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].”
Bere a Dawid di hene no, ɔkɔm baa asase no so mfe abiɛsa, enti Dawid bisaa Awurade ɔkɔm no ho asɛm. Na Awurade kae se, “Esiane fɔ a Saulo ne ne fifo di wɔ kunkum a wokunkum Gibeonfo no ho nti na ɔkɔm saa aba no.”
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
Enti ɔhene Dawid frɛɛ Gibeonfo no nyinaa. Na wɔnka Israelfo no ho, na mmom, wɔyɛ Amorifo nkaefo bi. Israel kaa ntam se, wɔrenkum wɔn, nanso esiane Saulo ahopere nti, ɔpɛɛ sɛ ɔtɔre wɔn ase.
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?”
Dawid bisaa Gibeonfo no se, “Dɛn na metumi ayɛ de apata mo? Monka, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a Awurade behyira ne nkurɔfo bio.”
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?”
Gibeonfo no buae se, “Anokwa, sika rentumi, na yɛmpɛ nso sɛ wobekunkum Israelfo aweretɔ wɔ so.” Enti Dawid kɔɔ so bisaa wɔn se, “Enti dɛn na menyɛ? Monka nkyerɛ me, na mɛyɛ ama mo.”
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.
Na wobuae se, “Ɛyɛ Saulo na ɔdwenee ho sɛ ɔbɛsɛe yɛn, sɛnea yɛrennya afa biara wɔ Israel.
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.”
Enti wonyi Saulo mmabarima anaa ne nananom mmarima baason mma yɛn, na yebekum wɔn wɔ Awurade anim wɔ Gibea bepɔw no so.” Ɔhene no kaa se, “Eye. Mɛyɛ.”
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.
Dawid gyaee Yonatan babarima Mefiboset a na ɔyɛ Saulo nena no, esiane ntam a na Dawid ne Yonatan aka wɔ Awurade anim no nti.
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].
Nanso ɔde Saulo mmabarima baanu a na wɔn din de Armoni ne Mefiboset a na wɔn mama Rispa no yɛ Aia babea no maa wɔn. Ɔsan de Saulo babea Mikal a na ɔyɛ Adriel a na ɔyɛ Barsilai a ofi Mehola no yere mmabarima baanum no mae.
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.
Na Gibeon mmarima no kunkum wɔn wɔ bepɔw no so wɔ Awurade anim. Enti nnipa baason no nyinaa, wokunkum wɔn wɔ bere a wɔrefi atokotwa afahyɛ no ase no.
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.
Rispa a ɔyɛ mmarima no mu baanu mama no de atweaatam sɛw ɔbotan bi so, tenaa hɔ otwabere no nyinaa mu. Wamma nnomaa ammɛsosɔw wɔn amu no awia, na anadwo nso, osiw nkekaboa ho kwan.
11 When someone told David what Rizpah had done,
Bere a Dawid tee nea Rispa a na ɔyɛ Saulo mpena no ayɛ no,
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].
ɔkɔɔ nkurɔfo a wofi Yabes Gilead nkyɛn, kobisaa wɔn Saulo ne ne babarima Yonatan nnompe ase. (Bere a Saulo ne Yonatan totɔɔ ɔko a wɔne Filistifo koe no ano no, Yabes Gileadfo na wɔkɔtasee wɔn amu wɔ Filistifo kurow Bet-San abɔnten so.)
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.
Enti Dawid de Saulo ne Yonatan nnompe bae. Saa ara na ɔde mmarima a Gibeonfo kunkum wɔn no nso nnompe bae.
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.
Osiee wɔn nyinaa wɔ Saulo agya Kis ɔboda a ɛwɔ kurow Sela a ɛwɔ Benyamin asase so no mu. Ɛno akyi, Onyankopɔn twaa ɔkɔm no so wɔ Israel asase so.
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.
Bio, Filistifo ne Israel koe. Na bere a ɔko no duu ne mpɔmpɔnso no, Dawid brɛe.
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.
Na Yisbi-Benob yɛ abran no asefo mu baako. Na ne peaw mu duru kari boro kilogram abiɛsa ne fa, a wɔde afoa foforo ahyehyɛ ne ho. Na waka Dawid ahyɛ a anka ɔrebekum no.
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.”
Nanso Seruia babarima Abisai begyee Dawid, na okum Filistini no. Ɛno akyi, Dawid mmarima no kaa ntam se, “Wo ne yɛn renkɔ ɔko bio na amma Israel kanea annum no.”
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.
Eyi akyi, ɔko foforo ba de tiaa Filistifo no wɔ Gob. Wogu so reko no, Sibekai a ofi Husan, kum Saf a na ɔno nso yɛ abran no asefo no bi.
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).
Ɔko foforo bi a wɔkoo wɔ Gob no nso, Yair babarima Elhanan a ofi Betlehem kum Gatni Goliat nuabarima bi. Na ne peaw mu duru te sɛ ntamanwemfo abaa.
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].
Ɔko bi a esii bio wɔ Gat nso, ɔbarima bran bi a na ɔyɛ nsansia ne nansia a ɔyɛ abran no aseni no
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.
pɛɛ sɛ obu fa Israel so, gu nʼanim ase. Ɔno nso, Dawid nuabarima Simei babarima Yonatan na okum no.
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.
Saa Filistifo abran baanan yi yɛ Gat abran no asefo. Na Dawid ne nʼakofo na wokunkum wɔn nyinaa.
