2 Samũeli 21
1 Na rĩrĩ, hĩndĩ ya wathani wa Daudi, nĩ kwagĩire na ngʼaragu ya mĩaka ĩtatũ ĩrũmanĩrĩire; nĩ ũndũ ũcio Daudi agĩtuĩria ũhoro harĩ Jehova. Nake Jehova akiuga atĩrĩ, “Ũndũ ũyũ ũrekĩka nĩ ũndũ wa Saũlũ o na ũndũ wa nyũmba yake ĩrĩa yaitithagia thakame; nĩ ũndũ wa ũrĩa ooragire andũ a Gibeoni.”
And there is a famine in the days of David [for] three years, year after year, and David seeks the face of YHWH, and YHWH says, “[This is] for Saul and for the bloody house, because that he put the Gibeonites to death.”
2 Nake mũthamaki agĩĩta andũ a Gibeoni akĩaria nao. (Na rĩrĩ, andũ acio a Gibeoni matiarĩ amwe na Isiraeli no maarĩ matigari ma Aamori; no andũ a Isiraeli nĩmehĩtĩte atĩ matikamooraga, no Saũlũ nĩ ũndũ wa kĩyo kĩrĩa aarĩ nakĩo nĩ ũndũ wa Isiraeli na Juda nĩageririe kũmaniina.)
And the king calls for the Gibeonites and says to them—as for the Gibeonites, they [are] not of the sons of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorite, and the sons of Israel had sworn to them, and Saul seeks to strike them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah—
3 Nake Daudi akĩũria andũ acio a Gibeoni atĩrĩ, “Mũngĩenda ndĩmwĩkĩre atĩa? Nĩ ũndũ ũrĩkũ ingĩĩka tũiguane nĩguo mũrathime igai rĩa Jehova?”
indeed, David says to the Gibeonites, “What do I do for you? And with what do I make atonement? And bless the inheritance of YHWH.”
4 Nao andũ a Gibeoni makĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Tũtiagĩrĩirwo nĩ kũũria tũheo betha kana thahabu kuuma kũrĩ Saũlũ, kana nyũmba yake, o na tũtirĩ na kĩhooto gĩa kũũraga mũndũ o na ũmwe thĩinĩ wa Isiraeli.” Daudi akĩmooria atĩrĩ, “Nĩatĩa mũngĩenda ndĩmwĩkĩre?”
And the Gibeonites say to him, “We have no silver and gold by Saul and by his house, and we have no man to put to death in Israel”; and he says, “What you are saying I do to you.”
5 Nao magĩcookeria mũthamaki atĩrĩ, “Ha ũhoro wa mũndũ ũrĩa watũniinire na agĩtũciirĩra ũũru nĩgeetha tũthire, nĩguo tũtikagĩe na handũ o na ha thĩinĩ wa Isiraeli-rĩ,
And they say to the king, “The man who consumed us, and who devised against us—we have been destroyed from stationing ourselves in all the border of Israel—
6 reke tũneo arũme mũgwanja a njiaro ciake nĩgeetha mooragwo na maraganio mbere ya Jehova kũu Gibea ya Saũlũ, ũrĩa mũthuure wa Jehova.” Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mũthamaki akiuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩngũmaneana kũrĩ inyuĩ.”
let there be given to us seven men of his sons, and we have hanged them before YHWH, in the height of Saul, the chosen of YHWH.” And the king says, “I give”;
7 Na rĩrĩ, mũthamaki akĩhonokia Mefiboshethu mũrũ wa Jonathani, mũrũ wa Saũlũ, nĩ ũndũ wa mwĩhĩtwa ũrĩa Daudi na Jonathani mũrũ wa Saũlũ meehĩtanĩire mbere ya Jehova.
and the king has pity on Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, son of Saul, because of the oath of YHWH that [is] between them, between David and Jonathan son of Saul;
8 No mũthamaki agĩkuua Arimoni na Mefiboshethu, ariũ acio eerĩ a Aia, mwarĩ wa Rizipa, arĩa aaciarĩire Saũlũ, hamwe na ariũ atano a Merabu mwarĩ wa Saũlũ, arĩa aaciarĩire Adirieli mũrũ wa Barizilai ũrĩa Mũmeholathu;
and the king takes the two sons of Rizpah daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth, and the five sons of Michal daughter of Saul whom she bore to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite,
9 Nake akĩmaneana kũrĩ Gibeoni, arĩa maamooragire na makĩmaaragania kĩrĩma-inĩ mbere ya Jehova. Acio othe mũgwanja maagũire hamwe; mooragirwo hĩndĩ ya matukũ ma kĩambĩrĩria kĩa magetha, o rĩrĩa magetha ma cairi maambagĩrĩria.
and gives them into the hand of the Gibeonites, and they hang them in the hill before YHWH; and the seven fall together, and they have been put to death in the days of harvest, in the first [days], the commencement of barley-harvest.
10 Rizipa mwarĩ wa Aia akĩoya nguo ya ikũnia, na akĩmĩara hau ihiga igũrũ. Kuuma kĩambĩrĩria kĩa magetha nginya rĩrĩa mbura yoirĩire mĩĩrĩ ĩyo, ndaarekire ciimba icio ihutio nĩ nyoni cia rĩera-inĩ mũthenya, kana ihutio nĩ nyamũ cia gĩthaka ũtukũ.
And Rizpah daughter of Aiah takes the sackcloth, and stretches it out for herself on the rock, from the commencement of harvest until water has been poured out on them from the heavens, and has not permitted a bird of the heavens to rest on them by day, or the beast of the field by night.
11 Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa Daudi eerirwo ũrĩa Rizipa mwarĩ wa Aia, thuriya ya Saũlũ, eekĩte-rĩ,
And it is declared to David that which Rizpah daughter of Aiah, concubine of Saul, has done,
12 agĩthiĩ, agĩkuua mahĩndĩ ma Saũlũ o na ma mũriũ Jonathani kuuma kwa andũ a Jabeshi-Gileadi. Maamarutĩte na hitho kuuma kĩhaaro-inĩ kĩa mũingĩ kũu Bethi-Shani, harĩa Afilisti maamacuurĩtie, thuutha wa kũũragĩra Saũlũ kũu Giliboa.
and David goes and takes the bones of Saul, and the bones of his son Jonathan, from the possessors of Jabesh-Gilead, who had stolen them from the broad place of Beth-Shan, where the Philistines hanged them, in the day of the Philistines striking Saul in Gilboa;
13 Daudi agĩkuua mahĩndĩ ma Saũlũ na ma mũriũ Jonathani kuuma kũu, na mahĩndĩ ma andũ arĩa moragĩtwo makaaraganio kũu makĩũnganio.
and he brings up there the bones of Saul, and the bones of his son Jonathan, and they gather the bones of those hanged,
14 Nao magĩthika mahĩndĩ ma Saũlũ na ma mũriũ Jonathani mbĩrĩra-inĩ ya Kishu, ithe wa Saũlũ, kũu Zela thĩinĩ wa Benjamini, na magĩĩka maũndũ mothe marĩa mũthamaki aathanĩte. Thuutha ũcio Ngai agĩcookia mahooya marĩa maahooetwo nĩ ũndũ wa bũrũri.
and bury the bones of Saul and of his son Jonathan in the land of Benjamin, in Zelah, in the burying-place of his father Kish, and do all that the king commanded, and God accepts the plea for the land afterward.
15 O rĩngĩ nĩ kwagĩire mbaara gatagatĩ ka Afilisti na Isiraeli. Daudi agĩikũrũka agĩthiĩ hamwe na andũ ake makarũe na Afilisti, na akĩnoga mũno.
And again the Philistines have war with Israel, and David goes down, and his servants with him, and they fight with the Philistines; and David is weary,
16 Nake Ishibi-Benobu ũrĩa warĩ ũmwe wa njiaro cia Rafa, ũrĩa mũthia wa itimũ rĩake warĩ na ũritũ wa cekeri magana matatũ, na aarĩ na rũhiũ rwa njora rwerũ, ũcio akiuga nĩekũũraga Daudi.
and Ishbi-Benob, who [is] among the children of the giant—the weight of his spear [is] three hundred [shekels in] weight of bronze, and he is girded with a new one—speaks of striking David,
17 No rĩrĩ, Abishai mũrũ wa Zeruia akĩhonokia Daudi; akĩgũtha Mũfilisti ũcio akĩgũa, akĩmũũraga. Ningĩ andũ a Daudi makĩĩhĩta kũrĩ we makiuga atĩrĩ, “Gũtirĩ hĩndĩ ũgacooka gũthiĩ mbaara-inĩ na ithuĩ, nĩgeetha tawa wa Isiraeli ndũkahorio.”
and Abishai son of Zeruiah gives help to him, and strikes the Philistine, and puts him to death; then the men of David swear to him, saying, “You do not go out with us to battle again, nor quench the lamp of Israel.”
18 Ningĩ thuutha wa mahinda macio, makĩgĩa na mbaara ĩngĩ na Afilisti kũu Gobu. Hĩndĩ ĩyo Sibekai ũrĩa Mũhushathi akĩũraga Safu, ũmwe wa njiaro cia Rafa.
And it comes to pass afterward that the battle is again in Gob with the Philistines. Then Sibbechai the Hushathite has struck Saph, who [is] among the children of the giant.
19 Ningĩ mbaara-inĩ ĩngĩ makĩrũa na Afilisti kũu Gobu, Elihanani mũrũ wa Jaare-Oregimu ũrĩa Mũbethilehemu akĩũraga Goliathũ ũrĩa Mũgiiti, ũrĩa warĩ na itimũ rĩarĩ na mũtĩ ũigana ta mũtĩ wa mũtumi ngoora.
And the battle is again in Gob with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jaare-Oregim, the Beth-Lehemite, strikes [a brother of] Goliath the Gittite, and the wood of his spear [is] like a weavers’ beam.
20 Ningĩ mbaara-inĩ ĩngĩ ĩrĩa yarĩ kũu Gathu, nakuo kwarĩ na mũndũ mũnene mũno, warĩ na ciara ithathatũ o guoko, na ciara ithathatũ o kũgũrũ, ciothe ciarĩ ciara mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ na inya. O na ningĩ aarĩ wa rũciaro rwa Rafa.
And the battle is again in Gath, and there is a man of [great] stature, and the fingers of his hands [are] six, and the toes of his feet [are] six—twenty-four in number, and he has also been born to the giant,
21 Rĩrĩa aanyũrũririe andũ a Isiraeli, Jonathani mũrũ wa Shimea, mũrũ wa nyina na Daudi, akĩmũũraga.
and he reproaches Israel, and Jonathan son of Shimeah, David’s brother, strikes him;
22 Andũ acio ana maarĩ a rũciaro rwa Rafa kũu Gathu nao makĩgũa moko-inĩ ma Daudi na andũ ake.
these four have been born to the giant in Gath, and they fall by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
