2 Samuel 4
1 Mgbe Ishboshet nwa Sọl nụrụ na Abna anwụọla na Hebrọn. Ọ tụrụ egwu. Ndị Izrel tụkwara egwu hie nne.
Now, when Ish-bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, his hands became feeble, —and, all Israel, were dismayed.
2 Nʼoge a, nwa Sọl nwere mmadụ abụọ ndị bụ ndịisi ndị na-aga apụnara ndị mmadụ ihe. Aha otu onye bụ Baana, aha onye nke ọzọ bụ Rekab. Ha abụọ bụ ụmụ Rimọn onye Beerọt, nke dị nʼebo Benjamin. A na-agụ ndị Beerọt dịka ndị Benjamin,
And two men, captains of bands, pertained to Ish-bosheth son of Saul—the name of the one, was Baanah, and, the name of the other, Rechab—sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the sons of Benjamin, —for, even Beeroth, used to be reckoned unto Benjamin;
3 nʼihi na ndị Beerọt gbara ọsọ agha gbalaa Gitaim, obodo ndị Benjamin. Ha bikwa nʼebe ahụ ruo taa dịka ndị ọbịa.
and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, —and have been sojourners there, until this day.
4 (Jonatan nwa Sọl nwere otu nwa nwoke dara ngwụrọ nʼụkwụ ya abụọ. Ọ gbara afọ ise mgbe akụkọ banyere Sọl na Jonatan si Jezril bịarute ha. Nwanyị na-eku ya kuuru ya bido ịgbapụ ọsọ, ma dịka ọ na-agba ọsọ, nwantakịrị nwoke ahụ dara nʼala ghọọ onye ngwụrọ. Aha ya bụ Mefiboshet.)
And, Jonathan, son of Saul, had a son, lame of his feet, —five years old, was he, when tidings came in of Saul and Jonathan from Jezreel, so his nurse took him up, and fled, and it came to pass, when she started up to flee, that he fell and was lamed, and, his name, was, Mephibosheth.
5 Nʼoge a, Rekab na Baana ụmụ Rimọn, onye Beerọt bịaruru nʼụlọ Ishboshet nʼoge ehihie, mgbe ọ nọ na-ezu ike.
So then the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, took their journey and came in, about the heat of the day, unto the house of Ish-bosheth, —when, he, was lying on his noonday couch;
6 Ha banyere nʼime ime ụlọ, dịka a ga-asị na ha na-aga iburu ọka wiiti. Mgbe ha banyere nʼebe ahụ, ha mara Ishboshet mma nʼafọ. Emesịa, Rekab na nwanne ya Baana si nʼụlọ ahụ zopu onwe ha.
and, thither, entered they as fro as the middle of the house, to fetch wheat, and they smote him in the belly, —and, Rechab and Baanah his brother, escaped.
7 Ha abatala nʼụlọ mgbe Ishboshet dinara nʼelu ihe ndina ya, nʼime ụlọ ndina ya. Mgbe ha machara ya mma, gbuo ya, ha bipụrụ ya isi. Buru isi ya gbalaga. Jee ije abalị ahụ niile gafee ọzara.
Thus they entered the house when, he, was lying on his bed, in his sleeping-chamber, and smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, —and took his head, and journeyed by way of the waste plain all the night;
8 Ha buuru isi Ishboshet butere Devid na Hebrọn, sị eze, “Taa ka Onyenwe anyị bọọrọ onyenwe m eze ọbọ megide Sọl na mkpụrụ ya. Nke a bụ isi Ishboshet, nwa onye iro gị Sọl, onye chọsịrị ike iwepụ ndụ gị.”
and brought in the head of Ish-bosheth unto David, at Hebron, and said unto the king, Lo! the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, thine enemy, who sought thy life: so hath Yahweh given to my lord the king, avengement this day, on Saul and on his seed.
9 Ma Devid zara Rekab na Baana ụmụ Rimọn onye Beerọt okwu sị ha, “Dịka Onyenwe anyị si adị ndụ, onye napụtara m site na nsogbu m niile,
Then David responded to Rechab and Baanah his brother, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, —By the life of Yahweh, who hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
10 mgbe otu onye bịakwutere m gwa m na Sọl anwụọla, na-eche nʼobi ya na o wetaara m oziọma. Egburu m ya na Ziklag, si otu ahụ kwụọ ya ụgwọ oziọma ahụ o chere na ọ wetaara m.
when he that brought tidings to me, saying, Lo! Saul is dead, though, he, was as one that bringeth good tidings, in his own eyes, yet I seized him, and slew him in Ziklag, —which was how I gave him reward for his tidings:
11 Ọ bụladị karịa nke a, mgbe ndị ikom ajọ omume gburu nwoke onye aka ya dị ọcha nʼụlọ ya, nʼelu ihe ndina ya? M ga-ahapụ ịbọtara onye e gburu egbu ọbọ, si otu a kpochapụ unu nʼụwa!”
how much more, when, lawless men, have slain a righteous person, in his own house, upon his bed? …Now, therefore, must I not require his blood at your hands, and so consume you, out of the earth?
12 Devid nyere ụmụ okorobịa ya iwu ka ha gbuo mmadụ abụọ ahụ. Ha gbukwara ha. Emesịa, ha bipụrụ aka ha na ụkwụ ha. Were ozu ha kwụba ya nʼakụkụ ọdọ mmiri Hebrọn. Ha wekwaara isi Ishboshet, lie ya nʼili Abna na Hebrọn.
David therefore commanded the young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands, and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool, in Hebron, —but, the head of Ish-bosheth, took they, and buried in the grave of Abner, in Hebron.
