< Kings II 4 >
1 And Jebosthe the son of Saul heard that Abenner the son of Ner had died in Chebron; and his hands were paralysed, and all the men of Israel grew faint.
Ɛberɛ a Is-Boset tee sɛ Abner awu wɔ Hebron no, ne bo tuiɛ, na saa ara nso na ne nkurɔfoɔ no bɔɔ huboa.
2 And Jebosthe the son of Saul had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one [was] Baana, and the name of the other Rechab, sons of Remmon the Berothite of the children of Benjamin; for Beroth was reckoned to the children of Benjamin.
Afei, na anuanom baanu a wɔn din de Baana ne Rekab na na wɔyɛ asafohene ma Is-Boset akofoɔ no. Na wɔyɛ Rimon a ɔfiri Benyamin efie wɔ Beerot kuro mu no mmammarima. Seesei, na kuro Beerot ka Benyamin ho,
3 And the Berothites ran away to Gethaim, and were sojourners there until this day.
ɛfiri sɛ, wɔn a na wɔte Beerot dadaada no dwane kɔɔ Gitaim a wɔda so te hɔ sɛ ahɔhoɔ de bɛsi ɛnnɛ yi.
4 And Jonathan Saul's son [had] a son lame of his feet, five years old, and he was [in the way] when the news of Saul and Jonathan his son came from Jezrael, and his nurse took him up, and fled; and it came to pass as he hasted and retreated, that he fell, and was lamed. And his name [was] Memphibosthe.
Na Saulo babarima Yonatan wɔ ɔbabarima bi a ne din de Mefiboset a na ɔyɛ obubuafoɔ firi ne mmɔfraase. Wɔkumm Saulo ne Yonatan wɔ Yesreel akono no, na abɔfra no adi mfeɛ enum. Ɛberɛ a ɔko no ho asɛm duruu kuro no mu no, obi a ɔhwɛ abɔfra no kyekyeree no de no dwaneeɛ. Nanso, ɛberɛ a ɔredwane no, ɔhwee ase maa abɔfra no bɔɔ fam, ma ɔyɛɛ obubuafoɔ.
5 And Rechab and Baana the sons of Remmon the Berothite went, and they came in the heat of the day into the house of Jebosthe; and he was sleeping on a bed at noon.
Dabi Beerotni, Rimon mmammarima baanu a wɔn din de Rekab ne Baana kɔɔ Is-Boset fie awia berɛ mu a na ɔregye nʼahome.
6 And, behold, the porter of the house winnowed wheat, and he slumbered and slept: and the brothers Rechab and Baana went privily into the house:
Ɛpono ano hwɛfoɔ a na ɔreporo ayuo no, na wada. Enti Rekab ne Baana twaa ne ho kɔɔ Is-Boset pia mu, kɔwɔɔ ne yafunu mu sekan, na wɔdwaneeɛ.
7 And Jebosthe was sleeping on his bed in his chamber: and they strike him, and kill him, and take off his head: and they took his head, and went all the night by the western road.
Ansa na wɔbɛkɔ no, wɔtwaa ne ti ɛberɛ a ɔda ne mpa so. Wɔfaa ne ti no kɔtwaa Yordan bɔnhwa no, nantee anadwo mu no nyinaa kɔeɛ.
8 And they brought the head of Jebosthe to David to Chebron, and they said to the king, Behold the head of Jebosthe the son of Saul your enemy, who sought your life; and the Lord has executed for my lord the king vengeance on his enemies, as [it is] this day: even on Saul your enemy, and on his seed.
Wɔde Is-Boset tire no brɛɛ Dawid wɔ Hebron, na wɔka kyerɛɛ ɔhene no sɛ, “Wo ɔtamfoɔ Saulo a anka ɔrepɛ wo akum wo no babarima Is-Boset tire nie. Ɛnnɛ, Awurade ama me wo aweretɔ ho kwan atia Saulo ne nʼabusua.”
9 And David answered and Rechab and Baana his brother, the sons of Remmon the Berothite, and said to them, [As] the Lord lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all affliction;
Na Dawid buaa Beerotni Rimon mma Rekab ne ne nua Baana sɛ, “Mmerɛ dodoɔ a Awurade a ɔgyee me firi ɔhaw ne abɛbrɛsɛ mu te ase yi, mɛka nokorɛ akyerɛ mo.
10 he that reported to me that Saul was dead, even he was as one bringing glad tidings before me: but I seized him and killed him in Sekelac, to whom I ought, [as he thought], to have given a reward for his tidings.
Ɛberɛ a onipa bi bɛka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, ‘Saulo awu’ a na ɔdwene sɛ ɔreka asɛm pa akyerɛ me no, mekyeree no kumm no wɔ Siklag. Nʼasɛm a ɔbɛka kyerɛɛ me no so akatua a mede maa no ne no.
11 And now evil men have slain a righteous men in his house on his bed: now then I will require his blood of your hand, and I will destroy you from off the earth.
Na akatua bɛn na memfa mma amumuyɛfoɔ a wɔakum obi a ne ho nni asɛm wɔ ne fie ɛberɛ a ɔda ne mpa so. Ɛnsɛ sɛ mebisa ne mogya firi mo nsam anaa?”
12 And David commanded his young men, and they kill them, and cut off their hands and their feet; and they hung them up at the fountain in Chebron: and they buried the head of Jebosthe in the tomb of Abenezer the son of Ner.
Enti, Dawid hyɛɛ ne mmarima ma wɔkunkumm wɔn. Wɔtwitwaa wɔn nsa ne wɔn nan, na wɔde kuntunsini no sensɛn Hebron ɔtadeɛ ho. Na wɔfaa Is-Boset tire no kɔsiee no wɔ Abner ɔboda mu wɔ Hebron.