¹And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for [his] house of blood, because he slew the Gibeonites.

¹[Ny amin'ny mosary naharitra telo taona] Ary nisy mosary telo taona misesy tamin'ny andron'i Davida, ary Davida nanontany tamin'i Jehovah. Dia hoy Jehovah: Avy amin'ny taranak'i Saoly, izay meloka noho ny fandatsahan-drà izao, satria namono ny Gibeonita izy.[Heb. nitady ny tavan']

²And the king called the Gibeonites, and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remainder of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them; and Saul sought to smite them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah.)

²Ary ny mpanjaka nampaka ny Gibeonita ka nanao taminy hoe (ny Gibeonita tsy mba isan'ny Zanak'Isiraely, fa sisa tamin'ny Amorita, ary ny Zanak'Isiraely efa nianiana taminy; nefa Saoly nitady izay hamelezany azy amin'ny firehetan'ny fitiavany ny Zanak'Isiraely sy ny Joda),

³And David said to the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and with what shall I make atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of Jehovah?

³ary hoy Davida tamin'ny Gibeonita: Inona no hataoko ho anareo; ary amin'inona no hanaovako fanavotana mba hitsofanareo rano ny lovan'i Jehovah?

⁴And the Gibeonites said to him, As to Saul and his house, it is with us no question of receiving silver or gold, neither is it for us to have any man put to death in Israel. And he said, What ye say will I do for you.

⁴Dia hoy ny Gibeonita taminy: Izahay tsy mahazo mandray volafotsy na volamena amin'i Saoly na amin'ny taranany sady tsy mahazo mamono olona amin'ny Isiraely Ary hoy izy: Koa ahoana ary no tianareo hataoko ho anareo?

⁵And they said to the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in all the borders of Israel,

⁵Dia hoy izy ireo tamin'ny mpanjaka: Ny lehilahy izay nandringana anay sy nikasa hamely anay ho ringana tsy hitoetra amin'ny tanin'ny Isiraely rehetra

⁶let seven men of his sons be given up to us, and we will hang them up to Jehovah in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah. And the king said, I will give [them].

⁶no avelao hisy fito lahy amin'ny zanany hatolotra anay hahantonay ho an'i Jehovah ao Gibean'i Saoly, ilay voafidin'i Jehovah. Dia hoy ny mpanjaka: Hatolotro izy.

⁷But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of Jehovah's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

⁷Fa ny mpanjaka niaro an'i Mefiboseta, zanak'i Jonatana, zanak'i Saoly, noho ny fianianana tamin'i Jehovah nataon'i Davida sy Jonatana, zanak'i Saoly.

⁸And the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she had borne to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of [the sister of] Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she had borne to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite;

⁸Ary ny mpanjaka naka azy roa lahy, zanak'i Rizpa, zanakavavin'i Aia, izay naterany tamin'i Saoly, dia Armony sy Mefiboseta, ary ny dimy lahy zanak'i Mikala, zanakavavin'i Saoly, izay naterany tamin'i Adriela, zanak'i Barzilay Meholatita,[Na: (Meraba); izahao 1 Sam.xviii.19]

⁹and he gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before Jehovah. And they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the first days of the harvest, in the beginning of barley harvest.

⁹dia natolony teo an-tànan'ny Gibeonita ireo ka nahanton'ireo teo amin'ny havoana teo anatrehan'i Jehovah; ary niara-maty izy fitolahy, samy novonoiny tamin'ny niandohan'ny fararano tamin'ny voalohan'ny taom-pijinjana ny vary hordea izy.

¹⁰Then Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water poured on them out of the heavens, and suffered neither the fowl of the heavens to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

¹⁰Ary Rizpa, zanakavavin'i Aia, naka lamba fisaonana, dia novelariny teo amin'ny vatolampy iny hitoerany hatramin'ny niandohan'ny taom-pijinjana ka ambara-pilatsaky ny orana avy any an-danitra tamin'ny faty, ka tsy navelany hipetrahan'ny voro-manidina ireo raha antoandro, na ny bibi-dia raha alina.

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

¹¹Ary nambara tamin'i Davida izay nataon'i Rizpa, zanakavavin'i Aia, vaditsindranon'i Saoly.

¹²And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-Gilead, who had stolen them from the open place of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, the day the Philistines had smitten Saul in Gilboa;

¹²Dia lasa Davida naka ny taolan'i Saoly sy ny taolan'i Jonatana zanany tany amin'ny mponina tao Jabesi-gileada, izay nangalatra azy tao an-kalalahana any Beti-sana, ilay nanantonan'ny Filistina azy tamin'ny andro namonoan'ny Filistina an'i Saoly tao Gilboa.

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.

¹³Ary dia nentiny niakatra avy tany ny taolan'i Saoly sy ny taolan'i Jonatana zanany, ary nangoniny koa ny taolan'ireo voahantona ireo.

¹⁴And they buried [them] with the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the sepulchre of Kish his father; and they did all that the king had commanded. And afterwards God was propitious to the land.

¹⁴Ary ny taolan'i Saoly sy Jonatana zanany dia nalevin'ny olona tao amin'ny tanin'ny Benjamina tao Zela, tao amin'ny fasan'i Kisy rainy; ary dia vitany izay rehetra nandidian'ny mpanjaka. Ary nony efa vita izany, dia neken'Andriamanitra ny fifonana natao ho an'ny tany.

¹⁵And the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought with the Philistines. And David was exhausted.

¹⁵[Ny herim-pon'ny mpiadin'i Davida raha niady tamin'ny Filistina] Ary niady indray ny Filistina sy ny Isiraely; ary Davida sy ny mpanompony izay nanaraka azy dia nidina ka niady tamin'ny Filistina, ary reraka Davida.

¹⁶And Ishbibenob, who was of the children of Raphah -- the weight of his lance was three hundred shekels of bronze, and he was girded with new [armour] -- thought to smite David.

¹⁶Ary Jisbibenoba, izay isan'ny taranaky ny Refaita (ny lanjan'ny lefony dia varahina telon-jato sekely), dia nitondra fiadiana vaovao ka nikasa hahafaty an'i Davida.

¹⁷And Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the lamp of Israel.

¹⁷Fa Abisay, zanak'i Zeroia, nanampy azy, dia namely ilay Filistina ka nahafaty azy. Ary tamin'izay ny olon'i Davida dia nianiana taminy ka nanao hoe: Tsy hiara-mivoaka aminay intsony ho amin'ny ady ianao, fandrao hovonoinao ny fahazavan'ny Isiraely.

¹⁸And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines, at Gob; then Sibbechai the Hushathite smote Saph, who was of the children of Raphah.

¹⁸Ary nony afaka izany, dia nisy ady indray amin'ny Filistina teo Goba, ary Sibeka Hosatita nahafaty an'i Safa, izay isan'ny taranaky ny Refaita.

¹⁹And there was again a battle at Gob with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, smote Goliath the Gittite; now the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam.

¹⁹Ary nisy ady indray koa tamin'ny Filistina teo Goba, ary Elanana, zanak'i Jare-oregima Betlehemita, namono an'i Goliata Gatita, izay nanan-jaran-defona tahaka ny vodi-tenon'ny mpanenona.[Na: ny rahalahin'i Goliata; izahao 1 Tan. xx.5]

²⁰And there was again a battle, at Gath; and there was a man [there] of great stature, that had on each hand six fingers, and on each foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to Raphah.

²⁰Ary nisy ady koa tao Gata, ary nisy lehilahy vaventy, izay enin-drantsana, ka dia efatra amby roa-polo no isan'ny rantsan-tànany sy ny rantsan-tongony, ary izy koa dia mba teraky ny Refaita.

²¹And he defied Israel; but Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother smote him.

²¹Ary izy nihaika ny Isiraely, ka matin'i Jonatana, zanak'i Simea, rahalahin'i Davida.Ireo efatra ireo no teraky ny Refaita teo Gata, ka matin'ny tànan'i Davida sy ny tanan'ny mpanompony avokoa ireo.

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

²²Ireo efatra ireo no teraky ny Refaita teo Gata, ka matin'ny tànan'i Davida sy ny tanan'ny mpanompony avokoa ireo.