1 Bakonzi 2

1 Tango Davidi akomaki pene ya kokufa, apesaki malako oyo epai ya Salomo, mwana na ye ya mobali:

And the days of David to die draw near, and he charges his son Solomon, saying,

2 — Nalingi kokende na nzela oyo bato nyonso bakendaka. Zala makasi, lakisa ete ozali mobali.

“I am going in the way of all the earth, and you have been strong, and become 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 you have kept the charge of your God YHWH, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commands, and His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, so that you do wisely [in] all that 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.

so that YHWH establishes His word which He spoke to me, saying, If your sons observe their way to walk before Me in truth, with all their heart, and with all their soul; saying, A man of yours is never cut off from 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.

And also, you have known that which he did to me—Joab son of Zeruiah—that which he did to two heads of the hosts of Israel, to Abner son of Ner, and to Amasa son of Jether—that he slays them, and makes the blood of war in peace, and puts the blood of war in his girdle, that [is] on his loins, and in his sandals that [are] 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)

and you have done according to your wisdom, and do not let his old age go down in peace to Sheol. (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.

And you do kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and they have been among those eating at your table, for so they drew near to me in my fleeing from the face of 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. ›

And behold, Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite of Bahurim, [is] with you, and he reviled me—a grievous reviling—in the day of my going to Mahanaim; and he has come down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swear to him by YHWH, saying, I do not put you to death by 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)

and now, do not acquit him, for you [are] a wise man, and you have known that which you do to him, and have brought down his old age with blood to Sheol.” (Sheol h7585)

10 Davidi akendeki kokutana na bakoko na ye, mpe bakundaki ye kati na engumba ya Davidi.

And David lies down with his fathers, and is 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.

and the days that David has reigned over Israel [are] forty years; he has reigned seven years in Hebron, and he has reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

12 Salomo avandaki na kiti ya bokonzi ya Davidi, tata na ye, mpe bokonzi na ye elendisamaki.

And Solomon has sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom is established greatly,

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.

and Adonijah son of Haggith comes to Bathsheba, mother of Solomon, and she says, “Is your coming peace?” And he says, “Peace.”

14 Abakisaki: — Nazali na likambo moko ya koyebisa yo. Batisheba azongisaki: — Okoki koloba yango.

And he says, “I have a word for you,” and she says, “Speak.”

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.

And he says, “You have known that the kingdom was mine, and all Israel had set their faces toward me for reigning, and the kingdom is turned around, and is my brother’s, for it was his from YHWH;

16 Sik’oyo, nazali na bosenga moko, kopimela ngai yango te. Batisheba alobaki: — Okoki koloba yango.

and now, I am asking one petition of you—do not turn back my face”; and she says to him, “Speak.”

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.

And he says, “Please speak to Solomon the king, for he does not turn back your face, and he gives Abishag the Shunammite to me for a wife.”

18 Batisheba azongisaki: — Malamu! Ngai moko nakolobela yo epai ya mokonzi.

And Bathsheba says, “Good; I 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.

And Bathsheba comes to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah, and the king rises to meet her, and bows himself to her, and sits on his throne, and places a throne for the mother of the king, and she sits 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.

And she says, “I ask one small petition of you, do not turn back my face”; and the king says to her, “Ask, my mother, for I do not turn back your face.”

21 Batisheba alobaki: — Tika ete Abishagi, moto ya Sunami, akoma mwasi ya Adoniya, ndeko na yo ya mobali.

And she says, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah for a 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!

And King Solomon answers and says to his mother, “And why are you asking [for] Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Also ask [for] the kingdom for him—for he [is] my elder brother—even 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!

And King Solomon swears by YHWH, saying, “Thus God does to me, and thus He adds—surely Adonijah has spoken this word against his [own] soul;

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, YHWH lives, who has established me, and causes me to sit on the throne of my father David, and who has made a house for me as He spoke—surely Adonijah is put to death today.”

25 Mokonzi Salomo atindaki Benaya, mwana mobali ya Yeoyada, kobeta Adoniya; mpe Adoniya akufaki.

And King Solomon sends by the hand of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he falls on him, and he dies.

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.

And the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go to Anathoth, to your fields; for you [are] a man of death, but I do not put you to death in this day, because you have carried the Ark of Lord YHWH before my father David, and because you were afflicted in all that my father was afflicted in.”

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.

And Solomon casts out Abiathar from being priest of YHWH, to fulfill the word of YHWH which He spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

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.

And the report has come to Joab—for Joab has turned aside after Adonijah, though he did not turn aside after Absalom—and Joab flees to the tent of YHWH, and lays hold on 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.

And it is declared to King Solomon that Joab has fled to the tent of YHWH, and behold, [is] near the altar; and Solomon sends Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, fall on him.”

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 comes into the tent of YHWH and says to him, “Thus said the king: Come out”; and he says, “No, but I die here.” And Benaiah brings back word [to] the king, saying, “Thus spoke Joab, indeed, thus he 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 says to him, “Do as he has spoken, and fall on him, and you have buried him, and turned aside the causeless blood which Joab shed from off me, and from off the house of my father;

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.

and YHWH has turned back his blood on his own head, [on him] who has fallen on two men more righteous and better than he, and slays them with the sword—and my father David did not know—Abner son of Ner, head of the host of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, head of the host of Judah;

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.

indeed, their blood has turned back on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed for all time; and for David, and for his seed, and for his house, and for his throne, there is peace for all time, from YHWH.”

34 Benaya, mwana mobali ya Yeoyada, akendeki kobeta Joabi mpe abomaki ye. Bakundaki ye na ndako na ye moko, kati na esobe.

And Benaiah son of Jehoiada goes up and falls on him, and puts him to death, and he is buried in his own house 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 puts Benaiah son of Jehoiada over the host in his stead, and the king has put Zadok the priest in the stead of Abiathar.

36 Mokonzi abengisaki Shimei mpe alobaki na ye: — Tonga ndako kati na Yelusalemi mpe vanda kuna. Okokende esika mosusu te.

And the king sends and calls for Shimei, and says to him, “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem, and you have dwelt there, and do not go out [from] there anywhere;

37 Mokolo oyo okobima mpe okokatisa lubwaku ya Sedron, okokufa, mpe makila na yo ekotangama na moto na yo moko.

and it has been, in the day of your going out, and you have passed over the Brook of Kidron, you certainly know that you surely die—your blood is on your 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.

And Shimei says to the king, “The word [is] good; as my lord the king has spoken so your servant does”; and Shimei dwells in Jerusalem many days.

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.

And it comes to pass, at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei flee to Achish son of Maachah, king of Gath, and they declare to Shimei, saying, “Behold, your servants [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.

and Shimei rises, and saddles his donkey, and goes to Gath, to Achish, to seek his servants, and Shimei goes and brings his servants from Gath.

41 Bamemelaki Salomo sango ete Shimei alongwaki na Yelusalemi, akendeki na Gati mpe azongi.

And it is declared to Solomon that Shimei has gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and returns,

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. »

and the king sends and calls for Shimei, and says to him, “Have I not caused you to swear by YHWH—and I testify against you, saying, In the day of your going out, and you have gone anywhere, you certainly know that you surely die; and you say to me, The word I have heard [is] good?

43 Mpo na nini okokisi te ndayi na yo epai na Yawe mpo na kotosa mitindo oyo napesaki?

And why have you not kept the oath of YHWH, and the charge that I charged on 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.

And the king says to Shimei, “You have known all the evil that your heart has known, which you did to my father David, and YHWH has turned back your evil on your head,

45 Kasi mokonzi Salomo akopambolama, mpe kiti ya bokonzi ya Davidi ekolendisama makasi liboso ya Yawe mpo na libela.

and King Solomon [is] blessed, and the throne of David is established before YHWH for all time.”

46 Mokonzi apesaki mitindo epai ya Benaya, mwana mobali ya Yeoyada. Benaya abimaki, abetaki Shimei, mpe Shimei akufaki. Bokonzi elendisamaki na maboko ya Salomo.

And the king charges Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he goes out and falls on him, and he dies, and the kingdom is established in the hand of Solomon.