1 Taane i Gilgal tangada hai mee huaidu, dono ingoo go Sheba, tama ni Bikri, mai i di madawaawa Benjamin. Tangada deelaa ga ili di buu, ga wowolo gi nua, gaa hai, “David hagalee i tadau baahi! Gidaadou hudee daudalia a mee! Nia daane o Israel huogodoo, gidaadou gaa hula gi tadau hale!”* 1-Kings 12.16; 2-Chronicles 10.16 2 Digau Israel gu diiagi David guu hula i muli o Sheba, gei digau Judah e manawa dahi hua di nadau daudali David mai Jordan gaa dae loo gi Jerusalem.

3 Di madagoaa David ne dau i dono hale i Jerusalem, gei mee gaa lahi ono lodo hege e madangaholu, ala ne dugu belee madamada humalia dono hale, gaa dugu i di gowaa i golo i di hale king, ga hagaloohi digaula. Mee guu wanga gi digaula nia mee huogodoo ala e hai mee ginai digaula, gei digi hai di hai o tagahai lodo gi digaula, gei digaula e noho i lodo nadau lawalawa i di waalooloo o nadau mouli, e mouli gadoo be nia ahina guu mmade nadau lodo.* 2-Samuel 16.22

4 Di king ga helekai gi Amasa, “Hagadagabuli ina nia daane o Judah huogodoo, gei hanimoi gi kinei ma ga dono daiaa mo au gau huogodoo.” 5 Amasa gaa hana ga gahi mai digaula, gei mee digi hanimoi i di laangi o di king dela ne hagi a mee. 6 Di king ga helekai gi Abishai, “Sheba ga hai mai gi gidaadou di haingadaa i hongo di haingadaa o Absalom ne hai mai gi gidaadou. Goe lahia au gau dauwa, waluwalu hia a mee, gi dee hula hua digaula, gaa noho i lodo nia waahale gu abaaba gi mau dangihi, gei digaula ga dagaloaha i gidaadou.” 7 Di llongo dauwa a Joab, ala e hagaloohi di hale di king, mo di llongo dauwa huogodoo ala i golo huogodoo gaa hula madalia Abishai, ga hagatanga i Jerusalem, gaa hula ga waluwalu adu Sheba. 8 Di madagoaa digaula ne dau adu gi di hadugalaa o Gibeon, gei Amasa ga heetugi gi digaula. Joab i lodo ono goloo heebagi, dana hulumanu dauwa e daudau i dono baahi. Mee ga hanadu hua, gei dana hulumanu dauwa gaa doo. 9 Joab ga helekai gi Amasa, “Goe guu hai behee, dogu ihoo hagaaloho?” Dono lima dau donu ga kumu adu nia ngaahulu o di mudamuda o maa belee hongi adu a mee. 10 Amasa digi gidee ia tulumanu dauwa a Joab dela i di lima o maa i golo, gei Joab ga daalo adu tinae o maa, gei di geiga o maa gu puu mai gi daha gi hongo di gelegele, gei mee guu made hua i di gowaa deelaa, gei Joab digi daalo adu haga lua.

Joab mo dono duaahina go Abishai ga lloo adu i muli o Sheba. 11 Tangada mai nia daangada Joab gaa duu i baahi tuaidina o Amasa, gaa wolo, “Ma tangada bolo ia e hana i muli Joab mo David, ia gii hana i muli Joab!” 12 Tuaidina o Amasa, guu baalai dodo e moe i tungaalodo di ala, tangada dauwa a Joab gaa mmada gi nia daangada ala e lloomoi i di gowaa deelaa, gaa tuu ga daumada, gei mee gaa dada tuaidina deelaa gi lodo nia geinga, gaa gahu gi di ‘blanket’. 13 I muli hua tuaidina ne daa gi daha mo di ala, gei digaula gaa hula i muli Joab, ga waluwalu adu a Sheba.

14 Sheba guu hana laa lodo nnenua o nia madawaawa huogodoo o Israel, gei mee gaa dau gi di waahale o Abel-Beth-Maacah, mo di madawaawa Bikri ga daudali adu a mee gi lodo di waahale deelaa. 15 Llongo dauwa a Joab ga iloo bolo Sheba le e noho i golo, gei digaula gaa hula belee duuli di waahale deelaa. Digaula ga haga duu nadau gaagenge gelegele i tua di abaaba, gaa geli labelaa i lala di abaaba bolo gi hinga gi lala. 16 Di ahina kabemee i lodo di waahale deelaa ga wolo iha i hongo di abaaba deelaa, ga helekai, “Hagalongo mai! Hagalongo mai! Goodou hai gi Joab gi hanimoi gi di gowaa deenei. Au e hiihai e helekai gi mee.” 17 Joab gaa hana gi di gowaa deelaa, gei di ahina ga heeu adu gi mee, “Goe go Joab?”

Gei mee ga helekai, “Uaa, ko au deenei.”

Di ahina ga helekai gi mee, “Meenei, goe dumaalia mai, hagalongo mai.”

Gei mee ga helekai, “Au e hagalongolongo adu.”

18 Gei di ahina ga helekai, “Di madagoaa i mua digaula e helekai boloo, ‘Hana, gaamai nia helekai gi au heeu i di waahale o Abel.’ Malaa, deenaa di mee ne hai go digaula. 19 Di madau waahale deenei la koia e damana, e noho i di aumaalia gei e manawa dahi i lodo Israel. Goe e aha dela bolo goe gaa oho di maa, goe e hiihai e oho di mee ni Dimaadua?”

20 Joab ga helekai gi mee, “Deeai! Au hagalee loo e oho di godou waahale! 21 Hagalee deenei go di madau hai. Taane dono ingoo go Sheba, di tama ni Bikri, tangada tenua gonduu o Ephraim, ne daamada ne hai baahi gi David. Goodou gaamai taane deenei gi di au, gei au gaa hana gi daha mo di waahale deenei.”

Gei di ahina ga helekai, “Gimaadou ga hudu adu di libogo o maa laa hongo di abaaba deenei.” 22 Di ahina gaa hana gi digau o di waahale deelaa e hagamodongoohia gi digaula dana hagamaanadu i di mee deenei, gei digaula gaa tuu gi daha di libogo o Sheba, ga hudu iha gi Joab. Joab ga ili dana buu, e haga iloo gi dana llongo dauwa bolo ginaadou ga hagatanga gaa hula. Gei digaula gaa hula gi muli gi di nadau guongo. Gei Joab gaa hana gi baahi di King David i Jerusalem.

23 Joab la tagi aamua o nia llongo dauwa o Israel huogodoo. Benaiah tama ni Jehoiada, la tagi ni digau e hagaloohi David. 24 Adoniram la tagi ni digau ngalua ala e hai nia moomee llauehe. Jehoshaphat tama a Ahilud la tangada e dagi baahi gi nia beebaa. 25 Sheva la tangada hihi o di hale king. Zadok mo Abiathar la go nia daangada hai mee dabu, 26 mo Ira, tangada mai di waahale o Jair, la tangada labelaa hai mee dabu ni David.