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1 Zĩ pↄ́ Saulu bɛdeↄ kà ń Davidi bɛdeↄ gɛ̃̀gɛ̃. Davidi gbãa lɛ́ dɛdɛɛ, Saulu bɛdeↄ sↄ̃, an gbãa lɛ́ busaɛ.
Davidi nɛgↄ̃ɛↄ
(1Lad 3.1-4)
2 Nɛgↄ̃ɛ pↄ́ Davidi ì Hɛblↄ̃ↄ tↄ́n kɛ: A sɛ̃́ia tↄ́n Aminↄ, aà da tↄ́n Ainↄaũ, Yezɛlɛɛ gbɛ̃́ɛ. 3 A plaade tↄ́n Kilabu, aà da tↄ́n Abigaili, Nabali gyaa, Kaamɛli gbɛ̃́ɛ. A àaↄ̃de tↄ́n Abisaloũ, aà da tↄ́n Maaka, Gesuu kía Talemai nɛ́ɛ. 4 A síiↄ̃de tↄ́n Adonia, aà da tↄ́n Agita. A sↄode tↄ́n Sefatia, aà da tↄ́n Abitali. 5 A soolode tↄ́n Iteaũ, aà da tↄ́n Egela. Davidi naↄ nɛ́piↄ ì Hɛblↄ̃ɛ.
Abinɛɛ naa Davidiwa
6 Gↄↄ pↄ́ Saulu bɛdeↄ lɛ́ zĩka ń Davidi bɛdeↄ, Abinɛɛ lɛ́ gbãakũ Saulu bɛdeↄ guu. 7 Saulu nↄ pↄ́ i mɛ́sɛdilɛɛ̀o vĩ yãa, aà tↄ́n Lizipa, Aya nɛ́ɛ. Isibosɛ ò Abinɛɛɛ: Bↄ́yãi n wulɛ ń ma mae nↄoi? 8 Abinɛɛ pↄ pà maamaa Isibosɛ yã́pi yã́i à mɛ̀: Yudaↄ gbɛ̃ min ma ũa? Málɛ gbɛ̃kɛkɛ n mae Saulu bɛdeↄnɛ ń aà dãunaↄ ń aà gbɛ̃naↄ e ń a gbão. Mi n na Davidiɛ a ↄzĩo, ↄ̃ ńlɛ ma tàae e nↄɛpi yã́ musu saa? 9 Tó mi lɛ́ pↄ́ Dii gbɛ̃̀ Davidiɛ* kɛɛ̀o, Lua yãpãsĩkɛmɛɛ bɛ̃̀ɛbɛ̃ɛ. 10 Á Saulu bɛdeↄ, má kpala síwáɛ, mí tó Davidi gↄ̃ Isailiↄ ń Yudaↄ kía ũ za Dã e à gɛ pɛò Bɛɛsɛbawa. 11 Isibosɛ i we yã́zãsì Abinɛɛwa lↄo, kɛ́ àlɛ vĩakɛɛ̀ yã́i.
12 Abinɛɛ gbɛ̃́ↄ zĩ̀ Davidiwa ń a tↄ́o a òɛ̀: Démɛ bùsu vĩi? Wà lɛdoũkɛ, mí dↄnlɛ, kɛ́ Isailiↄ e nama ḿpii. 13 Ɔ̃ Davidi mɛ̀: A maa, má lɛdoũkɛnnↄ, ãma yã́ mɛ̀ndo málɛ gbɛama. Tó ńlɛ mↄ́ ma gwai, tó ni mↄmɛɛ ń Saulu nɛnↄɛ Mikalioo, ńsu tó wá wɛ́ kɛ síiↄ̃o. 14 Davidi lɛ́kpãsãkɛ̀ Saulu nɛ́ Isibosɛɛ à mɛ̀: Ma na Mikali sↄaamɛɛ. Ma ã̀nsueblè ń Filitɛ̃ↄ gyafↄↄo mɛ̀n basↄoɛ.† 15 Ɔ̃ Isibosɛ gbɛ̃́ↄ zĩ̀, aa nↄɛpi sì a zã Palɛtiɛ, Laisi nɛ́wa. 16 Ɔ̃ aà zã́pi lɛ́ gɛaànↄ, a tɛaàzi e Bauliũ, àlɛ ↄ́ↄlↄ. Ɔ̃ Abinɛɛ òɛ̀ aà ɛa tá, ↄ̃ à tà.
17 Abinɛɛ yã'ò ń Isaili gbɛ̃zↄ̃ↄↄ à mɛ̀: Za zi álɛ wɛɛlɛ Davidi àↄ dɛ á kía ũɛ. 18 À aà kpa sa, asa Dii lɛgbɛ̃̀ɛ̀ à mɛ̀ á a gbɛ̃́ Isailiↄ bↄ Filitɛ̃ↄ ń ń ibɛɛↄ píi ↄzĩ a zↄ̀blena Davidipi sabaiɛ. 19 Abinɛɛ yã́pi kã̀ Bɛ̃yãmɛɛ buiↄnɛ ń swã́wa lↄ. Ɔ̃ à gɛ̀ Hɛblↄ̃ yã́ pↄ́ kà Bɛ̃yãmɛɛ buiↄ ń Isailiↄgupi oi Davidiɛ. 20 Kɛ́ à kà Davidi kĩ́i Hɛblↄ̃ ń gbɛ̃ↄn bao pↄ́ kuanↄↄ, ↄ̃ Davidi blɛsakɛ̀nɛ́. 21 Ɔ̃ Abinɛɛ ò Davidiɛ: Ma dii kí, to mà fɛlɛ mà gɛ Isailiↄ kãaanɛ píi, aa lɛdoũkɛnnↄ, níↄ dɛ bùsu pↄ́ n pↄ gbàpi píi kía ũ. Ɔ̃ Davidi Abinɛɛ gbàɛ, àlɛ tá aafia.
Yoabu Abinɛɛ dɛa
22 Gↄↄbeezĩ Yoabu ń Davidi gbɛ̃́ↄ sù ń lɛ́lɛamáo. Aa pↄ́ↄ sì gbɛ̃́ↄwa maamaa aa sùò. Abinɛɛ kú ń Davidio we lↄo, asa à aà gbàɛ, àlɛ tá aafiaɛ. 23 Kɛ́ Yoabu ń zĩgↄ̃ pↄ́ kuaànↄↄ kà, wa òɛ̀ Nɛɛ nɛ́ Abinɛɛ mↄ̀ kía gwai, ↄ̃ à aà gbàɛ à tà aafia. 24 Ɔ̃ Yoabu gɛ̀ kía lè à mɛ̀: Bↄ́ yã́ ń kɛ̀ màai? Kɛ́ Abinɛɛ mↄ̀ n kĩ́i, bↄ́yãi ń tò à tài? 25 Ń Nɛɛ nɛ́ Abinɛɛ dↄ̃o lé? À mↄ̀ ↄ̃nↄkɛinɛ, kɛ́ à e àↄ n gugɛgↄↄ ń n sugↄↄo dↄ̃ɛ ń n yãkɛaↄ píi. 26 Kɛ́ Yoabu bↄ̀ Davidi kĩ́i, ↄ̃ à gbɛ̃́ↄ zĩ̀ aa pɛ̀lɛ Abinɛɛpizi. Aa aà lè Sila lↄ̀ↄ kĩ́i, ↄ̃ aalɛ suaànↄ, ãma Davidi a yã́ dↄ̃o. 27 Kɛ́ wà kà ń Abinɛɛo Hɛblↄ̃ wɛ̃́lɛ bↄlɛu, ↄ̃ Yoabu aà sìsi lándↄ̃ a ye bũnuboaànↄwa, ↄ̃ à aà zↄ̃̀ a gbɛɛu a dɛ̀. Aà dãuna dɛa tↄ ↄ̃ a sìwà.
28 Bee gbɛa kɛ́ Davidi mà, à mɛ̀: Mapi ń ma kíakɛo, máↄ tàae vĩ Diiɛ Nɛɛ nɛ́ Abinɛɛ dɛa yã́ musuo. 29 Yã́pi a wi Yoabu musuɛ ń aà de bɛdeↄ píi. Yoabu bɛdeↄ aaↄ ku kɛ̃nude ge kusude ge ɛɛ ge gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ zĩ aà blè ge nↄandɛna saio. 30 Yoabu ń Abisaio mɛ́ Abinɛɛ dɛ̀, kɛ́ aàpi mɛ́ ń dãuna Asaɛli dɛ̀ zĩlau Gabaↄ̃ↄ yã́i. 31 Ɔ̃ Davidi ò Yoabuɛ ń gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ kuaànↄↄ píi: À á pↄkasaↄ ga à kɛ̃́, í zwã̀nkasaↄ kákaála, íↄ tɛ Abinɛɛ gɛi ń ↄↄlↄo. Kí Davidi mɛ́ gɛpi kpán'aɛkɛ̀. 32 Ɔ̃ wà aà vĩ̀ Hɛblↄ̃. Kí ↄ́ↄlↄ̀, à búbuapɛ̀ Abinɛɛ miaa, ↄ̃ gbɛ̃́pii ↄ́ↄlↄ̀ sↄ̃. 33 Ɔ̃ kí wɛ̃nalɛɛ bee sì Abinɛɛ yã́ musu à mɛ̀:
Abinɛɛ gaa lán mìsaidewaɛ maan wea?
34 Wi aà gã liɛ̀ a kpɛo, wi galakpaɛ̀o,
ↄ̃ à gà lán gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ zù vãikɛnaↄ ↄuwa.
Ɔ̃ gbɛ̃́pii ɛ̀a ↄ́ↄlↄ̀ lↄ. 35 Gbɛ̃́pii mↄ ò Davidiɛ aà pↄble e gu àↄ gɛ́ síi, ãma à lakpà azĩala à mɛ̀: Tó ma pɛ̃ɛ ge blɛe kã̀ ma lɛ́wa ĩatɛ̃gɛ̃kpɛu sai, Lua yãpãsĩkɛmɛɛ bɛ̃̀ɛbɛ̃ɛ. 36 Gbɛ̃́pii wɛtɛ̀ yã́pii, ↄ̃ à kɛ̀nɛ́ maa. Yã́ pↄ́ kípi lɛ́ kɛ píi ì kɛ gbɛ̃́ↄnɛ maaɛ. 37 Gↄↄ bee ↄ̃ Davidi gbɛ̃́ↄ ń Isailiↄ píi dↄ̃̀ sa kɛ́ kí lɛ́ kú Nɛɛ nɛ́ Abinɛɛ dɛa yã́uo. 38 Ɔ̃ a ò a gbɛ̃́piↄnɛ: Á dↄ̃ kɛ́ Isaili dↄaana zↄ̃ↄ gà gbão lé? 39 Mapi sↄ̃, baa kɛ́ Lua ma kpa kía ũ, ma busa gbã. Zeluia nɛ́piↄ yãkɛa pãsĩ dɛ ma pↄ́a. Dii mɛ́ a fĩabo vãikɛnaɛ.
* 3:9 1Sam 15.28 † 3:14 1Sam 18.25, 27