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.
And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were enfeebled, and all 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,
And Saul's son had two men, captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin; for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin.
3 tondũ andũ a Beerothu nĩmoorĩire Gitaimu na matũũrĩte kuo ta andũ a kũngĩ nginyagia ũmũthĩ.
And the Beerothites had fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.
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.)
And Jonathan Saul's son had a son that was lame of [his] feet. He was five years old when the news came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jizreel; and his nurse took him up and fled. And it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was 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 the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went and came in about the heat of the day into the house of Ishbosheth, who was taking his noonday rest.
6 Nao makĩingĩra nyũmba ya thĩinĩ metuĩte ta meendaga gũkuua ngano, makĩmũtheeca nda. Nake Rekabu na mũrũ wa nyina Baana makĩũra.
And they came thither into the midst of the house, [as though] they would fetch wheat; and they smote him in the belly; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
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.
They came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him; and they took his head, and went by the way of the plain all 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 said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, thine enemy who sought thy life; and Jehovah has given to my lord the king to be avenged this day of Saul and of his seed.
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,
Then David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, [As] Jehovah liveth, who has redeemed my soul out of 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!
when one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead! and he was in his own sight a messenger of good, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag — to whom forsooth I should give a reward for his good tidings:
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, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? and should I not now demand his blood of 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 David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged [them] up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
