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.
I mea ano a Ahitopere ki a Apoharama, Tena kia whiriwhiria etahi tangata e ahau, kia kotahi tekau ma rua mano, kia whakatika ahau ki te whai i a Rawiri i te po nei.
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.
A ka huakina ia e ahau i a ia e ngenge ana, i nga ringa e kahakore ana; na ka whakaoho ahau i a ia, a ka rere tona nuinga katoa, ko reira ahau patu ai i te kingi, i a ia anake;
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."
A ka whakahokia mai e ahau te iwi katoa ki a koe: ko te hokinga mai tenei o te katoa, ki te mau te tangata e whaia nei e koe, penei ka ata noho te iwi katoa.
4 And the advice seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
Na tika tonu taua kupu ki te whakaaro o Apoharama, ki te whakaaro hoki o nga kaumatua katoa o Iharaira.
5 Then Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Archite, and let's hear what he says."
Na ka mea a Apoharama, Tena, karangatia ano hoki a Huhai Araki, kia rongo ai tatou ki tana kupu.
6 When Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom said to him, "Ahithophel has spoken thus. Should we follow his advice? And if not, speak up."
A, no te taenga o Huhai ki a Apoharama, ka korero a Apoharama ki a ia, ka mea, Ko te kupu tenei i korero ai a Ahitopere: me mea ranei e tatou tana i korero ai? ki te kahore, korero mai?
7 So Hushai said to Absalom, "The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good."
Na ka mea a Huhai ki a Apoharama, ko te whakaaro i whakaaro ai a Ahitopere i tenei wa nei, kahore i pai.
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.
I mea hoki a Huhai, E mohio ana koe ki tou papa, ratou ko ana tangata, he toa ratou, e mamae ana hoki o ratou ngakau, e rite tonu ana ki te pea kua tangohia nei ana kuao i te parae; he tangata whawhai hoki tou papa; e kore e moe i roto i nga tang ata.
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.'
Nana, kei te piri tera i roto i tetahi rua, i tetahi atu wahi ranei; na, akauanei, hei te hinganga o etahi o ratou i te timatanga, a ka rongo tetahi, ka ki ia, Kua pa te patu ki te hunga e whai ana i a Apoharama.
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.
Ahakoa ko wai tetahi toa, i rite tona ngakau ki to te raiona, ka ngohe noa iho: e mohio ana hoki a Iharaira katoa he marohirohi tou papa, he toa hoki ana tangata.
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.
Koia ahau ka mea ai, Me ata kohikohi ki a koe a Iharaira katoa, o Rana a tae noa ki Peerehepa; kia rite ki te onepu i te moana te tini; me haere ano hoki koe, a koe na ano, ki te tatauranga.
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.
Na ka whakaekea ia e tatou ki tetahi wahi e kitea ai ia; a ka tau iho ki runga ki a ia, ka pera ano me te tomairangi e tau ana ki runga ki te oneone: a ko ia me ana tangata katoa, e kore e mahu tetai i a tatou ahakoa kia kotahi nei.
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."
A ki te tomo ia ki tetahi pa, na, ka mau taura atu a Iharaira katoa ki taua pa, ka toia taua pa e tatou ki roto ki te awa, kia kore ra ano e kitea tetahi kohatu, ahakoa ririki, ki reira.
14 Then Absalom and all Israel said, "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel." For YHWH had commanded that Ahithophel's counsel should be defeated, so that that YHWH could bring Absalom to ruin.
Na ka mea a Apoharama ratou ko nga tangata katoa o Iharaira, Pai atu te whakaaro o Huhai Araki i te whakaaro o Ahitopere. Na Ihowa hoki te tikanga kia whakataka te whakaaro pai o Ahitopere, kia kawea ai he kino e Ihowa ki runga ki a Apoharama.
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.
Katahi a Huhai ka mea ki nga tohunga, ki a Haroko raua ko Apiatara, Ko nga whakaaro tenei o Ahitopere ki a Apoharama ratou ko nga kaumatua o Iharaira; ko oku whakaaro hoki enei i whakatakoto atu nei.
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.'"
Na kia hohoro te tono tangata ki te whakaatu ki a Rawiri. Mea atu, Kaua e moe i tenei po ki nga kauanga i te koraha; engari kia hohoro te whiti atu, kei horomia ake te kingi me tona nuinga katoa.
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.
Na i Enerokere a Honatana raua ko Ahimaata e tatari ana; kihai hoki i ahei kia kitea e haere mai ana ki te pa: na ka haere tetahi pononga wahine, ka whakaatu ki a raua, a haere ana raua ki te whakaatu ki a Kingi Rawiri.
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.
Otiia i kitea raua e tetahi taitamariki, a korerotia atu ana e ia ki a Apoharama: heoi hohoro tonu raua, a ka tae ki te whare o tetahi tangata i Pahurimi. Na he poka wai tana i tona marae, a heke iho ana raua ki reira.
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.
Na ka tikina tetahi hipoki e te wahine, taupokina ana e ia ki te poka, na horahia ana e ia he witi tuki ki runga, a kihai taua mea i mohiotia.
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.
Na ka tae nga tangata a Apoharama ki te wahine, ki te whare, ka mea, Kei hea a Ahimaata raua ko Honatana? Na ka mea te wahine ki a ratou, Kua whiti raua i te awa wai. Na ka rapu ratou, a kihai i kitea, a hoki ana ki Hiruharama.
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."
A, i muri i to ratou haerenga, ka piki ake raua i roto i te poka, a haere ana, whakaatu ana ki a Kingi Rawiri; i mea ki a Rawiri, Whakatika, hohoro koutou te whiti atu i te wai nei; ko te whakaaro hoki tenei o Ahitopere mo koutou.
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.
Katahi ka whakatika a Rawiri ratou ko tona nuinga katoa, a whiti ana i Horano: ao rawa ake te ra, kihai tetahi i kore te whiti i Horano.
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.
A, i te kitenga o Ahitopere kihai i meatia tana i whakaaro ai, whakanohoia ana e ia tana kaihe, a whakatika ana, haere ana ki tona whare ki tona pa, na kei te whakariterite i nga mea o tona whare, tarona ana i a ia, a mate ake, tanumia iho ki te tanumanga o tona papa.
24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom crossed the Jordan, he and all Israel with him.
Katahi ka haere a Rawiri ki Mahanaima. A i whiti ano a Apoharama i Horano me nga tangata katoa o Iharaira.
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.
A ka meatia a Amaha e Apoharama hei whakakapi mo Ioapa, hei rangatira mo te ope: na he tama a Amaha na tetahi tangata, ko Itira tona ingoa, no Iharaira, i haere nei ki roto, ki a Apikaira tamahine a Nahaha, ki te teina o Teruia whaea o Ioapa.
26 So Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.
Na noho ana a Iharaira ratou ko Apoharama ki te whenua o Kireara.
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,
A, no te taenga o Rawiri ki Mahanaima, ka kawea mai e Hopi tama a Nahaha o Rapa o nga tama a Amona, e Makiri tama a Amiere o Rotepara, ratou ko Paratirai Kireari o Rokerimi,
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,
He moenga, he peihana, he oko oneone, he witi, he parei, he paraoa, he kanga pahuhu, he pini, he pi, me etahi atu mea pahuhu,
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."
He honi, he pata, he hipi, me te tiihi, hei kai ma Rawiri ratou ko tona nuinga: i mea hoki ratou, E matekai ana te iwi, e ngenge ana, e matewai ana i te koraha.
