2 Samũeli 17
1 Ahithofeli akĩĩra Abisalomu atĩrĩ, “Reke thuure andũ ngiri ikũmi na igĩrĩ nĩguo tũthiĩ ũtukũ o ro ũyũ tũgakinyĩre Daudi.
And Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Please let me choose twelve thousand men, and I arise and pursue after David tonight,
2 Na ndĩmũtharĩkĩre o ro rĩu arĩ mũnogu na atarĩ na hinya. Ndĩmũmakie, na andũ arĩa othe arĩa marĩ hamwe nake moore. Njũrage o mũthamaki we wiki,
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 na hũndũre andũ othe macooke kũrĩ we. Gĩkuũ kĩa mũndũ ũcio ũracaria gĩgũcookia andũ othe harĩwe; gũtirĩ mũndũ ũkũgurara.”
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 Narĩo ithugunda rĩu rĩkĩoneka rĩrĩ rĩega nĩ Abisalomu na athuuri othe a Isiraeli.
And the word is right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all [the] elderly of Israel.
5 No Abisalomu akiuga atĩrĩ, “Tũmanĩrai Hushai ũrĩa Mũariki o nake, nĩguo tũigue ũrĩa ekuuga.”
And Absalom says, “Now call for Hushai the Archite also, and we hear what [is] in his mouth—even he.”
6 Na rĩrĩa Hushai ookire, Abisalomu akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Ahithofeli nĩaheanĩte mataaro maya. Nĩ wega twĩke ũguo aroiga? Angĩkorwo ti ũguo-rĩ, tũhe woni waku.”
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 Hushai agĩcookeria Abisalomu atĩrĩ, “Itaaro rĩrĩa Ahithofeli aheanĩte ti rĩega ihinda-inĩ rĩĩrĩ.
And Hushai says to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has counseled [is] not good at this time.”
8 Wee nĩũũĩ thoguo na andũ ake; nĩ andũ njamba, na nĩ njamba ta nduba ĩtunyĩtwo mwana wayo. Ningĩ thoguo arĩ na ũmenyo wa mbaara; ndarĩ hĩndĩ angĩraarania na mbũtũ cia ita.
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 O na rĩu ahithĩtwo ngurunga kana akahithwo handũ hangĩ. Angĩtharĩkĩra mbũtũ ciaku cia ita mbere-rĩ, ũrĩa wothe ũkaigua ũhoro ũcio akoiga atĩrĩ, ‘Mbũtũ cia ita cia Abisalomu nĩciũragĩtwo.’
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 Hĩndĩ ĩyo o na mũthigari ũrĩa njamba, ũrĩa ngoro yake ĩhaana ta ngoro ya mũrũũthi-rĩ, nĩakaringĩka nĩ guoya, tondũ Isiraeli othe nĩmooĩ atĩ, thoguo nĩ njamba ya ita na atĩ andũ arĩa marĩ nake nĩ njamba.
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 “Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ngũgũtaara atĩrĩ: Reke andũ othe a Isiraeli kuuma Dani nginya Birishiba, acio aingĩ mũno ta mũthanga wa hũgũrũrũ cia iria, moonganio othe macookanĩrĩre harĩwe, na wee mwene ũmatongorie magĩthiĩ ita-inĩ.
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 Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩtũkaamũtharĩkĩra harĩa hothe tũngĩmuona, tũmũmbĩrĩre o ta ũrĩa ime rĩgũaga thĩ. Nĩgũkorwo we mwene o na kana mũndũ o na ũmwe wake gũtirĩ ũgaatigara muoyo.
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 O na ningĩ angĩgatoonya itũũra inene, andũ othe a Isiraeli makaarehe mĩhĩndo itũũra-inĩ rĩu, tũrĩkururie tũrĩtware gĩtuamba-inĩ, o nginya kwage gacunjĩ karĩo kangĩoneka.”
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 Nake Abisalomu na andũ othe a Isiraeli makiuga atĩrĩ, “Ũtaaro wa Hushai ũrĩa Mũariki nĩ mwega gũkĩra wa Ahithofeli.” Nĩgũkorwo Jehova nĩatuĩte atĩ nĩegũthũkia ũtaarani ũcio mwega wa Ahithofeli nĩgeetha arehithĩrie Abisalomu mwanangĩko.
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 Hushai akĩĩra Zadoku na Abiatharu, acio athĩnjĩri-Ngai, atĩrĩ, “Ahithofeli nĩataarĩte Abisalomu na athuuri a Isiraeli meeke ũna na ũna, no niĩ ndĩmataarĩte meke ũna na ũna.
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 Rĩu tũmana kũrĩ Daudi narua, ũmwĩre atĩrĩ, ‘Ũtukũ ũyũ menya ndũkaraare mariũko-inĩ kũu werũ-inĩ; ringa mũrĩmo na ndũkaage gwĩka ũguo, kwaga ũguo mũthamaki na arĩa othe arĩ nao nĩmekũniinwo.’”
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 Jonathani na Ahimaazu maikaraga Eni-Rogeli. Nayo ndungata ya mũirĩtu nĩyo yarĩ ĩthiĩ ĩkamahe ũhoro ũcio, nao mathiĩ makeere Mũthamaki Daudi, tondũ matingĩetĩkĩrire kuonwo magĩtoonya itũũra-inĩ rĩu inene.
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 No kamwana kanini nĩkamonire na gakĩĩra Abisalomu. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio andũ acio eerĩ makiumagara na ihenya magĩtoonya nyũmba ya mũndũ kũu Bahurimu. Nake aarĩ na gĩthima hau nja ya mũciĩ wake, nao makĩharũrũka thĩinĩ wakĩo.
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 Nake mũtumia wa mũndũ ũcio akĩoya kĩndũ gĩa kũhumbĩra, agĩgĩtambũrũkia igũrũ rĩa mũromo wa gĩthima, na akĩanĩka ngano igũrũ rĩakĩo. Na gũtirĩ mũndũ o na ũmwe wamenyire ũhoro ũcio.
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 Na rĩrĩa andũ a Abisalomu mookire kũrĩ mũtumia ũcio kũu nyũmba gwake-rĩ, makĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Ahimaazu na Jonathani marĩ ha?” Nake mũtumia ũcio akĩmacookeria atĩrĩ, “Maringire mũrĩmo ũũrĩa wa karũũĩ.” Nao andũ acio makĩmacaria no mationire mũndũ; nĩ ũndũ ũcio magĩcooka Jerusalemu.
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 Thuutha wa andũ acio gũthiĩ, Jonathani na Ahimaazu makiuma gĩthima-inĩ, na magĩtwarĩra Mũthamaki Daudi ũhoro ũcio. Makĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Wĩhaarĩrie ũringe rũũĩ o narua, Ahithofeli nĩ ataaranĩte ũna na ũna wa gũgũũkĩrĩra.”
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 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Daudi na andũ othe arĩa maarĩ nake magĩũkĩra na makĩringa Rũũĩ rwa Jorodani. Na gũgĩkĩa gũtirĩ mũndũ ũtaaringĩte Rũũĩ rwa Jorodani.
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 Na rĩrĩa Ahithofeli onire atĩ mataaro make matiinarũmĩrĩrĩrwo-rĩ, agĩtandĩka ndigiri yake, akĩinũka gwake mũciĩ itũũra-inĩ rĩake. Agĩthondeka maũndũ make, agĩcooka akĩĩita. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio agĩkua na agĩthikwo mbĩrĩra-inĩ ya ithe.
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 Daudi agĩthiĩ Mahanaimu, nake Abisalomu akĩringa Rũũĩ rwa Jorodani hamwe na andũ othe a Isiraeli.
And David came to Mahanaim, and Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him;
25 Abisalomu nĩathuurĩte Amasa atuĩke mũnene wa mbũtũ cia ita ithenya rĩa Joabu. Amasa aarĩ mũriũ wa mũndũ wetagwo Jetheri, Mũisiraeli ũrĩa wahikĩtie Abigaili, mwarĩ wa Nahashu, mwarĩ wa nyina na Zeruia nyina wa Joabu.
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 Andũ a Isiraeli na Abisalomu maambĩte hema ciao bũrũri-inĩ wa Gileadi.
and Israel encamps with Absalom [in] the land of Gilead.
27 Na rĩrĩa Daudi aakinyire Mahanaimu, Shobi mũrũ wa Nahashu wa kuuma Raba kwa Aamoni, na Makiri mũrũ wa Amieli kuuma Lo-Debari, na Barizilai ũrĩa Mũgileadi kuuma Rogelimu
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 makĩrehe indo cia gũkomera, na mbakũri, na indo cia rĩũmba. Ningĩ makĩrehe ngano na cairi, na mũtu na ngano hĩhie, na mboco na ndengũ,
[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 na ũũkĩ na ngorono, na ngʼondu na maguta mamata ma iria rĩa ngʼombe, nĩgeetha Daudi na andũ ake marĩe. Tondũ moigire atĩrĩ, “Andũ aya nĩahũũtu, na makanoga, na makanyootera gũkũ werũ-inĩ.”
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.”
