2 Samuel 17

1 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom: 'Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night;

Naʻe pehē foki ʻe ʻAhitofeli kia ʻApisalomi, “Tuku ke u fili mai ha kau tangata ʻe tokotaha mano mo e toko ua afe, pea te u tuʻu hake mo tuli atu kia Tevita ʻi he poōni:

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;

Pea te u hoko atu kiate ia lolotonga ʻa ʻene ongosia mo nima vaivai, pea u fakamanavahēʻi ia: pea ʻe hola ʻae kakai kotoa pē ʻoku ʻiate ia; pea teu taaʻi ʻae tuʻi tokotaha pe:

3 and I will bring back all the people unto thee; when all shall have returned, save the man whom thou seekest, all the people will be in peace.'

Pea te u toe ʻomi kiate koe ʻae kakai kotoa pē: ko e tangata ʻaia ʻoku ke kumi ʻoku hangē ia ko e liliu mai ʻoe kakai kotoa pē: pea ʻe fiemālie ai ʻae kakai kotoa pē.”

4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

Pea naʻe lelei ʻae lea ni kia ʻApisalomi, pea mo e mātuʻa kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli.

5 Then said Absalom: 'Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.'

Pea naʻe toki pehē ʻe ʻApisalomi, “Ui eni foki kia Husai ko e tangata ʻAliki, pea ke tau fanongo ki heʻene lau ʻaʻana.”

6 And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spoke unto him, saying: 'Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner; shall we do after his saying? if not, speak thou.'

Pea ʻi heʻene hoko mai ʻa Husai kia ʻApisalomi, naʻe lea ʻa ʻApisalomi kiate ia, ʻo pehē, “Kuo pehē ni ʻae lea kuo fai ʻe ʻAhitofeli: te tau fai pe ʻikai ki heʻene lea? Kapau ʻe ʻikai, ke ke lea mai pe koe.”

7 And Hushai said unto Absalom: 'The counsel that Ahithophel hath given this time is not good.'

Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Husai kia ʻApisalomi, “Ko e fakakaukau kuo lea ʻaki ʻe ʻAhitofeli ʻoku ʻikai lelei ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko eni.”

8 Hushai said moreover: 'Thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are embittered in their minds, 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.

He naʻe pehē ʻe Husai, “ʻOku ke ʻilo ʻa hoʻo tamai pea mo ʻene kau tangata, ko e kau tangata toʻa ʻakinautolu, pea kuo nau mamahi ʻi honau loto, ʻo hangē ko ha pea kuo kaihaʻasi mei ai hono ʻuhiki ʻi he vao: pea ko hoʻo tamai ko e tangata maheni ai mo e tau, pea ʻe ʻikai te ne nofo fakataha mo e kakai.

9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some place; and it will come to pass, when they fall upon them at the first, and whosoever heareth it shall say: There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom;

Vakai, kuo fufū eni ia ʻi ha luo, pe ʻi ha potu kehe: pea ʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻoka tō hifo honau niʻihi ʻi he kamataʻanga, ʻe pehē ʻe ia kotoa pē ʻoku fanongo ki ai, Kuo fai ʻae teʻia ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe kakai ʻoku muimui kia ʻApisalomi.

10 then even he that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they that are with him are valiant men.

Pea ko ia foki ʻoku toʻa pea tatau hono loto mo e loto ʻo ha laione, ʻe vaivai ʻaupito: he ʻoku ʻilo ʻe ʻIsileli kātoa ko hoʻo tamai ko e tangata toʻa ia, pea ʻoku lototoʻa ʻakinautolu ʻoku kau mo ia.

11 But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together unto 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.

Ko ia ko ʻeku fakakaukau ʻaʻaku ke tānaki kotoa pē ʻa ʻIsileli kiate koe, mei Tani ʻo aʻu atu ki Peasipa, ke hangē ko e ʻoneʻone ʻoe matātahi ʻa honau tokolahi; pea ko koe, ke ʻalu koe ki he tau.

12 So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground; and of him and of all the men that are with him we will not leave so much as one.

Pea pehē, te tau hoko atu kiate ia ʻi ha potu pe ʻe ʻilo ai ia, pea te tau tō hifo ki ai ʻo hangē ko e tō hifo ʻae hahau ki he funga kelekele: pea ʻiate ia pea mo e kau tangata kotoa pē ʻoku kau mo ia ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito tuku ke toe hanau tokotaha.

13 Moreover, if he withdraw himself into a city, then shall all Israel bring up ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the valley until there be not one small stone found there.'

Pea kapau foki kuo ne hū atu ki ha kolo, ʻe toki ʻomi ai ʻe ʻIsileli kātoa ha ngaahi maea ki he kolo ko ia, pea te tau tohoaki ia ki he vaitafe, kaeʻoua ke taʻeʻiloʻi ʻi ai hano momoʻi foʻi maka siʻi ʻe taha.”

14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said: 'The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.' — For the LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ʻApisalomi pea mo e kau tangata kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli, “ʻOku lelei hake ʻae fakakaukau ʻa Husai ko e tangata ʻAliki ʻi he fakakaukau ʻa ʻAhitofeli. He naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ʻe Sihova ke veuveuki ʻae fakakaukau lelei ʻa ʻAhitofeli, koeʻuhi kae ʻomi ʻe Sihova ʻae kovi kia ʻApisalomi.”

15 Then said Hushai unto 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.

Pea naʻe toki pehē ai ʻe Husai kia Satoki mo ʻApiata ko e ongo taulaʻeiki, naʻe pehē mo pehē ʻae fakakaukau naʻe fai ʻe ʻAhitofeli kia ʻApisalomi pea mo e kau mātuʻa ʻo ʻIsileli; pea kuo pehē mo pehē ʻa ʻeku fakakaukau ʻaʻaku.

16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying: Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but in any wise pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.'

Ko ia foki mo fekau fakatoʻotoʻo, pea tala kia Tevita, ʻo pehē, ʻoua naʻa ke nofo ʻi he poōni ʻi he potu ʻataʻatā ʻoe toafa, ka ke mole atu ke vave; telia naʻa fōngia hifo ʻae tuʻi pea mo e kakai kotoa pē ʻoku ʻiate ia.

17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; and a maid-servant used to go and tell them; and they went and told king David; for they might not be seen to come into the city.

Ka ko eni naʻe nofo ʻa Sonatane mo ʻAhimasi ʻo ofi ki Eni-Lokeli; he naʻe tapu ʻe na hū mai ki he kolo: ko ia naʻe ʻalu ai ha fefine ʻo ne tala ia kiate kinaua; pea naʻa na ʻalu ʻo fakahā ia ki he tuʻi ko Tevita.

18 But a lad saw them, and told Absalom; and they went both of them away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down thither.

Ka naʻe mamata kiate kinaua ha tamasiʻi, pea ne fakahā ia kia ʻApisalomi: ka naʻa na ʻalu fakatoʻotoʻo fakatouʻosi, ʻo na hoko ki he fale ʻo ha tangata ʻi Pahulimi, ʻaia naʻe maʻu ha luo vaikeli ʻi hono lotoʻā, pea naʻa na ʻalu hifo ki ai.

19 And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and strewed groats thereon; and nothing was known.

Pea naʻe ʻomi ʻe he fefine ha meʻa ʻufiʻufi ʻo ne ʻufiʻufi ʻaki ʻae ngutu ʻoe luo vai, pea naʻe folofolahi ki ai ʻae fuaʻi uite ʻaia naʻe momosi; pea naʻe ʻikai ʻiloʻi ʻae meʻa ko ia.

20 And Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said: 'Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?' And the woman said unto them: 'They are gone over the brook of water.' And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

Pea ʻi he hoko mai ʻae kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa ʻApisalomi ki he fefine ʻi he fale, naʻa nau pehē, Ko fē ʻia ʻa ʻAhimasi pea mo Sonatane? Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he fefine kiate kinautolu, “Kuo na mole atu ki he kauvai ʻe taha.” Pea hili ʻenau kumi mo taʻeʻiloʻi ʻakinaua, naʻa nau toe ʻalu ki Selūsalema.

21 And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said unto David: 'Arise ye, and pass quickly over the water; for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.'

Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, hili ʻenau ʻalu, naʻa na ʻalu hake mei he luo vaikeli, ʻo na ō mo fakahā kia Tevita, ko e tuʻi, ʻo na pehē kia Tevita, “Tuʻu hake, pea ʻalu fakatoʻotoʻo atu ki he kauvai: he kuo pehē ni ʻae fakakaukau ʻa ʻAhitofeli kiate kimoutolu.”

22 Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan; by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over the Jordan.

Pea naʻe toki tuʻu hake ai ʻa Tevita, pea mo e kakai kotoa pē naʻe ʻiate ia, pea naʻa nau aʻa atu ki he kauvai ʻe taha ʻo Sioatani: ʻi heʻene maʻa hake ʻae ʻaho naʻe ʻikai toe ha tokotaha naʻe taʻeʻā atu ʻi Sioatani.

23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and got him home, unto his city, and set his house in order, and strangled himself; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

Pea ʻi heʻene mamata ʻe ʻAhitofeli kuo ʻikai fai ʻa ʻene fakakaukau ʻaʻana, naʻa ne ʻai ʻae hekaʻanga ki heʻene ʻasi, pea ne tuʻu hake, pea naʻe ʻalu ia ki hono ʻapi, pea ki hono kolo, pea naʻa ne tuku ʻae fekau ki hono fale, pea ne tautau ʻe ia ia, ʻo ne mate, pea naʻe tanu ia ʻi he faʻitoka ʻo ʻene tamai.

24 When David was come to Mahanaim, Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

Pea hili ia naʻe haʻu ʻa Tevita ki Mehanemi. Pea naʻe aʻa atu ʻa ʻApisalomi ʻi Sioatani, ʻaia mo e kau tangata kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli naʻe ʻiate ia.

25 And Absalom had set Amasa over the host instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Jesraelite, that went in to Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.

Pea naʻe fakanofo ʻe ʻApisalomi ʻa ʻAmasa ko e ʻeiki pule ʻoe tau ko e fetongi ʻo Soape: pea ko ʻAmasa ko e foha ia ʻoe tangata ʻaia naʻe hingoa ko Itila ko e tangata ʻIsileli, ʻaia naʻe ʻalu ʻo mohe mo ʻApikali ko e ʻofefine ʻo Naʻasi, pea ko e tokoua kia Seluia ko e faʻē ʻa Soape.

26 And Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.

Ko ia naʻe nofo ai ʻa ʻIsileli mo ʻApisalomi ʻi he fonua ʻo Kiliati.

27 And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that 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,

Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻI heʻene hoko mai ʻa Tevita ki Mehanemi, [naʻe haʻu ]ʻa Sopi ko e foha ʻo Naʻasi mei Lapa ʻi he fānau ʻa ʻAmoni, mo Mekili ko e foha ʻo ʻAmieli ʻo Lotipale, mo Pasilai ko e tangata Kiliati mei Lokelimi,

28 brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse,

‌ʻO[nau ]ʻomi ʻae ngaahi moheʻanga, mo e ngaahi ipu, mo e ngaahi ipu kelekele, mo e uite, mo e paʻale, mo e mahoaʻa, mo e uite naʻe tunu, mo e piini, mo e faʻahinga piini naʻe tunu.

29 and honey, and curd, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat; for they said: 'The people is hungry, and faint, and thirsty, in the wilderness.'

Mo e honi, mo e pota, mo e fanga sipi, mo e siisi mei he[huhuʻa ʻoe ]fanga pulu fefine, [ko e meʻa ]maʻa Tevita, pea mo e kakai kotoa pē naʻe ʻiate ia, kenau kai: he naʻa nau pehē, Kuo fiekaia ʻae kakai, mo ongosia, mo fieinua, ʻi he toafa.