2 Samue 17

1 Hagi henka Ahitofeli'a Absalomuna asamino, natrege'na 12tauseni'a sondia vahe zamavare'na meni kenagera vu'na Devitinku ome hakena hara huntaneno.

Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Allow me to choose 12,000 men, and I will leave [with them] tonight to pursue David.

2 Hagi agra menina kasaro kasara huno ana'ana huno nevanige'na ome azerigahue. Hagi nagra antri hanazaza hu'na va'nena, mika vahe'mo'za atre'za fresage'na kini ne'ke ahegahue.

We will attack him while he is tired and discouraged, and cause him to be very frightened. All the soldiers who are with him will run away. We will kill only the king.

3 Hagi menina nagra maka vahera zamavarena kagrite egahue. Hagi zamagra zahufa a'mo neve atreno frenereti ete eankna hu'na, ana miko vahera ozamahe zamavare'na kagrite egahue. Hagi Devitinke ahesankeno frinigenka kagra krimpa fru hunka manigahane.

Then we will bring back all his soldiers to you, like [SIM] a (bride/woman comes to her husband when she is married). You are wanting to kill only one man; so the other people will not be harmed.”

4 Hige'za Absalomu'ene mika Israeli kva vahe'mo'zama ana nanekema antahi'zana knare hu'ne.

Absalom and all the Israeli leaders [who were with him] thought that what Ahithophel said would be good to do.

5 Hagi Absalomu'a huno, Akai nagapinti ne' Husaina kehinkeno agranena antahi'zama'a eme huama hina antahimaneno.

But Absalom said, “Summon Hushai also, and we will hear what he suggests.”

6 Hagi Husai'a Absalomunte egeno Absalomu'a asamino, Ahitofeli'a ama naneke tasami'neanki agrama tasamia naneke amagera antegahumpi? Hagi i'oma hanunka antahintahi ka'a kagra hu ama huo.

So when Hushai arrived, Absalom told him what Ahithophel had suggested. Then he asked Hushai, “What do you think we should do? If you do not think that we should do what Ahithophel suggests, tell us [what you think that we should do].”

7 Hagi Husai'a kenona huno, Menima Ahitofeli'ma tamia antahi'zamo'a knarera osie.

Hushai replied, “This time what Ahithophel has suggested is not good advice.

8 Hagi kagra antahi'nane, negafa'ene sondia vahe'amo'za hanavenentake vahe mani'nazageno zamarimpama ahe'zamo'a Beamofo anenta'ama vahe'mo'za nevrazageno arimpa aheankna vahe mani'naze. Hagi negafa'a harafa vahekino, kenagera sondia vahe'anena omasegahie.

You know that your father and the men who are with him are strong soldiers, and that now they are very angry, like [SIM] a mother bear whose cubs have been stolen from her. Furthermore, your father knows how to fight because he has fought in many battles. He will not stay with his troops during the night.

9 Hagi agra ko mago'a kumatego, have kampino frakino mani'ne. Hagi agrama kagri sondia vahe'ma ese'zana ha'ma huzmantesniana rama'a vahe zamahe frigahiankino, vahe'mo'zama anankema antahisnu'za Absalomu nevaririza sondia vahera zamahe fri vagaraze hu'za hugahaze.

Right now he is probably already hiding in one of the pits, or in some other place. [If his soldiers start to attack your soldiers, and] if they kill some of them, whoever hears about that will say ‘Many of the soldiers with Absalom have been killed!’

10 Hagi mago'a laionigana hu'za koro osu sondia vahe'kamo'za anankema antahisnu'za koro hugahaze. Na'ankure mika Israeli vahe'mo'za antahi'naze, negafa'a tusi hihamu ne' mani'nege'za, agranema mani'naza sondia vahe'mo'za hanavenentake vahe mani'naze.

Then your other soldiers, even if they are as fearless [SIM, IDM] as lions, they will become very afraid. Do not forget that everyone in Israel knows that your father is a great/strong soldier, and that the soldiers who are with him are also very brave/courageous.

11 E'ina hu'negu noti kaziga Dani kumateti vuno sauti kaziga Bersebama uhanati'nea vahe'ma mani'naza Israeli sondia vahera, kagra mika zamavarenka Devitima ha'ma huntenakura eritru hugeno hagerinkenafi kasepakna hanigenka, zamavarenka hara ome hunto.

“So what I suggest is that you summon all the Israeli soldiers, from Dan [in the far north] to Beersheba [in the far south]. They will be as many as the grains of sand on the seashore [HYP]. And then you yourself lead us into the battle.

12 Hagi inantego Devitima ome keta erifore'ma hanuta, ata komo eramino mikaza refiteaza huta, Devitine mika sondia vahe'anena zamahe fri vaga regahune.

We will find [your father], wherever he is, and we will attack him [from all sides], like [SIM] dew covers all the ground. And neither he nor any of the soldiers who are with him will survive.

13 Hagi agrama mago kumapima ufrenketa ana kumofo vihu keginare nofi renteta avazu huta agupofi ome atregahune. Ana nehanunkeno ana kuma'mo fanane huvagaregahie.

If he escapes into some city, all our soldiers will bring ropes and pull that city down into the valley. As a result, not one stone will be left there [on top of the hill where that city was]!”

14 Anante Absalomu'ene mika Israeli vahe'mo'za hu'za, Arkiti ne' Husaia tamia antahizamo'a knare huno Ahitofelima tamia antahi'zana agatere. Na'ankure ana hanigeno Ra Anumzamo'a Absalomuna azeri haviza hunaku ana antahi'zana zamige'za Ahitofeli antahi'zana eri atre'naze.

Absalom and all the other Israeli men [who were with him] said, “What Hushai suggests is better than what Ahithophel suggested.” The reason that happened was that Yahweh had determined that if they would accept the good advice that Ahithophel had given them, [they would have been able to defeat/kill David]. But [as a result of their doing what Hushai suggested], Yahweh would cause a disaster to happen to Absalom.

15 Hagi ana huteno Husai'a Zadokune pristi ne' Abiatakizania amanage huno zamasami'ne, Ahitofeli'a Absalomune Israeli kva vahe'tamina antahintahi zamige'na nagra amanahu antahi'za zami'noe.

Then Hushai told the two priests, Zadok and Abiathar, what both he and Ahithophel had suggested to Absalom and the Israeli leaders.

16 Hagi menina ame hutna Devitina ke atrentekeno, tima takahe'za kantu kazigama nevarera uomaseno, ru agri'ene agranema maka vu'naza vahetamina eme zamahesagi ame hu'za freza hagege kokampi viho.

Then he said to them, “Send [a message] quickly to David. Tell him to not stay at the place where people walk across the river, near the desert. Instead, he and his soldiers must cross [the Jordan River] immediately, in order that they will not be killed/wiped out.”

17 Hagi Jonatani'ene Ahimasikea Jerusalemi vahe'mo'za zanage'zanku frakike Enrogeli mani'nakeno eri'za mofamo kea erino Devitima ome asaminogura ome zanasami'ne.

[The priest’s two sons, ] Jonathan and Ahimaaz, were waiting at En-Rogel [Spring], outside Jerusalem. They did not [dare to] enter the city, because if someone saw them, [he would report it to Absalom]. [While they were at En-Rogel, ] a female servant [of the two priests] would frequently go to them and report to them [what was happening], and then they would go and report it to King David.

18 Hianagi mago nehaza ne'mo ana netrena zanageteno Absalomuna ome asami'ne. Ana higeno ana netremokea ame huke freke Bahurimi kumate mago ne'mofo kumapi me'nea ti kerigampi uramine ome fraki'na'e.

But a young man saw them, and went and reported it to Absalom. [They found out what the young man had done, ] so both of them left quickly and went to stay in the house of a man in Bahurim. That man had a well in his courtyard; so the two men went down into the well [to hide].

19 Hagi ana ne'mofo nenaro'a tavrave rutareno anama mani'na'a kerirera refi'neteno ana agofetu witi kanara huno zanazeri frakizanante'ne.

The man’s wife took a cloth/mat and covered the well, and scattered grain on top of it in order that no one would know [that two men were hiding inside it].

20 Hagi Absalomu eri'za vahe'mo'za ana a'ma kuma'afi mani'nege'za eme antahige'za, Ahimasi'ene Jonatanikea iga mani'na'e? Hazageno ana a'mo'a kenona huno, zanagra tina takahene hago vu'na'e. Hagi Absalomu eri'za vahe'mo'za ome hakazana ozamage'za ete atre'za Jerusalemi vu'naze.

Some of Absalom’s soldiers [found out where the two men had gone. So they] went to the house, and asked the woman, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” She replied, “They crossed the river.” So the soldiers [crossed the river and] searched for them. But they could not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.

21 Hagi ana vahe'ma vutageke anama framaki'napinkati atiramine Deviti ome asaminaku vu'na'e. Hagi Devitina ome asamine, kagra menina amafintira atrenka tina takahenka ko vuo. Na'ankure kagri'ma eme kazerisania kea Ahitofeli'a Absalomuna retro huno asami'ne.

After they had gone, the two men came out of the well and went and reported to King David [what had happened and] what Ahithophel had suggested. Then they said to him, “Cross the river quickly!”

22 Hagi Deviti'ene agranema vu'naza vahe'mo'za maka ana kenageke Jodani tina takahe'za kantu kaziga vu'naze. Hagi ko'ma atiana mago vahera timofo kama kaziga omani'naze.

So David and all his soldiers quickly started to cross the Jordan [River], and by dawn they had all crossed to the other side.

23 Hagi Ahitofeli'ma keno antahino'ma hiama Absalomu'ma ke'ama ontahigeno'a, donkiafi marerino kuma arega vuno, mika'zama omerintese nehuno, agra kana aheno frige'za naga'ama asenentaza matipi ome asente'naze.

When Ahithophel realized that Absalom was not going to do what he suggested, he put a saddle on his donkey and returned to his own town. He gave [to his family] instructions about his possessions, and then he hanged himself [because he knew that Absalom would be defeated and that he would be considered a traitor and be killed]. His body was buried in the tomb where his ancestors [had been buried].

24 Hagi Deviti'a Mahanaimi vigeno, Absalomu'a mika Israeli sondia vahera zamavareno Jodani tina eme takahe'ne.

David [and his soldiers] arrived at Mahanaim. And Absalom [and all his Israeli soldiers] also crossed the Jordan [River].

25 Hagi Absalomu'a Joapu noma erino sondia vahe'ma kvama hania nera Amasa huhamprinte'ne. Hagi Amasa'a Jeta nemofokino Israeli nagapinti ne'mo Nahasi mofa Abigeli ara eri'ne. Hagi Abigelina nuna'amo Seru Joapu'na kasente'ne.

Absalom had appointed [his cousin] Amasa to be the commander of his army, instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Jether, a descendant of Ishmael. Amasa’s mother was Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and the sister of Joab’s mother Zeruiah.

26 Hagi Giliati mopafi Israeli sondia vahe'ene Absalomu'enena seli nonku'ma eme ki'za mani'naze.

Absalom and his Israeli soldiers set up their tents in [the] Gilead [region].

27 Hagi Deviti'ma Mahanaimima ehanatigeno'a, Nahasi nemofo Sobi'a Amoni kaziga Rabati kumateti ne'ki, Amieli nemofo Makiri Lodeba kumateti ne'ki, Giliati ne' Barsilaiki hu'za musenkea hufru hu'za avre'naze.

When David [and his soldiers] arrived at Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah [city] in the Ammon area, and Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo-Debar [city], and Barzillai from Rogelim [town] in [the] Gilead [region]

28 Hagi zamagra tafe'ma masiza mase zanki, ne'zama kreno atino huzanki, kave'ma ati'za nesaza zuomparamima, mago'a witigi baligi flaua'ene kre hagege hunte witi aragane, rentori koheki, koheki,

brought sleeping mats, bowls, clay pots, barley, wheat flour, parched grain, beans, and lentils to them.

29 tume rima'agi, batagi, sipisipigi memegi sipisipimofo amiri eri kragefinteki hu'za Devitine naga'ane ne'zana eri'za e'naze. Na'ankure zamagra hu'za maka'mota za'za ka ka'ma kokampina azageno tamavesra nehigeno, tamagara netegeno, tinkura tamavenisigeno hu'ne hu'za hu'naze.

They brought honey and curds, sheep, and some cream/cheese for David and his soldiers to eat. They knew that David and his soldiers would be hungry and tired and thirsty [from marching] in the desert.