2 Samuel 17

1 Therfor Achitofel seide to Absolon, Y schal chese twelue thousynde of men `to me, and Y schal rise, and pursue Dauid in this nyyt.

and to say Ahithophel to(wards) Absalom to choose please two ten thousand man and to arise: rise and to pursue after David [the] night

2 And Y schal falle on hym, for he is wery, and with vnboundun hondis Y schal smyte hym. And whanne al the puple fleeth which is with hym, Y schal smyte the kyng `desolat, ether left aloone.

and to come (in): come upon him and he/she/it weary and weak hand and to tremble [obj] him and to flee all [the] people which with him and to smite [obj] [the] king to/for alone him

3 And Y schal lede ayen al the puple, as o man is wont to turne ayen; for thou sekist o man, and al the puple schal be in pees.

and to return: return all [the] people to(wards) you like/as to return: return [the] all [the] man: husband which you(m. s.) to seek all [the] people to be peace

4 And the word of him plesyde Absolon, and alle the grete men in birthe of Israel.

and to smooth [the] word in/on/with eye: appearance Absalom and in/on/with eye: appearance all old: elder Israel

5 Forsothe Absolon seide, Clepe ye also Chusy of Arath, and here we what also he seith.

and to say Absalom to call: call to please also to/for Hushai [the] Archite and to hear: hear what? in/on/with lip: word his also he/she/it

6 And whanne Chusi hadde come to Absolon, Absolon seide to hym. Achitofel spak siche a word; owen we do, ethir nay? what counsel yyuest thou?

and to come (in): come Hushai to(wards) Absalom and to say Absalom to(wards) him to/for to say like/as Chronicles [the] this to speak: speak Ahithophel to make: do [obj] word: speaking his if nothing you(m. s.) to speak: speak

7 And Chusi seide to Absolon, This is not good counsel, which Achitofel yaf in this tyme.

and to say Hushai to(wards) Absalom not pleasant [the] counsel which to advise Ahithophel in/on/with beat [the] this

8 And eft Chusi seide, Thou knowist, that thi fadir, and the men that ben with him, ben moost stronge, and in bitter soule, as if a femal bere is fers in the forest, whanne the whelpis ben rauyschid; but also thi fader is a man werriour, and he schal not dwelle with the puple.

and to say Hushai you(m. s.) to know [obj] father your and [obj] human his for mighty man they(masc.) and bitter soul they(masc.) like/as bear childless in/on/with land: country and father your man battle and not to lodge with [the] people

9 In hap now he is hid in the dichis, ethir in o place, in which he wole; and whanne ony man fallith in the bigynnyng, who euer schal here, he schal here, and schal seie, Wounde is maad in the puple that suede Absolon.

behold now he/she/it to hide in/on/with one [the] pit or in/on/with one [the] place and to be like/as to fall: kill in/on/with them in/on/with beginning and to hear: hear [the] to hear: hear and to say to be plague in/on/with people which after Absalom

10 And ech strongeste man, whos herte is as `the herte of a lioun, schal be discoumfortid for drede; for al the puple of Israel knowith, that thi fadir is strong, and that alle men ben stronge, that ben with him.

and he/she/it also son: warrior strength which heart his like/as heart [the] lion to melt to melt for to know all Israel for mighty man father your and son: warrior strength which with him

11 But this semeth to me to be riytful counsel; al Israel be gaderid to thee, fro Dan `til to Bersabee, vnnoumbrable as the soond of the see; and thou schalt be in the myddis of hem.

for to advise to gather to gather upon you all Israel from Dan and till Beersheba Beersheba like/as sand which upon [the] sea to/for abundance and face of your to go: went in/on/with battle

12 And we schulen falle on hym, in what euer place he is foundun, and we schulen hile hym, as dew is wont to falle on the erthe; and we schulen not leeue of the men that ben with hym, `sotheli not oon.

and to come (in): come to(wards) him (in/on/with one *Q(k)*) [the] place which to find there and to rest upon him like/as as which to fall: fall [the] dew upon [the] land: soil and not to remain in/on/with him and in/on/with all [the] human which with him also one

13 `That if he entrith in to ony citee, al Israel schal cumpasse that citee with roopis, and we schulen drawe it in to the stronde, that no thing be foundun, sotheli not a litil stoon therof.

and if to(wards) city to gather and to lift: bear all Israel to(wards) [the] city [the] he/she/it cord and to drag [obj] him till [the] torrent: valley till which not to find there also pebble

14 And Absolon seide, and alle the men of Israel, The counsel of Chusi of Arath is betere than the counsel of Achitofel; sotheli the profitable counsel of Achitofel was destried bi Goddis wille, that the Lord schulde brynge in yuel on Absolon.

and to say Absalom and all man Israel pleasant counsel Hushai [the] Archite from counsel Ahithophel and LORD to command to/for to break [obj] counsel Ahithophel [the] pleasant to/for in/on/with for the sake of to come (in): bring LORD to(wards) Absalom [obj] [the] distress: harm

15 And Chusi seide to Sadoch and to Abiathar, preestis, Achitofel yaf counsel to Absolon, and to the eldere men of Israel in this and this maner, and Y yaf sich and sich counsel.

and to say Hushai to(wards) Zadok and to(wards) Abiathar [the] priest like/as this and like/as this to advise Ahithophel [obj] Absalom and [obj] old: elder Israel and like/as this and like/as this to advise I

16 Now therfor sende ye soone, and telle ye to Dauid, and seie ye, Dwelle thou not this nyyt in the feeldi places of deseert, but passe thou with out delay; lest perauenture the kyng be destried, and al the puple which is with hym.

and now to send: depart haste and to tell to/for David to/for to say not to lodge [the] night in/on/with plain [the] wilderness and also to pass to pass lest to swallow up to/for king and to/for all [the] people which with him

17 Forsothe Jonathas and Achymaas stoden bisidis the welle of Rogel; an handmaide yede, and telde to hem, and thei yeden forth to telle the message to kyng Dauid; for thei myyten not be seyn, nether entre in to the citee.

and Jonathan and Ahimaaz to stand: stand in/on/with En-rogel En-rogel and to go: went [the] maidservant and to tell to/for them and they(masc.) to go: went and to tell to/for king David for not be able to/for to see: see to/for to come (in): come [the] city [to]

18 Forsothe a child siy hem, and he schewide to Absolon; sotheli thei entriden with swift goyng in to the hows of `sum man in Bahurym, that hadde a pit in his place, and thei yeden doun in to that pit.

and to see: see [obj] them youth and to tell to/for Absalom and to go: went two their haste and to come (in): come to(wards) house: home man in/on/with Bahurim and to/for him well in/on/with court his and to go down there

19 Forsothe a womman took, and spred abrood an hilyng of the mouth of the pit as driynge `barli with the pile takun a wey, and so the thing was hid.

and to take: take [the] woman and to spread [obj] [the] covering upon face: surface [the] well and to spread upon him [the] grain and not to know word: thing

20 And whanne the seruauntis of Absolon hadde come in to the hows, thei seiden to the womman, Where is Achymaas and Jonathas? And the womman answeride to hem, Thei passiden hastily, whanne `watir was tastid a litil. And whanne thei that souyten hem hadden not founde, thei turneden ayen in to Jerusalem.

and to come (in): come servant/slave Absalom to(wards) [the] woman [the] house: home [to] and to say where? Ahimaaz and Jonathan and to say to/for them [the] woman to pass brook [the] water and to seek and not to find and to return: return Jerusalem

21 And whanne thei `that souyten hadden go, thei stieden fro the pit; and thei yeden, and telden to kyng Dauid, and seiden, Rise ye, passe ye soone the flood, for Achitofel yaf sich counsel ayens you.

and to be after to go: went they and to ascend: rise from [the] well and to go: went and to tell to/for king David and to say to(wards) David to arise: rise and to pass haste [obj] [the] water for thus to advise upon you Ahithophel

22 Therfor Dauid roos, and al the puple that was with hym, and thei passiden Jordan, til it was cleer dai, bifor that the word was pupplischid; and sotheli not oon was left, that `passide not the flood.

and to arise: rise David and all [the] people which with him and to pass [obj] [the] Jordan till light [the] morning till one not to lack which not to pass [obj] [the] Jordan

23 Forsothe Achitofel siy, that his counsel was not doon, and he sadlide his asse, and roos, and yede in to his hows, and in to his citee; and whanne his hows was disposid, he perischide bi hangyng, and he was biried in the sepulcre of his fadir.

and Ahithophel to see: see for not to make: do counsel his and to saddle/tie [obj] [the] donkey and to arise: rise and to go: went to(wards) house: home his to(wards) city his and to command to(wards) house: home his and to strangle and to die and to bury in/on/with grave father his

24 Sotheli Dauid cam in to the castels, and Absolon passide Jordan, he and alle the men of Israel with hym.

and David to come (in): come Mahanaim [to] and Absalom to pass [obj] [the] Jordan he/she/it and all man Israel with him

25 Forsothe Absolon ordeynede Amasan for Joab on the oost; forsothe Amasan was the sone of a man that was clepid Jethra of Jeyrael, which entride to Abigail, douyter of Naas, the sistir of Saruye, that was the modir of Joab.

and [obj] Amasa to set: appoint Absalom underneath: instead Joab upon [the] army and Amasa son: child man and name his Ithra [the] Ishmaelite which to come (in): marry to(wards) Abigail daughter Nahash sister Zeruiah mother Joab

26 And Israel settide tentis with Absolon in the lond of Galaad.

and to camp Israel and Absalom land: country/planet [the] Gilead

27 And whanne Dauid hadde come in to castels, Sobi, the sone of Naas of Rabath, of the sones of Amon, and Machir, the sone of Amyel, of Lodobar, and Berzellai, of Galaad,

and to be like/as to come (in): come David Mahanaim [to] and Shobi son: child Nahash from Rabbah son: descendant/people Ammon and Machir son: child Ammiel from Lo-debar Lo-debar and Barzillai [the] Gileadite from Rogelim

28 of Rogelym, brouyten to hym beddyngis, and tapitis, and erthun vessels, wheete, and barli, and mele, and flour, and benys, and lente, and fried chichis, and hony,

bed and basin and article/utensil to form: potter and wheat and barley and flour and roasted and bean and lentil and roasted

29 and botere, and scheep, and fatte calues. And thei yauen to Dauid, and to the puple that weren with hym, to ete; for thei supposiden the puple to be maad feynt for hungur and thirst in deseert.

and honey and curd and flock and cheese cattle to approach: bring to/for David and to/for people which with him to/for to eat for to say [the] people hungry and faint and thirsty in/on/with wilderness