2 Samuel 21
1 During the time that David [ruled], there was a famine [in Israel] for three years. David prayed to Yahweh about it. And Yahweh said, “[In order for the famine to end], Saul’s family needs to be punished [MTY] because Saul killed many people from Gibeon [city].”
I LAILA no i na la o Davida na makahiki wi ekolu, i kela makahiki i keia makahiki: a ninau aku la Davida ia Iehova. I mai la o Iehova, No Saula ia, a no kona ohana koko; no ka mea, ua pepehi oia i ko Gibeona.
2 The people of Gibeon were not Israelis; they were a small group of the Amor people-group whom the Israelis had solemnly promised to protect. But Saul had tried to kill all of them because he (was very zealous/wanted very much) to enable the people of Judah and Israel [to be the only ones living in that land]. So the king summoned the leaders of Gibeon
Kii aku la ke alii i ko Gibeona, i aku la ia lakou; (a o ko Gibeona aole lakou no na mamo a Iseraela, no ke koena lakou o ka poe Amori; a ua hoohiki aku na mamo a Iseraela ia lakou: a manao iho la o Saula e pepehi ia lakou no kona manao ikaika i na mamo a Iseraela laua o Iuda.)
3 and said to them, “What shall I do for you? How can I make amends/up for what was done to your people, in order that you will bless us who belong to Yahweh?”
I aku la o Davida i ko Gibeona, Heaha ka'u e hana aku ai no oukou? pehea hoi au e hookalahala aku ai, i hoomaikai mai oukou i ka aina a Iehova i haawi mai ai?
4 They replied, “You cannot settle our quarrel with Saul and his family by giving us silver or gold. And we do not have the right to kill any Israelis.” So David asked, “Then/So what do you say that I should do for you?”
I mai la ko Gibeona ia ia, Aole makou e makemake i ke kala, aole hoi i ke gula no Saula a no kana ohana; aole hoi oe e pepehi i kekahi kanaka iloko o ka Iseraela no makou. I aku la kela, O ka mea a oukou e olelo mai ai, oia ka'u e hana aku ai no oukou.
5 They replied, “Saul [wanted to] get rid of us. He wanted to annihilate/kill all of us, in order that none of us would live anywhere in Israel.
I mai la lakou i ke alii, O ke kanaka nana makou i hoopau aku, a i noonoo e luku mai ia makou, i noho ole ai makou ma kekahi palena aina o ka Iseraela,
6 Hand over to us seven of Saul’s descendants. We will hang them where Yahweh is worshiped in Gibeon, our town, the town where Saul, whom Yahweh previously chose to be king, lived.” The king replied, “Okay, I will hand them over to you.”
E haawiia mai na kanaka ehiku o kana mau keiki ia makou, a e kau aku makou ia lakou iluna no Iehova ma Gibea no Saula o ka mea a Iehova i wae ai. I aku la ke alii, E haawi no wau.
7 The king did not hand over to them Saul’s grandson Mephibosheth, because of what he and [Mephibosheth’s father] Jonathan had solemnly promised to each other.
Aka, kala aku la ke alii ia Mepiboseta ke keiki a Ionatana ke keiki a Saula, no ka hoohiki ana ia Iehova iwaena o laua, iwaena o Davida laua o Ionatana ke keiki a Saula.
8 Instead, he took Armoni and another man named Mephibosheth, the two sons that Saul’s slave wife Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, had given birth to, and the five sons that Saul’s daughter Merab had given birth to. Merab’s husband was Adriel, the son of a man named Barzillai from Meholah [town].
A lawe aku la ke alii i na keikikane elua a Rizepa ke kaikamahine a Aia, i na mea ana i hanau ai na Saula, o Aremoni a o Mepiboseta; a me na keikikane elima a Mikala ke kaikamahine a Saula, na mea ana i hanai ai na Aderiela ke keiki a Barezilai no Meholata.
9 David handed those men over to the men from Gibeon. Then they hanged those seven men on a hill where they worshiped Yahweh. They were all killed during the time of the year that the people started to harvest the barley.
A haawi aku la oia ia lakou i na lima o ko Gibeona, a kaawe aku la lakou ia poe maluna o ka puu imua o Iehova; a hina pu iho la lakou a ehiku, a make iho la i na la o ka ohi ai ana, i na la mua o ka ohi bale ana.
10 Then Rizpah took coarse cloth made from goats’ hair, and spread it on the rock [where the corpses lay]. She stayed there from the time that people started to harvest the barley until the rains started. She did not allow any birds to come near the corpses during the day, and she did not allow any animals to come near during the night.
Lawe ae la o Rizepa ke kaikamahine a Aia i ke kapa inoino, a halii iho la nona maluna o ka pohaku nui, mai ka wa mua o ka ohi bale ana a hiki i ka wa i haule mai ai ka ua mai ka lani mai maluna iho o lakou, a kiai iho la ia i kau ole ai na manu o ka lewa maluna o lakou i ke ao, aole hoi na holoholona o ke kula i ka po.
11 When someone told David what Rizpah had done,
A ua haiia aku ia Davida ka mea a Rizepa ke kaikamahine a Aia, ka haiawahine a Saula i hana'i.
12 he went with some of his servants to Jabesh in [the] Gilead [region] and got the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan. The people of Jabesh had stolen their bones from the (plaza/public square) in Beth-Shan [city], where the men from Philistia had hanged them previously, on the day that they had killed Saul and Jonathan on Gilboa [Mountain].
Hele aku la o Davida, a lawe mai la ia i na iwi o Saula a me na iwi o Ionatana kana keiki mai na kanaka o Iabesagileada mai, ka poe nana i lawe malu ia laua mai ke alanui o Betesana mai, kahi a ka poe Pilisetia i kau ai ia laua, i ka wa i pepehi ai ka poe Pilisetia ia Saula i Gileboa.
13 David and his men took the bones of Saul and Jonathan, and they also took the bones of the seven men [from Gibeon] whom the men from Philistia had hanged.
Lawe mai la ia i na iwi o Saula a me na iwi o Ionatana kana keiki mai laila mai; a hoiliili ae la lakou i na iwi o ka poe i kaaweia.
14 They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan in Zela [town] in the land of [the tribe of] Benjamin. Doing all that the king commanded, they buried their bones in the tomb where Saul’s father Kish [was buried]. After that, [because] God [saw that Saul’s family had been punished to pay for Saul’s murder of many people from Gibeon, he] answered the Israelis’ prayers for their land, and caused the famine to end.
Kanu aku la lakou i na iwi o Saula a o Ionatana kana keiki ma Zela ma ka aina o ka Beniamina, maloko o ka halekupapau no Kisa no kona makuakane: a hana aku la lakou i na mea a pau a ke alii i kena aku ai. A mahope iho ua hoomaliuia'ku ke Akua no ka aina.
15 The army of Philistia again started to fight against the army of Israel. And David and his soldiers went to fight the Philistines. During the battle, David became weary.
A kaua hou mai la ko Pilisetia me ka Iseraela; iho aku la o Davida me kana poe kauwa, a kaua aku la i ko Pilisetia: a paupauaho iho la o Davida.
16 One of the Philistia men thought that he could kill David. His name was Ishbi-Benob. He was a descendant of [a group of] giants. He carried a bronze spear that weighed about (7-1/2 pounds/3-1/2 kg.), and he also had a new sword.
A o Isebi-benoba no na keiki a ke kanaka nunui, o kona ihe, ekolu haneri sekela keleawe ia ma ke kaupaona ana, ua kaei oia i ka pahikaua hou, a manao iho la oia e pepehi ia Davida.
17 But Abishai came to help David, and attacked the giant and killed him. Then David’s soldiers forced him to promise that he would not go with them into a battle again. They said to him, “[If you die, and none of your descendants become king, that would be like] [MET] extinguishing the last light in Israel.”
Kokua mai la o Abisai ke keiki a Zeruia ia ia, hahau aku la ia i ke kanaka no Pilisetia, a pepehi iho la ia ia. Alaila papa mai la na kanaka ia Davida, i mai la, Mai hele hou aku oe me makou i ke kaua, i kinai ole iho ai oe i ke kukui no ka Iseraela.
18 Some time after that, there was a battle with the army of Philistia near Gob [village]. During the battle, Sibbecai, from [the] Hushah [clan], killed Saph, one of the descendants of the Rapha giants.
A mahope iho o keia manawa, he kaua hou me ko Pilisetia ma Goba; a pepehi iho la o Sibekai no Husata ia Sapa no na keiki a ke kanaka nunui.
19 [Later] there was another battle with the army of Philistia at Gob. During that battle, Elhanan, the son of Jaare-Oregim from Bethlehem, killed [the brother of] Goliath from Gath [city]; Goliath’s spear shaft/handle was (very thick, like the bar on a weaver’s loom/over two inches thick).
He kaua hou no hoi ma Goba me ko Pilisetia, ilaila i pepehi iho ai o Elehanana ke keiki a Iaareoregima no Betelehema i ke kaikaina o Golia no Gata, o ke au o kona ihe, ua like ia me ka laau o ka mea ulana lole.
20 Later there was another battle near Gath. There was a (huge man/giant) there who liked to fight [in battles]. He had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. He was descended from [the] Rapha [giants].
A he kaua hou ma Gata, ilaila he kanaka nunui me na manamanalima eono ma kela lima ma keia lima, a me na manamanawawae eono no ma kela wawae ma keia wawae, he iwakaluakumamaha i ka helu ana: ua hanau hoi ia na ke kanaka nunui.
21 But when he (made fun of/ridiculed) the men in the Israeli [army], Jonathan, the son of David’s [older] brother Shimeah, killed him.
I kona hoino ana mai i ka Iseraela, pepehi iho la o Ionatana ke keiki a Simea a ke kaikuaana a Davida ia ia.
22 Those four men were some of the descendants of the Rapha giants who had lived in Gath, who were killed [MTY] by David and his soldiers.
Ua hanau keia poe eha na ke kanaka nunui ma Gata, a ua haule lakou ma ka lima o Davida, a me ka lima hoi o kana poe kauwa.
