2 Samuel 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: 'It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites.'
Ụnwụ dara afọ atọ nʼoge Devid na-achị, afọ kwa afọ. Devid chọrọ ihu Onyenwe anyị. Mgbe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị sịrị, “Ọ bụ maka Sọl na ọbara ụlọ ya kwafuru, nʼihi na o gburu ndị Gibiọn.”
2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them — now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them; and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah —
Eze kpọrọ ndị Gibiọn, gwa ha okwu. (Ndị Gibiọn abụghị ndị Izrel, kama ha bụ ndị fọdụrụ nʼime ndị Amọrait, ndị bi nʼala Kenan mgbe ụmụ Izrel batara. Mgbe ahụ ha batara, ndị Izrel ṅụrụ iyi nye ndị Gibiọn na ha agaghị egbu ha, ma Sọl sitere nʼịnụ ọkụ nke obi nʼihi Izrel na Juda chọọ ikpochapụ ha.)
3 and David said unto the Gibeonites: 'What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD?'
Devid jụrụ ndị Gibiọn ajụjụ sị, “Gịnị ka m ga-emere unu? Gịnị ka m ga-eji kpuchie mmehie a e mere megide unu, ime ka unu gọzie ihe nketa Onyenwe anyị?”
4 And the Gibeonites said unto him: 'It is no matter of silver or gold between us and Saul, or his house; neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel.' And he said: 'What say ye that I should do for you?'
Ndị Gibiọn zara ya sị, “Nsogbu anyị na Sọl na ndị ụlọ ya abụghị ihe a ga-eji ọlaọcha maọbụ ọlaedo mezie. Anyị achọkwaghị ka onye ọbụla nʼIzrel nwụọ nʼihi anyị.” Devid sịrị ha, “Gịnị ka unu chọrọ ka m meere unu?”
5 And they said unto the king: 'The man that consumed us, and that devised against us, so that we have been destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel,
Ha zara eze sị, “Kwere ka anyị wezuga nwoke ahụ wetaara anyị mbibi na ịla nʼiyi, onye ahụ mere ka anyị ghara inwe ebe obibi ọbụla nʼala Izrel.
6 let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.' And the king said: 'I will deliver them.'
Ka akpọnye anyị ndị ikom asaa site nʼụmụ ya, ka anyị kwụgbuo ha nye Onyenwe anyị na Gibea Sọl, onye Onyenwe anyị họpụtara.” Eze zara sị, “Aga m akpọnye unu ha.”
7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD'S oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
Ma eze nwere ọmịiko nʼahụ Mefiboshet nwa Jonatan, nwa Sọl, nʼihi ịgba ndụ dị nʼetiti ya na Jonatan nʼihu Onyenwe anyị.
8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite;
Ma eze kpọọrọ Amoni na Mefiboshet, ụmụ ndị ikom abụọ nke Rizpa, nwa nwanyị Aịa, bụ ndị ọ mụtaara Sọl. Nakwa ụmụ ndị ikom ise nke Merab nwa Sọl mụtara mgbe ọ bụ nwunye Adriel, nwa Bazilai onye Mehola.
9 and he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the mountain before the LORD, and they fell all seven together; and they were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the beginning of barley harvest.
O nyefere ha niile nʼaka ndị Gibiọn; ndị Gibiọn kwụbakwara ha nʼugwu nʼihu Onyenwe anyị. Ha asaa nwụrụ nʼotu ụbọchị na mmalite owuwe ihe ubi nke ọka balị.
10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water was poured upon them from heaven; and she suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
Ma Rizpa, nwa nwanyị Aịa were akwa mkpe gbasara onwe ya nʼelu nkume. O kweghịkwa ka anụ ufe bekwasị ha nʼehihie, maọbụ anụ ọhịa nʼabalị. Ọ nọgidere nʼebe ahụ site nʼoge mmalite owuwe ihe ubi tutu ruo mgbe mmiri bidoro izokwasị anụ ahụ ha.
11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
Mgbe a gwara Devid ihe Rizpa, nwa nwanyị Aịa, iko nwanyị Sọl mere,
12 And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the broad place of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, in the day that the Philistines slew Saul in Gilboa;
ọ gara chịkọtaa ọkpụkpụ Sọl na nke nwa ya Jonatan site nʼaka ndị nwe obodo Jebesh Gilead. Ha gara na nzuzo zuru ozu Sọl na Jonatan site nʼama dị na Bet-Shan, ebe ndị Filistia kwụbara ha, oge ha gburu Sọl na Gilboa.
13 and he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.
Devid sitere nʼebe ahụ chịkọtaa ọkpụkpụ Sọl na nke nwa ya nwoke Jonatan, chịkọtaakwa ọkpụkpụ ndị ahụ akwụgburu.
14 And they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the sepulchre of Kish his father; and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was entreated for the land.
Ha liri ọkpụkpụ Sọl na nke nwa ya nwoke Jonatan nʼobodo Zela nʼala Benjamin, nʼime ili Kish nna Sọl, meekwa ihe ndị ọzọ niile eze nyere nʼiwu. Mgbe nke a gasịrị, Chineke zara ekpere nʼihi ala ahụ.
15 And the Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines; and David waxed faint.
Emesịa, ndị Filistia busokwara Izrel agha ọzọ. Devid na ndị agha ya pụkwara ịlụso ha ọgụ. Nʼoge ha na-alụ ọgụ a, ike gwụrụ Devid nke ukwuu.
16 And Ishbibenob, who was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with new armour, thought to have slain David.
Mgbe ahụ, Ishibi-Benob, otu onye agbụrụ Rafa, onye ịdị arọ nke bronz dị nʼọnụ ùbe ya ruru kilogram atọ na ọkara, onye jikwa mma agha ọhụrụ, bịaruru Devid nso chọọ igbu ya.
17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore unto him, saying: 'Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the lamp of Israel.'
Ma Abishai nwa Zeruaya bịara nyere Devid aka, tigbuo onye Filistia ahụ. Site nʼoge ahụ, ndị ikom Devid ṅụrụ iyi sị ya, “Ị gaghị esokwa anyị gaa ibu agha ọzọ! Ka a ghara imenyụ oriọna Izrel.”
18 And it came to pass after this, that there was again war with the Philistines at Gob; then Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Saph, who was of the sons of the giant.
Mgbe oge gaturu, ha na ndị Filistia lụrụ agha ọzọ na Gob. Nʼoge a, Sibekai, onye Husha, gburu Saf, otu nʼime ndị agbụrụ Rafa.
19 And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Beth-lehemite slew Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
Nʼagha ọzọ ha na ndị Filistia lụrụ na Gob, Elhanan nwa Jaịa onye Betlehem gburu nwanne Golaịat onye Gat, onye ùbe ya nwere osisi dị ogologo dịka nke onye na-ekwe akwa ji ekwe akwa.
20 And there was again war at Gath, where was a champion, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
Nʼagha ọzọkwa, bụ nke a lụrụ na Gat, e nwere otu nwoke gbara oke dimkpa, nke nwere mkpịsịaka isii nʼaka ya ọbụla, nweekwa mkpịsịụkwụ isii nʼụkwụ ya ọbụla, ya bụ, a gụkọtaa ha niile, iri mkpịsịaka na mkpịsịụkwụ abụọ na anọ. Ọ bụkwa onye amụrụ nʼagbụrụ Rafa.
21 And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
Mgbe ọ kọchara Izrel, Jonatan nwa Shimei, nwanne nwoke Devid, gburu ya.
22 These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
Mmadụ anọ ndị a bụ ndị agbụrụ Rafa dị na Gat. Devid na ndị agha ya gburu ha niile.
