2 Samuel 2
1 Dịka oge na-aga, Devid jụrụ Onyenwe anyị ase sị, “M ga-ebili gbagoo nʼotu obodo dị na Juda?” Onyenwe anyị sịrị, “Gbagoo.” Devid jụkwara, “Olee ebe m ga-agbago?” Onyenwe anyị zara, “Hebrọn.”
And it comes to pass afterward, that David inquires of YHWH, saying, “Do I go up into one of the cities of Judah?” And YHWH says to him, “Go up.” And David says, “To where do I go up?” And He says, “To Hebron.”
2 Devid na nwunye ya abụọ, Ahinoam onye Jezril, na Abigel nwunye ochie Nebal onye Kamel gara nʼebe ahụ.
And David goes up there, and also his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail wife of Nabal the Carmelite;
3 Devid kpọkwaara ndị ikom ahụ ya na ha so, onye ọbụla nʼime ha durukwaara ezinaụlọ ya, ga biri na Hebrọn na obodo ndị ọzọ gbara ya gburugburu.
and David has brought up his men who [are] with him—a man and his household—and they dwell in the cities of Hebron.
4 Ndị ikom Juda bịakwutere Devid na Hebrọn. Tee ya mmanụ ịbụ eze ebo Juda niile. Mgbe Devid nụrụ na ọ bụ ndị ikom Jebesh Gilead liri Sọl,
And the men of Judah come, and anoint David there for king over the house of Judah; and they declare to David, saying, “The men of Jabesh-Gilead [are] they who buried Saul.”
5 o zigaara ha ndị ozi ka ha sị ha, “Ka Onyenwe anyị gọzie unu nʼihi obiọma unu gosiri site nʼili Sọl, nna unu ukwu, nʼụzọ kwesiri ekwesi.
And David sends messengers to the men of Jabesh-Gilead and says to them, “Blessed [are] you of YHWH, in that you have done this kindness with your lord, with Saul, that you bury him.
6 Ka Onyenwe anyị gosikwa unu obiọma na ikwesi ntụkwasị obi. Mụ onwe m ga-egosikwa unu otu ụdị amara a, nʼihi ihe a unu mere.
And now YHWH does kindness and truth with you, and I also do this good with you because you have done this thing;
7 Ma ugbu a, bụrụnụ dike na dimkpa, nʼihi na Sọl nna unu ukwu anwụọla. Ọzọkwa, ndị Juda niile eteela m mmanụ ịbụ eze ha.”
and now your hands are strong, and be for sons of valor, for your lord Saul [is] dead, and the house of Judah has also anointed me for king over them.”
8 Ma Abna nwa Nea, ọchịagha ndị agha Sọl edurularịị Ishboshet, nwa Sọl, dubata ya nʼobodo Mahanaim.
And Abner, son of Ner, head of the host which Saul has, has taken Ish-Bosheth, son of Saul, and causes him to pass over to Mahanaim,
9 Ọ nọrọ nʼebe ahụ mee ya eze ndị Gilead, ndị Ashuri na ndị Jezril; na ndị Ifrem, ndị Benjamin na Izrel niile.
and causes him to reign over Gilead, and over the Ashurite, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over Israel—all of it.
10 Ishboshet nwa Sọl gbara iri afọ anọ mgbe ọ ghọrọ eze ndị Izrel. Ọ chịkwara afọ abụọ. Ma otu ọ dị, ndị Juda niile nọgidere nʼokpuru Devid.
Ish-Bosheth son of Saul [is] a son of forty years in his reigning over Israel, and he has reigned [for] two years; only the house of Judah has been after David.
11 Ogologo oge niile Devid chịrị dịka eze ndị Juda na Hebrọn bụ afọ asaa na ọnwa isii.
And the number of the days that David has been king in Hebron, over the house of Judah, is seven years and six months.
12 Otu ụbọchị, Abna nwa Nea, duuru ndị agha Ishboshet nwa Sọl site na Mahanaim jee Gibiọn.
And Abner son of Ner goes out, and servants of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
13 Ma Joab, nwa Zeruaya dukwaara ndị agha Devid pụọ izute ha nʼọdọ mmiri Gibiọn. Otu ndị nọdụrụ ala nʼotu akụkụ ọdọ mmiri, ndị nke ọzọ nʼakụkụ ọzọ nke ọdọ mmiri ahụ. Ha cherịtara onwe ha ihu.
And Joab son of Zeruiah, and servants of David, have gone out, and they meet by the pool of Gibeon together, and sit down, these by the pool on this [side], and these by the pool on that [side].
14 Abna gwara Joab sị, “Ka ụfọdụ ụmụ okorobịa pụta nʼihu anyị maa aka mgba.” Joab sịrị, “Ka ha pụta.”
And Abner says to Joab, “Now let the youths rise and they play before us”; and Joab says, “Let them rise.”
15 Ha pụtara ka a gụpụtachara ha. Ha dị mmadụ iri na abụọ site nʼetiti ndị agha Benjamin na Ishboshet nwa Sọl, mmadụ iri na abụọ site nʼetiti ndị agha Devid.
And they rise and pass over, in number twelve of Benjamin, even of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
16 Nwoke ọbụla jidere ibe ya nʼisi were mma agha ya manye ya nʼakụkụ, si otu a wetara onwe ha ọnwụ. Ọ bụ nke a mere e ji kpọọ ebe ahụ dị na Gibiọn, Helkat Hazurim, nke pụtara Ala mma agha.
And they each lay hold on the head of his companion, and his sword [is] in the side of his companion, and they fall together, and [one] calls that place Helkath-Hazzurim, which [is] in Gibeon,
17 Agha siri ike dara nʼụbọchị ahụ. Ma ndị agha Devid lụgburu Abna na ndị agha Izrel.
and the battle is very hard on that day, and Abner is struck, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
18 Ụmụ Zeruaya atọ nọ nʼebe ahụ, ya bụ, Joab, na Abishai na Asahel. Asahel bụ nwoke na-agba ọsọ dịka mgbada.
And there are three sons of Zeruiah there: Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel; and Asahel [is] light on his feet, as one of the roes which [are] in the field,
19 Ọ chụwara Abna ọsọ, ọ dịghị mgbe ọ tụgharịrị gaa nʼaka nri maọbụ nʼaka ekpe mgbe ọ nọ na-achụ ya ọsọ.
and Asahel pursues after Abner, and has not turned aside to go to the right or to the left, from after Abner.
20 Mgbe Abna lere anya nʼazụ hụ ya ka ọ na-abịa, ọ kpọrọ ya oku sị ya, “Ọ bụ gị Asahel?” Asahel zara sị, “Ọ bụ m.”
And Abner looks behind him and says, “Are you he—Asahel?” And he says, “I [am].”
21 Abna gwara ya okwu sị ya, “Tụgharịa nʼakụkụ aka nri maọbụ aka ekpe, jide otu nʼime ụmụ okorobịa ndị a. Napụ ya ngwa agha ya niile.” Ma Asahel akwụsịghị ịchụ ya ọsọ.
And Abner says to him, “Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and seize one of the youths for yourself, and take his armor for yourself”; and Asahel has not been willing to turn aside from after him.
22 Abna gwara Asahel ọzọ sị, “Laghachi azụ. Kwụsị ịchụ m ọsọ! Gịnị mere m ga-eji tigbuo gị? Olee otu m ga-esi lekwasị nwanne gị Joab anya nʼihu ma m gbuo gị?”
And Abner adds again, saying to Asahel, “Turn aside from after me, why do I strike you to the earth? And how do I lift up my face to your brother Joab?”
23 Ma Asahel jụrụ ịlaghachi azụ. Nʼihi ya, Abna weere isi ùbe ya mapuo ya afọ. Ùbe ahụ sikwa ya nʼazụ pụta. Ọ dara nʼala, nwụọ otu mgbe ahụ. Ndị niile bịaruru ebe ahụ ọ dara nwụọ kwụsịrị. Ha agakwaghị nʼihu ịchụ ndị ọzọ.
And he refuses to turn aside, and Abner strikes him with the back part of the spear to the fifth [rib], and the spear comes out from behind him, and he falls there, and dies under it; and it comes to pass, everyone who has come to the place where Asahel has fallen and dies—they stand still.
24 Ma Joab na Abishai chụgidere Abna ọsọ. Anwụ adaala mgbe ha bịarutere nʼugwu nta Ama, nke dị Gịa nso, nʼụzọ e si aga nʼọzara Gibiọn.
And Joab and Abishai pursue after Abner, and the sun has gone in, and they have come to the height of Ammah, which [is] on the front of Giah, the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
25 Ndị ikom Benjamin chịkọtara onwe ha ọnụ dịnyere Abna. Ha niile guzooro nʼelu otu ugwu dịka otu usuu ndị agha.
And the sons of Benjamin gather themselves together after Abner, and become one troop, and stand on the top of a certain height,
26 Mgbe ahụ, Abna kpọrọ Joab oku sị ya, “Ọ bụ ruo ole mgbe ka anyị ga na-eji mma agha na-egburita onwe anyị? Olee mgbe ị ga-akpọghachi ndị gị ka ha hapụ ịchụ na igbu ụmụnne ha? Ị maghị na ihe dị otu a ga-eweta obi ilu?”
and Abner calls to Joab and says, “Does the sword consume forever? Have you not known that it is bitterness in the latter end? And until when do you not say to the people to turn back from after their brothers?”
27 Joab zara sị, “Eji m aha Chineke ṅụọ iyi na-asị na ọ bụrụ na i gbara nkịtị, ndị a gaara achụso ụmụnna ha ọsọ na-akwụsịghị ruo nʼụtụtụ echi.”
And Joab says, “God lives! For unless you had spoken, surely then from the morning each of the people had gone up from after his brother.”
28 Mgbe ahụ, Joab fụrụ opi ike ya. Nke a mere ka ndị ya kwụsị ịchụ ndị Izrel. Ha kwụsịkwara ibu agha.
And Joab blows with a horn, and all the people stand still, and no longer pursue after Israel, nor have they added to fight anymore.
29 Nʼabalị ahụ, Abna na ndị ikom ya jere ije gafee ndagwurugwu Jọdan, gabigakwa osimiri Jọdan, jee ije nʼụtụtụ echi ya tutu ha eruo Mahanaim.
And Abner and his men have gone through the plain all that night, and pass over the Jordan, and go on [through] all Bithron, and come to Mahanaim.
30 Joab kwụsịrị ịchụ Abna ọsọ, ọ chịkọtara ndị agha niile. Mgbe ọ gụrụ ha ọnụ, ọ chọpụtara na mmadụ iri na itoolu nʼime ndị ikom Devid, tinyere Asahel nwanne ya, bụ ndị na-alọtaghị agha.
And Joab has turned back from after Abner, and gathers all the people, and there are lacking of the servants of David nineteen men, and Asahel;
31 Ma ndị ikom Devid gburu narị ndị agha Benjamin atọ na iri isii, bụ ndị so Abna.
and the servants of David have struck of Benjamin, even among the men of Abner, three hundred and sixty men—they died.
32 Emesịa, Joab na ndị agha ya buuru ozu Asahel gaa lie ya na Betlehem, nʼili nna ya. Ha jere ije abalị ahụ niile tutu ha erute Hebrọn mgbe chi bidoro ịbọ.
And they lift up Asahel, and bury him in the burying-place of his father, which [is] in Beth-Lehem, and they go all the night—Joab and his men—and [dawn’s light] shines on them in Hebron.
