Beni-Hadadi ye Mansa Ahabu boyinkaŋ
1 Saayiŋ Aramu mansa Beni-Hadadi ye a la kelediŋ kafoolu bee kafu ñoo ma aniŋ mansa taŋ saba niŋ fula niŋ ì la suwoolu niŋ keleraŋ sareetoolu*. A wulita ka taa Samariya kamma, aduŋ ì ye jee suki ka a boyinkaŋ. 2 A ye kiilaalu kii saatewo kono ka taa Ahabu kaŋ, Banisirayila mansa, ka a fo ko, “Beni-Hadadi ye ñiŋ ne fo ko, 3 i la kodiforoo niŋ sanoo, aniŋ i la musu ñiimaalu niŋ i diŋ kendoolu bee mu ate le taa ti.”
4 Bituŋ Mansa Ahabu ye kiilaalu jaabi ka a fo ì ye ko, “Komeŋ ali ye a fo ñaameŋ, ali a fo m maarii Mansa Beni-Hadadi ye ko, nte niŋ n na feŋolu bee mu ate le taa ti.”
5 Wo koolaa Beni-Hadadi ye kiilaalu murundi Ahabu kaŋ ka a fo a ye ko, “Beni-Hadadi ye ñiŋ ne fo ko, a ye kiilaalu kii le nuŋ ka i la kodiforoo niŋ sanoo kaniŋ, aniŋ i la musoolu niŋ i diŋolu. 6 Bari saama ñiŋ ñoŋ waatoo a be a la dookuulaalu kii la naŋ ne, aduŋ ì be i la mansasuwo kono kisikisi la, aniŋ i la dookuulaalu la buŋolu kono. Feŋ-wo-feŋ kummaayaata ì ñaa koto, ì be wo bee ñapinkaŋ na le ì ye a taa.”
7 Bituŋ Mansa Ahabu ye bankoo alifaalu bee kumandi, a ko ì ye ko, “Ali a juubee, ñiŋ kewo ka nambara kuwo ñini n ye ñaameŋ! A ye n na musoolu niŋ n diŋolu kaniŋ ne, n na kodiforoo niŋ sanoo, aduŋ m maŋ balaŋ a ma.”
8 Bituŋ alifaalu niŋ moolu bee ye a jaabi ko, “Kana a danku, aduŋ i kana soŋ a la kanindiroo la.”
9 Bituŋ Mansa Ahabu ye kiilaalu murundi Beni-Hadadi kaŋ ka a fo a ye ko, “I ye kiilaa foloolu niŋ kumoo meŋ kii n sonta wo la le, bari ñiŋ fulanjaŋo i ye meŋ lafaa a kaŋ, m maŋ soŋ wo la.” Ì taata, aduŋ ì ye ñiŋ jaabiroo sindi Beni-Hadadi ma.
10 Bituŋ Beni-Hadadi ye kumakaŋ doo kii Ahabu kaŋ ka a fo a ye ko, “Allamaa alloolu ye kuu jawu baa laa n kaŋ niŋ a ye a tara too tuta Samariya saatewo tumbuŋ noo to meŋ si n na kewolu bee buloo faa.”
11 Bituŋ Banisirayila mansa ye Beni-Hadadi jaabi ko, “Moo meŋ be a la keleraŋ feŋolu duŋ kaŋ ka taa keloo la, wo maŋ ñaŋ na kibiri la komeŋ moo meŋ taata keloo la, fo a naata a be i wura kaŋ.”
12 Ñiŋ kumoo futata Beni-Hadadi ma waatoo meŋ na, a ye a tara le a niŋ wo mansa taŋ saba niŋ fuloo be ì la dolo mindulaa jembereŋolu koto, ì be dolomiŋo la. Bituŋ a ko a la kewolu ye ko, “Ali paree ka keloo dati.” Wo to le ì pareeta ka keloo boyi saatewo ñiŋ kaŋ.
Ahabu ye Beni-Hadadi noo
13 Saayiŋ annabiyomoo doo naata taa Banisirayila mansa Ahabu kaŋ. A ko a ye ko, “Yaawe* ye ñiŋ ne fo ko, ‘Kana sila! I ye ñiŋ kelediŋ kafu baa meŋ je, m be ì duŋ na i buloo kono le bii, aduŋ i si a loŋ ko nte le mu Yaawe ti.’ ”
14 Ahabu ye annabiyomoo ñininkaa ka a fo a ye ko, “Ñiŋ kuwo be taamandi la ka bo niŋ jumaa le la?” Annabiyomoo ye a jaabi ko, “Yaawe ye ñiŋ ne fo ko kelediŋ fondinkewolu mennu be kumandaŋ banku kuntiyolu koto, wolu le be a ke la.”
Bituŋ Ahabu ye a ñininkaa ko, “Jumaa le be tambi la ñaato ka keloo dati?”
Annabiyomoo ko a ye ko, “Ite faŋo.” 15 Wo le to Ahabu ye kelediŋ fondinkewolu kumandi, mennu yaatewo mu kee keme fula aniŋ taŋ saba niŋ fula ti. Bituŋ a ye Banisirayila kelediŋ toomaalu bee bendi mennu yaatewo taata kaañaŋ wuli woorowula fee.
16 Ì wulita tilibuloo waatoo ka taa, wo tumoo Beni-Hadadi niŋ mansa taŋ saba niŋ fuloo mennu be laariŋ ñoo kaŋ be ì la dolo mindulaa jembereŋolu koto dolomiŋ baa la. 17 Kelediŋ fondinkewolu le foloo fintita ka tambi ñaato. Wo to le Beni-Hadadi la kelediŋ kantarilaalu ye ì je. Bituŋ ì taata kumoo ñiŋ sindi Beni-Hadadi ma, ì ko a ye ko, “Ŋà kelediŋolu je le, ì ka naa ka bo naŋ Samariya saatewo kono.” 18 A ko ì ye ko, “Niŋ a ye a tara ì ka naa kayira kuwo le la, ali ì kende muta, aduŋ niŋ ì ka naa keloo le la fanaa, ali ì kende muta.”
19 Bituŋ Banisirayila kelediŋ fondinkewolu bulata ñoo nooma ka finti naŋ saatewo ñiŋ kono, aduŋ kelediŋ kafoo tarata ì nooma. 20 Bituŋ meŋ-wo-meŋ ye a jawu kiliŋ muta ka a faa. Wo to le Aramunkoolu borita, aduŋ Banisirayilankoolu ye ì bayindi. Beni-Hadadi borita a seleta suwoo kaŋ, aduŋ a kanata, a niŋ a la suuborindilaa kelediŋo doolu. 21 Banisirayila mansa la nooroo kafuta, aduŋ ì ye Aramunkoolu faa baake, aniŋ ì ye ì la suwoolu niŋ keleraŋ sareetoolu muta.
22 Ñiŋ kuwo koolaa, annabiyomoo ñiŋ naata Ahabu kaŋ, a ko a ye ko, “I si feeroolu dadaa kuuke, i ye i la kelediŋolu kafu ñoo ma ka ì bambandi. Kaatu sanji foloo waatoo Aramu mansa be wuli la le ka naa boyi i kaŋ kotenke.”
23 Bituŋ ñiŋ kuwo koolaa, Aramu mansa Beni-Hadadi la mansakundaa alifaalu naata ka a yaamari. Ì ko a ye ko, “Banisirayilankoolu la jalaŋolu mu konko kaŋ jalaŋolu le ti. Wo le ye a tinna ì ye ǹ noo keloo la. Bari niŋ ŋà ì kele kene fanuŋo kono, a koyita le ko m̀ be ì noo la le. 24 Saayiŋ mansoolu bee bondi ì la kelediŋ kuntiiyaa palaasoo to, i ye kuntii doolu seyi ì noo to. 25 I foota kelediŋolu mennu la keledulaa, i si wo ñoŋ kelediŋ kafoo loo kotenke, ka taa suwoolu niŋ keleraŋ sareetoolu. Bituŋ ǹ si naa Banisirayilankoolu kele kene fanuŋo kono. Niŋ wo keta, m̀ be ì noo la keloo la le.” Bituŋ a ye ì la yaamaroo muta, aduŋ a ye wo le ke.
26 Sanji foloo waatoo la, Mansa Beni-Hadadi ye Aramunkoolu bendi, bituŋ ì taata Afeki ka Banisirayilankoolu kele. 27 Bituŋ Banisirayilankoolu fanaa benta, aduŋ ì ye feŋolu dii ì la ì suulata mennu la. Wo le to ì fintita ì niŋ ì benta. Banisirayilankoolu niŋ ì ye ì ñaa tiliŋ ñoo la. Banisirayila kelediŋolu ka munta le ko baa kooreeriŋ fula, bari Aramu kelediŋolu jurumoo tarata siyaariŋ kenoo karoo bee le la.
28 Wo to le annabiyomoo naata, a ko Banisirayila mansa ye ko, “Yaawe ye ñiŋ ne fo ko, baawo Aramunkoolu ye a miira le ko ate mu konko kaŋ jalaŋo le ti, aduŋ a maŋ ke kene fanuŋ jalaŋo ti, wo to a be ì la kelediŋ kafu baa duŋ na ali bulu le, aduŋ ali be a loŋ na le ko ate le mu Yaawe ti.” 29 Bituŋ ì tarata daakaariŋ ka ì ñaa tiliŋ ñoo la fo tili woorowula, aduŋ tili woorowulanjaŋo, ì ye keloo wulindi ñoo kamma. Banisirayilankoolu ye Aramunkoolu la sinna kelediŋ wuli keme le faa tili kiliŋo kono. 30 Bituŋ toomaalu borita ka taa Afeki saatewo to, aduŋ jee to tata sansaŋo boyita ì moo wuli muwaŋ niŋ woorowula le fee. Bituŋ Beni-Hadadi fanaa borita a dunta tatoo kono ka maabo konoto buŋo kono.
31 Wo le to Beni-Hadadi la mansakundaa alifaalu ko a ye ko, “Ŋà a moyi le ko Banisirayilankoolu la mansoolu balafaa warata le. M̀ bula ŋà booto funtoolu duŋ ǹ tewolu la aniŋ ŋà juloolu bula ǹ kaŋo la, ŋà taa m̀ faŋ seyi Banisirayila mansa ma. Tumandoo a be i tu la jee le, aduŋ a te i faa la.”
32 Ì ye booto funtoolu duŋ ì tewolu la, aniŋ ì ye juloolu bula ì faŋolu kaŋo la. Ì taata Mansa Ahabu kaŋ, ì ko a ye ko, “I la dookuulaa Beni-Hadadi ko i ye yamfa a ye, i kana a faa.” Mansa Ahabu ko ì ye ko, “Fo a be baluuriŋ ne baŋ? Nte baadiŋo le mu a ti.” 33 Bari Mansa Beni-Hadadi la dookuulaalu tarata ì tuloolu loo kaŋ ne fo ì be kumakaŋ moyi la Ahabu daa, meŋ si a yitandi ì la ko a te Beni-Hadadi faa la. Ì tariyaata ka wo kumoo muta a daa, ì ko a ye ko, “Haa, Beni-Hadadi mu i baadiŋo le ti.” Wo to le a ko ì ye ko, “Ali taa a kamma naŋ.” Kabiriŋ Beni-Hadadi naata, Ahabu ye a selendi a faŋo fee a la keleraŋ sareetoo kaŋ.
34 Bituŋ Beni-Hadadi ko Mansa Ahabu ye ko, “M be saatewolu bee murundi la i kaŋ ne m faamaa ye mennu muta i faamaa bulu. Aduŋ i si safaari dulaalu loo i faŋo ye Damasiku saatewo kono, komeŋ m faamaa ye a ke Samariya saatewo kono ñaameŋ.” Bituŋ Ahabu ko a ye ko, “Niŋ i sonta wo la, wo koolaa le m be i bula la i ye taa.” Bituŋ a niŋ a ye kambeŋo siti, aduŋ a naata a bula a taata.
Annabiyomoo ye Ahabu jalayi
35 Bituŋ Yaawe la kumoo kaŋ, annabiyomoo meŋ bota annabiyomu kafoo kono, ko a mooñoo ye ko, “M busa i la dokoo la, dukaree.” Bari a balanta, a maŋ soŋ ka a busa. 36 Wo to le a ko a ye ko, “Baawo i balanta Yaawe la yaamaroo la, i be bo la jaŋ doroŋ, jatoo be i faa la.” Bituŋ kabiriŋ a bota jee a be taa siloo kaŋ doroŋ jatoo ñapita a kaŋ a ye a faa.
37 Bituŋ ate wo annabiyomu kiliŋo taata, a ye kee doo je. A ko a ye ko, “Dukaree, m busa.” Bituŋ wo ye a busa teŋ ne, aduŋ a ye a barama a ñaadaa to. 38 Wo le to annabiyomoo ñiŋ ye funtoo taa a ye a miniŋ a faŋo ñaadaa la ka a faŋo muluŋo filindi. A taata loo sila daala ka mansa batu. 39 Bituŋ kabiriŋ mansa be tambi kaŋ a ko a ye ko, “M maarii mansa, nte mu i la dookuulaa le ti, aduŋ n tarata nuŋ keledulaa le, wo tumoo keloo be kandiriŋ. Moo doo le ye moo kiliŋ muta ǹ jawoolu kono, aduŋ a ye a samba naŋ a ko n ye ko, ‘Ñiŋ kewo kanta, a kana kana. Niŋ a kanata, i niyo niŋ a niyo le be laariŋ, waraŋ niŋ wo nte i be kodiforo kuntoo kilo taŋ saba niŋ naani le joo la.’ 40 Bituŋ n tarata a kunna ka a kanta, bari n naata tara kuu doolu kunna fo n hakiloo bota a la, a kanata.” Wo to le mansa ko a ye ko, “Ite ye i faŋo la boyidaa le yitandi, aniŋ kiitiyo meŋ ñanta laa la i kaŋ.”
41 Wo loodulaa to, annabiyomoo ye funtoo bondi a ñaadaa kaŋ, mansa naata a suutee ko, annabiyomoo le mu meŋ bota annabiyomu kafoo kono. 42 Bituŋ annabiyomoo ñiŋ ko mansa ye ko, “Yaawe ye ñiŋ ne fo ko, baawo ite ye kewo ñiŋ bula le a ko i si meŋ faa, wo kamma la i be faa la a noo to le, aduŋ i la moolu be faa la a la moolu noo to le.” 43 Bituŋ mansa seyita a la suwo kono Samariya saatewo kono, a niikuyaatoo niŋ a kamfaariŋo.
1 And Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it. 2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad, 3 Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine. 4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have. 5 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children; 6 Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away. 7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not. 8 And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him , nor consent. 9 Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again. 10 And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me. 11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him , Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
12 And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array . And they set themselves in array against the city.
13 ¶ And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. 14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou. 15 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand. 16 And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him. 17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria. 18 And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive. 19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them. 20 And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen. 21 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
22 ¶ And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee. 23 And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. 24 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms: 25 And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so. 26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel. 27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
28 ¶ And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 29 And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day. 30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
31 ¶ And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life. 32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother. 33 Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot. 34 And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab , I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
35 ¶ And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him. 36 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him. 37 Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him . 38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face. 39 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver. 40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it . 41 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets. 42 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people. 43 And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.
