2 Samuel 17
1 And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me, I pray, choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David to-night;
Ahitofel gwara Absalọm sị ya, “Kwere ka m họpụta puku ndị ikom iri na abụọ ka m duru ha chụso Devid ọsọ nʼazụ nʼabalị taa.
2 and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;
Aga m abịakwasị ya mgbe ike gwụrụ ya, mgbe obi ya na-ada mba. Aga m emenye ya egwu nke ga-eme ka ọ maa jijiji. Mgbe ahụ, ndị niile so ya ga-agbasasịkwa. Ọ bụ naanị eze ka m ga-egbu
3 and I will bring back all the people to thee. The man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: all the people shall be in peace.
Aga m eme ka ndị ya niile lọghachikwute gị. Ọnwụ nke otu nwoke a ị na-achọsi ndụ ya ike ga-eme ndị ọzọ niile ịlọghachikwute gị, onye ọbụla ga-anọ nʼudo.”
4 And the saying was right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
Atụmatụ ahụ ziri ezi nʼanya Absalọm na ndị okenye niile nke Izrel.
5 And Absalom said, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and we will hear also what he says.
Ma Absalọm kwuru sị, “Kpọọ Hushaị onye Akai ka anyị jụọ ya ihe ọ chere banyere okwu a.”
6 And Hushai came to Absalom, and Absalom spoke to him saying, Ahithophel has spoken after this manner: shall we carry out his word? If not, speak thou.
Mgbe Hushaị bịakwutere ya, Absalọm sịrị ya, “Ahitofel nyere ndụmọdụ dị otu a. Gịnị ka ị chere? Anyị ga-eme ihe o kwuru? Ọ bụrụ na anyị agaghị eme ya, gị onwe gị kwuo nke gị.”
7 And Hushai said to Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.
Hushaị zara Absalọm sị, “Ndụmọdụ Ahitofel dụrụ nʼoge a adịghị mma.
8 And Hushai said, Thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are of exasperated spirit, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field; and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
Ọ sịrị, Gị onwe gị maara nna gị na ndị ikom ya; ha bụ ndị dike nʼagha, mkpụrụobi ha dịkwa ilu ugbu a dịka anụ ọhịa bịa a gbabara aka nwa nʼọhịa. Nna gị bụ onye ihe banyere agha doro anya. Ọ gaghị eso ndị ya nọọ ọnọdụ abalị.
9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or some such place; and it will come to pass, when some of them fall at the first, whoever heareth it will say, There has been slaughter among the people that follow Absalom,
Ọ bụladị ugbu a, o zoola onwe ya nʼime otu olulu maọbụ nʼime ọgba nkume. Ọ bụrụ na ọ pụta buru ụzọ buso ndị agha gị agha, onye ọbụla nụrụ ya ga-ekwu sị, ‘Etigbuola ndị agha Absalọm oke ntigbu.’
10 and even the valiant man whose heart is as the heart of a lion shall utterly melt; for all Israel knows that thy father is a mighty man, and they that are with him are valiant men.
Mgbe ahụ, ọ bụladị dimkpa nʼagha ndị nwere obi ọdụm, ụjọ ga-atụkwa ha. Ha agaghị ekwekwa ịga nʼihu ọgụ. Nʼihi na Izrel niile maara na nna gị bụ dike. Ha maakwara na ndị agha ya bụkwa ndị obi kara aka.
11 But I counsel that all Israel be speedily gathered to thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
“Ndụmọdụ m na-enye bụ nke a: chịkọtaa ndị Izrel niile, site na Dan ruo Bịasheba, ha dịka aja nke dị nʼakụkụ oke osimiri. Ọ bụkwa gị ga-edu ha nʼagha ahụ.
12 And we shall come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falls on the ground; and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.
Mgbe ahụ, anyị ga-ebuso ya agha ebe ọbụla anyị hụrụ ya; anyị ga-abịakwasị ya dịka igirigi si adakwasị ala. Anyị ga-egbu ya, gbukwaa ndị niile so ya. Otu onye agaghị afọdụkwa nʼime ha.
13 And if he withdraw into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the torrent, until there be not one small stone found there.
Ọ bụrụkwa na o zoo onwe ya nʼotu obodo, mgbe ahụ Izrel niile ga-eweta ụdọ nʼobodo ahụ, anyị ga-adọtu ya dọbanye ya na ndagwurugwu, ruo mgbe ọ bụladị otu nkume ga-afọdụ nʼebe ahụ.”
14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. And Jehovah had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, in order that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom.
Absalọm na ndị ikom Izrel niile sịrị, “Ndụmọdụ Hushaị, onye Akai dị mma karịa nke Ahitofel.” Ma Onyenwe anyị ekpebielarị imebi ezi ndụmọdụ Ahitofel ka o si otu a wetara Absalọm ihe ndakwasị ọjọọ.
15 And Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.
Hushaị gwara Zadọk na Abịata, ndị nchụaja, “Otu a na ihe ndị a ka Ahitofel dụrụ Absalọm na ndị okenye Izrel nʼọdụ ka ha mee, ma otu a na nke a ka mụ onwe dụkwaranụ nʼọdụ.
16 And now send quickly, and tell David saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
Ugbu a, meenụ ngwa, ziga ozi gwa Devid sị, ‘Anọkwala ọnọdụ abalị nʼụzọ ngabiga nke osimiri nʼime ọzara, kama gabiga na-atụfughị oge, ma ọ bụghị otu a, ma eze ma ndị niile ya na ha soo ga-abụ ndị elodara.’”
17 And Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; and the maid went and told them; and they went and told king David, for they might not be seen to come into the city.
Jonatan na Ahimaaz nọ nʼakụkụ En-Rogel ka a ghara ihu ha mgbe ha na-abata nʼobodo. Otu nwaagbọghọ na-eje ozi na-aga zie ha ozi, ha onwe ha agaa zie eze Devid.
18 But a lad saw them, and told Absalom. Then they went both of them away quickly, and came to the house of a man at Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.
Ma otu nwokorobịa hụrụ ha gaa gwa Absalọm. Ya mere, ha abụọ mere ngwangwa baa nʼụlọ otu nwoke onye Bahurim, onye nwere olulu mmiri nʼogige ya, ha rịdara nʼime olulu ahụ
19 And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn on it; and the thing was not known.
Nwunye nwoke ahụ weere ihe mkpuchi ya tụsaa nʼọnụ olulu mmiri ahụ gbasaakwa mkpụrụ ọka nʼelu ya. Ọ dịghị onye maara maka ya.
20 And Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, and said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone over the brook of water. And they sought and could not find [them], and returned to Jerusalem.
Mgbe ndị ozi Absalọm bịaruru jụọ nwanyị ahụ, “Olee ebe Ahimaaz na Jonatan nọ”? Nwanyị ahụ zara, “Ha agafeela mmiri iyi.” Ndị ozi Absalọm chọrọ ha ma ha ahụghị ha. Ha laghachiri na Jerusalem.
21 And it came to pass after they had departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said to David, Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counselled against you.
Mgbe ha lawara, mmadụ abụọ ahụ sitere nʼolulu mmiri ahụ rigopụta, gaa gwa eze Devid. Ha sịrị ya, “Bilie gafeenụ mmiri ngwangwa, nʼihi na Ahitofel adụọla Absalọm ọdụ otu a na otu a megide gị.”
22 Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan; by the morning light there was not one of them missing that had not gone over the Jordan.
Nke a mere Devid na ndị niile so ya biliri gafee osimiri Jọdan. Mgbe chi ụtụtụ na-abọ, ha niile nọ nʼofe nke ọzọ Jọdan.
23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose and went to his house, to his city, and gave charge to his household, and hanged himself, and he died; and he was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
Mgbe Ahitofel hụrụ na-emeghị ndụmọdụ ya, o biliri jikwaa ịnyịnya ibu ya, laa nʼụlọ ya nʼobodo ya. Mgbe o ruru nʼụlọ ya, o doziri nʼezinaụlọ ya nʼusoro, were ụdọ kwụgbuo onwe ya. Ọ nwụrụ. E lie ya nʼili nna ya.
24 And David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
Devid batara Mahanaim oge Absalọm gabigara Jọdan, ya na ndị ikom Izrel so ya.
25 And Absalom set Amasa over the host instead of Joab; which Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Jithra the Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
Absalọm họpụtakwara Amasa mee ya onyeisi ndị agha, nʼọnọdụ Joab. Amasa bụ nwa nwoke Itra, onye Ishmel, onye lụrụ Abigel, nwa nwanyị Nahash, onye bụkwa nwanne nwanyị Zeruaya nne Joab.
26 And Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
Absalọm na ndị agha Izrel mara ụlọ ikwu ha nʼala Gilead.
27 And as soon as David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
Mgbe Devid bịarutere Mahanaim, Shobi nwa Nahash onye obodo Raba nke dị nʼala ndị Amọn, na Makia nwa Amiel onye si Lo Deba, na Bazilai, onye Gilead si Rogelim
28 brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched [corn], and beans, and lentils, and parched [pulse],
wetara ute e ji edina ala, na ite isi nri, na efere e ji eri nri bụ ọrụ onye ọkpụ ite. Tinyere ọka wiiti na ọka balị, ụtụ ọka na ọka a ṅara nʼọkụ, akịdị na lentil.
29 and honey, and cream, and sheep, and cheese of kine to David, and to the people that were with him, to eat; for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.
O wetakwara mmanụ aṅụ, na bọta, atụrụ na chiizi nke sitere na mmiri ara ehi nye Devid na ndị so ya ka ha rie. Nʼihi na ha sịrị, “Ike agwụla ndị mmadụ, agụụ na-agụ ha, akpịrị na-akpọkwa ha nkụ, nʼime ọzara.”
