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 unto Absalom, 'Let me choose, I pray thee, twelve thousand men, and I 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 come upon him, and he weary and feeble-handed, and I have caused him to tremble, and all the people have fled who [are] with him, and I have smitten the king by himself,

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 bring back all the people unto thee — as the turning back of the whole [is] the man whom thou art seeking — all the people are peace.

4 Koze a te fè Absalon ak tout chèf moun Izrayèl yo plezi.

And the thing is 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 saith, 'Call, I pray thee, also for Hushai the Archite, and we hear what [is] in his mouth — even he.'

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 cometh in unto Absalom, and Absalom speaketh unto him, saying, 'According to this word hath Ahithophel spoken; do we do his word? if not, thou — speak thou.'

7 Ouchayi reponn li: -Fwa sa a, konsèy Achitofèl bay la pa bon menm.

And Hushai saith unto Absalom, 'Not good [is] the counsel that Ahithophel hath counselled at this time.'

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 saith, 'Thou hast known thy father and his men, that they [are] heroes, and they are bitter in soul as a bereaved bear in a field, and thy father [is] a man of war, and doth 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.

lo, now, he is hidden in one of the pits, or in one of the places, and it hath been, at the falling among them at the commencement, that the hearer hath heard, and said, There hath been a slaughter among the people who [are] after 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 he also, the son of valour, whose heart [is] as the heart of the lion, doth utterly melt, for all Israel doth know that thy father is a hero, and sons of valour [are] those with him.

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.

'So that I have counselled: Let all Israel be diligently gathered unto thee, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, as the sand that [is] by the sea for multitude, and thou thyself art going in the midst;

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 have come in unto him in one of the places where he is found, and we [are] upon him as the dew falleth on the ground, and there hath not been left of him and of all the men who [are] with him even 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 unto a city he is gathered, then they have caused all Israel to bear unto that city ropes, and we have drawn it unto the brook till that there hath not been found there even a stone.'

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 saith — and all the men of Israel — 'Better [is] the counsel of Hushai the Archite than the counsel of Ahithophel;' and Jehovah willed to make void the good counsel of Ahithophel for the sake of Jehovah's bringing unto Absalom the evil.

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 saith unto Zadok and unto Abiathar the priests, 'Thus and thus hath Ahithophel counselled Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and thus I have 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 hastily, and declare to David, saying, Lodge not to-night in the plains of the wilderness, and also, certainly pass over, lest there be a swallowing up of the king and of all the people who 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 are standing at En-Rogel, and the maid-servant hath gone and declared to them — and they go and have declared [it] to king David — for they are not able to be seen to go in to 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'.

And a youth seeth them, and declareth to Absalom; and they go on both of them hastily, and come in unto the house of a man in Bahurim, and he hath a well in his court, and they go 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 taketh and spreadeth the covering over the face of the well, and spreadeth on it the ground corn, and the thing hath not been 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 the servants of Absalom come in unto the woman to the house, and say, 'Where [are] Ahimaaz and Jonathan?' and the woman saith to them, 'They passed over the brook of water;' and they seek, and have not found, and turn back 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 cometh to pass, after their going on, that they come up out of the well, and go and declare to king David, and say unto David, 'Rise ye, and pass over hastily the waters, for thus hath 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.

And David riseth, and all the people who [are] with him, and they pass over the Jordan, till the light of the morning, till one hath not been lacking who hath not passed 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 Ahithophel hath seen that his counsel was not done, and he saddleth the ass, and riseth and goeth unto his house, unto his city, and giveth charge unto his household, and strangleth himself, and dieth, and he is buried in the burying-place 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 Amasa hath Absalom set instead of Joab over the host, and Amasa [is] a man's son whose name is Ithra the Israelite who hath gone in unto Abigail, daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, mother of Joab;

26 Absalon ak moun peyi Izrayèl yo moute tant yo nan peyi Galarad.

and Israel encampeth with Absalom [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 it cometh to pass at the coming in of David to Mahanaim, that Shobi, son of Nahash, from Rabbah of the Bene-Ammon, and Machir son of Ammiel, from Lo-Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite, from 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,

couch, and basin, and earthen vessel, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and roasted [corn], and beans, and lentiles, and roasted [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 butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, have brought nigh for David, and for the people who [are] with him to eat, for they said, 'Thy people [is] hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.'