2 Samuel 19
1 Ọ dịghị anya ozi ruru Joab ntị sị, “Lee, eze na-akwa akwa, na-eru ụjụ nʼihi Absalọm.”
Soon Joab was told, “The king is crying and mourning for Absalom.”
2 Mgbe ndị agha ya nụrụ na eze nọ nʼoke iru ụjụ nʼihi nwa ya, mmeri ha ghọọrọ ha ihu mgbarụ nʼụbọchị ahụ.
Victory that day was turned into mourning for the whole army, because they were told, “The king is grieving for his son.”
3 Ndị agha Devid niile zobatasịrị onwe ha nʼime obodo dịka a ga-asị na ha bụ ndị ihere na-eme dịka ndị e meriri nʼagha.
They stole back into town that day like defeated people steal in, ashamed of running away from the battle.
4 Eze kpuchiri ihu ya nọgidekwa na-akwa akwa na-asị, “O, nwa m Absalọm! O! Absalọm nwa m, nwa m!”
The king held his face in his hands and sobbed loudly, “My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!”
5 Emesịa, Joab jekwuuru eze nʼụlọ sị ya, “Anyị zọpụtara ndụ gị, na ndụ ụmụ gị ndị ikom na ndị inyom, na ndị nwunye gị, na ndị iko gị nwanyị taa, ma lee ka ị si emeso anyị. Ị na-eme ka ihere mee anyị, dịka a ga-asị na anyị mere ihe ọjọọ.
Then Joab went inside and told the king, “Today you have humiliated all your men who have saved your life, and the lives of your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your concubines.
6 Ị hụrụ ndị iro gị nʼanya, ma na-akpọ ndị hụrụ gị nʼanya asị. I meela ya ka ọ pụta ìhè taa na o nweghị ihe ndị ọchịagha gị na ndị agha gị bụ nʼanya gị. Ahụrụ m na ọ gaara abụ ihe ziri ezi nʼanya gị ma a sịkwarị na Absalọm dị ndụ taa, ma anyị niile anwụọ.
You did this by loving those who hate you and hating those who love you. Today you have made it plain that the commanders and the men don't mean anything to you. Today I'm sure that you'd be quite happy if Absalom was alive and all of us were dead!
7 Ugbu a, pụọ gaa kelee ndị agha gị. Eji m aha Onyenwe anyị na-aṅụ iyi na-asị na ọ bụrụ na ị pụghị nʼezi kelee ha, otu onye nʼime ha agaghị afọdụ nʼebe a mgbe chi taa jiri, mgbe ahụ ihe ga-ajọrọ gị njọ karịa ihe niile i jirila anya gị hụ na ndụ gị.”
So get up, go out, and thank your men. I swear by the Lord that if you don't, you won't have a man left by tonight. That will be far worse for you than all the disasters you've had from your youth until now.”
8 Ya mere, eze biliri nọdụ ọdụ nʼọnụ ụzọ ama. Mgbe ndị agha nụrụ na eze nọ nʼọnụ ụzọ ama, ha niile pụtara guzo nʼihu ya. Ma nʼoge a, ndị Izrel niile agbalaala, onye ọbụla nʼụlọ ya.
So the king got up and went to sit at the town gate. Everybody was told: “Look, the king is sitting at the town gate.” They all came to see the king. In the meantime the Israelites had run away and gone to their homes.
9 Nʼetiti ebo Izrel niile, ndị mmadụ nọ na-arụ ụka na-asị, “Eze napụtara anyị site nʼaka ndị iro anyị. Ọ bụ ya napụtara anyị site nʼaka ndị Filistia. Ma ugbu a, o sitela nʼala a gbapụ nʼihi Absalọm.”
Everyone among the tribes of Israel were arguing with each other, saying, “The king rescued us from the persecution of our enemies, he saved us from the Philistines, but now he's had to run from the country because of Absalom.
10 Absalọm, onye anyị tere mmanụ ka ọ chịa anyị anwụọla nʼagha. Gịnị mere, unu a gaghị ekwu okwu i kpọghachite eze anyị?
Now Absalom, the man we chose to be our king by anointing him, he's died in battle. Why don't we do something and invite King David to come back?”
11 Eze Devid zigaara Zadọk na Abịata, ndị nchụaja ozi a, “Jụọnụ ndị okenye Juda sị, ‘Nʼihi gịnị ka unu ga-eji bụrụ ndị ikpeazụ ime ka eze lọghachi nʼobi ya, ebe ọ bụ na ihe a na-ekwu nʼala Izrel niile eruola eze ntị nʼebe o bi?
King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: “Tell the elders of Judah, ‘Are you going to be the last people to bring the king back to his palace, since the king has heard that all of Israel wants it?
12 Ụmụnne m ka unu bụ, ọkpụkpụ m na anụ ahụ m. Gịnị mere unu ga-eji bụrụ ndị ikpeazụ ga-akpọlata eze nʼụlọ ya?’
You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. Why should you be the last ones to want to bring the king back?’
13 Gwakwanụ Amasa sị ya, ‘Ọ bụ na ị bụghị ọkpụkpụ m na anụ ahụ m? Ka Chineke mesoo m mmeso otu ọbụla mmeso ahụ si dị njọ, ma ọ bụrụ na ị bụghị ọchịagha m malite taa nʼọnọdụ Joab.’”
Tell Amasa, ‘Aren't you my flesh and blood too? May God punish me very severely if from now on you're not the commander of my army instead of Joab!’”
14 Amasa mere ka obi ndị okenye Juda rulata, dịka otu mmadụ. Ha zigara eze ozi, sị, “Lọghachikwute anyị, gị na ndị ohu gị niile.”
Amasa convinced all the people of Judah to unitedly support David, so they sent a message to the king: “Please come back, you and everyone with you.”
15 Mgbe ahụ, eze lọghachitere na Jọdan. Ndị ikom Juda bịarutere Gilgal izute eze, na ịkpọfeta ya Jọdan.
The king began his journey back, and when he arrived at the Jordan, the men of Judah met him at Gilgal to help him cross the river.
16 Shimei, nwa Gera, onye Benjamin, nwoke ahụ sitere na Bahurim, mere ngwangwa soro ndị ikom Juda pụta izute eze Devid.
Shimei, son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David.
17 Ya na puku ndị ikom Benjamin sokwa. Ziba, onyeozi Sọl, na ụmụ ya ndị ikom iri na ise, na iri ndị ozi abụọ ndị ozi ya, mekwara ngwangwa ịbịarute Jọdan tupu eze erute nʼebe ahụ.
With him were one thousand men from the tribe of Benjamin, including Ziba, servant of Saul's family, as well as Ziba's fifteen sons and twenty servants. They rushed down to the Jordan to meet the king.
18 Ha gabigara mmiri nʼebe ọ dị nta ịkwọfe ndị ụlọeze nʼụgbọ mmiri, na ime ihe ọbụla dị mma nʼanya ya. Mgbe Shimei nwa Gera gafere Jọdan, ọ dara nʼala nʼihu eze,
They crossed at the ford to bring the king's household over and whatever else he wanted. Shimei crossed the Jordan and fell facedown before the king.
19 sị ya, “Ka Onyenwe m, ghara ịgụkọrọ m njehie m nye m. Echetakwala otu ohu gị si mee ihe nʼezighị ezi nʼụbọchị onyenwe m hapụrụ Jerusalem pụọ. Ka eze ghara itinye ya nʼobi ya,
“Your Majesty, please forgive me and disregard the wrong that I, your servant, did when Your Majesty left Jerusalem. Please forget all about it.
20 nʼihi na mụ bụ ohu gị maara na m mehiere, ma taa abịara m dịka onye mbụ site nʼagbụrụ Josef, ịbịa zute onyenwe m, bụ eze.”
I, your servant, recognize that I have sinned. But look! Today I'm the first from any of the tribes of Joseph to come down and meet Your Majesty.”
21 Abishai nwa Zeruaya jụrụ eze sị ya, “Ọ bụ na Shimei agaghị anwụ nʼihi ihe a? Nʼihi nkọcha ọ kọchara onye Onyenwe anyị tere mmanụ bụ eze.”
Abishai, son of Zeruiah, said, “Shouldn't Shimei be executed for this, because he cursed the Lord's anointed one?”
22 Ma Devid sịrị, “Gịnị jikọtara mụ na unu ụmụ ndị ikom Zeruaya, nke mere na taa unu aghọọla ndị na-emegide m? O kwesiri ka e gbuo onye ọbụla nʼala Izrel taa? Ọ bụ na m amaghị na taa, abụ m eze Izrel?”
But David replied, “What's that got do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Do you want to be my enemies today? Is this a day to execute anybody in Israel? Aren't I certain that today I'm the king of Israel once more?”
23 Ya mere eze gwara Shimei sị, “I gaghị anwụ. Eze jiri ịṅụ iyi kwee ya nkwa a.”
David turned to Shimei and swore an oath to him, “You're not going to die.”
24 Mefiboshet, nwa nwa Sọl bịarukwara izute eze. Site nʼụbọchị eze hapụrụ Jerusalem, ọ sabeghị ụkwụ ya, ma uwe ya, ọ kpụghịkwa afụọnụ ya tutu ruo mgbe eze lọtara nʼudo.
Then Mephibosheth, Saul's grandson, went to meet the king. He had refused to look after his feet or trim his mustache or have his clothes washed from the day the king left until the day of his peaceful return.
25 Mgbe o si Jerusalem pụta izute eze, eze jụrụ ya ajụjụ sị, “Mefiboshet, gịnị mere i soghị m gaa?”
When he arrived from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him, “Why didn't you come with me, Mephibosheth?”
26 Ọ zara ya sị, “Onyenwe m, eze, agwara m Ziba ohu m ka o doziere m ịnyịnya ibu m, ka m soro eze, ma ebe m bụ onye ngwụrọ, ọ ghọgburu m.
Mephibosheth answered, “Your Majesty, my servant Ziba tricked me. I told him, ‘Saddle up my donkey so I can ride her and leave with the king,’ because you know that I'm lame.
27 O kwuluru ohu gị nʼebe onyenwe m bụ eze nọ. Ma onyenwe m bụ eze dịka mmụọ ozi Chineke, nʼihi ya mee m ihe masịrị gị.
Ziba has misrepresented me, your servant, to Your Majesty. However, Your Majesty is like an angel of God, so do what you think best.
28 Nʼagbanyeghị na ụlọ nna m niile dịka ndị nwụrụ anwụ nʼebe onyenwe m bụ eze nọ, ma i nyere ohu gị ọnọdụ nʼetiti ndị na-eri nri nʼelu tebul gị. Gịnị bụ ikike ọzọ m nwere iji rịọọ eze arịrịọ?”
All my grandfather's family could only expect death from Your Majesty, but you included me, your servant, among those who eat at your table. So what right do I have to ask the king for anything more?”
29 Eze sịrị ya, “Nʼihi gịnị ka ị ka na-ekwuru okwu? Enyela m gị na Ziba iwu ka unu kee ala ahụ nʼetiti onwe unu.”
“Why talk any more about these issues of yours?” David responded. “I've decided that you and Ziba should divide the land.”
30 Mefiboshet sịrị eze, “Ka o were ihe niile ebe onyenwe m bụ eze lọghachiri nʼụlọ ya nʼudo.”
Mephibosheth replied to the king, “Let him have it all! I'm just happy that Your Majesty has returned home in peace.”
31 Bazilai onye Gilead sikwa na Rogelim bịa iso eze kwọfee osimiri Jọdan, na izilaga ya site nʼebe ahụ.
Barzillai the Gileadite had also came down from Rogelim to help the king cross the Jordan and to make his way onwards from there.
32 Nʼoge a, Bazilai bụ agadi nwoke, onye gbara iri afọ asatọ. Ọ lekọtara eze mgbe eze nọ na Mahanaim, nʼihi na ọ bụ ọgaranya.
Barzillai was very old, eighty years of age, and because he was a very wealthy man, he had provided the king with food while he was staying in Mahanaim.
33 Eze gwara Bazilai sị ya, “Soro m gafee osimiri ka i soro m biri na Jerusalem. Aga m elekọtakwa gị.”
The king said to Barzillai, “Cross the Jordan with me, and I will provide for you while you stay with me in Jerusalem.”
34 Ma Bazilai zara eze sị ya, “Afọ ole ka ọ fọdụrụ m ịdị ndụ m ga-eji soro eze gaa Jerusalem?
“How much longer do you think I have to live so I could go to Jerusalem and stay there with the king?” Barzillai replied.
35 Agbaala m iri afọ asatọ. Enwere m ike ịkọwa ihe dị iche nʼetiti ihe dị mma na nke na-adịghị mma. O nwere ụzọ ohu gị si anụ ụtọ ihe oriri na ihe ọṅụṅụ? O nwere ụzọ m si anụ olu ndị ikom na ndị inyom na-abụ abụ? Gịnị mere ohu gị ga-eji buru ibu arọ nye onyenwe m na eze?
“I'm already eighty. I don't enjoy anything anymore. I can't taste what I eat or drink. I can't hear when people sing. There's no point for me, your servant, to be another burden to Your Majesty!
36 Ohu gị ga-eso eze gafee osimiri Jọdan, maọbụ nʼihi gịnị ka eze ga-eji nye m onyinye ọzọ dị iche.
For your servant to cross the Jordan River with the king is enough reward for me!
37 Biko, ka ohu gị laghachi, ka m nwee ike nwụọ nʼobodo m, nʼakụkụ ili nna m na nne m. Ma lee ohu gị bụ Kimham, ka o soro onyenwe m, bụ eze gafee. Gị mekwara ya ihe ọbụla dị mma nʼanya gị.”
Then let your servant go back home, that I may die in my home town near the tomb of my father and mother. But here is your servant, my son Chimham. Let him cross over with Your Majesty, and treat him as you think best.”
38 Eze zara sị ya, “Ọ dị mma, Kimham ga-eso m gafee, aga m emekwara ya ihe ọma niile ị rịọrọ m.”
The king replied, “Chimham will cross over with me, and I will treat him as you think best, and I will do for you whatever you want.”
39 Ya mere, ndị ahụ niile gabigara Jọdan, mgbe ahụ eze gabigakwara. Eze suturu Bazilai ọnụ, gọziekwa ya, Bazilai laghachiri nʼụlọ ya.
So everybody crossed the Jordan first, and then the king crossed over. The king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and then Barzillai went back home.
40 Mgbe eze gabigara ruo Gilgal, Kimham sokwa ya gafee. Ndị agha Juda niile na otu ọkara ndị agha Izrel niile mere ka eze gabiga.
Then the king carried on to Gilgal, and Chimham went with him. The whole army of Judah and half the army of Israel accompanied the king.
41 Ọ dịghị anya, ndị ikom Izrel niile nọ na-abịakwute eze na-asị ya, “Gịnị mere ụmụnna anyị, ndị ikom Juda, jiri zopu eze kpọfeta ya na ezinaụlọ na ndị ikom ya niile osimiri Jọdan?”
But soon the men of Israel who were there came to the king and asked him, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, secretly take Your Majesty away and bring you and your household across the Jordan, together with all your men?”
42 Ma ndị ikom Juda zara ndị ikom Izrel, “Anyị mere nke a nʼihi na eze bụ onye metụtara ahụ anyị. Gịnị mere iwe ji ewe unu maka nke a? Anyị eriela ihe ọbụla site na nri eze? Ka anyị anarala ihe ọbụla dobere onwe anyị?”
The men of Judah explained to the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is one of our relatives. Why are you getting upset about this? When did we ever eat the king's food? When did we ever get anything for yourselves?”
43 Ma ndị ikom Izrel zara sị, “Anyị dị ebo iri nʼIzrel, nʼihi ya, anyị nwere oke iri nʼime Devid karịa unu. Gịnị mere unu ji lelịa anyị anya? Chetakwanụ na ọ bụ anyị bu ụzọ kwuo okwu maka nlọta ya ịbụ eze anyị ọzọ.” Ma ndị ikom Juda ejighị olu ọma nye ndị Izrel ọsịsa.
“We've got ten shares in the king,” the men of Israel replied, “so we have a greater claim on David than you do. So why do you look down us? Weren't we the first ones to talk about bringing back our king?” But the men of Judah argued even more strongly than the men of Israel.
