1 Kings 2
1 As the time drew near for David to die, he charged his son Solomon,
Pea ko eni naʻe ʻunuʻunu mai ʻae ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Tevita ke ne pekia ai; pea naʻa ne tukutala kia Solomone ko hono ʻAlo, ʻo pehē,
2 “I am about to go the way of all the earth. So be strong and prove yourself a man.
“ʻOku ou ʻalu au ʻi he hala ʻo māmani kotoa pē: ko ia ke ke mālohi koe, pea ke fai ʻo ngalingali tangata:
3 And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as is written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,
Pea ke tauhi ki he fekau ʻa Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, ke ʻeveʻeva ʻi hono ngaahi hala, pea ke fai ʻa ʻene ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni, mo ʻene ngaahi fekau, mo ʻene ngaahi fakamaau, mo ʻene fakamoʻoni kotoa pē, ʻo hangē ko ia kuo tohi ʻi he fono ʻa Mōsese, koeʻuhi ke ke monūʻia ai ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku ke fai, pea ʻi he potu fulipē te ke ʻalu ki ai:
4 and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
Koeʻuhi ke fakatuʻumaʻu ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻene folofola ʻaia naʻa ne lea ʻaki koeʻuhi ko au, ʻo pehē, ‘Kapau ʻe tokanga ʻe hoʻo fānau ki honau hala, ke ʻaʻeva ʻi hoku ʻao ʻi he moʻoni ʻaki ʻa honau loto kotoa mo honau laumālie kotoa, (naʻa ne pehē ʻe ia, ) ʻe ʻikai te ke masiva tangata koe ke nofo ʻi he nofoʻa fakatuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli.’
5 Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.
Pea ʻoku ke ʻilo foki, ʻaia naʻe fai kiate au ʻe Soape ko e tama ʻa Seluia, mo ia naʻa ne fai ki he ongo ʻeiki ʻe toko ua ʻoe kautau ʻo ʻIsileli, kia ʻApina ko e foha ʻo Nea, pea kia ʻAmasa ko e foha ʻo Seteli, ʻaia naʻa ne tāmateʻi, ʻo ne lilingi ʻae toto ʻoe tau lolotonga ʻae melino, ʻo ne unu ʻi he toto ʻoe tau ʻa hono nonoʻo naʻe noʻotaki ʻaki hono kongaloto, pea mo ʻene topuvaʻe ʻaia naʻe ʻi hono vaʻe.
6 So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace. (Sheol h7585)
Ko ia fai ʻo fakatatau mo hoʻo poto, pea ʻoua naʻa tuku ke ʻalu hifo ʻa hono ʻuluhinā, ki he faʻitoka ʻi he melino. (Sheol h7585)
7 But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.
Ka ke fakahā ʻae ʻofa ki he ngaahi foha ʻo Pasilai ko e tangata Kiliati, pea tuku ke nau ʻiate kinautolu ʻe kai mei hoʻo keinangaʻanga: he naʻa nau fai pehē kiate au ʻi heʻeku hola koeʻuhi ko ʻApisalomi ko ho taʻokete.
8 Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’
Pea vakai, “ʻOku ʻiate koe ʻa Simi ko e foha ʻo Kela, ko e tangata Penisimani mei Pahulimi, ʻaia naʻe kape kiate au ʻi he kape lahi ʻi he ʻaho ʻaia naʻaku ʻalu ai ki Mehanemi: ka naʻa ne ʻohifo kiate au ke ma fetaulaki ki Sioatani, pea naʻaku fuakava kiate ia ʻia Sihova, ʻo pehē, ‘ʻE ʻikai te u tāmateʻi koe ʻaki ʻae heletā.’
9 Now therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You know what you ought to do to him to bring his gray head down to Sheol in blood.” (Sheol h7585)
Ka ko eni, ʻoua naʻa ke lau ia ko e taʻehalaia: he ko e tangata poto koe, pea ʻoku ke ʻilo ʻae meʻa ʻoku totonu ke ke fai kiate ia; ka ke ʻohifo ʻe koe ʻa hono ʻuluhinā ki he faʻitoka mo e toto.” (Sheol h7585)
10 Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
Pea pehē, naʻe mohe ʻa Tevita mo ʻene ngaahi tamai, pea naʻe fai ʻene putu ki he Kolo ʻo Tevita.
11 The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
Pea ko e kuonga naʻe pule ai ʻa Tevita ki ʻIsileli ko e taʻu ʻe fāngofulu: ko e taʻu ʻe fitu naʻa ne pule ai ʻi Hepeloni, pea ko e taʻu ʻe tolungofulu ma tolu naʻa ne pule ʻi Selūsalema.
12 So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.
Pea naʻe toki nofo ʻa Solomone ki he nofoʻa fakatuʻi ʻo ʻene tamai ko Tevita pea naʻe fakatuʻumaʻu ʻaupito ʻa hono puleʻanga.
13 Now Adonijah son of Haggith went to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, and she asked, “Do you come in peace?” “Yes, in peace,” he replied.
Pea naʻe haʻu ʻa ʻAtunaisa ko e tama ʻa Hakiti kia Patisepa, ko e faʻē ʻa Solomone. Pea naʻa ne pehē mai ʻe ia kiate ia, “ʻOku ke haʻu fakamelino pe?” Pea naʻe pehē atu ʻe ia, “Ko e melino pe.”
14 Then he said, “I have something to tell you.” “Say it,” she answered.
Naʻa ne pehē foki ʻe ia, “ʻOku ai ha meʻa ʻoku ou fie lea ai kiate koe.” Pea naʻa ne pehē atu, “Ke ke lea pe.”
15 “You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.
Pea pehēange ʻe ia, “ʻOku ke ʻilo naʻe ʻoʻoku ʻae puleʻanga, pea naʻe hanga mai kiate au ʻae mata kotoa pē ʻi ʻIsileli, koeʻuhi ke u hoko ʻo pule: ka ko eni kuo liliu ʻae puleʻanga, pea kuo hoko ia ki hoku tokoua: he naʻe ʻoʻona ia meia Sihova.
16 So now I have just one request of you; do not deny me.” “State your request,” she told him.
Pea ko eni ko e meʻa pe taha ʻoku ou kole meiate koe, pea ʻoua naʻa ke fakaʻikai mai.” Pea naʻa ne pehē kiate ia, “Ke ke lea pe.”
17 Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ia, “ʻOku ou kole kiate koe, ke ke lea kia Solomone ko e tuʻi (he koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai te ne ʻikai mai kiate koe, ) ke ne foaki mai ʻa ʻApisaki ko e fefine Sunemi ke ma mali.”
18 “Very well,” Bathsheba replied. “I will speak to the king for you.”
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Patisepa, “ʻOku lelei te u lea maʻau ki he tuʻi.”
19 So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, and sat down on his throne. Then the king had a throne brought for his mother, who sat down at his right hand.
Ko ia naʻe ʻalu ai ʻa Patisepa ki he tuʻi ko Solomone ke lea kiate ia maʻa ʻAtunaisa. “Pea naʻe tuʻu hake ʻae tuʻi ke fetaulaki kiate ia, pea naʻa ne punou kiate ia, mo ne nofo hifo ki hono nofoʻanga fakatuʻi, pea naʻa ne fekau ke te u ha nofoʻa maʻae faʻē ʻae tuʻi; pea naʻe nofo ia ki hono nima toʻomataʻu.
20 “I have just one small request of you,” she said. “Do not deny me.” “Make your request, my mother,” the king replied, “for I will not deny you.”
Pea naʻe toki pehē ʻe ia, “ʻOku ou kole meiate koe ʻae meʻa siʻi pe taha; ʻoua naʻa ke pehē mai ʻikai.” Pea naʻe pehēange ʻe he tuʻi kiate ia, “Ke ke fai pe hoʻo kole, ʻa ʻeku faʻē: koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai te u pehē atu ʻikai.”
21 So Bathsheba said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ia, “Tuku ke ʻatu ʻa ʻApisaki ko e fefine Sunemi kia ʻAtunaisa koho tokoua ke na mali.”
22 King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”
Pea naʻe talaange ʻe he tuʻi ko Solomone ki heʻene faʻē, ʻo pehē, “Pea ko e hā ʻoku ke kole ai ʻa ʻApisaki ko e fefine Sunemi maʻa ʻAtunaisa? Kole foki maʻana ʻae puleʻanga; he ko hoku taʻokete ia; ʻio, maʻana, pea mo ʻApaiata ko e taulaʻeiki, pea maʻa Soape ko e tama ʻa Seluia.”
23 Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.
Pea naʻe toki fuakava ai ʻa Solomone ʻia Sihova, ʻo pehē, “Ke fai pehē kiate au ʻe he ʻOtua, ʻo lahi hake foki, ʻo kapau ʻe ʻikai mate ʻa ʻAtunaisa koeʻuhi ko ʻene lea ʻaki ʻae lea ni.
24 And now, as surely as the LORD lives—the One who established me, who set me on the throne of my father David, and who founded for me a dynasty as He promised—surely Adonijah shall be put to death today!”
Pea ko ia, ʻOku moʻui ʻa Sihova ʻaia kuo ne fakamālohiʻi au, ʻo ne hiki hake au ki he nofoʻa fakatuʻi ʻo ʻeku tamai ko Tevita, pea kuo ne fokotuʻu ha fale moʻoku, ʻo hangē ko ʻene talaʻofa, pea ʻe mate tāmateʻi ʻa ʻAtunaisa he ʻaho ni.”
25 So King Solomon sent the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.
Pea naʻe fekau atu ʻe he tuʻi ko Solomone ʻa Penaia ko e foha ʻo Sehoiata; pea naʻa ne hoko atu kiate ia pea naʻa ne mate ai.
26 Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tuʻi kia ʻApaiata ko e taulaʻeiki, “ʻAlu ko e ki ʻAnatoti, ki ho potu fonua ʻoʻou; he ʻoku totonu ke ke mate koe; ka ʻe ʻikai te u tāmateʻi koe ʻi he kuonga ni, koeʻuhi naʻa ke fua ʻae puha tapu ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻi he ʻao ʻo Tevita ko ʻeku tamai, pea koeʻuhi naʻa ke mamahi koe ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē naʻe mamahi ai ʻa ʻeku tamai.”
27 So Solomon banished Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD and thus fulfilled the word that the LORD had spoken at Shiloh against the house of Eli.
Ko ia naʻe kapusi ai ʻa ʻApaiata ʻe Solomone mei heʻene [ngāue ]fakataulaʻeiki kia Sihova; koeʻuhi ke ne fakamoʻoni ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova ʻaia naʻa ne folofolaʻaki ki he fale ʻo Ilai ʻi Sailo.
28 When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.
Pea naʻe toki ʻomi ʻa hono ongoongo kia Soape: he naʻe liliu ʻa Soape ke muimui kia ʻAtunaisa, ka naʻe ʻikai muimui ia kia ʻApisalomi. Pea naʻe hola ʻa Soape ki he fale fehikitaki ʻo Sihova, ʻo ne puke atu ki he nifo ʻoe feilaulauʻanga.
29 It was reported to King Solomon: “Joab has fled to the tent of the LORD and is now beside the altar.” So Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down!”
Pea naʻe fakahā ia ki he tuʻi ko Solomone ʻo pehē, kuo hola ʻa Soape ki he fale fehikitaki ʻo Sihova; pea vakai, kuo ofi atu ia ki he feilaulauʻanga. Pea naʻe toki fekauʻi ʻe Solomone ʻa Penaia ko e foha ʻo Sehoiata, ʻo ne pehē, “ʻAlu, ʻo taaʻi ia,”
30 And Benaiah entered the tent of the LORD and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But Joab replied, “No, I will die here.” So Benaiah relayed the message to the king, saying, “This is how Joab answered me.”
Pea naʻe hoko atu ʻa Penaia ki he fale fehikitaki ʻo Sihova, mo ne pehē kiate ia, “ʻOku pehē mai ʻe he tuʻi, Ke ke tuʻu mai.” Ka naʻe pehē ʻe ia, “ʻE ʻikai; ka te u mate pe ʻi heni.” Pea naʻe toe ʻomi hono tala ʻe Penaia ki he tuʻi, ʻo pehē, “Naʻe pehē ʻae lea ʻa Soape, pea naʻe pehē ni ʻa ʻene talia au.”
31 And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tuʻi kiate ia, “Ke ke fai kiate ia ʻo hangē ko ʻene lau, pea ke taaʻi ia, mo tanu; koeʻuhi ke ke ʻave ai ʻae toto taʻehalaia ʻaia naʻe lilingi ʻe Soape, meiate au, pea mei he fale ʻo ʻeku tamai.
32 The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
Pea ʻe tuku ʻe Sihova ʻa hono toto ki hono ʻulu ʻoʻona, ʻaia naʻe teʻia ʻae ongo tangata naʻe māʻoniʻoni mo lelei hake ʻiate ia, ʻo ne tāmateʻi ʻakinaua ʻaki ʻae heletā, ka naʻe taʻeʻilo ki ai ʻa ʻeku tamai ko Tevita; ʻio, ʻa ʻApina ko e foha ʻo Nea, ko e ʻeiki pule ki he kautau ʻo ʻIsileli, mo ʻAmasa, ko e foha ʻo Seteli, ko e ʻeiki pule ki he kautau ʻo Siuta.
33 Their blood will come back upon the heads of Joab and his descendants forever; but for David, his descendants, his house, and his throne, there shall be peace from the LORD forever.”
Ko ia ʻe foki atu ai ʻa hona toto ki he ʻulu ʻo Soape, pea ki he ʻulu ʻo hono hako ʻo taʻengata: ka ko Tevita, pea ki hono hako ʻoʻona, pea ki hono fale, pea ki hono nofoʻa fakatuʻi, ʻe ʻi ai ʻae melino meia Sihova, ʻo taʻengata.”
34 So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and killed him. He was buried at his own home in the wilderness.
Ko ia naʻe ʻalu hake ʻa Penaia ko e foha ʻo Sehoiata, pea naʻa ne hoko atu kiate ia, mo ne tāmateʻi ia: pea naʻe tanu ia ʻi hono fale ʻoʻona ʻi he toafa.
35 And the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar’s place.
Pea naʻe tuku ʻe he tuʻi ʻa Penaia ko e foha ʻo Sehoiata ke fetongi ia ʻi he pule ki he kautau: pea naʻe tuku ʻe he tuʻi ʻa Satoki ko e taulaʻeiki ke ne fetongi ʻa ʻApaiata.
36 Then the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live there, but do not go anywhere else.
Pea naʻe fekau ʻe he tuʻi ʻo ne ui mai ʻa Simi, ʻo ne pehē kiate ia, “Langa ʻe koe moʻou ha fale ʻi Selūsalema, pea nofo ai, pea ʻoua naʻa ke ʻalu atu mei ai ki ha potu kehe.
37 On the day you go out and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will die; your blood will be on your own head.”
He ko e moʻoni, ʻi he ʻaho ko ia te ke ʻalu atu, mo ke Lakaatu ki he kauvai ʻe taha ʻo Kitiloni, ke ke ʻilo fakapapau te ke mate moʻoni ai: ʻe ʻi ho ʻulu ʻoʻou pe ho toto.”
38 “The sentence is fair,” Shimei replied. “Your servant will do as my lord the king has spoken.” And Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Simi ki he tuʻi, “ʻOku lelei ʻae lea ko eni: ʻo hangē ko ia kuo lea ʻaki ʻe hoku ʻeiki ko e tuʻi ʻe pehē ʻae fai ʻe hoʻo tamaioʻeiki.” Pea naʻe nofo fuoloa ʻa Simi ʻi Selūsalema.
39 After three years, however, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And Shimei was told, “Look, your slaves are in Gath.”
Pea ʻi heʻene ʻosi ʻae taʻu ʻe tolu naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, naʻe hola ʻae ongo tamaioʻeiki ʻa Simi kia ʻAkisi ko e foha ʻo Meaka ko e tuʻi ʻo Kati. Pea naʻa nau fakahā ange kia Simi, ʻo pehē, “Vakai, kuo ʻi Kati ʻa hoʻo ongo tamaioʻeiki.”
40 So Shimei saddled his donkey and set out to Achish at Gath in search of his slaves, and he brought them back from Gath.
Pea naʻe tuʻu hake ʻa Simi, ʻo ne ʻai ʻae hekaʻanga ki heʻene ʻasi, pea ʻalu ia ki Kati kia ʻAkisi ke kumi ki heʻene ongo tamaioʻeiki: pea naʻe ʻalu ʻa Simi, ʻo ne ʻomi ʻa ʻene ongo tamaioʻeiki mei Kati.
41 When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned,
Pea naʻe fakahā kia Solomone, kuo ʻalu ʻa Simi mei Selūsalema ki Kati, pea kuo toe liu mai.
42 the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the LORD and warn you, ‘On the day you leave and go elsewhere, know for sure that you will die’? And you told me, ‘The sentence is fair; I will comply.’
Pea naʻe fekau ʻe he tuʻi ʻo ne ui mai ʻa Simi, mo ne pehē kiate ia, “ʻIkai naʻaku fekauʻi koe ke ke fuakava ʻia Sihova, pea u lea mamafa kiate koe, ʻo pehē, Ke ke ʻilo fakapapau, ʻi he ʻaho ko ia te ke ʻalu atu, mo ʻeveʻeva mamaʻo ki ha potu, ke ke mate moʻoni ai? Pea naʻa ke pehē mai kiate au, ‘ʻOku lelei ʻae lea kuo u fanongo ki ai.’
43 So why have you not kept your oath to the LORD and the command that I gave you?”
Ko ia ko e hā kuo ʻikai ai te ke fai ki he fuakava ʻa Sihova, mo e fekau ʻaia kuo u tukupau kiate koe?
44 The king also said, “You know in your heart all the evil that you did to my father David. Therefore the LORD will bring your evil back upon your head.
Naʻe pehē foki ʻe he tuʻi kia Simi, ʻOku ke ʻilo ʻae kovi kotoa pē kuo fufū ʻi ho loto, ʻaia naʻa ke fai kia Tevita ko ʻeku tamai: ko ia foki ʻe fakafoki ai ʻe Sihova ʻa hoʻo kovi ki ho ʻulu ʻoʻou;
45 But King Solomon will be blessed and David’s throne will remain secure before the LORD forever.”
Pea ʻe fakamonūʻia ʻae tuʻi ko Solomone, pea ʻe fokotuʻumaʻu ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ʻae nofoʻa fakatuʻi ʻo Tevita ʻo taʻengata.”
46 Then the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down, and he died. Thus the kingdom was firmly established in the hand of Solomon.
Ko ia naʻe fekau ai ʻe he tuʻi kia Penaia ko e foha ʻo Sehoiata; pea naʻe ʻalu atu ia, pea naʻa ne taaʻi ia ke ne mate. Pea naʻe fakamālohi ʻae puleʻanga ʻi he nima ʻo Solomone.
