¹Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,

¹ Waati kaŋ jirbey kaa ka maan kaŋ Dawda ga bu, a binde na nga izo Suleymanu lordi ka ne:

²I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man;

² «Ndunnya kulu fonda no ay ga gana. Ni binde ma te gaabi ka ni boŋ te alboro.

³And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:

³ Ma Rabbi ni Irikoyo lordey haggoy, zama ni m'a fondey gana, ni m'a hin sanney d'a lordey, d'a farilley, d'a seedey haggoy mo, mate kaŋ i hantum Musa asariya tira boŋ, zama ni ma te albarka ni goy kulu ra nda naŋ kaŋ ni bare kulu.

⁴That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

⁴ Zama mo Rabbi ma nga sanno kaŋ a ci ay boŋ din tabbatandi, kaŋ a ne: ‹Da ni izey ga laakal da ngey fondey, d'i soobay ka dira ay jine cimi ra, da ngey biney kulu, da ngey fundey kulu mo, gaa no ni si jaŋ boro kaŋ ga goro Israyla karga boŋ.›

⁵Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.

⁵ Woodin banda mo, ni bay haŋ kaŋ Zeruwiya izo Yowab te ay se, danga haŋ kaŋ a te Israyla kunda jine boro hinka se, Ner izo Abner da Yeter izo Amasa, kaŋ yaŋ a wi. A na wongu kuri mun baani jirbey ra, hal a na wongu kuri tuusu nga guddama gaa kaŋ goono ga haw a canta gaa, d'a taamey kaŋ yaŋ go a cey gaa din gaa.

⁶Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.

⁶ Ni binde, kala ni ma goy ni fahamay boŋ hal a boŋo kaŋ gonda hamni kwaaray ma si zumbu Alaahara nda baani.

⁷But show kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.

⁷ Amma ma gomni cabe Jileyad bora Barzillay izey se, hal i ma goro borey kaŋ yaŋ ga ŋwa ni banda ra, zama yaadin no i te ay se waato kaŋ ay zuru ni beero Absalom se.

⁸And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

⁸ Guna, Gera ize Simey mo, Benyamin boro, Ba-Hurim kwaara boro, a go noodin. Nga no k'ay wow da wowi laalo, hano kaŋ hane ay koy Mahanayim. Amma a kaa k'ay kubay Urdun* jarga. Ay mo ze a se da Rabbi maa ka ne: ‹Ay si ni wi da takuba.›

⁹Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.

⁹ Sohõ binde, ma s'a himandi boro kaŋ sinda taali, zama ni ya fahamaykoy no. Ni ga bay mo haŋ kaŋ ga hima ni ma te a se. Ni g'a boŋ hamni kwaara din candi ka konda Alaahara nda kuri.»

¹⁰So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

¹⁰ Kala Dawda kani nga kaayey banda. I n'a fiji Dawda kwaara ra mo.

¹¹And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

¹¹ Jirbey kaŋ Dawda na Israyla may din jiiri waytaaci no. Jiiri iyye no a na mayray te Hebron, jiiri waranza cindi hinza mo a na mayray te Urusalima*.

¹²Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.

¹² Suleymanu goro nga baabo Dawda karga boŋ. A koytara sinji ka tabbat mo.

¹³And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

¹³ Waato din Haggit ize Adoniya kaa Suleymanu nya Bat-Seba do. Waybora mo ne a se: «Ni kaa baani?» A ne: «Baani samay.»

¹⁴He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.

¹⁴ Gaa no a ne: «Ay gonda ni se sanni.» Waybora ne: «Salaŋ.»

¹⁵And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD.

¹⁵ A ne: «Ni bay kaŋ doŋ koytara ay wane no. Israyla kulu binde goono ga hangan ay se ay ma ciya bonkooni. Amma zamana bare. Mayra ciya ay kayno wane, zama Rabbi do a wane no.

¹⁶And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

¹⁶ Sohõ mo ŋwaarayyaŋ folloŋ no ay ga te ni se. Ma si banda bare ay gaa.» Waybora ne: «Salaŋ.»

¹⁷And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

¹⁷ A ne: «Ay ga ni ŋwaaray no, ma salaŋ ay se bonkoono Suleymanu se (zama a si wangu ni se bo), a m'ay no Sunami waybora Abisag, ay m'a hiiji.»

¹⁸And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.

¹⁸ Bat-Seba ne: «A boori. Ay ga ni sanni te bonkoono se.»

¹⁹Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.

¹⁹ Bat-Seba binde koy bonkoono Suleymanu do, zama nga ma salaŋ nd'a Adoniya se. Bonkoono binde tun ka nga nyaŋo kubayni. A sumbal nyaŋo jine, gaa no a ye ka goro nga karga boŋ. A ne mo i ma kande karga fo bonkoono nya se. Waybora binde goro bonkoono kambe ŋwaaro gaa.

²⁰Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.

²⁰ Gaa no waybora ne: «Ay ga arzaka kayna fo ŋwaaray ni gaa, ni ma s'ay ganj'a.» Bonkoono ne a se: «Ma ŋwaaray, ay nya, zama ay si ni ganj'a.»

²¹And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

²¹ Waybora ne: «Ma yadda i ma Sunami waybora Abisag hiijandi ni beero Adoniya se, a ma ciya a wande.»

²²And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

²² Bonkoono Suleymanu tu ka ne nga nyaŋo se: «Ifo se no ni ga Sunami waybora Abisag ceeci Adoniya se? Kala ni ma koytara mo ceeci a se, zama ay beere no. I m'a ceeci Alfa Abiyatar se, da Zeruwiya ize Yowab mo se.»

²³Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.

²³ Saaya din binde bonkoono Suleymanu ze da Rabbi ka ne: «Irikoy m'ay laali da Adoniya mana sanni wo ci ka wangu nga bumbo fundo no.

²⁴Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.

²⁴ Sohõ binde, ay ze da Rabbi fundikoono, nga kaŋ n'ay sinji k'ay daŋ ay baaba Dawda karga boŋ, a n'ay no dumi da almayaali mo, nga alkawlo boŋ, haciika hunkuna ay ga Adoniya wi.»

²⁵And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.

²⁵ Kala bonkoono Suleymanu na Yehoyda ize Benaya donton, nga mo kaŋ Adoniya boŋ k'a wi.

²⁶And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the LORD God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

²⁶ Bonkoono ye ka ne Alfa Abiyatar se: «Ma koy Anatot, ni farey do haray, zama ni hima da wiyaŋ, amma ay si ni wi alwaati woone ra. Zama ni na Rabbi, Koy Beero sundurko jare ay baaba Dawda jine, zama mo ni na taabi haŋ nangu kulu kaŋ ay baaba na taabi haŋ.»

²⁷So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

²⁷ Suleymanu binde na Abiyatar tuti k'a kaa Rabbi alfagatara gora ra, zama a ma Rabbi sanno kaŋ a ci Eli windo boŋ Silo ra toonandi.

²⁸Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

²⁸ Kala baaro kaa Yowab do, zama Yowab ye Adoniya do haray, baa kaŋ a mana koy Absalom banda waato. Yowab zuru ka koy Rabbi windo ra, ka sargay feema hilley di.

²⁹And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.

²⁹ I ci bonkoono Suleymanu se ka ne: «Yowab zuru ka koy Rabbi windo ra. Guna mo, a go sargay feema do.» Saaya din binde Suleymanu na Yehoyda ize Benaya donton ka ne: «Ma koy ka kaŋ a boŋ.»

³⁰And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

³⁰ Kala Benaya kaa Rabbi windo ra ka ne a se: «Haŋ kaŋ bonkoono ne, kala ni ma fatta.» Amma Yowab ne: «Abada! Kala day ya bu neewo.» Benaya mo ye da sanno bonkoono do ka ne: «Ya-cine no Yowab ci. Ya-cine mo no a tu d'a ay se.»

³¹And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.

³¹ Bonkoono ne a se: «Ma te mate kaŋ a ci din k'a wi noodin, k'a fiji, zama ni ma kuro kaŋ Yowab mun sabaabu kulu si din alhakku hibandi. M'a alhakku hibandi ka kaa ay gaa d'ay baaba dumo gaa mo.

³²And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

³² Rabbi mo g'a kuro alhakku ye a boŋ, zama a na boro hinka kaŋ yaŋ bis'a cimi nda boori yaŋ wi. A n'i wi da takuba no. Ay baaba Dawda mana bay a gaa mo. Abner Ner izo, Israyla kunda jine bora sanni no da Yeter izo Amasa, Yahuda kunda jine boro wane.

³³Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.

³³ Yaadin no i kurey alhakko ga ye ka kaa Yowab da nga banda boŋ hal abada. Amma Dawda nda nga banda d'a dumo d'a karga boŋ, laakal kanay ga te hal abada, kaŋ ga fun Rabbi do.»

³⁴So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

³⁴ Saaya din binde Yehoyda ize Benaya kaaru ka kaŋ Yowab boŋ k'a wi. A n'a fiji nga bumbo windo ra noodin saajo ra.

³⁵And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.

³⁵ Kala bonkoono na Yehoyda ize Benaya daŋ a ma goro wongu kunda boŋ Yowab nango ra. Alfa Zadok mo, bonkoono n'a daŋ Alfa Abiyatar nango ra.

³⁶And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.

³⁶ Woodin banda a donton ka Simey ce ka ne a se: «Kala ni ma windi cina ni boŋ se Urusalima ra, ka goro noodin. Ma si fun a ra ka koy naŋ kulu.

³⁷For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.

³⁷ Zama han kulu kaŋ hane ni fatta ka Cidron gooro daŋandi, ma bay kaŋ han din ni ga bu, kaŋ sinda sikka. Ni kuro alhakko mo ga goro ni boŋ.»

³⁸And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

³⁸ Simey mo ne bonkoono se: «Sanno ga boori. Mate kaŋ koyo ay bonkoono ci, yaadin no ay, ni bannya ga te.» Simey goro mo Urusalima ra jirbi boobo.

³⁹And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.

³⁹ Amma kaŋ jiiri hinza kubay, Simey bannyey ra ihinka zuru ka koy Acis Maaka izo do, kaŋ ga ti Gat bonkoono. I ci Simey se ka ne: «Guna ni bannyayaŋ neeya Gat ra.»

⁴⁰And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

⁴⁰ Simey binde tun ka kaari-ka daŋ nga farka gaa ka koy Gat, Acis do, nga bannyey ceeciyaŋ se. Simey binde ye ka kande nga bannyey ka fun d'ey Gat.

⁴¹And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.

⁴¹ I ci Suleymanu se ka ne: «Simey fatta Urusalima ra ka koy Gat, hal a ye ka kaa koyne.»

⁴²And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.

⁴² Bonkoono mo donton ka ne i ma Simey ce. A ne a se: «Manti ay na ni daŋ ni ma ze Rabbi maa boŋ, hal ay ci ni se mo ka ne: ‹Ma bay kaŋ han kaŋ hane ni fatta ka bar-bare nangu kulu kaŋ no, ni ga bu daahir?› Hala mo ni ne ay se: ‹Sanno kaŋ ay maa ga boori.›

⁴³Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?

⁴³ Day, ifo se no ni mana Rabbi zeyaŋo haggoy, da mo lordo kaŋ ay na ni lordi nd'a?»

⁴⁴The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;

⁴⁴ Bonkoono ye ka ne Simey se: «Ni ga bay laala kulu kaŋ ni bina go ga gaay, haŋ kaŋ ni te ay baaba Dawda se. Rabbi binde ga ni bumbo laala bana ni se.

⁴⁵And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.

⁴⁵ Amma bonkoono Suleymanu ga du albarka hal abada. Dawda karga mo ga sinji ka tabbat Rabbi jine hal abada.»

⁴⁶So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

⁴⁶ Bonkoono binde na Yehoyda izo Benaya no lordi, nga mo koy ka kaŋ Simey boŋ k'a wi. Mayra sinji ka tabbat Suleymanu kambe ra.