¹Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

¹ Dawda zamana ra mo haray fo te, jiiri hinza cap-cap. Dawda binde na Rabbi ceeci. Rabbi ne a se: «Sawulu nda nga windo kaŋ na kuri mun sabbay se no, zama a na Jibeyon borey wi.»

²And 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.)

² Bonkoono mo na Jibeyon borey ce ka salaŋ i se: (Jibeyon borey wo, manti Israyla borey do haray wane yaŋ no, amma Amorancey do haray wane yaŋ no kaŋ yaŋ cindi. Israyla izey mo na sarti sambu i se, amma Yahuda nda Israyla izey cansa se Sawulu ceeci nga m'i wi.)

³Wherefore 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?

³ Dawda binde ne Jibeyon borey se: «Ifo no ay ga te araŋ se? Mate cine no ay ga sabayaŋ te d'a mo, zama araŋ ma albarka gaara Rabbi wane jama se?»

⁴And 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.

⁴ Jibeyon borey ne a se: «Manti nzarfu wala wura sanni no iri nda Sawulu da nga dumo game ra. Iri sabbay se mo i si boro kulu wi Israyla ra.» Kala Dawda ne: «Haŋ kaŋ araŋ ci, nga no ay ga te araŋ se.»

⁵And 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,

⁵ I ne bonkoono se: «Bora kaŋ n'iri ŋwa ka ban, kaŋ na hasaraw dabarey te iri se mo zama nga m'iri halaci se, iri ma si goro Israyla hirri kulu ra mo,

⁶Let 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.

⁶ i m'iri no a izey ra boro iyye. Iri mo, iri g'i sarku Rabbi jine noodin Jibeya, Sawulu kaŋ Rabbi suuban din kwaara.» Bonkoono ne: «Ay g'i nooyandi.»

⁷But 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.

⁷ Bonkoono na Mefiboset kaa waani, Yonata izo, Sawulu ize, Rabbi zeyaŋo kaŋ go i game ra din sabbay se, zeyaŋo kaŋ go Dawda nda Sawulu ize Yonata game ra nooya.

⁸But 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:

⁸ Amma bonkoono na Rizpa, Ayya ize wayo ize aru hinka din di, ngey kaŋ yaŋ a hay Sawulu se, Armoni nda Mefiboset nooya. A na ize guwa mo di kaŋ Sawulu ize way Merab hay Adriyel se, Barzillay ize, Meholati bora, izey kaŋ yaŋ Mikal biiri a se.

⁹And 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.

⁹ Bonkoono n'i no Jibeyon borey se. Ngey mo n'i sarku tondo ra Rabbi jine, i boro iyya din kulu mo bu care banda. Heemar jirbey ra no i n'i wi, jirbey sintina ra, sayir heemar sintina.

¹⁰And 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.

¹⁰ Rizpa, Ayya ize way na zaara-zaarayaŋ sambu ka te nga boŋ se daabiri tondo boŋ, za heemar sintina kala waati kaŋ beene hari kaa ka kaŋ buukoy boŋ. A mana ta beene curey ma zumbu i boŋ zaari, wala ganji ham ma kaa i gaa cin ra.

¹¹And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.

¹¹ I ci Dawda se haŋ kaŋ Sawulu wahayo Ayya ize wayo Rizpa te.

¹²And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:

¹² Dawda binde koy ka Sawulu nda nga izo Yonata biriyey ta Yabes-Jileyad borey do, kaŋ yaŋ i zay Bayt-San batama ra, nango kaŋ Filistancey n'i sarku, hano kaŋ hane Filistancey na Sawulu wi Jilbowa ra.

¹³And 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.

¹³ Noodin binde i kande Sawulu da nga ize Yonata biriyey da borey kaŋ yaŋ i sarku mo, k'i biriyey margu-margu.

¹⁴And 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.

¹⁴ I na Sawulu nda nga izey biriyey fiji Benyamin laabu, Zela ra a baabo Cis saara ra. I goy hay kulu boŋ kaŋ bonkoono lordi. Woodin banda no Irikoy maa ŋwaarayyaŋ laabo se.

¹⁵Moreover 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.

¹⁵ Filistancey ye ka sintin ka wongu nda Israyla borey koyne. Dawda mo zumbu, nga nda nga tamey a banda. I na Filistancey wongu, amma Dawda farga hal a yay.

¹⁶And Ishbibenob, 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.

¹⁶ Isbi-Benob mo, Refayim izey do haray boro no, boro kaŋ a yaajo tiŋay ga to kilo hinza nda jare cine, guuru-say wane, a gonda takuba taji mo. A ne nga ga Dawda wi.

¹⁷But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succored 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.

¹⁷ Amma Zeruwiya izo Abisay kande Dawda se gaakasinay, ka Filistanca kar ka wi. Waato gaa no Dawda alborey ze a se ka ne: «Ni si ye ka fatta ka koy wongu iri banda koyne, zama ni ma si Israyla fitilla wi.»

¹⁸And 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.

¹⁸ Woodin banda i ye ka wongu nda Filistancey Gob haray. Saaya din Sibbekay, Husat boro na Refayim bora ize Saf wi.

¹⁹And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

¹⁹ I ye ka wongu te koyne Gob, ka margu nda Filistancey. El-Hanan, Yare-Oregim ize mo, Baytlahami boro na Goliyat Gat bora kayne wi, boro kaŋ yaaji bundo ga hima danga kaymi bundu.

²⁰And 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.

²⁰ I ye ka wongu te koyne Gat ra, naŋ kaŋ boro fo go no kaŋ ga ku gumo nda cimi. A kambey kulu gaa gonda kambayzey iddu-iddu, ce-izey mo yaadin no, i kulu margante waranka cindi taaci no i n'i lasaabu. Nga mo Refayim boro fo no.

²¹And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of David slew him.

²¹ Waato kaŋ a na Israyla wow, Dawda beero Simeya izo Yonata n'a wi.

²²These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

²² Ngey boro taaco wo, Refayim boro fo izeyaŋ no, kaŋ yaŋ i hay Gat ra. I kaŋ Dawda nda nga tamey kambe ra.