Hondo Inotanga nevaFirisitia
Jonatani anorova boka remauto, vaFiristia vanoungana nengoro dzisingaverengeki, uye Israeri inovanda mumapako isina mupfuri wesimbi angagadzira munondo. Sauro, achiona hondo yake ichipararira, anopa chibayiro iye amene pane kumirira. Haana kuchengeta murayiro waBaba vake; umambo hwake hahungagari.
13 1Sauro vakanga vava namakore makumi matatu pavakava mambo, uye vakatonga vaIsraeri kwamakore makumi mana namaviri. a a v1 Nhamba dziri mundima iyi dzakawira kunze kwechiHebheru, chinoti, “Sauro vakanga vava negore rimwe chete… uye vakatonga kwamakore maviri.” Nhamba dziri pano dzinotevera kuverengwa kwamaBhaibheri mazhinji emazuva ano. 2Sauro vakasarudza zviuru zvitatu zvavaIsraeri: zviuru zviviri zvaiva navo paMikimashi nomunyika yezvikomo yeBheteri, chiuru chimwe chaiva naJonatani paGibhea reBhenjamini. Vamwe vose vakavaendesa kumisha, mumwe nomumwe kutende rake. 3Jonatani vakakunda boka ramauto avaFirisitia paGebha, uye vaFirisitia vakazvinzwa. Ipapo Sauro vakaridza hwamanda munyika yose, vachiti, “VaHebheru ngavanzwe!” 4VaIsraeri vose vakanzwa kuti Sauro vakanga vakunda boka ramauto avaFirisitia, uye kuti Israeri yakanga yava chinhu chinonhuhwa kuvaFirisitia. Saka vanhu vakaungana kuna Sauro paGirigari. 5VaFirisitia vakaungana kuti vorwa navaIsraeri—ngoro zviuru zvitatu, vatasvi vamabhiza zviuru zvitanhatu, namauto akawanda asingaverengeki sejecha riri pamahombekombe egungwa. Vakakwira vakadzika misasa paMikimashi, kumabvazuva eBheti-aveni. 6VaIsraeri pavakaona kuti vava mudambudziko—vanhu vakanga vamanikidzwa zvikuru—vakavanda mumapako, mumatenhere, mumatombo, mumakomba, nomumatangi emvura. b b v6 Matangi emvura aiva matangi akavezwa mumatombo ari pasi pevhu, akavakwa kuunganidza nokuchengeta mvura yokunaya. 7Vamwe vaHebheru vakatozoyambuka Jorodhani vachienda kuGadhi nokuGireadhi. Asi Sauro vakagara paGirigari, uye vanhu vose vakavatevera vachidedera.
Sauro Vanoita Pasina Shoko raBaba
8Vakamirira kwamazuva manomwe, nguva yakanga yatarwa naSamueri; asi Samueri havana kuuya kuGirigari, uye vanhu vakapararira vachibva kwavari. 9Sauro vakati, “Ndivigirei chipiriso chinopiswa nezvipiriso zvokuyananisa.” Vakabva vapa chipiriso chinopiswa.
10Vakati vachangopedza kupa chipiriso chinopiswa, Samueri vakasvika, uye Sauro vakabuda kundovachingamidza nokuvakwazisa. 11Samueri vakabvunza vachiti, “Maiteiko?” Sauro vakapindura vakati, “Ndakaona vanhu vachipararira vachibva kwandiri, imi hamuna kuuya panguva yakatarwa, uye vaFirisitia vakanga vachiungana paMikimashi,
12ndakafunga kuti, ‘VaFirisitia vachauya kuzorwa neni paGirigari, uye handisati ndatsvaka nyasha dzaBaba vedu.’ Saka ndakazvimanikidza ndikapa chipiriso chinopiswa.”
13“Maita noupenzi,” Samueri vakaudza Sauro. “Hamuna kuchengeta murayiro wamakapiwa naBaba venyu. Dai makauchengeta, Baba vedu vangadai vakasimbisa umambo hwenyu pamusoro paIsraeri nokusingaperi. 14Asi zvino umambo hwenyu hahuzorambi huripo. Baba vedu vakazvitsvakira murume anoenderana nomwoyo wavo, vakamugadza kuti ave mutongi pamusoro pavanhu vavo, nokuti hamuna kuchengeta zvavakakurayirai.”
15Samueri vakabva paGirigari vakakwira kuGibhea muBhenjamini. Sauro vakaverenga vanhu vaiva navo—varume vanenge mazana matanhatu.
VaIsraeri Vanosiyiwa Vasina Zvombo
16Sauro, mwanakomana wavo Jonatani, navanhu vaiva navo vakagara paGebha muBhenjamini; vaFirisitia vakadzika misasa paMikimashi. 17Vapambi vakabuda mumisasa yavaFirisitia vari mumapoka matatu. Rimwe boka rakananga kuOfura, munyika yeShuari; 18rimwe rakananga kuBheti-horoni; rechitatu rakananga kumuganhu wakatarisa Mupata weZebhoimi, rakananga kurenje. 19Kwakanga kusina mupfuri wesimbi aigona kuwanikwa muIsraeri yose, nokuti vaFirisitia vakanga vati, “Zvikasadaro vaHebheru vachaita minondo kana mapfumo.” 20Saka vaIsraeri vose vaidzika kuvaFirisitia kundorodza magejo avo, mapiki, matemo, nezvikero. 21Mutengo waiva anenge chikamu chimwe muzvina cheondzi yesirivha pakurodza magejo, mapiki, nemaforogo, uye anenge chikamu chimwe muzvisere cheondzi pakurodza matemo nokurodzazve zvibayiso. c c v21 Chibayiso chaiva tsvimbo refu yaiva nomuromo wesimbi wakarodzwa waishandiswa kubaya mombe kuti dzifambe. 22Pazuva rokurwa kwakanga kusina munondo kana pfumo rakawanikwa pakati pavanhu vose vaiva naSauro naJonatani; Sauro chete nomwanakomana wavo Jonatani ndivo vaiva nazvo.
23Boka ramauto avaFirisitia rakabuda richienda kunzira yepakati pamakomo paMikimashi.