< 2 Samuel 4 >

1 And when Saul's son Ish-bosheth had news that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
Mgbe Ishboshet nwa Sọl nụrụ na Abna anwụọla na Hebrọn. Ọ tụrụ egwu. Ndị Izrel tụkwara egwu hie nne.
2 And Saul's son had two men, captains of bands, one named Baanah and the other Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the tribe of Benjamin; (for Beeroth was at one time taken to be part of Benjamin:
Nʼoge a, nwa Sọl nwere mmadụ abụọ ndị bụ ndịisi ndị na-aga apụnara ndị mmadụ ihe. Aha otu onye bụ Baana, aha onye nke ọzọ bụ Rekab. Ha abụọ bụ ụmụ Rimọn onye Beerọt, nke dị nʼebo Benjamin. A na-agụ ndị Beerọt dịka ndị Benjamin,
3 But the people of Beeroth had gone in flight to Gittaim, where they have been living to this day.)
nʼihi na ndị Beerọt gbara ọsọ agha gbalaa Gitaim, obodo ndị Benjamin. Ha bikwa nʼebe ahụ ruo taa dịka ndị ọbịa.
4 Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son whose feet were damaged. He was five years old when news of the death of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and the woman who took care of him took him up and went in flight: and while she was getting him away as quickly as she was able, he had a fall and his feet were damaged. His name was Mephibosheth.
(Jonatan nwa Sọl nwere otu nwa nwoke dara ngwụrọ nʼụkwụ ya abụọ. Ọ gbara afọ ise mgbe akụkọ banyere Sọl na Jonatan si Jezril bịarute ha. Nwanyị na-eku ya kuuru ya bido ịgbapụ ọsọ, ma dịka ọ na-agba ọsọ, nwantakịrị nwoke ahụ dara nʼala ghọọ onye ngwụrọ. Aha ya bụ Mefiboshet.)
5 And Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, went out and came to the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, when he was resting in the middle of the day. Now the woman who kept the door was cleaning grain, and sleep overcame her.
Nʼoge a, Rekab na Baana ụmụ Rimọn, onye Beerọt bịaruru nʼụlọ Ishboshet nʼoge ehihie, mgbe ọ nọ na-ezu ike.
6 And Rechab and his brother Baanah got in without being seen.
Ha banyere nʼime ime ụlọ, dịka a ga-asị na ha na-aga iburu ọka wiiti. Mgbe ha banyere nʼebe ahụ, ha mara Ishboshet mma nʼafọ. Emesịa, Rekab na nwanne ya Baana si nʼụlọ ahụ zopu onwe ha.
7 And when they came into the house, Ish-bosheth was stretched on his bed in his bedroom; and they made an attack on him and put him to death, and, cutting off his head, they took it with them and went by the road through the Arabah all night.
Ha abatala nʼụlọ mgbe Ishboshet dinara nʼelu ihe ndina ya, nʼime ụlọ ndina ya. Mgbe ha machara ya mma, gbuo ya, ha bipụrụ ya isi. Buru isi ya gbalaga. Jee ije abalị ahụ niile gafee ọzara.
8 And they took the head of Ish-bosheth to David in Hebron, and said to the king, Here is the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul your hater, who would have taken your life; the Lord has taken payment for the wrongs of my lord the king from Saul and his seed today.
Ha buuru isi Ishboshet butere Devid na Hebrọn, sị eze, “Taa ka Onyenwe anyị bọọrọ onyenwe m eze ọbọ megide Sọl na mkpụrụ ya. Nke a bụ isi Ishboshet, nwa onye iro gị Sọl, onye chọsịrị ike iwepụ ndụ gị.”
9 And David made answer to Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, By the living Lord, who has kept me safe from all my trouble,
Ma Devid zara Rekab na Baana ụmụ Rimọn onye Beerọt okwu sị ha, “Dịka Onyenwe anyị si adị ndụ, onye napụtara m site na nsogbu m niile,
10 When one came to me with the news of Saul's death, in the belief that it would be good news, I took him and put him to death in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news:
mgbe otu onye bịakwutere m gwa m na Sọl anwụọla, na-eche nʼobi ya na o wetaara m oziọma. Egburu m ya na Ziklag, si otu ahụ kwụọ ya ụgwọ oziọma ahụ o chere na ọ wetaara m.
11 How much more, when evil men have put an upright person to death, in his house, sleeping on his bed, will I take payment from you for his blood, and have you cut off from the earth?
Ọ bụladị karịa nke a, mgbe ndị ikom ajọ omume gburu nwoke onye aka ya dị ọcha nʼụlọ ya, nʼelu ihe ndina ya? M ga-ahapụ ịbọtara onye e gburu egbu ọbọ, si otu a kpochapụ unu nʼụwa!”
12 And David gave orders to his young men and they put them to death, cutting off their hands and their feet and hanging them up by the side of the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and put it in its last resting-place with Abner's body in Hebron.
Devid nyere ụmụ okorobịa ya iwu ka ha gbuo mmadụ abụọ ahụ. Ha gbukwara ha. Emesịa, ha bipụrụ aka ha na ụkwụ ha. Were ozu ha kwụba ya nʼakụkụ ọdọ mmiri Hebrọn. Ha wekwaara isi Ishboshet, lie ya nʼili Abna na Hebrọn.

< 2 Samuel 4 >