2 Samuel 19
1 Then it was reported to Joab, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”
Du ɖo Yoab gbɔ kaba be fia la nɔ avi fam na Absalom.
2 And that day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the people, because on that day they were told, “The king is grieving over his son.”
Esi amewo se be fia la nɔ nu xam vevie la, gbe ma gbe ƒe dzidzɔ le woƒe dziɖuɖu wɔnuku la ta trɔ zu nuxaxa gã aɖe.
3 So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.
Aʋakɔ blibo la te ɖɔɖɔɖɔ va dua me abe ɖe woɖu wo dzi eye wogbɔ kple ŋukpe ene.
4 But the king covered his face and cried out at the top of his voice, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”
Fia la tsyɔ asi mo, nɔ avi fam henɔ gbɔgblɔm be, “Oo, vinye Absalom, oo, Absalom, vinye, vinye!”
5 Then Joab went into the house and said to the king, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, of your wives, and of your concubines.
Yoab yi Fia la gbɔ le eƒe xɔ me eye wògblɔ nɛ be, “Míeɖe wò ŋutɔ, viwò ŋutsuwo, viwò nyɔnuwo, srɔ̃wòwo kple wò ahiãviwo ƒe agbe egbe, ke èle nu wɔm ale eye nèna ŋukpe lé mí abe vo aɖee míeda ene.
6 You love those who hate you and hate those who love you! For you have made it clear today that the commanders and soldiers mean nothing to you. I know today that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead, it would have pleased you!
Èle fiafiam be yelɔ̃ ame siwo lé fu ye eye yelé fu ame siwo lɔ̃ ye. Edze abe míexɔ asi le gbɔwò kura o ene. Nenye ɖe Absalom le agbe eye mí katã míeku la, anye ne àkpɔ dzidzɔ.
7 Now therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”
Azɔ, do go nàda ŋkɔ ɖe wò aʋawɔlawo dzi elabena metsɔ Yehowa ka atam be ne mèyi ɖakafu wo o la, wo dometɔ ɖeka pɛ gɔ̃ hã matsi afi sia le zã sia me o. Ekema àxaxa azɔ wu ale si nèxaxa kpɔ le wò agbenɔnɔ blibo la me.”
8 So the king got up and sat in the gate, and all the people were told: “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” So they all came before the king. Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled, each man to his home.
Fia la tso eye wòyi ɖanɔ dua ƒe agbonu. Esi amewo se be, “Fia la nɔ anyi ɖe dua ƒe agbonu” la, wo katã va ƒo ƒu ɖe eŋu. Le ɣeyiɣi sia me la, Israel ƒe aʋawɔlawo katã ka hlẽ: ame sia ame yi eya ŋutɔ ƒe aƒe me.
9 And all the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom.
Wode asi nyahehe me le wo ɖokuiwo dome henɔ gbɔgblɔm be, “Fia David ɖe mí tso míaƒe futɔwo ƒe asi me. Eɖe mí tso Filistitɔwo ƒe asi me, ke azɔ la esi le Absalom nu eye wòdzo le anyigba la dzi.
10 But Absalom, the man we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about restoring the king?”
Míesi ami na Absalom abe míaƒe fia ene, ke wowui le aʋa me. Ekema nu ka ta ame aɖeke madze agbagba ana Fia David natrɔ agbɔ o?”
11 Then King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to restore the king to his palace, since the talk of all Israel has reached the king at his quarters?
Fia David ɖo du sia ɖe Zadok kple Abiata, ame siwo nye nunɔlawo la be, “Mibia Yuda ƒe ametsitsiwo be, ‘Nu ka ta miawoe anye ame mamlɛtɔ siwo agbugbɔ fia la va eƒe fiasã la me esi nya si gblɔm wole le Israelnyigba blibo la dzi la ɖo fia la gbɔ le eƒe nɔƒe?
12 You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to restore the king?’
Miawoe nye nɔvinyewo, nye ŋutɔ nye ŋutilã kple ʋu eya ta nu ka ta miawoe anye ame mamlɛtɔ agbugbɔ Fia la vɛ?’
13 And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from this time you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”
Migblɔ na Amasa be, ‘Menye nye ŋutɔ nye lã kple ʋue nènye oa? Mawu nafiam, agafiam ɖe edzi wu, ne tso azɔ dzi yina la, wò Amasa, manye aʋafia na nye aʋakɔ la ɖe Yoab teƒe o fĩi.’”
14 So he swayed the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man, and they sent word to the king: “Return, you and all your servants.”
Amasa ɖe nya me na Yuda ƒe kplɔlawo katã eye wolɔ̃ abe ame ɖeka ene. Woɖo du ɖe fia la be, “Gbugbɔ va mía gbɔ kple ŋuwòmewo katã.”
15 So the king returned, and when he arrived at the Jordan, the men of Judah came to Gilgal to meet him and escort him across the Jordan.
Ale fia la dze mɔ ɖo ta Yerusalem. Esi wòva ɖo Yɔdan tɔsisi la to la, edze abe ame siwo katã le Yuda la, ɖe wova Gilgal be yewoakpee, akplɔe atso tɔsisi lae ene!
16 Then Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David,
Simei, Benyamintɔ, Gera ƒe vi, ame si tso Bahurim la ɖe abla tso tɔsisi la kple ame siwo tso Yuda be yewoado dzaa na Fia la.
17 along with a thousand men of Benjamin, as well as Ziba the steward of the house of Saul and his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They rushed down to the Jordan before the king
Ame akpe ɖeka tso Benyamin ƒe viwo dome nɔ eŋu. Ziba, Saul ƒe subɔla kple Ziba ƒe viŋutsu wuiatɔ̃ kple subɔla blaeve hã nɔ ame siawo dome. Woyi Yɔdan tɔsisi la to be yewoatre afi ma ɖoɖo na fia la.
18 and crossed at the ford to carry over the king’s household and to do what was good in his sight. When Shimei son of Gera crossed the Jordan, he fell down before the king
Wo katã wona kpekpeɖeŋu fia la kple eƒe aƒemetɔwo kple aʋawɔlawo eye wokpe ɖe wo ŋu ale si woate ŋui. Esi fia la va yina la, Simei, Gera ƒe vi mlɔ anyigba le eŋkume
19 and said, “My lord, do not hold me guilty, and do not remember your servant’s wrongdoing on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. May the king not take it to heart.
eye wòɖe kuku nɛ be, “Nye aƒetɔ kple fia, meɖe kuku na wò, tsɔ nu vɔ̃ɖi siwo mewɔ esi nèdzo le Yerusalem la kem eye nàŋlɔ wo be
20 For your servant knows that I have sinned, so here I am today as the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”
elabena medze si nye nu vɔ̃ eya ta meva afi sia egbe. Nyee nye ame gbãtɔ tso Yosef ƒe to la me be mado dzaa na wò nye aƒetɔ la egbea.”
21 But Abishai son of Zeruiah said, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?”
Abisai, Zeruya ƒe vi, bia be, “Ɖe womawu Simei esi wòƒo fi de Yehowa ƒe amesiamina la oa?”
22 And David replied, “Sons of Zeruiah, what have I to do with you, that you should be my adversaries today? Should any man be put to death in Israel today? Am I not indeed aware that today I am king over Israel?”
David blu ɖe eta gblɔ be, “Nya kae le nye kple mi Zeruya ƒe viwo dome? Egbe miezu nye futɔwo. Ɖe wòle be woawu ame aɖe le Israel egbea? Ɖe mènya be egbea menye fia le Israel oa?”
23 So the king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” And the king swore an oath to him.
Fia la trɔ ɖe Simei ŋu eye wògblɔ be, “Mana nànɔ agbe.” Ale fia la ka atam ɖe nya sia dzi nɛ.
24 Then Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely.
Mefiboset, Saul ƒe tɔgbuiyɔvi hã yi be yeakpe fia la. Tso gbe si gbe fia la dzo va se ɖe esime wòtrɔ gbɔ dedie la, Mefiboset meklɔ eƒe afɔwo alo fɔ eƒe nuge dzi loo alo nya eƒe awuwo o.
25 And he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, who asked him, “Mephibosheth, why did you not go with me?”
Esi wòtso Yerusalem va be yeakpe fia la la, fia la biae be, “Nu ka ta mèyi kplim o, Mefiboset?”
26 “My lord the king,” he replied, “because I am lame, I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled so that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ But my servant Ziba deceived me,
Eɖo eŋu be, “Nye aƒetɔ kple nye fia, nye subɔla Zibae blem. Megblɔ nɛ be, bla akpa na nye tedzi nam ale be mate ŋu ayi kple fia la! Wò ŋutɔ ènya be tekunɔe menye.
27 and he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. Yet my lord the king is like the angel of God, so do what is good in your eyes.
Ke Ziba gblẽ nye ŋkɔ gblɔ be, ɖe megbe koŋ be nyemava o. Ke menya be èle abe mawudɔla ene eya ta wɔ nu si nyo na wò.
28 For all the house of my grandfather deserves death from my lord the king, yet you have set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right, then, do I have to keep appealing to the king?”
Ku koe nye kple nye ƒometɔwo katã míakpɔ mɔ na tso gbɔwò hafi, ke le esia teƒe la, ède bubu ŋunye le ame siwo katã ɖua nu kpli wò le kplɔ̃ ŋu la dome! Ekema, nu ka ta malĩ liʋĩliʋĩ?”
29 The king replied, “Why say any more? I hereby declare that you and Ziba are to divide the land.”
David gblɔ be, “Enyo, nye ɖoɖoe nye be wò kple Ziba miama anyigba la sɔsɔe ɖe mi ame evea dome.”
30 And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Instead, since my lord the king has safely come to his own house, let Ziba take it all!”
Ke Mefiboset gblɔ na fia la be, “Tsɔ anyigba la katã nɛ: nye aƒetɔ ƒe tɔtrɔgbɔ ɖeɖe sɔ gbɔ nam!”
31 Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan with the king and send him on his way from there.
Barzilai, Gileadtɔ la hã tso Rogelim va be yeatso Yɔdan tɔsisi la kple fia la eye wòayi eƒe mɔ dzi tso afi sia.
32 Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.
Azɔ la, Barzilai nye amegãɖeɖi aɖe: exɔ ƒe blaenyi. Ekpɔ fia la dzi le esime wònɔ Mahanaim elabena enye hotsuitɔ gã aɖe ŋutɔ.
33 The king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me, and I will provide for you at my side in Jerusalem.”
Fia la gblɔ na Barzilai be, “Tso tɔsisi la kplim eye nàva nɔ Yerusalem; makpɔ dziwò le afi ma.”
34 But Barzillai replied, “How many years of my life remain, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?
Ke Barzilai ɖo eŋu na fia la be, “Ƒe nenie gasusɔ nam be manɔ agbe hafi magakplɔ wò ɖo ayi Yerusalem?
35 I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
Egbe mexɔ ƒe blaenyi; ɖe magate ŋu ade vovototo nu si nyo kple nu si menyo o la domea? Ɖe nuɖuɖu kple nunono agasɔ aɖe dzi na wò dɔla abe tsã enea? Alo ɖe ŋutsu kple nyɔnu hadzihawo ƒe ha agasɔ to me nam abe tsã enea? Nu ka wɔ nye aƒetɔ, fia la aɖe mɔ be nye, wò dɔla, mazu agba na wò?
36 Your servant could go with the king only a short distance past the Jordan; why should the king repay me with such a reward?
Ke wò dɔla atso Yɔdan tɔsisi la kpli wò, ade afɔ mɔ me na wò ʋɛe. Ke nu ka ta fia la natsɔ fetu geɖe sia nam ɖo?
37 Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the tomb of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your sight.”
Meɖe kuku, na wò dɔla natrɔ adzo, ale be maku ɖe mía dedu me be mate ɖe fofonye kple danye ƒe yɔdowo ŋu. Ke wò dɔla, Kimham, nye esi; na wòakplɔ nye aƒetɔ fia la ɖo, be wòawɔ nu sia nu si nyo eye wòdze la na wò.”
38 The king replied, “Chimham will cross over with me, and I will do for him what seems good in your sight, and I will do for you whatever you desire of me.”
Fia la gblɔ be, “Kimham atso tɔ la kplim eye mawɔ nu sia nu si nèdzro la nɛ eye mawɔ nu sia nu si nèdzro la na wò.”
39 So all the people crossed the Jordan, and then the king crossed over. The king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and Barzillai returned home.
Ale ameawo katã tso Yɔdan tɔsisi la kple fia la. Fia la kpla asi kɔ na Barzilai, yrae eye Barzilai trɔ yi aƒe.
40 Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham crossed over with him. All the troops of Judah and half the troops of Israel escorted the king.
Fia la kplɔ Kimham ɖe asi eye woyi Gilgal. Ame geɖewo tso Yuda kple Israelviwo ƒe afã nɔ afi ma be yewoaxɔe.
41 Soon all the men of Israel came to the king and asked, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, take you away secretly and bring the king and his household across the Jordan, together with all of David’s men?”
Ke Israelviwo fa konyi na fia la be ame siwo tso Yuda koe kpe ɖe eya ŋutɔ kple eƒe aƒemetɔwo ŋu le Yɔdan tɔsisi la tsotso me.
42 And all the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is our relative. Why does this anger you? Have we ever eaten at the king’s expense or received anything for ourselves?”
Yuda ƒe viwo ɖo eŋu be, “Nu kae gblẽ le nu sia ŋu? Míaƒe to la mee fia la tso, nu ka ta nu sia ado dɔmedzoe na mi? Míexɔ ga aɖeke le esi o. Mena nuɖuɖu alo nunana aɖeke mí o!”
43 “We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah pressed even harder than the men of Israel.
Israelviwo ɖo eŋu be, “To ewoe le Israel eya ta míawo tɔe nye teƒe ewo le fia la ƒe nyawo me. Nu ka ta miekpe míaƒe ame mamlɛawo o? Miɖo ŋku edzi be míawoe nye ame gbãtɔ siwo do susua ɖa be míana wòatrɔ agbɔ agava nye míaƒe fia.” Wohe nya sia ɣeyiɣi didi aɖe, ke Yuda ŋutsuwo ƒe nyawo ɖu Israel ŋutsuwo tɔwo dzi.
