1 Munǝo mǝnana anre ɓala mala Sawul andǝ ɓala mala Dauda ka, tè sauwa. Làkkì mala aɓwana mǝnana à nda atà Dauda ka, lidǝmba nǝ gulo kǝ̀rkǝ́r, sǝ làkkì mala aɓwana mǝnana à nda atà ɓala mala Sawul ka, camarǝ amsǝa.

2 À ɓǝlî Dauda amuna-burana a Hebǝron:

Muna-dǝmba male nda Amnon, nǝ bu Ahinoam, ɓwama Jezǝril;

3 ɓaria muni nda Kileyap, nǝ bu Abigiyel,* mā-lú mala Nabal, ɓwama Kamel;

tàruia muni nda Absalom, nǝ bu Ma'aka, ɓoarnsarile Talmai, murǝm Geshur;*

4 inea muni nda Adonija, nǝ bu Haggit;

tongnoia muni, nda Shefatiya, nǝ bu Abital;

5 tongno-nong-mwashatia muni nda Itǝreyam, nǝ bu Eglah, mālá Dauda.

Amuna-burana mǝnia ka, à ɓǝlî Dauda a Hebǝron.

6 Lang munǝo mǝnana anre ɓala mala Sawul andǝ ɓala mala Dauda lidǝmba ka, Abǝna camarǝ kumbi ɓamúrì rǝcandǝa kpǝm a ɓala mala Sawul. 7 Sawul ɗiɗyal ka ndanǝ mā-twala mǝnana à tunǝki ama Rizpa, muna-ɓwama mala Ayah ka. Ɓè fara ka, Ishboshet banggi Abǝna ama, <<Ace mana, sǝ a kútí aban mā-twala mala tárrám?>>

8 Kara Abǝna ka, bumi lul kǝ̀rkǝ́r nǝ cau mǝnana Ishboshet bang ngga. Pǝlǝa nyesǝi wi cau ama, <<Mǝ nda ɓamur nvwa a buì mala Yahuda le?* Twal a tite ba yalung, ǝn lǝmdǝ domǝsǝcau arǝ ɓala mala tarró, Sawul andǝ aɓǝla, andǝ agyajam male. Ən tasǝ wun ɓǝ̀ wu kpa a ɓabu Dauda ɗàng. Kat andǝ amani ka, a tsǝkam-cau-arǝàm mala pàk cauɓikea nǝ ɓwama mǝnia ka! 9 Ɓǝ̀ Ɓakuli ɓashiam, sǝ yale ɓǝ̀ wal-luem, mim Abǝna, ɓǝ̀ ǝn pakkì Dauda gìr kǝla mǝnana Yahweh kánbi wi ama nǝ̀ pàkki wi ka, raka. 10 Mǝ nǝ tusǝ domurǝm ɓǝ̀ nying ɓala mala Sawul, sǝ mǝ nǝ tamsǝkusǝ bunomurǝm mala Dauda, amur Isǝrayila andǝ Yahuda, twal a Dan aban ká Biyasheba.>> 11 Sǝ Ishboshet ka, nyare ne Abǝna kǝ cau ɗǝm ɗang, acemǝnana ɓangciu pàkki wi arǝì.

12 Pǝlǝa Abǝna tasǝa amǝ'na-túrbân ɓǝà kyanbi wi aban Dauda nǝ cau ama, <<Nzali ka, mala yana ɗe? Kùrcau nǝ mim, sǝ mǝ nǝ bwalo kàm, ace yinǝ Isǝrayila kat a bano.>>

13 Pǝlǝa Dauda bang ama, <<Yàwá, mǝ nǝ kùrcau sǝnǝ we, sǝama, ǝn nggǝ earce gìr mwashat nǝ we: A pà wunǝ sǝn ɓamǝsǝàm ɗàng sheɓǝ̀ we, atà dǝmbe ka, a yinanǝ Mikal, muna-ɓwama mala Sawul, lang awu nǝ yiu a sǝnam ngga.>>

14 Pǝlǝa Dauda tasǝ amǝ'na-túrbân aban Ishboshet, muna-ɓwabura mala Sawul, ɓǝà banggi wi ama, <<Pam māmám, yì Mikal, mǝnana ǝn pur'amuri mǝ alí nǝ nggú-ɓata amǝ'Filisti gbǝman-mwashat ka.>>*

15 Anggo, Ishboshet túrban sǝ à ak Mikal arǝ burí, Paltiyel, muna-ɓwabura mala Layish. 16 Kat andǝ amani anggo ka, burí o atè, camarǝ ɓua aceì, amur njar kat aban ká ɗār a Bahurim. Pǝlǝa Abǝna banggi wi ama, <<Nyare o!>> Sǝ nyare o.

17 Pǝlǝa Abǝna nacau nǝ aɓwana-mǝgule mala Isǝrayila ama, <<Banì sauwuna adyan, mana wu kǝ earce ama, wun nǝ̀ tsǝk Dauda ɓǝ̀ duk murǝm ma'wun ngga. 18 Ado ka, wu pè wi, ɓǝ̀ duk murǝm! Yahweh ka panacau aban Dauda ama, <Nǝ bu guro mem Dauda, sǝ mǝ nǝ amsǝ aɓwana mem, Isǝrayila, a bù amǝ'Filisti sǝ a bù aɓia-mǝbura kat.> >>

19 Pǝlǝa Abǝna nacau nǝ amǝ'tàu mala Benjami. Sǝ wari a Hebǝron, ace banggi Dauda gìr mǝnana kat Isǝrayila andǝ ɓala mala Benjami puppup earǝnace ama à nǝ̀ pàk ka.

20 Lang Abǝna andǝ aburana male lumi-ɓari atè yiu aban Dauda a Hebǝron ngga, Dauda pak girlina-nàtà ace Abǝna andǝ aburana mǝnana à yiu atè ka. 21 Pǝlǝa Abǝna banggi Dauda ama, <<Earam, ɓǝ̀ ǝn o mǝ kya ram Isǝrayila kat, ace ɓwamǝgule mem, murǝm, ace mǝnana ɓǝà kùrcau nǝ we, sǝ ace mǝnana wu yálmúr gìr mǝnana kat ɓabumo earkice ka.>> Nda Dauda tasǝ Abǝna o aɓa rǝpwala ka.

22 Zuku ka, aburana mala Dauda andǝ Jowap nyarǝnì ban mǝnana à wari kam ace tǝlliban ngga, sǝ à yinǝ gǝna-lwa kpǝm a buia. Sǝ Abǝna ka, pà a ban Dauda a Hebǝron ɗàng, acemǝnana Dauda tasǝni, umǝna aɓa rǝpwala. 23 Lang Jowap, andǝ amǝ'lwa mǝnana kat atè à yi bwalǝna ka, aɓwana banggi Jowap ama, <<Abǝna, muna-ɓwabura mala Ner, yiu aban murǝm, sǝ murǝm ɗekini ɓǝ̀ o, sǝ umǝna aɓa rǝpwala.>>

24 Pǝlǝa Jowap wari aban murǝm, sǝ ɗì ama, <<Mana mǝnia a pê ka? Abǝna yiu a bano! Palang sǝ a ɗeki o? Sǝ ado ka nyarǝna umǝna! 25 We ka, a súrǝ́nà rǝ Abǝna, muna-ɓwabura mala Ner; yiu male ka, nda ace swárkiǒ, sǝ ɓǝ̀ súrǝ̀ puro mô andǝ nyare mô, sǝ ɓǝ̀ súrǝ̀ gir mǝnana kat a pakkiyi ka.>>

26 Jowap pǝlǝa nying ban Dauda, sǝ tasǝ amǝ'na-túrbân atà Abǝna, ama ɓǝà banggi wi ɓǝ̀ nyare. À kya kumi a ban tūli-mùr mǝnana a Sirah ka, sǝ à nyesǝì à yinǝi. (Sǝ Dauda ka, sǝlǝce gìrnî ɗàng.) 27 Lang Abǝna nyarǝna yina a Hebǝron ngga, Jowap warinǝi aɓa ɓè muna kurǝm a kún nggea-là, kǝla nǝ̀ nacau nǝi, kǝ yia ɓari. Sǝ abanì ka, Jowap kara soa Abǝna nǝ byau a bumi, wal-luí, ace mbwegìr akúnì nkila mala mǝ'eambi Asahel.

28 Nǝnzǝ́mò, lang Dauda okce mǝnia yì gìr ka, bang ama, <<Mim sǝnǝ nzali domurǝm mem, aɓadǝm Yahweh tàtǝ́k ka, bù sǝm pà aɓa cau mala sukki nkila mala Abǝna muna-ɓwabura mala Ner ɗàng. 29 Ɓǝ̀ bafe mala nkila male sulǝ a ɓamur Jowap sǝ amur ɓala mala tárrí kat! Ɓǝ̀ ɓala mala Jowap ɓǝkǝa ɗwanyi ɓwa mǝnana ndanǝ penye mana mùrgìr kǝ sur kam, ko ndanǝ kwánó nggû,* ko muna-ɓwabura mǝnana nggilung-ɓwa na, ko mǝnana à wal-luí nǝ nggeabyau, ko kǝ paktǝla girlina ka ɗàng.>>

30 (Jowap andǝ mǝ'eambi Abishai ka, à wal-lú Abǝna acemǝnana, yì na mǝnana wal-lú mǝ'eambia Asahel, a kun-munǝo a Gibiyon ngga.)

31 Pǝlǝa Dauda banggi Jowap andǝ aɓwana mana kat andǝi ka, ama, <<Wu sàngi agir-nggūrǝu ma'wun, wu oasǝ anggubyau-doatú* arǝ wun, sǝ wu ɓua aɓadǝm Abǝna.>> Murǝm Dauda nǝ ɓamuri ka, gya anzǝm aɓwana mana à twal kpamgbang-lú ka.

32 Pǝlǝa à tsǝk-lú Abǝna a Hebǝron; murǝm loasǝ gì ɓua a ɓembe mala Abǝna. Sǝ aɓwana kat ɓua Abǝna.

33 Pǝlǝa murǝm tù mǝnia yì nggyal keban ngga, amur Abǝna, ama:

Ɓoaro ɓǝ̀ Abǝna wǔ kǝla wù mala gǝmɓwa le?

34 À tà ka abuo ɗàng,

sǝ akusǝo pà aɓa nsolo ɗang.

Kǝla mǝnana ɓwabura nǝ̀ kpa aɓadǝm amǝ'ɓealɓikea ka, anggo sǝ a kpa.

Aɓwe kat ɓua aceì ɗǝm.

35 Pǝlǝa aɓwe yiu aban Dauda, sǝ à ɓuakiarǝi ɓǝ̀ lì girlina sǝ pwari na piu a kuli. Sǝ Dauda ka, kángìr ama, <<Ɓǝ̀ Ɓakuli ɓashiam, yale ɓǝ̀ wal-luem ɓǝ̀ ǝn tsǝk girlina ko ɓè kǝgir a kunam sǝ pwari kpa ka!>> 36 Sǝ aɓwana kat falǝnǝ mǝnia ka, sǝ gìrnî pwasǝbumia. Yale koya gìr murǝm pè ka, pwasǝbum aɓwe kat. 37 Nda aɓwana kat andǝ Isǝrayila kat yi bwalte, a pwari mǝno ka, ama, murǝm ngga, buì pà aɓa wal-lú Abǝna, muna-ɓwabura mala Ner ɗàng.

38 Pǝlǝa murǝm banggi amǝ'túró male ama, <<Wu sǝlǝ mbak ama, ɓwamǝgule nggea ɓwabura mǝcandǝe kpana yalung a Isǝrayila? 39 Yalung ngga, rǝàm-wukina, kat andǝ amani ama, mǝ nda murǝm mana à ɗārǝí ka. Aburana mǝnia, yià amuna mala Zeruya ka, à dupam nǝ kwanô kǝ̀rkǝ́r. Ɓǝ̀ Yahweh mbwe mǝtúró-ɓikea akúnì gìr mǝnana kārǝa arǝ ɓealɓikea male ka!>>