¹Zvino pamazuva aDhavhidhi kwakanga kune nzara makore matatu akatevedzana; Dhavhidhi akabvunza Jehovha. Jehovha akati, Imhaka yaSauro neyeimba yake yeropa, nekuti vakauraya vaGibhiyoni.

¹And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for [his] house of blood, because he slew the Gibeonites.

²Mambo akadana vaGibhiyoni, akati kwavari; Zvino vaGibhiyoni vakanga vasi vavana vaIsiraeri, asi ndivo vakanga vasara kuvaAmori, ndivo vakanga vapikirwa navaIsiraeri; asi Sauro wakatsvaka kuvauraya nokushingairira kwake vana vaIsiraeri navaJudha;

²And the king called the Gibeonites, and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remainder of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them; and Saul sought to smite them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah.)

³Dhavhidhi akati kuva Gibhiyoni, Ndingakuitirai chinyi? Ndingayananisa neiko, kuti muropafadze nhaka yaJehovha?

³And David said to the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and with what shall I make atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of Jehovah?

⁴VaGibhiyoni vakati kwaari, Haizi mhosva yesirivha kana yendarama pakati pedu naSauro neimba yake, nesu hatingafaniri kuuraya munhu pakati paIsiraeri. Iye akati, Chamunoreva ndichakuitirai icho.

⁴And the Gibeonites said to him, As to Saul and his house, it is with us no question of receiving silver or gold, neither is it for us to have any man put to death in Israel. And he said, What ye say will I do for you.

⁵Ivo vakati kuna mambo, Iye munhu, wakatipedza, wakatifungira mano akaipa kuti tiparadzwe, tirege kugara panyika yose yalsiraeri,

⁵And they said to the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in all the borders of Israel,

⁶varume vanomwe vavana vake ngavapiwesu, tivasungirire pamberi paJehovha paGibhiya raSauro, mutsaurwa waJehovha. Mambo akati, Ndichakupai ivo.

⁶let seven men of his sons be given up to us, and we will hang them up to Jehovah in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah. And the king said, I will give [them].

⁷Asi mambo wakarega Mefibhosheti mwanakomana waJonatani, mwanakomana waSauro, nokuda kokupika kwakanga kuri pakati pavo pamberi paJehovha, pakati paDhavhidhi naJonatani mwanakomana waSauro.

⁷But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of Jehovah's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

⁸Asi mambo wakatora vana vaviri vaRizipa, mukunda waAya, vaakanga aberekera Sauro, Amoni naMefibhosheti, navana vashanu vaMikari mukunda waSauro, vaakanga aberekera Adhirieri mwanakomana waBharizirai muMehorati;

⁸And the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she had borne to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of [the sister of] Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she had borne to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite;

⁹akavaisa mumaoko avaGibhiyoni, ivo vakavasungirira pagomo pamberi paJehovha, vakafa vari vanomwe; vakaurawa pamazuva okukohwa, pamazuva okutanga, pakutanga kokukohwa bhari.

⁹and he gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before Jehovah. And they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the first days of the harvest, in the beginning of barley harvest.

¹⁰Zvino Rizipa mukunda waAya wakatora makudza, akazviwarira iwo pamusoro pedombo, kubva pakutanga kokukohwa kusvikira aniwa nemvura yakabva kudenga; haana kutendera shiri dzokudenga kumhara pamusoro pawo masikati, kana zvikara zvesango usiku.

¹⁰Then Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water poured on them out of the heavens, and suffered neither the fowl of the heavens to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

¹¹Zvino Dhavhidhi akaudzwa zvakanga zvaitwa naRizipa mukunda waAya, murongo waSauro;

¹¹And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.

¹²Dhavhidhi akandotora mafupa aSauro namafupa aJonatani mwanakomana wake kuvarume veJabheshiGiriyadhi, vakanga vaaba panzira yeBhetishani, pavakanga vaturikwa navaFirisitia, pazuva rokuurawa kwaSauro navaFirisitia paGiribhoa.

¹²And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-Gilead, who had stolen them from the open place of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, the day the Philistines had smitten Saul in Gilboa;

¹³Akatorapo mafupa aSauro namafupa aJonatani mwanakomana wake, vakaunganidza mafupa avakanga vaturikwapo.

¹³and he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

¹⁴Vakaviga mafupa aSauro naaJonatani mwanakomana wake panyika yavaBhenjamini paZera, pahwiro hwababa vake; vakaita zvose zvavakanga varairwa namambo. Shure kwaizvozvo Mwari akanzwira nyika tsitsi.

¹⁴And they buried [them] with the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the sepulchre of Kish his father; and they did all that the king had commanded. And afterwards God was propitious to the land.

¹⁵Zvino vaFirisitia vakarwazve navaIsiraeri; Dhavhidhi akaburuka navaranda vake kundorwa navaFirisitia; Dhavhidhi akaneta.

¹⁵And the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought with the Philistines. And David was exhausted.

¹⁶Zvino Ishibhibhenobhi, mumwe wavanakomana vaRafa, waiva nepfumo rakasvika pamashekeri ana mazana matatu endarira pakurema kwaro, iye wakange akashonga munondo mutsva, akafunga kuuraya Dhavhidhi.

¹⁶And Ishbibenob, who was of the children of Raphah -- the weight of his lance was three hundred shekels of bronze, and he was girded with new [armour] -- thought to smite David.

¹⁷Asi Abhishai mwanakomana waZeruya wakamubatsira, akabaya muFirisitia, akamuuraya. Ipapo varume vaDhavhidhi vakapika kwaari, vakati, Hamufaniri kuzoendazve nesu kundorwa, kuti murege kuzodzima mwenje waIsiraeri.

¹⁷And Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the lamp of Israel.

¹⁸Zvino shure kwaizvozvo kurwa kwazovapozve navaFirisitia paGobhi; Sibekai, muHushati, akauraya Safi, mumwe wavanakomana vaRafa.

¹⁸And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines, at Gob; then Sibbechai the Hushathite smote Saph, who was of the children of Raphah.

¹⁹Vakarwazve navaFirisitia paGobhi, Erihanani mwanakomana waJaarioregimi weBheterehemu akauraya Goriati muGiti, rwiriko rwepfumo rake rwakaga rwakaita sedanda romuruki.

¹⁹And there was again a battle at Gob with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, smote Goliath the Gittite; now the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam.

²⁰Vakarwazve paGati, paiva nomunhu murefu kwazvo, waiva nemimwe mitanhatu paruoko rumwe norumwe, nezvigumwe zvitanhatu parutsoka rumwe norumwe, zvaisvika makumi maviri nezvina pakuverengwa kwazvo; naiyewo wakange akaberekerwa Rafa.

²⁰And there was again a battle, at Gath; and there was a man [there] of great stature, that had on each hand six fingers, and on each foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to Raphah.

²¹Zvino wakati achishora vaIsiraeri, Jonatani mwanakomana waShimei, munin'ina waDhavhidhi akamuuraya.

²¹And he defied Israel; but Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother smote him.

²²Ava vana vakanga vakaberekerwa Rafa paGati; vakaurawa naDhavhidhi, uye navaranda vake.

²²These four were born to Raphah, in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.