¹Ipapo varume veKiriatijearimi vakauya, vakatora areka yaJehovha, vakaiisa kumba kwaAbhinadhabhu pagomo; vakatsaura Ereazari mwanakomana wake, kuti achengete areka yaJehovha.

¹And the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of Jehovah, and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and hallowed Eleazar his son to keep the ark of Jehovah.

²Kubva pamusi wokusvika kweareka paKiriatijearimi, yakagarapo nguva refu, nekuti akanga ari makore makumi maviri; imba yose yaIsiraeri ikachema kuna Jehovha.

²And it came to pass, from the day that the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years. And all the house of Israel lamented after Jehovah.

³Samueri akataura neimba yose yaIsiraeri, akati, Kana muchida kudzokera kuna Jehovha nomoyo wenyu wose, bvisai vamwari vatorwa neAshitaroti pakati penyu, mugadzirire Jehovha moyo yenyu, mumushumire iye oga; ipapo iye uchakusunungurai pamaoko avaFirisitia.

³And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If ye return to Jehovah with all your heart, put away the strange gods and the Ashtoreths from among you, and apply your hearts unto Jehovah, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

⁴Vana vaIsiraeri vakabvisa vaBhaari neAshitaroti, vakashumira Jehovha oga.

⁴And the children of Israel put away the Baals and the Ashtoreths and served Jehovah only.

⁵Zvino Samueri akati, Unganidzai vaIsiraeri vose paMizipa, ini ndikunyengetererei kuna Jehovha.

⁵And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray Jehovah for you.

⁶Vakaunganidzana paMizipa, vakachera mvura, vakaidururira pamberi paJehovha, vakatsanya nomusi iwoyo, vakati ipapo, Takatadzira Jehovha. Samueri akatonga vana vaIsiraeri paMizipa.

⁶And they gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before Jehovah, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against Jehovah. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.

⁷Zvino vaFirisitia vakati vachinzwa kuti vana vaIsiraeri vakanga vaungana paMizipa, madzishe avaFirisitia akakwira kundorwa navaIsiraeri. Vana vaIsiraeri vachinzwa vakatya vaFirisitia.

⁷And the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together at Mizpah; and the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel; and the children of Israel heard [it], and were afraid of the Philistines.

⁸Zvino vana vaIsiraeri vakati kuna Samueri, Musarega henyu kuramba muchichema kuna Jehovha Mwari wedu nokuda kwedu, kuti atirwire pamaoko avaFirisitia.

⁸And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry to Jehovah our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.

⁹Samueri akatora gwayana rinomwa, akagadzirira Jehovha naro chipiriso chinopiswa chose. Samueri akachema kuna Jehovha nokuda kwavaIsiraeri; Jehovha akamunzwa.

⁹And Samuel took a sucking-lamb, and offered it as a whole burnt-offering to Jehovah; and Samuel cried to Jehovah for Israel, and Jehovah answered him.

¹⁰Samueri wakati achapisira Jehovha chipiriso chinopiswa, vaFirisitia vakaswedera kuzorwa navaIsiraeri; asi Jehovha akatinhira nokutinhira kukuru pamusoro pavaFirisitia nomusi iwoyo, akavavhundusa, vakakundwa navaIsiraeri.

¹⁰And as Samuel was offering up the burnt-offering, the Philistines advanced to battle against Israel. And Jehovah thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were routed before Israel.

¹¹Varume vaIsiraeri vakabuda Mizipa, vakatevera vaFirisitia, vakavaparadza kusvikira panyasi peBhetikari.

¹¹And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, as far as below Beth-car.

¹²Zvino Samueri akatora ibwe, akarimisa pakati peMizipa neSheni, akaritumidza zita raro Ebheniezeri, achiti, Jehovha wakatibatsira kusvikira pano.

¹²And Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, and said, Hitherto Jehovah has helped us.

¹³VaFirisitia vakakundwa saizvozvo; havana kuzouyazve munyika yavalsiraeri; ruoko rwaJehovha rukarwa navaFirisitia mazuva ose aSamueri.

¹³And the Philistines were subdued, and came no more into the borders of Israel; and the hand of Jehovah was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

¹⁴Namaguta akanga atorerwa vaIsiraeri navaFirisitia akadzoserwazve kuvaIsiraeri, kubva paEkironi kusvikira paGati, nenyika yavo yakasunungurwa navalsiraeri pamaoko avaFirisitia; rugare rukavapo pakati pavalsiraeri navaAmori.

¹⁴And the cities that the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even to Gath; and their territory did Israel deliver out of the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorite.

¹⁵Samueri akatonga vaIsiraeri mazuva ose oupenyu hwake.

¹⁵And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

¹⁶Waipota gore rimwe nerimwe napaBhetieri, neGirigari, neMizipa, akatonga vaIsiraeri panzvimbo idzo dzose.

¹⁶And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpah, and judged Israel in all those places.

¹⁷Akasidzokera Rama, nekuti ndipo paakanga agere; akatonga vaIsiraeri ipapo, akavakira Jehovha aritari ipapo.

¹⁷And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house, and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar to Jehovah.