1 Ngare nyia, nsebantong a nne no bo jo lung-e re Seba mmona Bikehri, á lohng go etˈtohngo ji Benjamin, á jolo o, á woro ntang fere rabe re, <<Wahr kpimm ebo abehng abehng goji Devid, jol ejumjum e kpimm goji mmona Jese. Nnea Isreel awohng awohng feere song kehnge go ege etahk.>>

2 Wo anebe Isreel kpee ten Devid fere jo toono Seba ji mmona Bikehri. Wo ane ba Juda jolo bad bad a ntula bo, bomo go Jodan tete rehng Jeusalem.

3 Eji Devid kehnge no ba rehng ege ekpasiki ga Jeusalem, á rodo nkoro enye na ewubu, bo ji á bumu bo re bo jo kpur ekpasiki, fere song kak bo etahk ji bo kake mbaabe. Ye wo jo ka bo nsol alehke, wo á tikem kpe bel elnong a bo. Bo baame bo, bo jol edi ajehng, tete afung elkv ebo, bo jolo o ana akalebun.

4 Owo ntul kehm tongo Amasa re, <<Tong anebe ba Juda, bo ba egame ejum nfung era, wofono tob jol a.>> 5 Wo eji Amasa jee no re á song tong aneblum ba Juda, á laange sehnge afung nya ntul kak-e no.

6 Devid tongo Abisayi re, <<Seba mmon no Bikehri bahk-r limi ji ga sab sehnge ji Absalom limi no. Rod ane ba nso ewa, wo song kam-e, tohko jol ano, á bahke sebe ejahbe ji bo ma kak ega be song yel, for egahre ebo.>> 7 Owo anelum ba Joab, anebe Kereti a Peleti, go agburu atahntahn atakuru kpee mehle lohng go eko ji Abisayi. Bo mehle lohng Jeusalem re bo song kam toono Seba ji mmona Bikehri. 8 Eji bo kpeka li go egburu ekpartal ji Gibeon, Amasa kehm ba wane bo. Joab kake nsol ebta enye, gbaange elne egbaange go ebun, fere gbade ekere bi woomo mbak. Eji á jo jen asongo ekere kehm wobo go mbak gbo. 9 Joab kehm tongo Amasa re, <<Mmonannee li renan?>> Joab kehm koko eboblum ebe jabbe elahng bi Amasa re á bing-e. 10 Amasa joom kunu ekpu bade ekere bi wob ebo bi Joab. Joab kehm-e jahme ege ala, ala enye lohng gbo ndi. Jol á we-e kpeem jahm budu, Amasa kpo. Owo Joab abola mmonannyehn Abisayi bo kehm soro jo kam Seba ji mmona Bikehri.

11 Nne nsoja Joab awohng no yiimi ka Amasa kehm bungu re, <<Nne no li ka Joab, a nne no li ka Devid, nong á toono Joab!>> 12 Amasa sa noongo mbang ege alung o elka mbang, fvfo nne no nyehne re nsoja kpee jo ba sa yiimi o. Owo eji á sebe kahn ano re, nne awohng awohng no jo ba eji Amasa jo sa yiimi o, á kehm-e tohngo go mbang song bum ekul fere bul-e mbomo. 13 Eji bo ma rod Amasa go mbang, nne awohng awohng jo ba sehnge toono Joab, bo jo kam Seba ji mmona Bikehri. 14 Seba sehnge go atˈtohngo nya anebe Isreel kpee rehng go Abel Beti Maaka, sehng o rehng arohko nya anebe Bikehri, bo mehle kono edo ajehng tahm toon-e. 15 Nlong ane kpee ba jo toono Joab, song sennge Seba go Abel Beti Maaka. Bo kpu nsol luk fohko atal yahke go ekahme jio eji nsoja lˈwahr wa ekahme, 16 ebangbang nnenkal no jolo ejahbe jio kehm rabe re, <<Wuungen atung! Wuungen atung! Tong Joab, á ba a, eji n lˈbung a ne.>> 17 Joab soro je eji nnenkal noo, á kehm-e bahbe re, <<Wo wo li Joaba?>> Á faange re, <<Me wo.>> nnenkal noo bungu re, wuungu atung ejum ji me nlokeltum ewa yahke bung, Joab re n kpˈwuungu atung.

18 Nnenkal noo soro asi go elbungu re, <<Mahne go bo jo bungu re, <Song bel nfaange enye go ejahbe ji bo kpo lung re Abel,> ano wo jo lohko jol. 19 Ejahbe ejahre li ejahbe elkoono a ejahbe ekakesehk go Isreel. Á kpˈgare re wo rannge nnyehn ejahbe go Isreel. Jenji wahnge a yahke mele ejum elehkelkv ji Jehova?>> 20 Joab re, <<Ndan gbaa aname, ndan gbaa aname re me n rannge afi mele ejum elehkelkv ji Jehova. 21 Ano sang li ntoobo enyahre. Nne no bo kpo lung-e re Seba ji mmon bo Bikehri, á lohng ejahbe ewong ji Efrim, ye wo ma tab ebo ntong bada ntul, bada Devid. Yak-e kam, m bahke tahme lohng ejahbe jia sa.>>

Nnenkal noo kehm tongo Joab re, <<Bo bahke roko esi eje siiri go ekahme tv-a.>> 22 Owo nnenkal noo kehm jeke goji ane kpee a elle elkahne ene, bo kim Seba ji mmon no Bikehri esi ro tv Joab, Joab soro wor ntang, ane ebe soro tahm lohng ejahbe jio, no nne tahm kehnge ege etahk. Joab feere goji ntul go Jeusalem.

23 Joab wo jo fili nsoja kpee nyi anebe Isreel, Benaya ji mmon no Jehoada jo fili nsoja nyi anebe Kereti a nsoja nyi anebe Peleti. 24 Adoniram wo jo kpur ane ba jo tohng ane go nsahm bo jo lim ntum, Jehosafati ji mmon no Ahilud wo jo nyono nsol nyio nyi limi no kak go nwer. 25 Seva wo jolo nnyonawer, Jadok abola Abiata bo jolo abalimajom, 26 fvfo Ira nnea Jairi jolo nlimanjom no Devid.