¹Zvino Sauro wakati afa, Dhavhidhi akadzoka pakuuraya vaAmareki, Dhavhidhi akagara mazuva maviri paZikiragi;

¹It happened after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag;

²Zvino nezuva retatu mumwe munhu wakasvika achibva kumisasa kuna Sauro, nguvo dzake dzakabvaruka, uye ane ivhu pamusoro wake; akati achisvika kuna Dhavhidhi, akazviwisira pasi, akanamata kwaari.

²it happened on the third day, that behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn, and earth on his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and showed respect.

³Dhavhidhi akati kwaari, Wabvepiko? Akati kwaari, Ndapukunyuka ndichibva kumisasa yaIsiraeri.

³David said to him, “Where do you come from?” He said to him, “I have escaped out of the camp of Israel.”

⁴Dhavhidhi akati kwaari, Kwakaitweiko? Ndiudze hako. Akapindura, akati, Vanhu vatiza pakurwa, vanhu vazhinji vawira pasi vafa, uye Sauro nomwanakomana wake Jonatani vafawo.

⁴David said to him, “How did it go? Please tell me.” He answered, “The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people also have fallen and are dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.”

⁵Ipapo Dhavhidhi akati kujaya rakamuudza izvozvo, Unoziva sei kuti Sauro naJonatani mwanakomana wake vafawo.

⁵David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?”

⁶Jaya rikamuudza rikati, Ndakanga ndichifamba hangu pagomo reGiribhoa, ndikaona Sauro achisendamira papfumo rake, ndikaonawo ngoro navatasvi vachimutevera kwazvo.

⁶The young man who told him said, “As I happened by chance on Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning on his spear; and behold, the chariots and the horsemen followed hard after him.

⁷Zvino iye wakati achicheuka, akandiona, akandidana. Ndikapindura ndikati, Ndiri pano hangu.

⁷When he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. I answered, ‘Here I am.’

⁸Akati kwandiri, Ndiwe aniko? Ndikamupindura ndikati, Ndiri muAmareki.

⁸He said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’

⁹Akati kwandiri, Mira kuno kwandiri, undiuraye, nekuti ndabatwa nekushungurudzwa kwazvo, nekuti upenyu hwangu huchiri mandiri chose.

⁹He said to me, ‘Please stand beside me, and kill me; for anguish has taken hold of me, because my life is yet whole in me.’

¹⁰Naizvozvo ndikamira kwaari, ndikamuuraya, nekuti ndakanga ndichiziva kwazvo kuti haangararami, kana achinge awira pasi; ndikatora korona yakanga iri pamusoro wake, norundarira rwaiva paruoko rwake, ndikauya nazvo pano kunashe wangu.

¹⁰So I stood beside him, and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he had fallen. I took the crown that was on his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.”

¹¹lpapo Dhavhidhi akabata nguvo dzake, akadzibvarura, navarume vose vaiva naye vakaitawo saizvozvo.

¹¹Then David took hold on his clothes, and tore them; and likewise all the men who were with him.

¹²Vakachema, nokuungudza, nokutsanya kusvikira madeko pamusoro paSauro naJonatani mwanakomana wake, napamusoro pavanhu vaJehovha, napamusoro peimba yaIsiraeri, nekuti vakanga vaurawa nomunondo.

¹²They mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Yahweh, “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

¹³Dhavhidhi akati kujaya rakanga ramuudza izvozvo, Uri wepiko? Iye akapindura akati, Ndiri mwanakomana womutorwa, muAmareki.

¹³David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?” He answered, “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.”

¹⁴Dhavhidhi akati kwaari, Hauna kutya neiko kutambanudza ruoko rwako kuti uparadze muzodzwa waJehovha?

¹⁴David said to him, “How were you not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy Yahweh’s anointed?”

¹⁵Ipapo Dhavhidhi akadana rimwe jaya akati, Swedera, umuuraye. Iye akamubaya, akafa.

¹⁵David called one of the young men, and said, “Go near, and fall on him.” He struck him, so that he died.

¹⁶Dhavhidhi akati kwaari, Ropa rako ngarive pamusoro pako, nekuti muromo wako wakupupurira, zvawakati, Ndakauraya muzodzwa waJehovha.

¹⁶David said to him, “Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain Yahweh’s anointed.’”

¹⁷Dhavhidhi akachema Sauro naJonatani mwanakomana wake nokuchema uku.

¹⁷David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son

¹⁸Akavaraira kuti vadzidzise vana vaJudha rwiyo urwu rwokuchema; tarirai, rwakanyorwa mubhuku raJashari.

¹⁸(and he commanded them to teach the children of Judah the song of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):

¹⁹Haiwa Isiraeri! Kubwinya kwako kwaurawa pamatunhu ako akakwirira! Haiwa! Vane simba vakawira pasi sei!

¹⁹“Your glory, Israel, is slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!

²⁰Musazvireva paGati, Musazviparidza panzira dzeAshikeroni; Kuti vakunda vavaFirisitia varege kufara, Kuti vakunda vavasina kudzingiswa varege kupembera.

²⁰Don’t tell it in Gath. Don’t publish it in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

²¹Imi makomo eGiribhoa, Ngakurege kuva nedova kana mvura pamusoro penyu, kana minda yezvipo. Nekuti ndipo pakangorashwa nhovo dzemhare, nhovo yaSauro, seisina kuzodzwa mafuta.

²¹You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew nor rain on you, neither fields of offerings; For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, The shield of Saul was not anointed with oil.

²²Uta hwaJonatani hahuna kudzoka. Husina ropa ravakaurawa. Nomunondo waSauro hauna kudzoka usina mafuta avane simba.

²²From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, Jonathan’s bow didn’t turn back. Saul’s sword didn’t return empty.

²³Sauro naJonatani vakanga vakadikamwa, vakanaka, paupenyu hwavo; Napakufa kwavo havana kuparadzaniswa; Vaikurumidza kupfuura makondo, Vaiva nesimba kupfuura shumba.

²³Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives. In their death, they were not divided. They were swifter than eagles. They were stronger than lions.

²⁴Imi vakunda vaIsiraeri, chemai Sauro, Iye waikufukidzai nomucheka mutsvuku wakanaka, Waiisa zvishongo zvendarama pazvisimiro zvenyu.

²⁴You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet delicately, who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.

²⁵Haiwa! Vane simba vakawira pasi sei pakurwa! Jonatani wakaurawa pamatunhu akakwirira.

²⁵How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan is slain on your high places.

²⁶Ndinotambudzika kwazvo pamusoro pako, munin'ina wangu Jonatani; wakange uchindifadza kwazvo; Rudo rwako kwandiri rwaishamisa, Rwaipfuura rudo rwavakadzi.

²⁶I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

²⁷Haiwa! Vane simba vakawira pasi sei! Nhumbi dzokurwa nadzo dzakaparadzwa sei!

²⁷How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!”