2 Samuele 9

1 Davidi atunaki: « Ezali lisusu na moto moko ya libota ya Saulo oyo azali nanu na bomoi? Nazali na posa ya kotalisa ye bolamu mpo na Jonatan. »

And David says, “Is there yet any left of the house of Saul, and I do with him kindness because of Jonathan?”

2 Nzokande, ezalaki na mosali moko ya ndako ya Saulo; kombo na ye « Tsiba. » Babengisaki ye mpo ete aya komimonisa liboso ya Davidi. Mpe mokonzi alobaki na ye: — Ezali yo Tsiba? Azongisaki: — Iyo, ezali ngai, mosali na yo.

And the house of Saul has a servant, and his name [is] Ziba, and they call for him to David; and the king says to him, “Are you Ziba?” And he says, “Your servant.”

3 Mokonzi atunaki ye: — Boni, ezali na moto moko te ya libota ya Saulo, oyo azali nanu na bomoi, oyo epai ya nani nakoki kotalisa bolamu ya Nzambe? Tsiba azongiselaki mokonzi: — Ezali na mwana mobali moko ya Jonatan, oyo azali nanu na bomoi. Azali na mbeba na makolo nyonso mibale.

And the king says, “Is there not yet a man of the house of Saul, and I do with him the kindness of God?” And Ziba says to the king, “Jonathan has yet a son—lame.”

4 Mokonzi atunaki ye: — Azali wapi? Tsiba azongisaki: — Azali na ndako ya Makiri, mwana mobali ya Amieli, na mboka Lo-Debari.

And the king says to him, “Where [is] he?” And Ziba says to the king, “Behold, he [is] in the house of Machir, son of Ammiel, in Behold-Debar.”

5 Boye, mokonzi Davidi abengisaki ye wuta na Lo-Debari, na ndako ya Makiri, mwana mobali ya Amieli.

And King David sends, and takes him out of the house of Machir son of Ammiel, of Behold-Debar,

6 Tango Mefibosheti, mwana mobali ya Jonatan, mwana mobali ya Saulo, ayaki epai ya Davidi, agumbamaki mpo na kopesa ye lokumu. Davidi alobaki: — Mefibosheti! Ye azongisaki: — Ngai oyo, mosali na yo.

and Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, son of Saul, comes to David, and falls on his face, and pays respect, and David says, “Mephibosheth”; and he says, “Behold, your servant.”

7 Davidi alobaki na ye: — Kobanga te! Pamba te nakotalisa yo solo bolamu mpo na tata na yo, Jonatan. Nakozongisela yo mabele nyonso ya koko na yo, Saulo, mpe okobanda kolia tango nyonso na mesa na ngai.

And David says to him, “Do not be afraid; for I certainly do with you kindness because of your father Jonathan, and have given back to you all the field of your father Saul, and you continually eat bread at my table.”

8 Mefibosheti agumbamaki mpe alobaki: — Mosali na yo azali nani mpo ete otala mbwa ya kokufa lokola ngai?

And he bows himself and says, “What [is] your servant, that you have turned to the dead dog—such as I?”

9 Mokonzi abengisaki Tsiba, mosali ya Saulo, mpe alobaki na ye: — Napesi na mwana ya nkolo na yo biloko nyonso oyo ezalaki ya Saulo mpe ya libota na ye.

And the king calls to Ziba servant of Saul and says to him, “All that was of Saul and of all his house, I have given to the son of your lord,

10 Yo, bana na yo ya mibali mpe basali na yo, bokosala bilanga mpo na ye mpe bokomema bambuma oyo bokobuka mpo ete mwana ya nkolo na yo akoka kozwa biloko ya kolia. Mpe Mefibosheti, mwana ya nkolo na yo, akobanda kolia tango nyonso na mesa na ngai. Nzokande Tsiba azalaki na bana mibali zomi na mitano mpe basali tuku mibale.

and you have served the land for him, you and your sons, and your servants, and have brought in, and there has been bread for the son of your lord, and he has eaten it; and Mephibosheth, son of your lord, continually eats bread at my table”; and Ziba has fifteen sons and twenty servants.

11 Tsiba alobaki na mokonzi: — Mosali na yo akosala makambo nyonso oyo mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, akotinda ye. Boye Mefibosheti aliaki na mesa ya Davidi lokola moko kati na bana mibali ya mokonzi.

And Ziba says to the king, “According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so your servant does.” “As for Mephibosheth,” [says the king, ] “he is eating at my table as one of the sons of the king.”

12 Mefibosheti azalaki na mwana mobali moko ya elenge; kombo na ye ezalaki « Mika. » Mpe bato nyonso ya libota ya Tsiba bazalaki basali ya Mefibosheti.

And Mephibosheth has a young son, and his name [is] Micha, and everyone dwelling in the house of Ziba [are] servants to Mephibosheth.

13 Mefibosheti avandaki na Yelusalemi mpo ete azalaki kolia tango nyonso na mesa ya mokonzi.

And Mephibosheth is dwelling in Jerusalem, for he is continually eating at the table of the king, and he [is] lame [in] his two feet.