2 Samuel 23
1 These also be the last wordes of Dauid, Dauid the sonne of Ishai saith, euen the man who was set vp on hie, the Anointed of the God of Iacob, and the sweete singer of Israel saith,
Haya ni maneno ya mwisho ya Daudi: “Neno la Daudi mwana wa Yese, neno la mtu aliyeinuliwa na Aliye Juu Sana, mtu aliyepakwa mafuta na Mungu wa Yakobo, mwimbaji wa nyimbo wa Israeli:
2 The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his worde was in my tongue.
“Roho wa Bwana alinena kupitia kwangu, neno lake lilikuwa ulimini mwangu.
3 The God of Israel spake to me, ye strength of Israel saide, Thou shalt beare rule ouer men, being iust, and ruling in the feare of God.
Mungu wa Israeli alinena, mwamba wa Israeli akaniambia: ‘Mtu anatawala watu kwa haki, wakati anapotawala akiwa na hofu ya Mungu,
4 Euen as the morning light when the sunne riseth, the morning, I say, without cloudes, so shall mine house be, and not as the grasse of the earth is by the bright raine.
yeye ni kama mwanga wa asubuhi jua lichomozapo asubuhi isiyo na mawingu, kama mwanga baada ya mvua uchipuzao majani kutoka ardhini.’
5 For so shall not mine house be with God: for he hath made with me an euerlasting couenant, perfite in all pointes, and sure: therefore all mine health and whole desire is, that he will not make it growe so.
“Je, si hivyo ilivyo nyumba yangu mbele za Mungu? Je, hajafanya Agano la milele nami, lililopangwa na kuimarishwa kila sehemu? Je, hatanifanya niufurahie wokovu wangu na kunijalia matakwa yangu yote?
6 But the wicked shalbe euery one as thornes thrust away, because they can not be taken with handes.
Lakini watu waovu wote watatupwa kando kama miiba, ambayo haikusanywi kwa mkono.
7 But the man that shall touch them, must be defensed with yron, or with the shaft of a speare: and they shall be burnt with fire in the same place.
Yeyote agusaye miiba hutumia chombo cha chuma au mpini wa mkuki, nayo huchomwa pale ilipo.”
8 These be the names of the mightie men whome Dauid had. He that sate in the seate of wisedome, being chiefe of the princes, was Adino of Ezni, he slewe eight hundreth at one time.
Haya ndiyo majina ya mashujaa wa Daudi: Yosheb-Bashebethi, Mtahkemoni, alikuwa kiongozi wa wale Watatu; yeye aliinua mkuki wake dhidi ya watu 800, ambao aliwaua katika pambano moja.
9 And after him was Eleazar the sonne of Dodo, the sonne of Ahohi, one of the three worthies with Dauid, when they defied the Philistims gathered there to battel, when the men of Israel were gone vp.
Wa pili wake alikuwa Eleazari mwana wa Dodai, Mwahohi. Akiwa mmojawapo wa wale mashujaa watatu, alikuwa pamoja na Daudi wakati waliwadhihaki Wafilisti waliokuwa wamekusanyika huko Pas-Damimu kwa ajili ya vita. Kisha watu wa Israeli wakarudi nyuma,
10 He arose and smote the Philistims vntill his hande was wearie, and his hande claue vnto the sworde: and the Lord gaue great victorie the same day, and the people returned after him onely to spoyle.
lakini yeye alisimama imara akawaua Wafilisti hadi mkono wake ukachoka na ukagandamana na upanga. Bwana akawapa ushindi mkubwa siku ile. Vikosi vikarudi kwa Eleazari, kuteka tu nyara za waliokufa.
11 After him was Shammah the sonne of Age the Hararite: for the Philistims assembled at a towne, where was a piece of a fielde full of lentils, and the people fled from the Philistims.
Aliyefuata alikuwa Shama mwana wa Agee, Mharari. Wafilisti walipokusanyika pamoja mahali palipokuwa shamba lililojaa dengu, vikosi vya Israeli viliwakimbia.
12 But he stoode in the middes of the fielde, and defended it, and slewe the Philistims: so the Lord gaue great victorie.
Lakini Shama akasimama imara katikati ya lile shamba. Akalitetea na kuwaua Wafilisti, naye Bwana akawapa ushindi mkubwa.
13 Afterward three of the thirtie captaines went downe, and came to Dauid in the haruest time vnto the caue of Adullam, and the hoste of the Philistims pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
Wakati wa mavuno, viongozi watatu kati ya viongozi thelathini walishuka, wakamwendea Daudi katika pango la Adulamu, wakati kikundi cha Wafilisti kilikuwa kimepiga kambi katika Bonde la Warefai.
14 And Dauid was then in an holde, and the garison of ye Philistims was then in Beth-lehem.
Wakati huo Daudi alikuwa katika ngome, na kambi ya Wafilisti ilikuwa huko Bethlehemu.
15 And Dauid longed, and said, Oh, that one would giue me to drinke of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate.
Daudi akatamani maji, akasema, “Laiti mtu angenipatia maji ya kunywa kutoka kisima kilicho karibu na lango la Bethlehemu!”
16 The the three mightie brake into the host of the Philistims, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem that was by the gate, and tooke and brought it to Dauid, who woulde not drinke thereof, but powred it for an offring vnto ye Lord,
Basi mashujaa hao watatu wakapenya katikati ya Wafilisti, wakaenda kuchota maji kutoka kwa kisima kilicho karibu na lango la Bethlehemu, wakamletea Daudi. Lakini Daudi akakataa kuyanywa. Badala yake, aliyamimina mbele za Bwana.
17 And said, O Lord, be it farre from me, that I should doe this. Is not this the blood of the men that went in ieopardie of their liues? therefore he woulde not drinke it. These things did these three mightie men.
Akasema, “Iwe mbali nami, Ee Bwana, kufanya kitu hiki. Je, hii si damu ya watu ambao walikwenda kwa kuhatarisha maisha yao?” Naye Daudi hakuyanywa. Haya yalifanywa na hao mashujaa watatu.
18 And Abishai the brother of Ioab, the sonne of Zeruiah, was chiefe among the three, and he lifted vp his speare against three hundreth, and slewe them, and he had the name among the three.
Abishai ndugu yake Yoabu mwana wa Seruya ndiye alikuwa kiongozi wa hao Watatu. Aliinua mkuki wake dhidi ya watu 300 ambao aliwaua, kwa hiyo naye akawa na sifa kama hao Watatu.
19 For he was most excellent of the three, and was their captaine, but he attained not vnto the first three.
Je, hakupata heshima kubwa zaidi kuliko hao Watatu? Alikuwa jemadari wao, ingawa hakuhesabiwa miongoni mwao.
20 And Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada the sonne of a valiant man, which had done many actes, and was of Kabzeel, slewe two strong men of Moab: he went downe also, and slewe a lyon in the middes of a pit in the time of snowe.
Benaya mwana wa Yehoyada alikuwa mpiganaji hodari kutoka Kabseeli ambaye alifanya mambo makubwa ya ujasiri. Aliwaua mashujaa wawili waliokuwa hodari kuliko wote wa Moabu. Pia alishuka shimoni kulipokuwa na theluji na kumuua simba.
21 And he slewe an Egyptian a man of great stature, and the Egyptian had a speare in his hande: but he went downe to him with a staffe, and plucked the speare out of the Egyptians hand, and slewe him with his owne speare.
Pia alimuua Mmisri mrefu mkubwa. Ingawa Mmisri alikuwa na mkuki mkononi mwake, Benaya alimwendea akiwa na rungu. Alipokonya mkuki kutoka mkononi mwa Mmisri na kumuua kwa mkuki wake mwenyewe.
22 These things did Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and had the name among the three worthies.
Haya yalikuwa mambo ya ushujaa ya Benaya mwana wa Yehoyada; naye pia alikuwa maarufu kama wale mashujaa watatu.
23 He was honourable among thirtie, but he atteined not to the first three: and Dauid made him of his counsell.
Yeye aliheshimiwa zaidi ya wale Thelathini, lakini hakujumuishwa miongoni mwa wale Watatu. Daudi akamweka kuwa kiongozi wa walinzi wake.
24 Asahel the brother of Ioab was one of the thirtie: Elhanan the sonne of Dodo of Beth-lehem:
Miongoni mwa wale Thelathini walikuwepo: Asaheli ndugu wa Yoabu; Elhanani mwana wa Dodo kutoka Bethlehemu;
25 Shammah the Harodite: Elika ye Harodite:
Shama, Mharodi; Elika, Mharodi;
26 Helez the Paltite: Ira the sonne of Ikkesh the Tekoite:
Helesi, Mpalti; Ira mwana wa Ikeshi kutoka Tekoa;
27 Abiezer the Anethothite: Mebunnai the Husathite:
Abiezeri kutoka Anathothi; Mebunai, Mhushathi;
28 Zalmon an Ahohite: Maharai the Netophathite:
Salmoni, Mwahohi; Maharai, Mnetofathi;
29 Heleb the sonne of Baanah a Netophathite: Ittai the sonne of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Beniamin:
Heledi mwana wa Baana, Mnetofathi; Itai mwana wa Ribai kutoka Gibea ya Benyamini;
30 Benaiah the Pirathonite: Hiddai of the riuer of Gaash:
Benaya Mpirathoni; Hidai kutoka mabonde ya Gaashi;
31 Abi-albon the Arbathite: Azmaueth the Barhumite:
Abi-Alboni, Mwaribathi; Azmawethi, Mbarhumi;
32 Elihaba the Shaalbonite: of the sonnes of Iashen, Ionathan:
Eliaba, Mshaalboni; wana wa Yasheni; Yonathani
33 Shammah the Hararite: Ahiam the sonne of Sharar the Hamrite:
mwana wa Shama, Mharari; Ahiamu mwana wa Sharari, Mharari;
34 Eliphelet the sonne of Ahasbai the sonne of Maachathi: Eliam the sonne of Ahithophel the Gilonite:
Elifeleti mwana wa Ahasbai, Mmaakathi; Eliamu mwana wa Ahithofeli, Mgiloni;
35 Hezrai the Carmelite: Paarai the Arbite:
Hezro, Mkarmeli; Paarai, Mwarbi;
36 Igal the sonne of Nathan of Zobah: Bani the Gadite:
Igali mwana wa Nathani kutoka Soba; Bani, Mgadi;
37 Zelek the Ammonite: Naharai the Becrothite, the armour bearer of Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah:
Seleki, Mwamoni; Naharai, Mbeerothi, aliyekuwa mbeba silaha za Yoabu mwana wa Seruya;
38 Ira the Ithrite: Gareb the Ithrite:
Ira, Mwithiri; Garebu, Mwithiri;
39 Uriiah the Hittite, thirtie and seuen in all.
na Uria, Mhiti. Jumla yao wote walikuwa watu thelathini na saba.
