2 Samyèl 19

1 Yo voye di Joab jan wa a t'ap kriye, jan li te pran lapenn pou Absalon ki mouri a.

Now it was reported to Joab that the king was weeping and mourning for his son.

2 Jou sa a, sòlda David yo pa t' fè fèt pou genyen yo genyen batay la. Yo tout te kagou, paske yo te pran nouvèl jan wa a te nan gwo lapenn pou lanmò pitit li a.

And so the victory on that day was turned into mourning for all the people. For the people heard it said on that day, “The king is grieving over his son.”

3 Yo antre nan lavil la san fè ankenn bri, tankou sòlda ki wont paske yo kouri pou lagè.

And the people declined to enter the city on that day, in the manner that the people were accustomed to decline if they had turned and fled from battle.

4 Wa a menm te kouvri tèt li, li t'ap rele: -Woy! Gason m' lan! Absalon, pitit gason m' lan! Absalon, pitit gason m' lan!

And the king covered his head, and he was crying out in a great voice: “My son, Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!”

5 Joab al jwenn wa a nan chanm li, li di l' konsa: -Jan ou fè sa jòdi a ou fè tout sòlda ou yo wont. Yo menm ki te sove lavi ou ansanm ak lavi pitit gason ak pitit fi ou yo, lavi madanm ak fanm kay ou yo.

Therefore, Joab, entering to the king in the house, said: “Today you have shamed the faces of all your servants, who saved your life, and the lives of your sons and your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines.

6 Ou moutre jan ou renmen moun ki rayi ou, men ou pa vle wè moun ki renmen ou. Ou fè wè jan chèf lame ak sòlda k'ap goumen pou ou yo pa di ou anyen. Jòdi a mwen wè monwa ta pi kontan si Absalon te vivan, epi nou tout nou te mouri.

You love those who hate you, and you hate those who love you. And you have revealed this day that you have no concern for your leaders and for your servants. And truly, I know now that if Absalom had lived, and if we all had been killed, then it would have pleased you.

7 Koulye a, monwa, leve non! Al pale ak moun pa ou yo pou ankouraje yo. Si ou pa fè sa, mwen fè sèman devan Bondye, denmen maten p'ap gen yon moun k'ap kanpe avè ou ankò. Malè sa a pral pi rèd pase tout malè ki janm tonbe sou ou depi ou te jenn gason rive jounen jòdi a.

Now then, rise up and go out, and speak so as to make amends to your servants. For I swear to you by the Lord that if you will not go forth, not even one person will be left with you this night. And this will be worse for you than all the evils that have come to you, from your youth even to the present.”

8 Wa a leve vre, li vin chita bò pòtay lavil la. Lè sòlda yo vin konn sa, yo tout vin sanble bò kote l'. Moun peyi Izrayèl yo menm te kouri ale chak moun lakay yo.

Therefore, the king rose up, and he sat at the gate. And it was announced to all the people that the king was sitting at the gate. And the entire multitude went before the king. But Israel fled to their own tents.

9 Nan tou peyi Izrayèl la, moun t'ap diskite, yo t'ap di: -Wa David te delivre nou anba men lènmi nou yo. Li te sove nou anba men moun peyi Filisti yo. Men koulye a, li kouri kite peyi a poutèt Absalon.

And all the people were conflicted, in all the tribes of Israel, saying: “The king has freed us from the hand of our enemies. He himself saved us from the hand of the Philistines. But now he flees from the land for the sake of Absalom.

10 Nou te fè /seremoni pou mete Absalon wa peyi a. Men li mouri nan lagè. Sa ki kenbe nou koulye a pou nou fè wa David tounen ankò?

But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, has died in the war. How long will you be silent, and not lead back the king?”

11 Antan wa a lakay li, li vin konnen tou sa pèp la t'ap di. Lamenm, li voye yon mesaj bay Zadòk ak Abyata, li di yo: -Pale ak chèf fanmi moun peyi Jida yo. Mande yo poukisa se pa yo menm premye moun ki chache fè wa a tounen lakay li.

Then truly, king David sent to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, saying: “Speak to those greater by birth of Judah, saying: ‘Why have you arrived last to lead back the king into his house? (For the talk in all of Israel had reached the king in his house.)

12 Di yo se fanmi m' yo ye, menm ras avè m'. Poukisa se yo menm dènye moun ki pou fè m' tounen nan palè a?

You are my brothers; you are my bone and my flesh. Why are you the last to lead back the king?’

13 n'a pale ak Amasa, n'a di l' pou mwen se fanmi m' li ye. Depi jòdi a, mwen mete l' alatèt lame mwen an nan plas Joab. Si mwen pa kenbe pawòl, se pou Bondye ban m' pi gwo pinisyon ki genyen!

And say to Amasa: ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God do these things, and may he add these other things, if you will not be the leader of the military in my sight, for all time, in the place of Joab.’”

14 Lè tout moun peyi Jida yo tande pawòl David yo, yo tonbe dakò ak li. Yo mete tèt yo ansanm, yo voye di l': -Ou mèt tounen ansanm ak tout moun pa ou yo.

And he inclined the heart of all the men of Judah, as if one man. And they sent to the king, saying, “Return, you and all your servants.”

15 Wa a leve, li pran wout pou l' tounen. Li rive bò larivyè Jouden an. Tout moun peyi Jida yo, bò pa yo, kite lavil Gilgal, y' al kontre wa a. Yo ede l' janbe larivyè a.

And the king returned. And he went as far as the Jordan, and all of Judah went as far as Gilgal, so as to meet the king, and to lead him across the Jordan.

16 Se konsa yon nonm nan branch fanmi Benjamen an, Chimeyi, pitit Gera a, moun lavil Baourim, te kouri al kontre wa David bò larivyè Jouden an ansanm ak yo.

And Shimei, the son of Gera, the son of Benjamin, from Bahurim, hurried and descended with the men of Judah to meet king David,

17 Te gen mil (1000) gason nan branch fanm Benjamen an avè l'. Ziba, domestik fanmi Sayil la, te la tou ansanm ak kenz pitit gason l' yo ak vin moun k'ap travay avèk li yo. Yo tout kouri al kontre wa a bò larivyè Jouden an.

with one thousand men from Benjamin, and with Ziba, the servant from the house of Saul. And with him were his fifteen sons and twenty servants. And going into the Jordan,

18 Yo janbe larivyè a, yo ede moun wa yo janbe pas la. Yo fè tou sa wa a te mande yo fè. Lè wa a fè sa pou l' janbe tou, Chimeyi lage kò l' atè devan wa a.

they crossed the fords before the king, so that they might lead across the house of the king, and might act in accord with his order. Then, Shimei, the son of Gera, prostrating himself before the king after he had now gone across the Jordan,

19 Li di l' konsa: -Monwa, tanpri! Pa kenbe m' nan kè! Bliye sa m' te fè ou jou ou t'ap kite lavil Jerizalèm lan. Tanpri, pa kenbe m' nan kè!

said to him: “May you not impute to me, my lord, the iniquity, nor call to mind the injuries, of your servant in the day that you, my lord the king, departed from Jerusalem. And may you not store it up in your heart, O king.

20 Mwen konnen sa m' te fè a te mal, monwa. Ou wè jòdi a, premye moun nan tout branch fanmi Jozèf la ki kouri vin resevwa ou, se mwen menm.

For as your servant, I acknowledge my sin. And for this reason, today, I arrive as the first from all the house of Joseph, and I descend to meet my lord the king.”

21 Lè sa a, Abichayi, pitit gason Sewouya a, pale, li di konsa: -Sa pa ka anpeche yo touye Chimeyi, paske li te bay moun Bondye te chwazi pou wa a madichon.

Yet truly, Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, responding, said, “Should not Shimei, because of these words, be killed, since he cursed the Christ of the Lord?”

22 Men David reponn li: -Pa antre nan koze a. Sa pa gade ou, pitit Sewouya! Poukisa jòdi a ou vle kenbe tèt avè m'? Mwen pa vle yo touye pesonn nan moun peyi Izrayèl yo, paske jòdi a mwen konnen se mwen menm ki wa peyi Izrayèl la vre.

And David said: “What is it to me and to all of you, O sons of Zeruiah? Why are you acting toward me this day like Satan? Why should any man be put to death on this day in Israel? Or do you not know that today I have been made king over Israel?”

23 Apre sa, wa a di Chimeyi konsa: -Mwen fè ou sèman, yo p'ap touye ou!

And the king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” And he swore to him.

24 Mefibochèt, pitit pitit Sayil la, te vin kontre wa a tou. Depi jou wa David te kite lavil Jerizalèm lan jouk jou li te tounen san danje san malè a, Mefibochèt pa t' koupe bab li, ni li pa t' lave pye l', ni li pa t' lave rad sou li.

And Mephibosheth, the son of Saul, descended to meet the king, with unwashed feet and uncut beard. And he had not washed his garments from the day that the king had departed, until the day of his return in peace.

25 Lè Mefibochèt rive lavil Jerizalèm pou li al resevwa wa a, wa a di l': -Mefibochèt, poukisa ou pa t' pati ansanm avè m'?

And when he had met the king at Jerusalem, the king said to him, “Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?”

26 Mefibochèt reponn li: -Monwa, se domestik mwen an ki woule m'. Ou konnen m' enfim. Mwen te mande domestik mwen an pou l' te sele fenmèl bourik mwen an pou m' te ka ale ansanm avèk monwa.

And in response, he said: “My lord the king, my servant spurned me. And I, your servant, spoke to him so that he might saddle a donkey for me, and I might climb upon it and go with the king. For I, your servant, am lame.

27 Domestik la al ba ou manti sou mwen. Men, monwa, mèt mwen, ou tankou yon zanj Bondye. Ou mèt fè sa ou vle avè m'.

Moreover, he also accused me, your servant, to you, my lord the king. But you, my lord the king, are like an Angel of God. Do whatever is pleasing to you.

28 Tout moun nan fanmi Sayil, granpapa m' lan, te merite pou ou te touye yo vre. Men monwa, ou ban m' dwa pou m' manje sou menm tab avè ou. Mwen pa gen dwa mande monwa ankenn lòt favè ankò.

For my father’s house was deserving of nothing but death before my lord the king. Yet you have placed me, your servant, among the guests of your table. Therefore, what just complaint might I have? Or what else can I cry out to the king?”

29 Wa reponn li: -Ou pa bezwen di anyen ankò! Mwen pran desizyon m' deja. W'a antann ou ak Ziba pou nou pataje tè Sayil yo.

Then the king said to him: “Why are you still speaking? What I have spoken is fixed. You and Ziba shall divide the possessions.”

30 Mefibochèt di wa a: -Ziba te mèt pran tout pou li. Sa ki pi enpòtan pou mwen, se wè pou m' wè wa a tounen san danje san malè nan palè li.

And Mephibosheth responded to the king, “But now let him take it all, since my lord the king has been returned peacefully into his own house.”

31 Bazilayi, moun lavil Gilgal, te desann soti lavil Wogelim rive larivyè Jouden ansanm ak wa a. Li janbe lòt bò larivyè a ansanm ak wa a. Lè li fin janbe, li di wa a orevwa pou l' te tounen lakay li.

Likewise, Barzillai the Gileadite, descending from Rogelim, led the king across the Jordan, having prepared also to follow him beyond the river.

32 Bazilayi te yon vye granmoun, li te gen katrevenzan. Li te rich anpil. Se li menm ki te bay wa a tout pwovizyon li te bezwen lè wa a te lavil Manayim.

Now Barzillai the Gileadite was very old, that is, eighty years old. And he provided the king with sustenance when he was staying at the encampment. For indeed, he was an exceedingly rich man.

33 Wa a di l' konsa: -Ann ale ansanm avè m' lavil Jerizalèm non. M'a pran swen ou.

And so the king said to Barzillai, “Come with me, so that you may rest securely with me in Jerusalem.”

34 Men Bazilayi reponn li: -Monwa, mwen pa rete anpil tan ankò pou m' viv. M' pa wè poukisa pou m' ale ansanm avè ou lavil Jerizalèm.

And Barzillai said to the king: “How many days remain in the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

35 Mwen deja gen katreven lanne sou tèt mwen. Anyen pa di m' anyen ankò. M' pa pran gou ni sa m'ap manje, ni sa m'ap bwè. M' pa tande vwa gason ak fi k'ap chante yo ankò. M' pral tounen yon chay pou monwa.

Today I am eighty years old. Are my senses quick to discern sweet and bitter? Or is food and drink able to delight your servant? Or can I still hear the voice of men and women singers? Why should your servant be a burden to my lord the king?

36 Epitou, mwen pa merite tout rekonpans sa a. Se annik yon ti bout chemen m' te vle fè avè ou lòt bò larivyè Jouden an.

I, your servant, shall proceed a little ways from the Jordan with you. I am not in need of this recompense.

37 Tanpri, kite m' tounen lakay mwen. Konsa, m'a mouri toupre tonm fanmi mwen. Men Chimkam, pitit mwen, ki va sèvi ou. Ou mèt pran l' avè ou, monwa. W'a fè sa ou wè ki pi bon pou li.

But I beg you that I, your servant, may be returned and may die in my own city, and may be buried beside the sepulcher of my father and my mother. But there is your servant Chimham; let him go with you, my lord the king. And do for him whatever seems good to you.”

38 Wa a reponn li: -Bon. M'ap pran l' avè m'. M'a fè pou li tou sa ou menm w'a wè ki bon pou li. Nenpòt kisa w'a mande m', m'a fè l' pou ou.

And so the king said to him: “Let Chimham cross over with me, and I will do for him whatever will be pleasing to you. And all that you ask of me, you shall obtain.”

39 Apre sa, tout moun yo janbe lòt bò larivyè Jouden an. Lè wa a fin janbe, li bo Bazilayi, li rele benediksyon Bondye sou li. Bazilayi tounen lakay li apre sa.

And when the entire people and the king had crossed over the Jordan, the king kissed Barzillai, and he blessed him. And he returned to his own place.

40 Tout moun peyi Jida yo ak mwatye nan moun peyi Izrayèl yo janbe lòt bò larivyè Jouden an ansanm ak wa a. Wa a desanm lavil Gilga. Chimkam te ale avè l'.

Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went with him. Now all the people of Judah had led the king across, but only as much as one half part of the people of Israel were there.

41 Lè sa a, moun peyi Izrayèl yo al jwenn wa a, yo di l' konsa: -Monwa, poukisa frè nou yo, moun peyi Jida yo, te vin pran ou, yo fè ou janbe larivyè Jouden ansanm ak tout fanmi ou ak tout moun pa ou yo?

And so, all the men of Israel, running to the king, said to him: “Why have our brothers, the men of Judah, stolen you away. And why have they led the king and his house across the Jordan, and all the men of David with him?”

42 Moun Jida yo reponn: -Nou fè l' paske wa a pi fanmi moun Jida yo pase li fanmi moun Izrayèl yo. Sa ki gen la a atò pou nou fache? Li pa janm peye manje pou nou ki fanmi l', ni li pa janm fè nou kado anyen.

And all the men of Judah responded to the men of Israel: “Because the king is nearer to me. Why are you angry over this matter? Have we eaten anything belonging to the king, or have any gifts been given to us?”

43 Lamenm, moun peyi Izrayèl yo reponn moun peyi Jida yo: -Nou gen dis fwa plis dwa pase moun Jida yo sou wa a, menm si se fanmi yo li ye. Poukisa nou menm moun Jida yo, nou meprize moun peyi Izrayèl yo konsa? Pa bliye se nou menm premye moun ki te pale koze fè wa a tounen an. Men moun peyi Jida yo pale pi fò, yo fèmen bouch moun peyi Izrayèl yo.

And the men of Israel responded to the men of Judah, and said: “I have the greater amount, ten parts, with the king, and so David belongs to me more so than to you. Why have you caused me injury, and why was it not announced to me first, so that I might lead back my king?” But the men of Judah answered more firmly than the men of Israel.