2 Samueli 17
1 Ahitofele anati kwa Abisalomu, “Mundilole ndisankhe asilikali 12,000, ndinyamuke usiku womwe uno kuti ndithamangire Davide.
Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night;
2 Ndipo ndikamuthira nkhondo atatopa ndiponso atataya mtima. Ndikamuchititsa mantha ndipo anthu onse amene ali naye akathawa. Ine ndikakantha mfumu yokhayo,
And I will come upon him while he [is] weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that [are] with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:
3 ndipo anthu onse ndidzabwera nawo kwa inu, ngati mkwati amene akubwerera kwa mwamuna wake. Imfa ya munthu mmodzi yekha idzakhalitsa anthu onse pa mtendere.”
And I will bring back all the people to thee: the man whom thou seekest [is] as if all returned: [so] all the people shall be in peace.
4 Malangizo awa anaoneka abwino kwa Abisalomu ndi kwa akuluakulu onse a Israeli.
And the saying, pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
5 Koma Abisalomu anati, “Muyitanenso Husai Mwariki kuti timve zimene iye adzanena.”
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
6 Husai atabwera kwa iye, Abisalomu anati, “Ahitofele wapereka malangizo ake. Kodi tichite zimene wanena? Ngati sichoncho, tiwuze maganizo ako.”
And when Hushai had come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do [after] his saying? if not, speak thou.
7 Husai anayankha Abisalomu kuti, “Malangizo amene Ahitofele wapereka si abwino pa nthawi ino.
And Hushai said to Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given, [is] not good at this time.
8 Inu mukudziwa bwino abambo anu ali ndi ankhondo awo. Iwo ndi anthu ankhondo komanso ndi woopsa ngati chimbalangondo chimene chalandidwa ana ake. Kuwonjezera apa abambo anu ndi katswiri wa nkhondo. Iwo sanagone pamodzi ndi asilikali awo.
For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they [are] mighty men, and they [are] chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father [is] a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
9 Onani, ngakhale tsopano lino abisala mʼphanga lina ku malo ena ake. Ngati iwo atayamba kuthira nkhondo asilikali anu, aliyense amene adzamve zimenezi adzati, ‘Gulu lalikulu lankhondo lotsatira Abisalomu laphedwa.’
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some [other] place: and it will come to pass, when some of them [are] overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.
10 Tsono ngakhale msilikali wolimba mtima kwambiri, amene mtima wake uli ngati wa mkango, adzagwidwa ndi mantha aakulu pakuti Aisraeli akudziwa kuti abambo anu ndi ankhondo ndipo kuti iwo amene ali nawo ndi anthu olimba mtima.
And he also [that is] valiant, whose heart [is] as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father [is] a mighty man, and [they] who [are] with him [are] valiant men.
11 “Kotero ine ndikukulangizani kuti: Aisraeli onse, kuchokera ku Dani mpaka ku Beeriseba; ochuluka ngati mchenga wa mʼmbali mwa nyanja, asonkhane kwa inu ndipo muwatsogolera kupita ku nkhondo.
Therefore I counsel that all Israel should be generally gathered to thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that [is] by the sea for multitude; and that thou shouldst go to battle in thy own person.
12 Ndipo ife tidzapita kukamuthira nkhondo kulikonse kumene tikamupeze, ndipo ife tikamuthira nkhondo ngati mame pa nthaka. Palibe amene adzakhale wamoyo kaya iye kapena ankhondo ake.
So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that [are] with him there shall not be left so much as one.
13 Iye akakathawira mu mzinda, Aisraeli onse adzabweretsa zingwe ku mzindawo, ndipo ife tidzawugwetsera ku chigwa mpaka sipadzapezeka ngakhale kachidutswa.”
Moreover, if he shall have entered into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there is not one small stone found there.
14 Abisalomu ndi ankhondo ena onse a Israeli anati, “Malangizo a Husai Mwariki ndi abwino kuposa a Ahitofele.” Pakuti Yehova anatsimikiza kutsutsa malangizo onse abwino a Ahitofele ndi cholinga choti zimuvute Abisalomu.
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite [is] better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
15 Husai anawuza ansembe Zadoki ndi Abiatara kuti, “Ahitofele analangiza Abisalomu ndi akuluakulu a Israeli zakuti, koma ine ndawalangiza kuchita zakutizakuti.
Then said Hushai to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counseled.
16 Tsopano tumizani wamthenga msangamsanga kuti akamuwuze Davide kuti, ‘Musakagone powolokera Yorodani ku chipululu koma mukawoloke. Mukapanda kutero, mfumu ndi anthu onse amene ali naye adzaphedwa.’”
Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that [are] with him.
17 Yonatani ndi Ahimaazi amakhala ku Eni Rogeli. Tsono wantchito wamkazi ndiye amapita kukawawuza ndipo iwo amayenera kupita kukamuwuza mfumu Davide, pakuti iwowo sankayenera kuonekera polowa mu mzinda.
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a maid servant went and told them; and they went and told king David.
18 Koma mnyamata wina anawaona ndipo anakawuza Abisalomu. Kotero anthu awiriwo anachoka mofulumira ndipo anapita ku nyumba ya munthu wina ku Bahurimu. Iye anali ndi chitsime ku mpanda kwake ndipo iwo analowamo.
Nevertheless, a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; into which they descended.
19 Mkazi wake anatenga chophimba ndipo anachiyika pamwamba pa chitsimecho nawazapo tirigu. Palibe amene anadziwa chilichonse za izi.
And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn upon it; and the thing was not known.
20 Anthu a Abisalomu atafika kwa mkaziyo pa nyumbapo anafunsa kuti, “Kodi Ahimaazi ndi Yonatani ali kuti?” Mkaziyo anawayankha kuti, “Awoloka mtsinje.” Anthuwo anafunafuna koma sanapeze munthu, kotero anabwerera ku Yerusalemu.
And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where [is] Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, they have gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find [them], they returned to Jerusalem.
21 Anthu aja atapita, awiriwo anatuluka mʼchitsimemo ndipo anapita kukawuza mfumu Davide nati kwa iye, “Nyamukani, muwoloke mtsinje msangamsanga. Ahitofele wapereka malangizo akutiakuti kutsutsana nanu.”
And it came to pass, after they had departed, that they came out of the well, and went and told king David, and said to David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counseled against you.
22 Kotero Davide ndi anthu onse amene anali nawo ananyamuka ndi kuwoloka Yorodani. Pofika mmamawa, panalibe munthu amene anatsala asanawoloke Yorodani!
Then David arose, and all the people that [were] with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that had not gone over Jordan.
23 Ahitofele ataona kuti malangizo ake sanatsatidwe, iye anakwera bulu wake napita ku mzinda wa kwawo ku nyumba yake. Iye anakonza mʼnyumba mwakemo ndi kudzimangirira. Kotero anafa nayikidwa mʼmanda a abambo ake.
And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled [his] ass, and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died. and was buried in the sepulcher of his father.
24 Davide anapita ku Mahanaimu, ndipo Abisalomu anawoloka Yorodani pamodzi ndi ankhondo ena onse a Israeli.
Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
25 Abisalomu anasankha Amasa kukhala mkulu wa ankhondo mʼmalo mwa Yowabu. Amasa anali mwana wa munthu wotchedwa Itira Mwisraeli amene anakwatira Abigayeli mwana wa Nahasi mlongo wake wa Zeruya, amayi ake a Yowabu.
And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa [was] a man's son, whose name [was] Ithra, an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
26 Aisraeli ndi Abisalomu anamanga zithando mʼdziko la Giliyadi.
So Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
27 Davide atafika ku Mahanaimu, Sobi mwana wa Nahasi wochokera ku Raba ku dziko la Amoni ndi Makiri mwana wa Amieli wochokera ku Lodebara, ndi Barizilai Mgiliyadi wochokera ku Rogelimu
And it came to pass, when David had come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
28 anabweretsa zofunda, mabeseni ndi miphika. Iwo anabweretsanso kwa Davide ndi anthu ake zakudya izi: tirigu ndi barele, ufa ndi tirigu wokazinga, nyemba ndi mphodza,
Brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched [corn], and beans, and lentils, and parched [pulse],
29 uchi ndi chambiko, nkhosa ndi mafuta olimba a mkaka wangʼombe. Pakuti anati, “Anthuwa ali ndi njala ndipo atopa, alinso ndi ludzu muno mʼchipululu.”
And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of cows, for David, and for the people that [were] with him, to eat: for they said, The people [are] hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
