Kings II 21
1 And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the Lord. And the Lord said, [There is] guilt upon Saul and his house because of his bloody murder, whereby he killed the Gabaonites.
Na rĩrĩ, hĩndĩ ya wathani wa Daudi, nĩ kwagĩire na ngʼaragu ya mĩaka ĩtatũ ĩrũmanĩrĩire; nĩ ũndũ ũcio Daudi agĩtuĩria ũhoro harĩ Jehova. Nake Jehova akiuga atĩrĩ, “Ũndũ ũyũ ũrekĩka nĩ ũndũ wa Saũlũ o na ũndũ wa nyũmba yake ĩrĩa yaitithagia thakame; nĩ ũndũ wa ũrĩa ooragire andũ a Gibeoni.”
2 And King David called the Gabaonites, and said to them; —(now the Gabaonites are not the children of Israel, but [are] of the remnant of the Amorite, and the children of Israel had sworn to them: but Saul sought to strike them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Juda.)
Nake mũthamaki agĩĩta andũ a Gibeoni akĩaria nao. (Na rĩrĩ, andũ acio a Gibeoni matiarĩ amwe na Isiraeli no maarĩ matigari ma Aamori; no andũ a Isiraeli nĩmehĩtĩte atĩ matikamooraga, no Saũlũ nĩ ũndũ wa kĩyo kĩrĩa aarĩ nakĩo nĩ ũndũ wa Isiraeli na Juda nĩageririe kũmaniina.)
3 And David said to the Gabaonites, What shall I do to you? and wherewithal shall I make atonement, that you may bless the inheritance of the Lord?
Nake Daudi akĩũria andũ acio a Gibeoni atĩrĩ, “Mũngĩenda ndĩmwĩkĩre atĩa? Nĩ ũndũ ũrĩkũ ingĩĩka tũiguane nĩguo mũrathime igai rĩa Jehova?”
4 And the Gabaonites said to him, We have no [question about] silver or gold with Saul and with his house; and there is no man for us to put to death in Israel.
Nao andũ a Gibeoni makĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Tũtiagĩrĩirwo nĩ kũũria tũheo betha kana thahabu kuuma kũrĩ Saũlũ, kana nyũmba yake, o na tũtirĩ na kĩhooto gĩa kũũraga mũndũ o na ũmwe thĩinĩ wa Isiraeli.” Daudi akĩmooria atĩrĩ, “Nĩatĩa mũngĩenda ndĩmwĩkĩre?”
5 And he said, What say you? speak, and I will do it for you. And they said to the king, The man who would have made an end of us, and persecuted us, who plotted against us to destroy us, let us utterly destroy him, so that he shall have no standing in all the coasts of Israel.
Nao magĩcookeria mũthamaki atĩrĩ, “Ha ũhoro wa mũndũ ũrĩa watũniinire na agĩtũciirĩra ũũru nĩgeetha tũthire, nĩguo tũtikagĩe na handũ o na ha thĩinĩ wa Isiraeli-rĩ,
6 Let one give us seven men of his sons, and let us hang them up in the sun to the Lord in Gabaon of Saul, as chosen out for the Lord. And the king said, I will give [them].
reke tũneo arũme mũgwanja a njiaro ciake nĩgeetha mooragwo na maraganio mbere ya Jehova kũu Gibea ya Saũlũ, ũrĩa mũthuure wa Jehova.” Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mũthamaki akiuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩngũmaneana kũrĩ inyuĩ.”
7 But the king spared Memphibosthe son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the oath of the Lord that was between them, even between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
Na rĩrĩ, mũthamaki akĩhonokia Mefiboshethu mũrũ wa Jonathani, mũrũ wa Saũlũ, nĩ ũndũ wa mwĩhĩtwa ũrĩa Daudi na Jonathani mũrũ wa Saũlũ meehĩtanĩire mbere ya Jehova.
8 And the king took the two sons of Respha the daughter of Aia, whom she bore to Saul, Hermonoi and Memphibosthe, and the five sons of Michol daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Esdriel son of Berzelli the Moulathite.
No mũthamaki agĩkuua Arimoni na Mefiboshethu, ariũ acio eerĩ a Aia, mwarĩ wa Rizipa, arĩa aaciarĩire Saũlũ, hamwe na ariũ atano a Merabu mwarĩ wa Saũlũ, arĩa aaciarĩire Adirieli mũrũ wa Barizilai ũrĩa Mũmeholathu;
9 And he gave them into the hand of the Gabaonites, and they hanged them up to the sun in the mountain before the lord: and they fell, even the seven together: moreover they were put to death in the days of harvest at the commencement, in the beginning of barley harvest.
Nake akĩmaneana kũrĩ Gibeoni, arĩa maamooragire na makĩmaaragania kĩrĩma-inĩ mbere ya Jehova. Acio othe mũgwanja maagũire hamwe; mooragirwo hĩndĩ ya matukũ ma kĩambĩrĩria kĩa magetha, o rĩrĩa magetha ma cairi maambagĩrĩria.
10 And Respha the daughter of Aia took sackcloth, and fixed it for herself on the rock in the beginning of barley harvest, until water dropped upon them out of heaven: and she did not suffer the birds of the air to rest upon them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
Rizipa mwarĩ wa Aia akĩoya nguo ya ikũnia, na akĩmĩara hau ihiga igũrũ. Kuuma kĩambĩrĩria kĩa magetha nginya rĩrĩa mbura yoirĩire mĩĩrĩ ĩyo, ndaarekire ciimba icio ihutio nĩ nyoni cia rĩera-inĩ mũthenya, kana ihutio nĩ nyamũ cia gĩthaka ũtukũ.
11 And it was told David what Respha the daughter of Aia the concubine of Saul had done, [and they were faint, and Dan, the son of Joa of the offspring of the giants overtook them.]
Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa Daudi eerirwo ũrĩa Rizipa mwarĩ wa Aia, thuriya ya Saũlũ, eekĩte-rĩ,
12 And David went and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, from the men of the sons of Jabis Galaad, who stole them from the street of Baethsan; for the Philistines set them there in the day in which the Philistines struck Saul in Gelbue.
agĩthiĩ, agĩkuua mahĩndĩ ma Saũlũ o na ma mũriũ Jonathani kuuma kwa andũ a Jabeshi-Gileadi. Maamarutĩte na hitho kuuma kĩhaaro-inĩ kĩa mũingĩ kũu Bethi-Shani, harĩa Afilisti maamacuurĩtie, thuutha wa kũũragĩra Saũlũ kũu Giliboa.
13 And he carried up thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son, and gathered the bones of them that had been hanged.
Daudi agĩkuua mahĩndĩ ma Saũlũ na ma mũriũ Jonathani kuuma kũu, na mahĩndĩ ma andũ arĩa moragĩtwo makaaraganio kũu makĩũnganio.
14 And they buried the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son, and the bones of them that had been hanged, in the land of Benjamin in the hill, in the sepulchre of Cis his father; and they did all things that the king commanded: and after this God listened to [the prayers of] the land.
Nao magĩthika mahĩndĩ ma Saũlũ na ma mũriũ Jonathani mbĩrĩra-inĩ ya Kishu, ithe wa Saũlũ, kũu Zela thĩinĩ wa Benjamini, na magĩĩka maũndũ mothe marĩa mũthamaki aathanĩte. Thuutha ũcio Ngai agĩcookia mahooya marĩa maahooetwo nĩ ũndũ wa bũrũri.
15 And there was yet war between the Philistines and Israel: and David went down and his servants with him, and they fought with the Philistines, and David went.
O rĩngĩ nĩ kwagĩire mbaara gatagatĩ ka Afilisti na Isiraeli. Daudi agĩikũrũka agĩthiĩ hamwe na andũ ake makarũe na Afilisti, na akĩnoga mũno.
16 And Jesbi, who was of the progeny of Rapha, and the head of whose spear [was] three hundred shekels of brass in weight, who also was girded with a club, even he thought to strike David.
Nake Ishibi-Benobu ũrĩa warĩ ũmwe wa njiaro cia Rafa, ũrĩa mũthia wa itimũ rĩake warĩ na ũritũ wa cekeri magana matatũ, na aarĩ na rũhiũ rwa njora rwerũ, ũcio akiuga nĩekũũraga Daudi.
17 And Abessa the son of Saruia helped him and struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore, saying, You shall not any longer go out with us to battle, and you shall not quench the lamp of Israel.
No rĩrĩ, Abishai mũrũ wa Zeruia akĩhonokia Daudi; akĩgũtha Mũfilisti ũcio akĩgũa, akĩmũũraga. Ningĩ andũ a Daudi makĩĩhĩta kũrĩ we makiuga atĩrĩ, “Gũtirĩ hĩndĩ ũgacooka gũthiĩ mbaara-inĩ na ithuĩ, nĩgeetha tawa wa Isiraeli ndũkahorio.”
18 And after this there was a battle again with the Philistines in Geth: then Sebocha the Astatothite killed Seph of the progeny of Rapha.
Ningĩ thuutha wa mahinda macio, makĩgĩa na mbaara ĩngĩ na Afilisti kũu Gobu. Hĩndĩ ĩyo Sibekai ũrĩa Mũhushathi akĩũraga Safu, ũmwe wa njiaro cia Rafa.
19 And there was a battle in Rom with the Philistines; and Eleanan son of Ariorgim the Bethleemite killed Goliath the Gittite; and the staff of his spear [was] as a weaver's beam.
Ningĩ mbaara-inĩ ĩngĩ makĩrũa na Afilisti kũu Gobu, Elihanani mũrũ wa Jaare-Oregimu ũrĩa Mũbethilehemu akĩũraga Goliathũ ũrĩa Mũgiiti, ũrĩa warĩ na itimũ rĩarĩ na mũtĩ ũigana ta mũtĩ wa mũtumi ngoora.
20 And there was yet a battle in Geth: and there was a man of stature, and the fingers of his hands and the toes of his feet [were] six on each, four and twenty in number: and he also was born to Rapha.
Ningĩ mbaara-inĩ ĩngĩ ĩrĩa yarĩ kũu Gathu, nakuo kwarĩ na mũndũ mũnene mũno, warĩ na ciara ithathatũ o guoko, na ciara ithathatũ o kũgũrũ, ciothe ciarĩ ciara mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ na inya. O na ningĩ aarĩ wa rũciaro rwa Rafa.
21 And he defied Israel, and Jonathan son of Semei brother of David, struck him.
Rĩrĩa aanyũrũririe andũ a Isiraeli, Jonathani mũrũ wa Shimea, mũrũ wa nyina na Daudi, akĩmũũraga.
22 These four were born descendants of the giants in Geth, the family of Rapha; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
Andũ acio ana maarĩ a rũciaro rwa Rafa kũu Gathu nao makĩgũa moko-inĩ ma Daudi na andũ ake.
