2 Samuel 20
1 Mgbe ahụ, otu onye okwu na ụka, aha ya bụ Sheba, nwa Bikri, onye Benjamin nọ nʼebe ahụ nʼoge a. Ọ fụrụ opi ike ya tie mkpu sị, “Anyị enweghị oke nʼime Devid, anyị enwekwaghị ihe nketa nʼime nwa Jesi. Ndị Izrel, onye ọbụla laa nʼụlọ ikwu ya!”
There happened to be there a wicked fellow, whose name was Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the trumpet, and said, “We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, Israel!”
2 Ya mere, ndị ikom Izrel niile tụgharịrị hapụ Devid, soro Sheba nwa Bikri. Ma ndị ikom Juda nọgidere soro eze ha site na Jọdan ruo Jerusalem.
So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah joined with their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.
3 Mgbe Devid lọghachitere nʼụlọ ya na Jerusalem. O nyere iwu ka ndị iko ya nwanyị iri ndị ahụ ọ hapụrụ ilekọta ụlọ, ndị ahụ ha na Absalọm dinara, nọrọ nʼụlọ dị iche, ebe a nọ na-eche ha nche. Eze abakwurughị ha ọzọ. Ha bụ ndị emechibidoro ụzọ, ha na-ebi ndụ dịka ndị di ha nwụrụ anwụ tutu ruo ụbọchị ọnwụ ha.
David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in custody and provided them with sustenance, but didn’t go in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.
4 Mgbe ahụ, eze gwara Amasa okwu sị, “Kpokọta ndị agha Juda ka ha bịakwute m nʼime abalị atọ. Gị onwe gị kwa ga-eso ha bịa nʼoge ahụ.”
Then the king said to Amasa, “Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be here present.”
5 Amasa pụrụ jee ịkpọkọta ndị Juda; ma o were ya ọtụtụ oge karịa abalị atọ.
So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together, but he stayed longer than the set time which had been appointed to him.
6 Devid sịrị Abishai, “Lee nwoke a bụ Sheba nwa Bikri na-aga ime ihe ọjọọ ga-adị njọ karịa nke Absalọm mere. Chịrị ndị agha nna gị ukwu chụso ya, ma ọ bụghị ya, ọ ga-achọta obodo e wusiri ike gbaba, ebe anyị na-apụghị inweta ya.”
David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom did. Take your lord’s servants and pursue after him, lest he get himself fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.”
7 Ya mere ndị agha Joab, na ndị Keret na Pelet, na ndị niile bụ dike na dimkpa nʼagha pụrụ nʼikike ọchịchị Abishai. Ha si Jerusalem pụọ ịchụso Sheba nwa Bikri.
Joab’s men went out after him with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
8 Mgbe ha rutere nʼoke nkume ahụ dị na Gibiọn, Amasa pụtara izute ha. Joab yi uwe agha ya nʼoge a; ọ fanyekwara mma agha ya nʼọbọ nʼukwu ya. Mgbe ọ gara nʼihu, mma ahụ si nʼọbọ ya dapụta.
When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Joab was clothed in his apparel of war that he had put on, and on it was a sash with a sword fastened on his waist in its sheath; and as he went along it fell out.
9 Joab kelere Amasa sị ya, “Kedụ ka ị dị nwanna m.” Mgbe ahụ, Joab ji aka nri ya jide Amasa nʼahụọnụ isutu ya ọnụ,
Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
10 Amasa elezighị anya hụ na mma agha nta dị nʼaka Joab. Joab mabanyere ya nʼime afọ Amasa, mee ka mgbịrị afọ ya sọsikwaa nʼala. Ọ maghị ya mma ahụ ugboro abụọ, nʼihi na otu ugboro ahụ mere ka Amasa nwụọ. Mgbe ahụ, Joab na nwanne ya Abishai chụsoro Sheba nwa Bikri nʼazụ.
But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand. So he struck him with it in the body and shed out his bowels to the ground, and didn’t strike him again; and he died. Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.
11 Mgbe ahụ, otu nʼime ndị agha Joab guzo nʼakụkụ Amasa sị, “Onye ọbụla dịnyeere Joab na Devid ya bịa soro Joab nʼazụ.”
One of Joab’s young men stood by him, and said, “He who favours Joab, and he who is for David, let him follow Joab!”
12 Ma Amasa tọgbọ nʼala nʼetiti ụzọ. Ọbara sikwa ya nʼahụ na-asọpụta. Mgbe nwoke ahụ hụrụ na ọtụtụ ndị agha na-agbakọ ile Amasa, o bupụrụ ozu ya nʼụzọ, were uwe kpuchie ya nʼọhịa.
Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the middle of the highway. When the man saw that all the people stood still, he carried Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a garment over him when he saw that everyone who came by him stood still.
13 Mgbe e bupụsịrị ozu Amasa nʼụzọ, ndị agha niile sooro Joab gaa ijide Sheba, nwa Bikri.
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
14 Sheba gabigara ebo niile nke Izrel ruo Ebel-Bet-Maaka, gabigakwa oke ala ndị Bikri, bụ ndị zukọtara soro ya.
He went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, to Beth Maacah, and all the Berites. They were gathered together, and went also after him.
15 Ndị agha Joab bịara gbochie ya na Ebel-Bet-Maaka. Ha wuru ihe mgbochi ruo obodo ahụ, nọbichie mgbidi dị ya gburugburu. Ebe ha nọ na-akụ mgbidi ahụ ihe, ka ha kwatuo ya.
They came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people who were with Joab battered the wall to throw it down.
16 Otu nwanyị maara ihe si nʼobodo ahụ kpọọ oku sị, “Geenụ m ntị, geenụ m ntị, gwanụ Joab ka ọ bịa nʼebe a. Achọrọ m ịgwa ya okwu.”
Then a wise woman cried out of the city, “Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, ‘Come near here, that I may speak with you.’”
17 Joab pụtara gaa ya nso. Nwanyị ahụ jụrụ sị, “Ọ bụ gị bụ Joab?” Ọ zara sị, “E, ọ bụ m.” Mgbe ahụ, ọ gwara ya, “Gee ntị, ka i nụ ihe ohu gị nwere ikwu.” Joab sịrị ya, “Ana m ege ntị.”
He came near to her; and the woman said, “Are you Joab?” He answered, “I am.” Then she said to him, “Hear the words of your servant.” He answered, “I’m listening.”
18 Ọ gara nʼihu sị, “Nʼoge ochie a na-ekwu sị, ‘Gaa jụta ase nʼEbel,’ nʼụzọ dị otu a ka ha si ekwubi okwu.
Then she spoke, saying, “They used to say in old times, ‘They shall surely ask counsel at Abel,’ and so they settled a matter.
19 Anyị bụ ndị udo na ndị kwesiri ntụkwasị obi nʼIzrel. I na-achọ ibibi obodo bụ nne nʼIzrel. Gịnị mere i ji chọọ iloda ihe nketa nke Onyenwe anyị?”
I am amongst those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”
20 Joab zara sị, “Mba! Ọ bụghị uche m ịla obodo a nʼiyi.
Joab answered, “Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
21 Ọ bụghị otu a ka okwu ahụ dị. Otu nwoke a na-akpọ Sheba nwa Bikri, nke si nʼobodo ugwu Ifrem e weliela aka ya imegide eze, bụ Devid. Nyefee nwoke a ọsịịsọ nʼaka m, aga m esi nʼobodo a pụọ.” Nwanyị ahụ sịrị Joab, “A ga-atụpụtara gị isi ya site na mgbidi.”
The matter is not so. But a man of the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, even against David. Just deliver him, and I will depart from the city.” The woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
22 Nwanyị ahụ ji ndụmọdụ nke amamihe ya gakwuru ndị obodo. Ha bipụrụ Sheba nwa Bikri isi, tụpụtara ya Joab. Ya mere na ọ fụrụ opi ike ya, ndị ikom ya sitere nʼobodo ahụ lasaa, onye ọbụla lara nʼụlọ nke ya. Joab laghachikwuru eze na Jerusalem.
Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. Then Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
23 Ọ bụ Joab ka e mere onyeisi agha na-achị ndị agha niile nke Izrel. Benaya nwa Jehoiada bụ onye na-achịkọta ndị Keret na ndị Pelet na-eche eze nche.
Now Joab was over all the army of Israel, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites,
24 Adoniram na-ahụ maka ihe banyere ndị ọrụ mmanye. Jehoshafat nwa Ahilud bụ onye na-edekọta ihe niile na-eme nʼobodo.
Adoram was over the men subject to forced labour, Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder,
25 Sheva bụ ode akwụkwọ eze, Zadọk na Abịata bụ ndị nchụaja.
Sheva was scribe, Zadok and Abiathar were priests,
26 Ira, onye si nʼobodo Jaịa, bụ onye nchụaja eze Devid.
and Ira the Jairite was chief minister to David.
