Lufu gwa Ishibosheti
1 Kwakati Ishibosheti nkololo wa Saulo ehwa kuti Abineri wakafila ku Heburoni, katemeka mafupa ne Baiziraela bose bakatja. 2 Ipapo nkololo wa Saulo wakabe ana balume babili bali batungamili be goko le kutapa, mmwe wakabe eyi Bhaana mmwe kuyi Rekabi. Bakabe bali bakololo ba Rimoni we Nbheeroti we ludzi gwa Bhenjamini. Bheeroti yakabe ili ya Bhenjamini. 3 Bathu be Bheeroti bakatizhila ku Githaimu bakanogalako bali bazhi na nasi.
4 Jonatani nkololo wa Saulo wakabe ana mwana we tjilume wakabe ali tjilema makumbo wose. Wakabe ana makole ali mashanu ha thawu ngekwa Saulo na Jonatani dzizha dzidwa ku Jezirele. Kwakati mbhabhi uwe emmilidza etizha, mukulibilidza kukwe etizha, mwana kawa kabe tjilema. Zina lile lakabe liyi Mefibosheti.
5 Ngono ngwenu bakololo ba Rimoni we Nbheeroti, bo Rekabi na Bhaana, bakamilika kuli masikati zhuba lipisa bakaswika ku ng'umba ya Ishibhosheti, iye akabe akazwiteedza masikati. 6 Bakangina mu ng'umba bezwithama banotola mathunde e korong, bakambhaya mu ntumbu, Rekabi ne nnung'una uwe Bhaana bakatizha. 7 Bakangina mu ng'umba iye ye bulalo ali lele. Shule kwe kumbhaya bembulaya bakanthubula nsholo. Bebe betola nsholo uwe beyenda nge zila ye Araba busiku gose. 8 Bakazhisa nsholo wa Ishibhosheti kuna Dafite ku Heburoni bebe bedwa mambo beti, “Nsholo wa Ishibosheti nkololo wa Saulo woyu, tjita tjitjo, wakabe eshaka kumubulaya, Yahwe ba bgwilizilila tetshi wangu mambo mu zhuba la nasi kuna Saulo ne bana be bana babe.”
9 Dafite kadabila Rekabi ne nnung'una uwe Bhaana bakololo ba Rimoni we Nbheeroti eti, “Ndotuna na Yahwe, bakandidzutunula mu mbatsha dzose! 10 Kwakati nlume wakandibudza kuti Saulo wafa ekumbula kuti wazhisa thawu dzinozipa, ndakambhata ambulaya ku Zikilagi, iwoyu ndiwo mbayilo wandakampa mu thawu dzidze! 11 Kowobetjani kene, ha balume babiibi babulaya nthu usina nlandu ali pa bulalo mu ng'umba iye! Ngono ngwenu apa andingashake malopa awe mu maboko enyu, ndibuya ndimudusa mu shango kene?” 12 Ndizo Dafite kadusa ndaulo ku balanda babe, ngono bakababulaya, bakabathubula maboko ne makumbo, bakapaika zwitumbu zwabo pa wunde ye dziba mu Heburoni. Koga nsholo wa Ishibhosheti bakaubiganya mu ikumbu tja Abineri mu Heburoni.
Ishbosheth Is Killed
1 Ishbosheth felt like giving up after he heard that Abner had died in Hebron. Everyone in Israel was terrified.
2 Ishbosheth had put the two brothers Baanah and Rechab in charge of the soldiers who raided enemy villages. Rimmon was their father, and they were from the town of Beeroth, which belonged to the tribe of Benjamin. 3 The people who used to live in Beeroth had run away to Gittaim, and they still live there.
4 Saul's son Jonathan had a son named Mephibosheth, who had not been able to walk since he was five years old. It happened when someone from Jezreel told his nurse that Saul and Jonathan had died. She hurried off with the boy in her arms, but he fell and injured his legs.
5 One day about noon, Rechab and Baanah went to Ishbosheth's house. It was a hot day, and he was resting 6-7 in his bedroom. The two brothers went into the house, pretending to get some flour. But once they were inside, they stabbed Ishbosheth in the stomach and killed him. Then they cut off his head and took it with them.
Rechab and Baanah walked through the Jordan River valley all night long. 8 Finally they turned west and went to Hebron. They went in to see David and told him, “Your Majesty, here is the head of Ishbosheth, the son of your enemy Saul who tried to kill you! The Lord has let you get even with Saul and his family.”
9 David answered:
I swear that only the Lord rescues me when I'm in trouble! 10 When a man came to Ziklag and told me that Saul was dead, he thought he deserved a reward for bringing good news. But I grabbed him and killed him.
11 You evil men have done something much worse than he did. You've killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed. I'll make you pay for that. I'll wipe you from the face of the earth!
12 Then David said to his troops, “Kill these two brothers! Cut off their hands and feet and hang their bodies by the pool in Hebron. But bury Ishbosheth's head in Abner's tomb near Hebron.” And they did.