¹ Pakudze izvi David wakabhudha apona uye wakafindari mu bhako ra Adulao. Paakazuwa izvi, hamadzake uye no nhunba yake yese yabhabha ake akatchita kuti agare naye apona. ² Ese anga akatsukwara uye kana munhu ega ega wanga asikazi kudhakara- eses akaungana kuna David. Ayena wakayita mukurukuru wo masodja. Panga pano anarume aikwana kuyita mazana marpngomuna naye. ³ David nokudharo wakabhudha apona wakeyenda ku Moabe. Ayena wakati kuna manbo wo Moabe:" Ndapota nditenderewo kuti bhabha angu na mai angu agare nemwi dzamara i nini ndaziya kudha kupi ka Mwari mandiri": ⁴ Ayena wakasiya madzibhabha ake apona na manbo wo Moabe. Bhabha ake na mai ake akagara na manbo pa nguw yakarebha yokuti David waizogarika. ⁵ Paku pedza izvi mu phorofita Gade wakati kuna David:" Usa gare apona. bhudha uye enda dzamara ku nhika ya Djuda". Nokudharo David wakabhudha pa nbuto iya uye wakaenda dzamara mugwacha guru ro Herete. ⁶ Sauro wakaziya kuti panga pano munhu waiziya kanga kuna David uye no anarume ake. Panguwa iya Sauro wai woneka wakagara pasi pomu tamarineiro ku Gibaea, no mupacha wake pa nhara, mu ndaharaunda ya Rama, uye asendzi ake ese mumutcheto. ⁷ Sauro wakati kuno asendzi ake mumutcheto make:" Purutanayi nbunba ya Benjamim! zvitchayitika kuti mwana wa Jesse utchamapasa munda kadha umwe kamuri uye no Muvinha? Ayena unga kwanisa kuytita mwese imwimwi akurukuru womasodja wo zvuru zvomasodja uye no nanhazvuru, ⁸ paku tchindjana pazvese zvamurikuronga kandiri? Apana kana umwe wenhu ungandibvundza mwanangu unosorekeka na mwana wa Jesse. Pana kamuri unozwa tsitsi kandiri, apana kamuri ungandibvundza kuti mwana wangu usodzadza pfungwa kuno musendzi wangu David kandiri. Ayena nhamasi urikufindara kuti andirhwese." ⁹ Nokudharo wakadhaira Doegue, mu edomita, wayi woneka kudhi ro asendzi a Sauro:" Ndawona mwana wa Jesse wotchiyenda dzamara ku Nobe, kuna Aimeleque, mwana wa Aitube. ¹⁰ Ayena wakanamata kuna Ishe wotchikunbira rubhatsiro pamusoro pake uye Ayena wakamutanbira uye wakamupasa tarasadha ra Golias, mu firisteu." ¹¹ Pakupedza izvi , manbo wakatuma munhu umwe kuti ayende ko tora muphirisita Aimeleque, mwana wa Aitube, uye no ese aigara pa nhunba yabhabha ake, atchendjebvu anga ariku Nobe. Aye akauna dzamara pama manbo. ¹² Wakati Sauro:" Purutana zvino mwana wa Aitube". Ayena wakadhaira, ndiripano ishe wangu". ¹³ Sauro wakamubvundza kuti:" Ngoya ipi iwewe no mwana wa Jesse makaronga kunditchaichira kandiri mutchimupasa pau, tarasadha ya goriati uyezve pamaka kunbira kuna Ishe kuti ayena andipurumukiri otchifindara hinga zvanoyita na nhamasi?". ¹⁴ Pakupedz izvi Aimeleque wakadhaira kuna manbo wotchiti:" Ndiani pakati po asendzi enhu wakatendeka hinga David, mukwanba wa manbo uripamusoro pokutchengeta kwenhu, uye unoromekedza panhunba yenhu? ¹⁵ Zvingayiuta here kutanga kuti nhamasi manbo kuna Mwari kuti mumubhetse? Kure kangu tchiro tchimwe! Kuti manbo amupasi tchiro tchimwe kuno asendzi enhu kana nhunba yese ya bhabha angu, nokuti asendzi enhu anboyizi ndohorondo kiyi". ¹⁶ Manbo wakabhata:" Iwewe zvirokwazvo utchatamika, Aimeleque, andiwepi bhasi asi nhunba yese ya bhabha ako". ¹⁷ Manbo wakati kuno mutchengeti wanga kudhi rake:" Itai uye urayai atchendjebvu ese a Ishe, nokuti nhara dzawo dzina David, uye nokuti awona aziya kutia ayena watiza asi anbozi kundibvundza izvi". Nokudharo asendzi a manbo akaranba ku tanbaradza nhara dzawo kuti akuwadze atchendjebvu a Ishe. ¹⁸ Manbo nokudharo wakati kuna Doegue:" Itai uye rayai atchendjebviu ". Doegue, mu edomita, wakazungunuka uye wakarhwisana no atchendjebvu . Pazuwariya ayena wakauraiya makumi manumwe na machanu wo anhu apfeka matchira wo atchendjebvu. ¹⁹ No mutaru wo tarasadha, ayena wakarhwisa kuna Noabe, guta ro atchendjebvu, wotchuriya anarume no anakadzi, ana adhoko, no zviana zvokumusana, ngohombe, mabhira, nbongoro. Ayena wakazviuraiya no tarasadha. ²⁰ Nokudharo umwe wo mwana wa Aimeleque, mwana wa Aitube, waidhaindzwa Abitar, waka kwanisa kubhudhepo wakatiza kwanga kuno David. ²¹ Abiatar wakabvundza David kuti Sauro wakauraiya atchendjebvu a Ishe. ²² David wakati kuna Abitar:" Pazuwa riya Doegue, edomita, wanga aripo, inini ndaiziya pazvese kuti ayena waizobvunmdza Sauro zvese. Ndino nbhoswa pa kadha rufu ro anhaukama a bhabha ako! ²³ Ranba uripano na inini uye usathiye nokuti ndiani unotsaga kuphutsa unhu wako unodhikana ayite zvimwezvo no upunhu wangu. Iwewe wananga wakagarika nainini".