¹ Uye Davidi akaunganidza wakasanangurwa wese weku Irsaeri, Zvuru zvitatu. ² Uye akapurumuka Davidi, uye akaenda ne anhu yese yakanga arinaye, weku Baar oku Djudaa, kuti apindise arika yaMwari noipapo, nokuti rainhaidziwa zina raIshe ohondo, kuti ararame pakati pomangirozi. ³ Uye akakada arika ya Mwari mukati mengoro ipfa, uye akatora kubva kumba ka Abinadabe, akanga ari ku Gibeia: uye Uza na Aio, Wana wa Abinadabe, aitekanya ngoro ipfa. ⁴ Pawaitora kubva kumba ka Abinadabe yainga iri ku Gibeia, na arica ya Mwari, Aio aiyenda akanangisana na Arika. ⁵ Uye Davidi uye nenyumba yese ye Israeri aitamba pamberi pa Ishe nozvinoririsa zvakaizuwa nematambwa; nomutchoiwo, makosho, zviridzo zvakasiyana siyana. ⁶ Uye paaka nguma ku Nakom, Uza akatambanudza nyara paarika ya Mwari, uye akabhata; nokuti hombe raizuza. ⁷ Uye kutsamwa kwamwari kwaka bhaka kuna Uza, uye Mwari akamukwadza penepo nokunda kokusaterera, uye akafira penepo duze yearika ya Mwari. ⁸ Uye akatsamwa Davidi nokunda kwa Ishe paaka raiya Uza: Uye pabhuto iya yakanhaidzuwa Perez-Uza, zamara nyamasi. ⁹ Uye nokutiya Davidi Ishe pazuwa riya, akatsa: Inouiya kunhini Arika ya Ishe? ¹⁰ Ainga asikadyi, Davidi kuundzisa arika ya Ishe kuguta ra Davidi; Asi akaitora kwenda kumba kwa Obede Edom Geteu. ¹¹ Uye arika yakagara kumba kwa Obed-Edom geteu mwedzi mitatu uye nenyumba yaka yese. ¹² Uye akaziwisuwa mambo Davidi, otchiti: Mwari waropafadza nyumba ya Obede-Edom, uye zvese zvarinazvo, nokunda kwa arika ya Mwari. Nokudaro Davidi akaenda, uye akaudzisa arika ya Mwari kubunda kumba kwa Obedi-Edom otchienda kuguta kwa Davidi nomupfaro. ¹³ Uye pawaitora arika ya Mwari ainga afamba kasere, aita tchipirisuwa tche hombe uye nombhira rakakuma. ¹⁴ Uye Davidi waibhuka nosimba rake rese pamberi pa Mwari; uye akanga akapfeka Davidi mathira edjira. ¹⁵ Nokudaro Davidi uye nembhumba yese yeku Israeri aitora yaitora arika ya Ishe nomupfaro uye otchipururudza uye notorombeta yetchirira. ¹⁶ Uye pa arica ya Ishe yakaguma muguta ra Davidi, zvakaitika kuti Mikal mwana wa Sauro akandongorira, uye akaona kuti mambo Davidi aipuka nosimba rake rese pamberi pa Mwari: uye akamunyoza mumoyo make. ¹⁷ Akakanda, nokundaro, arika ya Ishe, uye akakanda pabhuto yake pakati potenhi yakangadzirisuwa na Davidi: uye Davidi akaita tchibhairo tcherunyararo pamberi pa Ishe. ¹⁸ Uye Davidi paaka pedza kuita tchibhairo tcherunyararo, akaropafadza mbumbha muzina ra Ishe wehondo. ¹⁹ Uye akangawana kune mbhumbha yese iya, uye nombhumbha yese yewa Israeri, kune anarume uye nowana kadzi, kune umwe neumwe mbhudzu rimwe renyama, uye tchikanhiro tche bvinyu. Uye mbhumbha yese iya yakaenda, umwe neumwe kumba kake. ²⁰ Akarwirira Davidi kuti akomborere nyumba yake: uye paaka mbunda Mikal otchitambhira Davidi, akatsa: aremekedzuwa zvakanyaya mambo owaIsraeri nyamasi, otchizvipangidzira pamberi powasenzi ako, otchizvionesa kuwese! ²¹ Nokudaro Davidi akanhaira kuna Mikal: Pamberi pa Ishe, akanhinha kuna bhabha wako uye nenyumba yake, otchinhi tuma kuti nhiti mambo kuna mbhumbha ya Ishe, kuwa Israeri, nhitchatamba pambheri pa Ishe. ²² Uye nhitchazotambazve kupinhira apa, uye nhitchazvinhonhokesa pamadziso angu; uye pambheri powasenze awatsa. ²³ Uye Mikal mwana wa Sauro azi kuzongara nemwana kufikira pamazuwa ake okutamika.