2 Samuel 19
1 And it is declared to Joab, “Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom”;
Yoabu akaambiwa, “Tazama, mfalme analia na kumwombolea Absalomu.”
2 and the salvation on that day becomes mourning to all the people, for the people have heard on that day, saying, “The king has been grieved for his son.”
Hivyo siku ile ushindi uligeuzwa kuwa maombolezo kwa jeshi lote, kwa maana jeshi likasikia ikisemwa siku hiyo, “Mfalme anaomboleza kwa ajili ya mwanaye.”
3 And the people steals away, on that day, to go into the city, as the people steal away, who are ashamed, in their fleeing in battle;
Siku ile askari waliingia mjini kwa kunyemelea kimyakimya kama watu waonao haya baada ya kukimbia vitani.
4 and the king has covered his face, indeed, the king cries [with] a loud voice, “My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!”
Mfalme akafunika uso wake na kulia kwa sauti, “Mwanangu Absalomu, Absalomu, mwanangu, mwangangu!”
5 And Joab comes into the house to the king and says, “Today you have put to shame the faces of all your servants, those delivering your life today, and the life of your sons, and of your daughters, and the life of your wives, and the life of your concubines,
Ndipo Yoabu akaingia ndani kwa mfalme na kumwambia, “Leo umeziaibisha nyuso za askari wako, waliookoa maisha yako leo, maisha ya wanao na binti zako, maisha ya wake zako na maisha ya masuria wako,
6 to love your enemies, and to hate those loving you, for today you have declared that you have no princes and servants, for today I have known that if Absalom [were] alive, and all of us dead today, that then it were right in your eyes.
kwa maana wawapenda wakuchukiao na kuwachukia wakupendao. Kwa kuwa leo umeonesha kwamba maakida na askari si chochote kwako. Natambua sasa kwamba kame Absalomu angesalia na sisi sote tungekufa hilo lingekufurahisha.
7 And now, rise, go out and speak to the heart of your servants, for I have sworn by YHWH, that [if] you are not going out—there does not lodge a man with you tonight; and this [is] worse for you than all the evil that has come on you from your youth until now.”
Sasa basi, inuka na uende kuongea na askari wako kwa upole, kwani nakuapia kwa Yahwe, ikiwa hutakwenda hakuna mtu hata mmoja atakayesalia nawe usiku huu. Na hii itakuwa vibaya sana kwako kuliko madhara yoyote yaliyowai kukupata tangu ujana wako.”
8 And the king rises, and sits in the gate, and they have declared to all the people, saying, “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate”; and all the people come in before the king, and Israel has fled, each to his tents.
Hivyo mfalme akainuka na kuketi kati ya lango la mji, watu wote wakaambiwa, “Tazama, mfalme ameketi kati ya lango.” Ndipo watu wote wakaja mbele za mfalme. Walakini, Israeli walikimbia kila mtu nyumbani kwake.
9 And it comes to pass, all the people are contending through all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, indeed, he himself delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines, and now he has fled out of the land because of Absalom,
Watu wote wakahojiana wao kwa wao katika jamaa zote za Israeli kusema, “Mfalme alituokoa na mkono wa adui zetu. Alitukomboa na mkono wa Wafilisti lakini sasa ameikimbia nchi mbele ya Absalomu.
10 and Absalom whom we anointed over us [is] dead in battle, and now, why are you silent—to bring back the king?”
Na Absalomu tuliyemtia mafuta juu yetu amekufa vitani. Hivyo kwa nini hatuongei juu ya kumrudisha mfalme tena?”
11 And King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, “Speak to [the] elderly of Judah, saying, Why are you last to bring back the king to his house, since the word of all Israel has come to the king, to his house;
Mfalme Daudi akatuma kwa Sadoki na kwa Abiathari makuhani kusema, “Ongeeni na wazee wa Yuda kusema, Kwa nini ninyi mmekuwa wa mwisho kumrudisha mfalme kwenye kasri lake tena, kwa vile usemi wa Israeli wote unamtaka mfalme arudi katika kasri lake?
12 you [are] my brothers, you [are] my bone and my flesh, and why are you last to bring back the king?
Ninyi ni ndugu zangu, mwili na mifupa yangu. Kwa nini basi mmekuwa wa mwisho kumrudisha mfalme?'
13 And say to Amasa, Are you not my bone and my flesh? Thus God does to me, and thus He adds, if you are not head of the host before me instead of Joab [for] all the days.”
Na mwambieni Amasa, 'Je wewe si mwili na mfupa wangu? Mungu anifanyie hivyo na kuzidi pia ikiwa hautakuwa jamadari wa jeshi langu tangu sasa na baadaye mahali pa Yoabu.
14 And he inclines the heart of all the men of Judah as one man, and they send to the king, “Return, you and all your servants.”
Naye akaishinda mioyo ya watu wote wa Yuda kama mtu mmoja, hata wakatuma kwa mfalme kusema, “Rudi sasa na watu wako wote.”
15 And the king turns back, and comes to the Jordan, and Judah has come to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan,
Hivyo mfalme akarudi naye akaja Yordani. Na watu wa Yuda wakaja Gilgali kwenda kumlaki mfalme ili kumvusha mfalme juu ya Yordani.
16 and Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite, who [is] from Bahurim, hurries, and comes down with the men of Judah, to meet King David,
Shimei mwana wa Gera, Mbenjamini, kutoka Bahurimu, akaharakisha kushuka pamoja na watu wa Yuda ili kumlaki mfalme Daudi.
17 and one thousand men [are] with him from Benjamin, and Ziba servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him, and they have gone prosperously over the Jordan before the king.
Kulikuwa na watu elfu moja kutoka Benjamini waliokuwa pamoja naye, na Siba mtumishi wa Sauli na wanawe kumi na watano na watumish wake ishirini walikuwa pamoja naye. Wakavuka Yordani mbele za mfalme.
18 And the ferry-boat has passed over to carry over the household of the king, and to do that which [is] good in his eyes, and Shimei son of Gera has fallen before the king in his passing over into the Jordan,
Wakavuka ili kuivusha familia ya mfalme na kumfanyia lolote aliloona jema. Shimei mwana wa Gera akainama chini mbele za mfalme mara alipoanza kuuvuka Yordani.
19 and he says to the king, “Do not let my lord impute iniquity to me; neither remember that which your servant did perversely in the day that my lord the king went out from Jerusalem—for the king to set [it] to his heart;
Shimei akamwambia mfalme, “Bwana wangu asinione mwenye hatia au kuyaweka moyoni ambayo mtumishi wake alifanya kwa ukaidi siku bwana wangu mfalme alipoondoka Yerusalemu. Tafadhari, mfalme na asiyaweke moyoni.
20 for your servant has known that I have sinned; and behold, I have come today, first of all the house of Joseph, to go down to meet my lord the king.”
Kwa maana mtumishi wako anatambua kwamba amekosa. Tazama, ndiyo maana nimekuja leo wa kwanza katika nyumba ya Yusufu ili kumlaki bwana wangu mfalme.”
21 And Abishai son of Zeruiah answers and says, “Is Shimei not put to death for this—because he reviled the anointed of YHWH?”
Lakini Abishai mwana wa Seruya akajibu na kusema, “Je Shimei asife kwa hili kwa vile alivyomlaani mtiwa mafuta wa Yahweh?”
22 And David says, “And what do I [have to do] with you, O sons of Zeruiah, that today you are for an adversary to me? Is any man put to death in Israel today? For have I not known that today I [am] king over Israel?”
Ndipo Daudi akasema, “Nifanye nini nanyi enyi wana wa Seruya, hata leo mkawa adui zangu? Je mtu yeyote atauawa leo katika Israeli? Kwani sijui kama leo mimi ni mfalme juu ya Israeli?
23 And the king says to Shimei, “You do not die”; and the king swears to him.
Hivyo mfalme akamwambia Shimei, “Hautakufa.” Mfalme akamwahidi kwa kiapo.
24 And Mephibosheth son of Saul has come down to meet the king—and he did not prepare his feet, nor did he prepare his upper lip, indeed, he did not wash his garments, even from the day of the going away of the king, until the day that he came in peace—
Kisha Mefiboshethi mwana wa Sauli akashuka ili kumlaki mfalme. Hakuwa ameivalisha miguu yake wala kunyoa ndevu zake wala kufua nguo zake tangu siku mfalme alipoondoka hata siku aliporudi kwa amani.
25 and it comes to pass, when he has come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king says to him, “Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?”
Na hivyo alipotoka Yerusalemu ili kumlaki mfalme, mfalme akamwambia, “Mefiboshethi Kwa nini haukwenda pamoja nami?”
26 And he says, “My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for your servant said, I saddle the donkey for myself, and ride on it, and go with the king, for your servant [is] lame;
Akajibu, “Bwana wangu mfalme mtumishi wangu alinidanganya, kwani nilisema, nitapanda juu ya punda ili niende na mfalme, kwa kuwa mtumishi wako ni mlemavu.'
27 and he utters slander against your servant to my lord the king, and my lord the king [is] as a messenger of God; and do that which is good in your eyes,
Mtumishi wangu Siba amenisemea uongo, mtumishi wako, kwa bwana wangu mfalme. Lakini bwana wangu mfalme ni kama malaika wa Mungu. Kwa hiyo fanya lililojema machoni pako.
28 for all the house of my father have been nothing except men of death before my lord the king, and you set your servant among those eating at your table, and what right do I have anymore—even to cry anymore to the king?”
Kwa maana nyumba yote ya baba yangu walikuwa maiti mbele ya bwana wangu mfalme, lakini ukamweka mtumishi wako miongoni mwao walao mezani pako. Kwa hiyo nililiye haki gani zaidi kwa mfalme?”
29 And the king says to him, “Why do you speak anymore of your matters? I have said, You and Ziba—share the field.”
“Kisha mfalme akamwambia, “Kwa nini kueleza yote zaidi? Nimekwisha amua kwamba wewe na Siba mtagawana mashamba.”
30 And Mephibosheth says to the king, “Indeed, let him take the whole, after that my lord the king has come in peace to his house.”
Ndipo Mefiboshethi akamjibu mfalme, “Sawa, acha achukue yote kwa vile bwana wangu mfalme amerudi salama nyumbani kwake.”
31 And Barzillai the Gileadite has gone down from Rogelim, and passes over the Jordan with the king, to send him away over the Jordan;
Kisha Berzilai Mgileadi akashuka kutoka Rogelimu ili avuke Yordani pamoja na mfalme, naye akamsaidia mfalme kuuvuka Yordani.
32 and Barzillai [is] very aged, a son of eighty years, and he has sustained the king in his abiding in Mahanaim, for he [is] a very great man;
Basi Berzilai alikuwa mzee sana mwenye umri wa miaka themanini. Alikuwa amemsaidia mfalme kwa mahitaji alipokuwako Mahanaimu kwani alikuwa na mali nyingi.
33 and the king says to Barzillai, “Pass over with me, and I have sustained you in Jerusalem with me.”
Mfalme akamwambia Berzilai, njoo pamoja nami, nami nitaandaa kwa ajili yako huko Yerusalemu.”
34 And Barzillai says to the king, “How many [are] the days of the years of my life, that I go up with the king to Jerusalem?
Berzilai akamjibu mfalme, “Kwani kuna siku ngapi zilizosalia maishani mwangu, hata niende na mfalme huko Yerusalemu?
35 I [am] a son of eighty years today; do I know between good and evil? Does your servant taste that which I am eating, and that which I drink? Do I listen anymore to the voice of male and female singers? And why is your servant for a burden to my lord the king anymore?
Nina umri wa miaka themanini. Je naweza kutofautisha mema na mabaya? Je mtumishi wako anaweza kuonja ninachokula au kunywa? Je naweza kusikia sauti zaidi za wanaume na wanawake waimbao? Kwa nini basi mtumishi wako awe mzigo kwa bwana wangu mfalme?
36 As a little thing, your servant passes over the Jordan with the king, and why does the king repay me this repayment?
Mtumishi wako angependa tu kuvuka Yordani pamoja na mfalme. Kwa nini mfalme anilipe kwa thawabu kama hiyo?
37 Please let your servant turn back again, and I die in my own city, near the burying-place of my father and of my mother—and behold, your servant Chimham, let him pass over with my lord the king, and do to him that which [is] good in your eyes.”
Tafadhari mruhusu mtumishi wako arudi nyumbani, ili kwamba nife katika mji wangu katika kaburi la baba na mama yangu. Lakini tazama, huyu hapa mtumishi wako Kimhamu. Haya yeye na avuke na bwana wangu mfalme na umfanyie lolote lipendezalo kwako.”
38 And the king says, “Chimham goes over with me, and I do to him that which [is] good in your eyes, indeed, all that you fix on me I do to you.”
Mfalme akajibu, “Kimhamu atakwenda pamoja nami, nami nitamtendea kila lionekanalo jema kwako, na lolote unalotamani kutoka kwangu nitakutendea.”
39 And all the people pass over the Jordan, and the king has passed over, and the king gives a kiss to Barzillai, and blesses him, and he turns back to his place.
Kisha watu wote wakavuka Yordani, mfalme naye akavuka, kisha mfalme akambusu Berzilai na kumbariki. Kisha Berzilai akarudi nyumbani kwake.
40 And the king passes over to Gilgal, and Chimham has passed over with him, and all the people of Judah, and they bring over the king, and also the half of the people of Israel.
Hivyo mfalme akavuka kuelekea Gilgali, na Kimhamu akavuka pamoja naye. Jeshi la Yuda lote na nusu ya jeshi la Israeli likamleta mfalme.
41 And behold, all the men of Israel are coming to the king, and they say to the king, “Why have our brothers, the men of Judah, stolen you—and they bring the king and his household over the Jordan, and all the men of David with him?”
Mara watu wa Israeli wote wakaanza kuja kwa mfalme na kumwambia, “Kwa nini ndugu zetu, watu wa Yuda, wamemwiba na kumleta mfalme na familia yake juu ya Yordani na watu wote wa Daudi pamoja naye?
42 And all the men of Judah answer against the men of Israel, “Because the king [is] near to us, and why [is] this [that] you are displeased about this matter? Have we eaten of the king’s [substance] at all? Has he lifted up a gift to us?”
Hivyo watu wa Yuda wakawajibu watu wa Israeli, “Ni kwa kuwa mfalme anahusiana nasi kwa karibu zaidi. Kwa nini basi mkasirike juu ya hili? Je sisi tumekula chochote ambacho mfalme amekitoa? Je ametupa zawadi yoyote?
43 And the men of Israel answer the men of Judah, and say, “We have ten parts in the king, and also more than you in David; and why have you lightly esteemed us, that our word has not been first to bring back our king?” And the word of the men of Judah is sharper than the word of the men of Israel.
Watu wa Israeli wakawajibu watu wa Yuda, Sisi tuna kabila kumi zaidi kwa mfalme hivyo tuna sehemu kubwa zaidi kwa Daudi kuliko ninyi. Kwa nini basi mlitudharau? Je hatukuwa wa kwanza kupendekeza kumrudisha mfalme wetu? Lakini maneno ya watu wa Yuda hata yakawa makali kuliko maneno ya watu wa Israeli.
