< Luo Samuel 4 >

1 Ke Ishbosheth, wen natul Saul, el lohng lah Abner el anwuki in acn Hebron, el arulana sangeng, ac mwet Israel nukewa elos fosrnga.
And Isboseth the son of Saul heard that Abner was slain in Hebron: and his hands were weakened, and all Israel was troubled.
2 Oasr mwet luo lal Ishbosheth su kol un mwet orek lokoalok. Inen mwet luo inge pa Baanah ac Rechab, wen natul Rimmon mwet Beeroth in sruf lal Benjamin. (Acn Beeroth oaoa nu ke ip lun Benjamin.
Now the son of Saul had two men captains of his bands, the name of the one was Baana, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Remmon a Berothite of the children of Benjamin: for Beroth also was reckoned in Benjamin.
3 Mwet muta we meet ah elos tuh kaingla nu Gittaim, ac elos mutana we in pacl sac me.)
And the Berothites fled into Gethaim, and were sojourners there until that time.
4 Sie pac mwet ke fita lal Saul pa Mephibosheth, wen natul Jonathan. El yac limekosr ke pacl se Saul ac Jonathan anwuki. Ke pacl se pweng ke misa laltal ah tuku Jezreel me, na mutan se ma liyalang el sraklalak ac kaing. Tuh ke sripen sulaklak lal, tulik sac putatla liki inpaol, pwanang el sukapasla.
And Jonathan the son of Saul bad a son that was lame of his feet: for he was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan from Jezrahel. And his nurse took him up and fled: and as she made haste to flee, he fell and became lame: and his name was Miphiboseth.
5 Rechab ac Baanah som nu lohm sel Ishbosheth ac sun acn we ke infulwen len, falyang nu ke pacl el eis mongla infulwen len lal.
And the sons of Remmon the Berothite, Rechab and Baana coming, went into the house of Isboseth in the heat of the day: and he was sleeping upon his bed at noon. And the doorkeeper of the house, who was cleansing wheat, was fallen asleep.
6 Mutan se su muta liklik wheat ke mutunoa el mwetkeli ac motulla, na Rechab ac Baanah imyak nu in lohm ah.
And they entered into the house secretly taking ears of corn, and Rechab and Baana his brother stabbed him in the groin, and fled away.
7 Eltal som nu ke nien motul lal Ishbosheth ke el motul folosuwosla, ac unilya. Na eltal pakela sifal ac us welultal, ac eltal fahsr Infahlfal Jordan fong nufon sac.
For when they came into the house, be was sleeping upon his bed in a parlour, and they struck him and killed him: and taking away his head they went off by the way of the wilderness, walking all night.
8 Eltal sang sifal nu sel Tokosra David in acn Hebron, ac fahk, “Pa inge sifal Ishbosheth wen natul Saul, mwet lokoalok lom, su tuh srike in unikomi. Misenge LEUM GOD El orala foloksak lom nu sel Saul ac fita lal.”
And they brought the head of Isboseth to David to Hebron: and they said to the king: Behold the head of Isboseth the son of Saul thy enemy who sought thy life: and the Lord hath revenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.
9 David el topuk nu seltal, “Inge nga orala fulahk luk ke Inen LEUM GOD moul, su moliyula liki ongoiya nukewa!
But David answered Rechab, and Baana his brother, the sons of Remmon the Berothite, and said to them: As the Lord liveth, who hath delivered my soul out of all distress,
10 Mwet utuk kas se su tuku nu yuruk in acn Ziklag ac fahkma lah Saul el misa, el nunku mu el us pweng wo se. Tuh nga sruokilya ac sap in anwuki el. Pa ingan ma nga sang moli pweng se el us ah!
The man that told me, and said: Saul is dead, who thought he brought good tidings, I apprehended, and slew him in Siceleg, who should have been rewarded for his news.
11 A faska ma ac fah sikyak nu sin mwet koluk inge su uniya sie mwet wangin mwatal ke el motul in lohm sel sifacna! Inge nga fah foloksak nu sumtal ke komtal unilya ah, ac nga ac ikomtalla liki faclu.”
How much more now when wicked men have slain an innocent man in his own house, upon his bed, shall I not require his blood at your hand, and take you away from the earth?
12 David el sap mwet lal in unilya Rechab ac Baanah, ac lusala paoltal ac nialtal, ac srupusrak apkuran nu ke lufin kof in acn Hebron. Elos usla sifal Ishbosheth ac pikinya inkulyuk lal Abner in acn Hebron.
And David commanded his servants and they slew them: and cutting off their hands and feet, hanged them up over the pool in Hebron: but the head of Isboseth they took and buried in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

< Luo Samuel 4 >