2 Samuel 17

1 Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me take out twelve thousand men and this very night I will go after David:

Naʻe pehē foki ʻe ʻAhitofeli kia ʻApisalomi, “Tuku ke u fili mai ha kau tangata ʻe tokotaha mano mo e toko ua afe, pea te u tuʻu hake mo tuli atu kia Tevita ʻi he poōni:

2 And I will come up with him when he is tired and feeble, and make him full of fear: and all the people with him will go in flight; and I will make an attack on the king only:

Pea te u hoko atu kiate ia lolotonga ʻa ʻene ongosia mo nima vaivai, pea u fakamanavahēʻi ia: pea ʻe hola ʻae kakai kotoa pē ʻoku ʻiate ia; pea teu taaʻi ʻae tuʻi tokotaha pe:

3 And I will make all the people come back to you as a bride comes back to her husband: it is the life of only one man you are going after; so all the people will be at peace.

Pea te u toe ʻomi kiate koe ʻae kakai kotoa pē: ko e tangata ʻaia ʻoku ke kumi ʻoku hangē ia ko e liliu mai ʻoe kakai kotoa pē: pea ʻe fiemālie ai ʻae kakai kotoa pē.”

4 And the saying was pleasing to Absalom and to the responsible men of Israel.

Pea naʻe lelei ʻae lea ni kia ʻApisalomi, pea mo e mātuʻa kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli.

5 Then Absalom said, Now send for Hushai the Archite, and let us give ear to what he has to say.

Pea naʻe toki pehē ʻe ʻApisalomi, “Ui eni foki kia Husai ko e tangata ʻAliki, pea ke tau fanongo ki heʻene lau ʻaʻana.”

6 And when Hushai came, Absalom said to him, This is what Ahithophel has said: are we to do as he says? if not, what is your suggestion?

Pea ʻi heʻene hoko mai ʻa Husai kia ʻApisalomi, naʻe lea ʻa ʻApisalomi kiate ia, ʻo pehē, “Kuo pehē ni ʻae lea kuo fai ʻe ʻAhitofeli: te tau fai pe ʻikai ki heʻene lea? Kapau ʻe ʻikai, ke ke lea mai pe koe.”

7 And Hushai said to Absalom, Ahithophel's idea is not a good one at this time.

Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Husai kia ʻApisalomi, “Ko e fakakaukau kuo lea ʻaki ʻe ʻAhitofeli ʻoku ʻikai lelei ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko eni.”

8 Hushai said further, You have knowledge of your father and his men, that they are men of war, and that their feelings are bitter, like those of a bear in the field whose young ones have been taken from her: and your father is a man of war, and will not take his night's rest with the people;

He naʻe pehē ʻe Husai, “ʻOku ke ʻilo ʻa hoʻo tamai pea mo ʻene kau tangata, ko e kau tangata toʻa ʻakinautolu, pea kuo nau mamahi ʻi honau loto, ʻo hangē ko ha pea kuo kaihaʻasi mei ai hono ʻuhiki ʻi he vao: pea ko hoʻo tamai ko e tangata maheni ai mo e tau, pea ʻe ʻikai te ne nofo fakataha mo e kakai.

9 But he will certainly have taken cover now in some hole or secret place; and if some of our people, at the first attack, are overcome, then any hearing of it will say, There is destruction among the people who are on Absalom's side.

Vakai, kuo fufū eni ia ʻi ha luo, pe ʻi ha potu kehe: pea ʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻoka tō hifo honau niʻihi ʻi he kamataʻanga, ʻe pehē ʻe ia kotoa pē ʻoku fanongo ki ai, Kuo fai ʻae teʻia ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe kakai ʻoku muimui kia ʻApisalomi.

10 Then even the strongest, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will become like water; for all Israel is conscious that your father is a man of war, and those who are with him are strong and without fear.

Pea ko ia foki ʻoku toʻa pea tatau hono loto mo e loto ʻo ha laione, ʻe vaivai ʻaupito: he ʻoku ʻilo ʻe ʻIsileli kātoa ko hoʻo tamai ko e tangata toʻa ia, pea ʻoku lototoʻa ʻakinautolu ʻoku kau mo ia.

11 But my suggestion is that all Israel, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, comes together to you, a great army like the sands of the sea in number; and that you yourself go out among them.

Ko ia ko ʻeku fakakaukau ʻaʻaku ke tānaki kotoa pē ʻa ʻIsileli kiate koe, mei Tani ʻo aʻu atu ki Peasipa, ke hangē ko e ʻoneʻone ʻoe matātahi ʻa honau tokolahi; pea ko koe, ke ʻalu koe ki he tau.

12 Then we will come on him in some place, wherever he may be, falling on him as the dew comes on the earth: and of him and all the men who are with him not one will get away with his life.

Pea pehē, te tau hoko atu kiate ia ʻi ha potu pe ʻe ʻilo ai ia, pea te tau tō hifo ki ai ʻo hangē ko e tō hifo ʻae hahau ki he funga kelekele: pea ʻiate ia pea mo e kau tangata kotoa pē ʻoku kau mo ia ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito tuku ke toe hanau tokotaha.

13 And if he has gone into some town, then let all Israel take strong cords to that town, and we will have it pulled into the valley, till not one small stone is to be seen there.

Pea kapau foki kuo ne hū atu ki ha kolo, ʻe toki ʻomi ai ʻe ʻIsileli kātoa ha ngaahi maea ki he kolo ko ia, pea te tau tohoaki ia ki he vaitafe, kaeʻoua ke taʻeʻiloʻi ʻi ai hano momoʻi foʻi maka siʻi ʻe taha.”

14 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, Hushai's suggestion is better than that of Ahithophel. For it was the purpose of the Lord to make the wise designs of Ahithophel without effect, so that the Lord might send evil on Absalom.

Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ʻApisalomi pea mo e kau tangata kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli, “ʻOku lelei hake ʻae fakakaukau ʻa Husai ko e tangata ʻAliki ʻi he fakakaukau ʻa ʻAhitofeli. He naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ʻe Sihova ke veuveuki ʻae fakakaukau lelei ʻa ʻAhitofeli, koeʻuhi kae ʻomi ʻe Sihova ʻae kovi kia ʻApisalomi.”

15 Then Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, This is the suggestion made by Ahithophel to Absalom and the responsible men of Israel, and this is what I said to them.

Pea naʻe toki pehē ai ʻe Husai kia Satoki mo ʻApiata ko e ongo taulaʻeiki, naʻe pehē mo pehē ʻae fakakaukau naʻe fai ʻe ʻAhitofeli kia ʻApisalomi pea mo e kau mātuʻa ʻo ʻIsileli; pea kuo pehē mo pehē ʻa ʻeku fakakaukau ʻaʻaku.

16 So now send the news quickly to David, and say, Do not take your night's rest by the way across the river to the waste land, but be certain to go over; or the king and all the people with him will come to destruction.

Ko ia foki mo fekau fakatoʻotoʻo, pea tala kia Tevita, ʻo pehē, ʻoua naʻa ke nofo ʻi he poōni ʻi he potu ʻataʻatā ʻoe toafa, ka ke mole atu ke vave; telia naʻa fōngia hifo ʻae tuʻi pea mo e kakai kotoa pē ʻoku ʻiate ia.

17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were waiting by En-rogel; and a servant-girl went from time to time and gave them news and they went with the news to King David, for it was not wise for them to let themselves be seen coming into the town.

Ka ko eni naʻe nofo ʻa Sonatane mo ʻAhimasi ʻo ofi ki Eni-Lokeli; he naʻe tapu ʻe na hū mai ki he kolo: ko ia naʻe ʻalu ai ha fefine ʻo ne tala ia kiate kinaua; pea naʻa na ʻalu ʻo fakahā ia ki he tuʻi ko Tevita.

18 But a boy saw them, and gave word of it to Absalom: so the two of them went away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim who had a water-hole in his garden, and they went down into it.

Ka naʻe mamata kiate kinaua ha tamasiʻi, pea ne fakahā ia kia ʻApisalomi: ka naʻa na ʻalu fakatoʻotoʻo fakatouʻosi, ʻo na hoko ki he fale ʻo ha tangata ʻi Pahulimi, ʻaia naʻe maʻu ha luo vaikeli ʻi hono lotoʻā, pea naʻa na ʻalu hifo ki ai.

19 And a woman put a cover over the hole, and put crushed grain on top of it, and no one had any knowledge of it.

Pea naʻe ʻomi ʻe he fefine ha meʻa ʻufiʻufi ʻo ne ʻufiʻufi ʻaki ʻae ngutu ʻoe luo vai, pea naʻe folofolahi ki ai ʻae fuaʻi uite ʻaia naʻe momosi; pea naʻe ʻikai ʻiloʻi ʻae meʻa ko ia.

20 And Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house and said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone from here to the stream. And after searching for them, and seeing nothing of them, they went back to Jerusalem.

Pea ʻi he hoko mai ʻae kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa ʻApisalomi ki he fefine ʻi he fale, naʻa nau pehē, Ko fē ʻia ʻa ʻAhimasi pea mo Sonatane? Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he fefine kiate kinautolu, “Kuo na mole atu ki he kauvai ʻe taha.” Pea hili ʻenau kumi mo taʻeʻiloʻi ʻakinaua, naʻa nau toe ʻalu ki Selūsalema.

21 Then after the servants had gone away, they came up out of the water-hole and went to give King David the news; and they said, Get up and go quickly over the water, for such and such are Ahithophel's designs against you.

Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, hili ʻenau ʻalu, naʻa na ʻalu hake mei he luo vaikeli, ʻo na ō mo fakahā kia Tevita, ko e tuʻi, ʻo na pehē kia Tevita, “Tuʻu hake, pea ʻalu fakatoʻotoʻo atu ki he kauvai: he kuo pehē ni ʻae fakakaukau ʻa ʻAhitofeli kiate kimoutolu.”

22 So David and all the people who were with him went up over Jordan: when dawn came, every one of them had gone over Jordan.

Pea naʻe toki tuʻu hake ai ʻa Tevita, pea mo e kakai kotoa pē naʻe ʻiate ia, pea naʻa nau aʻa atu ki he kauvai ʻe taha ʻo Sioatani: ʻi heʻene maʻa hake ʻae ʻaho naʻe ʻikai toe ha tokotaha naʻe taʻeʻā atu ʻi Sioatani.

23 Now when Ahithophel saw that his suggestion was not acted on, he got his ass ready, and went back to his house, to the town where he came from, and having put his house in order, he put himself to death by hanging; so he came to his end and was put in the resting-place of his father.

Pea ʻi heʻene mamata ʻe ʻAhitofeli kuo ʻikai fai ʻa ʻene fakakaukau ʻaʻana, naʻa ne ʻai ʻae hekaʻanga ki heʻene ʻasi, pea ne tuʻu hake, pea naʻe ʻalu ia ki hono ʻapi, pea ki hono kolo, pea naʻa ne tuku ʻae fekau ki hono fale, pea ne tautau ʻe ia ia, ʻo ne mate, pea naʻe tanu ia ʻi he faʻitoka ʻo ʻene tamai.

24 And David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom, with all the men of Israel, went over Jordan.

Pea hili ia naʻe haʻu ʻa Tevita ki Mehanemi. Pea naʻe aʻa atu ʻa ʻApisalomi ʻi Sioatani, ʻaia mo e kau tangata kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli naʻe ʻiate ia.

25 And Absalom put Amasa at the head of the army in place of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite, who had been the lover of Abigail, the daughter of Jesse, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

Pea naʻe fakanofo ʻe ʻApisalomi ʻa ʻAmasa ko e ʻeiki pule ʻoe tau ko e fetongi ʻo Soape: pea ko ʻAmasa ko e foha ia ʻoe tangata ʻaia naʻe hingoa ko Itila ko e tangata ʻIsileli, ʻaia naʻe ʻalu ʻo mohe mo ʻApikali ko e ʻofefine ʻo Naʻasi, pea ko e tokoua kia Seluia ko e faʻē ʻa Soape.

26 And Israel and Absalom put up their tents in the land of Gilead.

Ko ia naʻe nofo ai ʻa ʻIsileli mo ʻApisalomi ʻi he fonua ʻo Kiliati.

27 Now when David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi, the son of Nahash of Rabbah, the Ammonite, and Machir, the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻI heʻene hoko mai ʻa Tevita ki Mehanemi, [naʻe haʻu ]ʻa Sopi ko e foha ʻo Naʻasi mei Lapa ʻi he fānau ʻa ʻAmoni, mo Mekili ko e foha ʻo ʻAmieli ʻo Lotipale, mo Pasilai ko e tangata Kiliati mei Lokelimi,

28 Came with beds and basins and pots, and grain and meal, and all sorts of dry foods,

‌ʻO[nau ]ʻomi ʻae ngaahi moheʻanga, mo e ngaahi ipu, mo e ngaahi ipu kelekele, mo e uite, mo e paʻale, mo e mahoaʻa, mo e uite naʻe tunu, mo e piini, mo e faʻahinga piini naʻe tunu.

29 And honey and butter and sheep and milk-cheeses, for David and his people: for they said, This people is in the waste land, needing food and drink and rest.

Mo e honi, mo e pota, mo e fanga sipi, mo e siisi mei he[huhuʻa ʻoe ]fanga pulu fefine, [ko e meʻa ]maʻa Tevita, pea mo e kakai kotoa pē naʻe ʻiate ia, kenau kai: he naʻa nau pehē, Kuo fiekaia ʻae kakai, mo ongosia, mo fieinua, ʻi he toafa.