2 Samyèl 17
1 Apre sa, Achitofèl di Absalon konsa: -Kite m' chwazi douzmil (12.000) sòlda. M'ap pati aswè a menm dèyè David.
And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me, I pray, choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David to-night;
2 M'ap pwofite antan li tou bouke, tou dekouraje a, m'ap atake l', m'ap fè l' pè. Lè sa a, tout moun ki avè l' yo va kraze rak. Se wa a ase m'ap touye.
and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;
3 Lèfini, m'ap mennen tout lòt moun yo vin jwenn ou, menm jan yon madan marye tounen vin jwenn mari l'. Se yon sèl moun ou vle yo touye, pa vre. Apre sa, repo pou tout moun.
and I will bring back all the people to thee. The man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: all the people shall be in peace.
4 Koze a te fè Absalon ak tout chèf moun Izrayèl yo plezi.
And the saying was right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
5 Absalon di konsa: -Rele Ouchayi, moun peyi Ak la. Ann tande sa li gen pou l' di nou.
And Absalom said, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and we will hear also what he says.
6 Lè Ouchayi rive, Absalon di l' konsa: -Men konsèy Achitofèl ban nou. Eske se pou nou fè sa li di nou fè a? Si ou pa dakò, di nou sa pou nou fè.
And Hushai came to Absalom, and Absalom spoke to him saying, Ahithophel has spoken after this manner: shall we carry out his word? If not, speak thou.
7 Ouchayi reponn li: -Fwa sa a, konsèy Achitofèl bay la pa bon menm.
And Hushai said to Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.
8 Ou konnen jan papa ou ak moun pa li yo vanyan gason? Koulye a, yo move tankou yon manman lous ki pèdi pitit li. Papa ou se yon sòlda ki gen anpil esperyans nan fè lagè. Li p'ap janm rete pase lannwit menm kote ak moun li yo.
And Hushai said, Thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are of exasperated spirit, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field; and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
9 Koulye a li dwe kache nan yon gwòt osinon yon lòt kote. Premye atak David va fè sou moun ou yo, moun pral konn sa, y'a di: David bat patizan Absalon yo.
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or some such place; and it will come to pass, when some of them fall at the first, whoever heareth it will say, There has been slaughter among the people that follow Absalom,
10 Lè sa a, menm sòlda ki pi vanyan yo, sa ki tankou lyon, ki pa pè anyen yo, pral pèdi kouraj, paske tout moun peyi Izrayèl yo konnen jan papa ou se sòlda ki konn goumen, jan moun pa l' yo se brave danje.
and even the valiant man whose heart is as the heart of a lion shall utterly melt; for all Israel knows that thy father is a mighty man, and they that are with him are valiant men.
11 Men konsèy mwen menm m'ap bay: Fè sanble dènye gason nan tout peyi Izrayèl la, depi lavil Dann jouk lavil Bècheba, pou yo tankou grenn sab bò lanmè. Lèfini, ou menm w'a mache alatèt yo.
But I counsel that all Israel be speedily gathered to thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
12 Nenpòt kote David ye, n'a tonbe sou li tankou lawouze sou fèy bwa, n'a atake l' anvan menm li konnen sa k'ap rive l'. Nou p'ap kite pesonn chape, ni li, ni yonn nan moun pa l' yo.
And we shall come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falls on the ground; and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.
13 Si li al kache kò l' nan yon lavil, tout moun Izrayèl yo va pran kòd, y'a mare lavil la, y'a trennen l' al jete anba nan fon an. Yo pa t' kite yon grenn wòch sou tèt mòn kote lavil la te ye a.
And if he withdraw into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the torrent, until there be not one small stone found there.
14 Absalon ak tout moun peyi Izrayèl yo di: -Konsèy Ouchayi, moun Ak la, pi bon pase pa Achitofèl la. Sa te pase konsa, paske Seyè a te deside pou li pa t' kite yo swiv konsèy Achitofèl la pou malè te ka tonbe sou Absalon.
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. And Jehovah had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, in order that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom.
15 Apre sa, Ouchayi rele Zadòk ak Abyata, prèt yo, li di yo: -Men konsèy Achitofèl te bay Absalon ak chèf fanmi moun Izrayèl yo. Men konsèy mwen menm mwen te ba yo.
And Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.
16 Koulye a, prese voye komisyon bay David. Di li pa rete pase nwit nan plenn dezè a. Se pou l' al pi lwen toujou pou yo pa touye l' ansanm ak moun pa li yo.
And now send quickly, and tell David saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
17 Jonatan, pitit Abyata a, ak Akimaz, pitit Zadòk la, te rete bò sous Lesivèz yo ap tann, paske yo pa t' ka antre nan lavil la pou moun pa t' wè yo. Se yon sèvant ki te konn al pote nouvèl sa k'ap pase ba yo pou yo te ka al avèti wa David.
And Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; and the maid went and told them; and they went and told king David, for they might not be seen to come into the city.
18 Men, yon ti gason bare yo, li al di Absalon sa. De mesye yo kouri al kache lakay yon moun ki te rete lavil Bakourim. Nonm lan te gen yon pi nan lakou lakay li. Mesye yo desann al kache ladan l'.
But a lad saw them, and told Absalom. Then they went both of them away quickly, and came to the house of a man at Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.
19 Madanm nonm lan pran yon gwo dra, li kouvri bouch pi a. Lèfini, li simen grenn pile sou li, konsa pesonn pa wè sa ki anba dra a.
And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn on it; and the thing was not known.
20 Moun Absalon yo vini nan kay la, yo mande madanm lan: -Kote Akimaz ak Jonatan? Madanm lan reponn: -Yo janbe lòt bò dlo a. Mesye Absalon yo chache, men yo pa jwenn yo. Apre sa, yo tounen tounen yo lavil Jerizalèm.
And Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, and said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone over the brook of water. And they sought and could not find [them], and returned to Jerusalem.
21 Lè yo fin ale, Akimaz ak Jonatan soti nan pi a, y' al pote nouvèl bay wa David. Yo rakonte l' ki konsèy Achitofèl te bay Absalon. Epi yo di l': -Prese janbe lòt bò larivyè Jouden.
And it came to pass after they had departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said to David, Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counselled against you.
22 Se konsa David leve ansanm ak tout moun ki te avè l' yo, yo janbe lòt bò larivyè Jouden. Lè bajou kase, yo tout te gen tan lòt bò larivyè a.
Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan; by the morning light there was not one of them missing that had not gone over the Jordan.
23 Lè Achitofèl wè yo pa t' soti pou swiv konsèy li te bay la, li sele bourik li, li tounen lakay li nan peyi l'. Lè li fin regle tout zafè l', li pann tèt li. Se konsa li mouri. Apre sa, yo antere l' nan kavo papa l'.
And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose and went to his house, to his city, and gave charge to his household, and hanged himself, and he died; and he was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
24 Lè Absalon ansanm ak moun li yo rive pou yo janbe lòt bò larivyè Jouden an, David te gen tan rive lavil Manayim.
And David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
25 Absalon te chwazi Amasa pou kòmande lame a nan plas Joab. Amasa sa a te pitit gason Jitra, yon moun fanmi Izmayèl. Manman l' te rele Abigal, pitit fi Nach, sè Sewouya, manman Joab.
And Absalom set Amasa over the host instead of Joab; which Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Jithra the Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
26 Absalon ak moun peyi Izrayèl yo moute tant yo nan peyi Galarad.
And Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
27 Lè David rive lavil Manayim, gen twa moun ki vin jwenn li. Se te Choni, pitit gason Nach, moun lavil Raba, kapital peyi Amon an, Maki, pitit gason Amyèl, moun lavil Lodeba, ak Bazilayi, moun lavil Wogelim nan peyi Galarad.
And as soon as David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
28 Twa mesye sa yo te pote bagay pou moun kouche, bòl, kaswòl ak manje pou David ak moun pa l' yo. Te gen ble, lòj, farin, grenn griye, ti pwa ak gwo pwa tout kalite,
brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched [corn], and beans, and lentils, and parched [pulse],
29 siwo myèl, bè, fwomaj lèt bèf, fwomaj lèt mouton. Yonn te di lòt: -Apre tout mache sa a nan dezè a, moun sa yo dwe grangou, yo dwe swaf, yo dwe bouke kont kò yo.
and honey, and cream, and sheep, and cheese of kine to David, and to the people that were with him, to eat; for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.
