2 Samuel 17
1 Ahitofel gwara Absalọm sị ya, “Kwere ka m họpụta puku ndị ikom iri na abụọ ka m duru ha chụso Devid ọsọ nʼazụ nʼabalị taa.
Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.
2 Aga m abịakwasị ya mgbe ike gwụrụ ya, mgbe obi ya na-ada mba. Aga m emenye ya egwu nke ga-eme ka ọ maa jijiji. Mgbe ahụ, ndị niile so ya ga-agbasasịkwa. Ọ bụ naanị eze ka m ga-egbu
I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him will flee. I will strike the king only,
3 Aga m eme ka ndị ya niile lọghachikwute gị. Ọnwụ nke otu nwoke a ị na-achọsi ndụ ya ike ga-eme ndị ọzọ niile ịlọghachikwute gị, onye ọbụla ga-anọ nʼudo.”
and I will bring back all the people to you. The man whom you seek is as if all returned. All the people shall be in peace.”
4 Atụmatụ ahụ ziri ezi nʼanya Absalọm na ndị okenye niile nke Izrel.
The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
5 Ma Absalọm kwuru sị, “Kpọọ Hushaị onye Akai ka anyị jụọ ya ihe ọ chere banyere okwu a.”
Then Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let’s hear likewise what he says.”
6 Mgbe Hushaị bịakwutere ya, Absalọm sịrị ya, “Ahitofel nyere ndụmọdụ dị otu a. Gịnị ka ị chere? Anyị ga-eme ihe o kwuru? Ọ bụrụ na anyị agaghị eme ya, gị onwe gị kwuo nke gị.”
When Hushai had come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, “Ahithophel has spoken like this. Shall we do what he says? If not, speak up.”
7 Hushaị zara Absalọm sị, “Ndụmọdụ Ahitofel dụrụ nʼoge a adịghị mma.
Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.”
8 Ọ sịrị, Gị onwe gị maara nna gị na ndị ikom ya; ha bụ ndị dike nʼagha, mkpụrụobi ha dịkwa ilu ugbu a dịka anụ ọhịa bịa a gbabara aka nwa nʼọhịa. Nna gị bụ onye ihe banyere agha doro anya. Ọ gaghị eso ndị ya nọọ ọnọdụ abalị.
Hushai said moreover, “You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
9 Ọ bụladị ugbu a, o zoola onwe ya nʼime otu olulu maọbụ nʼime ọgba nkume. Ọ bụrụ na ọ pụta buru ụzọ buso ndị agha gị agha, onye ọbụla nụrụ ya ga-ekwu sị, ‘Etigbuola ndị agha Absalọm oke ntigbu.’
Behold, he is now hidden in some pit, or in some other place. It will happen, when some of them have fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will say, ‘There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom!’
10 Mgbe ahụ, ọ bụladị dimkpa nʼagha ndị nwere obi ọdụm, ụjọ ga-atụkwa ha. Ha agaghị ekwekwa ịga nʼihu ọgụ. Nʼihi na Izrel niile maara na nna gị bụ dike. Ha maakwara na ndị agha ya bụkwa ndị obi kara aka.
Even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.
11 “Ndụmọdụ m na-enye bụ nke a: chịkọtaa ndị Izrel niile, site na Dan ruo Bịasheba, ha dịka aja nke dị nʼakụkụ oke osimiri. Ọ bụkwa gị ga-edu ha nʼagha ahụ.
But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that you go to battle in your own person.
12 Mgbe ahụ, anyị ga-ebuso ya agha ebe ọbụla anyị hụrụ ya; anyị ga-abịakwasị ya dịka igirigi si adakwasị ala. Anyị ga-egbu ya, gbukwaa ndị niile so ya. Otu onye agaghị afọdụkwa nʼime ha.
So we will come on him in some place where he will be found, and we will light on him as the dew falls on the ground, then we will not leave so much as one of him and of all the men who are with him.
13 Ọ bụrụkwa na o zoo onwe ya nʼotu obodo, mgbe ahụ Izrel niile ga-eweta ụdọ nʼobodo ahụ, anyị ga-adọtu ya dọbanye ya na ndagwurugwu, ruo mgbe ọ bụladị otu nkume ga-afọdụ nʼebe ahụ.”
Moreover, if he has gone into a city, then all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there isn’t one small stone found there.”
14 Absalọm na ndị ikom Izrel niile sịrị, “Ndụmọdụ Hushaị, onye Akai dị mma karịa nke Ahitofel.” Ma Onyenwe anyị ekpebielarị imebi ezi ndụmọdụ Ahitofel ka o si otu a wetara Absalọm ihe ndakwasị ọjọọ.
Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring evil on Absalom.
15 Hushaị gwara Zadọk na Abịata, ndị nchụaja, “Otu a na ihe ndị a ka Ahitofel dụrụ Absalọm na ndị okenye Izrel nʼọdụ ka ha mee, ma otu a na nke a ka mụ onwe dụkwaranụ nʼọdụ.
Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel that way; and I have counseled this way.
16 Ugbu a, meenụ ngwa, ziga ozi gwa Devid sị, ‘Anọkwala ọnọdụ abalị nʼụzọ ngabiga nke osimiri nʼime ọzara, kama gabiga na-atụfughị oge, ma ọ bụghị otu a, ma eze ma ndị niile ya na ha soo ga-abụ ndị elodara.’”
Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, ‘Don’t lodge tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over, lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people who are with him.’”
17 Jonatan na Ahimaaz nọ nʼakụkụ En-Rogel ka a ghara ihu ha mgbe ha na-abata nʼobodo. Otu nwaagbọghọ na-eje ozi na-aga zie ha ozi, ha onwe ha agaa zie eze Devid.
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En Rogel; and a female servant used to go and report to them, and they went and told King David; for they couldn’t risk being seen coming into the city.
18 Ma otu nwokorobịa hụrụ ha gaa gwa Absalọm. Ya mere, ha abụọ mere ngwangwa baa nʼụlọ otu nwoke onye Bahurim, onye nwere olulu mmiri nʼogige ya, ha rịdara nʼime olulu ahụ
But a boy saw them, and told Absalom. Then they both went away quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.
19 Nwunye nwoke ahụ weere ihe mkpuchi ya tụsaa nʼọnụ olulu mmiri ahụ gbasaakwa mkpụrụ ọka nʼelu ya. Ọ dịghị onye maara maka ya.
The woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and spread out crushed grain on it; and nothing was known.
20 Mgbe ndị ozi Absalọm bịaruru jụọ nwanyị ahụ, “Olee ebe Ahimaaz na Jonatan nọ”? Nwanyị ahụ zara, “Ha agafeela mmiri iyi.” Ndị ozi Absalọm chọrọ ha ma ha ahụghị ha. Ha laghachiri na Jerusalem.
Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman said to them, “They have gone over the brook of water.” When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
21 Mgbe ha lawara, mmadụ abụọ ahụ sitere nʼolulu mmiri ahụ rigopụta, gaa gwa eze Devid. Ha sịrị ya, “Bilie gafeenụ mmiri ngwangwa, nʼihi na Ahitofel adụọla Absalọm ọdụ otu a na otu a megide gị.”
After they had departed, they came up out of the well and went and told King David; and they said to David, “Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.”
22 Nke a mere Devid na ndị niile so ya biliri gafee osimiri Jọdan. Mgbe chi ụtụtụ na-abọ, ha niile nọ nʼofe nke ọzọ Jọdan.
Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they passed over the Jordan. By the morning light there lacked not one of them who had not gone over the Jordan.
23 Mgbe Ahitofel hụrụ na-emeghị ndụmọdụ ya, o biliri jikwaa ịnyịnya ibu ya, laa nʼụlọ ya nʼobodo ya. Mgbe o ruru nʼụlọ ya, o doziri nʼezinaụlọ ya nʼusoro, were ụdọ kwụgbuo onwe ya. Ọ nwụrụ. E lie ya nʼili nna ya.
When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, arose, and went home to his city, set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.
24 Devid batara Mahanaim oge Absalọm gabigara Jọdan, ya na ndị ikom Izrel so ya.
Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
25 Absalọm họpụtakwara Amasa mee ya onyeisi ndị agha, nʼọnọdụ Joab. Amasa bụ nwa nwoke Itra, onye Ishmel, onye lụrụ Abigel, nwa nwanyị Nahash, onye bụkwa nwanne nwanyị Zeruaya nne Joab.
Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.
26 Absalọm na ndị agha Izrel mara ụlọ ikwu ha nʼala Gilead.
Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
27 Mgbe Devid bịarutere Mahanaim, Shobi nwa Nahash onye obodo Raba nke dị nʼala ndị Amọn, na Makia nwa Amiel onye si Lo Deba, na Bazilai, onye Gilead si Rogelim
When David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
28 wetara ute e ji edina ala, na ite isi nri, na efere e ji eri nri bụ ọrụ onye ọkpụ ite. Tinyere ọka wiiti na ọka balị, ụtụ ọka na ọka a ṅara nʼọkụ, akịdị na lentil.
brought beds, basins, earthen vessels, wheat, barley, meal, parched grain, beans, lentils, roasted grain,
29 O wetakwara mmanụ aṅụ, na bọta, atụrụ na chiizi nke sitere na mmiri ara ehi nye Devid na ndị so ya ka ha rie. Nʼihi na ha sịrị, “Ike agwụla ndị mmadụ, agụụ na-agụ ha, akpịrị na-akpọkwa ha nkụ, nʼime ọzara.”
honey, butter, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and for the people who were with him to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry, weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
