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 three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the Lord. And the Lord said, [There is] guilt upon Saul and his house because of his bloody murder, whereby he killed 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.
And King David called the Gabaonites, and said to them; —(now the Gabaonites are not the children of Israel, but [are] of the remnant of the Amorite, and the children of Israel had sworn to them: but Saul sought to strike them in his zeal 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?”
And David said to the Gabaonites, What shall I do to you? and wherewithal shall I make atonement, 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 [question about] silver or gold with Saul and with his house; and there is no man for us to put to death in Israel.
5 Wakamjibu mfalme, “Mtu aliyetaka kutuuwa aliyepanga kunyume chetu, ili kutuangamiza na kukosa eneo katika mipaka ya Israeli -
And he said, What say you? speak, and I will do it for you. And they said to the king, The man who would have made an end of us, and persecuted us, who plotted against us to destroy us, let us utterly destroy him, so that he shall have no standing 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 one give us seven men of his sons, and let us hang them up in the sun to the Lord in Gabaon of Saul, as chosen out for 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.
But the king spared Memphibosthe son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the oath of the Lord that was between them, even 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.
And the king took the two sons of Respha the daughter of Aia, whom she bore to Saul, Hermonoi and Memphibosthe, and the five sons of Michol daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Esdriel son of Berzelli the Moulathite.
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 he gave them into the hand of the Gabaonites, and they hanged them up to the sun in the mountain before the lord: and they fell, even the seven together: moreover they were put to death in the days of harvest at the commencement, in the beginning of barley harvest.
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 sackcloth, and fixed it for herself on the rock in the beginning of barley harvest, until water dropped upon them out of heaven: and she did not suffer the birds of the air to rest upon them by day, nor the beasts of the field 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, [and they were faint, and Dan, the son of Joa of the offspring of the giants overtook them.]
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 the sons of Jabis Galaad, who stole them from the street of Baethsan; for the Philistines set them there in the day in which the Philistines struck Saul in Gelbue.
13 Daudi akaiondoa pale mifupa ya Sauli na mifupa ya Yonathani mwanawe, na wakakusanya pia mifupa ya wale watu saba waliotundikwa.
And he carried up thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son, and gathered the bones of them that had been hanged.
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 the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son, and the bones of them that had been hanged, in the land of Benjamin in the hill, in the sepulchre of Cis his father; and they did all things that the king commanded: and after this God listened to [the prayers of] the land.
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 there was yet war between the Philistines and Israel: and David went down and his servants with him, and they fought with the Philistines, and David went.
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.
And Jesbi, who was of the progeny of Rapha, and the head of whose spear [was] three hundred shekels of brass in weight, who also was girded with a club, even he thought to strike 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 Abessa the son of Saruia helped him and struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore, saying, You shall not any longer go out with us to battle, and you shall not quench 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.
And after this there was a battle again with the Philistines in Geth: then Sebocha the Astatothite killed Seph of the progeny of Rapha.
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 battle in Rom with the Philistines; and Eleanan son of Ariorgim the Bethleemite killed Goliath the Gittite; and the staff of his spear [was] as 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.
And there was yet a battle in Geth: and there was a man of stature, and the fingers of his hands and the toes of his feet [were] six on each, four and twenty in number: and he also was born to Rapha.
21 Alipowatukana Israeli, Yonathani mwana mwana wa Shama, nduguye Daudi, akamwua.
And he defied Israel, and Jonathan son of Semei brother of David, struck 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 descendants of the giants in Geth, the family of Rapha; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
