2 Samũeli 19
1 Nake Joabu akĩĩrwo atĩrĩ, “Mũthamaki nĩararĩra agĩcakayagĩra Abisalomu.”
And they brought Joab word, saying, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Abessalom.
2 Naguo ũhootani wa mũthenya ũcio wa mbũtũ cia ita ciothe ũkĩgarũrũka, ũgĩtuĩka macakaya, tondũ mũthenya ũcio mbũtũ cia ita nĩciaiguire gũkĩĩrwo atĩrĩ, “Mũthamaki arĩ na kĩeha nĩ ũndũ wa mũriũ.”
And the victory was turned that day into mourning to all the people, for the people heard say that day, The king grieves after his son.
3 Mũthenya ũcio andũ magĩcooka itũũra-inĩ inene na hitho, o ta ũrĩa andũ macookaga na hitho maconokete rĩrĩa moorĩte kuuma mbaara-inĩ.
And the people stole away that day to go into the city, as people steal away when they are ashamed as they flee in the battle.
4 Nake mũthamaki akĩhumbĩra ũthiũ, akĩrĩra na mũgambo mũnene akiugaga atĩrĩ, “Ũũi Abisalomu, mũrũ wakwa! Ũũi Abisalomu, mũrũ wakwa, mũrũ wakwa!”
And the king hid his face: and the king cried with a loud voice, My son Abessalom! Abessalom my son!
5 Hĩndĩ ĩyo Joabu agĩtoonya nyũmba kũrĩ mũthamaki, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Ũmũthĩ nĩũconorithĩtie andũ aku othe, arĩa marĩkĩtie kũhonokia muoyo waku, na mĩoyo ya ariũ aku na ya airĩtu aku, na mĩoyo ya atumia aku o na ya thuriya ciaku.
And Joab went in to the king, into the house, and said, Thou hast this day shamed the faces of all thy servants that have delivered thee this day, and [have saved] the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and of thy concubines,
6 Wee wendete arĩa magũthũire, na ũkamena arĩa makwendete. Ũmũthĩ nĩwonanĩtie biũ atĩ ndũrĩ bata na anene a mbũtũ cia ita o na andũ ao. Niĩ nguona atĩ wee gĩkeno gĩaku kĩngĩrĩ rĩrĩa Abisalomu angĩrĩ muoyo ũmũthĩ na ithuothe tũkorwo tũkuĩte.
forasmuch as thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest them that love thee; and thou hast this day declared, that thy princes and thy servants are nothing [in thy sight]: for I know this day, that if Abessalom were alive, [and] all of us dead to-day, then it would have been right in thy sight.
7 Rĩu ũkĩra ũthiĩ ũkoomĩrĩrie andũ aku ũmekĩre hinya. Niĩ ngwĩhĩta na rĩĩtwa rĩa Jehova atĩ aakorwo ndũkuuma ũthiĩ gũtanatuka, gũtirĩ mũndũ o na ũmwe ũgũkorwo mwena waku. Ũndũ ũyũ ũgũtuĩka mũũru kũrĩ we gũkĩra maũndũ mothe mooru marĩa managũkora kuuma ũrĩ mũnini nginya rĩu.”
And now arise, and go forth, and speak comfortably to thy servants; for I have sworn by the Lord, that unless thou wilt go forth to-day, there shall not a man remain with thee this night: and know for thyself, this thing [will] indeed [be] evil to thee beyond all the evil that has come upon thee from thy youth until now.
8 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mũthamaki agĩũkĩra, agĩikarĩra gĩtĩ gĩake kĩhingo-inĩ. Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa andũ meerirwo atĩrĩ, “Mũthamaki aikarĩte kĩhingo-inĩ,” othe magĩũka mbere yake. Na rĩrĩ, andũ a Isiraeli nĩmoorĩte magacooka kwao mĩciĩ.
Then the king arose, and sat in the gate: and all the people reported, saying, Behold, the king sits in the gate. And all the people went in before the king to the gate; for Israel had fled every man to his tent.
9 Mĩhĩrĩga-inĩ yothe ya Isiraeli, andũ othe maakararanagia makoiga atĩrĩ, “Mũthamaki nĩwe watũkũũrire kuuma guoko-inĩ gwa thũ ciitũ; nĩwe watũhonokirie kuuma guoko-inĩ kwa Afilisti. No rĩu nĩorĩte akoima bũrũri-inĩ akĩũrĩra Abisalomu;
And all the people disputed among all the tribes of Israel, saying, King David delivered us from all our enemies, and he rescued us from the hand of the Philistines: and now he has fled from the land, and from his kingdom, and from Abessalom.
10 nake Abisalomu ũrĩa twaitĩrĩirie maguta atũthamakĩre-rĩ, nĩakuĩrĩire mbaara-inĩ. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mwagĩte kwaria ũhoro wa gũcookia mũthamaki nĩkĩ?”
And Abessalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle: and now why are ye silent about bringing back the king? And the word of all Israel came to the king.
11 Mũthamaki Daudi nĩatũmanire kũrĩ Zadoku na Abiatharu, athĩnjĩri-Ngai, makeerwo atĩrĩ, “Ũriai athuuri a Juda atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩ kĩĩ gĩgũtũma mũrigie thuutha harĩ gũcookia mũthamaki nyũmba-inĩ yake ya ũthamaki, kuona atĩ ũrĩa kũraario Isiraeli guothe nĩgũkinyĩire mũthamaki kũrĩa aikaraga?
And king David sent to Sadoc and Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Israel, saying, Why are ye the last to bring back the king to his house? whereas the word of all Israel is come to the king to his house.
12 Inyuĩ mũrĩ ariũ a baba, tũrĩ a mũthiimo ũmwe, na thakame ĩmwe. Nĩ kĩĩ kĩngĩtũma mũtuĩke a kũrigia thuutha kũinũkia mũthamaki?’
Ye [are] my brethren, ye [are] my bones and my flesh: why are ye the last to bring back the king to his house?
13 Ningĩ mwĩre Amasa atĩrĩ, ‘Githĩ wee ndũrĩ wa mũthiimo wakwa, na thakame yakwa? Ngai arothũũra o na anjĩke ũũru makĩria, angĩkorwo kuuma rĩu gũthiĩ na mbere wee tiwe ũgũtuĩka mũnene wa mbũtũ ciakwa cia ita ithenya rĩa Joabu.’”
And ye shall say to Amessai, [Art] thou not my bone and my flesh? and now God do so to me, and more also, if thou shalt not be commander of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
14 Nake mũthamaki akĩguucĩrĩria ngoro cia andũ othe a Juda ta ciarĩ ngoro ya mũndũ ũmwe. Nao magĩtũmana kũrĩ mũthamaki, makiuga atĩrĩ, “Cooka, wee hamwe na andũ aku othe.”
And he bowed the heart of all the men of Juda as that of one man; and they sent to the king, saying, Return thou, and all thy servants.
15 Hĩndĩ ĩyo mũthamaki agĩcooka agĩthiĩ agĩkinya Jorodani. Na rĩrĩ, andũ a Juda nĩmookĩte Giligali nĩguo matũnge mũthamaki mamũringie Rũũĩ rwa Jorodani.
And the king returned, and came as far as Jordan. And the men of Juda came to Galgala on their way to meet the king, to cause the king to pass over Jordan.
16 Nake Shimei mũrũ wa Gera, Mũbenjamini kuuma Bahurimu, agĩikũrũka na ihenya marĩ na andũ a Juda nĩguo magatũnge Mũthamaki Daudi.
And Semei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Baurim, hasted and went down with the men of Juda to meet king David.
17 Nake aarĩ na andũ a Benjamini ngiri ĩmwe, o hamwe na Ziba ndungata ya mũciĩ wa Saũlũ, na ariũ ake ikũmi na atano, na ndungata mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ. Nao makĩhanyũka nginya Rũũĩ rwa Jorodani harĩa mũthamaki aarĩ.
And a thousand men of Benjamin [were] with him, and Siba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons with him, and his twenty servants with him: and they went directly down to Jordan before the king,
18 Makĩringĩra iriũko-inĩ nĩguo maringie andũ a nyũmba ya mũthamaki na meeke o ũrĩa angĩenda. Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa Shimei mũrũ wa Gera aaringire Rũũĩ rwa Jorodani akĩĩgũithia thĩ mbere ya mũthamaki,
and they performed the service of bringing the king over; and there went over a ferry-boat to remove the household of the king, and to do that which was right in his eyes. And Semei the son of Gera fell on his face before the king, as he went over Jordan;
19 na akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Mwathi wakwa nĩ atige kũndua mwĩhia. Tiga kũririkana ũrĩa ndungata yaku yekire mahĩtia mũthenya ũrĩa mũthamaki mwathi wakwa oimire Jerusalemu. Mũthamaki nĩatige kũiga ũhoro ũcio meciiria-inĩ make.
and said to the king, Let not my lord now impute iniquity, and remember not all the iniquity of thy servant in the day in which my lord went out from Jerusalem, so that the king should mind it.
20 Nĩgũkorwo niĩ ndungata yaku nĩnjũũĩ atĩ nĩnjĩhĩtie, no ũmũthĩ nĩndoka haha ndĩ mũndũ wa mbere wa nyũmba yothe ya andũ a Jusufu; ndaikũrũka njũke ndũnge mũthamaki mwathi wakwa.”
For thy servant knows that I have sinned: and, behold, I am come to-day before all Israel and the house of Joseph, to go down and meet my lord the king.
21 Ningĩ Abishai mũrũ wa Zeruia akiuga atĩrĩ, “Githĩ Shimei ndagĩrĩire nĩ kũũragwo nĩ ũndũ wa ũrĩa ekĩte? Nĩarumire mũitĩrĩrie maguta wa Jehova.”
And Abessai the son of Saruia answered and said, Shall not Semei therefore be put to death, because he cursed the Lord's anointed?
22 Nake Daudi agĩcookia atĩrĩ, “Tũnyiitanĩire ũndũ ũrĩkũ na inyuĩ, inyuĩ ariũ a Zeruia? Ũmũthĩ nĩguo mũgũtuĩka thũ ciakwa! No kũhoteke mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ ooragwo thĩinĩ wa Isiraeli ũmũthĩ? Githĩ niĩ ndikĩũĩ atĩ ũmũthĩ nĩ niĩ mũthamaki wa Isiraeli?”
And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Saruia, that ye as it were lie in wait against me this day? to-day no man in Israel shall be put to death, for I know not if I this day reign over Israel.
23 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mũthamaki akĩĩra Shimei atĩrĩ, “Wee ndũgũkua.” Nake mũthamaki akĩmũhe ũhoro ũcio na mwĩhĩtwa.
And the king said to Semei, Thou shalt not die: and the king swore to him.
24 Na rĩrĩ, Mefiboshethu, mwana wa mũriũ wa Saũlũ, o nake nĩaikũrũkire agĩthiĩ gũtũnga mũthamaki. Nake ndethambĩte magũrũ kana akenja nderu, o na kana akahũũra nguo ciake kuuma mũthenya ũrĩa mũthamaki aathiire nginya mũthenya ũrĩa aacookire arĩ na thayũ.
And Memphibosthe the son of Saul's son went down to meet the king, and had not dressed his feet, nor pared his nails, nor shaved himself, neither had he washed his garments, from the day that the king departed, until the day when he arrived in peace.
25 Rĩrĩa ooimire Jerusalemu agatũnge mũthamaki, mũthamaki akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Mefiboshethu, nĩ kĩĩ kĩagiririe ũthiĩ na niĩ?”
And it came to pass when he went into Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, Why didst thou not go with me, Memphibosthe?
26 Nake akiuga atĩrĩ, “Mũthamaki mwathi wakwa, nĩgũkorwo niĩ ndungata yaku ndĩ mwonju, ‘Ndoigire atĩrĩ, nĩngũigĩrĩra ndigiri yakwa matandĩko na ndĩmĩhaice, nĩguo hote gũthiĩ na mũthamaki’. No Ziba ndungata yakwa akĩngunyanĩra.
And Memphibosthe said to him, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me; for thy servant said to him, Saddle me the ass, and I will ride upon it, and go with the king; for thy servant [is] lame.
27 Na nĩacambĩtie ndungata yaku kũrĩ mũthamaki mwathi wakwa. Mwathi wakwa mũthamaki ahaana ta mũraika wa Ngai; nĩ ũndũ ũcio ĩka ũrĩa ũkuona kwagĩrĩire.
And he has dealt deceitfully with thy servant to my lord the king: but my lord the king [is] as an angel of God, and do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
28 Njiaro ciothe cia guka ciagĩrĩirwo nĩ kũũragwo nĩ mũthamaki mwathi wakwa. No wee nĩwaheire ndungata yaku handũ na arĩa marĩĩagĩra metha-inĩ yaku. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ndĩ na kĩhooto kĩrĩkũ gĩa gũgũkaĩra rĩngĩ mũthamaki wakwa?”
For all the house of my father were but as dead men before my lord the king; yet thou hast set thy servant among them that eat at thy table: and what right have I any longer even to cry to the king?
29 Mũthamaki akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Nĩ kĩĩ kĩngĩtũma warie makĩria ma ũguo? Ndaathana atĩ wee na Ziba mũgayane mũgũnda.”
And the king said to him, Why speakest thou any longer of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Siba shall divide the land.
30 Mefiboshethu akĩĩra mũthamaki atĩrĩ, “Reke oe mĩgũnda yothe, kuona atĩ wee mwathi wakwa nĩũcookete mũciĩ na thayũ.”
And Memphibosthe said to the king, Yea, let him take all, since my lord the king has come in peace to his house.
31 Ningĩ Barizilai, ũrĩa Mũgileadi agĩikũrũka kuuma Rogelimu akaringe Rũũĩ rwa Jorodani me hamwe na mũthamaki, na amumagarie njĩra-inĩ ya kuuma kũu.
And Berzelli the Galaadite came down from Rogellim, and crossed over Jordan with the king, that he might conduct the king over Jordan.
32 Na rĩrĩ, Barizilai aarĩ mũthuuri mũkũrũ mũno wa mĩaka mĩrongo ĩnana. Nĩwe waheaga mũthamaki irio hĩndĩ ĩrĩa aikarĩte Mahanaimu, tondũ aarĩ mũndũ mũtongu mũno.
And Berzelli was a very old man, eighty years old; and he had maintained the king when he dwelt in Manaim; for he was a very great man.
33 Nake mũthamaki akĩĩra Barizilai atĩrĩ, “Nĩtũringe mũrĩmo nawe, tũthiĩ ũikare hamwe na niĩ Jerusalemu, na nĩndĩrĩkũheaga irio.”
And the king said to Berzelli, Thou shalt go over with me, and I will nourish thine old age with me in Jerusalem.
34 Nowe Barizilai agĩcookeria mũthamaki atĩrĩ, “Nĩ mĩaka ĩngĩ ĩigana atĩa niĩ ngũtũũra muoyo nĩguo nyambate thiĩ Jerusalemu hamwe na mũthamaki?
And Berzelli said to the king, How many [are] the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
35 Rĩu ndĩ na ũkũrũ wa mĩaka mĩrongo ĩnana. No menye ũtiganu wa ũndũ mwega na mũũru? Ndungata yaku yahota gũcama kĩrĩa ĩrarĩa na kĩrĩa ĩranyua? No hote kũigua mĩgambo ya arũme na ya andũ-a-nja makĩina? Nĩ kĩĩ kĩngĩtũma ndungata yaku ĩtuĩke mũrigo ũngĩ kũrĩ mũthamaki mwathi wakwa?
I am this day eighty years old: can I then distinguish between good and evil? Can thy servant taste any longer what I eat or drink? can I any longer hear the voice of singing men or singing women? and wherefore shall thy servant any longer be a burden to my lord the king?
36 Ndungata yaku nĩĩkũringa Rũũĩ rwa Jorodani hamwe na mũthamaki handũ ha itĩĩna inini, no nĩ kĩĩ kĩngĩtũma mũthamaki andĩhe niĩ na njĩra ĩyo?
Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why does the king return me this recompense?
37 Reke ndungata yaku ĩcooke, nĩgeetha ngaakuĩra itũũra-inĩ rĩakwa hakuhĩ na mbĩrĩra ya baba na maitũ. No rĩrĩ, ndungata yaku Kimuhamu nĩĩringe hamwe na mũthamaki mwathi wakwa. Mĩĩke o ũrĩa ũkuona kwagĩrĩire.”
Let, I pray thee, thy servant remain, and I will die in my city, by the tomb of my father and of my mother. And, behold, thy servant Chamaam shall go over with my lord the king; and do thou to him as it seems good in thine eyes.
38 Mũthamaki akiuga atĩrĩ, “Kimuhamu nĩekũringa hamwe na niĩ, na nĩngũmwĩka o ũrĩa ũngĩona kwagĩrĩire. Na ũrĩa wothe ũngĩenda kuuma kũrĩ niĩ nĩ ngũgwĩkĩra.”
And the king said, Let Chamaam go over with me, and I will do to him what is good in my sight; and whatsoever thou shalt choose at my hand, I will do for thee.
39 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio andũ othe makĩringa Rũũĩ rwa Jorodani, nake mũthamaki agĩcooka akĩringa. Mũthamaki akĩmumunya Barizilai na akĩmũrathima, nake Barizilai agĩcooka gwake mũciĩ.
And all the people went over Jordan, and the king went over; and the king kissed Berzelli, and blessed him; and he returned to his place.
40 Rĩrĩa mũthamaki aaringire mũrĩmo agĩkinya Giligali, Kimuhamu akĩringa hamwe nake. Nacio mbũtũ ciothe cia ita cia Juda na nuthu ya mbũtũ cia ita cia Isiraeli ikĩringia mũthamaki.
And the king went over to Galgala, and Chamaam went over with him: and all the men of Juda went over with the king, and also half the people of Israel.
41 Thuutha wa kahinda kanini andũ othe a Isiraeli nĩmookaga kũrĩ mũthamaki makamwĩra atĩrĩ, “Nĩ kĩĩ gĩatũmire ariũ a baba, andũ a Juda, matũtunye mũthamaki na wara, na mamũcookie nyũmba yake kuuma mũrĩmo wa Jorodani, hamwe na andũ ake othe?”
And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, Why have our brethren the men of Juda stolen thee away, and caused the king and all his house to pass over Jordan, and all the men of David with him?
42 Andũ othe a Juda magĩcookeria andũ a Isiraeli atĩrĩ, “Twekire ũguo tondũ mũthamaki nĩ wa nyũmba iitũ. Nĩ kĩĩ gĩgũtũma mũrakario nĩ ũhoro ũcio? Nĩ irio tũrĩĩte cia mũthamaki? Nĩ harĩ kĩndũ twĩyoeire ithuĩ ene?”
And all the men of Juda answered the men of Israel, and said, Because the king is near of kin to us: and why were you thus angry concerning this matter? have we indeed eaten of the king's food? or has he given us a gift, or has he sent us a portion?
43 Ningĩ andũ a Isiraeli magĩcookeria andũ a Juda atĩrĩ, “Ithuĩ tũrĩ na icunjĩ ikũmi kũrĩ mũthamaki, na hamwe na ũguo-rĩ, tũrĩ na kĩhooto gĩa gũtuĩka a Daudi gũkĩra inyuĩ. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio nĩ kĩĩ gĩgũtũma mũtũmene? Githĩ ti ithuĩ twarĩ a mbere kwaria ũhoro wa gũcookia mũthamaki witũ?” No andũ a Juda magĩcookia marĩ na ũũru mũingĩ mũno o na gũkĩra andũ a Isiraeli.
And the men of Israel answered the men of Juda, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we are older than you, we have also an interest in David above you: and why have ye thus insulted us, and why was not our advice taken before that of Juda, to bring back our king? And the speech of the men of Juda was sharper than the speech of the men of Israel.
