2 Samyèl 18
1 Wa David sanble tout moun li yo. Li chwazi chèf pou chak rejiman mil sòlda ak pou chak divizyon san sòlda.
Then Dauid numbred the people that were with him, and set ouer them captaines of thousands and captaines of hundreths.
2 Lèfini, li separe lame a an twa pòsyon, yon pòsyon sou lòd Joab, yon pòsyon sou lòd Abichayi, frè Joab la, yon pòsyon sou lòd Itayi, moun lavil Gat. Apre sa, wa a di yo: -Mwen prale avè nou tou.
And Dauid sent foorth the third part of the people vnder the hand of Ioab, and the thirde part vnder the hand of Abishai Ioabs brother the sonne of Zeruiah: and the other third part vnder the hand of Ittai the Gittite. and the King said vnto the people, I will go with you my selfe also.
3 Men sòlda yo reponn li: -Non. Ou pa prale avè nou. Sa p'ap di lènmi nou yo anyen si nou kouri pou yo. Si mwatye nan nou mouri, sa p'ap di yo anyen tou. Men ou menm pou kont pa ou, ou vo dimil (10.000) sòlda tankou nou. Se poutèt sa, pito ou rete isit nan lavil la, kote ou ka jwenn konkou pou voye ban nou.
But the people answered, Thou shalt not goe foorth: for if we flee away, they will not regarde vs, neither will they passe for vs, though halfe of vs were slaine: but thou art now worth ten thousande of vs: therefore nowe it is better that thou succour vs out of the citie.
4 W'a reponn yo: -Bon! M'ap fè sa nou wè ki pi bon an. Apre sa, li al kanpe bò pòtay lavil la, pandan lame a t'ap soti, divizyon apre divizyon, rejiman apre rejiman.
Then the King said vnto them, What seemeth you best, that I will doe. So the King stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreths and by thousands.
5 Wa a bay Joab, Abichayi ak Itayi lòd sa a: -Tanpri, fè sa pou mwen. Al dousman ak jennonm yo rele Absalon an tande! Tout sòlda yo te tande lè David t'ap bay chèf yo lòd sa a.
And the King commanded Ioab and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, Entreate the yong man Absalom gently for my sake. and all the people heard whe the King gaue al the captaines charge concerning Absalom.
6 Lame David la soti al goumen ak moun peyi Izrayèl yo. Batay la te fèt nan rakbwa Efrayim lan.
So the people went out into the fielde to meete Israel, and the battell was in the wood of Ephraim:
7 Lame David la bat lame Absalon an byen bat. Jou sa a, lame Absalon an pèdi venmil (20.000) sòlda.
Where the people of Israel were slaine before the seruants of Dauid: so there was a great slaughter that day, euen of twentie thousande.
8 Batay la gaye nan tout peyi a. Jou sa a, te gen plis moun ki mouri nan rakbwa a pase nan batay la menm.
For the battel was skattered ouer all the countrey: and the wood deuoured much more people that day, then did the sworde.
9 Absalon al kontre ak kèk sòlda nan lame David la. Li te moute sou yon milèt. Antan l'ap pase anba yon gwo pyebwa, cheve li yo al pran nan yon branch, milèt la menm pa rete, li kouri al fè wout li. Absalon rete pandye anlè.
Nowe Absalom met the seruants of Dauid, and Absalom rode vpon a mule, and the mule came vnder a great thicke oke: and his head caught holde of the oke, and he was taken vp betweene the heauen and the earth: and the mule that was vnder him went away.
10 Yonn nan moun David yo wè sa, li al bay Joab nouvèl la. Li di li: -Mwen wè Absalon pandye nan yon pyebwa.
And one that sawe it, tolde Ioab, saying, Beholde, I sawe Absalom hanged in an oke.
11 Joab di nonm lan: -Ou wè l'? Poukisa ou pa touye l' la menm? M' ta fè ou kado dis pyès an ajan ak yon sentiwon.
Then Ioab saide vnto the man that tolde him, And hast thou in deede seene? why then diddest thou not there smite him to the grounde, and I woulde haue giuen thee ten shekels of siluer, and a girdle?
12 Men nonm lan reponn Joab: -Ou ta mèt ban mwen mil (1000) pyès an ajan la nan pla men m', mwen pa t'ap leve men m' sou pitit gason wa a. Nou tout nou te tande lòd wa a te ba ou ansanm ak Abichayi ak Itayi. Li te di: Tanpri, fè sa pou mwen. Pa kite anyen rive Absalon, pitit mwen an.
Then the man saide vnto Ioab, Though I should receiue a thousande shekels of siluer in mine hande, yet woulde I not lay mine hande vpon the Kings sonne: for in our hearing the King charged thee, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, Beware, least any touche the yong man Absalom.
13 Si m' te pran pòz mwen pa t' tande anyen, epi m' te touye l', wa a t'ap toujou konn sa. Paske li toujou konn tou sa k'ap pase. Lè sa a, ou pa ta janm pran defans mwen.
If I had done it, it had bene the danger of my life: for nothing can be hid from the King: yea, thou thy selfe wouldest haue bin against me.
14 Joab di li: -M'ap pèdi twòp tan la a avè ou. Li pran twa baton ak pwent yo byen fèt, li al plante yo nan kè Absalon ki te vivan toujou kote li te pandye nan pyebwa a.
Then saide Ioab, I will not thus tary with thee. And he tooke three dartes in his hande, and thrust them through Absalom, while he was yet aliue in the middes of the oke.
15 Apre sa, dis jenn sòlda ki t'ap pote zam Joab yo tonbe sou Absalon, yo fin touye l'.
And tenne seruants that bare Ioabs armour, compassed about and smote Absalom, and slewe him.
16 Lèfini, Joab fè kònen twonpèt la pou yo sispann batay la. Se konsa sòlda David yo kite rès sòlda Izrayèl yo al fè wout yo.
Then Ioab blewe the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Ioab helde backe the people.
17 Yo pran kadav Absalon an, yo jete l' nan yon twou nan rakbwa a. Lèfini, yo kouvri l' ak yon gwo pil wòch. Tout rès moun peyi Izrayèl yo te kouri al lakay yo.
And they tooke Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and layed a mightie great heape of stones vpon him: and all Israel fled euery one to his tent.
18 Depi anvan l' te mouri, Absalon te fè bati yon bèl kavo pou li nan fon Wa a, paske li t'ap di li pa t' gen pitit gason pou leve non li. Jouk jòdi a yo rele kavo a moniman Absalon an.
Nowe Absalom in his life time had taken and reared him vp a pillar, which is in the kings dale: for he saide, I haue no sonne to keepe my name in remembrance. and he called the pillar after his owne name, and it is called vnto this day, Absaloms place.
19 Akimaz, pitit gason Zadòk la, di Joab konsa: -Kite m' kouri al fè wa a konnen jan Seyè a rann li jistis, jan li delivre l' anba men lènmi l' yo.
Then said Ahimaaz the sonne of Zadok, I pray thee, let me runne, and beare the King tidings that the Lord hath deliuered him out of the hande of his enemies.
20 Joab reponn li: -Non. Jòdi a pa gen bon nouvèl pou ou pote. Yon lòt jou va gen bon nouvèl pou ou pote. Men jòdi a, ou p'ap pote ankenn nouvèl bay wa a, paske se pitit gason wa a menm ki mouri.
And Ioab said vnto him, Thou shalt not be the messenger to day, but thou shalt beare tidings another time, but to day thou shalt beare none: for the Kings sonne is dead.
21 Joab rele yon sòlda, moun peyi Letiopi, li di l': -Ou menm, al rakonte wa a tou sa ou te wè ak je ou. Sòlda a bese tèt devan Joab. Lèfini, li kouri, li ale.
Then said Ioab to Cushi, Goe, tel the king, what thou hast seene. And Cushi bowed himselfe vnto Ioab, and ran.
22 Akimaz menm t'ap kenbe se pou l' ale, li di: -Nenpòt sa ki rive m', kite m' ale pote nouvèl la tou dèyè moun Letiopi a. Joab mande l': -Poukisa ou vle fè sa, pitit mwen? Yo p'ap ba ou anyen pou yon nouvèl konsa.
Then saide Ahimaaz the sonne of Zadok againe to Ioab, What, I pray thee, if I also runne after Cushi? And Ioab said, Wherefore now wilt thou runne, my sonne, seeing that thou hast no tidings to bring?
23 Akimaz reponn: -Sa pa fè anyen. Mwen vle ale. Lè sa a, Joab di l': -Ale non! Se konsa Akimaz kouri ale, li pran wout ki pase nan plenn Jouden an, li pran devan moun peyi Letiopi a.
Yet what if I runne? Then he saide vnto him, Runne. So Ahimaaz ranne by the way of the plaine, and ouerwent Cushi.
24 David menm te chita ant pòtay deyò a ak pòtay anndan an. Yon faksyonnè te moute sou teras anwo miray la, li te kanpe sou tèt pòtay la. Li leve je l', li wè yon nonm ki t'ap kouri vini.
Now Dauid sate betweene the two gates. And the watchman went to the top of the gate vpon the wall, and lift vp his eyes, and sawe, and beholde, a man came running alone.
25 Li rele pou avèti wa a. Wa a di l': -Si li pou kont li, se bon nouvèl l'ap pote. Mesaje a t'ap pwoche toujou
And the watchman cryed, and tolde ye king. And the King said, If he be alone, he bringeth tidings. And he came apace, and drew neere.
26 lè faksyonnè a wè yon lòt moun ki t'ap kouri vini tou. Li pale ak nonm ki t'ap fè pòs bò pòtay la, li di l' konsa: -Men yon lòt moun k'ap vini pou kont li tou. Wa a reponn: -Sa a tou, se bon nouvèl l'ap pote.
And the watchman saw another man running, and the watchman called vnto the porter, and said, Behold, another man runneth alone. And the King said, He also bringeth tidings.
27 Faksyonnè a pran ankò: -Sou jan l'ap kouri a, gen lè premye a se Akimaz, pitit gason Zadòk la. Wa a di: -Se yon bon gason. Ou mèt sèten se bon nouvèl l'ap pote.
And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the formost is like the running of Ahimaaz the sonne of Zadok. Then the King said, He is a good man, and commeth with good tidings.
28 Akimaz pwoche, li di wa a bonjou. Lèfini, li tonbe ajenou devan wa a, li bese tèt li jouk atè, li di: -Monwa, lwanj pou Seyè a, Bondye ou la, paske li lage tout moun ki te leve dèyè ou yo nan men ou!
And Ahimaaz called, and sayde vnto the King, Peace be with thee: and he fell downe to the earth vpon his face before the King, and saide, Blessed be the Lord thy God, who hath shut vp the men that lift vp their handes against my lorde the King.
29 David mande l': -Ban m' nouvèl ti Absalon an non. Li byen? Akimaz reponn li: -Monwa, lè Joab, moun pa wa a, te voye m' lan, mwen wè te gen yon gwo kouri. Men, m' pa konnen sa ki te genyen.
And the King saide, Is the yong man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Ioab sent the Kings seruant, and me thy seruant, I sawe a great tumult, but I knewe not what.
30 Wa a di l': -Bon. Kanpe bò la a. Tann mwen. Akimaz mete kò l' sou kote, li rete ap tann.
And the King said vnto him, Turne aside, and stand here. so he turned aside and stoode still.
31 Apre sa, nonm peyi Letiopi a vin rive. Li di wa a: -Monwa, mwen gen bon nouvèl pou ou! Jòdi a, Seyè a rann ou jistis. Li wete ou anba men tout moun ki te leve dèyè ou yo.
And beholde, Cushi came, and Cushi saide, Tidings, my lorde the King: for the Lord hath deliuered thee this day out of the hande of all that rose against thee.
32 Wa a mande l': -Ban m' nouvèl ti Absalon an non. Li byen? Nonm peyi Letiopi a reponn, li di l': -Se pou sa ki rive jenn gason sa a rive tout lènmi monwa yo ansanm ak tout lòt moun k'ap leve dèyè ou pou fè ou mal.
Then the King saide vnto Cushi, Is the yong man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lorde the King, and all that rise against thee to doe thee hurt, be as that yong man is.
33 Lè wa a pran nouvèl la, sa te twòp pou li. Li moute nan chanm li anwo sou tèt pòtay la pou l' kriye. Antan li prale konsa, li t'ap rele: -Absalon! Absalon, pitit mwen! Absalon! Poukisa se pa mwen ki te mouri nan plas ou! Woy! Absalon, pitit mwen! Absalon, pitit mwen!
And the King was mooued, and went vp to the chamber ouer the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my sonne Absalom, my sonne, my sonne Absalom: woulde God I had dyed for thee, O Absalom, my sonne, my sonne.
