2 Samuele 17
1 Ayitofeli alobaki na Abisalomi: — Nakopona mibali nkoto zomi na mibale mpe nakolanda Davidi na pokwa ya lelo.
Then Ahithophel said to Absalom: “I will choose for myself twelve thousand men, and rising up, I will pursue David this night.
2 Nakobundisa ye tango makasi na ye ekosila mpe nzoto na ye ekolemba; nakoyeisa mobulu epai na ye, mpe wana bato nyonso oyo bazali elongo na ye bakokima, ngai nakoboma ye mokonzi tango akotikala ye moko;
And rushing against him, for he is weary and has weakened hands, I will strike him. And when all the people who are with him will have fled, I will strike down the king in isolation.
3 mpe nakozongisa bato nyonso epai na yo. Kufa ya moto oyo ozali koluka elakisi kozonga ya bato nyonso! mpe bato nyonso bakozala na kimia.
And I will lead back the entire people, returning in the manner of one man. For you are seeking only one man. And all the people shall be in peace.”
4 Makanisi oyo emonanaki ya sembo na miso ya Abisalomi mpe ya bampaka nyonso ya Isalaele.
And this word pleased Absalom and all those greater by birth of Israel.
5 Kasi Abisalomi alobaki: — Bobengisa lisusu Ushayi, moto ya Ariki, mpo ete toyoka makambo nini oyo ye mpe azali na yango ya koloba.
But Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite, and let us hear what he also may say.”
6 Tango Ushayi akomaki epai na ye, Abisalomi alobaki: — Tala toli oyo Ayitofeli apesi. Boni, tosengeli kosala makambo oyo alobi? Soki te, yebisa biso makanisi na yo.
And when Hushai had gone to Absalom, Absalom said to him: “Ahithophel has spoken a word in this manner. Should we do it or not? What counsel do you give?”
7 Ushayi azongiselaki Abisalomi: — Ya mbala oyo, toli oyo Ayitofeli apesi ezali malamu te.
And Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has given at this time is not good.”
8 Bongo Ushayi abakisaki: — Oyebi ete tata na yo mpe bato na ye bazali bato ya mpiko mpe bato na kanda makasi lokola ngombolo ya mwasi oyo bawuti kobotola bana na yango kati na zamba. Tata na yo azali moto oyo abundaka bitumba wuta kala, akolekisa te butu esika moko na bato.
And again Hushai declared, “You know your father, and the men who are with him, to be very strong and bitter in soul, comparable to a bear raging in the forest when her young have been taken away. Moreover, your father is a man of war, and so he will not live among the people.
9 Ata azali sik’oyo ya kobombama kati na lidusu ya mabanga to na esika songolo, nzokande tango kaka bato kati na mampinga na biso bakobanda kokufa, ekozanga te komonana moto oyo akoyoka yango mpe akoloba: « Kati na bato oyo bazali kolanda Abisalomi, ebele bakufi. »
Perhaps now he hides in pits, or in another place, wherever he wills. And if by chance, in the beginning, anyone may fall, whoever hears about it, no matter what he has heard, will say, ‘There is a slaughter among the people who were following Absalom.’
10 Bongo na tango yango, ata soda oyo aleki na mpiko, oyo azali na motema lokola ya nkosi, akobanga makasi, pamba te Isalaele mobimba eyebi ete tata na yo mpe bato nyonso oyo bazali elongo na ye bazali basoda ya mpiko.
And even the very strong, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will be weakened out of fear. For all the people of Israel know your father to be a valiant man, and that all who are with him are robust.
11 Boye tala toli na ngai: « Tika ete Isalaele mobimba basangana epai na yo, longwa na Dani kino na Beri-Sheba, bazala ebele lokola zelo ya ebale monene! Bongo yo moko okotambola liboso na bango na bitumba.
But this seems to me to be the right counsel: Let all of Israel be gathered to you, from Dan to Beersheba, like the sand of the sea which is innumerable. And you will be in their midst.
12 Bongo tokobundisa ye na bisika nyonso oyo akoki komonana mpe tokokweyela ye ndenge manoka ekweyaka na mabele. Mpe ezala ye to bato na ye, moko te akotikala na bomoi.
And we shall rush against him in whatever place he will have been found. And we shall cover him, as the dew usually falls upon the ground. And we shall not leave behind even one of the men who are with him.
13 Soki akimi na engumba moko, Isalaele mobimba ekomema basinga kuna na engumba yango mpe tokobenda engumba yango na lubwaku kino etikala ata na libanga moko te. »
And if he will enter into any city, all of Israel shall encircle that city with ropes. And we will pull it into the torrent, so that there may not be found even one small stone from it.”
14 Abisalomi mpe bato nyonso ya Isalaele balobaki: — Toli ya Ushayi, moto ya Ariki, ezali malamu koleka oyo ya Ayitofeli, pamba te Yawe azwaki mokano ya kokakola batoli malamu ya Ayitofeli mpo na komema pasi epai ya Abisalomi.
And Absalom, with all the men of Israel, said: “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” So, by an act of the Lord, the useful counsel of Ahithophel was defeated, in order that the Lord might lead evil over Absalom.
15 Ushayi alobaki na Banganga-Nzambe Tsadoki mpe Abiatari: — Ayitofeli apesaki toli na Abisalomi mpe na bampaka ya Isalaele ete basala likambo songolo, mpe ngai napesi bango toli ete basala likambo pakala.
And Hushai said to the priests, Zadok and Abiathar: “Ahithophel gave counsel to Absalom and to the elders of Israel in this and that manner. And I gave counsel in such and such a manner.
16 Sik’oyo, tinda noki sango epai ya Davidi mpo na koloba na ye: « Kolekisa te butu kati na bitando ya esobe, kasi kende mosika, noki te mokonzi mpe bato oyo bazali elongo na yo bokufa. »
Now therefore, send quickly, and report to David, saying: ‘You shall not stay this night in the plains of the desert. Instead, without delay, go across. Otherwise the king may be engulfed, and all the people who are with him.’”
17 Wana Jonatan mpe Ayimaatsi bavandaki na Eyini-Rogeli, mwasi mosali moko amemelaki bango sango oyo bango basengelaki kokende koyebisa mokonzi Davidi; pamba te basengelaki te kokota kati na engumba mpo ete bamona bango te.
But Jonathan and Ahimaaz remained beside the Fountain of Rogel. And a handmaid went away and reported it to them. And they set out, so that they might carry the report to king David. For they could not be seen, nor enter into the city.
18 Nzokande elenge mobali moko amonaki bango mpe akendeki koyebisa Abisalomi. Boye mibali nyonso mibale bakimaki noki mpe bakendeki na ndako ya moto moko ya Bawurimi. Lokola azalaki na libulu moko ya mayi kati na lopango na ye, bakitaki kuna.
But a certain young man saw them, and he revealed it to Absalom. Yet truly, they traveled quickly and entered into the house of a certain man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court, and they descended into it.
19 Mwasi na ye akamataki kapo, atiaki yango na monoko ya libulu mpe asopaki bambuma na likolo na yango. Moto moko te ayebaki likambo yango.
Then a woman took and spread a covering over the mouth of the well, as if drying hulled barley. And so the matter was hidden.
20 Tango bato ya Abisalomi bayaki epai ya mwasi, batunaki: — Ayimaatsi mpe Jonatan bazali wapi? Mwasi azongiselaki bango: — Bakatisi mayi. Bato ya Abisalomi balukaki, kasi bamonaki moto moko te; mpe bazongaki na Yelusalemi.
And when the servants of Absalom had entered into the house, they said to the woman, “Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” And the woman responded to them, “They passed through hurriedly, after they had taken a little water.” But those who were seeking them, when they had not found them, returned to Jerusalem.
21 Tango bakendeki, Ayimaatsi mpe Jonatan babimaki na libulu mpe bakendeki koyebisa mokonzi Davidi: « Botelema mpe bokatisa mayi noki, pamba te Ayitofeli apesi toli moko ya mabe na tina na yo. »
And when they had gone, they ascended from the well. And traveling, they reported to king David, and they said: “Rise up, and go across the river quickly. For Ahithophel has given a counsel of this kind against you.”
22 Boye Davidi mpe bato oyo bazalaki elongo na ye batelemaki mpe bakatisaki ebale Yordani. Liboso ete tongo etana, bango nyonso basilisaki kokatisa Yordani, moko te atikalaki.
Therefore, David rose up, and all the people who were with him, and they crossed over the Jordan, until first light. And not even one of them was left behind who had not crossed over the river.
23 Tango Ayitofeli amonaki ete balandi te toli na ye, amataki na ane mpe azongaki na ndako na ye kati na engumba na ye. Abongisaki biloko ya ndako na ye mpe amidiembikaki. Boye akufaki mpe bakundaki ye kati na kunda ya tata na ye.
Then Ahithophel, seeing that his counsel had not been done, saddled his donkey, and he rose up and went away to his own house and to his own city. And putting his house in order, he killed himself by hanging. And he was buried in the sepulcher of his father.
24 Davidi akendeki na Maanayimi, mpe Abisalomi akatisaki Yordani elongo na bato nyonso ya Isalaele oyo bazalaki elongo na ye.
Then David went to the encampment, and Absalom crossed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
25 Abisalomi atiaki Amasa mokonzi ya mampinga na esika ya Joabi. Amasa azalaki mwana mobali ya Yeteri, moto ya Isalaele, oyo abalaki Abigayili, mwana mwasi ya Naashi mpe ndeko mwasi ya Tseruya, mama ya Joabi.
Truly, Absalom appointed Amasa in place of Joab over the army. Now Amasa was the son of a man who was called Ithra of Jezrael, who entered to Abigail, the daughter of Nahash, the sister of Zeruiah, who was the mother of Joab.
26 Bato ya Isalaele mpe Abisalomi batongaki molako na bango kati na Galadi.
And Israel made camp with Absalom in the land of Gilead.
27 Tango Davidi akomaki na Maanayimi, bayambaki ye epai ya Shovi, mwana mobali ya Naashi ya mboka Raba ya bato ya Amoni, epai ya Makiri, mwana mobali ya Amieli ya mboka ya Lo-Debari, mpe epai ya Barizilayi, moto ya Galadi ya mboka Rogelimi.
And when David had arrived at the encampment, Shobi, the son of Nahash, from Rabbah, of the sons of Ammon, and Machir, the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai, the Gileadite of Rogelim,
28 Bamemaki biloko ya kolalela, bambeki, basani, ble, orje, farine, bambuma oyo bakalinga, madesu, mpe misili,
brought to him bedding, and tapestries, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and cooked grain, and beans, and lentils, and fried chick peas,
29 mafuta ya nzoyi, miliki, bameme, fromaje ya ngombe, mpo ete Davidi elongo na bato na ye balia; pamba te bazalaki kolobana bango na bango: « Solo, sima na bango kotambola kati na esobe, bato oyo balembi, bazali konyokwama na nzala mpe na posa ya mayi. »
and honey, and butter, sheep and fattened calves. And they gave these to David and to the people who were with him to eat. For they suspected that the people were faint with hunger and thirst in the desert.
