2 Samyèl 17
1 Anplis, Achitophel te di a Absalom: “Souple, kite mwen chwazi douz-mil òm pou m kab leve kouri dèyè David aswè a menm.
And Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Please let me choose twelve thousand men, and I arise and pursue after David tonight,
2 Mwen va vini sou li pandan li fatige e bouke e fè l vin sezi pou tout moun ki avèk li yo kouri ale. Konsa, se sèl wa a mwen va frape touye,
and come on him, and he [will be] weary and feeble-handed, and I have caused him to tremble, and all the people who [are] with him have fled, and I have struck the king by himself,
3 epi mwen va fè retounen tout moun yo a ou menm. Retou a tout moun yo depann de nonm ou chache a; answit, tout pèp la va anpè.”
and I bring back all the people to you—as the turning back of the whole [except] the man whom you are seeking—[then] all the people are [at] peace.”
4 Konsa, plan an te fè Absalom avèk tout ansyen Israël yo kontan.
And the word is right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all [the] elderly of Israel.
5 Alò, Absalom te di: “Alò, rele Huschaï, Akyen an tou e annou tande sa ke li gen pou di.”
And Absalom says, “Now call for Hushai the Archite also, and we hear what [is] in his mouth—even he.”
6 Lè Huschaï te rive a Absalom, Absalom te di li: “Achitophel te pale konsa. Èske nou dwe fè plan pa li a? Si se pa sa, pale.”
And Hushai comes to Absalom, and Absalom speaks to him, saying, “According to this word Ahithophel has spoken; do we do his word? If not, you—speak.”
7 Konsa, Huschaï te di a Absalom: “Fwa sa a, konsèy ke Achitophel te bay la, pa bon.”
And Hushai says to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has counseled [is] not good at this time.”
8 Anplis, Huschaï te di: “Ou konnen papa ou avèk mesye pa li yo se mesye plen kouraj e fewòs, tankou yon lous ki pèdi pitit li nan chan. Epi papa ou gen gwo eksperyans lagè e li p ap pase nwit lan avèk pèp la.
And Hushai says, “You have known your father and his men, that they [are] heroes, and they are bitter in soul as a bereaved bear in a field, and your father [is] a man of war, and does not lodge with the people;
9 Gade byen, depi koulye a, li gen tan kache nan youn nan kavèn yo oswa nan yon lòt plas; epi li va rive ke lè li tonbe sou yo nan premye atak la, ke nenpòt moun ki tande va di: ‘Gen yon masak ki fèt pami moun ki swiv Absalom yo.’
behold, now, he is hidden in one of the pits, or in one of the places, and it has been at the falling among them at the commencement, that the hearer has heard and said, There has been a slaughter among the people who [are] after Absalom;
10 Epi menm sila ki gen gwo kouraj yo, ki gen kè tankou kè a lyon yo, va vin pèdi kouraj nèt; paske tout Israël konnen ke papa ou se yon nonm pwisan e sila ki avèk li yo se mesye vanyan.
and he also, the son of valor, whose heart [is] as the heart of the lion, utterly melts, for all Israel knows that your father is a hero, and those with him [are] sons of valor.
11 Men konsèy pa m se ke tout Israël vin, anverite, rasanble bò kote ou, soti nan Dan jis rive nan Beer-Schéba, tankou sab bò lanmè an gran kantite, e ke ou menm, pèsonèlman antre nan batay la.
So that I have counseled: let all Israel be diligently gathered to you, from Dan even to Beer-Sheba, as the sand that [is] by the sea for multitude, and you yourself are going in the midst;
12 Konsa, nou va vini sou li nan plas kote li kapab twouve yo, nou va tonbe sou li tankou lawouze tonbe atè; epi konsènan li avèk tout mesye ki avèk li yo, p ap gen menm youn ki rete.
and we have come to him in one of the places where he is found, and we [are] on him as the dew falls on the ground, and there has not been left of him and of all the men who [are] with him even one.
13 Si li retire li nan yon vil, alò, tout Israël va mennen kòd kote vil sila a e yo va rale li nèt antre nan vale a jis nanpwen yon ti wòch ki rete.”
And if he is gathered to a city, then they have caused all Israel to carry ropes to that city, and we have drawn it to the brook until there has not even been found a stone there.”
14 Alò, Absalom avèk tout mesye Israël yo te di: “Konsèy Huschaï pi bon ke konsèy Achitophel la.” Paske SENYÈ a te deja detèmine pou anile bon konsèy Achitophel la, pou SENYÈ a ta kapab fè gwo dezas rive Absalom.
And Absalom says—and all the men of Israel, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite [is] better than the counsel of Ahithophel”; and YHWH willed to make void the good counsel of Ahithophel for the sake of YHWH’s bringing the calamity to Absalom.
15 Epi Huschaï te di a Tsadok avèk Abiathar, prèt yo: “Sa se konsèy sa a ke Achitophel te bay Absalom avèk ansyen a Israël yo e se sa ke mwen te konseye.
And Hushai says to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “Thus and thus Ahithophel has counseled Absalom and the elderly of Israel, and thus and thus I have counseled;
16 Alò, pou sa, voye vit pale David e di: ‘Pa pase nwit lan kote ki pou janbe dlo rive nan dezè a, men fè sèten ke nou janbe, oswa wa a avèk tout moun ki avèk li yo va vin detwi.’”
and now, send quickly, and declare [it] to David, saying, Do not lodge in the plains of the wilderness tonight, and also, certainly pass over, lest there is a swallowing up of the king and of all the people who are with him.”
17 Alò, Jonathan avèk Achimaats te rete En-Rougel. Yon sèvant te gen pou ale pale yo pou yo ta ale avèti Wa David, paske yo pa t kapab kite moun wè yo antre nan vil la.
And Jonathan and Ahimaaz are standing at En-Rogel, and the maidservant has gone and declared [it] to them—and they go and have declared [it] to King David—for they are not able to be seen to go into the city.
18 Men yon gason te wè yo kanmenm e te di Absalom. Pou sa, yo te pati vit rive lakay a yon mesye Bachurim ki te gen yon pwi nan lakou a, e yo te desann antre ladann.
And a youth sees them, and declares [it] to Absalom; and both of them go on quickly, and come to the house of a man in Bahurim, and he has a well in his court, and they go down there,
19 Konsa, fanm nan te pran yon kouvèti. Li te ouvri li sou bouch pwi a, e li te gaye sereyal sou li jiskaske yo pa t konnen anyen.
and the woman takes and spreads the covering over the face of the well, and spreads the ground grain on it, and the thing has not been known.
20 Alò, sèvitè a Absalom yo te vin kote fanm nan lakay li e te di: “Kote Achimaats avèk Jonathan?” Epi fanm nan te di yo: “Yo fin janbe dlo a.” Konsa, lè yo te chache e pa t kab jwenn yo, yo te retounen Jérusalem.
And the servants of Absalom come to the woman at the house, and say, “Where [are] Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” And the woman says to them, “They passed over the brook of water”; and they seek, and have not found, and return to Jerusalem.
21 Li te vin rive lè yo te fin ale ke yo te monte sòti nan pwi a, yo te ale pale Wa David e yo te di David: “Leve, travèse dlo a byen vit paske Achitophel te bay konsèy kont ou.”
And it comes to pass, after their going on, that they come up out of the well, and go and declare [it] to King David, and say to David, “Rise, and pass over the waters quickly, for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.”
22 Alò, David avèk tout moun ki te avèk li yo te leve janbe Jourdain an. Lè solèy te vin leve, pa t gen youn ki rete ki pa t janbe Jourdain an.
And David rises, and all the people who [are] with him, and they pass over the Jordan, until the morning light, until not one has been lacking who has not passed over the Jordan.
23 Alò, lè Achitophel te wè ke konsèy pa li a pa t swiv, li te sele bourik li e li te leve ale lakay li nan vil li a. Li te mete lakay li an lòd e te trangle pwòp tèt li. Konsa, li te mouri e te antere nan tonm a papa li.
And Ahithophel has seen that his counsel was not done, and he saddles the donkey, and rises and goes to his house, to his city, and gives charge to his household, and strangles himself, and dies, and he is buried in the burying-place of his father.
24 Alò, David te rive Mahanaïm. Epi Absalom te travèse Jourdain an, li menm avèk tout mesye Israël yo avèk yo.
And David came to Mahanaim, and Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him;
25 Absalom te mete Amasa sou tèt lame a nan plas Joab. Alò Amasa te fis a yon mesye ki te rele Jithra, Izrayelit la, ki te antre nan Abigail, fi a Nachasch, sè a Tseruja a, manman a Joab.
and Absalom has set Amasa over the host instead of Joab, and Amasa [is] a man’s son whose name is Ithra the Israeli who has gone in to Abigail, daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, mother of Joab;
26 Epi Israël avèk Absalom te fè kan nan peyi Galaad la.
and Israel encamps with Absalom [in] the land of Gilead.
27 Alò, lè David te vini Mahanaïm, Schobi, fis a Nachasch ki sòti Rabba a, a fis Ammon yo, Makir, fis a Ammiel Lodebar a ak Barzillaï, Galaadit Roguelim nan,
And it comes to pass at the coming in of David to Mahanaim, that Shobi son of Nahash, from Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and Machir son of Ammiel, from Behold-Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite, from Rogelim,
28 te pote kabann yo, basen yo, po kanari yo, ble, lòj, farin, sereyal boukannen, pwa, pwa lantiy, avèk grenn boukannen,
[have brought] bed, and basin, and earthen vessel, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and roasted [grain], and beans, and lentiles, and roasted [pulse],
29 siwo myèl, bòl lèt, mouton ak fwomaj ki sòti nan twoupo a, pou David ak moun ki te avèk li yo ta manje. Paske yo te di: “Pèp la grangou, fatige e swaf nan dezè a.”
and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of cows; they have brought [these] near for David, and for the people who [are] with him to eat, for they said, “Your people [are] hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.”
