2 Samyèl 19

1 Alò, li te pale a Joab: “Gade byen, wa a ap kriye e fè lamantasyon pou Absalom.”

And they brought Joab word, saying, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Abessalom.

2 Viktwa a jou sa a te boulvèse vin fè dèy pou tout pèp la. Paske moun ki te tande li yo nan jou sa a te di: “Wa a ap lamante pou fis li a.”

And the victory was turned that day into mourning to all the people, for the people heard say that day, The king grieves after his son.

3 Konsa, moun yo te antre nan vil la nan jou sa a kòmsi an sekrè tankou yon pèp ki imilye e kouri kache pou kite batay la.

And the people stole away that day to go into the city, as people steal away when they are ashamed as they flee in the battle.

4 Wa a te kouvri figi li e te kriye fò avèk yon gwo vwa: “O fis mwen, Absalom, O Absalom, fis mwen, fis mwen!”

And the king hid his face: and the king cried with a loud voice, My son Abessalom! Abessalom my son!

5 Alò, Joab te antre nan kay la vè wa a. Li te di: “Jodi a, ou te kouvri avèk lawont tout figi a tout sèvitè ou yo, ki, jodi a, te sove lavi ou, lavi a fis ou yo ak fi ou yo, lavi a madanm ou yo ak lavi a ti mennaj ou yo,

And Joab went in to the king, into the house, and said, You have this day shamed the faces of all your servants that have delivered you this day, and [have saved] the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and of your concubines,

6 akoz ou te vin renmen sila ki rayi ou yo, e rayi sila ki renmen ou yo. Paske ou te montre nan jou sa a ke prens yo avèk sèvitè ou yo pa anyen a ou menm. Paske mwen vin aprann nan jou sa a ke si Absalom te vivan e nou tout te fin mouri, ke ou ta gen kè kontan.

forasmuch as you love them that hate you, and hate them that love you; and you have this day declared, that your princes and your servants are nothing [in your sight]: for I know this day, that if Abessalom were alive, [and] all of us dead today, then it would have been right in your sight.

7 Alò, pou sa, leve ale deyò a pou pale pawòl ki dous avèk sèvitè ou yo. Paske mwen sèmante pa SENYÈ a ke si ou pa sòti deyò, anverite, p ap gen yon moun k ap pase nwit lan avèk ou e sa va pi mal pou ou pase tout lòt mal ki gen tan parèt sou ou soti nan jenès ou jis rive koulye a.”

And now arise, and go forth, and speak comfortably to your servants; for I have sworn by the Lord, that unless you will go forth today, there shall not a man remain with you this night: and know for yourself, this thing [will] indeed [be] evil to you beyond all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now.

8 Pou sa, wa a te leve chita nan pòtay la. Lè yo te pale tout pèp la e te di: “Men vwala, wa a chita nan pòtay la,” alò, tout pèp la te vini devan wa a. Alò, Israël te fin sove ale, chak moun nan pwòp tant pa yo.

Then the king arose, and sat in the gate: and all the people reported, saying, Behold, the king sits in the gate. And all the people went in before the king to the gate; for Israel had fled every man to his tent.

9 Tout pèp la t ap fè kont pami tout tribi Israël yo, e t ap di: “Wa a te delivre nou soti nan men a lènmi nou yo e te sove nou soti nan men a Filisten yo; men koulye a, li gen tan sove ale kite peyi a devan Absalom.

And all the people disputed among all the tribes of Israel, saying, King David delivered us from all our enemies, and he rescued us from the hand of the Philistines: and now he has fled from the land, and from his kingdom, and from Abessalom.

10 Malgre sa, Absalom, ke nou te onksyone sou nou an, te mouri nan batay la. Alò, pou sa, poukisa nou rete san pale nan afè mennen wa a fè l tounen an?”

And Abessalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle: and now why are you silent about bringing back the king? And the word of all Israel came to the king.

11 Epi Wa David te voye kote Tsadok ak Abiathar, prèt yo, e te di: “Pale avèk ansyen Juda yo e di: ‘Poukisa se nou ki dènye pou mennen fè wa a tounen lakay li a, depi pawòl a tout Israël la gen tan rive vè wa a, menm kote lakay li?

And king David sent to Sadoc and Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Israel, saying, Why are you the last to bring back the king to his house? whereas the word of all Israel is come to the king to his house.

12 Nou menm se frè m; nou se zo a zo mwen e chè a chè mwen. Poukisa konsa nou ta dwe dènye pou mennen wa a fè l tounen?’

You [are] my brethren, you [are] my bones and my flesh: why are you the last to bring back the king to his house?

13 Di Amasa: ‘Èske ou pa zo a zo mwen e chè a chè mwen? Ke Bondye ta fè sa pou mwen e menm plis si se pa ou menm ki va chèf lame devan mwen nèt nan plas Joab.’”

And you shall say to Amessai, [Are] you not my bone and my flesh? and now God do so to me, and more also, if you shall not be commander of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.

14 Konsa, li te vire kè tout mesye Juda yo tankou se te yon sèl moun, jiskaske yo te voye vè wa a e te di: “Retounen, ou menm avèk tout sèvitè ou yo.”

And he bowed the heart of all the men of Juda as that of one man; and they sent to the king, saying, Return you, and all your servants.

15 Alò, wa a te retounen e te vin jis nan Rivyè Jourdain an. Epi Juda te vini Guilgal pou rankontre wa a, pou mennen wa a travèse Jourdain an.

And the king returned, and came as far as Jordan. And the men of Juda came to Galgala on their way to meet the king, to cause the king to pass over Jordan.

16 Epi Schimeï, fis a Guéra a, Benjamit ki sòti Bachurim nan te fè vit vin desann avèk mesye Juda yo pou rankontre Wa David.

And Semei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Baurim, hasted and went down with the men of Juda to meet king David.

17 Te gen mil mesye Benjamin avèk li, avèk Tsiba, sèvitè lakay Saül la, kenz fis li yo avèk ven sèvitè yo avèk li; epi yo te prese rive nan Jourdain an avan wa a.

And a thousand men of Benjamin [were] with him, and Siba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons with him, and his twenty servants with him: and they went directly down to Jordan before the king,

18 Alò, yo te kontinye travèse kote pou janbe a pou fè travèse fanmi a wa a; epi pou fè sa ki bon nan zye li. Epi Schimeï, fis a Guéra a te tonbe ba devan wa a pandan li t ap prepare pou travèse Jourdain an.

and they performed the service of bringing the king over; and there went over a ferry-boat to remove the household of the king, and to do that which was right in his eyes. And Semei the son of Gera fell on his face before the king, as he went over Jordan;

19 Konsa, li te di a wa a: “Pa kite mèt mwen konsidere mwen kòm koupab, ni sonje mal ke sèvitè ou te fè nan jou lè mèt mwen an, wa a, te sòti Jérusalem, pou wa a ta pran sa a kè.

and said to the king, Let not my lord now impute iniquity, and remember not all the iniquity of your servant in the day in which my lord went out from Jerusalem, so that the king should mind it.

20 Paske sèvitè ou konnen ke mwen te peche. Pou sa, gade byen, mwen te rive la jodi a, premyèman nan tout kay Joseph la pou ale desann rankontre mèt mwen an, wa a.”

For your servant knows that I have sinned: and, behold, I am come today before all Israel and the house of Joseph, to go down and meet my lord the king.

21 Men Abischaï, fis a Tseurja a te di: “Èske Schimeï pa ta dwe mete a lanmò pou sa, akoz li te modi onksyone a SENYÈ a?”

And Abessai the son of Saruia answered and said, Shall not Semei therefore be put to death, because he cursed the Lord's anointed?

22 Epi David te di: “Kisa mwen gen pou fè avèk nou, O fis a Tseruja yo, pou nou ta nan jou sila a devni advèsè mwen? Èske okenn moun ta mete a lanmò an Israël jodi a?” Paske èske mwen pa konnen ke se mwen ki wa sou Israël jodi a?

And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Saruia, that you as it were lie in wait against me this day? today no man in Israel shall be put to death, for I know not if I this day reign over Israel.

23 Wa a te di a Schimeï: “Ou p ap mouri.” Konsa wa a te sèmante a li menm.

And the king said to Semei, You shall not die: and the king swore to him.

24 EpiMéphiboscheth, fis a Saül la te desann rankontre wa a. Li pa t okipe pye li, ni taye moustach li, ni lave rad li, depi wa a te pati a jis rive jou ke li te retounen lakay li anpè a.

And Memphibosthe the son of Saul's son went down to meet the king, and had not dressed his feet, nor pared his nails, nor shaved himself, neither had he washed his garments, from the day that the king departed, until the day when he arrived in peace.

25 Se te lè li te vini Jérusalem pou rankontre wa a ke wa a te di li: “Poukisa ou pa t ale avè m, Méphiboscheth?”

And it came to pass when he went into Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, Why did you not go with me, Memphibosthe?

26 Konsa, li te reponn: “O mèt mwen, wa a, sèvitè mwen an te twonpe m. Paske sèvitè ou a te di: ‘Mwen va sele yon bourik pou mwen menm pou m kab monte sou li pou ale avèk wa a,’ akoz sèvitè ou a bwete.

And Memphibosthe said to him, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me; for your servant said to him, Saddle me the ass, and I will ride upon it, and go with the king; for your servant [is] lame.

27 Anplis, li te pale vye bagay a sèvitè ou a mèt mwen, wa a, men mèt mwen an, wa a, se tankou zanj Bondye a. Pou sa, fè sa ki bon nan zye ou.

And he has dealt deceitfully with your servant to my lord the king: but my lord the king [is] as an angel of God, and do you that which is good in your eyes.

28 Paske tout manm lakay papa m pa t plis ke moun mouri devan mèt mwen an, wa a. Malgre ou te mete sèvitè ou pami sila ki te manje sou pwòp tab pa ou. Ki dwa mwen gen pou m ta plenyen anplis a wa a?”

For all the house of my father were but as dead men before my lord the king; yet you have set your servant among them that eat at your table: and what right have I any longer even to cry to the king?

29 Konsa, wa a te di li: “Poukisa ou pale toujou nan enterè pa w? Mwen gen tan pran desizyon, ‘Ou avèk Ziba va divize tè a.’”

And the king said to him, Why speak you any longer of your matters? I have said, You and Siba shall divide the land.

30 Méphiboscheth te di a wa a: “Kite li menm vin pran tout pou li menm, akoz mèt mwen, wa a, gen tan retounen nan pwòp kay li.”

And Memphibosthe said to the king, Yes, let him take all, since my lord the king has come in peace to his house.

31 Alò Barzillaï, Gadit la te vin desann soti Roguelim e li te ale nan Jourdain an avèk wa a pou akonpanye li travèse Jourdain an.

And Berzelli the Galaadite came down from Rogellim, and crossed over Jordan with the king, that he might conduct the king over Jordan.

32 Alò, Barzillaï te granmoun anpil, avèk laj a katre-ventan. Li te bay soutyen a wa a pandan li te rete Mahanaïm, paske li te yon nonm byen enpòtan.

And Berzelli was a very old man, eighty years old; and he had maintained the king when he lived in Manaim; for he was a very great man.

33 Wa a te di a Barzillaï: “Vin travèse avèk mwen e mwen va ba ou soutyen Jérusalem bò kote mwen.”

And the king said to Berzelli, You shall go over with me, and I will nourish your old age with me in Jerusalem.

34 Men Barzillaï te di a wa a: “Se pou konbyen de tan ke m ap viv toujou pou m ta monte ak wa a Jérusalem?

And Berzelli said to the king, How many [are] the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

35 Mwen menm, koulye a, mwen nan katre-ventan daj. Èske mwen kapab distenge antre sa ki bon ak sa ki mal? Oswa èske sèvitè ou a kapab goute sa ke m manje, oswa sa ke m bwè? Oswa èske mwen kapab ankò tande vwa lè gason ak fi ap chante? Alò, poukisa sèvitè ou ta dwe devni yon chaj anplis a mèt mwen an, wa a?

I am this day eighty years old: can I then distinguish between good and evil? Can your servant taste any longer what I eat or drink? can I any longer hear the voice of singing men or singing women? and therefore shall your servant any longer be a burden to my lord the king?

36 Sèvitè ou ta sèlman pito travèse Jourdain an avèk wa a. Poukisa wa a ta dwe ban m rekonpans avèk byenfezans sila a?

Your servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why does the king return me this recompense?

37 Souple, kite sèvitè ou retounen, pou m kab mouri nan pwòp vil pa m, toupre tonm a papa m avèk manman m. Malgre sa, men sèvitè ou, Kimham; kite li travèse avèk mèt mwen an, wa a e fè pou li sa ki bon nan zye ou.”

Let, I pray you, your servant remain, and I will die in my city, by the tomb of my father and of my mother. And, behold, your servant Chamaam shall go over with my lord the king; and do you to him as it seems good in your eyes.

38 Wa a te reponn: “Kimham va travèse avè m e mwen va fè pou li sa ki bon nan zye pa w. Nenpòt sa ke ou vle m fè m ap fè l pou ou.”

And the king said, Let Chamaam go over with me, and I will do to him what is good in my sight; and whatever you shall choose at my hand, I will do for you.

39 Tout moun yo te travèse Jourdain an e wa a te travèse tou. Epi wa a te bo Barzillaï. Li te beni li e li te retounen nan plas li.

And all the people went over Jordan, and the king went over; and the king kissed Berzelli, and blessed him; and he returned to his place.

40 Koulye a, wa a te avanse rive Guilgal, Kimham te kontinye avèk li. Epi tout pèp Juda a avèk la mwatye nan pèp Israël la te akonpanye wa a.

And the king went over to Galgala, and Chamaam went over with him: and all the men of Juda went over with the king, and also half the people of Israel.

41 Epi vwala, tout mesye Israël yo te vin kote wa a e te di a wa a: “Poukisa frè nou yo, mesye Juda yo te vin vòlè ou? Yo te pati avè w, yo te mennen wa a avèk tout lakay li ak tout mesye David yo avèk li, vin janbe Jourdain an.”

And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, Why have our brethren the men of Juda stolen you away, and caused the king and all his house to pass over Jordan, and all the men of David with him?

42 Epi tout mesye Juda yo te reponn mesye Israël yo: “Akoz wa a toupre fanmi a nou. Poukisa konsa nou vin fache akoz afè sila a? Èske nou te manje yon bagay sou kont a wa a, oubyen èske yon bagay te vin separe bannou?”

And all the men of Juda answered the men of Israel, and said, Because the king is near of kin to us: and why were you thus angry concerning this matter? have we indeed eaten of the king's food? or has he given us a gift, or has he sent us a portion?

43 Men mesye Israël yo te reponn mesye Juda yo e te di: “Nou gen dis pati nan wa a; pou sa, nou osi gen plis pati nan David pase ou! Poukisa konsa, ou vin meprize nou? Èske se pa t konsèy pa nou premyèman pou fè wa a tounen?” Men pawòl a Juda yo te pi rèd pase pawòl a Israël yo.

And the men of Israel answered the men of Juda, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we are older than you, we have also an interest in David above you: and why have you thus insulted us, and why was not our advice taken before that of Juda, to bring back our king? And the speech of the men of Juda was sharper than the speech of the men of Israel.