2 Samuel 4
1 Then Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, heard that Abner had fallen in Hebron. And his hands were weakened, and all of Israel was troubled.
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 Now the son of Saul had two men, leaders among robbers. The name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other was Rechab, sons of Rimmon, a Beerothite from the sons of Benjamin. For indeed, Beeroth, too, was reputed with 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 Beerothites had fled into Gittaim. And they were strangers there, until that time.
ɛfiri sɛ, wɔn a na wɔte Beerot dadaada no dwane kɔɔ Gitaim a wɔda so te hɔ sɛ ahɔhoɔ de bɛsi ɛnnɛ yi.
4 Now Jonathan, the son of Saul, had a son with disabled feet. For he was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan arrived from Jezreel. And so, his nurse, taking him up, fled. And while she was hurrying, so that she might flee, he fell and was made lame. And he was called Mephibosheth.
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 so, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, arrived and entered the house of Ishbosheth, in the heat of the day. And he was sleeping on his bed at midday. And the doorkeeper of the house, who was cleaning the wheat, fell fast asleep.
Dabi Beerotni, Rimon mmammarima baanu a wɔn din de Rekab ne Baana kɔɔ Is-Boset fie awia berɛ mu a na ɔregye nʼahome.
6 Then they entered the house secretly, taking the ears of grain. And Rechab and his brother Baanah stabbed him in the groin, and they fled away.
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 For when they had entered the house, he was sleeping on his bed in a closed room. And striking him, they killed him. And taking his head, they departed by the way of the desert, walking throughout the night.
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 Ishbosheth to David in Hebron. And they said to the king: “Behold, the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who was seeking your life. And so, the Lord has avenged my lord the king, this day, from Saul and from his offspring.”
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 But David, responding to Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, said to them: “As the Lord lives who has rescued my soul from all distress,
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 the one who reported to me and said, ‘Saul is dead,’ who was thinking that he announced good news, I apprehended. And at Ziklag I killed him who ought to have been given a reward for the news.
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 How much more so now, when impious men have put to death an innocent man in his own house, upon his bed, shall I not require his blood from your hand, and take you away from 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 so, David commanded his servants, and they put them to death. And cutting off their hands and feet, they suspended them up over the pool in Hebron. But the head of Ishbosheth they took and buried in the sepulcher of Abner at Hebron.
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.
