< 2 Samuel 23 >

1 Now these [are] the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man [who was] raised on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
Pea ko eni, ko e ngaahi lea fakamuimui eni ʻa Tevita. Naʻe pehē ʻe Tevita ko e foha ʻo Sese, pea naʻe lea ʻo pehē ʻe he tangata naʻe hiki hake ke māʻolunga, ko ia naʻe pani ʻe he ʻOtua ʻo Sēkope, pea pehē ʻe ia naʻe fasi mālie ʻi ʻIsileli,
2 The Spirit of the LORD spoke by me, and his word [was] on my tongue.
Naʻe folofola ʻiate au ʻae Laumālie ʻo Sihova, pea ko ʻene folofola naʻe ʻi hoku ʻelelo.
3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, He that ruleth over men [must be] just, ruling in the fear of God.
Naʻe pehē ʻe he ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, “Naʻe folofola mai kiate au ʻae Makatuʻu ʻa ʻIsileli, Ke ke pule koe ki he kakai ʻi he angatonu, ʻo pule ʻi he manavahē ki he ʻOtua.
4 And [he shall be] as the light of the morning, [when] the sun riseth, [even] a morning without clouds; [as] the tender grass [springing] out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Ke tatau ia mo e maama ʻoe pongipongi, ʻoka hopo hake ʻae laʻā, ʻi he pongipongi ʻoku ʻikai ai ha ngaahi ʻao; pea hangē ko e mohuku maʻuiʻui ʻoku [tupu ]mei he kelekele ʻaia ʻoku ngingila lelei ʻoka ʻosi ʻae tō ʻae ʻuha.”
5 Although my house [is] not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all [things], and sure: for [this is] all my salvation, and all [my] desire, although he maketh [it] not to grow.
Neongo ʻoku ʻikai pehē ʻa hoku fale ki he ʻOtua, ka kuo ne fai mo au ha fuakava taʻengata, kuo tuʻutuʻuni lelei ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē mo maʻu: pea ko ia kotoa pē te u moʻui ai, mo ia kotoa pē ʻoku ou holi ki ai, ʻikai te ne ngaohi ia ke tupu?
6 But [the sons] of Belial [shall be] all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
Ka ʻe tatau ʻaia kotoa pē ʻoku ʻoe angakovi mo e talatalaʻi ʻakau ʻoku tekeʻi atu, koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai faʻa puke ʻaki ia ʻae nima:
7 But the man [that] shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the [same] place.
He ko e tangata ʻe ala ki ai ʻoku lelei ke ne mahafu ʻaki ʻae ukamea mo e kau ʻoe tao; pea ʻe tutu ʻaki ʻae afi ke ʻauha mālie kinautolu ʻi he potu[pe ko ia].
8 These [are] the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same [was] Adino the Eznite: [he lifted up his spear] against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.
Ko e hingoa eni ʻoe kau tangata mālohi ʻaia naʻe ʻia Tevita: ko Sosepiposipati mei Takimoni, ko e tuʻukimuʻa ʻi he ʻeiki ʻe “Toko Tolu;” ko ia foki ko ʻAtino ko e Hasinate: naʻa ne tauʻi ʻae toko valungeau ʻaia naʻa ne tāmateʻi ʻi he kuonga pe taha.
9 And after him [was] Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, [one] of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines [that] were there assembled to battle, and the men of Israel had gone away:
Pea naʻe hoko mo ia ʻa ʻEliesa ko e foha ʻo Toto ko e tangata ʻAhoi, ko e taha ʻi he tuʻunga tangata ʻe toko tolu naʻe ʻia Tevita, ʻi he kuonga naʻa nau luki ki he kakai Filisitia naʻe tānaki fakataha ki he tau, ka kuo ʻalu mei ai ʻae kakai ʻIsileli:
10 He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand adhered to the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to plunder.
Naʻa ne tuʻu hake, ʻo ne taaʻi ʻae kau Filisitia, pea naʻe fai ai pe ke vaivai hono nima, pea naʻe piki maʻu hono nima ki he heletā; pea naʻe fai ʻe Sihova ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ʻae ikuna fakamanavahē; pea naʻe muimui kiate ia ʻae kakai ke vete pe ʻae koloa.
11 And after him [was] Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were collected into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentils: and the people fled from the Philistines.
Pea naʻe hoko mo ia ʻa Sama ko e foha ʻo ʻAkii ko e tangata Halali. Pea naʻe tānaki fakataha ʻae kau Filisitia ke papani, ki he potu ngoue naʻe fonu ʻi he piini: pea naʻe feholaki ʻae kakai mei he ʻao ʻoe kau Filisitia.
12 But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.
Ka naʻe tuʻu pe ia ʻi he loto ngoue, ʻo ne maluʻi ia, mo ne tāmateʻi ʻae kau Filisitia: pea naʻe fai ʻe Sihova ʻae ikuna lahi.
13 And three of the thirty chiefs went down, and came to David in the harvest time to the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
Pea naʻe ʻalu hifo ʻae ʻeiki ʻe toko tolu naʻe pule ki he “Toko Tolungofulu” naʻe tuʻukimuʻa, ʻonau hoko mai kia Tevita ʻi he lolotonga ʻae ututaʻu, ki he ʻana ʻi ʻAtulami: pea naʻe nofo ʻae kautau ʻoe kakai Filisitia ʻi he teleʻa ʻo Lefeimi.
14 And David [was] then in a hold, and the garrison of the Philistines [was] then [in] Beth-lehem.
Pea naʻe nofo ʻa Tevita ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko ia ʻi he kolo mālohi, pea naʻe nofo ʻae tau ʻae kakai Filisitia ʻi he kuonga ko ia ʻi Petelihema.
15 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, which [is] by the gate!
Pea naʻe holi ʻa Tevita, ʻo ne pehē, “Taumaiā ke ʻomi ʻe ha tokotaha haʻaku vai ke u inu mei he vaikeli ʻo Petelihema, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he veʻematapā!”
16 And the three mighty men broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that [was] by the gate, and took [it], and brought [it] to David: nevertheless he would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD.
Pea naʻe ʻoho atu ʻae kau tangata mālohi ʻe Toko Tolu ko ia, ʻo ʻasi ʻi he matatau ʻoe kau Filisitia, ke utu hake ʻae vai mei he vaikeli ʻi Petelihema, ʻaia naʻe ʻi he veʻe matanikolo, pea naʻa nau toʻo ia, ʻo ʻomi kia Tevita: ka neongo ia naʻe ʻikai te ne inu mei ai, ka naʻa ne lilingi atu ia ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova.
17 And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: [is not this] the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.
Pea naʻa ne pehē, “Ke mamaʻo ia ʻiate au, ʻE Sihova, ke u fai ʻae meʻa ni; ʻikai ko e toto eni ʻoe kau tangata naʻe ʻalu kae tuʻutāmaki ʻenau moʻui?” Ko ia naʻe ʻikai ai te ne inu mei ai. Ko e ngaahi meʻa eni naʻe fai ʻe he kau tangata mālohi ʻe toko tolu ko ia.
18 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, [and] slew [them], and had the name among three.
Pea ko ʻApisai, ko e tokoua ʻo Soape, ko e tama ʻa Seluia, naʻe ʻeiki hake ia ʻi he Toko Tolu. Pea naʻa ne apoapo ʻa ʻene tao ke tauʻi ʻae toko tolungeau, pea naʻa ne tāmateʻi kinautolu, pea naʻe ongoongo hake ʻa hono hingoa ʻi he Toko Tolu.
19 Was he not most honorable of three? therefore he was their captain: yet he attained not to the [first] three.
‌ʻIkai naʻe ongoongoa lahi hake ia ʻi he Toko Tolu? Ko ia naʻa ne ʻeiki kiate kinautolu: ka naʻe ʻikai tatau ia mo e ʻuluaki Toko Tolu.
20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lion-like men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
Pea ko Penaia, ko e foha ʻo Sehoiata, ko e foha ʻoe tangata toʻa mei Kapisili, ʻaia naʻe fai ʻae ngaahi meʻa lahi, naʻa ne tāmateʻi ʻe ia ʻae ongo tangata Moape naʻe anga fakalaione: naʻa ne ʻalu hifo foki ʻo ne tāmateʻi ha laione ʻi he takele ʻo ha luo lolotonga ʻae faʻahitaʻu ʻoe ʻuha hinehina:
21 And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
Pea naʻa ne tāmateʻi ha tangata ʻIsipite, ko e tangata toulekeleka: pea naʻe toʻo ʻe he tangata ʻIsipite ha tao ʻi hono nima: ka naʻa ne ʻalu atu kiate ia mo e tokotoko pe, pea ne hamusi ʻae tao mei he nima ʻoe tangata ʻIsipite, pea ne tāmateʻi ia ʻaki ʻa ʻene tao ʻaʻana.
22 These [things] did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name among three mighty men.
Ko e ngaahi meʻa eni naʻe fai ʻe Penaia ko e foha ʻo Sehoiata, pea naʻe lau hono hingoa ki he Toko Tolu naʻe ongoongoa.
23 He was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the [first] three. And David set him over his guard.
Naʻe ongoongo lahi hake ia ʻi he Toko Tolungofulu, ka naʻe ʻikai tatau ia mo e ʻuluaki Toko Tolu. Pea naʻe fakanofo ia ʻe Tevita ke tuʻukimuʻa ʻi heʻene kau mātuʻa alea.
24 Asahel the brother of Joab [was] one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,
Pea ko ʻAsaeli ko e tehina ʻo Soape ko e tokotaha ia ʻi he toko tolungofulu; ko Elihanani ko e foha ʻo Toto mei Petelihema,
25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
Ko Sama ko e tangata Heloti, mo Elika ko e tangata Heloti,
26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
Ko Ilesi ko e tangata Paleti, mo Ila ko e foha ʻo Ikesi ko e tangata Tikoa,
27 Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
Ko ʻApiesa ko e tangata ʻAnatoti, mo Mipunei ko e tangata Husati.
28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
Ko Salimoni ko e tangata ʻAhoi, mo Mehelei ko e tangata Nitofa,
29 Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
Ko Helepi ko e foha ʻo Peane, ko e tangata Nitofa, mo Itei ko e foha ʻo Lipei mei Kipea ʻoe fānau ʻo Penisimani,
30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,
Ko Penaia ko e tangata Pilatoni, mo Itai mei he ngaahi teleʻa ʻo Keasi,
31 Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
Ko ʻApi-ʻAliponi ko e tangata ʻAlipa, mo ʻAsimaveti ko e tangata Pahulimi,
32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
Ko Eliapa ko e tangata Seeliponi, ʻae fānau tangata ʻo Saseni mo Sonatane,
33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,
Ko Sama, ko e tangata Helali, mo ʻAhiami ko e foha ʻo Sala ko e tangata Helali,
34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
Ko Elifeliti ko e foha ʻo ʻAhasipai, ko e foha ʻoe tangata Meaka, mo Iliami ko e foha ʻo ʻAhitofeli ko e tangata Kilo,
35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
Ko Hesilei ko e tangata Kameli, mo Pealei ko e tangata ʻAlipa,
36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani, the Gadite,
Ko Ikiali ko e foha ʻo Netane mei Sopa, mo Pani ko e tangata Kata,
37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armor-bearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah,
Ko Seleki ko e tangata ʻAmoni, mo Nahela ko e tangata Piheloti, ʻaia naʻe fua ʻae mahafutau ʻo Soape ko e tama ʻa Seluia,
38 Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,
Ko Ila ko e tangata Itila, mo Kalepi ko e tangata Itila,
39 Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.
Mo ʻUlia ko e tangata Heti: ko honau lau fakataha ko e toko tolungofulu ma toko fitu.

< 2 Samuel 23 >