2 Samuel 16

1 and David to pass little from [the] head: top and behold Ziba youth Mephibosheth Mephibosheth to/for to encounter: meet him and pair donkey to saddle/tie and upon them hundred food: bread and hundred cluster and hundred summer and bag wine

When David [and the others] had gone a little way past the top of the hill, Mephibosheth’s servant Ziba met him. He had with him two donkeys that were carrying 200 loaves of bread, 100 bunches/clusters of raisins, 100 bunches of fresh fruit, and a leather bag full of wine.

2 and to say [the] king to(wards) Ziba what? these to/for you and to say Ziba [the] donkey to/for house: household [the] king to/for to ride (and [the] food: bread *Q(K)*) and [the] summer to/for to eat [the] youth and [the] wine to/for to drink [the] weary in/on/with wilderness

The king said to Ziba, “What are these for?” Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for your family to ride on, the bread and the fruit are for your soldiers to eat, and the wine is for them to drink when they become exhausted in the desert.”

3 and to say [the] king and where? son: descendant/people lord your and to say Ziba to(wards) [the] king behold to dwell in/on/with Jerusalem for to say [the] day to return: return to/for me house: household Israel [obj] kingdom father my

The king said, “Where is Mephibosheth, the grandson of your [former] master [Saul]?” Ziba [deceived David by] saying, “He stayed in Jerusalem, because he thinks that now the Israeli people will allow him to rule the kingdom that his grandfather Saul ruled.”

4 and to say [the] king to/for Ziba behold to/for you all which to/for Mephibosheth Mephibosheth and to say Ziba to bow to find favor in/on/with eye: seeing your lord my [the] king

The king said to Ziba, “Okay, everything that belonged to Mephibosheth is now yours.” Ziba replied, “Your Majesty, I will humbly serve you; and I desire/hope that you will always be pleased with me.”

5 and to come (in): come [the] king David till Bahurim and behold from there man to come out: come from family house: household Saul and name his Shimei son: child Gera to come out: come to come out: come and to lighten

When King David [and those with him] arrived at Bahurim [town], a man named Shimei met him. Shimei, whose father was Gera, was one of Saul’s relatives. Shimei was cursing David as he approached.

6 and to stone in/on/with stone [obj] David and [obj] all servant/slave [the] king David and all [the] people and all [the] mighty man from right his and from left his

Then he threw stones at David and his officials, even though the officials and David’s bodyguards surrounded David.

7 and thus to say Shimei in/on/with to lighten he to come out: come to come out: come man [the] blood and man [the] Belial

Shimei cursed David and said to him, “Get out of here, you murderer, you scoundrel!

8 to return: pay upon you LORD all blood house: household Saul which to reign (underneath: instead him *Q(K)*) and to give: give LORD [obj] [the] kingship in/on/with hand: power Absalom son: child your and look! you in/on/with distress: evil your for man blood you(m. s.)

Yahweh is (getting revenge on/punishing) you all for murdering [MTY] many people in Saul’s family. And now he is giving Saul’s kingdom to your son Absalom. You murderer, you are being paid back for the many people that you have killed/murdered [MTY]!”

9 and to say Abishai son: child Zeruiah to(wards) [the] king to/for what? to lighten [the] dog [the] to die [the] this [obj] lord my [the] king to pass please and to turn aside: remove [obj] head his

Then Abishai said to the king, “Your Majesty, this man is [as worthless as] [MET] a dead dog! (Why should he be allowed to curse you?/He should not be allowed to curse you.) [RHQ] Allow me to go over there and cut off his head!”

10 and to say [the] king what? to/for me and to/for you son: child Zeruiah (thus *Q(K)*) to lighten (for *Q(K)*) LORD to say to/for him to lighten [obj] David and who? to say why? to make: do so

But the king replied, “You two sons of Zeruiah, (do not tell me what to do/this does not concern you) [RHQ]. If he is cursing me because Yahweh told him to do that, certainly no one should say ‘(Why are you doing that?/You should not be doing that.) [RHQ]’”

11 and to say David to(wards) Abishai and to(wards) all servant/slave his behold son: descendant/people my which to come out: produce from belly my to seek [obj] soul: life my and also for now Benjaminite [the] Benjaminite to rest to/for him and to lighten for to say to/for him LORD

Then David said to Abishai and to all his officials, “You know that my own son is trying to kill me. So [it is not surprising that] this man from the tribe of Benjamin is also trying to kill me. So ignore him, and allow him to curse me, because [perhaps he thinks that] Yahweh told him to do that.

12 perhaps to see: see LORD (in/on/with eye: sin my *Q(K)*) and to return: pay LORD to/for me welfare underneath: instead curse his [the] day: today [the] this

Perhaps Yahweh will see that I am having all this trouble, and [some day he will repay me by] (blessing/doing good things for) me in return for this man cursing me today.”

13 and to go: went David and human his in/on/with way: road and Shimei to go: walk in/on/with side [the] mountain: mount to/for close him to go: went and to lighten and to stone in/on/with stone to/for close him and to throw in/on/with dust

Then David and those who were with him walked along the road, and Shimei continued walking along the hillside near him. While he walked along, he cursed David and threw stones and dirt at him.

14 and to come (in): come [the] king and all [the] people which with him faint and be refreshed there

When David and those who were with him arrived at the Jordan [River], they were very tired. So they rested there.

15 and Absalom and all [the] people man Israel to come (in): come Jerusalem and Ahithophel with him

While that was happening, Absalom and all the Israeli people who were with him had arrived in Jerusalem. Ahithophel had also arrived there.

16 and to be like/as as which to come (in): come Hushai [the] Archite friend David to(wards) Absalom and to say Hushai to(wards) Absalom to live [the] king to live [the] king

When David’s friend Hushai came to Absalom, he said to Absalom, “I desire/hope that the king will live a long time! May you live for many years!”

17 and to say Absalom to(wards) Hushai this kindness your with neighbor your to/for what? not to go: went with neighbor your

Absalom said to Hushai, “You have been loyal [RHQ] to your friend [David for a long time]. So why did you not go with him [instead of coming to me]?”

18 and to say Hushai to(wards) Absalom not for which to choose LORD and [the] people [the] this and all man Israel (to/for him *Q(K)*) to be and with him to dwell

Hushai replied, “I will serve the one whom Yahweh and these people and all the other people of Israel have chosen [to be their king]. So I will stay with you.

19 and [the] second to/for who? I to serve: minister not to/for face: before son: child his like/as as which to serve: minister to/for face: before father your so to be (to/for face of your *LAB(h)*)

You are my master [King David’s] son; if I do not serve you, what other man should I serve [RHQ]? I will serve you as I served your father.”

20 and to say Absalom to(wards) Ahithophel to give to/for you counsel what? to make: do

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “What do you advise that we should do?”

21 and to say Ahithophel to(wards) Absalom to come (in): come to(wards) concubine father your which to rest to/for to keep: guard [the] house: home and to hear: hear all Israel for to stink with father your and to strengthen: strengthen hand all which with you

Ahithophel replied, “Your father left some of his slave wives in the palace to take care of it. Have sex [EUP] with them. When everyone in Israel hears that you have done that, they will realize that you are acting very contemptuously toward your father. Then all those who are with you will be very encouraged.”

22 and to stretch to/for Absalom [the] tent upon [the] roof and to come (in): come Absalom to(wards) concubine father his to/for eye: seeing all Israel

So they set up a tent for Absalom on the roof [of the palace]. And Absalom went into the tent and had sex [EUP] with his father’s slave wives, [one by one, ] and everyone [HYP] could see [him going into the tent].

23 and counsel Ahithophel which to advise in/on/with day [the] they(masc.) like/as as which (to ask man *Q(K)*) in/on/with word [the] God so all counsel Ahithophel also to/for David also to/for Absalom

In those days, people accepted what Ahithophel recommended as though he were speaking the words of God. So just as David had always accepted what Ahithophel said, now Absalom did also.