2 Samuel 23
1 Now, these, are the last words of David, —The oracle of David, son of Jesse, Yea the oracle of The man raised up on high, The Anointed of the God of Jacob, the Delight of the Songs of Israel:
David ƒe nya mamlɛtɔwoe nye esiawo: “David, Yese ƒe vi le nu ƒom, David, ame si Yehowa, do ɖe dzi, David, Yakob ƒe Mawu ƒe amesiamina, David, Israel ƒe Psalmo viviwo kpala.
2 The Spirit of Yahweh, spake in me, —And, his word, was on my tongue;
“Yehowa ƒe Gbɔgbɔ ƒo nu to dzinye eye eƒe nya le nye aɖe dzi.
3 Said the God of Israel, Unto me, spake the Rock of Israel: —One Ruling over Men, A Righteous One, ruling in the reverence of God,
Israel ƒe Agakpe la gblɔ nam be, ‘Ame si ɖua dzi kple dzɔdzɔenyenye le mawuvɔvɔ̃ me la,
4 Is even as the light of the morning when ariseth the sun, —A morning, without clouds, [As] from brightness, [and] from rain, the fresh shoots out of the earth.
anɔ abe ŋdikekeli ene, ɣe keklẽ si ŋgɔ lilikpo mexe o si naa gbe mumu dona tso anyigba me le ɣe keklẽ kple tsidzadza megbe ene.’
5 When, not so, was my house with GOD, Then, a covenant age-abiding, he appointed me, Ordered in all things and guarded, Now that it is all my salvation and all my desire, Will he not make it shoot forth?
“Ɖe nye aƒe mele dzɔdzɔe le Mawu ŋkume oa? Ɖe mebla nu mavɔ si le dedie la kplim oa? Ɛ̃, ebla nu si meʋãna o la kplim. Ɖe mana nye ɖeɖekpɔkpɔ nava eme eye wòana nu sia nu si nye dzi di la, nasu asinye oa?
6 But, as for the abandoned, like thorns to be tossed away are they all, —For, not with the hand, can they be taken;
Ke woaɖe ame vɔ̃ɖiwo katã ɖe aga abe ŋutiwo wonye ene. Ŋuti si womefɔna kple asi o.
7 But, the man that would touch them, Must fence himself with iron, and the shaft of a spear, —Then, with fire, shall they be, consumed, on the spot!
Ame si di be yeafɔ ŋuti la tsɔa nu lénɛ, ƒoa ƒui, tɔa dzoe le afi si wòƒo ƒui ɖo.”
8 These, are the names of the mighty men, who belonged to David, —The president a Tachmonite head of the charioteers, the same, was Adino the Eznite, for eight hundred, slain at one time.
Kalẽtɔ xɔŋkɔ etɔ̃ siwo nɔ David ƒe aʋakɔ la me woe nye esiawo: Gbãtɔe nye Yoseb Basebet, tso Tahkemɔn, si wogayɔna be Adino, Eznitɔ la, ame si nye ame etɔ̃awo ƒe tatɔ. Ewu ame alafa enyi kpɔ le aʋakpekpe ɖeka me.
9 And, after him, Eleazar son of Dodo, son of Ahohi, —in the hero-class of mighty men, with David, when they reproached the Philistines, they were gathered together there to battle, but the men of Israel had gone up;
Ame Sesẽ Etɔ̃awo dometɔ eveliae nye Eleazar, Dodai ƒe vi, ame si nye Ahohitɔ. Enɔ ame etɔ̃ siwo kpe ɖe David ŋu wotɔ te Filistitɔwo le Pas Damim esime Israel ƒe aʋawɔla bubuawo katã si la dome.
10 he, however, arose and smote among the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto his sword, so Yahweh wrought a great victory on that day, —the people, coming back after him, only to strip the slain.
Ewu Filistitɔwo va se ɖe esime ɖeɖi te eƒe asi ŋu eye magate ŋu alé yi o; Yehowa na dziɖuɖu gã aɖee. Aʋawɔla mamlɛawo megatrɔ gbɔ o va se ɖe esime ɣeyiɣi ɖo hena afunyinuwo haha!
11 And, after him, Shammah son of Agee, the Hararite, —and, when the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, there being at hand an allotment of field-land full of lentils, but, the people, having fled from the face of the Philistines,
Ame si kplɔe ɖo lae nye Sama, Agee ƒe vi, tso Harar. Gbe ɖeka le aʋakpekpe aɖe kple Filistitɔwo me le teƒe aɖe si bli le fũu eye Israel ƒe aʋawɔlawo katã si la,
12 then took he his stand in the midst of the allotment, and defended it, and smote the Philistines, —and Yahweh wrought a great victory.
Sama ɖeka tɔ ɖe bligble la titina eye wòxɔe hewu Filistitɔwo. Yehowa na wòɖu dzi gã aɖe.
13 And three of the thirty chiefs descended, and came in, towards harvest, unto David, unto the cave of Adullam, —although, a troop of Philistines, were encamped in the vale of Rephaim;
Gbe ɖeka, esime David nɔ agado me le Adulam eye Filistitɔwo ƒe aʋawɔlawo nɔ Refaim balime la, ame etɔ̃ tso Israelviwo ƒe aʋafia xɔŋkɔtɔ blaetɔ̃ me yi ɖakpɔe ɖa le nuŋeɣi.
14 and, David, then was in a stronghold, —and, a garrison of Philistines, was then in Bethlehem.
David nɔ mɔ la me eye Filistitɔwo ƒe aʋakɔ ɖo Betlehem le ɣe ma ɣi.
15 And David longed, and said, —Who will give me to drink water out of the well of Bethlehem, that is within the gate?
David gblɔ kple didi be, “Tsikɔ le wunyem vevie. Oo, ne ame aɖe aku tsi tso vudo si le Betlehem ƒe agbo nu la me vɛ nam la, anyo ŋutɔ.”
16 And the three mighty men brake through the camp of Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was within the gate, and bare it, and brought it in unto David, —yet would he not drink, but poured it out unto Yahweh,
Ale aʋafia etɔ̃ siawo to Filistitɔwo dome, ku tsi tso vudo si te ɖe Betlehem ƒe agbo ŋu me yi na David. Ke David gbe meno tsi la o, ke boŋ etrɔe kɔ ɖi le Yehowa ƒe ŋkume,
17 and said—Be it far from me, O Yahweh, that I should do this! is it not the blood of the men who went with their lives [in their hands]? So he would not drink it. These things, did the three mighty men.
hegblɔ be, “Yehowa, nyemate ŋu awɔ esia gbeɖe o!” “Esiae nye ame etɔ̃ siwo tsɔ woƒe agbe ke la ƒe ʋu.”
18 And. Abishai brother of Joab son of Zeruiah, he, was chief of three, in that he brandished his spear against three hundred whom he slew; and, he, had a name among three.
Abisai, Yoab nɔvi, Zeruya vi nye amegã na ame etɔ̃awo. Etsɔ eƒe akplɔ wu futɔ alafa etɔ̃ kpɔ ale wòxɔ ŋkɔ abe ame etɔ̃awo ene.
19 Was he not most honourable, of the three, and so became their captain? Nevertheless, unto the three, he attained not.
Ɖe womede bubu eŋu wu ame xɔŋkɔ etɔ̃awo oa? Ezu woƒe kplɔla togbɔ be womebui ɖe wo dome o hã.
20 Benaiah also, son of Jehoiadah, son of an active man, hero of many a deed, a man of Kabzeel, he, smote the two sons of Ariel of Moab, he, also went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit, on a day of snow;
Benaya Yehoiada ƒe vi, ame si fofo nye aʋawɔla kalẽtɔ aɖe tso Kabzeel la wu ame dzɔtsu xɔŋkɔ eve siwo nɔ Moab nyigba dzi. Emegbe la, egawu dzata le do aɖe me gbe si gbe sno dza.
21 he, also smote an Egyptian, who was of valiant bearing, and, in the hand of the Egyptian, was a spear, but he went down unto him with a staff, —and wrested the spear out of the hand of the Egyptian, and slew him with his own spear.
Le ɣeyiɣi bubu hã la, ewu Egiptetɔ aɖe. Togbɔ be Egiptetɔ la lé akplɔ ɖe asi hã la, Benaya lũ ɖe edzi kple kpo, dui le esi eye wòtsɔ Egiptetɔ la ŋutɔ ƒe akplɔ wui.
22 These things, did Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and, he, had a name among three mighty men.
Nu siawoe Benaya, Yehoiada ƒe vi wɔ. Eya hã xɔ ŋkɔ abe ame sesẽ etɔ̃awo ene.
23 He was the most honourable, of thirty, although, unto the three, he attained no, —so David added him to his council.
Wobunɛ wu ame xɔŋkɔ Blaetɔ̃awo dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe gake womedee ame Etɔ̃awo dome o. Ke David tsɔe ɖo eŋudzɔlawo nu.
24 Asahel, brother of Joab, was among the thirty, —Elhanan, son of Dodo, of Bethlehem;
Ame siwo nɔ ame blaetɔ̃awo dome: Asahel, Yoab nɔvi, hã nɔ ame blaetɔ̃awo dome. Bubuawoe nye: Elhanan, Dodo ƒe vi, tso Betlehem;
25 Shammah, the Harodite; Elika, the Harodite;
Sama tso Harod; Elika tso Harod;
26 Helez, the Paltite, Ira, son of Ikkesh, the Tekoite;
Helez tso Palti; Ira, Ikes ƒe vi tso Tekoa;
27 Abiezer, the Anathothite, Mebunnai, the Hushathite;
Abiezer tso Anatɔt; Sibekai tso Husat;
28 Zalmon, the Ahohite, Maharai, the Netophathite;
Zalmɔn si nye Ahohitɔ, Maharai tso Netofat;
29 Heleb, son of Baanah, the Netophathite, —Ittai, son of Ribai, of Gibeah, of the sons of Benjamin;
Heleb, Boana ƒe vi, tso Netofat; Itai, Ribai ƒe vi, tso Gibea, le Benyamin ƒe to la me;
30 Benaiah, a Pirathonite, Hiddai, of the torrents of Gaash;
Benaya tso Piratɔn; Hidai tso afi si Gaas tɔʋuwo le;
31 Abi-albon, the Arbathite, Azmaveth, the Barhumite;
Abi Albon tso Arbat; Azmavet tso Bahurim;
32 Eliahba, the Shaalbonite, (Of) the sons of Jashen, Jonathan;
Eliahba tso Saalbɔn; Yasen ƒe viwo; Yonatan;
33 Shammah, the Hararite, Ahiam, son of Sharar, the Ararite;
Sama tso Hara, Ahiam, Sarar ƒe vi, tso Harar;
34 Eliphelet, son of Ahasbai, son of the Maacathite. Eliam, son of Ahithophel, the Gilonite.
Elifelet, Ahasbai ƒe vi, tso Maka; Eliam, Ahitofel ƒe vi, tso Giloh;
35 Hezro, the Carmelite, Paarai, the Arbite;
Hezro tso Karmel; Parai tso Arba;
36 Igal, son of Nathan, of Zobah, Bani, the Gadite;
Igal, Natan ƒe vi tso Zoba; Bani tso Gad;
37 Zelek, the Ammonite, —Naharai, the Beerothite, armour bearers to Joab son of Zeruiah;
Zelek tso Amon; Naharai tso Beerot; Yoab, Zeruya ƒe vi ƒe akpoxɔnutsɔla;
38 Ira, the Ithrite, Gareb, the Ithrite;
Ira tso Yatir; Gareb tso Yatir;
39 Uriah, the Hittite, In all, thirty and seven.
kple Uria, Hititɔ la. Ale wo katã de ame blaetɔ̃-vɔ-adre.
