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Da Gibeon Guys Pay Back Da Saul Ohana
1 One time wen David stay king, food no grow inside da land fo three year cuz no mo rain. So David go in front Da One In Charge fo aks how come. Da One In Charge tell, “Az cuz Saul an his ohana wen kill plenny guys from Gibeon town.” (Da Gibeon peopo no come from Israel, you know. Dey some a da Amor peopo dat still yet stay alive. Befo time, da Israel guys wen make one strong promise fo no kill dem. But layta, wen Saul wen go all out fo da Israel an Judah peopo, he try fo kill all da Gibeon peopo.)
Da One In Charge tell, “Az cuz Saul an his ohana wen go kill plenny guys from Gibeon town dat stay lidis.”
2 So da king tell da Gibeon guys fo come talk togedda wit him.
3 David aks dem, “Wat you like me do fo you guys? How I can get um right wit you guys, fo you guys tell Da One In Charge fo do good tings fo all da land dat Da One In Charge own?”
4 Da Gibeon guys tell, “Da problem us guys get wit Saul an his ohana, no can fix um wit silva o gold. An us guys no mo da right fo kill one Israel guy fo pay back you guys fo da Saul ohana.”
David tell, “Kay den. Wat you guys like me do fo you guys?”
5 Dey tell da king, “Dat guy Saul wen make one plan fo wipe out all us guys, so us no mo one place inside da Israel land.
6 So den, give us seven guys, Saul boys o grankids, fo us poke big sticks thru dea bodies fo kill um, an hang dea bodies up in front Da One In Charge. We goin do dis inside Gibeah town, cuz Saul, da guy Da One In Charge wen pick fo be king, wen come from Gibeah.”
So da king tell, “Fo shua, I goin give dem to you guys.”
7 Da king no let dem kill Mefiboshet, da one dat was Jonathan boy an Saul grankid. Cuz David an Jonathan, Saul boy, wen make one strong promise in front Da One In Charge fo help each odda.
8 But da king take Armoni an anodda guy name Mefiboshet, an da two boys dat Rizpah, Aiah girl, wen born fo Saul, an from Saul girl Merab he take da five boys, dat she wen born fo Adriel, Barzillai boy from Mekolat.
9 He turn um ova to da Gibeon guys. An dey kill dem an make da mahke bodies lay outside on top one hill in front Da One In Charge. All seven a dose guys wen mahke same time wen get da firs days fo harves da barley.
10 Rizpah, Aiah girl, was Saul odda kine wife. She take burmbag cloth, an put um up fo give her shade on top da rock wea da bodies stay. Fo bout six month, from da time wen peopo start fo harves da barley, till da rain pour down from da sky on top da bodies, she no let da scavenja birds come down from da sky an touch da bodies day time o da wild animals touch um nite time.
11 Wen somebody tell David wat Rizpah wen do,
12 he go Jabesh-Gilead side an get Saul iwi from da leada guys dea. (Befo time, da Filisha guys kill Saul an Jonathan Gilboa side. Da Filisha guys take da bones fo hang um up inside da open square Bet-Shan town, But da Jabesh-Gilead guys steal dea bones from wea da Filisha guys hang um.)
13 David bring Saul iwi an Saul boy Jonathan iwi from dea. Den he tell his guys fo bring da iwi from da seven guys from da Saul ohana dat da Gibeon guys wen kill an lay outside.
14 David an his guys bury all dem wit Saul iwi an his boy Jonathan iwi inside da same tomb wit Saul faddah Kish, Zela side, inside da Benjamin land. David guys do eryting da king tell dem fo do. An afta dat, God do fo da land da ting da Israel peopo wen pray fo him do. He give rain.
Dey Fight Da Filisha Guys
(1 Records 20:4-8)
15 Bumbye da Israel peopo get anodda war agains da Filisha guys. David go down wit his guys fo fight dem, an he come real tired.
16 Ishbi-Benob, dat come from da giants dey call da Rafa ohana, get one spear wit one bronze head dat weigh mo den seven pound. An he wear all new body armor. He tell he goin kill David.
17 But Zeruiah boy Abishai come by David fo help him. He wack da Filisha guy an kill um. Den David guys make one strong promise to David. Dey tell, “You no goin go out wit us fo make war! We no like you mahke, cuz you show us guys wea fo go, jalike you da lamp fo da Israel peopo, an no good you get kill, cuz den oua lamp goin come dark!”
18 Laytas, dey fight da Filisha guys one mo time, Gob side. Dat time Sibbekai, one guy from Hushat town, kill Saf, dat come from da giants dey call da Rafa ohana.
19 Laytas, dey fight da Filisha guys one mo time, Gob side too. Dat time, Jair boy Elhanan, one a da weava guys from Betlehem, kill Goliat braddah, da Gat guy. (Goliat braddah get one mangus spear wit da wood part real big, jalike da kine rod dat da peopo dat weave cloth use fo move da strings.)
20 Laytas, dey fight da Filisha guys Gat side. Get one mangus guy ova dea, wit six fingas on his one hand an six fingas on da odda hand, an he get six toes on one feets an six toes on da odda feets. So he get twelve fingas an twelve toes. An he come from da Rafa ohana too.
21 Wen he bad mout da Israel army guys, Jonathan (his faddah Shammah David braddah) wack um so he mahke.
22 Dose four guys come from da Rafa ohana, Gat side. An David an his army guys kill all four a dem.