2 Sa:miuele 21
1 Da: ibidi ea Isala: ili soge ouligibi ganodini, ha: i bagade ba: i. Amo da mae yolele dialu, ode udiana gidigi. Amaiba: le, Da: ibidi da Hina Godema amo ea bai adole ba: i. Hina Gode da ema bu adole i, “Solo amola ea sosogo da wadela: i fane legesu hou hamosu. E da Gibione fi dunu medole lelegei dagoi.”
During the time that David [ruled], there was a famine [in Israel] for three years. David prayed to Yahweh about it. And Yahweh said, “[In order for the famine to end], Saul’s family needs to be punished [MTY] because Saul killed many people from Gibeon [city].”
2 (Gibione dunu da Isala: ili fi hame. Ilia da A: moulaide fi mogi fonobahadi. Amola Isala: ili fi da Gibione dunuma gousa: su hamone, ili gaga: ma: ne ilegei. Be Solo da amo ilegesu mae dawa: le, Gibione fi medole legemusa: dawa: i. Bai e da Isala: ili amola Yuda fi fawane esaloma: ne dawa: i galu).
The people of Gibeon were not Israelis; they were a small group of the Amor people-group whom the Israelis had solemnly promised to protect. But Saul had tried to kill all of them because he (was very zealous/wanted very much) to enable the people of Judah and Israel [to be the only ones living in that land]. So the king summoned the leaders of Gibeon
3 Amaiba: le, Da: ibidi da Gibione fi dunu ema misa: ne sia: nu, ilima amane sia: i, “Na da dili fidima: ne adi hamoma: bela: ? Isala: ili dunu da dilima wadela: le bagade hamoi. Na da amoba: le dabe hamomusa: dawa: lala. Amasea, dilia da Hina Gode Ea fi dunu hahawane dogolegele ba: ma: ne sia: mu.”
and said to them, “What shall I do for you? How can I make amends/up for what was done to your people, in order that you will bless us who belong to Yahweh?”
4 Ilia da bu adole i, “Ninia Solo amola ea sosogo ilima gegei da silifa o gouli amoga dabemu da hamedei. Amola ninia da udigili Isala: ili dunu afae fane legemu higasa.” Da: ibidi da amane adole ba: i, “Amaiba: le, na da dili fidima: ne, adi hamoma: bela: ?”
They replied, “You cannot settle our quarrel with Saul and his family by giving us silver or gold. And we do not have the right to kill any Israelis.” So David asked, “Then/So what do you say that I should do for you?”
5 Ilia da bu adole i, “Solo da nini huluane wadela: le gugunufinisilalu, niniga afae Isala: ili soge ganodini mae esaloma: ne hanai galu.
They replied, “Saul [wanted to] get rid of us. He wanted to annihilate/kill all of us, in order that none of us would live anywhere in Israel.
6 Amaiba: le, Solo egaga fi dunu fesuale amo ninima ima. Amasea, Hina Gode da amo ba: ma: ne, ninia da amo dunu Solo (Hina Gode Ea ilegei hina bagade) amo ea moilai Gibia, amoga hegoa: nesisimu.” Da: ibidi da amane sia: i, “Na da ili dilima imunu.”
Hand over to us seven of Saul’s descendants. We will hang them where Yahweh is worshiped in Gibeon, our town, the town where Saul, whom Yahweh previously chose to be king, lived.” The king replied, “Okay, I will hand them over to you.”
7 Be Da: ibidi amola Yonada: ne elea dabele hamomu sia: ne sema ilegei amo baiga e da Solo ea aowa Mifibousiede, Yonada: ne ea mano amo hegoa: nesima: ne, ilima hame i.
The king did not hand over to them Saul’s grandson Mephibosheth, because of what he and [Mephibosheth’s father] Jonathan had solemnly promised to each other.
8 Be Da: ibidi da Amounai amola Mifibousiede (ela da Solo ea mano. Elea ame da A: iya ea idiwi Lisiba), amola Solo ea uda mano Mila: be egefe biyale (amo e da Basila: iai ea mano A: idilia: le, Mehoula soge dunu amo elea mano) amo huluane oule afia: i.
Instead, he took Armoni and another man named Mephibosheth, the two sons that Saul’s slave wife Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, had given birth to, and the five sons that Saul’s daughter Merab had given birth to. Merab’s husband was Adriel, the son of a man named Barzillai from Meholah [town].
9 Da: ibidi da ili Gibione dunugili i. Ilia da amo dunu Hina Gode ba: ma: ne, goumi da: iya hegoa: nesisi. Amo dunu fesuale da ili galuwane bogogia: i. Amo esoha woufo geabe galu amola bali gagobe galu, ilia amo dunu fane legei dagoi.
David handed those men over to the men from Gibeon. Then they hanged those seven men on a hill where they worshiped Yahweh. They were all killed during the time of the year that the people started to harvest the barley.
10 Amalalu, Solo ea gidisedagi uda ea dio amo Lisiba (A: iya ea idiwi) da eboboi abula lale, gele da: iya (amoga bogoi da: i hodo dialebe ba: i), e amogai abula diasu gagui. E da amogai esalobawane, bali bugi da muni gami. Amo esohaga e da sio amo bogoi da: i hodo mae moma: ne sefasisu. Amola gasia e da amo sigua ohega mae moma: ne sefasisu.
Then Rizpah took coarse cloth made from goats’ hair, and spread it on the rock [where the corpses lay]. She stayed there from the time that people started to harvest the barley until the rains started. She did not allow any birds to come near the corpses during the day, and she did not allow any animals to come near during the night.
11 Da: ibidi da Lisiba ea hamoi nababeba: le,
When someone told David what Rizpah had done,
12 e da asili, Solo amola egefe Yonada: ne amo elea gasa, Ya: ibese moilai bai bagade Gilia: de soge fi dunuma dialu, amo hi lai dagoi. (Ya: ibese dunu da musa: elea gasa amo Bede Sia: ne moilai fi mogoa amogai wamolai. Filisidini dunu da amo esoha, ilia da Solo amola Yonada: ne Giliboua Goumia fane legeiya, ilia da ela da: i hodo amogawi hegoa: nesi).
he went with some of his servants to Jabesh in [the] Gilead [region] and got the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan. The people of Jabesh had stolen their bones from the (plaza/public square) in Beth-Shan [city], where the men from Philistia had hanged them previously, on the day that they had killed Saul and Jonathan on Gilboa [Mountain].
13 Da: ibidi da Solo amola Yonada: ne elea gasa lale, amola dunu fesuale hegoa: nesi amo ilia gasa amolawane lidili,
David and his men took the bones of Saul and Jonathan, and they also took the bones of the seven men [from Gibeon] whom the men from Philistia had hanged.
14 amalalu, ilia da Yonada: ne amola Solo elea gasa amo lale, Solo ea eda Gisia ea uli dogoi (amo da Sila moilai Bediamini soge ganodini galu) amo ganodini sanasi. Ilia hina bagade ea sia: i defele hamoi dagoi. Amalalu, ilia da ilia soge amo fidima: ne sia: ne gadoloba, Gode da ilia hanai liligi ilima I.
They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan in Zela [town] in the land of [the tribe of] Benjamin. Doing all that the king commanded, they buried their bones in the tomb where Saul’s father Kish [was buried]. After that, [because] God [saw that Saul’s family had been punished to pay for Saul’s murder of many people from Gibeon, he] answered the Israelis’ prayers for their land, and caused the famine to end.
15 Filisidini dunu amola Isala: ili dunu da eno gegesu ba: i. Da: ibidi amola ea dunu da Filisidini dunuma gegemusa: asi. Gegesu afae amoga, Da: ibidi da hele nabi.
The army of Philistia again started to fight against the army of Israel. And David and his soldiers went to fight the Philistines. During the battle, David became weary.
16 Filisidini dunu bagadedafa ea dio amo Isabaibinobe (e da balase gegesu goge agei bagade ea dioi defei da 3.5 gilogala: me gaguli ahoasu, amola gaheabolo gegesu gobihei sedade ga: i ba: i) e da Da: ibidi fane legemusa: dawa: i.
One of the Philistia men thought that he could kill David. His name was Ishbi-Benob. He was a descendant of [a group of] giants. He carried a bronze spear that weighed about (7-1/2 pounds/3-1/2 kg.), and he also had a new sword.
17 Be Abisia: i (ea ame da Selouaia), e Da: ibidi gaga: musa: misi. E da amo dunu bagade doagala: le, fane legei. Amalalu, Da: ibidi ea dunu ilia da ema amane sia: i, “Di gegemusa: bu maedafa masa: ne, dafawane ilegema!” Ilia da amane sia: i, “Bai di da Isala: ili sogega hobea misunu hahawane hou dafawane hamoma: beyale ouligisu dunu esalu. Amola, ninia da di fisimu higa: i.”
But Abishai came to help David, and attacked the giant and killed him. Then David’s soldiers forced him to promise that he would not go with them into a battle again. They said to him, “[If you die, and none of your descendants become king, that would be like] [MET] extinguishing the last light in Israel.”
18 Amogalu fa: no, Isala: ili dunu da Filisidini dunuma Gobe sogega gegei. Amo gegesu ganodini, Hiusia fi dunu amo Sibigai, ea da dunu bagade ea dio amo Sa: fe fane legei.
Some time after that, there was a battle with the army of Philistia near Gob [village]. During the battle, Sibbecai, from [the] Hushah [clan], killed Saph, one of the descendants of the Rapha giants.
19 Isala: ili da Filisidini dunuma Gobe sogega eno gegei. Amoga Eleha: ina: ne (Bedeleheme dunu Yie amo egefe) da Ga: de dunu Goulaia: de (1 Hou Olelesu 20:5 da Goulaia: de eya sia: sa) amo fane legei. Ea goge agei ea gadugagi defei da abula amunasu masini fanu ea defei amo defele galu.
[Later] there was another battle with the army of Philistia at Gob. During that battle, Elhanan, the son of Jaare-Oregim from Bethlehem, killed [the brother of] Goliath from Gath [city]; Goliath’s spear shaft/handle was (very thick, like the bar on a weaver’s loom/over two inches thick).
20 Amalalu, gegesu eno da Ga: de moilai ba: i. Amogawi, dunu bagadedafa esalu. E da gegemu bagade hanai galusu. Ea lobo da afae afae lobosogo gafeyale galu amola ea emo afae afae amoga emo sasafo gafeyale galu.
Later there was another battle near Gath. There was a (huge man/giant) there who liked to fight [in battles]. He had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. He was descended from [the] Rapha [giants].
21 E da Isala: ili dunuma gegene halasu. Amalalu, Yonada: ne (Da: ibidi ea ola Sia: ma amo egefe) da e fane legei.
But when he (made fun of/ridiculed) the men in the Israeli [army], Jonathan, the son of David’s [older] brother Shimeah, killed him.
22 Amo Filisidini dunu biyaduyale da Ga: de fi dunu bagadedafa (La: fa) amo egaga fi dunu. Amola Da: ibidi amola ea dunu da ili fane legei dagoi.
Those four men were some of the descendants of the Rapha giants who had lived in Gath, who were killed [MTY] by David and his soldiers.
