2 Samuela 4

1When Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, heard that Abner had died at Hebron, his courage failed, and all Israel was dismayed.

1PEA ʻi he fanongo ʻe he foha ʻo Saula kuo mate ʻa ʻApina ʻi Hepeloni, naʻe vaivai ai hono nima, pea naʻe puputuʻu ai ʻae kakai ʻIsileli kotoa pē.

2Now Saul’s son had two men who were captains of raiding bands; the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, sons of Rimmon a man of Benjamin from Beeroth (for Beeroth also is counted part of Benjamin;

2Pea naʻe ʻi he foha ʻo Saula ʻae ongo tangata naʻe pule ki he matanga tau; ko e hingoa ʻoe tokotaha ko Paʻana, pea ko e hingoa ʻoe taha ko Lekapi, ko e ongo foha ʻo Limoni ʻi he kakai Piheloti, ʻi he fānau ʻa Penisimani: (he naʻe lau fakataha ʻa Piheloti mo Penisimani:

3the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have been sojourners there to this day).

3Pea naʻe hola ʻae kakai Piheloti ki Kiteimi, pea naʻa nau ʻāunofo ai ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho ni.)

4Jonathan, the son of Saul, had a son who was crippled in his feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and his nurse took him up and fled, and as she fled in her haste, he fell and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

4Pea naʻe ʻia Sonatane, ko e foha ʻo Saula, ʻae foha naʻe ketu. Naʻe nima taʻu ia ʻi he hā mai ʻae ongoongo ʻia Saula mo Sonatane mei Sesilili, pea naʻe toʻo hake ia ʻe he fefine naʻe tauhi kiate ia, ʻo ne hola: pea pehē, lolotonga ʻa ʻene fai fakatoʻotoʻo ke hola, naʻa ne hinga ʻo ne ketu ai. Pea ko hono hingoa ko Mifiposeti.

5Now the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, set out, and about the heat of the day they came to the house of Ish-bosheth as he was taking his noonday rest.

5Pea naʻe ʻalu ʻae ongo foha ʻo Limoni ko e tangata Piheloti, ko Lekapi mo Paʻana, ʻo na omi ki he fale ʻo Isiposeti ʻo feʻunga mo e pupuha ʻoe ʻaho, pea naʻe tokoto ia ʻi ha mohenga ʻi he hoʻatā.

6And they came into the midst of the house as if to get wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

6Pea naʻa na hū atu ki loto fale, ʻo hangē te na fai ke fetuku ha uite pea naʻa na hokaʻi ia ʻi hono fatafata pea naʻe hola ʻo hao ʻa Lekapi mo Paʻana ko hono tokoua.

7When they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him and put him to death and beheaded him. They took his head and went by the way of the Arabah all night,

7He koeʻuhi ʻi heʻena hū atu ki fale, naʻa ne tokoto ki hono mohenga ʻi hono loki, pea naʻa na tali ia, ʻo tāmateʻi, ʻo na tutuʻu hono ʻulu, ʻo na ʻave hono ʻulu, pea naʻa na hola ʻi he toafa ʻi he pō kotoa ko ia.

8and brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron. And they said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life. The LORD has avenged my lord the king this day on Saul and on his offspring.”

8Pea naʻa na ʻomi ʻae ʻulu ʻo Isiposeti kia Tevita ʻi Hepeloni, ʻo na pehē ki he tuʻi, “Vakai, ko e ʻulu eni ʻo Isiposeti ko e foha ʻo Saula, ko ho fili, ʻaia naʻe kumi ki hoʻo moʻui; pea kuo fai ʻe Sihova ʻae totongi ki heʻeku ʻeiki ko e tuʻi he ʻaho ni, ʻia Saula, pea mo hono hako.”

9But David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life out of every adversity,

9Pea naʻe tali ʻe Tevita kia Lekapi mo Paʻana ko hono tokoua, ko e ongo foha ʻo Limoni ko e tangata Piheloti, ʻo ne pehē ki ai, “ʻO hangē ʻoku moʻui ʻa Sihova, ʻaia kuo ne huhuʻi hoku laumālie mei he kovi kotoa pē,

10when one told me, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and killed him at Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.

10‌ʻI hono fakahā mai ʻe he tokotaha kiate au, ʻo pehē, ‘Vakai, kuo pekia ʻa Saula,’ ko ʻene pehē ko e ongoongolelei kuo ne ʻomi, naʻaku puke ia, pea u tāmateʻi ia ʻi Sikilaki, ka naʻa ne mahalo te u ʻatu ha totongi lelei koeʻuhi ko ʻene ongoongo:

11How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood at your hand and destroy you from the earth?”

11Kae huanoa eni, ʻi he tāmateʻi ʻe he kau tangata kovi ha tokotaha taʻehalaia ʻi hono fale ʻoʻona, pea ʻi hono mohenga! ʻIkai eni teu ʻeke ʻa hono toto mei homo nima, pea ʻave ʻakimoua mei he funga kelekele.”

12And David commanded his young men, and they killed them and cut off their hands and feet and hanged them beside the pool at Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in the tomb of Abner at Hebron.

12Pea naʻe fekau ʻe Tevita ki heʻene kau talavou, pea naʻa nau tāmateʻi ʻakinaua, pea naʻe tutuʻu hona nima, pea mo hona vaʻe pea naʻe tautau ai ʻi he funga anovai ʻi Hepeloni. Ka naʻa nau ʻave ʻae ʻulu ʻo Isiposeti, ʻo tanu ia ʻi he faʻitoka ʻo ʻApina ʻi Hepeloni.