< 2 Samuel 17 >
1 Then Ahithophel said to Absalom: “I will choose for myself twelve thousand men, and rising up, I will pursue David this night.
Tidak lama setelah itu, Ahitofel berkata lagi kepada Absalom, "Izinkanlah aku memilih 12.000 orang. Nanti malam aku akan berangkat mengejar Daud.
2 And rushing against him, for he is weary and has weakened hands, I will strike him. And when all the people who are with him will have fled, I will strike down the king in isolation.
Dia akan kuserang sewaktu dia lelah dan jatuh semangatnya. Aku akan mengejutkan dia, sehingga seluruh anak buahnya melarikan diri. Hanya Raja Daud saja yang akan kubunuh.
3 And I will lead back the entire people, returning in the manner of one man. For you are seeking only one man. And all the people shall be in peace.”
Tetapi seluruh anak buahnya akan kukembalikan kepada Tuanku seperti pengantin perempuan kembali kepada suaminya. Bukankah Tuanku hanya menginginkan nyawa satu orang saja? Yang lain tidak akan diapa-apakan."
4 And this word pleased Absalom and all those greater by birth of Israel.
Nasihat itu dipandang baik oleh Absalom dan oleh semua pemimpin Israel.
5 But Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite, and let us hear what he also may say.”
Meskipun begitu Absalom berkata, "Panggillah sekarang Husai; mari kita dengar bagaimana pendapatnya."
6 And when Hushai had gone to Absalom, Absalom said to him: “Ahithophel has spoken a word in this manner. Should we do it or not? What counsel do you give?”
Ketika Husai datang menghadap, Absalom memberitahukan rencana Ahitofel, lalu berkata, "Akan kita turutikah nasihat itu? Jika tidak, berikan usul yang lain."
7 And Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has given at this time is not good.”
Husai menjawab, "Nasihat Ahitofel kali ini tidak baik.
8 And again Hushai declared, “You know your father, and the men who are with him, to be very strong and bitter in soul, comparable to a bear raging in the forest when her young have been taken away. Moreover, your father is a man of war, and so he will not live among the people.
Paduka pasti tahu bahwa Daud dan anak buahnya itu adalah pejuang yang gagah berani. Mereka seganas beruang betina yang kehilangan anaknya. Lagipula Daud adalah prajurit berpengalaman yang tidak pernah bermalam bersama-sama dengan anak buahnya.
9 Perhaps now he hides in pits, or in another place, wherever he wills. And if by chance, in the beginning, anyone may fall, whoever hears about it, no matter what he has heard, will say, ‘There is a slaughter among the people who were following Absalom.’
Mungkin pada saat ini pun dia sedang bersembunyi di dalam sebuah gua atau tempat lain. Jadi, seandainya anak buah Paduka diserang oleh Daud, dan ada yang tewas, maka siapa saja yang mendengar hal itu akan berkata bahwa anak buah Absalom telah dikalahkan.
10 And even the very strong, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will be weakened out of fear. For all the people of Israel know your father to be a valiant man, and that all who are with him are robust.
Maka orang-orang yang paling berani dan gagah perkasa seperti singa pun pasti akan menjadi takut. Sebab semua orang Israel tahu bahwa ayah Paduka itu adalah pahlawan, dan bahwa anak buahnya adalah pejuang-pejuang yang gagah berani.
11 But this seems to me to be the right counsel: Let all of Israel be gathered to you, from Dan to Beersheba, like the sand of the sea which is innumerable. And you will be in their midst.
Oleh sebab itu, nasihatku begini: Kumpulkanlah semua orang Israel dari seluruh negeri, sehingga jumlahnya sebanyak pasir di tepi laut. Lalu Paduka sendirilah yang memimpin mereka maju bertempur.
12 And we shall rush against him in whatever place he will have been found. And we shall cover him, as the dew usually falls upon the ground. And we shall not leave behind even one of the men who are with him.
Kita akan menemukan Daud di mana pun dia berada, dan kita serang dia sebelum dia sadar apa yang terjadi. Tak ada yang akan dapat lolos, baik dia maupun anak buahnya.
13 And if he will enter into any city, all of Israel shall encircle that city with ropes. And we will pull it into the torrent, so that there may not be found even one small stone from it.”
Jika dia lari ke dalam sebuah kota, seluruh rakyat kita akan mengambil tali-temali dan menyeret kota itu lalu menjatuhkannya ke dalam lembah yang terdekat. Sebuah batu pun tak akan ada yang tertinggal di atas bukit itu."
14 And Absalom, with all the men of Israel, said: “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” So, by an act of the Lord, the useful counsel of Ahithophel was defeated, in order that the Lord might lead evil over Absalom.
Mendengar itu Absalom dan semua orang Israel berkata, "Nasihat Husai lebih baik daripada nasihat Ahitofel." Memang, TUHAN telah menentukan untuk menggagalkan nasihat Ahitofel yang baik itu, supaya Absalom tertimpa malapetaka.
15 And Hushai said to the priests, Zadok and Abiathar: “Ahithophel gave counsel to Absalom and to the elders of Israel in this and that manner. And I gave counsel in such and such a manner.
Sesudah itu Husai melaporkan kepada Imam Zadok dan Imam Abyatar tentang nasihat Ahitofel dan nasihatnya sendiri kepada Absalom dan para pemimpin Israel.
16 Now therefore, send quickly, and report to David, saying: ‘You shall not stay this night in the plains of the desert. Instead, without delay, go across. Otherwise the king may be engulfed, and all the people who are with him.’”
Kata Husai, "Cepat! Beritahukanlah kepada Daud supaya jangan bermalam di tempat penyeberangan sungai di padang gurun. Ia harus segera menyeberangi Sungai Yordan. Jika tidak, dia dan seluruh pasukannya akan dihancurkan."
17 But Jonathan and Ahimaaz remained beside the Fountain of Rogel. And a handmaid went away and reported it to them. And they set out, so that they might carry the report to king David. For they could not be seen, nor enter into the city.
Sementara itu Yonatan anak Abyatar dan Ahimaas anak Zadok sedang menunggu di dekat mata air En-Rogel, di pinggir kota Yerusalem. Mereka tidak berani masuk kota sebab takut dilihat orang. Seperti biasanya, seorang budak wanita menyampaikan kepada mereka berita yang harus dilaporkan kepada Raja Daud.
18 But a certain young man saw them, and he revealed it to Absalom. Yet truly, they traveled quickly and entered into the house of a certain man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court, and they descended into it.
Tetapi kali itu seorang anak laki-laki kebetulan melihat mereka, dan memberitahukannya kepada Absalom. Jadi mereka cepat-cepat pergi dan bersembunyi di rumah seorang penduduk desa Bahurim. Di dekat rumahnya ada sumur dan mereka masuk ke dalamnya.
19 Then a woman took and spread a covering over the mouth of the well, as if drying hulled barley. And so the matter was hidden.
Istri pemilik rumah itu membentangkan sehelai kain di atas lubang sumur itu dan menaburkan gandum di atasnya, sehingga sumur itu tidak kelihatan.
20 And when the servants of Absalom had entered into the house, they said to the woman, “Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” And the woman responded to them, “They passed through hurriedly, after they had taken a little water.” But those who were seeking them, when they had not found them, returned to Jerusalem.
Orang-orang suruhan Absalom datang ke rumah itu dan bertanya kepada wanita tadi, "Di mana Ahimaas dan Yonatan?" "Mereka baru saja menyeberangi sungai," jawabnya. Mereka mencari kedua pemuda itu, tetapi tidak menemukannya, lalu pulanglah mereka ke Yerusalem.
21 And when they had gone, they ascended from the well. And traveling, they reported to king David, and they said: “Rise up, and go across the river quickly. For Ahithophel has given a counsel of this kind against you.”
Ahimaas dan Yonatan keluar dari sumur itu, lalu cepat-cepat pergi menemui Raja Daud dan melaporkan semuanya. Kata mereka, "Ahitofel memberi nasihat untuk menyerang Baginda. Jadi berangkatlah sekarang juga menyeberangi sungai ini."
22 Therefore, David rose up, and all the people who were with him, and they crossed over the Jordan, until first light. And not even one of them was left behind who had not crossed over the river.
Lalu Daud dan anak buahnya menyeberangi Sungai Yordan, dan sampai di seberang pada waktu fajar.
23 Then Ahithophel, seeing that his counsel had not been done, saddled his donkey, and he rose up and went away to his own house and to his own city. And putting his house in order, he killed himself by hanging. And he was buried in the sepulcher of his father.
Ketika Ahitofel mengerti bahwa nasihatnya tidak dituruti, ia memasang pelana keledainya lalu pulang ke kotanya sendiri. Sesudah membereskan segala urusannya ia menggantung diri, lalu dikuburkan dalam kuburan keluarganya.
24 Then David went to the encampment, and Absalom crossed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
Daud telah sampai ke kota Mahanaim ketika Absalom menyeberangi Sungai Yordan, diiringi oleh orang-orang Israel.
25 Truly, Absalom appointed Amasa in place of Joab over the army. Now Amasa was the son of a man who was called Ithra of Jezrael, who entered to Abigail, the daughter of Nahash, the sister of Zeruiah, who was the mother of Joab.
(Absalom telah mengangkat Amasa menjadi kepala pasukan menggantikan Yoab. Amasa anak Yitra orang Ismael; ibunya bernama Abigail anak Nahas, yakni saudara perempuan Zeruya ibu Yoab.)
26 And Israel made camp with Absalom in the land of Gilead.
Absalom dan anak buahnya berkemah di tanah Gilead.
27 And when David had arrived at the encampment, Shobi, the son of Nahash, from Rabbah, of the sons of Ammon, and Machir, the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai, the Gileadite of Rogelim,
Ketika Daud tiba di Mahanaim, ia disambut oleh Sobi anak Nahas dari kota Raba di Amon, dan oleh Makhir anak Amiel dari Lodebar, dan oleh Barzilai dari Rogelim di Gilead.
28 brought to him bedding, and tapestries, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and cooked grain, and beans, and lentils, and fried chick peas,
Mereka membawa mangkok, kuali, dan kasur untuk Daud dan anak buahnya, juga gandum, jelai, tepung, gandum panggang, kacang merah, kacang merah besar, madu, keju, kepala susu dan beberapa ekor domba. Mereka tahu bahwa Daud dan anak buahnya sedang lapar, haus dan lelah karena perjalanan di padang gurun.
29 and honey, and butter, sheep and fattened calves. And they gave these to David and to the people who were with him to eat. For they suspected that the people were faint with hunger and thirst in the desert.