1Zvino Dhavhidhi wakatiza paNaioti paRama, akaenda akati kuna Jonatani, Ndadiniko? Kutadza kwangu ndokwei? Chivi changu pamberi pababa vako ndechipi, zvavanotsvaka kundiuraya?
1David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?”
2Iye akati kwaari, Ngazvisadaro, usadaro, haungafi; tarira baba vangu havangaiti chinhu chikuru kana chiduku, vasingandizivisi icho; zvino baba vangu vangandivanzirireiko chinhu ichi? Hazvizi izvo.
2He said to him, “Far from it; you shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small, but that he discloses it to me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so.”
3Ipapo Dhavhidhi akapikazve akati, Baba vako vanoziva kwazvo kuti ini ndakawana nyasha kwauri; naizvozvo vakati, Jonatani ngaarege kuzviziva, zvimwe ungazvidya moyo; asi zvirokwazvo, naJehovha mupenyu, nomweya wako mupenyu, kune nhambwe imwechete pakati pangu norufu.
3David swore moreover, and said, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says, ‘Don’t let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved:’ but truly as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”
4Ipapo Jonatani akati kuna Dhavhidhi, Zvose zvinodikamwa nomoyo wako, ndichakuitira izvozvo.
4Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you.”
5Dhavhidhi akati kuna Jonatani, Tarira, mangwana mwedzi wogara, ndichafanira kundogara pakudya namambo; asi nditendere, ndiende kundovanda mumunda kusvikira madekwana ezuva rechitatu.
5David said to Jonathan, “Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to dine with the king; but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field to the third day at evening.
6Kana baba vako vakandishaiwa, uti kwavari, Dhavhidhi wakakumbira zvikuru kwandiri, kuti amhanyire Bheterehemu, kuguta rake; nekuti ikoko kunoitwa chibayiro chegore rimwe nerimwe chavose veimba yake.
6If your father miss me at all, then say, ‘David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.’
7Kana vakati, Zvakanaka hazvo! Muranda wako uchava norugare; asi kana vakatsamwa, uzive kuti vagara vandifungira zvakaipa.
7If he says, ‘It is well;’ your servant shall have peace: but if he be angry, then know that evil is determined by him.
8Naizvozvo chiitira hako muranda wako zvakanaka; nekuti wakaita sungano nomuranda wako pamberi paJehovha, asi kana zvakaipa zviriko kwandiri, undiuraye iwe, nekuti uchandiisireiko kuna baba vako?
8Therefore deal kindly with your servant; for you have brought your servant into a covenant of Yahweh with you: but if there is iniquity in me, kill me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father?”
9Jonatani akati, Usadaro, nekuti dai ndaiziva kuti baba vangu vagara vafunga kukuitira zvakaipa, handizaikuudza here?
9Jonathan said, “Far be it from you; for if I should at all know that evil were determined by my father to come on you, then wouldn’t I tell you that?”
10Dhavhidhi akati kuna Jonatani, Ndianiko uchandiudza kana baba vako vachinge vakupindura nehasha?
10Then David said to Jonathan, “Who shall tell me if perchance your father answers you roughly?”
11Jonatani akati kuna Dhavhidhi, Hendei kusango. Ivo vakaenda vari vaviri kusango.
11Jonathan said to David, “Come, and let us go out into the field.” They both went out into the field.
12Zvino Jonatani akati kuna Dhavhidhi, Jehovha Mwari waIsiraeri ngaave chapupu; kana ndabvunzisisa baba vangu nenguva ino mangwana, kana kuswera mangwana, kana ndikaona kuti vanomoyo wakanaka kuna Dhavhidhi, handingakutumiri shoko, ndikakuzivisa here?
12Jonathan said to David, “By Yahweh, the God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about this time tomorrow, or the third day, behold, if there is good toward David, shall I not then send to you, and disclose it to you?
13Jehovha ngaarove Jonatani, arambe achidaro, kana baba vangu vachinge vachida kukuitira zvakaipa, ini ndikasakuzivisa izvozvo, ndikakuendisa norugare, Jehovha ngaave newe, sezvaaiva nababa vangu.
13Yahweh do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my father to do you evil, if I don’t disclose it to you, and send you away, that you may go in peace: and Yahweh be with you, as he has been with my father.
14Newewo undiitire tsitsi dzaJehovha ndichiri mupenyu, ndirege kufa,
14You shall not only while yet I live show me the loving kindness of Yahweh, that I not die;
15uye usabvisa tsitsi dzako kuna veimba yangu nokusingaperi, kunyange kana Jehovha abvisa vavengi vaDhavhidhi, mumwe nomumwe panyika yose.
15but also you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever; no, not when Yahweh has cut off the enemies of David everyone from the surface of the earth.”
16Naizvozvo Jonatani akaita sungano neimba yaDhavhidhi, akati, Jehovha ngaazvitsvake kumaoko avavengi vaDhavhidhi
16So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “Yahweh will require it at the hand of David’s enemies.”
17Naizvozvo akapikisa Dhavhidhizve norudo rwake kwaari, nekuti wakange achimuda sezvaakada moyo wake.
17Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
18Zvino Jonatani akati kwaari, Mangwana mwedzi wogara; iwe uchashaikwa, nekuti chigaro chako chichashaiwa munhu.
18Then Jonathan said to him, “Tomorrow is the new moon: and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.
19Kana wagara mazuva matatu, unofanira kukurumidza kuburukira kunzvimbo iya pawakavanda musi watakataurirana pamusoro peshoko riya, ugogara pabwe rinonzi Ezeri.
19When you have stayed three days, you shall go down quickly, and come to the place where you hid yourself when this started, and shall remain by the stone Ezel.
20Zvino ini ndichaposha miseve mitatu kurutivi rwaro, ndichiita sendinoposhera chinhu chakatimikwa.
20I will shoot three arrows on its side, as though I shot at a mark.
21Ipapo, tarira, ndichatuma mukomana, ndichiti, Enda undotsvaka miseve. Kana ndikati kumukomana, Tarira miseve iri nechokuno kwako, uya nayo, ipapo ungauya hako, nekuti kunorugare kwauri, hakuna mhosva, naJehovha mupenyu.
21Behold, I will send the boy, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ If I tell the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are on this side of you. Take them;’ then come; for there is peace to you and no hurt, as Yahweh lives.
22Asi kana ndikati kumukomana, Tarira, miseve iri mberi kwako, ipapo uende hako, nekuti Jehovha wakuendisa.
22But if I say this to the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are beyond you;’ then go your way; for Yahweh has sent you away.
23Kana riri shoko ratakataurirana pamusoro paro iwe neni, tarira Jehovha uri pakati pako neni nokusingaperi.
23Concerning the matter which you and I have spoken of, behold, Yahweh is between you and me forever.”
24Naizvozvo Dhavhidhi akandovanda musango; zvino mwedzi wakati wagara, mambo akagara pakudya kuti adye.
24So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon had come, the king sat him down to eat food.
25Mambo akagara pachigaro chake, sapanguva dzose, pachigaro chaiva pamadziro, Jonatani akasimuka, Abhineri akagara parutivi rwaSauro; asi chigaro chaDhavhidhi chakashaiwa munhu.
25The king sat on his seat, as at other times, even on the seat by the wall; and Jonathan stood up, and Abner sat by Saul’s side: but David’s place was empty.
26Asi Sauro haana kutaura chinhu musi iwoyo; nekuti wakati, zvimwe wawirwa nechinhu, zvimwe haana kunaka, zvirokwazvo haana kunaka.
26Nevertheless Saul didn’t say anything that day: for he thought, “Something has happened to him. He is not clean. Surely he is not clean.”
27Zvino pazuva rakatevera kugara komwedzi, pazuva rechipiri, chigaro chaDhavhidhi chakashaiwazve munhu; ipapo Sauro akati kuna Jonatani mwanakomana wake, Mwanakomana waJese wakaregereiko kuuya kuzodya zuro kana nhasi?
27It happened on the next day after the new moon, the second day, that David’s place was empty. Saul said to Jonathan his son, “Why doesn’t the son of Jesse come to eat, neither yesterday, nor today?”
28Jonatani akapindura Sauro akati, Dhavhidhi wakakumbira zvikuru kwandiri kuti aende Bheterehemu,
28Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem.
29akati, Nditenderewo ndiende, nekuti veimba yedu vanobayira muguta; mukuru wangu wakandiraira kuti ndivepo; zvino kana uchifara nazvo, nditendere hako ndiende kundoshanyira hama dzangu. Naizvozvo haana kuuya patafura yamambo.
29He said, ‘Please let me go, for our family has a sacrifice in the city. My brother has commanded me to be there. Now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go away and see my brothers.’ Therefore he has not come to the king’s table.”
30Ipapo Sauro akatsamwira Jonatani, akati kwaari, Iwe mwanakomana womukadzi usinganzwi, wakapanduka, handizivi kanhi kuti wakatsaura mwanakomana waJese unyadzwe iwe, namai vako vanyadzwewo?
30Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse rebellious woman, don’t I know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?
31Nekuti iwe haungasimbiswi noushe hwako, kana mwanakomana waJese achiri mupenyu panyika. Naizvozvo zvino chituma munhu auye naye kwandiri, nekuti zvirokwazvo unofanira kufa.
31For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you shall not be established, nor your kingdom. Therefore now send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die!”
32Jonatani akapindura Sauro baba vake, akati kwavari, Ko unofanira kuurayirwei? Waiteiko?
32Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, “Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”
33Ipapo Sauro akaposha pfumo .rake kwaari, achida kumubaya. Naizvozvo Jonatani wakaziva kuti baba vake vakagara vafunga kuuraya Dhavhidhi.
33Saul cast his spear at him to strike him. By this Jonathan knew that his father was determined to put David to death.
34Naizvozvo Jonatani akasimuka patafura, atsamwa kwazvo, akasadya zvokudya nomusi wechipiri womwedzi; nekuti wakange ane shungu pamoyo pamusoro paDhavhidhi, nekuti wakange anyadzwa nababa vake.
34So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no food the second day of the month; for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.
35Zvino fume mangwana Jonatani akaenda kusango nenguva yakanga yatarwa naDhavhidhi, anomukomana muduku.
35It happened in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little boy with him.
36Akati kumukomana wake, Mhanya utsvake miseve yandinoposha. Ipapo mukomana wakati achimhanya, iye akaposha museve mberi kwake.
36He said to his boy, “Run, find now the arrows which I shoot.” As the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
37Zvino mukomana wakati achisvika pakanga paposhwa museve naJonatani. Jonatani akadanidzira kumukomana, akati, Ko museve hausi mberi kwako here?
37When the boy had come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the boy, and said, “Isn’t the arrow beyond you?”
38Jonatani akadanidzirazve kumukomana akati, Kasira, kurumidza, usamira. Mukomana waJonatani akanonga miseve, akauya nayo kuna tenzi wake.
38Jonathan cried after the boy, “Go fast! Hurry! Don’t delay!” Jonathan’s boy gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
39Asi mukomana haana kuziva chinhu; asi Jonatani naDhavhidhi voga ndivo vakaziva shoko iro.
39But the boy didn’t know anything. Only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
40Zvino Jonatani akapa mukomana nhumbi dzake dzokurwa nadzo, akati kwaari, Enda nadzo undodziisa kuguta.
40Jonathan gave his weapons to his boy, and said to him, “Go, carry them to the city.”
41Mukomana wakati aenda, Dhavhidhi akasimuka kurutivi rwezasi, akawira pasi nechiso chake, akakotama katatu, vakatsvodana, vakachema vose, kusvikira Dhavhidhi anyanya kwazvo.
41As soon as the boy was gone, David arose out of the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times. They kissed one another, and wept one with another, and David wept the most.
42Jonatani akati kuna Dhavhidhi, Enda hako norugare, nekuti takapika tose nezita raJehovha tichiti, Jehovha uchava pakati pangu newe, napakati pavana vangu navako nokusingaperi. Akasimuka, akaenda, naJonatani akapinda muguta.
42Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, because we have both sworn in the name of Yahweh, saying, ‘Yahweh shall be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed, forever.’” He arose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city.