2 Samweli 21
1 Kulikuwa na njaa kwa miaka mitatu katika siku za utawala wa Daudi, na Daudi akautafuta uso wa Yahwe. “Hivyo Yahwe akasema, “njaa hii ni kwa sababu ya mauaji ya Sauli na familia yake, kwa kuwa aliwauwa Wagibeoni.”
And there was a famine in the days of David for three years successively: and David consulted the oracle of the Lord. And the Lord said: It is for Saul, and his bloody house, because he slew the Gabaonites.
2 Basi Wagibeoni hawakuwa uzao wa Israeli; walikuwa ni masalia ya Waamori. Watu wa Israeli walikuwa wameapa kutowauwa, lakini Sauli alitaka kuwaangamiza wote kwa husuda kwa ajili ya watu wa Israeli na Yuda.
Then the king, calling for the Gabaonites, said to them: (Now the Gabaonites were not of the children of Israel, but the remains of the Amorrhites: I and the children of Israel had sworn to them, and Saul sought to slay them out of zeal, as it were for the children of Israel and Juda: )
3 Ndipo Daudi alipowaita pamoja Wagibeoni na kuwaambia, “Niwafanyie nini kwa ajili ya upatanisho? Ili kwamba mweze kuwabariki watu wa Yahwe wanaorithi wema na ahadi zake?”
David therefore said to the Gabaonites: What shall I do for you? and what shall be the atonement for you, that you may bless the inheritance of the Lord?
4 Wagibeoni wakamjibu, “Hili siyo jambo la fedha wala dhahabu kati yatu na Sauli au familia yake. Na siyo hitaji letu kumwua mtu yeyote katika Israeli.” Daudi akasema, “Chochote mtakacho omba nitawafanyia.”
And the Gabaonites said to him: We have no contest about silver and gold, but against Saul and against his house: neither do we desire that any man be slain of Israel. And the king said to them: What will you then that I should do for you?
5 Wakamjibu mfalme, “Mtu aliyetaka kutuuwa aliyepanga kunyume chetu, ili kutuangamiza na kukosa eneo katika mipaka ya Israeli -
And they said to the king: The man that crushed us and oppressed us unjustly, we must destroy in such manner that there be not so much as one left of his stock in all the coasts of Israel.
6 haya na tupewe watu saba kutoka katika uzao wake, nasi tutawatundika mbele ya Yahwe katika Gibea ya Sauli, palipochaguliwa na Yahwe.” Mfalme akasema, “Nitawapeni”
Let seven men of his children be delivered unto us, that we may crucify them to the Lord in Gabaa of Saul, once the chosen of the Lord. And the king said: I will give them.
7 Lakini mfalme akamwifadhi Mefiboshethi mwana wa Yonathani mwana wa Sauli, kwa ajili ya kiapo cha Yahwe kati ya Daudi na Yonathani mwana wa Sauli.
And the king spared Miphiboseth the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the oath of the Lord, that had been between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
8 Mfalme akawachukua wana wawili wa Rispa binti Ayia aliomzalia Sauli, hawa wana wawili waliitwa Armoni na Mefiboshethi; na pia Daudi akawachukua wana watano wa Mikali binti Sauli, aliomzalia Adrieli mwana wa Berzilai Mmeholathi.
So the king took the two sons of Respha the daughter of Aia, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni, and Miphiboseth: and the five sons of Michol the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Hadriel the son of Berzellai, that was of Molathi:
9 Akawaweka katika mikono ya Wagibeoni. Nao wakawatundika juu ya mlima mbele za Bwana, na wote saba wakafa pamoja. Waliuawa katika kipindi cha mavuno, katika siku ya kwanza mwanzoni mwa mavuno ya shayiri.
And gave them into the hands of the Gabaonites: and they crucified them on a hill before the Lord: and these seven died together in the first days of the harvest, when the barley began to be reaped.
10 Kisha Rispa, binti Aiya, akachukua nguo ya gunia na akajitanda mwenyewe juu ya mlima kando ya miili ya waliokufa tangu mwanzo wa mavuno mpaka wakati mvua ilipoanza kunyesha. Hakuruhusu ndege wa angani kutua juu ya miili mchana wala ayawani wa mwituni wakati wa usiku.
And Respha the daughter of Aia took haircloth, and spread it under her upon the rock from the beginning of the harvest, till water dropped upon them out of heaven: and suffered neither the birds to tear them by day, nor the beasts by night.
11 Daudi akaambia alichokifanya Rispa, binti Aiya, suria wa Sauli.
And it was told David, what Respha the daughter of Aia, the concubine of Saul, had done.
12 Hivyo Daudi akaenda na kuchukua mifupa ya Sauli na mifupa ya Yonathani mwanawe kutoka kwa watu wa Yabeshi Gileadi, waliokuwa wameiiba kutoka katika eneo la jumuiya la Beth Shani, Wafilisti walipokuwa wamewatundika baada ya Wafilisti kumwua Sauli katika Gilboa.
And David went, and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabes Galaad, who had stolen them from the street of Bethsan, where the Philistines had hanged them when they had slain Saul in Gelboe.
13 Daudi akaiondoa pale mifupa ya Sauli na mifupa ya Yonathani mwanawe, na wakakusanya pia mifupa ya wale watu saba waliotundikwa.
And he brought from thence the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, and they gathered up the bones of them that were crucified,
14 Wakaizika mifupa ya Sauli na Yonathani mwanawe huko Zela katika nchi ya Benjamini, katika kaburi la Kishi babaye. Wakafanya kila alichoagiza mfalme. Ndipo Mungu akajibu maombi yao kwa ajili ya nchi.
And they buried them with the bones of Saul, and of Jonathan his son in the land of Benjamin, in the side, in the sepulchre of Cis his father: and they did all that the king had commanded, and God shewed mercy again to the land after these things.
15 Kisha Wafilisti wakaenda tena katika vita na Israeli. Hivyo Daudi na jeshi lake wakashuka na kupigana na Wafilisti. Akiwa vitani Daudi akachoshwa na vita.
And the Philistines made war again against Israel, and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. And David growing faint,
16 Ishbibenobu, wa uzao wa majitu, ambaye mkuki wake wa shaba ulikuwa na uzito wa shekeli mia tatu na alikuwa na upanga mpya, alitaka kumwua Daudi.
Jesbibenob, who was of the race of Arapha, the iron of whose spear weighed three hundred ounces, being girded with a new sword, attempted to kill David.
17 Lakini Abishai mwana wa Seruya akamwokoa Daudi, akampiga Mfilisti na kumwua. Ndipo watu wa Daudi wakamwapia, kusema, “Hautakwenda vitani pamoja nasi tena usije ukaizima taa ya Israeli.”
And Abisai the son of Sarvia rescued him, and striking the Philistine killed him. Then David’s men swore unto him, saying: Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, lest thou put out the lamp of Israel.
18 Ikawa baadaye kuwa na vita tena kati ya Wafilisti huko Gobu, wakati Sibekai Mhushathi alipomwua Safu, aliyekuwa miongoni mwa uzao wa Warefai.
There was also a second battle in Gob against the Philistines: then Sobochai of Husathi slew Saph of the race of Arapha of the family of the giants.
19 Ikawa tena katika vita na Wafilisti huko Gobu, huyo Elhanani mwana wa Jari Mbethlehemu akamwua Goliathi Mgiti, ambaye fumo la mkuki wake lilikuwa kama mti wa mfumaji.
And there was a third battle in Gob against the Philistines, in which Adeodatus the son of the Forrest an embroiderer of Bethlehem slew Goliath the Gethite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
20 Ikawa katika vita nyingine huko Gathi kulikuwa na mtu mrefu sana mwenye vidole sita katika kila mkono na vidole sita katika kila mguu, jumla yake ishirini na vinne. Yeye naye alikuwa wa uzao wa Warefai.
A fourth battle was in Geth. where there was a man of great stature, that had six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot, four and twenty in all, and he was of the race of Arapha.
21 Alipowatukana Israeli, Yonathani mwana mwana wa Shama, nduguye Daudi, akamwua.
And he reproached Israel: and Jonathan the son of Samae the brother of David slew him.
22 Hawa walikuwa wa uzao wa Warefai wa Gathi, waliuawa kwa mkono wa Daudi na kwa mkono wa askari wake
These four were born of Arapha in Geth, and they fell by the hand of David, and of his servants.
