Jonathani a tshi imelela Dafita
1Saulo a vhudza ṅwana wawe Jonathani na magota awe oṱhe uri vha vhulahe Dafita. Jonathani a ro vha a tshi funesa Dafita, 2ndi zwe a mu vhudza a ri, “Khotsi anga vha khou ṱoḓa kubuli kwa u ni vhulaha. Matshelo nga matsheloni ni thanye, ni ṱuwe ni yo dzumbama ni ṱwe henefho. 3Nṋe ndi ḓo bva nda yo ima na khotsi anga ḓakani hune na vha hone. Ndi ḓo amba navho nga inwi, nda ni vhudza zwe nda zwi wana.”
4Jonathani a imelela Dafita a tshi amba na Saulo khotsi awe a vha vhudza a ri, “Thovhele vha songo khakhela mulanda wavho Dafita, hufha ene a songo vha khakhela; zwe a ita zwo tou vha farisa zwihulu. 5O ḓifunga a yo vhulaha uḽa Mufilista, ha vha u kunda huhulu ha Vhaisraele vhoṱhe hu no bva ha Muṋe washu. Na vhone vho zwi vhona vha takala. Zwino ndi mini vha tshi funa u khakhela Dafita nga u sokou mu vhulaha a si na tshe a tshinya?”
6Saulo a thetshelesa Jonathani, a ana a ri, “Nga Muṋe washu a tshilaho, Dafita a nga si vhulawe.” 7Ndi hone Jonathani a tshi vhidza Dafita a mu vhudza zwoṱhe zwe vha amba. A mu isa ha Saulo, Dafita a dzula na Saulo sa kale.
8Ha dovha ha vuwa nndwa, Dafita a bva a yo lwa na Vhafilista. Dafita a vhulaha vhanzhi, lwe vha shavha.
Mikhala a tshi fhura Saulo a tshidza Dafita
9Huno uḽa muya muvhi we wa ruṅwa nga Muṋe washu wa dovha wa ḓela Saulo o dzula pfamoni yawe o fara pfumo. Musi Dafita a tshi khou lidza haripa, 10Saulo a linga u mu nambatedza kha luvhondo nga pfumo ḽawe, hone Dafita a mu tinya, Saulo a runga luvhondo. Vhusiku honoho Dafita a shavha.
11Saulo a ruma vhanna nḓuni ya Dafita uri vha i linde, vha vuwe vha tshi mu vhulaha nga matsheloni. Huno Mikhala, musadzi wa Dafita, a mu sevha a ri, “Arali vha sa shavha vhusiku ha ṋamusi, matshelo vha ḓo vuwa vho fa.” 12Ndi hone Mikhala a tshi bvisa Dafita nga fasiṱere a tsela fhasi, a shavha ha vha u ponyoka. 13Mikhala a dzhia mudzimu wa zwitungulo a u eḓedza vhulaloni, a u fukedza nguvho, a u ambadza mamvele a mbudzi ṱhohoni.
14Musi Saulo a tshi ruma vhanna uri vha fare Dafita, Mikhala a ri, “Dafita u a lwala.”
15Hone Saulo a humisa avho vhanna u yo vhona Dafita, a vha vhudza a ri, “Mu hwaleni nga vhulalo hawe ni mu ḓise fhano ndi mu vhulahe.” 16Hone musi vhanna vha tshi dzhena, vha wana mudzimu wa zwitungulo vhulaloni, ṱhohoni hu na vhukuse ha mbudzi.
17Saulo a vhudzisa Mikhala a ri, “Ndi mini no mphura nga u rali, na nengisa swina ḽanga ḽa ponyoka?”
Mikhala a fhindula a ri, “O mmbudza a ri, ‘Nnditsheni ndi ṱuwe, na sa nnditsha ndi ḓo ni vhulaha.’ ”
Dafita e na Samuele muḓini wa Rama
18Musi Dafita o no ponyoka, a ya ha Samuele muḓini wa Rama, a mu vhudza zwoṱhe zwe Saulo a mu ita. Ndi hone Dafita na Samuele vha tshi ṱuwa vha yo dzula nḓuni ya vhaporofita. 19Ha swika fhungo kha Saulo ḽa ri, “Dafita u nḓuni ya vhaporofita thungo dza Rama.” 20Saulo a ruma vhahali uri vha yo fara Dafita. Hone vha vhona tshigwada tsha vhaporofita vha tshi khou porofita, na Samuele o ima henefho e murangaphanḓa wavho, Muya wa Mudzimu a tsela kha vhanna vha Saulo, na vhone vha thoma u porofita. 21Saulo a vhudzwa ayo mafhungo, a dovha a ruma vhaṅwe, na vhone vha thoma u porofita. Saulo a dovha a ruma vhaṅwe lwa vhuraru, na vhone vha thoma u porofita. 22Saulo ene muṋe a fhedza nga u takuwa a livha Rama, a ya tshisimani tshihulu tsha Sekhu, a vhudzisa a ri, “Samuele na Dafita vha ngafhi?”
Vha mu vhudza vha ri, “Vha nḓuni ya vhaporofita thungo dza Rama.”
23Ndi hone Saulo a tshi ya nḓuni ya vhaporofita kha ḽa Rama. Hone na ene Muya wa Mudzimu a tsela khae, a enda a tshi porofita a vhuya a swika Nayotho.
24Saulo a bvula phuraphura dzawe, a porofita na Samuele a tshi khou zwi pfa. Saulo a lala e fhedzi masiari oṱhe na vhusiku hoṱhe. Ndi zwine murero wa ri, “Saulo na ene o no vha muporofita naa?”
