2 Samuel 17
1 And Achitophel said to Absalom: I will choose me twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night.
Azɔ la, Ahitofel gblɔ na Absalom be, “Na ame akpe wuievem ne míati David yome le zã sia me.
2 And coming upon him (for he is now weary, and weak handed) I will defeat him: and when all the people is put to flight that is with him, I will kill the king who will be left alone.
Madze edzi esi ɖeɖi te eŋu eye wògbɔdzɔ. Made vɔvɔ̃ lãme nɛ ekema eŋumewo katã asi, agblẽe ɖi. Mawu fia la ɖeɖe ko,
3 And I will bring back all the people, as if they were but one man: for thou seekest but one man: and all the people shall be in peace.
eye makplɔ ame bubuawo katã vɛ na wò. Ame si dim nèle ƒe ku la anye ame bubuawo ƒe tɔtrɔ gbɔ; nuvevi mawɔ ame bubuawo dometɔ aɖeke o.”
4 And his saying pleased Absalom, and all the ancients of Israel.
Absalom kple Israel ƒe ametsitsiwo katã lɔ̃ ɖe ɖoɖo sia dzi.
5 But Absalom said: Call Chusai the Arachite, and let us hear what he also saith.
Ke Absalom gblɔ be, “Mina míabia Husai, Arkitɔ la, nu si wòbu tso ɖoɖo sia ŋu.”
6 And when Chusai was come to Absalom, Absalom said to him: Achitophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do it or not? what counsel dost thou give?
Esi Husai va ɖo la, Absalom gblɔ nya si Ahitofel gblɔ la nɛ eye wòbia Husai be, “Aleke nèbu tso ɖoɖo sia ŋu? Ɖe míazɔ ɖe Ahitofel ƒe aɖaŋu nua? Ne mèda asi ɖe edzi o la, ekema gblɔ nu si nèbu be míawɔ la na mí.”
7 And Chusai said to Absalom: The counsel that Achitophel hath given this time is not good.
Husai ɖo eŋu na Absalom be, “Mebu be azɔ ya la, Ahitofel da ƒu.
8 And again Chusai said: Thou knowest thy father, and the men that are with him, that they are very valiant, and bitter in their mind, as a bear raging in the wood when her whelps are taken away: and thy father is a warrior, and will not lodge with the people.
Ènya fofowò kple eƒe amewo nyuie, ènya be wonye aʋawɔla sesẽwo. Ɖewohĩ David ƒe mo nyra ɖa abe sisiblisinɔ si ƒe viwo wofi le egbɔ la ene. Aʋawɔla xɔŋkɔ, kpɔnuteƒee fofowò nye, ne zã do la, mamlɔ aʋawɔlawo dome o.
9 Perhaps he now lieth hid in pits, or in some other place where he list: and when any one shall fall at the first, every one that heareth it shall say: There is a slaughter among the people that followed Absalom.
Ɖewohĩ ebe ɖe do alo agado aɖe me ɖa xoxo! Ne edo va dze mia dzi eye wòwu miaƒe ame aɖewo la, vɔvɔ̃ aɖo wò aʋawɔlawo eye ame sia ame ade asi ɣlidodo me be wosi aʋakɔ si kplɔ Absalom ɖo.
10 And the most valiant man whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall melt for fear: for all the people of Israel know thy father to be a valiant man, and that all who are with him are valiant.
Ekema wò kalẽtɔwo kekeake gɔ̃ hã, nenye dzata ƒe dzie le dɔ me na wo gɔ̃ hã la, vɔvɔ̃ ana woatsi teƒe ɖeka elabena Israel blibo la nya be fofowò bi ɖe aʋawɔwɔ me eye eƒe asrafowo hã nye kalẽtɔwo.
11 But this seemeth to me to be good counsel: Let all Israel be gathered to thee, from Dan to Bersabee, as the sand of the sea which cannot be numbered: and thou shalt be in the midst of them.
“Nu si mebue nye be nàƒo Israel dukɔ blibo la ƒe aʋakɔ la nu ƒu tso keke Dan va se ɖe Beerseba ale be aʋakɔ gã aɖe nanɔ asiwò. Mebu hã be wò ŋutɔ nàkplɔ aʋakɔ la.
12 And we shall come upon him in what place soever he shall be found: and we shall cover him, as the dew falleth upon the ground, and we shall not leave of the men that are with him, not so much as one.
Ekema ne mieke ɖe David ŋu la, miate ŋu atsrɔ̃ eƒe aʋakɔ blibo la ale be ame ɖeka pɛ gɔ̃ hã masusɔ anɔ agbe o.
13 And if he shall enter into any city, all Israel shall cast ropes round about that city, and we will draw it into the river, so that there shall not be found so much as one small stone thereof.
Ne David si yi du aɖe me la, Israel ƒe aʋakɔ blibo la anɔ wò kpɔkplɔ te, miatsi kawo ɖe dua ƒe gliwo ŋu eye miahe gliawo ayi aɖakɔ ɖe balime si te ɖe eŋu la me va se ɖe esime kpe aɖeke maganɔ kpe dzi o.”
14 And Absalom, and all the men of Israel said: The counsel of Chusai the Arachite is better than the counsel of Achitophel: and by the will of the Lord the profitable counsel of Achitophel was defeated, that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.
Tete Absalom kple Israelviwo katã gblɔ be, “Husai, Arkitɔ la ƒe aɖaŋu nyo wu Ahitofel tɔ.” Esia va eme elabena Yehowa ɖo be, yeagblẽ Ahitofel ƒe aɖaŋu, si nye nyuitɔ boŋ hafi la me ale be yeahe dzɔgbevɔ̃e va Absalom dzi.
15 And Chusai said to Sadoc and Abiathar the priests: Thus and thus did Achitophel counsel Absalom, and the ancients of Israel: and thus and thus did I counsel them.
Husai gblɔ na nunɔla Zadok kple Abiata bena; Ale kple ale Ahitofel ɖo aɖaŋu na Absalom kple Israel ametsitsiwo kple eya ŋutɔ tɔ na nunɔlawo.
16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying: Tarry not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but without delay pass over: lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that is with him.
Egblɔ na wo be, “Afɔ netsɔ! Midi David enumake eye miagblɔ nɛ be, meganɔ Yɔdan tɔsisi la ƒe tɔtsoƒe le zã sia me o ke boŋ ele be wòatso tɔsisi la enumake ayi gbedzi le tɔsisi la godo. Ne mewɔ alea o la, eya ŋutɔ kple eƒe aʋakɔ la katã atsrɔ̃.”
17 And Jonathan and Achimaas stayed by the fountain Rogel: and there went a maid and told them: and they went forward, to carry the message to king David, for they might not be seen, nor enter into the city.
Yonatan kple Ahimaaz nɔ En Rogel ale be amewo makpɔ wo ne woge ɖe dua me alo wodo go le dua me o. Wowɔ ɖoɖo kple nyɔnudɔla aɖe be wòayi aɖagblɔ nya si woagblɔ na David la na wo.
18 But a certain boy saw them, and told Absalom: but they making haste went into the house of a certain man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court, and they went down into it.
Ke esi wodzo le En Rogel yina David gbɔ la, ŋutsu aɖe kpɔ wo eye wòyi ɖagblɔe na Absalom. Le ɣeyiɣi sia me la, wosi yi Bahurim eye ŋutsu aɖe ɣla wo ɖe eƒe vudo me le eƒe aƒe godo.
19 And a woman took, and spread a covering over the mouth of the well, as it were to dry sodden barley: and so the thing was not known.
Ŋutsua srɔ̃ ɖo avɔ aɖe ɖe vudo la nu eye wosia bli ɖe avɔ la dzi ale be ame aɖeke mabu be woanɔ afi ma o.
20 And when Absalom’s servants were come into the house, they said to the woman: Where is Achimaas and Jonathan? and the woman answered them: They passed on in haste, after they had tasted a little water. But they that sought them, when they found them not, returned into Jerusalem.
Esi Absalom ƒe amewo va nyɔnu la gbɔ la, wobia be, “Afi ka Ahimaaz kple Yonatan wole?” Nyɔnu la gblɔ na wo be, “Wotso tɔʋu la xoxo.” Ameawo di wo gake womekpɔ wo o, ale wotrɔ yi Yerusalem.
21 And when they were gone, they came up out of the well, and going on told king David, and said: Arise, and pass quickly over the river: for this manner of counsel has Achitophel given against you.
Ame eveawo do le vudo la me eye woɖe abla yi Fia David gbɔ. Wogblɔ nɛ be, “Afɔ netsɔ! Tso Yɔdan tɔsisi la le zã sia me.” Wogblɔ ale si Ahitofel ɖo aɖaŋu na Absalom be wòalée, awui la hã nɛ.
22 So David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan, until it grew light, and not one of them was left that was not gone over the river.
Ale David kple eŋumewo katã tso tɔsisi la le zã ma me eye woɖo tɔsisi la godo hafi ŋu ke.
23 But Achitophel seeing that his counsel was not followed, saddled his ass, and arose and went home to his house and to his city, and putting his house in order, hanged himself, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
Le ɣeyiɣi ma me la, esi Absalom do ŋukpe Ahitofel le dukɔ la ŋkume eye mexɔ eƒe aɖaŋuɖoɖo o ta la, Ahitofel de eƒe tedzi dzi eye wòyi wo de. Esi wòdzra eƒe aƒe ɖo vɔ la, ede ka ve na eɖokui. Ale Ahitofel ku eye woɖii ɖe fofoa xa.
24 But David came to the camp, and Absalom passed over the Jordan, be and all the men of Israel with him.
Le ɣeyiɣi kpui aɖe megbe la, David va ɖo Mahanaim. Absalom ƒo Israel dukɔ blibo la nu ƒu eye wòkplɔ ameawo wonɔ tɔsisi la tsom.
25 Now Absalom appointed Amasa in Joab’s stead over the army: and Amasa was the son of a man who was called Jethra of Jezrael, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Naas, the sister of Sarvia who was the mother of Joab.
Absalom na Amasa zu aʋafia ɖe Yoab teƒe. Amasa fofoe nye Itra, Ismaeltɔ eye dadae nye Abigail, Nahas ƒe vinyɔnu, ame si nye Yoaz dada, Zeruya nɔvinyɔnu.
26 And Israel camped with Absalom in the land of Galaad.
Absalom kple Israel ƒe aʋakɔ la ƒo ƒu ɖe Gileadnyigba dzi.
27 And when David was come to the camp, Sobi the son of Naas of Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammihel of Lodabar, and Berzellai the Galaadite of Rogelim,
Esi David va ɖo Mahanaim la, Sobi, Nahas ƒe vi si tso Amon ƒe viwo ƒe Raba kple Makir, Amiel ƒe vi si tso Lo Debar kple Barzilai, Gileadtɔ la si tso Rogelun la
28 Brought him beds, and tapestry, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and fried pulse,
tsɔ abadzivɔwo, agbawo kple zewo vɛ. Wotsɔ lu kple ƒo, wɔ, bli tɔtɔe, ayi kple
29 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and fat calves, and they gave to David and the people that were with him, to eat: for they suspected that the people were faint with hunger and thirst in the wilderness.
anyitsi, nyinotsi babla, alẽwo kple akpɔnɔ si wowɔ kple nyinotsi la hã vɛ na David kple eƒe amewo be woaɖu. Wogblɔ be, “Dɔ le ameawo wum, ɖeɖi te wo ŋu eye tsikɔ hã le wo wum le gbegbea.”
