¹Zvino Dhavhidhi navanhu vake vakati vachisvika paZikiragi nezuva retatu, vakawana kuti vaAmareki vakanga vandopambara kurutivi rwezasi, neZikiragiwo, vakakunda Zikiragi nokuripisa nomoto;

¹And it came to pass, when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid upon the south, and upon Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag and burned it with fire;

²vakatapa vakadzi navose vakanga varimo, vaduku navakuru; vakanga vasina kuuraya munhu, asi vakavatapa, vakaenda havo.

²and had taken the women captives that were in it; both great and small: they had put none to death, but had carried them off, and went on their way.

³Zvino Dhavhidhi navanhu vake vakati vachisvika paguta vakariwana rapiswa nomoto, navakadzi vavo, navanakomana vavo, navanasikana vavo vatapwa.

³And David and his men came to the city, and behold, it was burnt with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters were taken captives.

⁴Dhavhidhi navanhu vakanga vanaye vakachema kwazvo, kusvikira vasisina simba rokuchema.

⁴Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

⁵Navakadzi vaviri vaDhavhidhi vakanga vatapwawo, vanaAhinowamu muJezereeri naAbhigairi waiva mukadzi waNabhari muKarimeri.

⁵And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jizreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

⁶Dhavhidhi akatambudzika zvikuru, nekuti vanhu vakanga voda kumutaka namabwe, nekuti moyo yavanhu vose yakanga ine shungu, mumwe nomumwe pamusoro pavanakomana vake, navanasikana vake; asi Dhavhidhi wakatsvaka simba rake kuna Jehovha Mwari wake.

⁶And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him; for the soul of all the people was embittered, every man because of his sons and because of his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God.

⁷Zvino Dhavhidhi akati kuna Abhiatari mupristi, mwanakomana waAhimereki, Douya hako pano neefodhi. Abhiatari akaenda neefodhi kuna Dhavhidhi.

⁷And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, Bring near to me, I pray thee, the ephod. And Abiathar brought the ephod near to David.

⁸Dhavhidhi akabvunza Jehovha, akati, Kana ndikatevera boka iro, ndingavabata here? Akamupindura akati, Tevera hako, nekuti uchavabata kwazvo, uye ucharwira zvose.

⁸And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he said to him, Pursue; for thou shalt assuredly overtake [them] and shalt certainly recover.

⁹Naizvozvo Dhavhidhi akaenda, iye navarume vana mazana matanhatu vaakanga anavo, vakasvika parukova Bhesori, pakasara vamwe vaakasiya.

⁹So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and they came to the torrent Besor; and those that were left stayed behind.

¹⁰Asi Dhavhidhi wakateverera, iye navanhu vana mazana mana, nekuti vana mazana maviri vakanga vasara shure, nekuti vakanga vaneta kwazvo, vasingagoni kuyambuka rukova Bhesori.

¹⁰And David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to go over the torrent Besor.

¹¹Vakawana muEgipita kusango, vakauya naye kuna Dhavhidhi, vakamupa zvokudya, akadya, vakamupawo mvura yokumwa;

¹¹And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink,

¹²vakamupawo chimedu chebundu ramawonde namasumbu maviri amazambiringa akawomeswa; zvino wakati adya, mweya wake ukararamazve mukati make, nekuti wakange asina kudya zvokudya, kana kumwa mvura, mazuva matatu nousiku hutatu.

¹²and gave him a piece of fig-cake and two raisin-cakes, and he ate, and his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, for three days and three nights.

¹³Dhavhidhi akati kwaari, Uri waaniko? Unobvepiko? Iye akati, Ndiri jaya rakabva Egipita, muranda womunhu wavaAmareki; tenzi wangu wakandisiya, nekuti mazuva matatu akapfuura ndakarwara.

¹³And David said to him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.

¹⁴Takanga tandopambara kurutivi rwezasi rwavaKereti, nokunyika yaJudha, nokurutivi rwezasi rwaKarebhi, tikapisawo Zikiragi nomoto.

¹⁴We made a raid against the south of the Cherethites, and against what [belongs] to Judah, and against the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.

¹⁵Dhavhidhi akati kwaari, Ungandiburutsira kuboka iro here? Iye akati, Ndipikirei naMwari kuti hamungandiurayi, kana kundiisa mumaoko atenzi wangu. Ipapo ndingakuburusirai kuboka iro.

¹⁵And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear to me by God, that thou wilt neither put me to death nor deliver me up into the hand of my master, and I will bring thee down to this troop.

¹⁶Zvino wakati amuburusirako vakavawana vakapararira pasi pose, vachidya nokumwa, nokutamba pakati pezvizhinji zvavakanga vapamba, zvavakanga vatora kunyika yavaFirisitia nokunyika yavaJudha.

¹⁶And he brought him down, and behold, they were spread over the whole land, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

¹⁷Dhavhidhi akarwa navo kubva parubvunzavaeni kusvikira madeko ezuva repiri; kwakanga kusina munhu wakapukunyuka, asi majaya ana mazana mana, akanga akatasva makamera, ndiwo akatiza.

¹⁷And David smote them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day; and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, who rode upon camels, and fled.

¹⁸Dhavhidhi akarwira zvose zvakanga zvatorwa navaAmareki; Dhavhidhi akarwirawo vakadzi vake vaviri.

¹⁸And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken: and David recovered his two wives.

¹⁹Vakanga vasina kurashikirwa nechinhu, kunyange chiduku kana chikuru, kana vanakomana, kana vanasikana, kana nhumbi;kana chinhu chipi nechipi chavakanga vatora; Dhavhidhi wakazvidzosa zvose.

¹⁹And there was nothing missed by them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil nor anything that they had taken: David brought all back.

²⁰Dhavhidhi akatorawo makwai nemombe dzose, vakazvitinha pamberi pezvimwe zvipfuwo, vakati, Ndizvo zvakapambwa naDhavhidhi.

²⁰And David took all the flocks and the herds, [which] they drove before the other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.

²¹Zvino Dhavhidhi akasvika kuvarume vana mazana maviri, vaya vakanga vasingagoni kutevera Dhavhidhi nokuneta kwavo, vavakanga vasiya kurukova Besori; ivo vakandosangana naDhavhidhi, nokusanganawo navanhu vakanga vanaye; zvino Dhavhidhi wakati aswedera kwavari, akavakwazisa.

²¹And David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow David, and whom they had left behind at the torrent Besor; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him; and David drew near to the people and saluted them.

²²Ipapo vanhu vose vakashata, navanhu vakaisvoipa, vakanga vaenda naDhavhidhi, vakapindura vakati, Zvavasina kuenda nesu, hatingavapi chinhu chimwe chezvakapambwa zvatakandorwira, asi mumwe nomumwe ngaapiwe mukadzi wake navana vake, vavaperekedze, vaende navo.

²²And all the wicked men, and [men] of Belial, of those that had gone with David, answered and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them [aught] of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead [them] away and depart.

²³Ipapo Dhavhidhi akati, Hamungaiti kudaro, hama dzangu, nezvatakapiwa naJehovha, iye wakatichengeta, akaisa boka rakanga rauya kuzorwa nesu pamaoko edu.

²³Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which Jehovah has given us, who has preserved us, and given the troop that came against us into our hand.

²⁴Ndiani ungakuteererai pashoko rakadai? Nekuti mugove wowakaenda kundorwa, uchafanana nomugove wowakasara panhumbi; migove yavo inofanira kufanana.

²⁴And who will hearken to you in this matter? For as his share is that goes down to the battle, so shall his share be that abides by the baggage: they shall share alike.

²⁵Zvino kubva pazuva iro iye akatema kuti uve mutemo nomurayiro kuvaIsiraeri kusvikira zuva ranhasi.

²⁵And it was [so] from that day forward; and he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

²⁶Zvino Dhavhidhi wakati asvika Zikiragi, akatuma zvimwe zvakanga zvapambwa kuvakuru vavaJudha, idzo hama dzake akati, Hecho chipo chenyu chezvakapambwa kuvavengi vaJehovha;

²⁶And David came to Ziklag, and he sent of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of Jehovah:

²⁷kuna vakanga vari Bhetieri, nokuna vakanga vari Ramoti kurutivi rwezasi, nokuna vakanga vari Jatiri,

²⁷to those in Bethel, and to those in south Ramoth, and to those in Jattir,

²⁸nokuna vakanga vari Aroeri, nokuna vakanga vari Sifimoti, nokuna vakanga vari Eshitemoa;

²⁸and to those in Aroer, and to those in Siphmoth, and to those in Eshtemoa,

²⁹nokuna vakanga vari Rakari, nokuna vakanga vari kumaguta avaJerameeri, nokuna vakanga vari pamaguta avaKeni,

²⁹and to those in Rachal, and to those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those in the cities of the Kenites,

³⁰nokuna vakanga vari Horima, nokuna vakanga vari Korashani, nokuna vakanga vari Ataki,

³⁰and to those in Hormah, and to those in Chor-ashan, and to those in Athach,

³¹nokuna vakanga vari Hebhuroni, nokuna vose vakanga vari panzvimbo dzaifamba Dhavhidhi amene navanhu vake.

³¹and to those in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men went about.