2 Samweli 4
1 Ikawa Ishboshethi, mwana wa Sauli, aliposikia kwamba Abneri amekufa huko Hebroni, mikono yake ikadhoofika, na Israeli yote ikataabika.
And the son of Saul heareth that Abner [is] dead in Hebron, and his hands are feeble, and all Israel have been troubled.
2 Basi mwana wa Sauli alikuwa na watu wawili waliokuwa wakuu wa vikosi vya askari. Mmoja wao alikuwa Baana na mwingine alikuwa Rekabu, wana wa Rimoni Mbeerothi wa wana wa Benjamini(kwa maana Berothi ilihesabiwa kuwa sehemu ya Benjamini,
And two men, heads of troops, have been [to] the son of Saul, the name of the one [is] Baanah, and the name of the second Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the sons of Benjamin, for also Beeroth is reckoned to Benjamin,
3 na Waberothi walikimbilia Gitaimu na wamekuwa wakiishi pale hadi sasa).
and the Beerothites flee to Gittaim, and are there sojourners unto this day.
4 Basi Yonathani, mwana wa Sauli, alikuwa na mwana mlemavu wa miguu. Alikuwa na umri wa miaka mitano habari kuhusu Sauli na Yonathani ilipofika Yezreeli. Yaya wake akamchukua ili akimbie. Lakini wakati anakimbia, mwana wa Yonathani alianguka na akawa kirema. Jina lake aliitwa Mefiboshethi.
And to Jonathan son of Saul [is] a son — lame; he was a son of five years at the coming in of the rumour of [the death of] Saul and Jonathan, out of Jezreel, and his nurse lifteth him up, and fleeth, and it cometh to pass in her hasting to flee, that he falleth, and becometh lame, and his name [is] Mephibosheth.
5 Hivyo wana wa Rimoni mbeerothi, Rekabu na Baana, wakasafiri mchana wakati wa jua kali mpaka nyumbani mwa Ishbothethi, yeye alikuwa amepumzika mchana.
And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, go, and come in at the heat of the day unto the house of Ish-Bosheth, and he is lying down — the lying down of noon;
6 Mwanamke aliyekuwa akililinda lango alisinzia wakati akipepeta ngano, Rekabu na Baana waliingia ndani polepole na wakampita.
and thither they have come, unto the midst of the house, taking wheat, and they smite him unto the fifth [rib], and Rechab and Baanah his brother have escaped;
7 Hivyo walipoingia ndani ya nyumba, walimpiga na kumuua wakati amelala chumbani mwake. Kisha wakakata kichwa chake na wakaondoka nacho, wakasafiri njiani usiku kucha mpaka Araba.
yea, they come in to the house, and he is lying on his bed, in the inner part of his bed-chamber, and they smite him, and put him to death, and turn aside his head, and they take his head, and go the way of the plain all the night,
8 Wakaleta kichwa cha Ishboshethi kwa Daudi huko Hebroni, nao wakamwambia mfalme, “Tazama, hiki ni kichwa cha Ishboshethi mwana wa Sauli, adui yako, aliyekuwa akiutafuta uhai wako. Leo Yahwe amemlipia kisasi bwana wetu mfalme dhidi ya Sauli na uzao wake.”
and bring in the head of Ish-Bosheth unto David in Hebron, and say unto the king, 'Lo, the head of Ish-Bosheth, son of Saul, thine enemy, who sought thy life; and Jehovah doth give to my lord the king vengeance this day, of Saul and of his seed.'
9 Daudi akawajibu Rekabu na Baana nduguye, wana wa Rimoni mbeerothi, akawambia, “Kama Yahwe aishivyo, aliyeuokoa uhai wangu na kila shida,
And David answereth Rechab and Baanah his brother, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and saith to them, 'Jehovah liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
10 mtu mmoja aliponiambia, 'Tazama, Sauli amekufa,' akifikiri alileta habari njema, nilimkamata na kumwua huko Siklagi. Huo ndio ujira niliompa kwa habari yake.
when one is declaring to me, saying, Lo, Saul is dead, and he was as a bearer of tidings in his own eyes, then I take hold on him, and slay him in Ziklag, instead of my giving to him [for] the tidings.
11 Namna gani, mtu mwovu anapomwua mwenye haki kitandi mwake ndani ya nyumba, Je nisiitake damu yake kutoka katika mikono yenu, na kuwaondoa duniani?”
Also — when wicked men have slain the righteous man in his own house, on his bed; and now, do not I require his blood of your hand, and have taken you away from the earth?'
12 Kisha Daudi akawaagiza vijana, nao wakawaua wakakata mikono na miguu yao na kuwatundika kando ya bwawa huko Hebroni. Lakini wakakichukua kichwa cha Ishboshethi na kukizika katika kaburi la Abneri katika Hebroni.
And David commandeth the young men, and they slay them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hang [them] over the pool in Hebron, and the head of Ish-Bosheth they have taken, and bury [it] in the burying-place of Abner in Hebron.
