1 Bakonzi 2
1 Tango Davidi akomaki pene ya kokufa, apesaki malako oyo epai ya Salomo, mwana na ye ya mobali:
As the time drew near for David to die, he charged his son Solomon,
2 — Nalingi kokende na nzela oyo bato nyonso bakendaka. Zala makasi, lakisa ete ozali mobali.
“I am about to go the way of all the earth. So be strong and prove yourself a man.
3 Sala makambo oyo Yawe, Nzambe na yo, alingaka: tambola na banzela na Ye, batela malako mpe bikateli na Ye, mibeko mpe mitindo na Ye, ndenge ekomama kati na Mobeko ya Moyize, mpo ete olonga na makambo nyonso oyo okosala mpe na bisika nyonso oyo okokende;
And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as is written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,
4 mpe mpo ete Yawe akokisa elaka oyo apesaki ngai na maloba oyo: « Soki bakitani na yo basali keba na etamboli na bango, soki batamboli liboso na ngai na bosembo, na mitema na bango mobimba, ekozala tango nyonso na moko kati na bakitani na yo, oyo akovanda na kiti ya bokonzi ya Isalaele.
and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
5 Sik’oyo, yo moko oyebi makambo oyo Joabi, mwana mobali ya Tseruya, asalaki ngai; makambo oyo asalaki bakonzi mibale ya mampinga ya Isalaele: Abineri, mwana mobali ya Neri; mpe Amasa, mwana mobali ya Yeteri. Abomaki bango, asopaki makila ya bitumba na tango ya kimia; boye, atiaki makila ya bitumba na mokaba oyo alataki na loketo na ye, mpe na basandale oyo ezalaki na makolo na ye.
Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.
6 Salela ye kolanda bwanya na yo mpe kotika te ete suki na ye ya pembe ekita na kimia na mboka ya bakufi. (Sheol h7585)
So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace. (Sheol h7585)
7 Kasi talisa bolamu epai ya bana mibali ya Barizilayi, moto ya Galadi; mpe sala ete bazala kati na bato oyo bakobanda kolia mesa moko elongo na yo, pamba te basungaki ngai tango nazalaki kokima Abisalomi, ndeko na yo ya mobali.
But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.
8 Mpe yeba ete, elongo na yo, ozali na Shimei, mwana mobali ya Gera, moto ya Benjame, na mboka Bawurimi, oyo alakelaki ngai mabe makasi na mokolo oyo nazalaki kokende na Maanayimi. Tango ayaki kokutana na ngai na Yordani, nalapaki ndayi oyo mpo na ye na Kombo na Yawe: ‹ Nakoboma yo na mopanga te. ›
Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’
9 Kasi sik’oyo, kozwa ye te lokola moto oyo asali mabe te. Ozali na bwanya, okoyeba nini osengeli kosala mpo na ye. Kitisa suki na ye ya pembe kati na makila, na mboka ya bakufi. » (Sheol h7585)
Now therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You know what you ought to do to him to bring his gray head down to Sheol in blood.” (Sheol h7585)
10 Davidi akendeki kokutana na bakoko na ye, mpe bakundaki ye kati na engumba ya Davidi.
Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
11 Davidi akonzaki Isalaele mibu tuku minei: mibu sambo na Ebron, mpe mibu tuku misato na misato na Yelusalemi.
The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
12 Salomo avandaki na kiti ya bokonzi ya Davidi, tata na ye, mpe bokonzi na ye elendisamaki.
So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.
13 Adoniya, mwana mobali ya Agite, akendeki epai ya Batisheba, mama ya Salomo. Batisheba atunaki ye: — Boni, oyei kotala ngai na kimia? Azongisaki: — Iyo, nayei na kimia.
Now Adonijah son of Haggith went to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, and she asked, “Do you come in peace?” “Yes, in peace,” he replied.
14 Abakisaki: — Nazali na likambo moko ya koyebisa yo. Batisheba azongisaki: — Okoki koloba yango.
Then he said, “I have something to tell you.” “Say it,” she answered.
15 Adoniya alobaki: — Lokola oyebi yango, bokonzi ezalaki ya ngai; bato nyonso ya Isalaele bazwaki ngai lokola mokonzi na bango, kasi makambo ebongwanaki mpe bokonzi ekeyi epai ya ndeko na ngai ya mobali, pamba te epesamelaki ye wuta na Yawe.
“You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.
16 Sik’oyo, nazali na bosenga moko, kopimela ngai yango te. Batisheba alobaki: — Okoki koloba yango.
So now I have just one request of you; do not deny me.” “State your request,” she told him.
17 Adoniya alobaki: — Nabondeli yo, loba na mokonzi Salomo ete apesa ngai Abishagi, moto ya Sunami, mpo ete akoma mwasi na ngai, pamba te mokonzi akoki koboya te koyokela yo.
Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”
18 Batisheba azongisaki: — Malamu! Ngai moko nakolobela yo epai ya mokonzi.
“Very well,” Bathsheba replied. “I will speak to the king for you.”
19 Tango Batisheba akendeki epai ya mokonzi Salomo mpo na kolobela Adoniya, mokonzi atelemaki mpo na kokutana na Batisheba, agumbamaki liboso na ye mpe avandaki na kiti na ye ya bokonzi. Asengaki ete batia kiti mpo na mama ya mokonzi, mpe Batisheba avandaki na ngambo ya loboko ya mobali ya mokonzi.
So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, and sat down on his throne. Then the king had a throne brought for his mother, who sat down at his right hand.
20 Batisheba alobaki: — Nazali na bosenga moko ya moke mpo na koyebisa yo, kasi kopimela ngai yango te. Mokonzi azongisaki: — Loba na yo, mama na ngai; nakopimela yo yango te.
“I have just one small request of you,” she said. “Do not deny me.” “Make your request, my mother,” the king replied, “for I will not deny you.”
21 Batisheba alobaki: — Tika ete Abishagi, moto ya Sunami, akoma mwasi ya Adoniya, ndeko na yo ya mobali.
So Bathsheba said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”
22 Mokonzi Salomo azongiselaki mama na ye: — Mpo na nini ozali kosenga Abishagi, moto ya Sunami, mpo na Adoniya? Okokaki mpe kosenga bokonzi mpo na ye, mpo ete azali yaya na ngai; ndenge moko mpe mpo na Nganga-Nzambe Abiatari, mpo na Joabi, mwana mobali ya Tseruya!
King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”
23 Bongo, mokonzi Salomo alapaki ndayi na Kombo na Yawe: — Tika ete Nzambe apesa ngai etumbu ya makasi soki Adoniya akufi te mpo na bosenga oyo!
Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.
24 Mpe sik’oyo, na Kombo na Yawe oyo alendisi ngai na kiti ya bokonzi ya Davidi, tata na ngai, mpe oyo asali ete bokonzi ezala na libota na ngai ndenge alapaki yango na ndayi, Adoniya akokufa kaka lelo.
And now, as surely as the LORD lives—the One who established me, who set me on the throne of my father David, and who founded for me a dynasty as He promised—surely Adonijah shall be put to death today!”
25 Mokonzi Salomo atindaki Benaya, mwana mobali ya Yeoyada, kobeta Adoniya; mpe Adoniya akufaki.
So King Solomon sent the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.
26 Mokonzi alobaki na Nganga-Nzambe Abiatari: — Zonga na bilanga na yo, na Anatoti, pamba te osengeli kokufa. Kasi nakoboma yo sik’oyo te, pamba te omemaki Sanduku ya Nkolo Yawe liboso ya Davidi, tata na ngai, mpe okabolaki na ye pasi nyonso.
Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”
27 Boye, Salomo alongolaki Abiatari na mosala na ye ya Nganga-Nzambe ya Yawe, mpo na kokokisa maloba oyo Yawe alobaki na Silo na tina na libota ya Eli.
So Solomon banished Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD and thus fulfilled the word that the LORD had spoken at Shiloh against the house of Eli.
28 Tango sango ekomaki epai ya Joabi, ye oyo abundelaki Adoniya kasi Abisalomi te, akimaki na Ndako ya kapo ya Yawe mpe asimbaki maseke ya etumbelo.
When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.
29 Bayebisaki Salomo ete Joabi akei na Ndako ya kapo ya Yawe mpe azali pembeni ya maseke ya etumbelo. Salomo atindaki Benaya, mwana mobali ya Yeoyada, ete akende koboma ye.
It was reported to King Solomon: “Joab has fled to the tent of the LORD and is now beside the altar.” So Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down!”
30 Benaya akotaki na Ndako ya kapo ya Yawe mpe alobaki na Joabi: — Mokonzi alobi ete obima. Kasi Joabi azongisaki: — Te, nakokufela kaka awa! Benaya azongaki epai ya mokonzi mpo na koyebisa ye eyano ya Joabi.
And Benaiah entered the tent of the LORD and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But Joab replied, “No, I will die here.” So Benaiah relayed the message to the king, saying, “This is how Joab answered me.”
31 Mokonzi apesaki ye mitindo: — Sala ndenge alobi; boma ye mpe kunda ye. Na bongo nde okolongola likolo ya moto na ngai mpe ya libota ya tata na ngai, ngambo ya makila oyo Joabi asopaki na pamba.
And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed.
32 Tika ete Yawe akweyisa likolo na ye moko mokumba ya makila oyo asopaki, pamba te abundisaki bato mibale mpe abomaki bango na mopanga; tata na ngai, Davidi, ayebaki kutu te. Tala bakombo ya bato mibale yango: Abineri, mwana mobali ya Neri, mokonzi ya mampinga ya Isalaele; mpe Amasa, mwana mobali ya Yeteri, mokonzi ya mampinga ya Yuda; bazalaki bato malamu mpe ya sembo koleka ye.
The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
33 Tika ete ngambo ya makila na bango ezala mpo na libela likolo ya moto ya Joabi mpe ya bana na ye. Kasi tika ete kimia ya Yawe ezala mpo na libela na Davidi, na bana na ye, na libota na ye mpe na kiti na ye ya bokonzi.
Their blood will come back upon the heads of Joab and his descendants forever; but for David, his descendants, his house, and his throne, there shall be peace from the LORD forever.”
34 Benaya, mwana mobali ya Yeoyada, akendeki kobeta Joabi mpe abomaki ye. Bakundaki ye na ndako na ye moko, kati na esobe.
So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and killed him. He was buried at his own home in the wilderness.
35 Mokonzi akomisaki Benaya, mwana mobali ya Yeoyada, mokonzi ya mampinga na esika ya Joabi, mpe atiaki Nganga-Nzambe Tsadoki na esika ya Abiatari.
And the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar’s place.
36 Mokonzi abengisaki Shimei mpe alobaki na ye: — Tonga ndako kati na Yelusalemi mpe vanda kuna. Okokende esika mosusu te.
Then the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live there, but do not go anywhere else.
37 Mokolo oyo okobima mpe okokatisa lubwaku ya Sedron, okokufa, mpe makila na yo ekotangama na moto na yo moko.
On the day you go out and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will die; your blood will be on your own head.”
38 Shimei azongiselaki mokonzi: — Makambo oyo olobi ezali malamu! Mowumbu na yo akosala ndenge mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, alobi. Shimei avandaki na Yelusalemi mikolo ebele.
“The sentence is fair,” Shimei replied. “Your servant will do as my lord the king has spoken.” And Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.
39 Kasi sima na mibu misato, bawumbu mibale kati na bawumbu ya Shimei bakimaki epai ya Akishi, mwana mobali ya Maaka, mokonzi ya Gati. Bayebisaki Shimei ete bawumbu na ye bazali na Gati.
After three years, however, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And Shimei was told, “Look, your slaves are in Gath.”
40 Tango Shimei ayokaki bongo, abongisaki ane na ye mpe akendeki epai ya Akishi, na Gati, mpo na koluka bawumbu na ye. Shimei akendeki penza na Gati mpe azongisaki bawumbu yango na Yelusalemi.
So Shimei saddled his donkey and set out to Achish at Gath in search of his slaves, and he brought them back from Gath.
41 Bamemelaki Salomo sango ete Shimei alongwaki na Yelusalemi, akendeki na Gati mpe azongi.
When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned,
42 Mokonzi abengisaki Shimei mpe alobaki na ye: — Nalapisaki yo ndayi te na Kombo na Yawe mpe nakebisaki yo te ete mokolo oyo okobima mpo na kokende esika mosusu, okokufa penza? Mpe na mokolo yango, olobaki na ngai: « Makambo oyo olobi ezali malamu, nakotosa. »
the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the LORD and warn you, ‘On the day you leave and go elsewhere, know for sure that you will die’? And you told me, ‘The sentence is fair; I will comply.’
43 Mpo na nini okokisi te ndayi na yo epai na Yawe mpo na kotosa mitindo oyo napesaki?
So why have you not kept your oath to the LORD and the command that I gave you?”
44 Mokonzi alobaki lisusu na Shimei: — Oyebi lisusu mabe nyonso oyo osalaki epai ya Davidi, tata na ngai! Boye, Yawe akomemisa yo ngambo ya mabe oyo yo moko osali.
The king also said, “You know in your heart all the evil that you did to my father David. Therefore the LORD will bring your evil back upon your head.
45 Kasi mokonzi Salomo akopambolama, mpe kiti ya bokonzi ya Davidi ekolendisama makasi liboso ya Yawe mpo na libela.
But King Solomon will be blessed and David’s throne will remain secure before the LORD forever.”
46 Mokonzi apesaki mitindo epai ya Benaya, mwana mobali ya Yeoyada. Benaya abimaki, abetaki Shimei, mpe Shimei akufaki. Bokonzi elendisamaki na maboko ya Salomo.
Then the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down, and he died. Thus the kingdom was firmly established in the hand of Solomon.
