2 ሳሙኤል 9:2
ኣብ ቤተ ሳኦል ስሙ ጺባ ዝበለ ገረብ ነበረ። እዚ ናብ ዳዊት ምስ ጠሩዎ ንጉስ ነገረዎ: «ንስኻ ጺባ ኢኻ?» እሱ ምላሽ ኣተወ: «ገረብኻ እየ».
ኣብ ቤተ ሳኦል ስሙ ጺባ ዝበለ ገረብ ነበረ። እዚ ናብ ዳዊት ምስ ጠሩዎ ንጉስ ነገረዎ: «ንስኻ ጺባ ኢኻ?» እሱ ምላሽ ኣተወ: «ገረብኻ እየ».
ከሳኦል ቤተሰብ የስሙ ጺባ የተባለ ባሪያ ነበረ። እርሱንም ወደ ዳዊት ባጠሩት ጊዜ ንጉሡ እንዲህ አለው፦ አንተ ጺባ ነህን? እርሱም፦ ባሪያህ ነኝ አለ።
ጺባ ዝስሙ ሰብኣይ ከኣ ኣገልጋሊ ቤት ሳኦል ነበረ፡ ንእኡ ናብ ዳዊት ጸውዕዎ። ንጉስ ድማ፡ ንስኻ ዲኻ ጺባ∶: በሎ። ንሱ ኸኣ፡ ጊልያኻ ንሱ እዩ፡ በለ።
Now there was a servant from Saul's household named Ziba. They summoned him to David, and the king said to him, "Are you Ziba?" He replied, "I am your servant."
And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he.
And there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba. And when they called him to David, the king said to him, Are you Ziba? And he said, Your servant is he.
There was a seruaunt of Sauls house, named Siba, whom they called vnto Dauid, & the kynge sayde vnto him: Art thou Siba? He sayde: Yee thy seruaunt.
And there was of the housholde of Saul a seruant whose name was Ziba, & when they had called him vnto Dauid, the King sayd vnto him, Art thou Ziba? And he sayd, I thy seruant am he.
And there was of the householde of Saul, a seruaunt whose name was Ziba, and when they had called him vnto Dauid, the king saide vnto him: Art thou Ziba? He said: Thy seruaunt is he.
And [there was] of the house of Saul a servant whose name [was] Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, [Art] thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant [is he].
There was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David; and the king said to him, Are you Ziba? He said, Your servant is he.
And the house of Saul hath a servant, and his name `is' Ziba, and they call for him unto David; and the king saith unto him, `Art thou Ziba?' and he saith, `Thy servant.'
And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba, and they called him unto David; and the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he.
And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba, and they called him unto David; and the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he.
Now there was of Saul's people a servant named Ziba, and they sent him to David; and the king said to him, Are you Ziba? And he said, I am.
There was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David; and the king said to him, "Are you Ziba?" He said, "Your servant is he."
Now there was a servant from Saul’s house named Ziba, so he was summoned to David. The king asked him,“Are you Ziba?” He replied,“At your service.”
እዚኦም ጥቅሳት ብAI ዝተሓዘ ስምናዊ ተመሳሳሊነት ብመርሓ ኣብ ፍርሓትን ኣብ ኣእምሮን ዝመስሉ ተረኺቡ እዮም። እቶም ውጽኢታት እንተገናእ ዘይመርቱ ግንኙነታት ክኾኑ ይኽእሉ።
3ንጉስ ኣለ: «እስከ ሕጂ ካብ ቤተ ሳኦል ዝተረፈ ሓደ የብሉን ኣሎ ንሱ ምሕረት ኣምላኽ ንክኣሳይዎ?» ጺባ ንንጉስ ኣለ: «ዮናታን ደኣ ሓደ ወዲ ኣሎዎ፤ ኣብ እግሮቱ ኣንካስ እዩ».
4ንጉስ ኣለዎ: «ኣበይ ኣሎ?» ጺባ ንንጉስ ኣለ: «ኣብ ቤተ ማኪር ወዲ ኣሚኤል ኣብ ሎደባር ኣሎ».
5እንዚ ንጉስ ዳዊት ሰደደ ካብ ሎደባር ካብ ቤተ ማኪር ወዲ ኣሚኤል ኣመጻኡዎ.
6ሜፊቦሼት ወዲ ዮናታን ወዲ ሳኦል ንዳዊት ኣብ መጻኡ ኣብ ፊቱ ናብ ምድሪ ወደቐ ተስገደ። ዳዊት ኣለ: «ሜፊቦሼት!» እሱ መልሲ ኣተወ: «እዚኣ ገረብኻ!»
7ዳዊት ኣለዎ: «ኣይፍራእን፤ ስለ ዮናታን ኣቦኻ ብእውነት ምሕረት ክኣሳይካ እየ፤ መሬት ኩሉ ዘለዎ ሳኦል ኣቦኻ ክመልሰልካ እየ፤ ኣብ ጠርሙይ ሕድሕድ ትበልዕ».
8እሱ ተዋህዶ ኣለ: «ኣነ ከም ዝሞተ ከልቢ ዝኾንኩ ገረብኻ እንታይ እየ ንኽትመልከትኒ?»
9እንዚ ንጉስ ጺባ ገረብ ሳኦል ጠርዮ ኣለዎ ከምኡ ኣለዎ: «ንወዲ ጌታኻ ዝነበረ ናብ ሳኦልን ናብ ቤቱን ዝተመለከተ ነገር ኩሉ ሃበኖ».
10«ስለዚ ኣንተን ወዲኻን ገረባትኻን መሬቱ ንሱ ትርሕዉ፤ ፍሬኡ ትኣትዉ እንታይ ወዲ ጌታኻ ምግቢ ይበልዕ፤ ግን ሜፊቦሼት ወዲ ጌታኻ ሕድሕድ ኣብ ጠርሙይ ይበልዕ»። ጺባ ድማ ዓሰርተ ሓሙሽተ ወዲን እስራ ገረባትን ነበረዎ.
11ጺባ ንንጉስ ኣለ: «ንጉስ ጌታይ ዝኣምረኒ ኩሉ እንተዘይ ገረብኻ ክግበር እዩ»። ንሜፊቦሼት ድማ ንጉስ ኣለ: «ከም ሓደ ካብ ወዲ ንጉስ ይበልዕ ኣብ ጠርሙይ».
12ሜፊቦሼት ንእስተይ ወዲ ነበረዎ ስሙ ሚካ ዝበለ። ኣብ ቤተ ጺባ ዝነበሩ ኩሉ ሰባት ንሜፊቦሼት ገረባት ነበሩ.
13ሜፊቦሼት ከምኡ ኢየሩሳሌም ተነብሮ ነበረ፤ ሕድሕድ ኣብ ጠርሙ ንንጉስ ይበልዕ ነበረ፤ ክልተ እግሮቱ ድማ ኣንካስ ነበረ.
1ዳዊት ኣለ: «ካብ ቤተ ሳኦል እስከ ሕጂ ዝተረፈ ሓደ ኣሎ? ስለ ዮናታን ምሕረት ንክኣሳይዎ».
1ሳውል ሞተ ድሕሪ፣ ዳዊት ካብ ምትታቶም ዓማሌቃውያን ተመሊሱ፤ ዳዊት ኣብ ዚቅላግ ክልተ መዓልት ተቀመጠ።
2ሶስተ መዓልቲ ኣብ ዚ ሓደ ሰብ ካብ ሰፈር ሳውል ልብሱ ተቀዲዶ ኣፍራ ራሱ ላዕለው ዘሎ ኣወጣ፤ ምስ ናብ ዳዊት መጸአ ናብ ምድር ወድቖ ሰገደ።
17ሳውል ድምጺ ዳዊት ኣረፈሰ እና ኣለ፡ «ድምጺኻ ይኸውን ወዲይ ዳዊት?» ዳዊት መለሰ ኣለ፡ «እወ፣ ድምጺ የኔ እዩ ጌታይ ንጉሥ።»
18ኣሎ ድማ፡ «ስለ እንታይ ጌታይ ንባሪያኡ እንዲሕ ይከተሉ ኣሎ? እንታይ ገበርኩ? ወይ ክፉ ነገር ኣብ እጄ ኣለ?»
7ግን ንጉሥ ሜፊቦሴት፣ ወዲ ዮናታን ወዲ ሳኦል፣ ሓረየዎ፤ ይኸ ድማ በዳዊትን በዮናታን መካን ዘነበረ መሐላ እግዚኣብሔር ስለ ነበረ እዩ።