¹ Panga pano mwanarume umwe wo Benjamim, mwanarume waizikanwa. Zina rake ranga riri Quis, mwana wa Abiel, mwana wa zeror, mwana wa Bacorate, mwana wa Afias, mwana wa mubenjamita umwe. ² Ayena wanga anomwana waidhaindzwa Sauro djaha rakanaka. Kanga kusina mwanarume umwe pakati po nnbunba yo Isiraeri yokuti wakangaakarungama kupinda ayena.Wanga akarebha kupinda nbunba yese, kubvira mumabvi ake kwenda kumusoro, wabhudhikara paese. ³ Panguwa, yokuti nbongoro dzo ku Quis, mabhabhake Sauro, anga atseteka. Nokudharo, Quis akati kuna Sauro, mwana wake:" Tora mosendzi umwe naiwewe; purumuka uyenda kutsaka nbongoro". ⁴ Nokudharo, Sauro wakapinda no ndhaharaunda yomatundhu woku Efraim uye akayenda noku nhika yo Salisa, asi, ayena azi kuwawona. Kubvepo, awona akapinda no nhika yo Saalim, nokudharo awona kanga kusina ikona. Akazopinda noku nhika yo benjamita; nokudharo awona asikuwawona. ⁵ Awona paakaenda ku ya Zufe, Sauro wakati kuno musendzi wanga anaye:" Uya, ngatihwirire, bhabhaangu zvingayita kuti kana kuti siya pakuranagarira nbongoro , kaku rangarira isusu". ⁶ Naizvo, musendzi wakamudhaira kuti:" Ndipurutane, Pane munhu wam Mwari muguta iri. Ayena imunhu wakanaka uye unoremekedzwa, zvese zvanoreketa zvonoyitika. Ngatiyendo, ayena kana kutibhetsa, atibvundze gwandza ripi ratitchadhi tera pakuhanba pedhu". ⁷ Nokudharo, Sauro , wakati kuno musendzi wake:" Asi eikayenda tchiyi tchatitchotora kuno mwanarume? Nokuti pau dzomutchitengu tchedhu dzapera uye apana kana tchiro ti tore kuno munhu waMwari. Tchiyi tchatinatcvho?" ⁸ Musendzi wakamudhaira:" Pano inini ndino magiringiri marongomuna wo ndarama, anditchapasa kuno munhu wa,Mwari kuti ativundze kuti gwandza ripi ratitchaenda". ⁹ (Kareko, ku Isireri, kana mwanarume umwe akapinda ku tsaka kudha kwa Mwari, ayena waiti:" Uya , tisiye tiyende ku vidente". Naizvo, maporofita wo mazuwa anhamasi, kareko aidhaindzwa vidente). ¹⁰ Nokudharo Sauro wakati kuno musendzei wake:" Wareketa zvakanaka. Uya, Ngatiyende". Kubva apona akayenda ku guta ranaga riri mwanarume wa Mwari. ¹¹ Paaka kwira muru wo guta , awona akawona madjaha no anakadzi aiuya ko tchera nbvura; Sauro no asendze ake akati:" Munhu wa Mwari aripano?". ¹² Awona akadhaira wotchiti:" Ayena aripo; wonayi, ayena uripanberi penhu. Dzipangidzirei nokuti, ayena nhamasi arikuya ku guta, nokuti, panbuto yakarebha, anhu ananga wotchiyita tchiphiriso nhamasi. ¹³ Pamutchapinda mu guta, mutchamuwona ayena, asati ayenda pa nbuto yakarebha kuti arhiye. Anhu azorhiyi dzamara ayena waguma, nokuti ayena utcharopafadza tchiphiriso; pakupedza , aya aka kokwa atcharhiya. Zvino pakirayi, naizvo mutchamugumira nokukasika". ¹⁴ Nokudharo, awona akapakira mu guta.Payi pinda mu guta, awona akawona Samueri wotchiuya kudhi rawo, kuti apakire pa nbuto yakarebha. ¹⁵ Zuwa rimwe Sauro asati aguma, Ishe wanga wapangidzira Samueri: " ¹⁶ Mangwa, panguwa ino, nditchakutumira mwanarume umwe ku nhika ya Benjamim, uye iwewe utchamudzodza kuti ayite manbo pamusoro po nbunba yangu Isiraeri. Ayena utchaponesa nbunba yangu mu nhara dzo wa firisteu. Nokuti ndinosowona nbunba yanga no usisi nokuti kudheketera kawo pakubhetserhwa kaguma kandiri". ¹⁷ Samueri paakawona Sauro, Ishe wakati:" Uripano ,mwanarume wandakakubvundza! Ndiye ayena utchatonga nbunba yangu". ¹⁸ Nokudharo, Sauro wakamukhedherera Samueri pamusiwo uye wakamuti:" Ndibvundzi ndikupi kunba ko munhu waMwari?" ¹⁹ Samueri wakadhaira, wotchiti:" Inini ndiri munhu waMwari. Khwira inini ndisati nda pakira pa nbuto yaka rebha, nokutyi nhamasi utcharhiya neni. Tchoma tchibhese nditchakusiya uyende uye nditchakupasa zviro zvese zbviri mumaranagriro ako. ²⁰ Pa nbongoro dzakatseteka pamazuwa matatu apinda, usapatike, nokuti awona awonekwa. Pakuti pano zvidho zvese zvo Isiraeri? Azviripi mauri uye panhunba yese ya bhabhaako?" ²¹ Sauro wakadhaira, wotchiti:" Inini andiripi mu benjamita, wo dhinbhu ro rudzi ro Isiraeri? Ndindza rangu , aidzindzapi ridhoko ro rudzi ra Benjamim? Ngei urikureketa , kudharo, nomuchobho iwona nainini?". ²² Nokudharo, Samueri uye no musendzi wake, wakatorhwa kwenda mukati mo nhunba huru, uye wakagarisa pa nbuto yakarongenga pakati po aya aka kokwa, aikwana kuyita makumi marongomuna wo anhu. ²³ Samueri waketi kuno aya aibhika:" undzisa mutengo wandakakupasa, pazviya zvandakareketa:' Kanda izvi pamutcheto"'. ²⁴ Nokudharo, uya nhakubhika wakatoira nbabvu yokuti yanga yakatorhwa mu tchiphiriso uye nozviya zvaanga anazvo uye wakazvikanda panberi pa Sauro; Nokudahro, Samueri wakati: " Nangisa zvawakayigirhwa! Irhiya izvi, nokuti zvinoso igirhwa dzmara panguwa inozikanwa kauri. Nazvino, kana kureketa : Inini ndakoka nbunba"'. Nokudharo, Sauro wakarhiya na Samueri pazuwa riya. ²⁵ Awona paakatchita pa nbuto yakarebha kwenda ku guta, Samueri wakareka na Sauro padhenga. ²⁶ Kuka tanga kuyedza, Samueri wakadhayindza Sauro padhenga uye wakati:" Purumuka, kuti inini ndikutume mugwandza rako". Nokudharo Sauro wakapurumuka, uye ayena na Samueri akayenda ku gwandsza. ²⁷ Awona paiuya mutcheto mo guta, Samueri wakati kuna Sauro;" Bvundza musendzi ayende kunberi kedhu( uye ayena wakayenda nberi), asi iwewe unodhikana ugare oano , kuti inini ndimubvundzei soko ra Mwari".