Samuel 2 4
1 Esi Saul ƒe viŋutsu, Is Boset, se be Abner ku le Hebron la, dzi ɖe le eƒo eye dzidzi ƒo Israel blibo la.
Now when Ish-bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was dismayed.
2 Azɔ la, ŋutsu eve nɔ Saul ƒe viŋutsu si eye wonye adzohawo nunɔlawo. Ɖeka ŋkɔe nye Baana eye evelia ŋkɔe nye Rekab. Wonye Rimon, Beerot tɔ, ame si tso Banyamin to la me la ƒe viwo. Wobua Beerot abe Benyamin ƒe akpa aɖe ene
Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding parties. One was named Baanah and the other Rechab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite of the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth is considered part of Benjamin,
3 elabena ame siwo tso Beerot la si yi Gitaim eye wonɔ afi ma abe amedzrowo ene va se ɖe egbe.
because the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have lived there as foreigners to this day.
4 Fia Saul ƒe tɔgbuiyɔvi aɖe si nye ŋutsuvi tekunɔ aɖe la li; fofoae nye Yonatan eye eŋkɔe nye Mefiboset. Exɔ ƒe atɔ̃ esime wowu Saul kple Yonatan le aʋa me le Yezreel. Esi wose aʋa la me nyawo la, nyɔnu si nɔ ɖevi la dzi kpɔm la si kple ɖevi la yina. Ke ɖevi la ge dze anyi eye to esia me la ɖevia zu tekunɔ.
And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
5 Rekab kple Baana, Rimon kple Beerot ƒe viwo yi Fia Is Boset ƒe aƒe me gbe ɖeka ŋdɔ esi Is Boset nɔ ŋdɔlɔ̃ dɔm.
Now Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, while the king was taking his midday nap.
6 Woge ɖe aƒea me abe lu tsɔ ge woyi le titinaxɔ me ene; wotɔ hɛ dɔme nɛ eye wosi dzo.
They entered the interior of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped away.
7 Woyi aƒea me esime wòmlɔ anyi ɖe eƒe xɔ gã me. Esime wowui la, wotso ta le enu. Wokɔ eƒe ta ɖe asi eye wozɔ mɔ zã blibo la heto tagbamɔ.
They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.
8 Wotsɔ Is Boset ƒe ta na Fia David hegblɔ nɛ be, “Kpɔ ɖa, esiae nye Saul, wò futɔ, ame si di vevie be yeawu wò la ƒe vi Is Boset ƒe ta. Egbe la Yehowa bia hlɔ̃ Saul kple eƒe ƒome blibo la na wò!”
They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”
9 Ke David ɖo eŋu be, “Metsɔ Yehowa, ame si ɖem tso nye futɔwo ƒe asi me la ka atam
But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
10 be esi ame aɖe gblɔ nam be Saul ku eye yee wui kple susu be dzidzɔnya aɖe gblɔm yele nam la, mewui le Ziklag. Nenemae mexe fe nɛ ɖe eƒe dzidzɔnya la tae nye esi!
when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!
11 Ekema nu ka ta nyemabia hlɔ̃ ame vɔ̃ɖi siwo wu ame nyui la le eya ŋutɔ ƒe aƒe me le eƒe aba dzi o mahã? Ele be mabia eƒe ʋu tso miaƒe asi me eye matsrɔ̃ mi ɖa le anyigba dzi.”
How much more, when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house and on his own bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth!”
12 Ale David ɖe gbe na eƒe ɖekakpuiwo eye wowu wo, wolã woƒe asiwo kple afɔwo eye wotsi woƒe kukuawo ɖe Hebron ta la to. Woɖi Is Boset ƒe ta ɖe Abner ƒe yɔdo me le Hebron.
So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.
