2 Samuel 17
1 Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Allow me to choose 12,000 men, and I will leave [with them] tonight to pursue David.
Amogalu, Ahidoufele da A: basalomema amane sia: , “Na da dunu 12,000 agoane ilegele, wali gasia Da: ibidima doagala: musa: bobogema: ne sia: ma.
2 We will attack him while he is tired and discouraged, and cause him to be very frightened. All the soldiers who are with him will run away. We will kill only the king.
E da helebeba: le amola da: i dioiba: le, na da hedolo ema doagala: le, ea dunu huluane da hobeamu. Amasea, na da hina bagade fawane fane legemu.
3 Then we will bring back all his soldiers to you, like [SIM] a (bride/woman comes to her husband when she is married). You are wanting to kill only one man; so the other people will not be harmed.”
Amasea, na da ea dunu huluane dima oule misunu. Ilia da uda hobeale asili bu fila mabe amo defele bu manebe ba: mu. Dunu afae fawane fane legemu da defea. Eno huluane da gaga: i dagoi ba: mu.”
4 Absalom and all the Israeli leaders [who were with him] thought that what Ahithophel said would be good to do.
A: basalome amola Isala: ili ouligisu dunu huluane da amo fada: i sia: hahawane nabi.
5 But Absalom said, “Summon Hushai also, and we will hear what he suggests.”
A: basalome da amane sia: i, “Wali Hiusiai amo misa: ne wele sia: ma. Ninia da ea sia: nabimu.”
6 So when Hushai arrived, Absalom told him what Ahithophel had suggested. Then he asked Hushai, “What do you think we should do? If you do not think that we should do what Ahithophel suggests, tell us [what you think that we should do].”
Hiusiai da doaga: loba, A:basalome da ema amane sia: i, “Ahidoufele da ninima amo fada: i sia: sia: i. Ninia amo sia: fa: no bobogema: bela: ? O amai hame galea, dia ninima logo olelema.”
7 Hushai replied, “This time what Ahithophel has suggested is not good advice.
Hiusiai da bu adole i, “Fada: i sia: amo Ahidoufele da wali dilima i, amo da noga: i hame.
8 You know that your father and the men who are with him are strong soldiers, and that now they are very angry, like [SIM] a mother bear whose cubs have been stolen from her. Furthermore, your father knows how to fight because he has fought in many battles. He will not stay with his troops during the night.
Dilia dawa: ! Da: ibidi amola ea dunu da nimi bagade gegesu dunu. Dunu da ‘bea’ emega ea mano wamolasea, ‘bea’ da ougi bagade ba: sa. Amo defele, Da: ibidi amola ea dunu da ougi bagade gala. Dia ada da bagade dawa: su dadi gagui dunu. E da gasia ea dunu amo gilisili hame ouesala.
9 Right now he is probably already hiding in one of the pits, or in some other place. [If his soldiers start to attack your soldiers, and] if they kill some of them, whoever hears about that will say ‘Many of the soldiers with Absalom have been killed!’
Amabela: ? E da wahadafa magufu gelabo o eno sogebi amo ganodini wamo aligili esalabala? Da: ibidi da dia dunu doagala: sea, amola nowa da amo sia: nabasea, Da: ibidi da dia dunu hasali dagoi, amo sia: mu.
10 Then your other soldiers, even if they are as fearless [SIM, IDM] as lions, they will become very afraid. Do not forget that everyone in Israel knows that your father is a great/strong soldier, and that the soldiers who are with him are also very brave/courageous.
Amasea, Isala: ili nimi bagade gegesu dunu, amo da laione wa: me defele beda: su hame dawa: , ilia amola da beda: igia: mu. Bai Isala: ili dunu huluanedafa da dia ada da dadi gagui dunu noga: idafa, amola ea dunu da nimi bagade gegesu dunu, amo ilia da dawa: mu.
11 “So what I suggest is that you summon all the Israeli soldiers, from Dan [in the far north] to Beersheba [in the far south]. They will be as many as the grains of sand on the seashore [HYP]. And then you yourself lead us into the battle.
Na fada: i sia: da agoane. Di Isala: ili dunu huluanedafa, soge bega: asili eno bega: doaga: le, huluane lidili gegedoma. Ilia da sa: i hano wayabo bagade bega: gala, amo ea su idi agoane ba: mu. Amola disu bisili, ilima gegemusa: oule masa.
12 We will find [your father], wherever he is, and we will attack him [from all sides], like [SIM] dew covers all the ground. And neither he nor any of the soldiers who are with him will survive.
Ninia Da: ibidi ea esalebe sogebi hogolalu, e da nini mabe ea mae ba: le, e doagala: mu. E amola ea dunu huluanedafa da fane legei dagoi ba: mu.
13 If he escapes into some city, all our soldiers will bring ropes and pull that city down into the valley. As a result, not one stone will be left there [on top of the hill where that city was]!”
E da hobeale, moilai bai bagade ganodini golili dasea, ninia dunu da amoga efe gaguli asili, amo moilai bai bagade, fago hagudu gala amoga hiougili gudumu. Amo moilai bai bagade ea musa: dialebe sogebi agolo da: iya, amoga igi afae dialebe hame ba: mu.”
14 Absalom and all the other Israeli men [who were with him] said, “What Hushai suggests is better than what Ahithophel suggested.” The reason that happened was that Yahweh had determined that if they would accept the good advice that Ahithophel had given them, [they would have been able to defeat/kill David]. But [as a result of their doing what Hushai suggested], Yahweh would cause a disaster to happen to Absalom.
A: basalome amola Isala: ili dunu huluane da amane sia: i, “Hiusiai ea fada: i sia: i da noga: i amola Ahidoufele ea sia: i baligisa.” Hina Gode da A: basalome amola Isala: ili dunu ilia da Ahidoufele ea fada: i sia: noga: i amoma mae fa: no bobogema: ne ilegei. Bai E da A: basalome dafama: ne logo hamoi.
15 Then Hushai told the two priests, Zadok and Abiathar, what both he and Ahithophel had suggested to Absalom and the Israeli leaders.
Amalalu, Hiusiai da gobele salasu dunu Sa: idoge amola Abaia: da elama fada: i sia: e da A: basalome amola Isala: ili ouligisu dunuma i, amola fada: i sia: amo Ahidoufele ea i, amo elama olelei.
16 Then he said to them, “Send [a message] quickly to David. Tell him to not stay at the place where people walk across the river, near the desert. Instead, he and his soldiers must cross [the Jordan River] immediately, in order that they will not be killed/wiped out.”
Hiusiai da eno amane sia: i, “Hadiga! Da: ibidima sia: sia: sima. E da gasia hano degesu hafoga: i sogega galu, amoga mae ouesaloma: ne sia: ma. Be e amola ea dunu da A: basalome ea dadi gagui dunuga gagulaligili fane legesa: besa: le, e wahadafa Yoda: ne Hano degema: ne sia: ma.”
17 [The priest’s two sons, ] Jonathan and Ahimaaz, were waiting at En-Rogel [Spring], outside Jerusalem. They did not [dare to] enter the city, because if someone saw them, [he would report it to Absalom]. [While they were at En-Rogel, ] a female servant [of the two priests] would frequently go to them and report to them [what was happening], and then they would go and report it to King David.
Abaia: da egefe Yonada: ne amola Sa: idoge egefe Ahima: ia: se ela da Enelougele hano nasu uli dogoi Yelusaleme bega: galu amoga ouesalebe ba: i. Bai ela da se nabasa: besa: le, molai bai bagade golili sa: imu da hamedei ba: i. Hawa: hamosu a: fini da eso huluane Yelusalemega hamobe hou elama olelemusa: ahoasu. Amalalu, ela da Da: ibidima alofele adomusa: ahoasu.
18 But a young man saw them, and went and reported it to Absalom. [They found out what the young man had done, ] so both of them left quickly and went to stay in the house of a man in Bahurim. That man had a well in his courtyard; so the two men went down into the well [to hide].
Be eso afaega, goi afae da ela ba: le, A:basalomema adoi. Amaiba: le, ela da hehenane Bahiulimi dunu ea diasu ganodini wamoaligi. Ea diasu gadenene da hano uli dogoi dialebe ba: i. Ela da amo ganodini sa: ili, wamoaligi.
19 The man’s wife took a cloth/mat and covered the well, and scattered grain on top of it in order that no one would know [that two men were hiding inside it].
Bahiulimi dunu ea idua da amo uli dogoi dedeboi. Amola dunu da amo mae ba: ma: ne, dedebosu abulaga figisili, amo da: iya gagoma afagogolesi.
20 Some of Absalom’s soldiers [found out where the two men had gone. So they] went to the house, and asked the woman, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” She replied, “They crossed the river.” So the soldiers [crossed the river and] searched for them. But they could not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
A: basalome ea eagene ouligisu dunu da amo diasuga misini, udama amane adole ba: i, “Ahima: ia: se amola Yonada: ne da habila: ?” E bu adole i, “Ela da hano degei dagoi.” A: basalome ea dunu da ela hogoi, be hame ba: i. Amaiba: le, ilia da Yelusalemega buhagi.
21 After they had gone, the two men came out of the well and went and reported to King David [what had happened and] what Ahithophel had suggested. Then they said to him, “Cross the river quickly!”
Ilia da yolesilalu, Ahima: ia: se amola Yonada: ne da uli dogoia gudunini heda: le, hina bagade Da: ibidima sia: musa: asi. Ela da Ahidoufele ea A: basalomema hamoma: ne ilegei Da: ibidima olelelalu, amane sia: i, “Hadiga! Hano degema!”
22 So David and all his soldiers quickly started to cross the Jordan [River], and by dawn they had all crossed to the other side.
Amaiba: le, Da: ibidi amola ea dunu da muni Yoda: ne Hano degelalu, hadigibi galu degele asi dagoi ba: i.
23 When Ahithophel realized that Absalom was not going to do what he suggested, he put a saddle on his donkey and returned to his own town. He gave [to his family] instructions about his possessions, and then he hanged himself [because he knew that Absalom would be defeated and that he would be considered a traitor and be killed]. His body was buried in the tomb where his ancestors [had been buried].
Ahidoufele da A: basalome amola ea dunu da ea fada: i sia: amoga hame fa: no bobogei ba: loba, e da ea dougi da: iya fisu legele, amoga fila heda: le, hi moilaidafa amoga buhagi. Amalalu, e da ea liligi huluane hahamonanu, hi gobele galogoaga gomene hegoa: nesili, bogoi dagoi. Ilia da ea da: i hodo amo ea sosogo fi ilia uli dogoiga sali.
24 David [and his soldiers] arrived at Mahanaim. And Absalom [and all his Israeli soldiers] also crossed the Jordan [River].
A: basalome amola Isala: ili dunu da Yoda: ne Hano degei dagoloba, Da: ibidi da Ma: ihana: ime sogega doaga: i dagoi ba: i.
25 Absalom had appointed [his cousin] Amasa to be the commander of his army, instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Jether, a descendant of Ishmael. Amasa’s mother was Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and the sister of Joab’s mother Zeruiah.
(A: basalome da Ama: isa amo Youa: be ea dadi gagui wa: i ouligisu sogebi lama: ne ilegei dagoi. Ama: isa da Isiama: ile fi dunu Yidie egefe. Ea ame da A: biga: ile, Na: iha: se ea idiwi amola Youa: be ea ame Selouaia amo ea hobe).
26 Absalom and his Israeli soldiers set up their tents in [the] Gilead [region].
A: basalome amola ea dunu da Gilia: de soge ganodini awali wa: i fi dialu.
27 When David [and his soldiers] arrived at Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah [city] in the Ammon area, and Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo-Debar [city], and Barzillai from Rogelim [town] in [the] Gilead [region]
Da: ibidi da Ma: ihana: ime amoga doaga: loba, Sioubai (Na: iha: se egefe. E da La: ba moilai bai bagade A: mone sogega gala amoga misi) amola Ma: ige (Loudiba dunu A: miele egefe) amola Basila: iai (e da Lougilimi moilai Gilia: de sogega misi) ilia da Da: ibidi yosia: musa: misi.
28 brought sleeping mats, bowls, clay pots, barley, wheat flour, parched grain, beans, and lentils to them.
29 They brought honey and curds, sheep, and some cream/cheese for David and his soldiers to eat. They knew that David and his soldiers would be hungry and tired and thirsty [from marching] in the desert.
Ilia da yaeya amola osoboga hamoi ofodo amola golasu liligi amola ha: i manu, amo Da: ibidi amola ea dunuma ima: ne gaguli misi. Ilia da widi amola bali, falaua, gagoma gobei, da: iyene, da: iyene eno, agime hano, gou, dodo maga: me sefe, amola sibi gaguli misi. Bai Da: ibidi amola ea dunu da hafoga: i sogega ahoanebeba: le, ha: i amola hano hanai amola helei galu, amo ilia da dawa: i.
