2 Samuel 19

1 It was told Joab, "Look, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom."

Yoabu akaambiwa, “Tazama, mfalme analia na kumwombolea Absalomu.”

2 The victory that day was turned into mourning to all the people; for the people heard it said that day, "The king grieves 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 So the people went quietly into the city that day, the way that people who are humiliated creep away when fleeing in battle.

Siku ile askari waliingia mjini kwa kunyemelea kimyakimya kama watu waonao haya baada ya kukimbia vitani.

4 The king covered his face, and he cried with a loud voice, "My son Absalom, Absalom, my son."

Mfalme akafunika uso wake na kulia kwa sauti, “Mwanangu Absalomu, Absalomu, mwanangu, mwangangu!”

5 Then Joab went into the house to the king, and said, "Today you have humiliated the faces of all your servants, who have this day saved your life and the lives of your sons and of your daughters and the lives of your wives and the lives of your secondary wives;

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 by loving those who hate you and hating those who love you. For you have made it clear today that commanders and servants are nothing to you. For you know that if Absalom were alive today, and all of us had died, then you would be pleased.

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 Now therefore get up, go out and speak kindly to your servants. For I swear by Jehovah, if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you this night, and that will be worse for you than all the evil that has happened to 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 So the king got up and sat at the gate. And all the people were informed, saying, "Look, the king is sitting at the gate." And all the people came before the king. Meanwhile, Israel had fled each man to his tent.

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 All the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled from the land and from being over his kingdom.

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. Now therefore why do you not speak a word of bringing the king back?" And the talk of all Israel came to the king.

Na Absalomu tuliyemtia mafuta juu yetu amekufa vitani. Hivyo kwa nini hatuongei juu ya kumrudisha mfalme tena?”

11 So king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, "Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, 'Why are you the last to bring the king back to his palace?

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. Why then are you the 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, 'Aren't you my bone and my flesh? Now then, God do so to me, and more also, if you aren't commander of the army before me continually in place of Joab. '"

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 Thus the heart of all the men of Judah was inclined as one man, so that they sent a message 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 So the king returned and came to the Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, having come down to meet the king, to bring the king across 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 the son of Gera, the Benjamite who was from Bahurim, hurried and came 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 a thousand men from Benjamin with him. But Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him, waded through the Jordan ahead of 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 did the work of bringing the king across and to do whatever he wished. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, when he crossed 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 Then he said to the king, "May my lord not consider punishment. Do not remember what your servant did wrong on the day when my lord the king left Jerusalem, so that the king should call it to mind.

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 knows that I have sinned. Therefore, look, I have come today the first of all the house of Joseph to come 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 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah replied, "Should not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed Jehovah's anointed?"

Lakini Abishai mwana wa Seruya akajibu na kusema, “Je Shimei asife kwa hili kwa vile alivyomlaani mtiwa mafuta wa Yahweh?”

22 But David replied, "What does this have to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should become my adversaries today? Should anyone be put to death in Israel today? For do you not know that today I begin to rule 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 Then the king said to Shimei, "You will not die." And the king gave him his oath.

Hivyo mfalme akamwambia Shimei, “Hautakufa.” Mfalme akamwahidi kwa kiapo.

24 Now Mippibaal son of Jonathan son of Saul came down to meet the king, and he had neither cared for his feet nor trimmed his beard nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came back safely.

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 happened when he came to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, "Why did you not go with me, Mippibaal?"

Na hivyo alipotoka Yerusalemu ili kumlaki mfalme, mfalme akamwambia, “Mefiboshethi Kwa nini haukwenda pamoja nami?”

26 So he answered, "My lord king, my servant deceived me. For your servant said to him, 'Saddle a donkey for me so that I may 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 has slandered your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king did that which was good in my eyes, like an angel of God.

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 though all my father's house were but men doomed to death before my lord the king, yet you placed your servant among those who eat at your table. From whom, then, could I have finer treatment?" But when he cried out 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 the king said, "Why do you multiply your words? I say: You and Ziba divide the property."

“Kisha mfalme akamwambia, “Kwa nini kueleza yote zaidi? Nimekwisha amua kwamba wewe na Siba mtagawana mashamba.”

30 And Mippibaal said to the king, "Yes, let him take it all, since my lord the king has come safely home."

Ndipo Mefiboshethi akamjibu mfalme, “Sawa, acha achukue yote kwa vile bwana wangu mfalme amerudi salama nyumbani kwake.”

31 Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim, and he went with the king to conduct him from the Jordan.

Kisha Berzilai Mgileadi akashuka kutoka Rogelimu ili avuke Yordani pamoja na mfalme, naye akamsaidia mfalme kuuvuka Yordani.

32 Now Barzillai was a very old man, eighty years old; and he had provided for the king while he was staying at Mahanaim, for he was a very rich 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 said to Barzillai, "Come over with me, and I will provide for your old age in Jerusalem with me."

Mfalme akamwambia Berzilai, njoo pamoja nami, nami nitaandaa kwa ajili yako huko Yerusalemu.”

34 But Barzillai said to the king, "How many more days would I have there, that I should 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 now eighty years old. Can I discern between good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear the voice of male and female singers? Why then should your servant be any further burden to my lord the king?

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 Your servant will cross the Jordan with the king for a short distance. Why should the king compensate me in this way?

Mtumishi wako angependa tu kuvuka Yordani pamoja na mfalme. Kwa nini mfalme anilipe kwa thawabu kama hiyo?

37 Please let your servant return, so that I may die in my own city near the tomb of my father and my mother. But look, here is your servant Kimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what seems good to you."

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 answered, "Kimham will go over with me, and I will do for him whatever I consider appropriate, and whatever you require of me I will do for you."

Mfalme akajibu, “Kimhamu atakwenda pamoja nami, nami nitamtendea kila lionekanalo jema kwako, na lolote unalotamani kutoka kwangu nitakutendea.”

39 All the people crossed over the Jordan, but the king remained. Then the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned to his own place.

Kisha watu wote wakavuka Yordani, mfalme naye akavuka, kisha mfalme akambusu Berzilai na kumbariki. Kisha Berzilai akarudi nyumbani kwake.

40 So the king went over to Gilgal, and Kimham went over with him. All the people of Judah brought the king over, and also half 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 Look, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, "Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away, and brought the king, and his household, over the Jordan, and all David's men 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 The men of Judah answered the men of Israel, "Because the king is a close relative to us. Why then are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king's cost? Has he given us a gift? Or has he brought us a portion?"

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 Then the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, "We have ten shares in the king, and we are the firstborn rather than you. Why then did you treat us with contempt? Were we not the first to speak of bringing back our king?" But the comments of the men of Judah were more forceful than the comments 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.