2 Samuel 4

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

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

2 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:

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,

3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners there until this day.)

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

4 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.

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.

5 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

8 And they brought the head of Ishbosheth to David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thy enemy, who sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.

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.”

9 And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

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.

10 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:

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.

11 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?

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?”

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

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.