1 Makoronike
1 Zvino vaFirisitia vakarwa navaIsiraeri; varume vaIsiraeri vakatiza
pamberi pavaFirisitia, vakawira pasi vaurawa pagomo reGiribhoa.
VaFirisitia vakateverera Sauro navanakomana vake kwazvo; uye
VaFirisitia vakauraya Jonatani, naAbhinadhabhu, naMarikishua, vanakomana vamambo
Sauro.
Sauro akakurirwa kwazvo pakurwa; vapfuri vouta vakamubata, iye akamukunda
akakuvadzwa nokuda kwavapfuri vouta.
10:4 Ipapo Sauro akati kumubati wenhumbi dzake dzokurwa nadzo, Vhomora munondo wako, undibaye.
kubudikidza nazvo; kuti ava vasina kudzingiswa varege kusvika vandidadire. Asi zvake
mubati wenhumbi dzokurwa akanga asingadi; nokuti akanga achitya zvikuru. Saka Sauro akatora munondo.
ndokuwira pamusoro payo.
5 Zvino mubati wenhumbi dzake dzokurwa nadzo wakati achiona kuti Sauro afa, iye akazviwisirawo paari
munondo, ukafa.
10:6 Naizvozvo Sauro akafa navanakomana vake vatatu, uye vose veimba yake vakafa pamwe chete.
Varume vose vaIsiraeri, vakanga vagere pamupata uyo, vakati vachizviona
vakatiza, uye kuti Sauro navanakomana vake vafa, ivo vakarasha zvavo
maguta vakatiza; vaFirisitia vakasvika vakagaramo.
Zvino fume mangwana vaFirisitia vakati vachiuya kuzopambara
vakaurawa, vakawana Sauro navanakomana vake vakafa pagomo reGiribhoa.
10:9 Zvino vakati vamubvisa, vakatora musoro wake nenhumbi dzake dzokurwa, uye
akatuma shoko kunyika yavaFirisitia kumativi ose, kundoparidza shoko iro
zvifananidzo zvavo, uye nokuvanhu.
Vakaisa nhumbi dzake dzokurwa nadzo muimba yavamwari vavo, vakasungira nhumbi dzake dzokurwa nadzo
mukuru mutemberi yaDhagoni.
Jabheshi-Giriyadhi yose yakati yanzwa zvose zvakanga zvaitwa navaFirisitia
Sauro,
10:12 Vakasimuka, ivo varume vose vemhare, vakabvisa chitunha chaSauro nevarume
Mitumbi yavanakomana vake, akaenda nayo Jabheshi, akaviga mafupa avo
pasi pomuouki paJabheshi, akatsanya mazuva manomwe.
10:13 Naizvozvo Sauro akafa nokuda kwokudarika kwake kwaakaitira Jehovha.
achipikisa shoko raJehovha, raasina kuchengeta, uye nokuda kwaro
unokumbira mano kumasvikiro, kubvunza kwaari;
10:14 Asi haana kubvunza Jehovha; naizvozvo wakamuuraya, ndokutsauka
ushe kuna Dhavhidhi mwanakomana waJese.