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.
Sesudah itu, Ahitofel berkata kepada Absalom, “Tuan, izinkan saya memilih dua belas ribu orang. Kami akan mengejar Daud malam ini juga.
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.
Ini kesempatan bagus karena Daud dan orang-orangnya sedang kelelahan. Saya akan menyerangnya dengan tiba-tiba sehingga semua orang yang mengikutinya panik dan kabur meninggalkan Daud. Hanya dia sendiri yang akan dibunuh.
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.”
Dengan cara itu, saya akan membawa semua rakyat kepada Tuan seperti pengantin perempuan kembali kepada suaminya. Tuan hanya menginginkan nyawa satu orang saja, sedangkan seluruh rakyat yang lain tetap selamat.”
4 And this word pleased Absalom and all those greater by birth of Israel.
Absalom dan para tua-tua Israel menyetujui rencana Ahitofel.
5 But Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite, and let us hear what he also may say.”
Meskipun begitu, Absalom berkata lagi, “Panggillah Husai orang Arki itu. Coba kita dengar pendapatnya tentang hal ini.”
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, Absalom menjelaskan nasihat Ahitofel kepadanya, lalu bertanya, “Bagaimana pendapatmu? Apakah sebaiknya kita mengikuti nasihat Ahitofel? Kalau kamu tidak setuju, jelaskanlah usulanmu.”
7 And Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has given at this time is not good.”
Jawab Husai kepada Absalom, “Tuan, kali ini rencana Ahitofel 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.
Tuan tahu sendiri seperti apa Daud. Dia dan pasukan yang bersamanya adalah pejuang yang gagah perkasa. Pastilah mereka sedang panas hati dan menjadi seganas induk beruang yang anaknya dicuri. Selain itu, ayah Tuan sangat berpengalaman soal perang. Dia tidak akan bermalam bersama pasukannya.
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 saja saat ini dia sudah bersembunyi di gua atau di tempat lain. Jika kita menyerang, lalu ada tentara Tuan yang terbunuh, pasti akan tersebar berita bahwa banyak dari pasukan Absalom dibantai.
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.
Saat pendukung Tuan mendengar berita itu, tentara yang gagah berani seperti singa pun akan ketakutan!— karena seluruh Israel tahu bahwa ayah Tuan adalah pejuang yang tangguh, dan pasukan yang bersama dia begitu perkasa.
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 karena itu, nasihat saya adalah kumpulkan seluruh pasukan Israel dari ujung utara sampai ujung selatan negeri ini, yaitu dari wilayah Dan sampai Bersyeba, sehingga jumlah mereka tidak terhitung. Lalu Tuan sendiri 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.
Bagaikan embun yang jatuh ke tanah, kita akan mengepung Daud di mana pun dia bersembunyi. Baik dia sendiri maupun tentaranya tidak akan ada yang lolos!
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.”
Kalau dia berlindung di salah satu kota yang dikelilingi benteng, maka seluruh pasukan Israel akan mengepung, membongkar bentengnya, dan menghancurkan kota 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 bagus daripada nasihat Ahitofel.” Dengan demikian TUHAN menggagalkan rencana Ahitofel yang sebenarnya lebih tepat, sebab TUHAN hendak mendatangkan malapetaka atas Absalom.
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 segera melaporkan kepada Zadok dan Abiatar tentang nasihat Ahitofel dan juga nasihatnya kepada Absalom dan para tua-tua Israel. Lalu katanya,
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.’”
“Karena itu, suruhlah orang untuk menyampaikan pesan ini kepada Daud: Malam ini jangan menginap di tempat penyeberangan sungai Yordan. Kalian harus langsung pergi ke padang belantara di seberang sungai, agar engkau dan semua orang yang bersamamu tidak terbunuh.”
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.
Maka kedua imam itu mengutus seorang budak perempuan untuk menyampaikan berita itu kepada Yonatan dan Ahimas yang menunggu dekat mata air En Rogel, tidak jauh dari kota Yerusalem. Keduanya tidak masuk ke kota supaya tidak dicurigai oleh Absalom. Mereka siap menerima kabar lalu pergi memberitahu 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 seorang pemuda sudah melihat Yonatan dan Ahimas di En Rogel, lalu dia melaporkan hal itu kepada Absalom. Jadi mereka cepat-cepat bersembunyi di rumah seseorang di desa Bahurim. Ada lubang sumur di halaman rumahnya, dan mereka masuk ke situ untuk bersembunyi.
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.
Kemudian nyonya rumah itu menutupi lubang sumur dengan kain, lalu menaburkan butir-butir gandum di atasnya supaya seolah-olah dia sedang mengeringkan gandum di halaman. Kelihatannya tidak ada sumur di situ.
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.
Datanglah beberapa tentara Absalom ke rumah itu dan bertanya kepada pemiliknya, “Di mana Ahimas dan Yonatan?” Wanita itu menjawab, “Mereka sudah menyeberangi kali kecil di sana.” Maka para tentara itu terus mencari-cari, tetapi tidak berhasil menemukan keduanya. Lalu mereka kembali 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.”
Sesudah tentara-tentara Absalom pergi, Yonatan dan Ahimas keluar dari sumur, kemudian pergi menemui Raja Daud dan berkata, “Cepatlah menyeberangi sungai Yordan malam ini!” Mereka memberitahukan nasihat Ahitofel kepada Absalom untuk membunuh Daud.
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.
Maka malam itu juga Daud dan semua orang yang bersamanya menyeberangi sungai Yordan. Saat matahari terbit, semuanya sudah sampai di seberang.
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.
Sementara itu, ketika Ahitofel melihat bahwa nasihatnya tidak diikuti, dia memasang pelana keledainya dan pulang ke kota asalnya. Dia memberikan pesan-pesan terakhir kepada keluarganya, lalu gantung diri. Demikianlah Ahitofel meninggal. Dia dikuburkan di samping makam ayahnya.
24 Then David went to the encampment, and Absalom crossed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
Rombongan Daud sudah tiba di Mahanaim ketika Absalom dan pasukannya selesai menyeberangi sungai Yordan. Absalom bersama pasukan Israel berkemah di daerah Gilead. Absalom sudah mengangkat Amasa menjadi kepala pasukan untuk menggantikan Yoab. (Amasa itu sepupu Yoab. Amasa adalah anak Yitra dari keturunan Ismael. Ibunya bernama Abigail anak Nahas, saudara perempuan Zeruya, yang adalah ibu Yoab.)
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.
26 And Israel made camp with Absalom in the land of 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,
Selama Daud di Mahanaim, tiga orang datang untuk menyambut dan menolongnya. Mereka adalah Sobi anak Nahas dari kota Raba di negeri Amon, Makir anak Amiel dari kota Lodebar, dan Barzilai, orang Gilead dari kota Rogelim.
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 berpikir, “Rombongan Daud ini tentu akan menjadi lapar, lelah, dan haus di padang belantara.” Karena itu mereka membawakan alas-alas tidur, mangkuk-mangkuk, dan alat-alat masak dari tanah liat, juga bahan makanan berupa sejumlah domba dan kambing, gandum, jelai, tepung, gandum panggang, kacang-kacangan, biji-bijian, serta madu, keju, dan hasil olahan susu.
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.
