2 Samuela
9:1 ʻĪ akula ʻo Dāvida, ʻAʻole anei i koe kekahi o ka ʻohana a Saula?
E hōʻike aku anei au iā ia i ka lokomaikaʻi no Ionatana?
9:2 Aia kekahi kauwa no ka ohana a Saula, o Ziba kona inoa. A
a kii aku la lakou ia ia io Davida la, i aku la ke alii ia ia, O oe no
Ziba? ʻĪ maila kēlā, ʻO kāu kauā ia.
9:3 ʻĪ akula ke aliʻi, ʻAʻole anei i koe kekahi o ka ʻohana a Saula, i hiki ai iaʻu
E hoike aku i ka lokomaikai o ke Akua ia ia? ʻĪ akula ʻo Ziba i ke aliʻi, E Ionatana
he keiki hou kana, ua oopa kona mau wawae.
9:4 A nīnau akula ke aliʻi iā ia, ʻAuhea ʻo ia? ʻĪ akula ʻo Ziba i ke aliʻi,
Aia no ia ma ka hale o Makira, ke keiki a Amiela, ma Lodebara.
9:5 A laila, hoʻouna ke aliʻi ʻo Dāvida, a lawe mai iā ia mai ka hale mai o Makira
keiki a Amiela, no Lodebara.
9:6 A hiki mai o Mepiboseta, ke keiki a Ionatana, ke keiki a Saula
ia Davida, moe iho la ia ilalo ke alo, a hoomana aku. I aku la o Davida,
Mepiboseta. ʻĪ maila kēlā, Aia hoʻi kāu kauā!
9:7 I aku la o Davida ia ia, Mai makau oe;
no Ionatana kou makuakane, a e hoihoi mai no ia i ka aina a pau nou
ʻO Saula kou makua kāne; a e ai mau oe i ka berena ma ko'u papaaina.
9:8 Kulou iho la ia, i mai la, Heaha kau kauwa e pono ai?
e nana mai oe i ka ilio make e like me au?
9:9 A laila kāhea ke aliʻi iā Ziba ke kauwā a Saula, ʻī akula iā ia, Ua loaʻa iaʻu
haawi aku i ke keiki a kou haku i na mea a pau o Saula a i kana a pau
hale.
9:10 No laila, ʻo ʻoe, a me kāu poʻe keiki, a me kāu poʻe kauwā, e mahi ʻoe i ka ʻāina
ia ia, a e lawe mai oe i na hua na ke keiki a kou haku
e ʻai mau ʻo Mepiboseta ke keiki a kou haku i ka berena
ko'u papaaina. He ʻumikumamālima mau keiki kāne a Ziba, a he iwakālua kauā.
9:11 A laila, ʻōlelo aku ʻo Ziba i ke aliʻi, E like me nā mea a pau a kuʻu haku ke aliʻi
ua kauoha mai i kana kauwa, pela e hana aku ai kau kauwa. No ka mea
ʻO Mepiboseta, wahi a ke aliʻi, e ʻai ʻo ia ma koʻu papa ʻaina, e like me kekahi o ka poʻe
na keiki alii.
9:12 He keiki opiopio ka Mepiboseta, o Mika kona inoa. A me nā mea a pau
a noho lakou ma ka hale o Ziba, he mau kauwa na Mepiboseta.
9:13 No laila, noho ʻo Mepiboseta ma Ierusalema, no ka mea, ʻai mau ʻo ia ma ka hale pule
ka papaaina alii; a ua oopa ma kona mau wawae elua.