Samuel 2 17
1 Azɔ la, Ahitofel gblɔ na Absalom be, “Na ame akpe wuievem ne míati David yome le zã sia me.
And Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Please let me choose twelve thousand men, and I arise and pursue after David tonight,
2 Madze edzi esi ɖeɖi te eŋu eye wògbɔdzɔ. Made vɔvɔ̃ lãme nɛ ekema eŋumewo katã asi, agblẽe ɖi. Mawu fia la ɖeɖe ko,
and come on him, and he [will be] weary and feeble-handed, and I have caused him to tremble, and all the people who [are] with him have fled, and I have struck the king by himself,
3 eye makplɔ ame bubuawo katã vɛ na wò. Ame si dim nèle ƒe ku la anye ame bubuawo ƒe tɔtrɔ gbɔ; nuvevi mawɔ ame bubuawo dometɔ aɖeke o.”
and I bring back all the people to you—as the turning back of the whole [except] the man whom you are seeking—[then] all the people are [at] peace.”
4 Absalom kple Israel ƒe ametsitsiwo katã lɔ̃ ɖe ɖoɖo sia dzi.
And the word is right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all [the] elderly of Israel.
5 Ke Absalom gblɔ be, “Mina míabia Husai, Arkitɔ la, nu si wòbu tso ɖoɖo sia ŋu.”
And Absalom says, “Now call for Hushai the Archite also, and we hear what [is] in his mouth—even he.”
6 Esi Husai va ɖo la, Absalom gblɔ nya si Ahitofel gblɔ la nɛ eye wòbia Husai be, “Aleke nèbu tso ɖoɖo sia ŋu? Ɖe míazɔ ɖe Ahitofel ƒe aɖaŋu nua? Ne mèda asi ɖe edzi o la, ekema gblɔ nu si nèbu be míawɔ la na mí.”
And Hushai comes to Absalom, and Absalom speaks to him, saying, “According to this word Ahithophel has spoken; do we do his word? If not, you—speak.”
7 Husai ɖo eŋu na Absalom be, “Mebu be azɔ ya la, Ahitofel da ƒu.
And Hushai says to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has counseled [is] not good at this time.”
8 Ènya fofowò kple eƒe amewo nyuie, ènya be wonye aʋawɔla sesẽwo. Ɖewohĩ David ƒe mo nyra ɖa abe sisiblisinɔ si ƒe viwo wofi le egbɔ la ene. Aʋawɔla xɔŋkɔ, kpɔnuteƒee fofowò nye, ne zã do la, mamlɔ aʋawɔlawo dome o.
And Hushai says, “You have known your father and his men, that they [are] heroes, and they are bitter in soul as a bereaved bear in a field, and your father [is] a man of war, and does not lodge with the people;
9 Ɖewohĩ ebe ɖe do alo agado aɖe me ɖa xoxo! Ne edo va dze mia dzi eye wòwu miaƒe ame aɖewo la, vɔvɔ̃ aɖo wò aʋawɔlawo eye ame sia ame ade asi ɣlidodo me be wosi aʋakɔ si kplɔ Absalom ɖo.
behold, now, he is hidden in one of the pits, or in one of the places, and it has been at the falling among them at the commencement, that the hearer has heard and said, There has been a slaughter among the people who [are] after Absalom;
10 Ekema wò kalẽtɔwo kekeake gɔ̃ hã, nenye dzata ƒe dzie le dɔ me na wo gɔ̃ hã la, vɔvɔ̃ ana woatsi teƒe ɖeka elabena Israel blibo la nya be fofowò bi ɖe aʋawɔwɔ me eye eƒe asrafowo hã nye kalẽtɔwo.
and he also, the son of valor, whose heart [is] as the heart of the lion, utterly melts, for all Israel knows that your father is a hero, and those with him [are] sons of valor.
11 “Nu si mebue nye be nàƒo Israel dukɔ blibo la ƒe aʋakɔ la nu ƒu tso keke Dan va se ɖe Beerseba ale be aʋakɔ gã aɖe nanɔ asiwò. Mebu hã be wò ŋutɔ nàkplɔ aʋakɔ la.
So that I have counseled: let all Israel be diligently gathered to you, from Dan even to Beer-Sheba, as the sand that [is] by the sea for multitude, and you yourself are going in the midst;
12 Ekema ne mieke ɖe David ŋu la, miate ŋu atsrɔ̃ eƒe aʋakɔ blibo la ale be ame ɖeka pɛ gɔ̃ hã masusɔ anɔ agbe o.
and we have come to him in one of the places where he is found, and we [are] on him as the dew falls on the ground, and there has not been left of him and of all the men who [are] with him even one.
13 Ne David si yi du aɖe me la, Israel ƒe aʋakɔ blibo la anɔ wò kpɔkplɔ te, miatsi kawo ɖe dua ƒe gliwo ŋu eye miahe gliawo ayi aɖakɔ ɖe balime si te ɖe eŋu la me va se ɖe esime kpe aɖeke maganɔ kpe dzi o.”
And if he is gathered to a city, then they have caused all Israel to carry ropes to that city, and we have drawn it to the brook until there has not even been found a stone there.”
14 Tete Absalom kple Israelviwo katã gblɔ be, “Husai, Arkitɔ la ƒe aɖaŋu nyo wu Ahitofel tɔ.” Esia va eme elabena Yehowa ɖo be, yeagblẽ Ahitofel ƒe aɖaŋu, si nye nyuitɔ boŋ hafi la me ale be yeahe dzɔgbevɔ̃e va Absalom dzi.
And Absalom says—and all the men of Israel, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite [is] better than the counsel of Ahithophel”; and YHWH willed to make void the good counsel of Ahithophel for the sake of YHWH’s bringing the calamity to Absalom.
15 Husai gblɔ na nunɔla Zadok kple Abiata bena; Ale kple ale Ahitofel ɖo aɖaŋu na Absalom kple Israel ametsitsiwo kple eya ŋutɔ tɔ na nunɔlawo.
And Hushai says to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “Thus and thus Ahithophel has counseled Absalom and the elderly of Israel, and thus and thus I have counseled;
16 Egblɔ na wo be, “Afɔ netsɔ! Midi David enumake eye miagblɔ nɛ be, meganɔ Yɔdan tɔsisi la ƒe tɔtsoƒe le zã sia me o ke boŋ ele be wòatso tɔsisi la enumake ayi gbedzi le tɔsisi la godo. Ne mewɔ alea o la, eya ŋutɔ kple eƒe aʋakɔ la katã atsrɔ̃.”
and now, send quickly, and declare [it] to David, saying, Do not lodge in the plains of the wilderness tonight, and also, certainly pass over, lest there is a swallowing up of the king and of all the people who are with him.”
17 Yonatan kple Ahimaaz nɔ En Rogel ale be amewo makpɔ wo ne woge ɖe dua me alo wodo go le dua me o. Wowɔ ɖoɖo kple nyɔnudɔla aɖe be wòayi aɖagblɔ nya si woagblɔ na David la na wo.
And Jonathan and Ahimaaz are standing at En-Rogel, and the maidservant has gone and declared [it] to them—and they go and have declared [it] to King David—for they are not able to be seen to go into the city.
18 Ke esi wodzo le En Rogel yina David gbɔ la, ŋutsu aɖe kpɔ wo eye wòyi ɖagblɔe na Absalom. Le ɣeyiɣi sia me la, wosi yi Bahurim eye ŋutsu aɖe ɣla wo ɖe eƒe vudo me le eƒe aƒe godo.
And a youth sees them, and declares [it] to Absalom; and both of them go on quickly, and come to the house of a man in Bahurim, and he has a well in his court, and they go down there,
19 Ŋutsua srɔ̃ ɖo avɔ aɖe ɖe vudo la nu eye wosia bli ɖe avɔ la dzi ale be ame aɖeke mabu be woanɔ afi ma o.
and the woman takes and spreads the covering over the face of the well, and spreads the ground grain on it, and the thing has not been known.
20 Esi Absalom ƒe amewo va nyɔnu la gbɔ la, wobia be, “Afi ka Ahimaaz kple Yonatan wole?” Nyɔnu la gblɔ na wo be, “Wotso tɔʋu la xoxo.” Ameawo di wo gake womekpɔ wo o, ale wotrɔ yi Yerusalem.
And the servants of Absalom come to the woman at the house, and say, “Where [are] Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” And the woman says to them, “They passed over the brook of water”; and they seek, and have not found, and return to Jerusalem.
21 Ame eveawo do le vudo la me eye woɖe abla yi Fia David gbɔ. Wogblɔ nɛ be, “Afɔ netsɔ! Tso Yɔdan tɔsisi la le zã sia me.” Wogblɔ ale si Ahitofel ɖo aɖaŋu na Absalom be wòalée, awui la hã nɛ.
And it comes to pass, after their going on, that they come up out of the well, and go and declare [it] to King David, and say to David, “Rise, and pass over the waters quickly, for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.”
22 Ale David kple eŋumewo katã tso tɔsisi la le zã ma me eye woɖo tɔsisi la godo hafi ŋu ke.
And David rises, and all the people who [are] with him, and they pass over the Jordan, until the morning light, until not one has been lacking who has not passed over the Jordan.
23 Le ɣeyiɣi ma me la, esi Absalom do ŋukpe Ahitofel le dukɔ la ŋkume eye mexɔ eƒe aɖaŋuɖoɖo o ta la, Ahitofel de eƒe tedzi dzi eye wòyi wo de. Esi wòdzra eƒe aƒe ɖo vɔ la, ede ka ve na eɖokui. Ale Ahitofel ku eye woɖii ɖe fofoa xa.
And Ahithophel has seen that his counsel was not done, and he saddles the donkey, and rises and goes to his house, to his city, and gives charge to his household, and strangles himself, and dies, and he is buried in the burying-place of his father.
24 Le ɣeyiɣi kpui aɖe megbe la, David va ɖo Mahanaim. Absalom ƒo Israel dukɔ blibo la nu ƒu eye wòkplɔ ameawo wonɔ tɔsisi la tsom.
And David came to Mahanaim, and Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him;
25 Absalom na Amasa zu aʋafia ɖe Yoab teƒe. Amasa fofoe nye Itra, Ismaeltɔ eye dadae nye Abigail, Nahas ƒe vinyɔnu, ame si nye Yoaz dada, Zeruya nɔvinyɔnu.
and Absalom has set Amasa over the host instead of Joab, and Amasa [is] a man’s son whose name is Ithra the Israeli who has gone in to Abigail, daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, mother of Joab;
26 Absalom kple Israel ƒe aʋakɔ la ƒo ƒu ɖe Gileadnyigba dzi.
and Israel encamps with Absalom [in] the land of Gilead.
27 Esi David va ɖo Mahanaim la, Sobi, Nahas ƒe vi si tso Amon ƒe viwo ƒe Raba kple Makir, Amiel ƒe vi si tso Lo Debar kple Barzilai, Gileadtɔ la si tso Rogelun la
And it comes to pass at the coming in of David to Mahanaim, that Shobi son of Nahash, from Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and Machir son of Ammiel, from Behold-Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite, from Rogelim,
28 tsɔ abadzivɔwo, agbawo kple zewo vɛ. Wotsɔ lu kple ƒo, wɔ, bli tɔtɔe, ayi kple
[have brought] bed, and basin, and earthen vessel, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and roasted [grain], and beans, and lentiles, and roasted [pulse],
29 anyitsi, nyinotsi babla, alẽwo kple akpɔnɔ si wowɔ kple nyinotsi la hã vɛ na David kple eƒe amewo be woaɖu. Wogblɔ be, “Dɔ le ameawo wum, ɖeɖi te wo ŋu eye tsikɔ hã le wo wum le gbegbea.”
and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of cows; they have brought [these] near for David, and for the people who [are] with him to eat, for they said, “Your people [are] hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.”
