¹Zvino Sauro akataura naJonatani mwanakomana wake, navaranda vake vose, kuti vauraye Dhavhidhi.

¹Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul’s son, delighted much in David.

²Asi Jonatani mwanakomana waSauro, wakange achifarira Dhavhidhi kwazvo. Naizvozvo Jonatani akaudza Dhavhidhi, akati, Sauro, baba vangu, vanotsvaka kukuuraya; naizvozvo zvino, chenjera kwazvo mangwana, ugare pakavanda, uvande;

²Jonathan told David, saying, “Saul my father seeks to kill you. Now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, and live in a secret place, and hide yourself.

³ini ndichabuda, ndichandomira kuna baba vangu mumunda, mauri, nditaurirane nababa vangu pamusoro pako; kana ndichinge ndikaona chinhu, ndichakuudza.

³I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will talk with my father about you; and if I see anything, I will tell you.”

⁴Ipapo Jonatani akareverera Dhavhidhi zvakanaka kuna Sauro baba vake, akati kwavari, Mambo ngaarege kutadzira Dhavhidhi muranda wake, nekuti iye haana kukutadzirai imi, asi wakakuitirai zvakanaka kwazvo;

⁴Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, “Don’t let the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you;

⁵nekuti wakabata upenyu hwake mumaoko ake, akauraya muFirisitia; Jehovha akakundisa vaIsiraeri nokukunda kukuru; imwi makazviona, mukafara; naizvozvo muchatadzireiko ropa risine mhosva, mukauraya Dhavhidhi asine mhaka hake?

⁵for he put his life in his hand, and struck the Philistine, and Yahweh worked a great victory for all Israel. You saw it, and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?”

⁶Sauro akateerera inzwi raJonatani, Sauro akapika akati, NaJehovha mupenyu, haangaurawi!

⁶Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, “As Yahweh lives, he shall not be put to death.”

⁷Zvino Jonatani akadana Dhavhidhi, Jonatani akamuzivisa zvinhu izvo zvose. Jonatani akaenda naDhavhidhi kuna Sauro, akagara pamberi pake sapakutanga.

⁷Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as before.

⁸Zvino kurwa kukavapozve, Dhavhidhi akabuda kundorwa navaFirisitia, akavauraya nokuuraya kukuru, vakatiza pamberi pake.

⁸There was war again. David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and killed them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.

⁹Mweya wakaipa, wakange watumwa naJehovha, ukauya pamusoro paSauro, agere mumba make ane pfumo rake muruoko rwake; Dhavhidhi akaridza noruoko rwake.

⁹An evil spirit from Yahweh was on Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his hand.

¹⁰Sauro akaidza kubayira Dhavhidhi pamadziro nepfumo; Dhavhidhi akatiza, akapukunyuka usiku uhwo.

¹⁰Saul sought to pin David even to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he stuck the spear into the wall. David fled, and escaped that night.

¹¹Ipapo Sauro akatuma nhume kumba kwaDhavhidhi kumurinda nokumuuraya mangwanani; Mikari mukadzi waDhavhidhi, akamuudza akati, Kana ukasaponesa upenyu hwako usiku hwuno, uchaurawa mangwana.

¹¹Saul sent messengers to David’s house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning. Michal, David’s wife, told him, saying, “If you don’t save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.”

¹²Naizvozvo Mikari akaburutsa Dhavhidhi pasi napahwindo; akaenda, akatiza, akapukunyuka.

¹²So Michal let David down through the window. He went, fled, and escaped.

¹³Mikari akatora terafimi, akairadzika panhovo, akaisa mutsamiro wemvere dzembudzi pamusoro wayo, akaifukidza nejira.

¹³Michal took the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair at its head, and covered it with the clothes.

¹⁴Zvino Sauro wakati achituma nhume kuzobata Dhavhidhi, iye akati, Unorwara.

¹⁴When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.”

¹⁵Ipapo Sauro akatuma nhume kuzotarira Dhavhidhi akati, Uyai naye kwandiri ari panhovo, ndimuuraye.

¹⁵Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.”

¹⁶Zvino nhume dzakati dzichipinda, dzikaona terafimi iri panhovo nomutsamiro wemvere dzembudzi pamusoro wayo.

¹⁶When the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats’ hair at its head.

¹⁷Sauro akati kuna Mikari, Wandinyengereiko kudai, ukarega muvengi wangu achienda, akapukunyuka? Mikari akapindura Sauro achiti, Iye wakati kwandiri, Ndirege, ndiende; ndichakuurayireiko?

¹⁷Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me thus, and let my enemy go, so that he is escaped?” Michal answered Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go! Why should I kill you?’”

¹⁸Dhavhidhi akatiza, akapukunyuka, akasvika kuna Samueri paRama, akamuudza zvose zvaakanga aitirwa naSauro. Iye naSamueri vakandogara Naioti.

¹⁸Now David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. He and Samuel went and lived in Naioth.

¹⁹Zvino Sauro wakaudzwa, zvichinzi, Tarirai, Dhavhidhi uri Naioti paRama.

¹⁹It was told Saul, saying, “Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.”

²⁰Sauro akatuma nhume kundobata Dhavhidhi; asi idzo dzakati dzichiona boka ravaporofita vachiporofita, naSamueri amire ari mutungamiriri wavo, Mweya waMwari akauya pamusoro penhume dzaSauro, naidzo dzikaporofitawo.

²⁰Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, the Spirit of God came on the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.

²¹Zvino Sauro wakati achiudzwa izvozvo, akatumazve dzimwe nhume, naidzo dzikaporofitawo. Ipapo Sauro akatumazve nhume rwechitatu, naidzo dzikaporofitawo.

²¹When it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied.

²²Zvino naiye akaendawo Rama, akasvika patsime guru riri paSeku, akabvunza akati, VanaSamueri naDhavhidhi varipiko? Mumwe akati, Tarirai, vari Naioti paRama.

²²Then went he also to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu: and he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” One said, “Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.”

²³Iye akaendako Naioti paRama, Mweya waMwari wakauya pamusoro pakewo, akafamba achiporofita kudzimara asvika Naioti paRama.

²³He went there to Naioth in Ramah. Then the Spirit of God came on him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

²⁴Akabvisawo nguvo dzake, akaporofita pamberi paSamueri, akavata pasi, asakafuka, zuva iro rose nousiku uhwo hwose. Naizvozvo vanoti, Sauro uri pakati pavaporofitawo here?

²⁴He also stripped off his clothes, and he also prophesied before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”