2 Samuel 9

1 Ɛda bi, Dawid pɛɛ sɛ ɔbɛhunu sɛ obi aka wɔ Saulo fie anaa. Ɛfiri sɛ na wahyɛ Yonatan bɔ sɛ ɔbɛyɛ wɔn adɔeɛ.

And David said, Is there yet any who is left of the house of Saul that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?

2 Ɔfrɛɛ ɔbarima bi a wɔfrɛ no Siba a na anka ɔfra Saulo asomfoɔ mu. Na ɔhene bisaa no sɛ, “Wo na wɔfrɛ wo Siba no anaa?” Ɔbuaa no sɛ, “Aane, mene Siba no.”

And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David. And the king said to him, Are thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he.

3 Ɔhene no bisaa no sɛ, “Obi aka wɔ Saulo efie anaa? Sɛ ɛte saa a mepɛ sɛ mɛyɛ wɔn adɔeɛ a ɛfiri Onyankopɔn wɔ ɛkwan biara a mɛtumi so.” Siba buaa ɔhene sɛ, “Yonatan babarima obubuafoɔ bi da so wɔ hɔ.”

And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul that I may show the kindness of God to him? And Ziba said to the king, Jonathan has yet a son who is lame in his feet.

4 Ɔhene bisaa sɛ, “Ɔwɔ he?” Siba buaa sɛ, “Ɔwɔ Amiel babarima Makir fie wɔ Lo-debar.”

And the king said to him, Where is he? And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.

5 Na ɔhene Dawid ma wɔkɔfaa no firii Amiel babarima Makir fie wɔ Lo-debar, de no brɛɛ no.

Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.

6 Ne din de Mefiboset, a ɔyɛ Yonatan babarima ne Saulo nana. Ɔbaa Dawid anim no, ɔde ahopopoɔ kotoo no, kaa sɛ, “Meyɛ wo ɔsomfoɔ.”

And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, and fell on his face, and did obeisance. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold, thy servant!

7 Dawid ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Nsuro, na deɛ ɛbɛyɛ biara no, ɛsiane wʼagya Yonatan enti, mɛyɛ wo adɔeɛ. Nsase a na ɛyɛ wo nana Saulo agyapadeɛ no nyinaa, mɛsane mede mama wo, na woadidi me didipono so daa daa.”

And David said to him, Fear not, for I will surely show thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore to thee all the land of Saul thy father, and thou shall eat bread at my table continually.

8 Mefiboset bɔɔ ne mu ase kaa sɛ, “Hwan ne me, ɔkraman funu a ɛsɛ sɛ wɔyɛ me saa adɔeɛ yi?”

And he did obeisance, and said, What is thy servant that thou should look upon such a dead dog as I am?

9 Ɔhene frɛɛ ne ɔsomfoɔ Siba, ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Mede biribiara a na ɛyɛ Saulo ne ne fiefoɔ agyapadeɛ no nyinaa ama wo wura Saulo nanabarima no.

Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him, All that pertained to Saul and to all his house I have given to thy master's son.

10 Wo ne wo mmammarima ne mo asomfoɔ na mobɛdɔ asase no, ayɛ so mfuo ama no, na wanya aduane ama ne fiefoɔ. Na Mefiboset deɛ, ɔne me bɛtena mʼahemfie ha.” Na Siba a na ɔwɔ mmammarima dunum ne asomfoɔ aduonu no buaa sɛ,

And thou shall till the land for him, thou, and thy sons, and thy servants. And thou shall bring in the fruits that thy master's son may have bread to eat, but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall always eat bread at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

11 “Me wura pa, asɛm a woaka akyerɛ me no nyinaa, mɛdi so.” Na ɛfiri saa ɛberɛ no, Mefiboset ne Dawid didii daa te sɛ deɛ ɔyɛ nʼasene mu ba.

Then Ziba said to the king, According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, the king said, he shall eat at my table as one of the king's sons.

12 Na Mefiboset wɔ ɔba abarimaa bi a ne din de Mika. Na ɛfiri saa ɛberɛ no, Siba fiefoɔ nyinaa bɛyɛɛ Mefiboset asomfoɔ.

And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. And all who dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth.

13 Na Mefiboset a ɔyɛ obubuafoɔ no tu kɔɔ Yerusalem kɔtenaa ahemfie hɔ.

So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem, for he ate continually at the king's table. And he was lame in both his feet.