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| 1. | Zvino kwakanga kuno murume waBhenjamini, wainzi Kishi, mwanakomana waAbhieri, mwanakomana waZerori, mwanakomana waBhekorati, mwanakomana waAfia, mwanakomana womuBhenjamini, munhu waiva nesimba noumhare. |
| 2. | Uyu munhu wakanga ano mwanakomana wainzi Sauro, jaya rakanaka; kwakanga kusino mumwe munhu pakati pavana vaIsiraeri wakanga akamukunda pakunaka; kubva pamafudzi ake kusvika kumusoro wake wakanga akapfuura vanhu vose pakureba. |
| 3. | Zvino mbongoro dzaKishi, baba vaSauro, dzakanga dzarashika. Ipapo Kishi akati kuna Sauro, mwanakomana wake, "Enda nomumwe wavaranda, mundotsvaka mbongoro." |
| 4. | Iye akapfuura nokunyika yamakomo yaEfuremu, akapfuurawo nokunyika yamakomo yeSharisha, asi havana kudziwana; zvino vakapfuurazve nokunyika yeSharimi, asi naipapo dzakanga dzisipo; ipapo akapfuura nokunyika yavaBhenjamini, asi havana kudziwana. |
| 5. | Zvino vakati vachisvika kunyika yeZufi, Sauro akati kumuranda wake, wakanga anaye, "Ngatidzoke hedu; baba vangu zvimwe vangarega kufunga mbongoro, vakafunganya pamusoro pedu." |
| 6. | Iye akati kwaari, "Tarirai, muguta rino muno munhu waMwari, munhu unokudzwa kwazvo; zvose zvaanotaura zvinoitika; hendei zvino ikoko, zvimwe ungatiudza nzira yatingafamba nayo." |
| 7. | Zvino Sauro akati kumuranda wake, "Asi tarira, kana tikaenda, tichandovigirei munhu uyo? Nokuti zvingwa zvakanga zviri mumidziyo yedu zvapera; hapana chipo chatingavigira munhu waMwari; tineiko?" |
| 8. | Ipapo muranda akapindurazve, akati kuna Sauro, "Tarirai, ndine chechina cheshekeri resirivha muruoko rwangu; ndichachipa munhu waMwari, atiudze nzira yedu." |
| 9. | (Kare pakati pavaIsiraeri kana munhu ondobvunza Mwari, waiti, "Handei kuMuvoni;" nokuti unonzi Muporofita zvino wainzi Muvoni kare.) |
| 10. | Ipapo Sauro akati kumuranda wake, "Ishoko rakanaka, hendei." Naizvozvo vakaenda kuguta kwakanga kuno munhu waMwari. |
| 11. | Zvino vakati vachikwira kuguta, vakasongana navasikana vakanga vabuda kundoteka mvura, vakati kwavari, "Muvoni ari pano here?" |
| 12. | Vakapindura, vakati, "Aripo, tarirai, hoyo pamberi penyu; kurumidzai henyu zvino, nokuti wasvika muguta nhasi; nokuti vanhu vanobayira nhasi padunhu rakakwirira. |
| 13. | Kana mangoti mapinda muguta, muchamuwana pakarepo achigere kukwira kudunhu rakakwirira kundodyapo; nokuti vanhu havangadyi, iye asati asvika, nokuti ndiye unoropafadza chibayiro; pashure ivo vakakokwa vachadya. Naizvozvo chikwirai zvino, nokuti muchamuwana nenguva ino." |
| 14. | Ipapo vakakwira kuguta. Vakati vosvika muguta, vakaona Samueri obuda, akasangana navo okwira kudunhu rakakwirira. |
| 15. | Zvino Jehovha wakanga azivisa Samueri zuva rakatangira kusvika kwaSauro, akati, |
| 16. | "Mangwana nenguva ino ndichatuma kwauri munhu unobva kunyika yaBhenjamini; unofanira kumuzodza, kuti ave mutungamiriri wavanhu vangu vaIsiraeri aponese vanhu vangu mumaoko avaFirisitia; nokuti ndakatarira vanhu vangu, nokuti kuchema kwavo kwakasvika kwandiri." |
| 17. | Zvino Samueri wakati achiona Sauro; Jehovha akati kwaari, "Ndiye munhu wandakakuudza ndichiti, ndiye uchabata vanhu vangu." |
| 18. | Ipapo Sauro akaswedera kuna Samueri pasuo, akati, "Ndiudzeiwo kuti imba yoMuvoni iripi?" |
| 19. | Samueri akapindura Sauro, akati, "Ndini Muvoni; nditungamirirei mukwire kudunhu rakakwirira, nokuti munofanira kudya neni nhasi; mangwana ndichakutendera kuenda, ndigokuudzawo zvose zviri pamoyo wako. |
| 20. | Asi kana dziri mbongoro dzako dzakanga dzarashika mazuva matatu, usadzifunga hako, nokuti dzatowanikwa hadzo. Asi zvose zvinodikanwa naIsiraeri hazvizi kwauri here? Hazvizi kwauri nokuna vose veimba yababa vako here?" |
| 21. | Sauro akapindura, akati, "Ko handizi muBhenjamini, worudzi ruduku kumarudzi ose aIsiraeri here? Uye mhuri yangu haizi duku kumhuri dzose dzorudzi rwaBhenjamini here? Munotaurireiko kudaro kwandiri?" |
| 22. | Samueri akatora Sauro nomuranda wake, akapinda navo mumba mokudyira, akavagarisa pavakakudzwa kupfuura vamwe vakakokwa, vaiva vanhu vanenge makumi matatu. |
| 23. | Zvino Samueri akati kumubiki, "Uya nomugove wandakakupa ndichiti, `Chiuchengeta uri woga.' " |
| 24. | Mubiki akatora chidzva nezvose zvakanga zviri pachiri, akazvigadza pamberi paSauro. Samueri akati, "Tarira, ndicho chakanga chakachengetwa; uzvigadze pamberi pako, udye, nokuti zvakakuchengeterwa iwe kusvikira nguva yakafanira, nokuti ndakati, Ndakokera vanhu." Naizvozvo Sauro akadya naSamueri musi iwoyo. |
| 25. | Zvino vakati vaburuka padunhu rakakwirira, vakapinda muguta, akataurirana naSauro padenga reimba. |
| 26. | Vakamuka mangwanani, mambakwedza, Samueri akadana Sauro padenga reimba, akati, "Muka, ndikuendise." Ipapo Sauro akamuka, vakabuda iye naSamueri vari vaviri. |
| 27. | Zvino vakati voburuka pamugumo weguta, Samueri akati kuna Sauro, "Raira muranda atungamire mberi kwedu (iye akatungamira hake); asi iwe chimbomira hako, ndikuzivise shoko raMwari." |
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