2 Samuel 17
1 Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.
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 catch up with him while he is weary and discouraged, and will thow him into a panic, and all the people who are with him will flee. And I will strike the king alone.
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 Then all the people will come back to you, as a bride returns to her husband. You seek the life of only one man; then all the people will 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 advice seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
Atụmatụ ahụ ziri ezi nʼanya Absalọm na ndị okenye niile nke Izrel.
5 Then Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Archite, and let's hear what he says."
Ma Absalọm kwuru sị, “Kpọọ Hushaị onye Akai ka anyị jụọ ya ihe ọ chere banyere okwu a.”
6 When Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom said to him, "Ahithophel has spoken thus. Should we follow his advice? And if not, speak up."
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 So 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 Moreover, Hushai said, "You know your father and his men, that they are warriors, and that they are as fierce as a bear robbed of her cubs in the wild, or a sow snared in the wild. Your father is expert in war, and will not camp 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 Look, he is now hidden in some pit, or in some other place. And it will happen when some of them have fallen first, that whoever hears it will say, 'There is a slaughter among the people who 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 Then even the one who is brave, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a warrior, and those who are with him are brave 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 strongly advise as follows: Let all Israel be gathered to you from Dan to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea in number, and that you personally go into battle.
“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 So we will come upon him in some place where he can be found, and we will fall on him as the dew falls on the ground, and of him and all the men with him not one will be left.
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 Moreover, if he withdraws into a city, then all Israel will take up ropes to that city, and we will drag it into the riverbed, until there isn't one pebble to be 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 Then Absalom and all Israel said, "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel." For the LORD had commanded that Ahithophel's counsel should be defeated, so that that the LORD could bring Absalom to ruin.
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 Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, "Here is the council Ahithophel gave Absalom and the elders of Israel, and here is what I counseled.
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 Now therefore send quickly and tell David, saying, 'Do not stay the night at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over. Otherwise the king and all the people who are with him will be swallowed up.'"
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 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En Rogel, and a female servant was to go and tell them, and they would go and inform king David. For they were not to be seen going 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 young man saw them and told Absalom. So they both departed quickly and reached the house of a man in Bahurim who had a well in his courtyard, and they went down into it.
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 a covering and spread it over the top of the well and scattered some grain on it, so that nothing could be noticed.
Nwunye nwoke ahụ weere ihe mkpuchi ya tụsaa nʼọnụ olulu mmiri ahụ gbasaakwa mkpụrụ ọka nʼelu ya. Ọ dịghị onye maara maka ya.
20 Then Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house, and they asked, "Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?" And the woman said to them, "They have crossed the brook of water." And when they had searched and could not find them, they 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 It came about after they had left that they climbed out of the well, and left and told king David. And they said to him, "Get up and cross quickly over the water, for Ahithophel has given such and such counsel 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 and all the people who were with him got up and they crossed the Jordan. By dawn there was no one left who had not crossed 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 Now when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went up to his home in his city. Then he set his house in order and hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb 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 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom crossed the Jordan, he and all Israel with him.
Devid batara Mahanaim oge Absalọm gabigara Jọdan, ya na ndị ikom Izrel so ya.
25 And Absalom had put Amasa over the army in place of of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Jether the Ishmaelite, who had married Abigail the daughter of Jesse, 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 So Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.
Absalọm na ndị agha Izrel mara ụlọ ikwu ha nʼala Gilead.
27 Now it happened when David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the people of Ammon, Makir 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 couches for sleeping, and covers, and basins, and pottery utensils, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched grain, and beans, and lentils,
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 curd of the flock, and cheese of the herd. And they presented them to David and to the people who were with him to eat. For they said, "The people are hungry and tired 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.”
