1Zvino vaFirisitia vakarwa navaIsiraeri, varume vaIsiraeri vakatiza pamberi pavaFirisitia, vakawira pasi vaurawa pagomo reGiribhoa.
1Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa.
2VaFirisitia vakateverera Sauro navanakomana vake kwazvo, vaFirisitia vakauraya Jonatani, naAbhinadhabhu, naMarikishua, vanakomana vaSauro.
2The Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
3Sauro akakurirwa kwazvo pakurwa, vapfuri vouta vakamubata; akakuvadzwa kwazvo nokuda kwavapfuri vouta.
3The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was distressed by reason of the archers.
4Ipapo Sauro akati kumubati wenhumbi dzake dzokurwa nadzo, Vhomora munondo wako, undibaye nawo, kuti ava vasina kudzingiswa varege kusvika vandidadire.
4Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me.” But his armor bearer would not; for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell on it.
5Zvino mubati wenhumbi dzake dzokurwa nadzo akati achiona kuti Sauro afa, naiye akazviwisirawo pamunondo wake, akafawo.
5When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword, and died.
6Naizvozvo Sauro akafa navanakomana vake vatatu; veimba yake yose vakafa pamwechete.
6So Saul died, and his three sons; and all his house died together.
7Zvino varume vose valsiraeri, vakanga vagere pamupata uyo, vakati vachiona kuti vatiza, uye kuti Sauro navanakomana vake vafa, ivo vakabva pamaguta avo, vakatiza; vaFirisitia vakasvika vakagaramo.
7When all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them.
8Zvino fume mangwana vaFirisitia vakati vachiuya kuzosunungura vakanga vaurawa, vakawana Sauro navanakomana vake vatatu vakafa pagomo reGiribhoa.
8It happened on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
9Vakamusunungura, vakatora musoro wake nenhumbi dzake dzokurwa nadzo, vakatuma nhume kumativi ose enyika yavaFirisitia, kundozivisa vamwari vavo navanhu vavo shoko iro.
9They stripped him, and took his head, and his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines all around, to carry the news to their idols, and to the people.
10Vakaisa nhumbi dzake dzokurwa nadzo muimba yavamwari vavo, vakasungira musoro wake mumba maDhagoni.
10They put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.
11Zvino vanhu vose vaJabheshiGiriyadhi vakati vanzwa zvose zvakanga zvaitirwa Sauro navaFirisitia,
11When all Jabesh Gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
12mhare dzose dzikasimuka, vakabvisa chitunha chaSauro nezvitunha zvavanakomana vake vakaenda nazvo Jabheshi, vakaviga mafupa avo pasi pomuoki paJabheshi, vakatsanya mazuva manomwe.
12all the valiant men arose, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
13Naizvozvo Sauro akafa nokuda kokudarika kwake kwaakaitira Jehovha, uye nokuda kweshoko raJehovha raasina kuchengeta; uye nekuti akatsvaka mano kusvikiro, kubvunza naro,
13So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Yahweh, because of the word of Yahweh, which he didn’t keep; and also because he asked counsel of one who had a familiar spirit, to inquire,
14akasabvunza Jehovha; naizvozvo wakamuuraya, akaisa ushe kuna Dhavhidhi mwanakomana waJese.
14and didn’t inquire of Yahweh: therefore he killed him, and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.