Sebab ge Davida ra mâǃoa
1 Seba ti ǀon hâ xūtama khoeb, Bikrib ôab, Benjaminni ǃhaos dib ge ǁnāpa ge hâ i. ǁÎb ge xâiǁnâsa xâi tsî ge mî: “Davidi ge sada di ǀgui tamaba; sada ge xū-e Isaib ôab tawa ūhâ tama hâ xuige Israelǁîdo, a-i mâ-i hoa-e oms â-i ǁga ǁaru.” 2 On ge hoaraga Israelǁîna Davida ǁnāxū tsî Bikrib ôab, Sebaba ge sao, xawe Judab khoen ge Davida Jordanna xu Jerusalems kōse ge saoǃgon.
3 Davidi ge Jerusalems ǃnâ ǁîb ommi tawa a hā, ob ge ǁnā disi xōǀkhātaradi âb, omma di nî ǃûiseb ge ǁnāxū hâ ide, ǃûihe di nîse ǀguri hâ om-i ǃnâ ge ǂgā. ǁÎb ge ǁîdeb gere ǂûmā xawe ǁîde ge ǁgoe-ū tama hâ i. Tsî di ge ǁnāpa ge ǂganamǂgāhe hâ i tsî ǁîdi ûitsēdi hoade ǃoataradi khami ge hâ.
4 Gao-aob ge Amasaba “Judab khoena ǃnona tsēdi ǁaeb ǃnâ ǂgaiǀhaoba te, î sats tsîna hā” ti ge mîmā. 5 Ob ge Amasaba ge ǃgû Judab khoenab sī nî ǂgaiǀhaose, xaweb ge gao-aob ge mîmâi hâ i ǁaeb ai oahā tama ge i. 6 Ob ge gao-aoba Abisaib ǃoa ge mî: “Nēsib ge Bikrib ôab Sebaba, sage Absalommi ǃgâ-ai ǃnāsa ǃgomma nî mā. Ti toroǃkhamaoga ū, îts ǁîba sauruǃgon, îb tā ǀnîsi omǂnamisa ǃādi ǃnâ ǂgâ, î ge tā hō bi ǁoa.” 7 Joab tsî ǁîb aogu on ge ǁîga ge ǃgûsao tsî gao-aob ǃûi-aogu tsî ǃkhamaogu on ge Jerusalemsa xu ge ǃgû, Sebab, Bikrib ôaba gu nî ǃgôaǃgonse. 8 ǁÎgu Gibeons ǃnâ hâ kai ǀuis tawa hâ hîab ge Amasaba ǁîgu tawa ge sī. Joab ge torosaraba ge ǂgaeǂgā hâ i, gôabab ge ǁîb ai kamanab âb ai ǃgaemâi hâ iba. Tsî aisǀkhāb ǁgab ra ǀkhī hîab ge gôaba ge ǁnāǂoa. 9 Joab ge Amasab ǃoa “ǃGâisets hâ ti ǃgâ?” ti mî tsî ǁîba ǁoa bib nîga amǀkhāb ǃommi ǀkha ǀhō-ammi ai ge ǃkhō. 10 Amasab ge Joab ǃomǁae hâ gôaba ǃûisen tama ge i tsîb ge Joaba ǁîb ǀkha ǃnāb ǃnâ ge ǃkhā bi tsîn ge ǃnāxūn âba ǃhūb ai ge ǁnāǂoa. ǁŌb ge xui-aos ge ǁkhawa ǃkhā bisa ge ǂhâbasa tama hâ i.
ǁNās khaoǃgâ kha ge Joab tsî ǁîb ǃgâsab Abisaib tsîkha Bikrib ôab, Sebaba ge ǃgôaǃgon. 11 Joab khoegu di ǀguib ge Amasab soros tawa mâ tsî ge mî: “Joab tsî Davidi tsîkha xa ga ǃgâibahe-i hoa-e a-i Joaba sao.” 12 Amasab ge daob ǁaegu ǀaob âb ǃnâ ge ǁgoe i. Tsî ǁnā khoeb ge toroǂnubis hoas ra mâ ǃkhaisa mûo, ob ge Amasab sorosa daoba xu ǃhanab ǃnâ ǂgaeǁnâ tsî sara-i ǀkha ge ǃgū-ai. 13 Tsî soros ge daoba xu a ūbēhe, o gu ge hoaga Joaba ge sao Bikrib ôab, Sebaba gu nî ǃgôaǃgonse.
14 Sebab ge Israeli ǃhaodi hoade ǃgûǃnâ tsî Abel-Bet-Maakas kōse ge sī. Hoaraga Bikriǁîgu ge ǀhao tsî ǁîba ge sao. 15 Joab hâgu ge hā tsî Sebaba Abel-Bet-Maakas ǃnâ ge ǃnamiǂgā. Tsî gu ge ǃās ǂnubiǂgoab tawa ǃaugab ai ǃhūba ge ǁhankhâi tsî Joab ǀkha hâ aogu ǂnubiǂgoaba ra khaoǃgao ǁnāb nîse, 16 hîas ge ǀgui gā-ai tarasa ǃāsa xu ge ǃhao: “ǃGâ re, ǃgâ re! Joaba toxopa mîba re, îb nēpa hā, ǁîb ǀkha ta ra ǃhoa ǂgao xuige.” 17 Tsî ǀgūb ge os ge ǁîsa “Joatsa?” ti ge dî.
Ob ge ǁîba “ǁÎta ge” ti ge ǃeream.
Os ge tarasa “Sa ǃgāta mîde ǃgâ re” ti ǁîb ǃoa ge mî.
“ǃGâ ta ge ra” tib ge ǁîba ge ǃeream.
18 Os ge ǁîsa ge mî: “ǀOro ǁaeb ǃnân ge khoena gere mî: ‘ǃĀs Abels tawan ge sī a ǀape-ôa ǁkhā’ tsîn ge ǁkhāti ǁnāti gere dī. 19 Sida ǃās ge Israeli hoab ǃnâ ǂkhîxaǃnâ tsî a ǂgomǂgomsa. Tsîts ge satsa nēsi Israeli ǃnâ ǂansa ǃāsa ra hîkākā ǂgao. Tare-i ǃaromats ǃKhūb di ǃāsa ra hîkākā ǂgao?”
20 Ob ge Joaba ge ǃeream: “ǁNāsa ta ge dī ǂgao tama hâ. Tita ge sadu ǃāsa hîǀhuru tamas ka io hîkākā tide. 21 Sige ǂâibasen tamas ge ǁnāsa. Seba ti ǀon hâ khoeb, Bikrib ôab, Efraimǃhomga xu ra hāb ge gao-aob Davidi ǃoagu go khâikhâisen. ǁÎb ǀguiba māǁnâ, o ta ge ǃāsa xu nî ǃgû.”
Os ge tarasa ge mî: “ǁÎb danasats ge ǂnubiǂgoaba-u nî aoǁnâbahe.” 22 Os ge tarasa ǀapes âs ǀkha ǃās di khoena ǃoa ge ǃgû tsîn ge ǁîna Sebab, Bikrib ôab danasa ǁhāǁnâ tsî Joaba ge aoǁnâba. Tsî ǁîb ge xâiǁnâsa a xâi, o gu ge aoga ge ǃgûǀgora, mâb hoaba oms âb ǃoa. Xawe Joab ge Jerusalems ǁga gao-aob ǁga ge oa.
Davidi ǂamkhoegu
23 Joab ge ge Israelǁîn toroǂnubis hoas di ǂgaeǂgui-ao i. Jojadab ôab, Benajab ge ge gao-aob ǃûi-aogu di ǃkhōdana-ao i 24 Adorammi ge ge ǁgarihe ra sîsenaogu mûǂamao i. Ahiludi ôab Josafati ge ge ǃgôakhâib sîsenao i. 25 Sevab ge ge xoa-ao i tsî Sadoki tsî Abiatari tsîkha ge ge prister i. 26 Irab, ǃās Jairs dib on ge ge Davidi prister i.
1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel. 2 So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.
3 ¶ And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.
4 ¶ Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present. 5 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him. 6 And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us. 7 And there went out after him Joab’s men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. 8 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab’s garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out. 9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. 10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib , and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri. 11 And one of Joab’s men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab. 12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still. 13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
14 ¶ And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him. 15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
16 ¶ Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee. 17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he . Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear. 18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter . 19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD? 20 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. 21 The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. 22 Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.
23 ¶ Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites: 24 And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder: 25 And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: 26 And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
