< 2 Samuel 21 >

1 Now there was a famine in the days of David for three consecutive years, so David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, "There is bloodguilt on Saul and on his house, because he murdered the Gibeonites."
Awo mu mirembe gya Dawudi ne waba enjala okumala emyaka esatu, Dawudi ne yeeyongera nnyo okunoonya Mukama. Mukama n’ayogera nti, “Ennyumba ya Sawulo ejjudde omusaayi, kubanga yatta Abagibyoni.”
2 So the king summoned the Gibeonites, and spoke to 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 to them, but Saul sought to exterminate them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah.)
Kabaka n’akuŋŋaanya Abagibyoni n’ayogera gye bali. (Abagibyoni tebaali Bayisirayiri naye baali bakaawonawo ab’oku baana b’Abamoli. Abayisirayiri baali babalayiridde obutabakola kabi, naye Sawulo olw’obuggya bwe yalina n’agezaako okubazikiriza ku lwa Isirayiri ne Yuda.)
3 And David said to the Gibeonites, "What can I do for you? And how can I make atonement, that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?"
Dawudi n’abuuza Abagibyoni nti, “Mbakolere ki? Nnaabatangirira ntya, mmwe okuwa Isirayiri, obusika bwa Mukama omukisa?”
4 The Gibeonites said to him, "It is not a matter of silver or gold between us and Saul or his house, nor is it our place to put anyone to death in Israel." Then he said, "What do you want? For I will do it for you."
Abagibyoni ne bamuddamu nti, “Kye twetaaga okuva eri Sawulo oba ennyumba ye, si kigambo kya ffeeza oba zaabu, so tetulina buyinza kutta muntu yenna mu Isirayiri.” Dawudi n’ababuuza nti, “Kiki kye mwagala mbakolere?”
5 So they said to the king, "The man who opposed us and persecuted us, who meant to eradicate us from having a place anywhere in the territory of Israel,
Ne baddamu kabaka nti, “Ku lw’omusajja eyatuyigganyanga n’ayagala okutuuzikiriza, ne tubulwako ne we tubeera mu Isirayiri,
6 let seven of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang them before the LORD at Gibeon on the mountain of the LORD." And the king replied, "I will do it."
tuwe musanvu ku batabani be tubatte tubaanike mu maaso ga Mukama e Gibea ekya Sawulo, omulonde wa Mukama.” Kabaka n’ayogera nti, “Ndibabawa.”
7 But the king spared Mippibaal, 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.
Kabaka n’alekawo Mefibosesi mutabani wa Yonasaani, mutabani wa Sawulo.
8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mippibaal; and the five sons of Merob the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite.
Naye kabaka n’addira Alumoni ne Mefibosesi batabani ba Lizupa muwala wa Aya bombi be yazaalira Sawulo, ne batabani ba Mikali muwala wa Sawulo be yazaalira Abuliyeri mutabani wa Baluzirayi Omumekolasi Sawulo be yalabiriranga bataano, n’abawaayo.
9 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the mountain before the LORD, and all seven of them fell together. And they were put to death in the first days of harvest at the beginning of barley harvest.
N’abawaayo eri Abagibyoni, ne babatta ne babaanika ku lusozi mu maaso ga Mukama. Bonna omusanvu ne battibwa mu nnaku ezaasooka ez’amakungula nga batandika amakungula ga sayiri.
10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on a rock, from the beginning of harvest until it rained on them from the sky. And she did not allow the birds of the sky to rest on them by day, nor the wild animals by night.
Lizupa muwala wa Aya n’addira ebibukutu, n’abyaliira ku lwazi, okuva ku ntandikwa ey’amakungula okutuusa enkuba lwe yatonnya okuva mu ggulu, n’ataganya nnyonyi za mu bbanga newaakubadde ensolo enkambwe okulya emirambo gyabwe emisana oba ekiro.
11 It was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the secondary wife of Saul, had done.
Dawudi bwe yategeezebwa, Lizupa omuzaana wa Sawulo, muwala wa Aya, kye yakola,
12 Then David went and obtained the bones of Saul and the bones of his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh Gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hung them on the day that the Philistines killed Saul on Gilboa;
n’agenda, n’aggya amagumba ga Sawulo n’aga mutabani we Yonasaani ku bantu ab’e Yabesugireyaadi, Abafirisuuti gye baagawanika, ku lunaku kwe battira Sawulo e Girubowa, abaali bagatutte mu bubba mu kifo ekigazi eky’abantu bonna e Besusani.
13 and he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son. And they gathered the bones of those who were hanged.
Dawudi n’aggyayo amagumba ga Sawulo n’aga mutabani we Yonasaani, n’agakuŋŋaanya n’amagumba g’abo abattibwa ne baanikibwa.
14 And he buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan in the land of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father. And they performed all that the king commanded. After that God responded to prayers for the land.
Ne baziika amagumba ga Sawulo n’aga mutabani we Yonasaani mu ntaana ya Kiisi kitaawe wa Sawulo, e Zeera mu nsi ya Benyamini, ne bakola byonna kabaka bye yalagira. Oluvannyuma Katonda n’addamu okusaba kw’ensi.
15 The Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. Now David became exhausted,
Ne waba nate olutalo wakati w’Abafirisuuti n’Abayisirayiri. Dawudi n’aserengeta n’abasajja be okulwana n’Abafirisuuti, n’akoowa nnyo.
16 and Dodo son of Joash, of the descendants of the Raphah, captured him. His spear weighed three hundred bronze shekels, and he was girded with a new sword, and he thought he could kill David.
Awo Isubibenobu omu ku bazzukulu b’agasajja agawanvu yalina effumu ng’obuzito bw’omutwe gw’alyo kilo ssatu n’ekitundu ng’alina n’ekitala ekiggya, n’ayogera nti agenda okutta Dawudi.
17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him and struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David took an oath, saying, "You must not go out to battle with us again, so that you do not extinguish the lamp of Israel."
Naye Abisaayi mutabani wa Zeruyiya n’adduukirira Dawudi, n’alumba Omufirisuuti, n’amutta. Awo abasajja ba Dawudi ne bamulayirira nti, “Tokyatabaala naffe ettaala ya Isirayiri ereme okuzikira.”
18 Now it came to pass after this that there was another battle with the Philistines at Gezer. Then Sibbekai the Hushathite killed Saph, a descendant of the Raphah.
Bwe waayitawo ebbanga ne wabaawo olutalo olulala n’Abafirisuuti e Gobu. Sibbekayi Omukusasi n’atta Safu omu ku bazzukulu b’agasajja gali agawanvu.
19 There was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
Ne wabaawo nate olutalo olulala n’Abafirisuuti e Gobu, Erukanani mutabani wa Yayiri Omubesirekemu n’atta muganda wa Goliyaasi Omugitti eyalina olunyago lw’effumu olwali ng’omuti ogulukirwako engoye.
20 There was another battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature who had on six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot, twenty four in number, and he also was a descendant of Raphah.
Ne waba olutalo olulala e Gaasi, ne wabaayo omusajja omuwanvu ennyo eyalina engalo mukaaga ku buli mukono n’ebigere mukaaga ku buli kigere, byonna awamu abiri mu bina. Era naye yali muzzukulu w’agasajja gali agawanvu ennyo.
21 When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah, David's brother, killed him.
Bwe yasoomooza Isirayiri, Yonasaani mutabani wa Simeeya, muganda wa Dawudi, n’amutta.
22 These four were descendants of Raphah in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
Abo abana baali bazzukulu b’agasajja gali agawanvu ennyo mu Gaasi, era bonna ne bagwa mu mukono gwa Dawudi ne basajja be.

< 2 Samuel 21 >