II Samuel 21
1 Adda iti panagbisin iti tiempo ni David iti tallo a tawen a nagsasaruno, ket sinarak ni David ti rupa ni Yahweh. Ket kinuna ni Yahweh, “Daytoy a panagbisin ket adda kenka gapu kenni Saul ken iti manangpapatay a pamiliana, gapu ta pinapatayna dagiti Gibeonita.”
During the time that David [ruled], there was a famine [in Israel] for three years. David prayed to Yahweh about it. And Yahweh said, “[In order for the famine to end], Saul’s family needs to be punished [MTY] because Saul killed many people from Gibeon [city].”
2 Ita, dagiti Gibeonita ket saan a nagtaud kadagiti tattao ti Israel; nagtaudda kadagiti nabati kadagiti Ammoreo. Insapata dagiti tattao ti Israel a saanda ida a papatayen, ngem no pay kasta, pinadas ni Saul a papatayen amin ida gapu iti bumarbara a panagayatna kadagiti tattao ti Israel ken Juda.
The people of Gibeon were not Israelis; they were a small group of the Amor people-group whom the Israelis had solemnly promised to protect. But Saul had tried to kill all of them because he (was very zealous/wanted very much) to enable the people of Judah and Israel [to be the only ones living in that land]. So the king summoned the leaders of Gibeon
3 Isu nga inayaban amin ni Ari David dagiti Gibeonita ket kinunana kadakuada, “Ania ti rumbeng nga aramidek kadakayo? Kasano a makaaramidak iti pangabbong iti basol, tapno mabalinyo a bendisionan dagiti tattao ni Yahweh, a nagtawid iti kinaimbag ken kadagiti karina?”
and said to them, “What shall I do for you? How can I make amends/up for what was done to your people, in order that you will bless us who belong to Yahweh?”
4 Simmungbat dagiti Gibeonita kenkuana, “Saan a marisut ti pirak wenno balitok ti dakes nga inaramid kadakami da Saul ken iti pamiliana. Ken saan a para kadakami ti pumatay iti siasinoman a tao ti Israel.” Insungbat ni David, “Aniaman a dawatenyo, dayta ti aramidek para kadakayo.”
They replied, “You cannot settle our quarrel with Saul and his family by giving us silver or gold. And we do not have the right to kill any Israelis.” So David asked, “Then/So what do you say that I should do for you?”
5 Simmungbatda iti ari, “Ti tao a nangpadas a mangpapatay kadakami amin, a nagpanggep iti kinadakes kadakami, isu a nadadaelkami ita ken awanankami iti lugar kadagiti nagbeddengan ti Israel —
They replied, “Saul [wanted to] get rid of us. He wanted to annihilate/kill all of us, in order that none of us would live anywhere in Israel.
6 ipaimam kadakami ti pito a lallaki manipud kadagiti kaputotanna, ket bitayenmi ida iti imatang ni Yahweh idiay Gabaa a lugar ni Saul, ti pinili ni Yahweh.” Isu a kinuna ti ari, “Itedko ida kadakayo.”
Hand over to us seven of Saul’s descendants. We will hang them where Yahweh is worshiped in Gibeon, our town, the town where Saul, whom Yahweh previously chose to be king, lived.” The king replied, “Okay, I will hand them over to you.”
7 Ngem insalakan ti ari ni Mefiboset a putot ni Jonatan nga anak ni Saul, gapu ti sapata ni Yahweh iti nagbaetanda, iti nagbaetan ni David kenni Jonatan nga anak ni Saul.
The king did not hand over to them Saul’s grandson Mephibosheth, because of what he and [Mephibosheth’s father] Jonathan had solemnly promised to each other.
8 Ngem innala ti ari dagiti dua nga annak a lallaki ni Rispa a putot a babai ni Aia, annakna a lallaki kenni Saul—ti nagan dagiti dua nga annakna a lallaki ket Armoni ken Mefiboset; ken innala met ni David dagiti lima nga annak a lallaki ni Mikal nga anak a babai ni Saul, nga anak ni Mikal kenni Adriel a putot a lalaki ni Barsillai a Meholitita.
Instead, he took Armoni and another man named Mephibosheth, the two sons that Saul’s slave wife Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, had given birth to, and the five sons that Saul’s daughter Merab had given birth to. Merab’s husband was Adriel, the son of a man named Barzillai from Meholah [town].
9 Impaimana ida kadagiti Gibeonita. Binitayda ida idiay bantay iti imatang ni Yahweh, ket naggigiddanda a pito a natay. Napapatayda kabayatan iti tiempo ti panagaapit, kabayatan dagiti umuna nga al-aldaw ti rugi iti panagaaapit ti sebada.
David handed those men over to the men from Gibeon. Then they hanged those seven men on a hill where they worshiped Yahweh. They were all killed during the time of the year that the people started to harvest the barley.
10 Kalpasanna nangala ni Rispa a putot a babai ni Aia iti nakersang a lupot ket inyaplagna iti rabaw ti bantay para iti bagina, iti abay dagiti bangkay, manipud iti rugi ti pinagaapit agingga a natudoanda manipud iti tangatang. Saanna nga impalubos a singaen dagiti billit iti tangatang dagiti bangkay kabayatan iti aldaw wenno dagiti atap nga ayup kabayatan iti rabii.
Then Rizpah took coarse cloth made from goats’ hair, and spread it on the rock [where the corpses lay]. She stayed there from the time that people started to harvest the barley until the rains started. She did not allow any birds to come near the corpses during the day, and she did not allow any animals to come near during the night.
11 Naibaga kenni David ti inaramid ni Rispa a puto a babai ni Aia, ti adipen nga asawa ni Saul.
When someone told David what Rizpah had done,
12 Isu a napan ni David ket innalana dagiti tultulang ni Saul ken ni Jonatan nga anakna manipud kadagiti tattao ti Jabes Galaad, a nangtakaw kadagitoy manipud iti plasa idiay Bet-san, a nangbitayan dagiti Filisteo kadakuada, kalpasan a pinapatay dagiti Filisteo ni Saul idiay Gilboa.
he went with some of his servants to Jabesh in [the] Gilead [region] and got the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan. The people of Jabesh had stolen their bones from the (plaza/public square) in Beth-Shan [city], where the men from Philistia had hanged them previously, on the day that they had killed Saul and Jonathan on Gilboa [Mountain].
13 Innala ni David dagiti tultulang da Saul ken Jonatan nga anakna manipud sadiay, ket inurnongda met dagiti tultulang dagiti pito a lallaki a naibitay.
David and his men took the bones of Saul and Jonathan, and they also took the bones of the seven men [from Gibeon] whom the men from Philistia had hanged.
14 Ingkalida dagiti tultulang da Saul ken Jonatan nga anakna idiay pagilian ni Benjamin idiay Sela, iti tanem ni Kis nga amana. Inaramidda amin nga imbilin ti ari. Kalpasan dayta, sinungbatan ti Dios dagiti kararagda para iti daga.
They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan in Zela [town] in the land of [the tribe of] Benjamin. Doing all that the king commanded, they buried their bones in the tomb where Saul’s father Kish [was buried]. After that, [because] God [saw that Saul’s family had been punished to pay for Saul’s murder of many people from Gibeon, he] answered the Israelis’ prayers for their land, and caused the famine to end.
15 Ket ginubat manen dagiti Filisteo ti Israel. Isu a simmalog ni David ken ti armadana ket nakirangetda kadagiti Filisteo. Nabannog unay ni David iti pannakigubatna.
The army of Philistia again started to fight against the army of Israel. And David and his soldiers went to fight the Philistines. During the battle, David became weary.
16 Ni David ket pinanggep a patayen ni Isbibenob a kaputotan dagiti higante, nga addaan iti bronse a gayang nga agdagsen iti tallo gasut a siklo, ken nakaarmas iti baro a kampilan.
One of the Philistia men thought that he could kill David. His name was Ishbi-Benob. He was a descendant of [a group of] giants. He carried a bronze spear that weighed about (7-1/2 pounds/3-1/2 kg.), and he also had a new sword.
17 Ngem inispal ni Abisai a putot ni Zeruyas ni David, rinautna ti Filisteo, ket pinapatayna ni Isbibenob. Ket nagsapata dagiti tattao ni David kenkuana, kunada, “Saankanton a pulos a kumuyog iti gubatan kadakami, tapno saanmo nga iddepen ti silaw ti Israel.”
But Abishai came to help David, and attacked the giant and killed him. Then David’s soldiers forced him to promise that he would not go with them into a battle again. They said to him, “[If you die, and none of your descendants become king, that would be like] [MET] extinguishing the last light in Israel.”
18 Kalpasan daytoy ket dimteng manen ti sabali a pannakigubatda kadagiti Filisteo idiay Gob, idi pinatay ni Sebecai a Husatita ni Saf, a maysa kadagiti kaputotan dagiti Refaim.
Some time after that, there was a battle with the army of Philistia near Gob [village]. During the battle, Sibbecai, from [the] Hushah [clan], killed Saph, one of the descendants of the Rapha giants.
19 Dimteng manen ti simmaruno a pannakigubatda kadagiti Filisteo idiay Gob, pinatay ni Elhanan a putot ni Jair a Betlehemita ni Goliat a Giteo, nga akin-gayang iti kasla poste ti pagabelan.
[Later] there was another battle with the army of Philistia at Gob. During that battle, Elhanan, the son of Jaare-Oregim from Bethlehem, killed [the brother of] Goliath from Gath [city]; Goliath’s spear shaft/handle was (very thick, like the bar on a weaver’s loom/over two inches thick).
20 Dimteng manen iti maysa a gubat idiay Gat nga adda iti maysa tao a kasta unay ti katayagna nga addaan iti innem a ramay iti tunggal imana ken innem met a ramay iti tunggal sakana, duapulo ket uppat ti bilang dagiti ramayna. Nagtaud met laeng isuna iti Refaim.
Later there was another battle near Gath. There was a (huge man/giant) there who liked to fight [in battles]. He had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. He was descended from [the] Rapha [giants].
21 Ket idi linaisna ti Israel, pinatay isuna ni Jonatan a putot ni Shama, a kabsat a lalaki ni David.
But when he (made fun of/ridiculed) the men in the Israeli [army], Jonathan, the son of David’s [older] brother Shimeah, killed him.
22 Dagitoy dagiti kaputotan ti Refaim ti Gat, ket napapatayda kadagiti ima ni David ken iti ima dagiti soldadona.
Those four men were some of the descendants of the Rapha giants who had lived in Gath, who were killed [MTY] by David and his soldiers.
