁴And they stood in the midst of the plot and delivered it, and smote the Philistines; and Jehovah wrought a great deliverance.

¹⁵Zvino vatatu vavakuru vavana makumi matatu vakaburukira kudombo kuna Dhavhidhi kubako reAdhuramu; zvino hondo yavaFirisitia yakanga yadzika matende pamupata weRefaimu.

¹⁵And three of the thirty chiefs went down to the rock to David, to the cave of Adullam, when the army of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

¹⁶Zvino nenguva iyo Dhavhidhi akanga ari munhare, uye boka ravarwi vavaFirisitia raiva paBheterehemu nenguva iyo.

¹⁶And David was then in the stronghold; and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem.

¹⁷Dhavhidhi akapanga, akati, Haiwa! Dai mumwe achindipa mvura yetsime reBheterehemu, riri pasuwo, ndimwe!

¹⁷And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me to drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the gate!

¹⁸Ipapo mhare idzo nhatu dzakapasanura napakati pehondo yavaFirisitia, vakandoteka mvura patsime reBheterehemu, riri pasuwo, vakaitora, vakauya nayo kuna Dhavhidhi; asi Dhavhidhi wakaramba kuimwa, akaidururira kuna Jehovha,

¹⁸And the three broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the gate, and took it, and brought it to David; David however would not drink of it, but poured it out to Jehovah.

¹⁹akati, Mwari wangu ngaandidzivise, ndirege kuita chinhu ichi! Ndingamwa ropa ravarume ava vakaenda vasingarangariri upenyu hwavo here? nekuti vakauya nayo vasingarangariri upenyu hwavo. Naizvozvo akaramba kuimwa. Ndizvo zvakaitwa nemhare idzo nhatu.

¹⁹And he said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing! should I drink the blood of these men [who went] at the risk of their lives? for at the risk of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

²⁰Abhishai munin'ina waJoabhu, ndiye akanga ari mukuru wavatatu avo, nekuti akasimudza pfumo rake akarwa navana mazana matatu, akavauraya; akava nomukurumbira pakati pavatatu avo.

²⁰And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was the chief of three; and he brandished his spear against three hundred and slew them; and he had a name among the three.

²¹Pakati pavatatu ndiye wakange ane mbiri kukunda vamwe vaviri, akava mukuru wavo; asi haana kuenzana navatatu vokutanga.

²¹Of the three he was more honourable than the two, and he was their captain; but he did not attain to the [first] three.

²²Bhenaya mwanakomana waJehoyadha, mwanakomana wemhare weKabhizeeri, akanga aita mabasa makuru, iye akauraya vanakomana vaviri vaArieri waMoabhi, akandourayawo shumba mukati mehunza panguva yechando.

²²Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, great in exploits, of Kabzeel: he it was that smote two lions of Moab; and he went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.

²³Akaurayawo muEgipita, murume akanga akakura kwazvo akasvika makubhiti mashanu; muEgipita uyu akanga akabata pfumo muruoko rwake, asi iye akaburukira kwaari akabata tsvimbo, akabvuta pfumo muruoko rwomuEgipita, akamuuraya nepfumo rake iro.

²³He also smote the Egyptian, a man of stature, five cubits high: and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

²⁴Zvinhu izvi zvakaitwa naBhenaya mwanakomana waJehoyadha, akanga akakurumbira pakati pemhare idzo nhatu.

²⁴These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he had a name among the three mighty men.

²⁵Tarirai, iye akanga ane mbiri kukunda vana makumi matatu, asi haana kuenzana navatatu vokutanga. Dhavhidhi akamuita mutariri wavarindi vake.

²⁵Behold, he was honoured above the thirty, but he did not attain to the [first] three. And David set him in his council.

²⁶Mhare dzehondo dzaiva: Ashaheri munin'ina waJoabhu, naErihanani mwanakomana waDhodho weBheterehemu;

²⁶And the valiant men of the forces were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

²⁷naShamoti muHarodhi, naHerezi muPeroni;

²⁷Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,

²⁸naIra mwanakomana wIkeshi muTekoite, naAbhiezeri muAnatoti;

²⁸Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,

²⁹naSibekai muHushati, naIrai muAhohi;

²⁹Sibbechai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,

³⁰naMakarai muNetofati, naHeredhi mwanakomana waBhaana muNetofati;

³⁰Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,

³¹naItai mwanakomana waRibhai weGibhiya wavana vaBhenjamini, naBhenaya muPiratoni;

³¹Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,

³²naHurai wehova dzeGaashi, naAbhieri muAribhati;

³²Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,

³³naAzimavheti muBhaharumiti, naEriabha muShaaribhoni;

³³Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,

³⁴navanakomana vaHashemi muGizoni, naJonatani mwanakomana waShage muHarari,

³⁴Bene-Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,

³⁵naAhiami mwanakomana waSakari muHarari, naErifari mwanakomana waUri;

³⁵Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,

³⁶naHeferi muMekerati, naAhiya muPeroni;

³⁶Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,

³⁷naHezero muKarimeri, naNaarai mwanakomana waEzibha;

³⁷Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,

³⁸naJoeri munin'ina waNatani, naMibhari mwanakomana waHagiri;

³⁸Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri,

³⁹naZereki muAmoni, naNaharai muBheroti, mubati wenhumbi dzokurwa nadzo dzaJoabhu mwanakomana waZeruya;

³⁹Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armour-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

⁴⁰naIra muItiri, naGarebhi muItiri,

⁴⁰Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

⁴¹naUriya muHiti, naZabhadhi mwanakomana waArai;

⁴¹Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,

⁴²naAdhina mwanakomana waShiza muRubheni, mukuru wavaRubheni, navana makumi matatu naye;

⁴²Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him;

⁴³naHanani mwanakomana waMaaka, naJoshafati muMitini;

⁴³Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,

⁴⁴naUziya muAshiterati, naShama naJeyieri vanakomana vaHotami muAroeri;

⁴⁴Uzzia the Ashtarothite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,

⁴⁵naJedhiaeri mwanakomana waShimiri, naJoha munin'ina wake, muTizi;

⁴⁵Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,

⁴⁶naErieri muMahavhi, naJeribhai, naJoshavhia, vanakomana vaErinaami, naItima muMoabhu;

⁴⁶Eliel of Mahavim, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Jithmah the Moabite,

⁴⁷naErieri, naObhedhi, naJaasieri muMezobha.

⁴⁷Eliel, and Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.