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.
Και ο Αχιτόφελ είπε προς τον Αβεσσαλώμ, Ας εκλέξω τώρα δώδεκα χιλιάδας ανδρών και σηκωθείς, ας καταδιώξω οπίσω του Δαβίδ την νύκτα·
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.
και θέλω επέλθει κατ' αυτού, ενώ είναι αποκαμωμένος και εκλελυμένος τας χείρας, και θέλω κατατρομάξει αυτόν· και πας ο λαός ο μετ' αυτού θέλει φύγει, και θέλω πατάξει τον βασιλέα μεμονωμένον·
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.”
και θέλω επιστρέψει πάντα τον λαόν προς σέ· διότι ο ανήρ, τον οποίον συ ζητείς, είναι ως εάν πάντες επέστρεφον· πας δε ο λαός θέλει είσθαι εν ειρήνη.
4 Absalom and all the Israeli leaders [who were with him] thought that what Ahithophel said would be good to do.
Και ήρεσεν ο λόγος εις τον Αβεσσαλώμ και εις πάντας τους πρεσβυτέρους του Ισραήλ.
5 But Absalom said, “Summon Hushai also, and we will hear what he suggests.”
Τότε είπεν ο Αβεσσαλώμ, Κάλεσον τώρα και Χουσαΐ τον Αρχίτην, και ας ακούσωμεν τι λέγει και αυτός.
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].”
Και ότε εισήλθεν ο Χουσαΐ προς τον Αβεσσαλώμ, είπε προς αυτόν ο Αβεσσαλώμ, λέγων, Ο Αχιτόφελ ελάλησε κατά τούτον τον τρόπον· πρέπει να κάμωμεν κατά τον λόγον αυτού ή ουχί; λάλησον συ.
7 Hushai replied, “This time what Ahithophel has suggested is not good advice.
Και είπεν ο Χουσαΐ προς τον Αβεσσαλώμ, Δεν είναι καλή η συμβουλή, την οποίαν έδωκεν ο Αχιτόφελ ταύτην την φοράν.
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.
Και είπεν ο Χουσαΐ, συ εξεύρεις τον πατέρα σου και τους άνδρας αυτού, ότι είναι δυνατοί και κατάπικροι την ψυχήν, ως άρκτος στερηθείσα των τέκνων αυτής εν τη πεδιάδι και ο πατήρ σου είναι ανήρ πολεμιστής και δεν θέλει μείνει την νύκτα μετά του λαού·
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!’
ιδού, τώρα είναι κεκρυμμένος εν λάκκω τινί ή εν άλλω τινί τόπω· και εάν πέσωσί τινές εξ αυτών εις την αρχήν, πας όστις ακούση θέλει ειπεί, θραύσις έγεινεν εις τον λαόν, τον ακολουθούντα τον Αβεσσαλώμ·
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.
τότε και ο ανδρείος, του οποίου η καρδία είναι ως η καρδία του λέοντος, θέλει παντάπασι νεκρωθή· διότι πας ο Ισραήλ εξεύρει, ότι ο πατήρ σου είναι δυνατός· και οι μετ' αυτού, άνδρες δυνάμεως·
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.
διά ταύτα εγώ συμβουλεύω να συναχθή προς σε πας ο Ισραήλ, από Δαν έως Βηρ-σαβεέ, ως η άμμος η παρά την θάλασσαν κατά το πλήθος, και να υπάγης προσωπικώς να πολεμήσης·
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.
ούτω θέλομεν επέλθει κατ' αυτού εις όντινα τόπον ευρεθή, και θέλομεν πέσει επ' αυτόν ως πίπτει η δρόσος επί την γήν· ώστε εξ αυτού και εκ πάντων των ανθρώπων των μετ' αυτού δεν θέλει μείνει ουδέ είς·
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]!”
εάν δε καταφύγη εις πόλιν τινά, τότε πας ο Ισραήλ θέλει φέρει κατά της πόλεως εκείνης σχοινία, και θέλομεν σύρει αυτήν έως του χειμάρρου, ώστε να μη μείνη εκεί ουδέ λιθάριον.
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.
Και είπεν ο Αβεσσαλώμ και πάντες οι άνδρες Ισραήλ, Καλητέρα είναι η συμβουλή του Χουσαΐ του Αρχίτου παρά την συμβουλήν του Αχιτόφελ. Διότι ο Κύριος διέταξε να διασκεδάση την καλήν συμβουλήν του Αχιτόφελ, διά να επιφέρη ο Κύριος το κακόν επί τον Αβεσσαλώμ.
15 Then Hushai told the two priests, Zadok and Abiathar, what both he and Ahithophel had suggested to Absalom and the Israeli leaders.
Και είπεν ο Χουσαΐ προς τον Σαδώκ και προς τον Αβιάθαρ, τους ιερείς, Ούτω και ούτω συνεβούλευσεν ο Αχιτόφελ τον Αβεσσαλώμ και τους πρεσβυτέρους του Ισραήλ, και ούτω και ούτω συνεβούλευσα εγώ·
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.”
τώρα λοιπόν αποστείλατε ταχέως και αναγγείλατε προς τον Δαβίδ, λέγοντες, Μη μείνης την νύκτα ταύτην εν ταις πεδιάσι της ερήμου, αλλά σπεύσον να διαπεράσης, διά να μη καταποθή ο βασιλεύς και πας ο λαός ο μετ' αυτού.
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.
Ο δε Ιωνάθαν και ο Αχιμάας ίσταντο πλησίον της Εν-ρωγήλ, διότι δεν ετόλμων να φανώσιν ότι εισήρχοντο εις την πόλιν· και υπήγε παιδίσκη τις και απήγγειλε προς αυτούς το πράγμα· οι δε υπήγαν και απήγγειλαν προς τον βασιλέα Δαβίδ.
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].
Νέος τις δε ιδών αυτούς, απήγγειλε προς τον Αβεσσαλώμ· πλην και οι δύο υπήγαν ταχέως και εισήλθον εις την οικίαν τινός εν Βαουρείμ, όστις είχε φρέαρ εν τη αυλή αυτού, και κατέβησαν εκεί.
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].
Και η γυνή λαβούσα κάλυμμα εξήπλωσεν επί το στόμιον του φρέατος, και έχυσεν επ' αυτό κοπανισμένον σίτον· ώστε δεν εγνώσθη το πράγμα.
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.
Και ελθόντες οι δούλοι του Αβεσσαλώμ εις την οικίαν προς την γυναίκα, είπον, Που είναι ο Αχιμάας και ο Ιωνάθαν; Η δε γυνή είπε προς αυτούς, Διέβησαν το ρυάκιον του ύδατος. Και αφού εζήτησαν και δεν εύρηκαν αυτούς, επέστρεψαν εις Ιερουσαλήμ.
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!”
Αφού δε εκείνοι ανεχώρησαν, ανέβησαν εκ του φρέατος και υπήγαν και απήγγειλαν προς τον βασιλέα Δαβίδ και είπον προς τον Δαβίδ, Σηκώθητε και περάσατε ταχέως το ύδωρ· διότι ούτω συνεβούλευσεν εναντίον σας ο Αχιτόφελ.
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.
Τότε εσηκώθη ο Δαβίδ και πας ο λαός ο μετ' αυτού και διέβησαν τον Ιορδάνην· μέχρι του χαράγματος της ημέρας δεν έλειψεν ουδέ εις εξ αυτών, όστις δεν διέβη τον Ιορδάνην.
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].
Ο δε Αχιτόφελ, ιδών ότι η συμβουλή αυτού δεν εξετελέσθη, εσαμάρωσε τον όνον αυτού και σηκωθείς, ανεχώρησε προς τον οίκον αυτού, εις την πόλιν αυτού· και αφού διέταξε τα του οίκου αυτού, εκρεμάσθη και απέθανε και ετάφη εν τω τάφω του πατρός αυτού.
24 David [and his soldiers] arrived at Mahanaim. And Absalom [and all his Israeli soldiers] also crossed the Jordan [River].
Και ο Δαβίδ ήλθεν εις Μαχαναΐμ· ο δε Αβεσσαλώμ διέβη τον Ιορδάνην, αυτός και πάντες οι άνδρες Ισραήλ μετ' αυτού.
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.
Και κατέστησεν ο Αβεσσαλώμ αρχιστράτηγον τον Αμασά αντί του Ιωάβ. Ήτο δε ο Αμασά υιός ανδρός ονομαζομένου Ιθρά, Ισραηλίτου, όστις εισήλθε προς την Αβιγαίαν, θυγατέρα του Νάας, αδελφήν Σερουΐας, της μητρός του Ιωάβ.
26 Absalom and his Israeli soldiers set up their tents in [the] Gilead [region].
Και εστρατοπέδευσαν ο Ισραήλ και ο Αβεσσαλώμ εν γη Γαλαάδ.
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]
Ότε δε ήλθεν ο Δαβίδ εις Μαχαναΐμ, Σωβεί, ο υιός του Νάας από Ραββά εκ των υιών Αμμών, και Μαχείρ, ο υιός του Αμμήλ από Λό-δεβάρ, και Βαρζελλαΐ ο Γαλααδίτης από Ρωγελλίμ,
28 brought sleeping mats, bowls, clay pots, barley, wheat flour, parched grain, beans, and lentils to them.
έφεραν κλίνας και λεκάνας και σκεύη πήλινα και σίτον και κριθήν και άλευρον και σίτον πεφρυγανισμένον και κυάμους και φακήν και όσπρια πεφρυγανισμένα,
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.
και μέλι και βούτυρον και πρόβατα και τυρούς βοός προς τον Δαβίδ και προς τον λαόν τον μετ' αυτού, διά να φάγωσι διότι είπον, Ο λαός είναι πεινασμένος και εκλελυμένος και διψασμένος εν τη ερήμω.
