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 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 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.)

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.)

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?

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 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.

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 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,

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 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].

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 Jehovah'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.

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;

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 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.

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.

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.

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 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;

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 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.

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.

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 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, 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.

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.

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.

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 smote Saph, who was of the children of Raphah.

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 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.

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 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.

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

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

²²These four were born to Raphah, in Gath; and they 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.