Dhavhidhi Anoregazve Kuuraya Muzodziwa waBaba vedu
Dhavhidhi anopinda muchivande mumusasa waSauro usiku vose vakarara otora pfumo raiva pedyo nomusoro wake. Abhishai anoda kubaya kamwe chete; Dhavhidhi haangabati muzodzwa waBaba vedu. Anodanidzira humbowo hwacho mhiri kwomupata, uye Sauro anobvumazve kuti akatadza.
26 1VaZifi vakauya kuna Sauro paGibhea, vachiti, “Ko Dhavhidhi haasi kuvanda pachikomo cheHakira, chakatarisana neJeshimoni here?” 2Sauro akaburuka akaenda kurenje reZifi aine varume vaIsraeri zviuru zvitatu vakasarudzwa, kundotsvaka Dhavhidhi ikoko. 3Sauro akadzika musasa pachikomo cheHakira chakatarisana neJeshimoni pedyo nomugwagwa, Dhavhidhi achigara murenje. Dhavhidhi akaona kuti Sauro akanga amutevera kurenje, 4akatuma vasori akaziva kuti Sauro akanga asvika zvirokwazvo. 5Dhavhidhi akaenda kunzvimbo yakanga yadzikwa musasa naSauro, akaona paakanga arere Sauro naAbhineri mwanakomana waNeri, mukuru wehondo yake. Sauro akanga arere mukati momusasa, mauto akamupoteredza. 6Dhavhidhi akabvunza Ahimereki muHiti naAbhishai mwanakomana waZeruya, mununʼuna waJoabhu, achiti, “Ndiani achaburuka neni kuenda kumusasa waSauro?” Abhishai akati, “Ndichaburuka nemi.”
7Dhavhidhi naAbhishai vakasvika kumauto usiku. Sauro akanga arere akabatwa nehope mumusasa, pfumo rake rakabayiwa muvhu pedyo nomusoro wake, Abhineri nemauto vakamupoteredza. 8Abhishai akati kuna Dhavhidhi, “Baba vedu vakaisa muvengi wenyu muruoko rwenyu nhasi. Saka regai ndimubaye pasi nepfumo kamwe chete—handizombobayi kechipiri.”
9Asi Dhavhidhi akati kuna Abhishai, “Usamuparadza! Ndiani angasimudzira ruoko rwake kumuzodziwa waBaba vedu akasava nemhosva?” 10Dhavhidhi akati, “Zvirokwazvo naBaba vedu vapenyu, Baba vedu vachamurova, kana kuti zuva rake richasvika agofa, kana kuti achaenda kuhondo agoparadzwa. 11Ngazvirege kuitika, pamberi paBaba vedu, kuti ndisimudzire ruoko rwangu kumuzodziwa waBaba vedu. Zvino tora pfumo riri pamusoro wake nechirongo chemvura, tiende.”
12Dhavhidhi akatora pfumo nechirongo chemvura kubva pedyo nomusoro waSauro; vakaenda. Hapana akavaona, hapana akazviziva, uye hapana akapepuka, nokuti hope huru dzaibva kuna Baba vedu dzakanga dzawira pamusoro pavo vose.
13Ipapo Dhavhidhi akayambuka akamira pamusoro pechikomo chiri kure, pane mukaha mukuru pakati pavo. 14Akadanidzira kumauto nokuna Abhineri mwanakomana waNeri, achiti, “Haupinduri here, Abhineri?” Abhineri akapindura akati, “Ndiwe aniko, uyo ari kudanidzira kuna mambo?”
15Dhavhidhi akati kuna Abhineri, “Hausi murume here? Ndiani akafanana newe muIsraeri? Sei usina kurinda ishe wako mambo? Mumwe munhu akauya kuzoparadza mambo, ishe wako. 16Chawakaita hachina kunaka. Zvirokwazvo naBaba vedu vapenyu, imi mose makafanira kufa nokuti hamuna kurinda ishe wenyu, muzodziwa waBaba vedu. Zvino tarira—pfumo ramambo nechirongo chemvura zvaiva pamusoro wake zviri kupi?”
17Sauro akaziva inzwi raDhavhidhi, akati, “Inzwi rako here iroro, mwanakomana wangu Dhavhidhi?” Dhavhidhi akati, “Inzwi rangu, ishe wangu mambo.”
18Akati, “Sei ishe wangu vachidzingirira muranda wavo? Ndeipi yandaita, chii chakaipa chiri muruoko rwangu? 19Ishe wangu mambo ngavanzwe mashoko omuranda wavo: kana Baba vedu vakakumutsirai kuti murwe neni, ngavagamuchire chipiriso; asi kana vari vanhu vakazviita, ngavatukwe pamberi pavo—nokuti nhasi vandidzinga pamugove wangu wenhaka yavo, vachiti, ‘Enda, undoshumira vamwe vamwari.’ 20Ropa rangu ngarirege kuwira pasi, kure nokuvapo kwaBaba vedu—mambo waIsraeri abuda kuzovhima rutata rumwe chete, sokudzingirira chikwari mumakomo.”
21Sauro akati, “Ndatadza. Dzoka, Dhavhidhi mwanakomana wangu. Handichazombokukuvadzizve, nokuti upenyu hwangu hwanga huri hunokosha pamberi pako nhasi. Ndaita soupenzi uye ndakanganisa zvikuru.”
22Dhavhidhi akapindura akati, “Heri pfumo ramambo. Jaya ngariuye rizoritora. 23Baba vedu vanoripira munhu wose maererano nokururama kwake nokutendeka kwake. Nhasi vakakuisai muruoko rwangu, asi ndakaramba kusimudzira ruoko rwangu kumuzodziwa wavo. 24Sezvandakakoshesa upenyu hwenyu nhasi, Baba vedu ngavakoshese upenyu hwangu uye vandinunure pamatambudziko ose.”
25Sauro akati kuna Dhavhidhi, “Wakaropafadzwa, mwanakomana wangu Dhavhidhi—uchaita zvinhu zvikuru, uye zvirokwazvo uchakunda.” Dhavhidhi akaenda hake; Sauro akadzokera kumba.