1 Kings 20
1 Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, gathered all his army, and he persuaded 32 other kings to join him with their armies and horses and chariots. They marched to Samaria [city, the capital of Israel], and surrounded it, and [prepared to] attack it.
Silia hina bagade Beneha: ida: de da ea dadi gagui dunu huluane gagadoi. Soge ouligisu dunu eno32 agoane ilia da fuligala: musa: dadi gagui dunu da ilia hosi da: iya fila heda: fia: i. Ilia da gusu ba: i mogodigili heda: fia: le, Samelia moilai bai bagadega doaga: i.
2 Ben-Hadad sent messengers into the city to King Ahab, to say this to him: “This is what King Ben-Hadad says:
E da sia: adola ahoasu dunu ilia Isala: ili hina bagade A: iha: be moilai ganodini esalebe, ema adoma: ne asunasi. Ilia da ema amane sia: i, “Hina bagade Beneha: ida: de da dima amane hamoma: ne sia: sa,
3 ‘[You must give to] me all your silver and gold, your (good-looking/most beautiful) wives/women and strongest children.’”
‘Dia silifa amola gouli huluane, amola dilia udalali amola baligili gasa bagade manolali amo huluane ema ima.’”
4 The king of Israel replied to them, “Tell this to King Ben-Hadad: ‘I agree to do what you requested. You can have me and everything that I own.’”
A: iha: be da bu adole i, “Na hina Beneha: ida: dema amane adoma, ‘Defea mabu! E da na amola na gagui huluane fedelamu da defea.’”
5 [The messengers told that to] Ben-Hadad, and he [sent them back with] another message: “I sent a message to you saying that you must give me all your silver and gold and your wives and your children.
Amalalu, Beneha: ida: de ea adola ahoasu dunu ilia da bu A: iha: bema misini, Beneha: ida: de ea adole iasu sia: amo eno amane sia: i, “Na da dima dia silifa amola gouli amola udalali amola manolali huluane nama ima: ne sia: i.
6 But [in addition to that], about this time tomorrow, I will send some of my officials to search your palace and the houses of your officials, and to bring to me everything that pleases them.”
Be wali na da na dadi gagui ouligisu dunu ili asunasimu. Ilia da dia hina bagade diasu amola dia eagene ouligisu dunu ilia diasu huluane amo ganodini hogole, liligi huluane da noga: i, amo ilia ba: sea, ladili ebelemu. Ilia da aya eso we waba, misunu.”
7 King Ahab summoned all the leaders of Israel, and said to them, “You can see/realize for yourselves that this man is trying to cause much trouble. He sent me a message insisting that I must give him my wives and my children, my silver and my gold, and I agreed to do that.”
Hina bagade A: iha: be da ea soge ouligisu dunu huluane ema misa: ne sia: ne, ilima amane sia: i, “Amo dunu da nini wadela: lesimusa: dawa: lebe, amo dilia da ba: sa. E da na udalali amola manolali amola na silifa amola gouli fefedelamusa: , nama sia: si. Amola na da amo igili imunu sia: i.”
8 The leaders and all the other people said to him, “Do not pay any attention to him! Do not do what he is requesting!”
Ouligisu dunu ilia amola dunu huluane, da amane sia: i, “Ea sia: mae nabima! Ema agoane hamoma: ne mae sia: ma!”
9 So Ahab said to Ben-Hadad’s messengers, “Tell the king that I agree to give him the things that he first requested, but I do not agree to allow his officials to take anything that they want from my palace and from the houses of my officials.” So the messengers [reported that to King Ben-Hadad, and they] returned with another message from Ben-Hadad.
Amaiba: le, A:iha: be da Beneha: ida: de ea sia: adosi dunu ilima amane sia: i, “Na hina Beneha: ida: de ema amane sia: ma, ‘Na da dia musa: adole ba: su hamoma: ne sia: i. Be dia hamoma: ne sia: i ageyadu amo na da hame hamomu.’” Adola ahoasu dunu ilia da fisili asili, amalalu sia: eno ema adola misi.
10 In that message he said, “[We will destroy] your city [completely, with the result that] there will not be enough dust and rubble left for each of my soldiers to have one handful! I hope/wish that the gods will strike me dead if we do not do that!”
Beneha: ida: de da amane sia: si, “Na da dunu bagohamedafa amo dia moilai mugulumusa: oule misunuba: le, ilia da moilai mugului isu amo ilia loboa gaguli masunu defele ba: mu. Na da amane hame hamosea, ‘gode’ ilia da na fane legemu da defea.”
11 King Ahab replied [to the messengers], “Tell King Ben-Hadad that a soldier who is putting on his armor [preparing to fight a battle] [MTY] should not boast at that time; he [should wait until] after he wins the battle.”
Hina bagade A: iha: be da bu adole i, “Hina bagade Beneha: ida: dema amane sia: sima, ‘Dadi gagui dunudafa da hidadea hasalasilalu amalu fa: no da hidale sia: sa, be bisili da hame sia: sa.’”
12 Ben-Hadad heard that message while he and the other rulers were drinking [wine] in their temporary shelters. He told his men to prepare to attack [MTY] the city. So his men did that.
Beneha: ida: de amola ema fuligala: su dunu ilia ouligisu dunu, ilia da ilia abula diasu ganodini adini nanebe ba: loba, A:iha: be ea adole iasu nabi. Beneha: ida: de da ea dadi gagui dunu ilia da moilai bai bagade doagala: musa: momagema: ne sia: i. Amaiba: le, ilia da ilia doagala: mu sogebi amoga huluane asi.
13 At that moment, a prophet came to King Ahab and said to him, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘[Do not be at all afraid of] [RHQ] the large enemy army that you see! I will enable your army to defeat them today, and you will know that it is I, Yahweh, [who have the power to do what I say that I will do].’”
Be amogalu, balofede dunu afae da hina bagade A: iha: bema asili, amane sia: i, “Hina Gode da amane sia: sa, ‘Silia dadi gagui wa: i bagadedafa, amoba: le mae beda: ma! Na da wali eso dima hasalasu hou imunu. Amasea, Na da Hina Godedafa, dia da dawa: mu.’”
14 Ahab asked, “What group [of our army] will defeat them?” The prophet replied, “The young soldiers who are commanded by the district governors will do it.” The king asked, “Who should lead the attack?” The prophet replied, “You should!”
A: iha: be da amane adole ba: i, “Ilima doagala: sea, nowa da bisilua hamoma: bela: ?” Balofede dunu da bu adole i, “Hina Gode da amane sia: sa, ‘Ayeligi dadi gagui dunu ilia da bisili doagala: mu. Amola soge bai ouligisu dunu ilia da ayeligi ouligimu.’” Hina bagade da bu adole bai, “Be dadi gagui wa: i ouligisudafa da nowala: ?” Balofede dunu da bu adole i, “Difa!”
15 So Ahab gathered the young soldiers who were commanded by the district governors. There were 232 of those men. Then he also summoned all the Israeli army. There were [only] 7,000 soldiers.
Amaiba: le, hina bagade da ayeligi dadi gagui dunu amo da soge bai ouligisu dunu hagudu gala, amo huluane gilisimusa: wei. Ilia idi da 232 agoane. Amalalu, e da Isala: ili dadi gagui dunu huluane amo gilisima: ne wei. Ilia idi da dunu 7,000 agoane.
16 They started to attack at noon, while Ben-Hadad and the other rulers were getting drunk in their temporary shelters.
Doagala: su da esomogoa mui. Beneha: ida: de amola ea fuligala: su dunu (huluane ilia idi da 32 agoane) ilia da ilia abula diasu ganodini adini nanebeba: le, bai muni feloai agoai ba: i.
17 The young soldiers advanced first. Some scouts who had been sent out by Ben-Hadad reported to him, “There are men coming out of Samaria [city]”!
Isala: ili ayeligi dadi gagui dunu da bisili gusuba: le doagala: musa: asi. Beneha: ida: de da desega ahoasu dunu asunasi. Ilia da ema buhagili misini, ema ilia ba: i amo sia: ne i, “Isala: ili dadi gagui gilisisu da Samelia sogega manebe.”
18 He said, “It does not matter whether they are coming to fight against us or to ask for peace. Capture them, but do not kill them
Beneha: ida: de da ilima amane sia: i, “Amo dunu da gegemusa: o olofoi adole ba: musa: maha. Be amo mae dawa: le, ili mae medoleawane, udigili gagulaliligima!”
19 The young Israeli soldiers went out of the city to attack [the Syrian army], and the other soldiers in the Israeli army followed them.
Isala: ili ayeligi dadi gagui dunu da doagala: musa: bisili asi. Isala: ili dadi gagui dunu wa: i da ilima fa: no bobogei.
20 Each [Israeli soldier] killed a [Syrian] soldier. The rest of the Syrian army then ran away, and the Israeli soldiers pursued them. But King Ben-Hadad escaped riding his horse, along with some other men riding horses.
Dunu afae afae da ele dabele gegebe dunu amo afae afae fane legei. Silia dadi gagui dunu ilia da hobeabeba: le, Isala: ili dunu da ilima fa: no bobogele sefasi. Be Beneha: ida: de amola hosi da: iya fila heda: i dadi gagui dunu mogili, ilia da hosi da: iya fila heda: le, hobeahadafa hobea: i.
21 Then the king of Israel went out [of the city], and he and his soldiers captured [all] the [other Syrian] horses and chariots, and also killed a large number of Syrian soldiers.
Hina bagade A: iha: be da bisili gegesu amoga aligila misini, Silia hosi amola ‘sa: liode’ fefedelale, Silia dunu hasalasi.
22 Then that same prophet went to King Ahab and said to him, “Go back and prepare your soldiers, and think carefully about what will be necessary for you to do, because the king of Syria with attack with his army again in the springtime of next year.”
Amalalu, balofede dunu da hina bagade A: iha: bema asili, amane sia: i, “Di buhagili, dia dadi gagui wa: i amo gasa fima: ne wiwima. Amola dawa: iwane, Isala: ili soge gaga: musa: ilegema. Bai woufo galu, Silia hina bagade da dilima bu doagala: musa: misunu.
23 [After the Syrian army was defeated, ] Ben-Hadad’s officials said to him, “The gods that the Israelis [worship] are gods [who live] in the hills. [Samaria is built on a hill, and] that is why their soldiers were able to defeat us. But if we fight against them in the plains/lowlands, we certainly will be able to defeat them.
Hina bagade Beneha: ida: de ea eagene ouligisu dunu da ema amane sia: i, “Isala: ili dunu ilia da nini hasalasu amo ea bai da Isala: ili fi dunu ilia ‘gode’ huluane da goumi ‘gode’. Be ninia da umiga ilima gegesea, ninia da dafawane ili hasalisimu.
24 So, this is what you should do: You must remove the 32 kings [who are leading your troops] and replace them with army commanders.
Wali ninia fuligala: su ouligisu dunu 32 agoane, amo fadegama. Dadi gagui wa: i ouligisu dunu, ilia sogebi huluane lama: ne, hamoma.
25 Then gather an army like the army that was defeated. Gather an army that has as many horses and chariots as the first army had. Then we will fight the Israelis in the plains/lowlands, and we will surely defeat them.” Ben-Hadad agreed with them, and he did what they suggested.
Amasea, dadi gagui wa: i (wa: i amo da di fisili hobea: i defele, amo hosi amola ‘sa: liode’ idi defele) amo gilisima: ma. Ninia da Isala: ili dunuma umiga gegemu, amola wali ili hasalasimu.” Hina bagade Beneha: ida: de da ilia sia: hahawane nabi, amola ilia fada: i sia: defele hamomusa: dawa: i.
26 In the spring of the following year, he gathered his soldiers and marched [with them] to Aphek [city east of Galilee Lake], to fight against the Israeli army.
Asili, woufo amogalu, e da ea dadi gagui dunu gilisima: ne wei, amola ilia da ea hamoma: ne sia: beba: le, A:ifege moilaiga, Isala: ili dunu doagala: musa: , mogodigili asi.
27 The Israeli army was also gathered together, and they were equipped with the things that they needed [for the battle]. Then they marched out and formed two groups facing the Syrian army. Their army was very small; they resembled two small flocks of goats, whereas the Syrian army [was very large and] spread all over the countryside.
A: iha: be da Isala: ili dadi gagui dunu gilisima: ne wele, ilima gegesu liligi i. Ilia da gadili mogodigili asili, ha wa: i diasu gilisisu aduna hamone, Silia dadi gagui wa: i ilima ba: le gusuli fi dialu. Isala: ili dadi gagui gilisisu da goudi wa: i aduna fonobahadidafa agoai ba: i. Bai Silia dadi gagui dunu wa: i da bagadedafa amo sogebi bagade amoga fiafiasa asi dialebe ba: i.
28 A prophet came to King Ahab and said to him, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘The Syrians say that I am a god who lives in the hills, and that I am not a god who lives in the valleys. So I will [show that they are wrong by] enabling your men to defeat this huge army [IDM] [in the valley], and you will know that I, Yahweh, [have done it].’”
Balofede dunu afae da hina bagade A: iha: bema asili, amane sia: i, “Hina Gode da amane sia: sa, ‘Silia dunu da Na da agolo ouligisu ‘gode’ fawane, amola umi ouligimu hame dawa: Amaiba: le, Na da dili, ilia dadi gagui wa: i bagadedafa amo hasalasimusa: hamomu. Amasea, di amola dia fi dunu, dilia da Na da Hina Godedafa dawa: mu.’”
29 The two armies stayed in their tents for seven days, in groups that faced each other. Then, on the seventh day, they started fighting. The Israeli army killed 100,000 Syrian soldiers.
Eso fesuale, Silia amola Isala: ili dunu da ilia ha wa: i diasu gilisisu ganodini ba: le gusuliwane esalu. Eso fesu ganodini, gegesu da mui. Isala: ili dadi gagui dunu ilia da Silia dunu 100,000 agoane medole legei.
30 The other Syrian soldiers ran away into Aphek City. Then the wall of the city collapsed and killed 27,000 more Syrian soldiers. Ben-Hadad also escaped into the city, and hid in the back room of a house.
Silia dunu hame bogoi esalebe, da A: ifege moilaiga hobea: i. Be amogawi, moilai dobea fei sisiga: i da mugululi sa: ili, Silia dunu 27,000 agoane banei. Beneha: ida: de da moilai bai bagadega hobeale, diasu ganodini sesei amo ganodini wamoaligi.
31 His officials went to him and said, “We have heard a report that the Israelis act mercifully. So allow us to go to the king of Israel, wearing coarse sacks around our waists and ropes on our heads/necks [to indicate that we will be his slaves]. Perhaps [if we do that, ] he will allow you to remain alive.”
Ea eagene ouligisu dunu da ema asili, amane sia: i, “Ninia nabi, amo Isala: ili hina bagade, ilia da asigili gogolema: ne olofosu hou dawa: Ninia da eboboi abula ninia bulualesisili, amola efe galoaga la: la: bololesisili, Isala: ili hina bagadema masa: ne di sia: ma. Amabela: ? E da di esaloma: ne yolesima: bela: ?”
32 [The king permitted them to do that, ] so they wrapped coarse sacks around their waists and put ropes on their heads/necks, and they went to the king of Israel and said to him, “Ben-Hadad, who greatly respects you, says, ‘Please do not kill me.’” Ahab replied, “Is he still alive? He is like a brother to me!”
Amaiba: le, ilia da eboboi abula bulualisisili, amola efe galoaga la: la: bololesisili A: iha: bema asili, amane sia: i, “Dia hawa: hamosu dunu Beneha: ida: de, e da ‘Na mae fama: ia’ hi segesa.” A: iha: be da bu adole i, “E da hame bogoi esalabala? Defea mabu! E da na fi dunu agoane ba: sa.”
33 Ben-Hadad’s officials were trying to find out if Ahab would act mercifully, and when Ahab said “brother,” they (were optimistic/thought that Ahab would be merciful). So they replied, “Yes, he is like your brother!” Ahab said, “Go and bring him to me.” So they [went and] brought Ben-Hadad to him. [When Ben-Hadad arrived, ] Ahab told him to get in his chariot [and sit with him].
Beneha: ida: de da sia: noga: idafa hogobeba: le, A:iha: be da ‘na fi dunu’ sia: beba: le, ilia da hedolowane hahawane sia: i, “Dafawane! Dia sia: i defele, Beneha: ida: de da dia fi dunu agoane!” A: iha: be da amane hamoma: ne sia: i, “E nama oule misa!” Beneha: ida: de da ema doaga: loba, A:iha: be da ela gilisili ‘sa: liode’ amo da: iya fila heda: musa: , e hiougi.
34 Ben-Hadad said to him, “I will give back to you the towns that my father’s army took from your father. And I will allow you to set up market areas for your merchants in Damascus [my capital], just as my father did in Samaria [your capital].” Ahab replied, “Because you agree to do that, I will not execute you.” So Ahab made an agreement with Ben-Hadad, and allowed him to go home.
Beneha: ida: de da A: iha: bema amane sia: i, “Na da moilai huluane amo na ada da dia adama fedele lai, amo dima bu imunu. Amola na ada da Samelia moilai bai bagade amo ganodini bidi lasu ouligisu bai hamoi, amo defele di da Dama: saga: se moilaiga agoane hamomu da defea.” A: iha: be da bu adole i, “Defea! Di da agoane ilegeiba: le, na da di masa: ne sesalimu.” Ela da gilisili bu mae gegema: ne ilegele sia: ne, A:iha: be da Beneha: ida: de udigili masa: ne sesali.
35 Then Yahweh spoke to a member of a group of prophets and said to him, “Ask one of your fellow prophets to strike and wound you.” [So he did what Yahweh told him to do]. [He said to one of his fellow prophets, ‘Strike me and wound me].’ But that man refused to do it.
Hina Gode da amane hamoma: ne sia: beba: le, balofede dunu ilia gilisisu ganodini, balofede dunu afae da ea sama balofede dunu amo ea e fama: ne sia: i. Be ea sama da e famu higa: iba: le, hame fai.
36 So the prophet said to him, “Because you refused to obey what Yahweh told you to do, a lion will kill you as soon as you leave me.” And as soon as he left that prophet, a lion suddenly pounced on him and killed him.
Amaiba: le, balofede dunu da ea samama amane sia: i, “Di da Hina Gode Ea hamoma: ne sia: i hame nababeba: le, di da na yolesili, hedolowane laione wa: mega fane legei dagoi ba: mu.” Amalalu, amo balofede dunu da fisili, ahoabeba: le, laione wa: me da misini, e medole legei.
37 Then the prophet found another prophet, and said to him, “Strike me!” So that man hit him [very hard] and injured him.
Amalalu, balofede dunu (amo da ea samama e fama: ne sia: i), amo da eno dunuma amane sia: i, “Na fama!” Amo dunu da amane hamoi. E da balofede dunu ea odagia ha: gi fabeba: le, balofede da se nabi.
38 Then the prophet put a large bandage/cloth over his face so that no one would recognize him. Then he went and stood alongside the road, waiting for the king to come by.
Balofede dunu da ea odagia abula gadelai amoga la: la: gili (amo da ea ba: su afadenema: ne hamoi) asili, Isala: ili hina bagade baligili masa: ne, logo bega: ouesalu.
39 When the king passed by, the prophet cried out to him, saying “Your majesty, [after I was wounded] while I was fighting in a battle, a soldier brought to me one of our enemies that he had captured, and said to me, ‘Guard this man! If he escapes, you must pay me 3,000 pieces of silver, and if you do not pay that, you will be executed!’
Hina bagade da e baligimusa: ahoanoba, balofede da ema amane wele sia: i, “Hina bagade! Na da gegesu ganodini gegenanoba, dadi gagui dunu afae da ha lai dunu gagulaligili, nama oule misini, amane sia: i, ‘Amo dunu noga: le sosodo aligima! Be di da noga: le hame sosodo aligisia amola e da dafawane hobeasea, di da dabe ima: ne, medole legei dagoi ba: mu. O amai hame galea, dabe silifa fage 3,000 agoane ima.’
40 But while I was busy doing other things, the man escaped!” The king of Israel said to him, “That is your problem! You yourself have said that you deserve to be punished.”
Be na da eno hawa: hamosu hamobeba: le, amo dunu da hobeale asi.” Hina bagade da bu adole i, “Disu da dia dawa: ma: ne dabe se imunu sia: i dagoi. Di da dabe imunu galebe.”
41 The prophet immediately took off the bandage, and the king of Israel recognized that he was one of the prophets.
Balofede dunu da ea odagia abula ga: i, amo gadelale fasibi ba: loba, hina bagade da e da balofede dunu afae dawa: i.
42 And the prophet said to him, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You have allowed that man [Ben-Hadad] to escape after I commanded you to be sure to execute him! Since you did not do that, you will be killed instead. And your army will be destroyed because you allowed [some of] his army to escape!’”
Amalalu, balofede da hina bagadema amane sia: i, “Hina Gode da amane sia: sa, ‘Na da di Beneha: ida: de medole legema: ne sia: i. Be di da e masa: ne, sesali. Amaiba: le, di da amo dabele, medole legei dagoi ba: mu. Amola dia dadi gagui wa: i da Silia dadi gagui wa: i hobeale masa: ne sesaliba: le, ilia da gugunufinisi dagoi ba: mu.’”
43 The king went back home to Samaria, very angry and depressed/dejected.
Hina bagade da da: i dioi bagadewane, Samelia sogega buhagi.
