1 Mafumu 2
1 Davide ali pafupi kumwalira, analangiza mwana wake Solomoni kuti:
When David [knew that he] was about to die, he gave these final instructions to his son Solomon:
2 “Ndatsala pangʼono kupita kumene munthu wina aliyense amayenera kupitako. Tsono khala wamphamvu, uvale zilimbe,
“I am about to die [EUP], like everyone else on earth does. Be courageous and conduct yourself as an adult should.
3 ndipo uzichita zimene Yehova Mulungu wako amafuna, uziyenda mʼnjira zake, uzisunga malangizo ndi malamulo ake monga momwe zinalembedwera mʼMalamulo a Mose, kuti zonse zimene udzachite zidzakuyendere bwino kulikonse kumene udzapite.
Do what Yahweh our God tells you to do. Conduct yourself as he wants you to do. Obey all of his laws and commands and precepts and instructions that are written in the laws that Moses [gave us]. Do this in order that you will prosper in all that you do and wherever you go.
4 Ndipo Yehova akwaniritse zimene anandilonjeza kuti, ‘Ngati zidzukulu zako zidzakhala mosamala, niziyenda mokhulupirika pamaso panga ndi mtima wawo wonse ndi moyo wawo wonse, sudzasowa munthu wokhala pa mpando waufumu wa Israeli.’
If you continually do that, Yahweh will do what he promised me: He said, ‘If your descendants do what I tell them to do, and faithfully obey my commands with all their inner beings, they will always be [LIT] the ones who will rule [MTY] Israel.’
5 “Tsono iwe ukudziwanso zoyipa zimene Yowabu mwana wa Zeruya anandichitira pakupha atsogoleri awiri a ankhondo a Israeli, Abineri mwana wa Neri ndi Amasa mwana wa Yeteri. Iye anawapha ndi kukhetsa magazi nthawi ya mtendere ngati nthawi ya nkhondo, ndipo anapaka magazi amenewo pa lamba wa mʼchiwuno mwake ndi pa nsapato za ku mapazi ake.
“There is something else [that I want you to do]. You know what Joab did to me. He killed my two army commanders, Abner and Amasa. He murdered them violently [MTY] during a time of peace, pretending that it was a time of war. Those two men (were innocent/had not done what was wrong). But Joab [killed them and] their blood to stain his belt and his sandals.
6 Iwe uchite kwa iye molingana ndi nzeru zako, koma usalole kuti afe ndi ukalamba ndi kupita ku manda mwamtendere. (Sheol h7585)
Because you are wise, do to him what you think is best [for you to do], but do not allow him to become old [MTY] and then die [IDM] peacefully. (Sheol h7585)
7 “Koma ana a Barizilai wa ku Giliyadi uwakomere mtima ndipo uwalole kuti akhale mʼgulu la anthu amene azidya pamodzi nawe. Pakuti anandisamalira pamene ndinkathawa mʼbale wako Abisalomu.
“But be kind to the sons of Barzillai, the man from [the] Gilead [region], and be sure that they always have enough food to eat [MTY]. Do that because Barzillai helped me when I was running away from your older brother Absalom.
8 “Ndipo kumbukira kuti uli ndi Simei mwana wa Gera, wa fuko la Benjamini wochokera ku Bahurimu, amene ananditemberera koopsa tsiku limene ndimapita ku Mahanaimu. Atabwera kudzakumana nane ku Yorodani, ine ndinalumbira mʼdzina la Yehova kuti, ‘Sindidzakupha iwe ndi lupanga.’
Also, [you remember] Gera’s son Shimei from Bahurim [town] in the area where the descendants of Benjamin live. [You know what he did to me]. He cursed me terribly on the day I [left Jerusalem and] went to Mahanaim [town]. But when he later came down to see me at the Jordan [River], I solemnly promised, while Yahweh listened [MTY], that I would not cause him to be executed.
9 Koma tsopano usamuyese ngati munthu wosalakwa. Iwe ndiwe munthu wanzeru. Udzadziwa choti uchite naye. Ngakhale ndi wokalamba, aphedwe ndithu.” (Sheol h7585)
But now you must [LIT] surely punish him. You are a wise man, so you will know what you should do to him. He is an old man [MTY], but be sure that he [loses/sheds] a lot of blood when you kill him [MTY].” (Sheol h7585)
10 Tsono Davide anamwalira ndipo anayikidwa mʼmanda mu Mzinda wa Davide.
Then David died [EUP] and was buried in [that part of Jerusalem which was called] ‘The City of David’.
11 Iyeyo nʼkuti atalamulira Israeli kwa zaka makumi anayi. Ku Hebroni analamulira zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri ndipo ku Yerusalemu analamulira zaka 33.
David had been the king of Israel for 40 years: He ruled for seven years in Hebron and for 33 years in Jerusalem.
12 Choncho Solomoni anakhala pa mpando waufumu wa abambo ake Davide, ndipo ufumu wake unakhazikika kwambiri.
Solomon became the ruler/king [MTY] to take the place of his father David and took control of all of the kingdom.
13 Tsono Adoniya, mwana wa Hagiti, anapita kwa Batiseba, amayi ake a Solomoni. Batiseba anamufunsa kuti, “Kodi wabwera mwamtendere?” Iye anayakha kuti, “Eya, ndi zamtendere.”
[One day] Adonijah came to Solomon’s mother Bathsheba. She said to him, “Have you come because you want things to go well?” He replied, “Yes.”
14 Ndipo iye anawonjezera kunena kuti, “Ndili ndi mawu oti ndiyankhule nanu.” Batiseba anayankha kuti, “Yankhula.”
But then he said, “I have something to ask you to do.” She said, “Tell me [what you want me to do].”
15 Tsono Adoniya anati, “Monga inu mukudziwa, ufumu unali wanga. Aisraeli onse ankayembekezera kuti ine ndidzakhala mfumu yawo. Koma zinthu zinasintha ndipo ufumu wapita kwa mʼbale wanga; pakuti wapatsa iye ufumuwu ndi Yehova.
He said, “You know that all the Israeli people expected me to be their king [because I am David’s oldest surviving son]. But that did not happen. Instead, my [younger] brother became king, because that is what Yahweh wanted.
16 Tsono ndili ndi pempho limodzi kwa inu. Musandikanize ayi.” Batiseba anati, “Nena.”
Now I have one thing that I ask you to do. Please do not refuse to do it.” She replied, “Tell me [what you want me to do].”
17 Adoniya anapitiriza kunena kuti, “Chonde, inu mupemphe mfumu Solomoni kuti andipatse Abisagi wa ku Sunemu kuti akhale mkazi wanga pakuti mukapempha inu sadzakukanizani.”
He said, “Please ask King Solomon to give to me Abishag, the woman from Shunem [town], to be my wife. [I am sure that] he will not refuse.”
18 Batiseba anayankha kuti, “Chabwino. Ndidzakuyankhulira kwa mfumu.”
Bathsheba replied, “Okay, I will speak to the king for you.”
19 Batiseba atapita kwa Mfumu Solomoni kukayankhula naye mʼmalo mwa Adoniya, mfumu inanyamuka kukumana naye, ndipo inaweramira amayi akewo, kenaka inakhala pa mpando wake waufumu. Iye anayitanitsa mpando wina kuti amayi ake akhalepo ndipo anakhala pansi ku dzanja lake lamanja.
So Bathsheba went to King Solomon, to tell him what Adonijah wanted. The king got up [from his throne] and went to greet her and bowed down to her. Then he sat on his throne again and asked someone to bring a chair for her. So she sat down at the king’s right side.
20 Amayi akewo anati, “Ndikufuna ndikupempheni kanthu kakangʼono. Chonde musandikanize.” Mfumu inayankha kuti, “Pemphani amayi, ine sindikukanizani.”
Then she said, “I have one small thing which I want you to do; please do not say that you will not do it.” The king replied, “Mother, what do you want? I will not refuse you.”
21 Ndipo amayiwo anati, “Mulole kuti Abisagi wa ku Sunemu akhale mkazi wa mʼbale wanu Adoniya.”
She said, “Allow Abishag to be given to your [older] brother Adonijah to be his wife.”
22 Koma Mfumu Solomoni inayankha amayi ake aja kuti, “Chifukwa chiyani mukupemphera Adoniya Abisagi wa ku Sunemu? Mungathenso kumupemphera ufumu pakuti iyeyu ndi mkulu wanga ndipo mupemphereninso wansembe Abiatara ndi Yowabu mwana wa Zeruya!”
The king replied [angrily], “What? Are you requesting me to give Abishag to Adonijah? [Does he want me] to allow him to rule the kingdom, too? Because he is my older brother, [does he think that he should be the king]? Does he think that Abiathar should be the priest [instead of Zadok], and that Joab [should be the army commander instead of Benaiah] because they supported him [when he tried to become the king]?”
23 Pamenepo Mfumu Solomoni inalumbira mʼdzina la Yehova kuti, “Mulungu andilange ine koopsa ngati Adoniya saphedwa chifukwa cha pempho lakeli!
Then Solomon solemnly promised, requesting Yahweh to listen, “I wish God would strike me and kill me if I do not cause Adonijah to be executed for requesting this!
24 Tsono pali Yehova wamoyo, amene anandikhazikitsa ine pa mpando waufumu wa abambo anga Davide ndi kundipatsa ufumu monga analonjezera, Adoniya aphedwa lero lomwe lino!”
Yahweh has appointed me to be the king and placed me here to rule [MTY] as my father David did. He has promised that my descendants [MTY] will be the kings of Israel. So just as surely as Yahweh lives, I solemnly promise that Adonijah will be executed today!”
25 Choncho Mfumu Solomoni inalamula Benaya mwana wa Yehoyada ndipo anakantha Adoniyayo, nafa.
So King Solomon gave orders to Benaiah to [go and] kill Adonijah, and Benaiah did that.
26 Ndipo mfumu inati kwa Abiatara wansembe, “Pita ku Anatoti ku minda yako chifukwa ndiwe woyenera kufa, koma sindikupha tsopano, chifukwa unkanyamula Bokosi la Chipangano la Ambuye Yehova pamaso pa abambo anga Davide ndipo unazunzika limodzi ndi abambo angawo.”
Then Solomon said to Abiathar the priest, “Go to Anathoth [town], to your land there. You deserve to be killed, but I will not execute you now, because you were the one who [supervised the men who] carried Yahweh’s Sacred Chest for David my father, and you endured all the troubles that my father endured.”
27 Kotero Solomoni anachotsa Abiatara pa udindo wokhala wansembe wa Yehova, kukwaniritsa mawu a Yehova amene anayankhula za nyumba ya Eli ku Silo.
So Solomon dismissed Abiathar from being the priest of Yahweh. By doing that he caused to happen what Yahweh had said [many years previously] at Shiloh, [that some day he would get rid] of the descendants [MTY] of Eli.
28 Yowabu atamva zimenezi anathawira ku tenti ya Yehova ndipo anakagwira msonga za guwa lansembe, popeza Yowabu ndiye anathandiza Adoniya kuwukira koma sanathandize Abisalomu.
Joab had not supported Absalom [when he tried to become the king], but he had supported Adonijah. So when Joab heard what had happened, he ran to the Sacred Tent, and he grasped the projections on the corners of the altar, [because he knew that no one would kill him there].
29 Mfumu Solomoni inawuzidwa kuti Yowabu wathawira ku tenti ya Yehova ndipo ali pambali pa guwa lansembe. Tsono Solomoni analamula Benaya mwana wa Yehoyada kuti, “Pita, kamukanthe!”
When someone told Solomon that Joab had run to the Sacred Tent and was standing alongside the altar, Solomon told Benaiah, “Go and execute Joab.”
30 Choncho Benaya analowa mʼtenti ya Yehova ndipo anati kwa Yowabu, “Mfumu ikuti ‘Tuluka!’” Koma iye anayankha kuti, “Ayi, ine ndifera muno.” Benaya anakafotokozera mfumu kuti, “Umu ndi mmene Yowabu wandiyankhira.”
So Benaiah went to the Sacred Tent and said to Joab, “The king commands you to come out!” But Joab replied, “No, I will die here.” So Benaiah went back to the king and reported [what he had said to Joab, and] what Joab had replied.
31 Pamenepo mfumu inalamula Benaya kuti, “Kachite monga iye wanenera. Ukamukanthe ndi kumuyika mʼmanda. Ukatero udzandichotsera ine pamodzi ndi nyumba ya abambo anga mlandu wa anthu osalakwa amene Yowabu anawapha.
The king replied to him, “Do what he has requested. Kill him and bury his body. If you do that, my descendants [MTY] and I will no longer be punished for what Joab did when he killed [MTY] two men who (were innocent/had not done anything that is wrong).
32 Yehova adzamubwezera zomwe anachita pokhetsa magazi, chifukwa iye anakantha ndi lupanga anthu awiri abwino ndi olungama kuposa iye, nawapha, abambo anga Davide osadziwa. Anthu awiriwo ndi Abineri mwana wa Neri, wolamulira gulu lankhondo la Israeli ndi Amasa mwana wa Yeteri, wolamulira gulu lankhondo la Yuda.
But Yahweh will punish [MTY] Joab for attacking and killing Abner, the commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa, the commander of the army of Judah, two men who were more righteous and better [DOU] men than he is. My father David did not even know that Joab [was planning to murder them].
33 Magazi amene Yowabu anakhetsa akhale pamutu pake ndi pa zidzukulu zake kwamuyaya. Koma pa Davide ndi zidzukulu zake, nyumba yake ndi mpando wake waufumu pakhale mtendere wochokera kwa Yehova kwamuyaya.”
Joab and his descendants will be punished [IDM] forever for his murdering Abner and Amasa. But things will forever go well for David’s descendants [MTY] who rule [MTY] as King David did.”
34 Choncho Benaya mwana wa Yehoyada anapita kukakantha Yowabu nʼkumupha ndipo anayikidwa mʼmanda mʼnyumba yakeyake ya ku chipululu.
So Benaiah went [into the Sacred Tent] and killed Joab. Joab was buried on his property in the desert [part of Judah].
35 Mfumu inayika Benaya mwana wa Yehoyada kuti akhale woyangʼanira gulu lankhondo mʼmalo mwa Yowabu ndipo inayika Zadoki kuti akhale wansembe mʼmalo mwa Abiatara.
Then the king appointed Benaiah to be the commander of the army instead of Joab, and he appointed Zadok to be the priest instead of Abiathar.
36 Kenaka mfumu inatuma anthu kukayitana Simei ndipo inamuwuza kuti, “Udzimangire nyumba mu Yerusalemu ndipo uzikhala kumeneko, koma usatuluke mu mzinda kupita kwina kulikonse.
Then the king sent [a messenger] to summon Shimei, and the king said to him, “Build a house for yourself here in Jerusalem. Remain there and do not leave the city to go anywhere.
37 Tsiku lomwe udzatulukemo ndi kuwoloka Chigwa cha Kidroni, udziwiretu kuti udzafa ndipo magazi ako adzakhala pamutu pako.”
Be sure that the day that you leave Jerusalem and go across the Kidron Brook, you will be executed, and it will be (your own fault/what you deserve).”
38 Simei anayankha mfumu kuti, “Zimene mwanenazi nʼzabwino. Kapolo wanu adzachita monga mbuye wanga mfumu mwanenera.” Choncho Simei anakhala mu Yerusalemu nthawi yayitali.
Shimei replied, “Your Majesty, what you say is good. I will do what you have said.” So Shimei remained in Jerusalem for several years.
39 Koma patatha zaka zitatu, akapolo awiri a Simei anathawira kwa Akisi mwana wa Maaka, mfumu ya ku Gati, ndipo Simei anawuzidwa kuti, “Akapolo anu ali ku Gati.”
But three years later, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away. They went to stay with Maacah’s son Achish, the king of Gath [city]. When someone told Shimei that they were in Gath,
40 Atamva zimenezi, anakwera bulu wake ndipo anapita kwa Akisi ku Gati kukafunafuna akapolo ake. Choncho Simei anapita ndi kukatenga akapolo ake ku Gati ndipo anabwera nawo.
he put a saddle on his donkey and [got on it and] went to Gath. He found his slaves staying with King Achish and brought them back home.
41 Solomoni atawuzidwa kuti Simei anatuluka mu Yerusalemu ndi kupita ku Gati ndipo kuti wabwerako,
But someone told King Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned.
42 mfumu inamuyitanitsa Simei ndipo inamufunsa kuti, “Kodi sindinakulumbiritse mʼdzina la Yehova ndi kukuchenjeza kuti, ‘Tsiku limene udzatuluka kupita kwina kulikonse, udziwe kuti udzafa’? Nthawi imeneyo iwe unandiwuza kuti, ‘Zimene mwanena nʼzabwino. Ine ndidzamvera.’
So the king sent [a soldier] to summon Shimei and said to him, “I told you to solemnly promise, knowing that Yahweh [MTY] was listening, that you must not leave Jerusalem. I told you [RHQ], ‘Be sure that if you ever leave Jerusalem, you will be executed.’ And you replied [RHQ] to me, ‘What you have said is good; I will do what you have said.’
43 Chifukwa chiyani tsono sunasunge lumbiro lako kwa Yehova? Bwanji nanga sunamvere lamulo limene ndinakuwuza?”
So why did you not do what you solemnly promised to Yahweh? Why did you disobey what I commanded you?”
44 Mfumuyo inawuzanso Simei kuti, “Ukudziwa mu mtima mwakomo zoyipa zonse zimene unachitira abambo anga Davide. Tsopano Yehova akubwezera zoyipa zakozo.
The king also said to Shimei, “You know all the evil things that you did to my father David. So Yahweh will now punish you for the evil things that you did.
45 Koma Mfumu Solomoni idzadalitsidwa ndipo mpando waufumu wa Davide udzakhazikika pamaso pa Yehova kwamuyaya.”
But Yahweh will bless me, and he will enable David’s descendants [MTY] to rule forever.”
46 Pamenepo mfumu inalamula Benaya mwana wa Yehoyada ndipo iye anapita kukakantha Simei ndi kumupha. Tsono ufumu unakhazikika mʼdzanja la Solomoni.
Then the king gave an order to Benaiah, and he went and killed Shimei. So Solomon was completely in control of the kingdom.
