2 Samuel 19
1 Someone told Joab that the king was crying and mourning because Absalom had died.
Sango ekomelaki Joabi na koloba: « Mokonzi azali kolela mpe asali matanga mpo na Abisalomi. »
2 All of David’s soldiers became sad. Instead of rejoicing about defeating [the soldiers who had fought with Absalom], they were sad because they heard that the king was mourning because Absalom [was dead].
Mokolo wana, elonga ebongwanaki matanga mpo na bato nyonso, pamba te bato bayokaki na mokolo wana sango koloba: « Mokonzi azali na mawa makasi mpo na mwana na ye ya mobali. »
3 The soldiers returned to the city quietly, like [SIM] soldiers do when they are ashamed because they ran away from battle.
Na mokolo wana kaka, bato bazongaki na nkuku kati na engumba lokola mampinga oyo bazali koyoka soni mpo ete bakimi na bitumba.
4 The king covered his face [with his hands] and kept crying loudly, “O, my son Absalom! O, Absalom, my son! My son!”
Mokonzi azipaki elongi mpe alelaki makasi: « Oh mwana na ngai ya mobali, Abisalomi! Oh mwana na ngai ya mobali, Abisalomi! Mwana na ngai ya mobali! »
5 Then Joab entered the room where the king was, and said to the king, “Today you have caused your soldiers to be ashamed! You have humiliated the men who saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters and your ordinary wives and your slave wives!
Joabi akendeki kokuta mokonzi kati na ndako mpe alobaki na ye: « Lelo, oyokisi bato na yo nyonso soni, bato oyo bawuti kobikisa bomoi na yo, bomoi ya bana na yo ya mibali mpe ya basi, bomoi ya basi na yo mpe bomoi ya bamakangu na yo.
6 [It seems that] you love those who hate you and [that] you hate those who love you. You have caused it to be clear today that your commanders and your officers are not at all important to you. I think that if Absalom were still alive and we were all dead today, you would be happy.
Olingaka bato oyo bayinaka yo mpe oyinaka bato oyo balingaka yo. Lelo penza, otalisi yango polele ete bakonzi ya basoda mpe basoda na bango bazali pamba na miso na yo. Namoni ete olingaki kosepela lelo soki Abisalomi azalaki na bomoi mpe soki biso nyonso tokufaki.
7 So, now go and thank your soldiers [for what they did]. Because I solemnly declare that if you do not do that, none of them will still be with you by tomorrow morning and that would be worse [for you] than all the disasters/troubles that you have experienced since you were a boy.”
Sik’oyo, bima mpe pesa longonya na basoda na yo. Nalapi ndayi na Kombo na Yawe ete soki obimi te, soda moko te akotikala elongo na yo kino butu eya. Ekozala mpo na yo pasi, koleka makama nyonso oyo ekweyela yo wuta na bolenge na yo kino lelo. »
8 So the king got up and went and sat near the city gate. And all the people were told, “Hey, the king is sitting at the gate!” So they all came and gathered around him. Meanwhile, all the Israeli troops [who had been with Absalom] had returned to their homes.
Boye mokonzi atelemaki mpe avandaki na ekuke. Bongo tango bayebisaki basoda ete mokonzi avandi na ekuke, bango nyonso bayaki pene na ye. Mpe na tango wana, bana ya Isalaele bakimaki moto na moto na ndako na ye.
9 Then all the people throughout the tribes of Israel started to quarrel among themselves. They said to each other, “King David rescued us from the people of Philistia and from our other enemies. But now he has fled from Absalom and left Israel!
Kati na bikolo ya Isalaele, bato bazalaki kotiana tembe mpe koloba: « Mokonzi oyo akangolaki biso na maboko ya banguna na biso, bato ya Filisitia, ye nde sik’oyo akimi mokili likolo ya Abisalomi;
10 We appointed [MTY] Absalom to be our king, but he died in the battle [against David’s soldiers]. So (why does someone not try to bring King David back?/surely someone should try to bring King David back.)” [RHQ]
mpe Abisalomi oyo topakolaki mafuta mpo ete akamba biso asili kokufa na bitumba. Boye mpo na nini bozali koloba eloko te mpo na kozongisa mokonzi na Yelusalemi? »
11 King David [found out what the people were saying. So he] sent the two priests, Zadok and Abiathar, to say to the leaders of Judah, “The king says that he has heard that all the Israeli people [want him to be king again]. And he says, ‘(Why should you be the last ones to bring me back to my palace?/It is not right that you be the last ones to bring me back to my palace.) [RHQ]
Mokonzi Davidi atindaki sango epai ya Banganga-Nzambe Tsadoki mpe Abiatari: « Botuna na bampaka ya Yuda: mpo na nini bosengeli kozala bato ya suka mpo na kozongisa mokonzi na ndako na ye, pamba te makambo oyo ezali kolobama kati na Isalaele mobimba esili kokoma na matoyi ya mokonzi?
12 You are my relatives; we have the same ancestor [IDM]. So (why should you be the last ones to bring me back?/you should certainly not be the last ones to bring me back.) [RHQ]’”
Bozali bandeko na ngai ya mibali, nzoto na ngai mpe makila na ngai. Bongo mpo na nini kozala bato ya suka mpo na kozongisa mokonzi?
13 And say to Amasa, “You are one of my relatives. I hope/desire that God strike me dead [IDM] if I do not appoint you to be, from now on, the commander of my army instead of Joab.”
Mpe boloba na Amasa: ‹ Ozali mosuni na ngai mpe makila na ngai te? Tika ete Nzambe apesa ngai etumbu ya makasi ndenge alingi soki banda sik’oyo okomi te mokonzi ya mampinga na ngai na esika ya Joabi mpo na libela. › »
14 [By sending that message to them, ] David convinced all the people of Judah [IDM] [that they should (be loyal to him/accept him as their king]). So they sent a message to the king, saying “We want you and all your officials to return here.”
Makambo oyo Davidi alobaki ekotaki na mitema ya bato nyonso ya Yuda lokola moto moko. Boye batindaki maloba epai ya mokonzi mpo na koloba na ye: « Zonga, yo elongo na basali na yo nyonso. »
15 So the king [and his officials started back toward Jerusalem]. When they reached the Jordan [River], the people of Judah came there to Gilgal to meet the king, and to bring him across the river.
Mokonzi azongaki mpe akomaki kino na Yordani. Bato ya Yuda bayaki na Giligali mpo na kokende kokutana na mokonzi mpe kokatisa ye mayi ya Yordani.
16 Shimei, the man from the tribe of Benjamin, also came down quickly [to the river] with the people of Judah to meet King David.
Shimei, mwana mobali ya Gera, moto ya ekolo ya Benjame ya Bawurimi, akendeki mbangu elongo na bato ya Yuda mpo na kokutana na mokonzi Davidi.
17 There were 1,000 men from the tribe of Benjamin who came with him. And Ziba, who had been the servant of Saul, also hurried down to the Jordan [River], bringing 20 of his servants with him. They all came to the king,
Azalaki elongo na bato ya Benjame, nkoto moko, mpe Tsiba, moto oyo azalaki kosala kati na libota ya Saulo, elongo na bana na ye ya mibali zomi na mitano mpe basali na ye, tuku mibale. Bakendeki mbangu na Yordani epai wapi mokonzi azalaki.
18 and then they all [prepared to] take the king and all his family across the river, at the place where they could walk across it. They wanted to do whatever the king wanted them to do. As the king was about to cross the river, Shimei came to him and prostrated himself in front of the king.
Bamataki na bwato mpo na kokatisa libota ya mokonzi mpe mpo na kosala nyonso oyo ezali malamu na miso ya mokonzi. Tango Shimei, mwana mobali ya Gera, akatisaki Yordani, akweyaki liboso ya mokonzi
19 He said to the king, “Your Majesty, please forgive me. Please do not keep thinking about the terrible thing that I did on the day that you left Jerusalem. Do not think about it any more.
mpe alobaki na ye: « Tika ete nkolo na ngai atangela ngai ngambo te, akanisa te mabe oyo mosali na ye asalaki mokolo oyo mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, alongwaki na Yelusalemi. Tika ete mokonzi alongola likambo yango na makanisi na ye.
20 Because I know that I have sinned. Look, I have come today, the first one from the northern tribes to come here to greet you today, Your Majesty.”
Pamba te ngai, mosali na yo, nayebi ete nasalaki masumu, mpe lelo nayei awa lokola moto ya liboso kati na libota mobimba ya Jozefi mpo na kokutana na mokonzi, nkolo na ngai. »
21 But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said, “He cursed the one that Yahweh appointed [MTY] to be the king! So (should he not be executed for doing that?/he certainly should be executed for doing that.)” [RHQ]
Abishayi, mwana mobali ya Tseruya, alobaki: — Boni, Shimei asengelaki te kokufa mpo na likambo oyo, pamba te alakelaki mabe mopakolami na Yawe?
22 But David said, “You sons of Zeruiah, what am I going to do with you? (OR, you are not the ones who should decide [what to do to him]). [It is as though] you have become my enemies today. I know that I am the one who has now become the king of Israel, [so I say that] certainly no one [RHQ] in Israel should be executed today.”
Davidi azongisaki: — Likambo nini kati na ngai mpe bino bana mibali ya Tseruya? Bokomi lelo banguna na ngai! Boni, basengeli koboma moto moko lelo kati na Isalaele? Nayebi te ete ngai nde nazali lelo mokonzi ya Isalaele?
23 Then the king said to Shimei, “I solemnly promise that I will not execute you.”
Bongo mokonzi alobaki na Shimei: — Okokufa te. Mpe mokonzi alakaki Shimei na nzela ya ndayi.
24 Then Miphibosheth, Saul’s grandson, came down [to the river] to greet the king. He had not washed his feet or trimmed his beard or washed his clothes, from the time that the king left Jerusalem until the day that he returned.
Mefibosheti, koko ya Saulo, akendeki mpe kokutana na mokonzi. Banda mokolo oyo mokonzi abimaki kino azongaki, Mefibosheti atikalaki kosukola makolo na ye te, akataki mandefu te mpe asukolaki bilamba na ye te.
25 When he arrived from Jerusalem to greet the king, the king said to him, “Mephibosheth, why did you not go with me?”
Tango akomaki na Yelusalemi mpo na kokutana na mokonzi, Davidi atunaki ye: — Mefibosheti, mpo na nini okendeki te elongo na ngai?
26 He replied, “Your Majesty, [you know that] I am crippled. [When I heard that you were leaving Jerusalem, ] I said to my servant [Ziba], ‘Put a saddle on my donkey in order that I can ride on it and go with the king.’ But he deceived me [and left without me].
Mefibosheti azongisaki: — Mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, mosali na ngai akosaki ngai. Pamba te lokola ngai, mosali na yo, nazali na mbeba na makolo, namilobelaki: « Nakosenga ete babongisela ngai ane na ngai, mpe nakomata yango mpo ete nakende elongo na mokonzi. »
27 And he lied to you about me. But, Your Majesty, you are [as wise] as God’s angel. So do whatever seems right to you.
Kasi Tsiba, mosali na ngai, akosaki ngai. Akoselaki mosali na yo makambo epai ya mokonzi, nkolo na ngai. Mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, azali lokola Anjelu na Nzambe. Boye sala sik’oyo makambo oyo omoni ete ezali malamu.
28 All of my grandfather’s family expected/deserved that we would be executed. But [you did not execute me; ] you allowed me to eat food with you at your table! So I certainly do not have [RHQ] the right to request you for anything more.”
Pamba te na makanisi ya mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, esengelaki koboma bato nyonso ya libota ya koko na ngai, Saulo; kasi atako bongo, ondimaki mosali na yo na mesa, kati na bato oyo bazali kolia elongo na yo. Boye makoki nini nakoki lisusu kozala na yango ya kosenga eloko epai ya mokonzi?
29 The king replied, “You certainly do not need to say any more. I have decided that you and Ziba will divide [equally] the land [that belonged to your grandfather Saul].”
Mokonzi alobaki na ye: — Mpo na nini maloba ebele boye? Nasili kopesa mitindo ete yo mpe Tsiba bokabola bilanga.
30 Mephibosheth replied to the king, “Your Majesty, [I am content that] you have returned safely. So allow him to take all the land.”
Mefibosheti alobaki na ye: — Lokola mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, azongi mobimba na ndako na ye, tika ete akamata na ye ata nyonso.
31 Barzillai, the man from [the] Gilead [region], had come down to the Jordan [River] from [his town of] Rogelim, to escort the king across the river.
Barizilayi, moto ya Galadi, awutaki na Rogelimi mpo na kokatisa ebale Yordani elongo na mokonzi mpe kotika ye kokoba mobembo na ye.
32 Barzillai was a very old man, 80 years old. He was a very wealthy man, and he had provided food for the king [and his soldiers] while they were at Mahanaim.
Nzokande, Barizilayi akomaki mobange, azalaki na mibu tuku mwambe, mpe ezalaki ye nde asungaki mokonzi na mikolo nyonso oyo mokonzi avandaki na Maanayimi, pamba te azalaki moto ya bozwi mingi.
33 The king said to Barzillai, “Come with me to Jerusalem, and I will take care of you.”
Mokonzi alobaki na Barizilayi: — Katisa elongo na ngai mpe vanda epai na ngai na Yelusalemi, mpe ngai nakosunga yo.
34 But Barzillai replied, “I certainly do not have [RHQ] many more years to live. So (why should I go with you to Jerusalem?/there is certainly no reason for me to go with you to Jerusalem.) [RHQ]
Kasi Barizilayi azongiselaki mokonzi: — Natikali na mibu boni mpo ete nakende elongo na mokonzi na Yelusalemi?
35 I am now 80 years old. I do not [RHQ] know what is enjoyable and what is not enjoyable. I cannot [RHQ] enjoy what I eat and what I drink. I cannot [RHQ] hear the voices of men and women as they sing. So (why should I be another burden to you?/I do not want to be another burden to you.) [RHQ]
Nazali sik’oyo na mibu tuku mwambe. Boni, nakoki na ngai lisusu kokesenisa malamu mpe mabe? Mosali na yo akoki koyoka lisusu elengi ya biloko oyo azali kolia mpe komela? Nakoki lisusu koyoka mongongo ya bayembi ya mibali mpe ya basi? Bongo mpo na nini mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, akoki lisusu komitungisa mpo na mosali na yo?
36 I will cross the Jordan [River] with you and go a little further, and that will be all the reward that I need [for helping you].
Mosali na yo akokatisa Yordani elongo na mokonzi mpo na mwa tango moke kaka. Kasi mpo na nini mokonzi akoki kopesa ngai lifuti ya boye?
37 Then please allow me to return to my home, because that is where I want to die, near my parents’ grave. But here is [my son] Chimham. Your Majesty, allow him to go with you [and serve you], and do for him whatever seems good to you!”
Nabondeli yo, tika ete mosali na yo azonga mpo na kokufa na engumba na ngai pene ya kunda ya tata mpe mama na ngai! Kasi tala mwana na ngai ya mobali, mosali na yo, Kimeami. Tika ete akende elongo na mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, mpe salela ye makambo oyo yo omoni ete ezali malamu.
38 The king replied, “Okay, he will cross [the river] with me, and I will do for him whatever seems good to you. And I will do for you whatever you want me to do.”
Mokonzi azongisaki: — Tika ete Kimeami akende elongo na ngai, mpe ngai nakosalela ye makambo oyo ezali malamu na miso na yo. Nakosalela ye nyonso oyo akosenga ngai.
39 Then King David and all the others crossed the Jordan [River]. He kissed Barzillai and [asked God to] bless him. Then Barzillai returned to his home.
Sima na bato nyonso kokatisa ebale Yordani, mokonzi mpe akatisaki. Bongo mokonzi apesaki Barizilayi beze mpe apambolaki ye. Mpe Barizilayi azongaki na ndako na ye.
40 [After they crossed the river, ] Chimham went with the king, and all the army of Judah and half the army of the other Israeli tribes escorted/accompanied the king to Gilgal.
Tango mokonzi akatisaki na Giligali, Kimeami mpe akatisaki elongo na ye. Bato nyonso ya Yuda mpe ndambo ya mabota ya Isalaele balekisaki mokonzi.
41 Then all the soldiers from the other Israeli tribes came to the king and said, “(Why is it that our relatives, the men from Judah, took you away from us and wanted to be the only ones to escort you and your family across the river, along with all your men?/It is not right that our relatives, the men from Judah, took you away from us and wanted to be the only ones to escort you and your family across the river, along with all your men.) [RHQ] [Why did you not request us to do that]?” [RHQ]
Kasi na mbala moko, bato nyonso ya Isalaele bayaki epai ya mokonzi mpe balobaki na ye: — Mpo na nini bandeko na biso, bato ya Yuda, bazwaki yo na kobombama? Mpo na nini balekisaki mokonzi na ebale Yordani, elongo na libota na ye mpe bato nyonso ya Davidi elongo na ye?
42 The soldiers from Judah replied, “We did it because the king is from Judah. So (why are you angry about that?/you should not be angry about that.) [RHQ] The king has never paid for our food, and he has never given us any gifts.”
Bato nyonso ya Yuda bazongiselaki bato ya Isalaele: — Tosalaki bongo, pamba te mokonzi azali ndeko na biso ya mosika te. Bongo mpo na nini kosilika na tina na yango? Boni, tobikaki bomoi na biso mpo na mokonzi? Tozwaki ata eloko moko mpo na biso?
43 The men of the other Israeli tribes replied, “[There are ten tribes in Israel, and only one in Judah. So] it is ten times more right for us to say that David [is our king] than it is for you to say that. So why are you despising us [RHQ]? We were certainly [RHQ] the first ones to talk about bringing David back [to Jerusalem to be our king again].” But the men of Judah spoke more harshly than the men from the other tribes of Israel did.
Bato ya Isalaele bazongiselaki bato ya Yuda: — Tozali na makoki kati na mokonzi koleka mbala zomi, mpe biso nde tozali na makoki mingi koleka bino na tina na Davidi. Mpo na nini bozali komona biso lokola bato pamba. Tozalaki bato ya liboso te na koluka ndenge nini kozongisa mokonzi na biso? Kasi bato ya Yuda bazongiselaki bato ya Isalaele na maloba makasi.
