Famine
1 Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
Kulikuwa na njaa siku za Daudi muda wa miaka mitatu, mwaka kwa mwaka; naye Daudi akautafuta uso wa Bwana. Bwana akasema, Ni kwa ajili ya Sauli, na kwa nyumba yake yenye damu, kwa kuwa aliwaua hao Wagibeoni.
2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)
Ndipo mfalme akawaita Wagibeoni akawaambia; (basi Wagibeoni si wa wana wa Israeli, ila ni wa masalio ya Waamori; na wana wa Israeli walikuwa wamewaapia; lakini Sauli akatafuta kuwaua katika juhudi yake kwa ajili ya wana wa Israeli na Yuda;)
3 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD?
basi Daudi akawaambia hao Wagibeoni, Niwatendee nini? Na kwa tendo gani nifanye upatanisho, mpate kuubariki urithi wa Bwana?
4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.
Na hao Wagibeoni wakamwambia, Si jambo la fedha wala dhahabu lililo kati ya sisi na Sauli, au nyumba yake; wala si juu yetu kumwua mtu ye yote katika Israeli. Akasema Mtakayoyanena, ndiyo nitakayowatendea ninyi.
5 And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,
Wakamwambia mfalme, Yule mtu aliyetupoteza, na kutufanyia shauri la kutuharibu, tusikae katika mipaka yo yote ya Israeli,
6 let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them .
basi, na tutolewe watu saba katika wanawe, nasi tutawatundika mbele za Bwana katika Gibeoni, katika mlima wa Bwana. Mfalme akasema, Nitawatoa.
7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
Lakini mfalme akamwachilia Mefiboshethi, mwana wa Yonathani, mwana wa Sauli, kwa ajili ya kiapo cha Bwana kilichokuwa kati yao, yaani, kati ya Daudi na Yonathani, mwana wa Sauli.
8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
Ila mfalme akawatwaa hao wana wawili wa Rispa, binti Aya, aliomzalia Sauli, Armoni na Mefiboshethi; na wana watano wa Merabu binti Sauli, aliomzalia Adrieli, mwana wa Barzilai, Mmeholathi;
9 and he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days , in the beginning of barley harvest.
akawatia mikononi mwa Wagibeoni, nao wakawatundika mlimani mbele za Bwana, nao wakaangamia wote saba pamoja; wakauawa siku za mavuno, za kwanza, mwanzo wa mavuno ya shayiri.
10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
Naye Rispa, binti Aya, akatwaa nguo ya magunia akajitandikia mwambani, tangu mwanzo wa mavuno hata waliponyeshewa mvua toka mbinguni; wala hakuacha ndege wa angani kukaa juu yao mchana, wala wanyama wa mwitu usiku.
11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
Kisha akaambiwa Daudi hayo aliyoyafanya huyo Rispa binti Aya, suria wa Sauli.
12 And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:
Akaenda Daudi, akaitwaa mifupa ya Sauli na mifupa ya Yonathani mwanawe mikononi mwa watu wa Yabesh-gileadi; waliyoiiba katika njia ya Bethshani, hapo Wafilisti walipowatungika, katika siku hiyo waliyomwua Sauli huko Gilboa;
13 and he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.
naye akaileta toka huko hiyo mifupa ya Sauli, na mifupa ya Yonathani mwanawe; nao wakaizoa mifupa yao waliotundikwa.
14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.
Kisha wakaizika mifupa ya Sauli na ya Yonathani mwanawe katika nchi ya Benyamini, huko Zela, kaburini mwa Kishi babaye; wakafanya yote aliyoyaamuru mfalme. Na baadaye Mungu aliiridhia hiyo nchi.
15 Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.
Basi kulikuwa na vita tena kati ya Wafilisti na Israeli; Daudi akashuka mpaka Gobu, na watumishi wake pamoja naye, akapigana na Wafilisti; naye Daudi akaishiwa na nguvu.
16 And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword , thought to have slain David.
Naye Ishi-benobu, aliyekuwa mmojawapo wa Warefai, ambaye uzito wa mkuki wake ulikuwa shekeli mia tatu za shaba kwa uzani, naye amejifungia upanga mpya, alijaribu kumwua Daudi.
17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.
Lakini Abishai, mwana wa Seruya, akamsaidia, akampiga Mfilisti, akamwua. Ndipo watu wa Daudi wakamwapia, wakasema, Wewe hutatoka tena pamoja nasi kwenda vitani, usije ukaizima taa ya Israeli.
18 And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.
Ikawa baada ya hayo, kulikuwa na vita tena na Wafilisti huko Gobu; ndipo Sibekai, Mhushathi, alipomwua Safu, aliyekuwa mmojawapo wa Warefai.
19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Beth-lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
Kulikuwa na vita tena na Wafilisti huko Gobu; na Elhanani, mwana wa Yairi, Mbethlehemi, alimwua Goliathi, Mgiti, ambaye mti wa mkuki wake ulikuwa kama mti wa mfumaji.
20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
Kulikuwa na vita tena huko Gathi; ambako kulikuwa na mtu mrefu sana, mwenye vidole sita katika kila mkono, na vidole sita katika kila mguu, jumla yake ishirini na vinne; yeye naye alizaliwa kwa Mrefai.
21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of David slew him.
Naye huyo alipowatukana Israeli, ndipo Yonathani, mwana wa Shama, nduguye Daudi, akamwua.
22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
Hao wanne walizaliwa kwake huyo Mrefai wa Gathi; wakaanguka kwa mkono wa Daudi, na kwa mikono ya watumishi wake.
