2 Samuel 4
1 Mgbe Ishboshet nwa Sọl nụrụ na Abna anwụọla na Hebrọn. Ọ tụrụ egwu. Ndị Izrel tụkwara egwu hie nne.
When Saul’s son Ishbosheth heard that Abner had been killed at Hebron, [he realized that he might also be killed]. He became discouraged, and all the Israeli people (trembled/became afraid).
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,
Ishbosheth had two officers who were leaders of groups that raided other villages. [They were brothers; ] their names were Baanah and Rechab, sons of Rimmon from Beeroth [town] in the tribe of Benjamin. Beeroth is in the area that had [been assigned to] the tribe of Benjamin.
3 nʼihi na ndị Beerọt gbara ọsọ agha gbalaa Gitaim, obodo ndị Benjamin. Ha bikwa nʼebe ahụ ruo taa dịka ndị ọbịa.
But the people of Beeroth had fled to Gittaim [town], and they still live there.
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.)
Saul’s son Jonathan had a son named Mephibosheth. When Mephibosheth was five years old, Saul and Jonathan died in the battle. When people brought that news from Jezreel, Mephibosheth’s nursemaid picked him up and ran away. She ran very fast, with the result that she dropped him, and his legs became crippled.
5 Nʼoge a, Rekab na Baana ụmụ Rimọn, onye Beerọt bịaruru nʼụlọ Ishboshet nʼoge ehihie, mgbe ọ nọ na-ezu ike.
One day, Rechab and Baanah left [their home] to go to Ishbosheth’s house. They arrived there about noontime, when Ishbosheth was taking his midday nap.
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.
The woman who was the doorkeeper was sifting wheat. While doing that, she became sleepy, and fell asleep. So Rechab and his brother Baanah were able to creep in quietly.
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.
They entered Ishbosheth’s bedroom, where he was sleeping. They killed him [with their swords] and cut off his head. They carried his head and walked all night through the Jordan [River] Valley.
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.”
They took the head of Ishbosheth to David at Hebron. They said to him, “Here is the head of Ishbosheth, the son of your enemy Saul, who tried to kill you. Your majesty, today Yahweh has allowed you to get revenge on Saul and his descendants!”
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,
But David replied to them, “Yahweh is the one who has rescued me from all my troubles. And just as surely as Yahweh lives, what I am now saying is also true.
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 a messenger came to Ziklag and told me ‘Saul is dead!’ and he thought that the news that he was bringing to me was good news, I seized him and [commanded one of my soldiers to] kill him. That was the reward I gave to him for his news!
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!”
So because you two evil men murdered a man who is (innocent/has done nothing wrong) when he was sleeping on his bed in his own house, I will do something worse to you. I will surely [RHQ] get revenge on you two for murdering [MTY] him, and (wipe you/cause you to disappear) from 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.
Then, following David’s orders, his soldiers killed the two men, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hung their bodies (OR, their hands and feet) [on a pole] near the pool at Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it [respectfully] in the tomb of Abner, there at Hebron.
