2 Samũeli 4
1 Na rĩrĩ, hĩndĩ ĩrĩa Ishi-Boshethu mũrũ wa Saũlũ aaiguire atĩ Abineri nĩakuĩrĩire kũu Hebironi-rĩ, akĩũrwo nĩ hinya, nao andũ othe a Isiraeli makĩmaka.
Then Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, heard that Abner had fallen in Hebron. And his hands were weakened, and all of Israel was troubled.
2 Nake mũrũ wa Saũlũ aarĩ na andũ eerĩ arĩa maarĩ atongoria a ikundi cia gũtharĩkanĩra. Ũmwe eetagwo Baana na ũcio ũngĩ Rekabu; maarĩ ariũ a Rimoni ũrĩa Mũbeerothi wa mũhĩrĩga wa Benjamini; Beerothu gũtaragwo ta gĩcunjĩ kĩa Benjamini,
Now the son of Saul had two men, leaders among robbers. The name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other was Rechab, sons of Rimmon, a Beerothite from the sons of Benjamin. For indeed, Beeroth, too, was reputed with Benjamin.
3 tondũ andũ a Beerothu nĩmoorĩire Gitaimu na matũũrĩte kuo ta andũ a kũngĩ nginyagia ũmũthĩ.
And the Beerothites had fled into Gittaim. And they were strangers there, until that time.
4 (Jonathani mũrũ wa Saũlũ aarĩ na mũriũ wonjete magũrũ meerĩ. Aarĩ na ũkũrũ wa mĩaka ĩtano rĩrĩa ũhoro wa Saũlũ na Jonathani wamakinyĩire kuuma Jezireeli. Nake mũreri wake akĩmũkuua, akĩũra; no rĩrĩa aahiũhĩte akĩũra-rĩ, mwana ũcio akĩgũa agĩtuĩka kĩonje. Rĩĩtwa rĩake rĩarĩ Mefiboshethu.)
Now Jonathan, the son of Saul, had a son with disabled feet. For he was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan arrived from Jezreel. And so, his nurse, taking him up, fled. And while she was hurrying, so that she might flee, he fell and was made lame. And he was called Mephibosheth.
5 Nake Rekabu na Baana, ariũ a Rimoni ũrĩa Mũbeerothi, magĩthiĩ marorete nyũmba-inĩ ya Ishi-Boshethu, na magĩkinya kuo rĩrĩa gũkoragwo kũrĩ ũrugarĩ mũthenya, rĩrĩa aahurũkĩte mĩaraho.
And so, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, arrived and entered the house of Ishbosheth, in the heat of the day. And he was sleeping on his bed at midday. And the doorkeeper of the house, who was cleaning the wheat, fell fast asleep.
6 Nao makĩingĩra nyũmba ya thĩinĩ metuĩte ta meendaga gũkuua ngano, makĩmũtheeca nda. Nake Rekabu na mũrũ wa nyina Baana makĩũra.
Then they entered the house secretly, taking the ears of grain. And Rechab and his brother Baanah stabbed him in the groin, and they fled away.
7 Maingĩrire nyũmba hĩndĩ ĩrĩa aakomete gĩtanda-inĩ nyũmba yake ya toro. Maarĩkia kũmũtheeca na kũmũũraga, magĩtinia mũtwe wake. Makĩũkuua, magĩthiĩ ũtukũ wothe magerete njĩra ya Araba.
For when they had entered the house, he was sleeping on his bed in a closed room. And striking him, they killed him. And taking his head, they departed by the way of the desert, walking throughout the night.
8 Magĩtwarĩra Daudi mũtwe wa Ishi-Boshethu kũu Hebironi, makĩĩra mũthamaki atĩrĩ, “Ĩ ũyũ mũtwe wa Ishi-Boshethu mũrũ wa Saũlũ, thũ yaku, ũrĩa wageragia gũkũũraga. Ũmũthĩ nĩguo Jehova arĩhĩria mwathi wakwa mũthamaki gwĩ Saũlũ na rũciaro rwake.”
And they brought the head of Ishbosheth to David in Hebron. And they said to the king: “Behold, the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who was seeking your life. And so, the Lord has avenged my lord the king, this day, from Saul and from his offspring.”
9 Nake Daudi agĩcookeria Rekabu na Baana, mũrũ wa nyina, ariũ a Rimoni ũrĩa Mũbeerothi atĩrĩ, “Ti-itherũ o ta ũrĩa Jehova atũũraga muoyo, ũrĩa ũhonoketie kuuma mathĩĩna-inĩ mothe,
But David, responding to Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, said to them: “As the Lord lives who has rescued my soul from all distress,
10 rĩrĩa mũndũ aanjĩĩrire atĩrĩ, ‘Saũlũ nĩakuĩte’, agĩĩciiria atĩ nĩ ũhoro mwega andehera, ndamũnyiitire ngĩmũũragĩra kũu Zikilagi. Kĩu nĩkĩo kĩheo kĩrĩa ndamũheire nĩ ũndũ wa ndũmĩrĩri ĩyo yake!
the one who reported to me and said, ‘Saul is dead,’ who was thinking that he announced good news, I apprehended. And at Ziklag I killed him who ought to have been given a reward for the news.
11 Akĩrĩ makĩria atĩa, hĩndĩ ĩrĩa andũ aaganu moragĩte mũndũ ũtarĩ na ihĩtia thĩinĩ wa nyũmba yake akomete ũrĩrĩ-inĩ wake, githĩ ndiagĩrĩirwo nĩ gwĩtia thakame yake kuuma moko-inĩ manyu na ndĩmweherie muume thĩ!”
How much more so now, when impious men have put to death an innocent man in his own house, upon his bed, shall I not require his blood from your hand, and take you away from the earth?”
12 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Daudi agĩatha andũ ake, nao makĩmooraga. Makĩmatinia moko na magũrũ, na magĩcuuria mĩĩrĩ yao hau karia-inĩ kũu Hebironi. No rĩrĩ, makĩoya mũtwe wa Ishi-Boshethu na makĩũthika mbĩrĩra-inĩ ya Abineri kũu Hebironi.
And so, David commanded his servants, and they put them to death. And cutting off their hands and feet, they suspended them up over the pool in Hebron. But the head of Ishbosheth they took and buried in the sepulcher of Abner at Hebron.
