2 Samuel 12

12 ¹Our Papa send Nathan go meet David. E come tok give am say, "Two men bin dey live for one town, one na rich man, di oda one na poor man. ²Di rich man get plenty plenty sheep and cow well well, ³but di poor man get only one small girl-lamb wey e bin buy. E take care of am, and e grow up wit am and im pikin dem. E dey chop from im plate, drink from im cup, and lie down for im hand; e be like daughter to am. ⁴One traveller come meet di rich man, but di rich man no gree take from im own sheep or cow to cook for di visitor wey come. So e take di poor man im girl-lamb prepare am for di man wey come meet am."

⁵David vex well well for di man, and e tok give Nathan say, "As our Papa dey alive, di man wey do dis one suppose die! ⁶E must pay back di lamb four times, becos e do dis kind ting and e no get pity at all."

⁷Den Nathan tok give David say, "You be di man! Na wetin our Papa, di God of Israel, tok be dis: Na me anoint you make you be king ova Israel, and na me rescue you from Saul im hand.

⁸"I give you your oga im house and im wives for your hand, and di house of Israel and Judah. And if all dis one for still small, I for don add plenty more give you. ⁹Why you take despise my word, come dey do bad tin for my front? You take sword kill Uriah di Hittite, take im wife make she be your own, and use di Ammonite dem sword kill am. ¹⁰So now, sword go nefa comot from your house, becos you despise me come take Uriah di Hittite im wife make she be your own.

¹¹Na wetin our Papa tok be dis: I go bring trouble come meet you from inside your own house. For your very eyes I go take your wives give dem to man wey close to you, and e go sleep wit dem for broad daylight. ¹²You do dis one for hidden place, but I go do dis ting for di front of all Israel, for broad daylight."

¹³David tok give Nathan say, "I don sin against our Papa." Nathan ansa am say, "Our Papa don also comot your sin; you no go die."

¹⁴But becos di ting wey you do show say you despise our Papa well well, di pikin wey dem born give you go die. ¹⁵Den Nathan go im house. And our Papa strike di pikin wey Uriah im wife born give David, and e come dey sick well well. ¹⁶David beg our Papa for di small boy. E fast, enta go inside, and spend di nights dey lie down for ground. ¹⁷Di elders of im house stand near am to lift am from di ground, but e refuse and e no gree chop wit dem. ¹⁸For di seventh day di pikin die. David im servants dey fear to tell am say di pikin don die, becos dem tok say, "Wen di pikin still dey alive, we tok give am and e no gree lisen. How we go take tok say di pikin don die? E fit do imsef harm."

¹⁹But David see im servants dem dey whisper, and e realise say di pikin don die. So e ask, "Di pikin don die?" Dem tok say, "E don die."

²⁰David comot from di ground, wash imsef, rub oil, and change im cloth. E enta di house of our Papa go worship, den e go im house, and as e ask, dem put food for im front, and e chop. ²¹Im servants tok say, "Wetin be dis ting wey you do? Wen di pikin still dey alive, you fast and cry; now wey e don die, you get up come dey chop."

²²E tok say, "Wen di pikin still dey alive, I fast and cry, dey tink say, 'Who know? Our Papa fit show me favour make e let di pikin live.' ²³But now e don die. Why I go still fast? I fit bring am back again? Na me go go meet am, but e no go come back to me."

²⁴Den David comfort im wife Bathsheba. E go meet am go sleep wit am, and she born a boy. E name am Solomon. Our Papa love am, ²⁵and e send word thru Nathan di prophet, wey name am Jedidiah, becos of our Papa. ^a a v25 Jedidiah mean "person wey our Papa love" — di name dey echo di love wey our Papa just put on di pikin.

David Capture Rabbah

²⁶Meanwhile Joab fight against Rabbah of di Ammonites and capture di king im town. ²⁷Joab send messengers go meet David: "I don fight Rabbah and capture di place wey dem dey get water. ²⁸Now gada di rest of di army, siege di town, and take am. Otherwise na me go take am, and dem go name am afta me."

²⁹David gada di whole army, march go Rabbah, attack am, and take am. ³⁰E take di crown from di head of dia king—e be like seventy-five pounds of gold wey dem put precious stone inside—and dem put am for David im head. E carry plenty plenty loot comot from di town. ³¹E bring out di people wey dey there and put dem for work wit saw, iron pick, and iron axe, and put dem to work for di brick kiln dem. Na so e do to all di Ammonite towns. Den David and di whole army go back Jerusalem.