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;

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.”

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.’

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

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.”

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁷Dhavhidhi akachema Sauro naJonatani mwanakomana wake nokuchema uku.

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):

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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