2 Samuel 17
1 Moreouer Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me chuse out now twelue thousand men, and I will vp and follow after Dauid this night,
Ahithofeli akamwambia Absalomu, “Nipe ruhusa niwachague watu kumi na mbili elfu na waanze safari usiku huu huu kumfuatia Daudi.
2 And I will come vpon him: for he is wearie, and weake handed: so I will feare him, and all the people that are with him, shall flee, and I will smite the King onely,
Nitamshambulia wakati akiwa amechoka na ni dhaifu. Nitampiga na hofu, na kisha watu wote walio pamoja naye watakimbia. Nitampiga mfalme peke yake
3 And I will bring againe all the people vnto thee, and when all shall returne, (the man whome thou seekest being slaine) all the people shalbe in peace.
na kuwarudisha watu wote kwako. Kifo cha mtu yule unayemtafuta kitamaanisha kurudi kwa wote, hakuna hata mtu mmoja atakayeumizwa.”
4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the Elders of Israel.
Mpango huu ulionekana mzuri kwa Absalomu na kwa wazee wote wa Israeli.
5 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let vs heare likewise what he sayth.
Lakini Absalomu akasema, “Pia mwiteni Hushai, Mwariki, ili tuweze kusikia anachokisema.”
6 So when Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom spake vnto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken thus: shall we doe after his saying, or no? tell thou.
Hushai alipokuja, Absalomu akasema, “Ahithofeli ametoa shauri hili. Je, tufanye anavyosema? Kama sivyo, tupe maoni yako.”
7 Hushai then answered vnto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath giuen, is not good at this time.
Hushai akamjibu Absalomu, “Shauri la Ahithofeli alilotoa halifai kwa wakati huu.
8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father, and his men, that they be strong men, and are chafed in minde as a beare robbed of her whelps in the fielde: also thy father is a valiant warrier, and will not lodge with the people.
Unamfahamu baba yako na watu wake, ni wapiganaji hodari, nao ni wakali kama dubu mwitu aliyepokonywa watoto wake. Zaidi ya hayo, baba yako ni mpiganaji jasiri, usiku hatalala pamoja na vikosi.
9 Behold, he is hid now in some caue, or in some place: and though some of them be ouerthrowen at the first, yet the people shall heare, and say, The people that follow Absalom, be ouerthrowen.
Hata sasa, amefichwa ndani ya pango au mahali pengine. Kama atatangulia kushambulia vikosi vyako, yeyote asikiaye habari hii atasema, ‘Kuna machinjo makubwa miongoni mwa vikosi vinavyomfuata Absalomu.’
10 Then he also that is valiant whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall shrinke and faint: for all Israel knoweth, that thy father is valiant, and they which be with him, stout men.
Basi hata yule askari hodari kuliko wengine wote, ambaye moyo wake ni kama wa simba, atayeyuka kwa hofu, kwa maana Israeli yote wanajua kwamba baba yako ni mpiganaji na kwamba wale walio pamoja naye ni watu hodari.
11 Therefore my counsell is, that all Israel be gathered vnto thee, from Dan euen to Beer-sheba as the sand of the sea in nomber, and that thou goe to battell in thine owne person.
“Kwa hiyo nakushauri: Israeli wote na wakusanyikie kwako, kuanzia Dani hadi Beer-Sheba, katika wingi wao jinsi walivyo kama mchanga wa ufuoni mwa bahari, wewe mwenyewe ukiwaongoza vitani.
12 So shall we come vpon him in some place, where we shall finde him, and we will vpon him as the dewe falleth on the ground: and of all the men that are with him, wee will not leaue him one.
Ndipo tutakapomshambulia popote atakapoonekana, nasi tutamwangukia kama umande unavyoshuka juu ya ardhi. Yeye mwenyewe wala watu wake hakuna atakayeachwa hai.
13 Moreouer if he be gotten into a citie, then shall all the men of Israel bring ropes to that citie, and we will draw it into the riuer, vntill there be not one small stone founde there.
Kama atakimbilia katika mji wowote, basi Israeli wote watazungushia mji ule kamba, nasi tutauburuta mji huo mpaka bondeni hadi isionekane hata changarawe ya huo mji.”
14 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel sayde, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better, then the counsell of Ahithophel: for the Lord had determined to destroy the good counsell of Ahithophel, that the Lord might bring euill vpon Absalom.
Absalomu na watu wote wa Israeli wakasema, “Shauri la Hushai, Mwariki, ni jema zaidi kuliko lile la Ahithofeli.” Kwa maana Bwana alikuwa amekusudia kupinga shauri nzuri la Ahithofeli, ili kuleta maafa juu ya Absalomu.
15 Then said Hushai vnto Zadok and to Abiathar the Priests, Of this and that maner did Ahithophel and the Elders of Israel counsell Absalom: and thus and thus haue I counseled.
Hushai akawaambia makuhani Sadoki na Abiathari, “Ahithofeli amemshauri Absalomu na wazee wa Israeli kufanya kadha wa kadha, lakini mimi nimewashauri wao kufanya kadha wa kadha.
16 Now therefore sende quickely, and shewe Dauid, saying, Tarie not this night in the fieldes of the wildernesse, but rather get thee ouer, lest the King be deuoured and all the people that are with him.
Sasa tumeni ujumbe haraka na kumwambia Daudi, ‘Usiku huu usilale kwenye vivuko katika jangwa; vuka bila kukosa, la sivyo, mfalme pamoja na watu wote waliofuatana naye watamezwa.’”
17 Now Ionathan and Ahimaaz abode by En-rogel: (for they might not be seene to come into the citie) and a maid went, and tolde them, and they went and shewed King Dauid.
Yonathani na Ahimaasi walikuwa wakingoja huko En-Rogeli, naye mtumishi mmoja wa kike akawa anakwenda kuwapasha habari nao wakawa wanakwenda kumwambia Mfalme Daudi, kwa maana wasingetaka kujihatarisha kuonekana wakiingia mjini.
18 Neuerthelesse a yong man sawe them, and tolde it to Absalom. therefore they both departed quickely, and came to a mans house in Bahurim, who had a well in his court, into the which they went downe.
Lakini kijana mmoja mwanaume akawaona, naye akamwambia Absalomu. Basi wote wawili wakaondoka haraka, wakaenda mpaka kwenye nyumba ya mtu mmoja huko Bahurimu. Mtu huyo alikuwa na kisima katika ua wa nyumba yake, nao Yonathani na Ahimaasi wakateremka ndani ya kisima hicho.
19 And the wife tooke and spred a couering ouer the welles mouth, and spred ground corne thereon, that the thing should not be knowen.
Mkewe akachukua kifuniko, akakiweka kwenye mdomo wa kile kisima na kuanika nafaka juu yake. Hakuna mtu yeyote aliyefahamu chochote kuhusu jambo hilo.
20 And when Absaloms seruants came to the wife into the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Ionathan? And the woman answered them, They be gone ouer the brooke of water. And when they had sought them, and could not finde them, they returned to Ierusalem.
Watu wa Absalomu walipofika kwa huyo mwanamke, wakamuuliza, “Wako wapi Ahimaasi na Yonathani?” Huyo mwanamke akawajibu, “Walivuka kijito.” Watu wa Absalomu wakapekua lakini hawakuwaona hata mmoja, hivyo wakarudi Yerusalemu.
21 And assoone as they were departed, the other came out of the well, and went and tolde King Dauid, and sayde vnto him, Vp, and get you quickely ouer the water: for such counsell hath Ahithophel giuen against you.
Baada ya watu hao kuondoka, wale watu wawili yaani Yonathani na Ahimaasi wakapanda kutoka mle kisimani na kwenda kumpasha Mfalme Daudi habari. Wakamwambia, “Ondoka, uvuke haya maji haraka. Ahithofeli ameshauri kadha wa kadha dhidi yako.”
22 Then Dauid arose, and all the people that were with him, and they went ouer Iorden vntil the dawning of the day, so that there lacked not one of them, that was not come ouer Iorden.
Kwa hiyo Daudi na watu wote aliokuwa nao waliondoka na kuvuka Yordani. Kufika wakati wa mapambazuko, hapakuwa na mtu hata mmoja ambaye alikuwa hajavuka Mto Yordani.
23 Nowe when Ahithophel sawe that his counsell was not followed, he sadled his asse, and arose, and he went home vnto his citie, and put his houshold in order, and hanged him selfe, and dyed, and was buryed in his fathers graue.
Ahithofeli alipoona kwamba shauri lake halikufuatwa, akatandika punda wake, akaondoka kwenda nyumbani kwake kwenye mji wake. Akaiweka nyumba yake katika utaratibu, kisha akajinyonga mwenyewe. Hivyo akafa na akazikwa katika kaburi la baba yake.
24 Then Dauid came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed ouer Iorden, he, and all the men of Israel with him.
Daudi akaenda Mahanaimu, naye Absalomu akavuka Yordani pamoja na watu wote wa Israeli.
25 And Absalom made Amasa captaine of the hoste in the stead of Ioab: which Amasa was a mans sonne named Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Ioabs mother.
Absalomu alikuwa amemweka Amasa juu ya jeshi badala ya Yoabu. Amasa alikuwa mwana wa mtu mmoja aliyeitwa Yetheri, Mwisraeli, ambaye alikuwa amemwoa Abigaili binti Nahashi, dada yake Seruya mamaye Yoabu.
26 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
Waisraeli na Absalomu wakapiga kambi huko nchi ya Gileadi.
27 And when Dauid was come to Mahanaim, Shobi the sonne of Nahash out of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the sonne of Ammiel out of Lo-debar, and Barzelai the Gileadite out of Rogel
Daudi alipofika Mahanaimu, Shobi mwana wa Nahashi kutoka Raba ya Waamoni, Makiri mwana wa Amieli kutoka Lo-Debari, na Barzilai Mgileadi kutoka Rogelimu
28 Brought beds, and basens, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and floure, and parched corne, and beanes, and lentiles, and parched corne.
wakaleta matandiko ya kitandani, mabakuli na vyombo vya mfinyanzi. Walileta pia ngano na shayiri, unga na bisi, maharagwe na kunde,
29 And they brought hony, and butter, and sheepe, and cheese of kine for Dauid and for the people that were with him, to eate: for they said, The people is hungry, and wearie, and thirstie in the wildernesse.
asali na maziwa yaliyoganda, kondoo na jibini kutoka kwenye maziwa ya ngʼombe kwa ajili ya Daudi na watu wake ili wale. Kwa maana walisema, “Watu wameona njaa, tena wamechoka na wamepata kiu huko jangwani.”
