Dem Kill Ish-Bosheth
Two of Ish-bosheth own raiding captains stab am for im bed as e dey rest for afternoon, and carry im head go Hebron, dey call am our Papa vengeance. David, wey once kill di man wey claim say e kill Saul, order make dem kill dem. Dem bury di head for Abner tomb.
4 1Wen Saul im pikin Ish-bosheth hear say Abner don die for Hebron, im heart cut, and all Israel begin shake. 2Saul im pikin get two men wey dey lead raiding-band: Baanah and Rechab, di pikin dem of Rimmon di Beerothite, wey come from Benjamin—bikos dem dey count Beeroth too as part of Benjamin, 3bikos di Beerothite people don run go Gittaim, and dem don dey live dia as strangers reach today.
4Jonathan, Saul im pikin, get one boy wey cripple for im two leg. Im bin dey five years wen di news of Saul and Jonathan come from Jezreel; im nurse grab am to run, but as she dey rush, di boy fall and become cripple. Im name na Mephibosheth.
5Rechab and Baanah, di pikin dem of Rimmon di Beerothite, come reach Ish-bosheth im house wen di sun hot well-well, di time wey im dey rest for afternoon. 6Dem enter di middle of di house like say dem wan collect wheat, dem stab am for im belle, and Rechab and im broda Baanah run comot. 7Dem don enter di house wen Ish-bosheth dey lie down for im bed inside im bedroom. Dem strike am, kill am, cut off im head, carry am, and travel di whole night troway di road of di Arabah. 8Dem bring Ish-bosheth im head give David for Hebron and tell di king, “See di head of Ish-bosheth, di pikin of Saul, your enemy wey bin dey find your life. Today our Papa don pay back for my oga di king, on top Saul and im pikin dem.” a a v8 Di people wey kill am put di blame of dia bad-bad work for our Papa neck, but im answer come through David, wey judge dem say dem na people wey kill man wey no do anytin.
9But David answer Rechab and im broda Baanah, di pikin dem of Rimmon di Beerothite: “As true as our Papa dey alive, wey don save my life comot from evri trouble, 10wen one man tell me, ‘Look, Saul don die,’ e tink say im dey bring good news, I grab am and kill am for Ziklag. Na dat one be di reward wey I give am for im news! 11Hownmuch more wen wicked men kill correct-and-holy man inside im own house, on top im own bed—abi I no suppose demand im blood from una now, and comot una from di ground? 12David order im young men, and dem kill dem, cut off dia hand and dia leg, and hang di dead bodi dem for di side of di pool for Hebron. But Ish-bosheth im head, dem bury am inside Abner im grave for Hebron.”
