Samuel 2 21
1 Dɔ to ƒe etɔ̃ sɔŋ le David ƒe fiaɖuɣi. David do gbe ɖa na Yehowa ɖe eta eye Yehowa gblɔ na David be, “Dɔ sia to le Saul kple eƒe ƒometɔwo ƒe nu vɔ̃wo ta elabena wowu Gibeontɔwo.”
There was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the face of Yahweh. Yahweh said, “It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”
2 Ale Fia David yɔ Gibeontɔwo ƒo ƒu. Womenye Israelviwo o, ke boŋ wonye Amoritɔ siwo susɔ. Israel ka atam be yemawu wo o, ke Saul di be yeatsrɔ̃ wo le ŋuʋaʋã ɖe Israel kple Yuda nu ta.
The king called the Gibeonites and said 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; and Saul sought to kill them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah);
3 David bia wo be, “Nu ka mate ŋu awɔ na mi be nu vɔ̃ sia naɖe ɖa le mia dzi eye wòana miabia Mawu be wòayra mi?”
and David said to the Gibeonites, “What should I do for you? And with what should I make atonement, that you may bless Yahweh’s inheritance?”
4 Gibeontɔwo ɖo eŋu be, “Ga mawɔ naneke tso nya sia ŋu o eye míedi be woatsɔ hlɔ̃biabia awu Israelviwo hã o.” David bia be, “Ekema nu ka mawɔ? Migblɔe nam ko eye mawɔe na mi.”
The Gibeonites said to him, “It is no matter of silver or gold between us and Saul or his house; neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel.” He said, “I will do for you whatever you say.”
5 Woɖo eŋu na fia la be, “Le ame si tsrɔ̃ mí eye wòɖo nugbe ɖe mía ŋu, na wowu mía dometɔ aɖewo eye teƒe aɖeke mele mía si le Israel ƒe akpa aɖeke o ta la,
They said to the king, “The man who consumed us and who plotted against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel,
6 na woatsɔ via ŋutsu adre na mí eye míawu wo le Yehowa ŋkume le Gibea si nye Saul, Yehowa ƒe ame tiatia la ƒe du la me.” Fia la gblɔ be, “Matsɔ wo na mi.”
let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang them up to Yahweh in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Yahweh.” The king said, “I will give them.”
7 Ena Yonatan ƒe viŋutsu Mefiboset, ame si nye Saul ƒe tɔgbuiyɔvi la tsi agbe le atam si eya kple Yonatan ka na wo nɔewo la ta.
But the king spared Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of Yahweh’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
8 Ke etsɔ Rizpa ƒe viŋutsu eveawo, Armoni kple Mefiboset ame siwo nye Saul ƒe tɔgbuiyɔviwo to srɔ̃a Aya dzi la na wo. Eɖe asi le Saul ƒe vinyɔnu Merab ƒe viŋutsu atɔ̃ siwo wòdzi na Adriel si nye Barzilai, Meholatitɔ la hã ŋu na wo.
But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Merab the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite.
9 Gibeontɔwo he wo ɖe ati ŋu le toa dzi le Yehowa ŋkume. Ale wo ame adreawo katã ku zi ɖeka le luxaɣi la ƒe gɔmedzedze.
He delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites; and they hanged them on the mountain before Yahweh, and all seven of them fell together. They were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the beginning of barley harvest.
10 Rizpa, Aya ƒe vinyɔnu, ame si nye ŋutsu eveawo dada la keke akpanya ɖe agakpe aɖe dzi eye wònɔ afi ma le viawo ƒe kukuawo gbɔ tso nuxaɣi va se ɖe tsidzaŋɔli la, ale be akagawo mavuvu wo le ŋkeke me o eye lã wɔadãwo hã maɖu wo le zã me o.
Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water poured on them from the sky. She allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on them by day, nor the animals of the field by night.
11 Esi David se nu si Rizpa, Aya ƒe vinyɔnu, Saul ƒe ahiãvi wɔ la,
David was told what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
12 eyi ɖaxa Saul kple Yonatan ƒe ƒuwo le Yabes Gileadtɔwo gbɔ. Yabes Gileadtɔwo fi wo le ablɔ me le Bet Sean, afi si Filistitɔwo tsi woƒe kukuawo ɖo le gbe si gbe wowu Saul le Gilboa to la dzi.
So David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh Gilead, who had stolen them from the street of Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hanged them in the day that the Philistines killed Saul in Gilboa;
13 David lɔ Saul kple Yonatan ƒe ƒuwo eye wòƒo ƒu Saul ƒe vi adreawo hã ƒe ƒuwo.
and he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son. They also gathered the bones of those who were hanged.
14 Woɖi Saul kple Yonatan ƒe ƒuwo ɖe Saul fofo, Kis ƒe yɔdo la me le Zela, le Benyaminyigba dzi eye wowɔ nu siwo katã fia la ɖo da ɖi. Le esia megbe la, Mawu se woƒe gbedodoɖa eye wòtsi dɔwuame la nu.
They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father; and they performed all that the king commanded. After that, God answered prayer for the land.
15 Filistitɔwo gaho aʋa ɖe Israelviwo ŋu gbe ɖeka. David kple eƒe amewo wɔ aʋa la ale gbegbe be ɖeɖi te David ŋu eye wògbɔdzɔ.
The Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. David grew faint;
16 Filistitɔwo ƒe ame dzɔatsu aɖe si nye Rafa ƒe dzidzimevi, Isbi Benob, ame si ƒe akplɔ ƒe akɔbliteƒe kpe wu kilogram wuieve la, do gawu yeye aɖe hã. Egblɔ be yele David wu ge.
and Ishbibenob, who was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of bronze in weight, he being armed with a new sword, thought he would kill David.
17 Ke Abisai, Zeruya ƒe vi xɔ nɛ eye wòwu Isbibenɔb, Filistitɔ la. Le esia megbe la, David ƒe amewo gblɔ nɛ be, “Màgayi aʋa kpli mí azɔ o! Nu ka ta míaɖe mɔ Israel ƒe kekeli natsi?”
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, “Don’t go out with us to battle any more, so that you don’t quench the lamp of Israel.”
18 Emegbe, le aʋa aɖe me kple Filistitɔwo le Gob la, Sibekai, Husatitɔ la wu Saf si tso Rafa ƒe dzidzimeviwo dome.
After this, there was again war with the Philistines at Gob. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was of the sons of the giant.
19 Le aʋa bubu si wogawɔ kple Filistitɔwo le Gob la, Elhanan, Yair Betlehemtɔ ƒe vi wu Goliat si nye Gititɔ, ame si ƒe akplɔti lolo abe ati si le avɔlɔ̃lawo ƒe agbati me ene.
There was again war with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite’s brother, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
20 Le aʋa bubu aɖe si wowɔ le Gat me la, ame dzɔatsu aɖe si to asibidɛ ade ɖe asi ɖeka kple afɔbidɛ ade ɖe afɔ ɖeka, wo katã le blaeve-vɔ-ene eye eya hã tso Rafa ƒe dzidzime la
There was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on every hand and six toes on every foot, twenty-four in number, and he also was born to the giant.
21 ɖu fewu le Israel ŋu ale Yonatan, ame si nye, David nɔviŋutsu Simea ƒe vi la wui.
When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David’s brother, killed him.
22 Ame ene siawo nye Rafa ƒe dzidzimeviwo tso Gat eye wotsi David kple eƒe amewo ƒe asi me.
These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
