< 1 Kings 2 >

1 And the days of David drew nigh that he should die, and he charged his son Solomon, saying:
Mgbe ụbọchị ọnwụ eze Devid na-abịaru nso, o nyere nwa ya Solomọn iwu sị ya,
2 I am going the way of all flesh: take thou courage, and shew thyself a man.
“Oge ọnwụ m eruola,” ka ọ sịrị, “Ya mere, dị ike, meekwa dịka nwoke.
3 And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and observe his ceremonies, and his precepts, and judgments, and testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses: that thou mayest understand all thou dost, and whithersoever thou shalt turn thyself:
Debe iwu niile Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke gị nyere, bie ndụ nʼụzọ ya niile. Debekwa ụkpụrụ na ihe niile o nyere nʼiwu, na ntụziaka ya niile dịka e dere ya nʼakwụkwọ iwu Mosis. Mee nke a ka ihe niile ị ga-eme gaara gị nke ọma, nʼihe niile ị na-eme, nʼebe ọbụla ị na-eche ihu gị.
4 That the Lord may confirm his words, which he hath spoken of me, saying: If thy children shall take heed to their ways, and shall walk before me in truth, with all their heart, and with all their soul, there shall not be taken away from thee a man on the throne of Israel.
Ka Onyenwe anyị mezuo nkwa o kwere banyere m, sị ‘Ọ bụrụ na ụmụ gị na ụmụ ụmụ ha elezie anya nʼotu ha si ebi ndụ, ọ bụrụ na ha ejegharịa nʼụzọ ikwesi ntụkwasị obi nʼihu m, jiri obi ha niile na mkpụrụobi ha mee nke a, ị gaghị achọ onye ga-anọkwasị nʼoche eze Izrel achọ.’
5 Thou knowest also what Joab the son of Sarvia hath done to me, what he did to the two captains of the army of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether: whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
“Ugbu a, gị onwe gị maara ihe Joab nwa Zeruaya mere m, ya bụ ihe o mere mmadụ abụọ bụ ndịisi agha Izrel, Abna nwa Nea, na Amasa nwa Jeta. O gburu ha, wufuo ọbara ha nʼoge udo, dịka a ga-asị na ọ bụ ihe e mere nʼagha. O jikwa ọbara ahụ merụọ ihe okike o kere nʼukwu na akpụkpọụkwụ o yi nʼụkwụ.
6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoary head go down to hell in peace. (Sheol h7585)
Ị bụ nwoke maara ihe, ị makwaara ihe ị ga-eme. Ekwela ka Joab, nʼagbanyeghị isi awọ ya, nwụọ nʼudo. (Sheol h7585)
7 But shew kindness to the sons of Berzellai the Galaadite, and let them eat at thy table: for they met me when I fled from the face of Absalom thy brother.
“Ma meere ụmụ Bazilai onye Gilead ebere. Meekwa ka ha bụrụ ndị na-eso gị rie ihe na tebul gị nʼihi na ha ji obi ha zute m mgbe m na-agba ọsọ ndụ nʼihi nwanne gị Absalọm.
8 Thou hast also with thee Semei the son of Gera the son of Jemini of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse, when I went to the camp: but because he came down to meet me when I passed over the Jordan, and I swore to him by the Lord, saying: I will not kill thee with a sword:
“Cheta Shimei, nwa Gera, onye Benjamin ahụ bi nʼobodo Bahurim, onye kọchara m nkọcha jọgburu onwe ya nʼụbọchị ahụ m jere Mahanaim. Mgbe ọ bịara izute m na Jọdan, eji m aha Onyenwe anyị ṅụọrọ ya iyi sị ya, ‘Agaghị m eji mma agha gbuo gị.’
9 Do not thou hold him guiltless. But thou art a wise man, and knowest what to do with him, and thou shalt bring down his grey hairs with blood to hell. (Sheol h7585)
Ma achọghị m ka ị hapụ ya dịka onye ikpe na-amaghị. Ị bụ nwoke maara ihe. Ị makwaara ihe ị ga-eme ya. Mee ka o jiri isi awọ ọbara juru baa nʼili.” (Sheol h7585)
10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
Emesịa, Devid sooro ndị nna nna ya ha dina nʼọnwụ. E liri ya na obodo Devid.
11 And the days that David reigned in Israel, were forty years: in Hebron he reigned seven years, in Jerusalem thirty-three.
Ma ọ chịrị Izrel iri afọ anọ; ọ chịrị afọ asaa na Hebrọn, chịakwa iri afọ atọ na atọ na Jerusalem.
12 And Solomon sat upon the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was strengthened exceedingly.
Solomọn nọdụrụ nʼocheeze nna ya Devid dịka eze. Alaeze ya guzosiri ike nke ukwuu. Ọchịchị ya gakwara nke ọma.
13 And Adonias the son of Haggith came to Bethsabee the mother of Solomon. And she said to him: Is thy coming peaceable? he answered: Peaceable.
Otu ụbọchị, Adonaịja nwa Hagit, bịakwutere Batsheba, nne Solomọn. Mgbe Batsheba hụrụ ya, ọ jụrụ ya ajụjụ sị, “Ọ bụkwa ọbịbịa udo ka ị bịara?” Adonaịja zara sị ya, “E, abịara m nʼudo.”
14 And he added: I have a word to speak with thee. She said to him: Speak. And he said:
O kwuru sị, “O nwere ihe m nwere ịgwa gị.” Nne Solomọn zara sị ya, “Kwuo.”
15 Thou knowest that the kingdom was nine, and all Israel had preferred me to be their king: but the kingdom is transferred, and is become my brother’s: for it was appointed him by the Lord.
Ọ zara sị, “Dịka ị maara, ọ bụ m nwe alaeze a. Ndị Izrel niile lekwara anya na m ga-abụ eze ha. Ma otu ọ dị, ihe niile adịghịkwa ka ọ dị na mbụ, alaeze a aghọọla nke nwanne m, nʼihi na o si nʼaka Onyenwe anyị rute ya aka.
16 Now therefore I ask one petition of thee: turn not away my face. And she said to him: Say on.
Ugbu a, enwere m otu ihe m na-arịọ nʼaka gị. Biko ajụkwala imere m ya.” Batsheba sịrị ya, “Gịnị bụ arịrịọ gị? Kwuo ihe ọ bụ.”
17 And he said: I pray thee speak to king Solomon (for he cannot deny thee any thing) to give me Abisag the Sunamitess to wife.
Ọ zaghachiri ya sị, “Biko rịọrọ m Solomọn eze, nʼihi na amaara m na ọ ga-eme ihe ọbụla ị rịọrọ ya, ka ọ kpọnye m Abishag, nwanyị Shunem ahụ, ka ọ bụrụ nwunye m.”
18 And Bethsabee said: Well, I will speak for thee to the king.
Batsheba zara sị ya, “Ọ dị mma, aga m agwara gị eze okwu.”
19 Then Bethsabee came to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonias: and the king arose to meet her, and bowed to her, and sat down upon his throne: and a throne was set for the king’s mother, and she sat on his right hand.
Emesịa, Batsheba bịakwutere eze Solomọn ịgwa ya okwu banyere Adonaịja. Mgbe ọ na-abata, eze sitere nʼocheeze ya bilie gaa izute ya, kpọkwaa isiala nye ya nọdụ ala nʼocheeze ya. O mere ka e butere nne eze ocheeze, ọ nọdụkwara ala nʼaka nri ya.
20 And she said to him: I desire one small petition of thee, do not put me to confusion. And the king said to her: My mother, ask: for I must not turn away thy face.
Ọ sịrị, “Enwere m arịrịọ nta m chọrọ ịrịọ gị. Ajụkwala i mere m ya.” Eze zaghachiri, “Rịọọ ya nne m. Agaghị m ajụ i mere gị ya.”
21 And she said: Let Abisag the Sunamitess be given to Adonias thy brother to wife.
Ya mere ọ sịrị, “Biko, kwere ka enye nwanne gị nwoke Adonaịja Abishag nwanyị Shunem, ka ọ bụrụ nwunye ya.”
22 And king Solomon answered, and said to his mother: Why dost thou ask Abisag the Sunamitess for Adonias? ask for him also the kingdom: for he is my elder brother, and hath Abiathar the priest, and Joab the son of Sarvia.
Eze Solomọn zara nne ya sị, “Gịnị mere i ji rịọọ m ka m nye Adonaịja naanị Abishag nwanyị Shunem ka ọ bụrụ nwunye ya? Ị gaara arịọkwa m sị m nye ya alaeze m. Nʼihi na ọ bụ ya tọrọ m” Ị gaara arịọkwa nʼihi Abịata onye nchụaja ma Joab nwa Zeruaya.
23 Then king Solomon swore by the Lord, saying: So and so may God do to me, and add more, if Adonias hath not spoken this word against his own life.
Mgbe ahụ, eze Solomọn ji Onyenwe anyị ṅụọ iyi sị, “Ka Chineke mesoo m mmeso, otu ọbụla mmeso ahụ si dị njọ, ma ọ bụrụ na Adonaịja ejighị ndụ ya kwụọ ụgwọ nʼihi arịrịọ a.
24 And now as the Lord liveth, who hath established me, and placed me upon the throne of David my father, and who hath made me a house, as he promised, Adonias shall be put to death this day.
Ugbu a, dịka Onyenwe anyị na-adị ndụ, bụ onye ahụ mere ka m nọgidesie ike nʼocheeze nna m Devid, onye mere ka ọchịchị eze m malite dịka o kwere na nkwa, a ga-eme ka Adonaịja nwụọ taa.”
25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Banaias the son of Joiada, who slew him, and he died.
Eze Solomọn zigara Benaya nwa Jehoiada ka ọ gaa gbuo Adonaịja. Benaya gakwara tigbuo Adonaịja.
26 And the king said also to Abiathar the priest: Go to Anathoth to thy lands, for indeed thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou didst carry the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and hast endured trouble in all the troubles my father endured.
Eze kpọkwara Abịata onye nchụaja sị ya, “Laghachi azụ nʼubi gị nʼAnatot. I kwesiri ịnwụ ọnwụ ma ọ bụghị ugbu a ka a ga-egbu gị nʼihi na i buru igbe ọgbụgba ndụ Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị nʼoge nna m Devid dị ndụ. I sokwa ya hụọ ahụhụ nʼoge ahụ niile o nwere nsogbu.”
27 So Solomon cast out Abiathar, from being the priest of the Lord, that the word of the Lord might be fulfilled, which he spoke concerning the house of Deli in Silo.
Ya mere, Solomọn chụpụrụ Abịata ka ọ ghara ịbụ onye nchụaja Onyenwe anyị ọzọ. Otu a ka o si mezuo bụ okwu ahụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru banyere ezinaụlọ Elayị na Shaịlo.
28 And the news came to Joab, because Joab had turned after Adonias, and had not turned after Solomon: and Joab fled into the tabernacle of the Lord and laid hold on the horn of the altar.
Ma mgbe Joab nụrụ na Adonaịja anwụọla, ọ gbaara ọsọ gaa nʼụlọ nzute Onyenwe anyị jigide mpi dị nʼakụkụ ebe ịchụ aja aka. Ọ bụ ezie na Joab so Adonaịja gbaa izu imegide Solomọn, ma o soghị Absalọm gbaa izu imegide Devid.
29 And it was told king Solomon, that Joab was fled into the tabernacle of the Lord, and was by the altar: and Solomon sent Banaias the son of Joiada, saying: Go, kill him.
Mgbe a gwara eze Solomọn, na Joab a gbabala nʼụlọ ikwu Onyenwe anyị, nọdụ nʼakụkụ ebe ịchụ aja. Solomọn nyere Benaya, nwa Jehoiada iwu sị, “Gaa, tituo ya nʼala.”
30 And Banaias came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said to him: Thus saith the king: Come forth. And he said: I will not come forth, but here I will die. Banaias brought word back to the king, saying: Thus saith Joab, and thus he answered me.
Benaya banyere nʼime ụlọ nzute Onyenwe anyị, sị Joab, “Eze sị gị, ‘pụta ezi!’” Ma ọ zara, “Mba, aga m anwụ nʼebe a.” Nʼihi nke a, Benaya jekwuru eze gwa ya ihe Joab kwuru.
31 And the king said to him: Do as he hath said: and kill him, and bury him, and thou shalt remove the innocent blood which hath been shed by Joab, from me, and from the house of my father.
Mgbe ahụ, eze nyere Benaya iwu sị ya, “Gaa mee dịka o kwuru. Gbuo ya, liekwa ya. Nke a ga-eme ka ikpe ọmụma ghara ịdịrị mụ na ezinaụlọ nna m Devid nʼihi ikpe ọmụma dịrị Joab maka ọbara ndị aka ha dị ọcha ọ wụsiri.
32 And the Lord shall return his blood upon his own head, because he murdered two men, just and better than himself: and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing it, Abner the son of Ner, general of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, general of the army of Juda.
Onyenwe anyị ga-emekwa ka ọbara ọ wụsiri laa ya nʼisi, nʼihi na o ji mma agha gbuo ndị ikom abụọ, ma nna m Devid amaghị maka ya. Ha abụọ, ya bụ Abna nwa Nea, ọchịagha ndị Izrel, na Amasa nwa Jeta, ọchịagha ndị Juda, ndị dị mma ma bụrụkwa ndị ezi omume karịa ya.
33 And their blood shall return the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever. But to David and his seed and his house, and to his throne be peace for ever from the Lord.
Ka ikpe ọmụma dị nʼihi igbu ọchụ ndị a dịkwasị Joab na ụmụ ụmụ ya nʼisi ruo mgbe ebighị ebi. Ma nʼebe Devid na ụmụ ụmụ ya, na ụlọ ya, na ocheeze ya dị, ka udo Onyenwe anyị dịkwasị ha ruo mgbe ebighị ebi.”
34 So Banaias the son of Joiada went up, and setting upon him slew him, and he was buried in his house in the desert.
Benaya nwa Jehoiada gara gbuo Joab. E liri ya nʼala nke ya dị nʼọzara.
35 And the king appointed Banaias the son of Joiada in his room over the army, and Sadoc the priest he put in the place of Abiathar.
Mgbe ahụ, eze họpụtara Benaya, nwa Jehoiada ka ọ bụrụ onyeisi ndị agha ya niile, ma mee Zadọk onye nchụaja nʼọnọdụ Abịata.
36 The king also sent, and called for Semei, and said to him: Build thee a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there: and go not out from thence any whither.
Emesịa, eze ziri Shimei ozi sị ya, “wuoro onwe gị ụlọ na Jerusalem, biri nʼebe ahụ, esitekwala nʼebe ahụ pụọ jee ebe ọbụla.
37 For on what day soever thou shalt go out, and shalt pass over the brook Cedron, know that thou shalt be put to death: thy blood shall be upon thy own head:
Nʼihi na ụbọchị ị ga-apụ gafee iyi dị na Ndagwurugwu Kidrọn, mara nke ọma na ị ghaghị ịnwụ. Ọbara gị ga-adịkwa gị nʼisi.”
38 And Semei said to the king: The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Semei dwelt in Jerusalem, many days.
Shimei zara eze, “Okwu gị dị mma. Ohu gị ga-eme dịka onyenwe m bụ eze kwuru.” Shimei biiri nʼime Jerusalem, nọọkwa ọtụtụ ụbọchị.
39 And it came to pass after three years, that the servants of Semei ran away to Achis the son of Maacha the king of Geth: and it was told Semei that his servants were gone to Geth.
Ma nʼọgwụgwụ afọ atọ, ndị ohu abụọ Shimei nwere gbapụrụ ọsọ gbakwuru Akish, nwa Maaka, eze Gat. Ndị mmadụ bịara gwa Shimei sị ya, “Lee, ndị ohu gị nọ na Gat.”
40 And Semei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Achis to Geth to seek his servants, and he brought them out of Geth.
Nke a mere ka o bilie, rịkwasị nʼelu ịnyịnya ibu ya, gaa Gat, jekwuru Akish nʼihi ịchọ ndị ohu ya. Shimei gara mee ka ndị ohu ya soro ya laghachite azụ.
41 And it was told Solomon that Semei had gone from Jerusalem to Geth, and was come back.
Mgbe a gwara Solomọn na Shimei hapụrụ Jerusalem gaa Gat ma lọghachikwa azụ,
42 And sending he called for him, and said to him: Did I not protest to thee by the Lord, and tell thee before: On what day soever thou shalt go out and walk abroad any whither, know that thou shalt die? And thou answeredst me: The word that I have heard is good.
eze ziri ozi kpọọ Shimei sị ya, “Ọ bụ na m adọghị gị aka na ntị, jiri aha Onyenwe anyị ṅụọ iyi sị, ‘Mara nke ọma nʼụbọchị ọbụla ị ga-esi nʼebe a pụọ gaa nʼebe ọbụla ọzọ, na ị ga-anwụ?’ Nʼoge ahụ, ị zara m sị m, ‘Okwu gị dị mma. Aga m emekwa ya.’
43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I laid upon thee?
Ọ bụ gịnị mere i ji mebie iyi ị ṅụrụ nye Onyenwe anyị, jụkwa idebe ihe m nyere gị nʼiwu?”
44 And the king said to Semei: Thou knowest all the evil, of which thy heart is conscious, which thou didst to David my father: the Lord hath returned thy wickedness upon thy own head:
Eze gwakwara Shimei okwu sị ya, “I maara ihe ọjọọ niile i mere megide nna m Devid. Ugbu a Onyenwe anyị ga-akwụghachi gị ụgwọ nʼihi omume ọjọọ gị.
45 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord for ever.
Ma eze Solomọn ga-abụ onye a gọziri agọzi. Ocheeze Devid ga-eguzosikwa ike nʼihu Onyenwe anyị ruo mgbe ebighị ebi.”
46 So the king commanded Banaias the son of Joiada: and he went out and struck him, and he died.
Mgbe ahụ, eze nyere Benaya, nwa Jehoiada iwu ka o gbuo Shimei. Ọ pụkwara tituo ya, ọ nwụọ. Sitekwa nʼoge ahụ, alaeze Solomọn guzosiri ike nʼaka ya.

< 1 Kings 2 >