2 Samuel 4

1 Bere a Is-Boset tee sɛ Abner awu wɔ Hebron no, nʼaba mu bui, na saa ara nso na ne nkurɔfo no bɔɔ huboa.

And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

2 Afei, na anuanom baanu a wɔn din de Baana ne Rekab na na wɔyɛ asafohene ma Is-Boset akofo no. Na wɔyɛ Rimon a ofi Benyamin fi wɔ Beerot kurow mu no mmabarima. Wɔfa no sɛ kurow Beerot ka Benyamin ho,

And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin.

3 efisɛ wɔn a na wɔte Beerot mmere bi no guan kɔɔ Gitaim a wɔda so te hɔ sɛ ahɔho de besi nnɛ yi.

And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)

4 Na Saulo babarima Yonatan wɔ ɔbabarima bi a ne din de Mefiboset a na ɔyɛ obubuafo fi ne mmofraase. Wokum Saulo ne Yonatan wɔ Yesreel akono no, na abofra no adi mfe anum. Bere a ɔko no ho asɛm duu kurow no mu no, obi a ɔhwɛ abofra no kyekyeree no de no guanee. Nanso bere a ɔreguan no, ɔhwee ase maa abofra no bɔɔ fam, ma ɔyɛɛ obubuafo.

And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

5 Da bi, Beerotni, Rimon mmabarima baanu a wɔn din de Rekab ne Baana kɔɔ Is-Boset fi awia bere mu a na ɔregye nʼahome.

And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.

6 Wowuraa mu kɔɔ ne pia mu te sɛnea wɔrekɔpɛ awi, kɔwɔɔ ne yafunu mu afoa. Afei Rekab ne Baana wiawiaa wɔn ho guanee.

And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they stroke him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

7 Ansa na wɔbɛkɔ no, wotwaa ne ti bere a ɔda ne mpa so. Wɔfaa ne ti no kotwaa Yordan bon no, nantew anadwo mu no nyinaa kɔe.

For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they stroke him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and got them away through the plain all night.

8 Wɔde Is-Boset ti no brɛɛ Dawid wɔ Hebron, na wɔka kyerɛɛ ɔhene no se, “Wo tamfo Saulo a anka ɔrehwehwɛ wo akum wo no babarima Is-Boset ti ni. Nnɛ, Awurade ama me wo aweretɔ ho kwan atia Saulo ne nʼabusua.”

And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul your enemy, which sought your life; and the LORD has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.

9 Na Dawid buaa Beerotni Rimon mma Rekab ne ne nua Baana se, “Mmere dodow a Awurade a ogyee me fii ɔhaw ne abɛbrɛsɛ mu te ase yi, mɛka nokware akyerɛ mo.

And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

10 Bere a onipa bi bɛka kyerɛɛ me se, ‘Saulo awu’ a na osusuw sɛ ɔreka asɛm pa akyerɛ me no, mekyeree no kum no wɔ Siklag. Nʼasɛm a ɔbɛka kyerɛɛ me no so akatua a mede maa no ne no.

When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:

11 Na akatua bɛn na memfa mma amumɔyɛfo a wɔakum obi a ne ho nni asɛm wɔ ne fi bere a ɔda ne mpa so? Ɛnsɛ sɛ mibisa ne mogya fi mo nsam ana?”

How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

12 Enti Dawid hyɛɛ ne mmarima ma wokunkum wɔn. Wotwitwaa wɔn nsa ne wɔn anan, na wɔde asin no sensɛn Hebron ɔtare ho. Na wɔfaa Is-Boset ti no kosiee no wɔ Abner ɔboda mu wɔ Hebron.

And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the tomb of Abner in Hebron.