¹Zvino marudzi ose avaIsiraeri akauya kuna Dhavhidhi paHebhuroni, akataura akati, Tarirai tiri mafupa enyu nenyama yenyu.

¹Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

²Kare Sauro achiri mambo wedu, ndimi maitungamirira vaIsiraeri muchibuda navo nokupinda navo; Jehovha akati kwamuri, Iwe uchafudza vanhu vangu vaIsiraeri.

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

³Naizvozvo vakuru vose vaIsiraeri vakauya kuna mambo paHebhuroni, mambo Dhavhidhi akaita sungano paHebhuroni pamberi paJehovha; ivo vakazodza Dhavhidhi, kuti ave mambo waIsiraeri.

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

⁴Dhavhidhi wakange ana makore makumi matatu pakutanga kwake kubata ushe, akabata ushe makore makumi mana.

⁴David was thirty years old when he began to reign; he reigned forty years.

⁵Akabata ushe paHebhuroni pavaJudha makore manomwe nemwedzi mitanhatu; akabatawo ushe paJerusaremu makore makumi matatu namatatu pavaIsiraeri navaJudha vose.

⁵In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

⁶lye mambo navanhu vake vakaenda Jerusaremu kundorwa navaJebhusi vakanga vagere panyika iyo; ivo vakataura naDhavhidhi, vakati, Haungapindi pano, mapofu nezvirema vangakudzinga, nekuti vakati, Dhavhidhi haangapindi pano.

⁶And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land; and they spoke to David, saying, Thou shalt not come in hither, but the blind and the lame will drive thee back; as much as to say, David will not come in hither.

⁷Kunyange zvakadaro Dhavhidhi wakakunda nhare yeZiyoni; ndiro guta raDhavhidhi.

⁷But David took the stronghold of Zion, which is the city of David.

⁸Dhavhidhi akati nezuva iro, Ani nani unorova vaJebhusi, ngaakwire kumugero wemvura, auraye zvirema namapofu, vanovengwa nomweya waDhavhidhi. Naizvozvo vanoti, Mapofu nezvirema havangapindi mumba.

⁸And David said on that day, Whoever smites the Jebusites and gets up to the watercourse, and the lame and the blind hated of David's soul ...! Therefore they say, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

⁹Dhavhidhi akagara munhare, akaitumidza guta raDhavhidhi. Dhavhidhi akavaka kunhivi dzose, kubva paMiro, zvichipinda mukati.

⁹So David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from the Millo and inward.

¹⁰Dhavhidhi akaramba achikura, nekuti Jehovha, Mwari wehondo, wakange anaye.

¹⁰And David became continually greater; and Jehovah the God of hosts was with him.

¹¹Hiramu mambo weTire akatuma nhume kuna Dhavhidhi namatanda emisidhari, navavezi, navavaki, vakavakira Dhavhidhi imba.

¹¹And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

¹²Zvino Dhavhidhi akaziva kuti Jehovha wakange amusimbisa kuti ave mambo waIsiraeri, uye kuti wakange akudza ushe hwake nokuda kwavanhu vake Isiraeri.

¹²And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom because of his people Israel.

¹³Dhavhidhi wakati abva Hebhuroni, akazvitorera vamwe varongo navakadzi paJerusaremu, Dhavhidhi akaberekerwa vanakomana navanasikana.

¹³And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.

¹⁴Ndiwo mazita avakaberekerwa Jerusaremu: Shamua, naShobhabhu, naNatani, naSoromoni,

¹⁴And these are the names of those that were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,

¹⁵naIbhari, naErishua, naNefegi, naJafia,

¹⁵and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,

¹⁶naErishama, naEriadha, naErifereti.

¹⁶and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet.

¹⁷Zvino vaFirisitia vakati vachinzwa kuti Dhavhidhi wakange azodzwa kuti ave mambo wavaIsiraeri, vaFirisitia vose vakakwira kundotsvaka Dhavhidhi; Dhavhidhi akazvinzwa, akaburukira kunhare.

¹⁷And the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, and all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard [of it], and went down to the stronghold.

¹⁸VaFirisitia vakanga vasvika, vakapararira pamupata weRefaimu.

¹⁸And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

¹⁹Dhavhidhi akabvunza Jehovha, akati, Ndokwira kundorwa navaFirisitia here? Muchavaisa mumaoko angu here? Jehovha akati kuna Dhavhidhi, Kwira, nekuti zvirokwazvo ndichaisa vaFirisitia mumaoko ako.

¹⁹And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? wilt thou give them into my hand? And Jehovah said to David, Go up; for I will certainly give the Philistines into thy hand.

²⁰Dhavhidhi akasvika paBhaari-perazimi, Dhavhidhi akavaparadzapo. Akati, Jehovha wakabudira vavengi vangu pamberi pangu, sokupwanya kwemvura. Naizvozvo akatumidza nzvimbo iyo Bhaari-perazimi.

²⁰And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there; and he said, Jehovah has broken in upon mine enemies before me, as the breaking forth of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-perazim.

²¹Vakasiya zvifananidzo zvavo ipapo, Dhavhidhi navanhu vake vakazvibvisa.

²¹And they left their images there, and David and his men took them away.

²²VaFirisitia vakauyazve, vakapararira pamupata weRefaimu.

²²And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

²³Zvino Dhavhidhi wakati achibvunza Jehovha, iye akati, Usakwira, asi upote shure kwavo, ugovavamba napakatarisana nemiti yemimaribheri.

²³And David inquired of Jehovah; and he said, Thou shalt not go up; turn round behind them and come upon them opposite the mulberry-trees.

²⁴Zvino kana uchinzwa kutinhira kokufamba pangara dzemiti yemimaribheri, unofanira kukurumidza, nekuti ndiJehovha wakutungamirira kundoparadza hondo yavaFirisitia.

²⁴And it shall be, when thou hearest a sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself; for then will Jehovah have gone forth before thee, to smite the army of the Philistines.

²⁵Dhavhidhi akaita sezvaakarairwa naJehovha; akaparadza vaFirisitia kubva paGebha kusvikira paGezeri.

²⁵And David did so, as Jehovah had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou comest to Gezer.