2 Samuele 17
1 Ayitofeli alobaki na Abisalomi: — Nakopona mibali nkoto zomi na mibale mpe nakolanda Davidi na pokwa ya lelo.
And Achitophel said to Absalom: I will choose me twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after 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 coming upon him (for he is now weary, and weak handed) I will defeat him: and when all the people is put to flight that is with him, I will kill the king who will be left alone.
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 bring back all the people, as if they were but one man: for thou seekest but 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 his saying pleased Absalom, and all the ancients 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: Call Chusai the Arachite, and let us hear what he also saith.
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 Chusai was come to Absalom, Absalom said to him: Achitophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do it or not? what counsel dost thou give?
7 Ushayi azongiselaki Abisalomi: — Ya mbala oyo, toli oyo Ayitofeli apesi ezali malamu te.
And Chusai said to Absalom: The counsel that Achitophel hath given 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 Chusai said: Thou knowest thy father, and the men that are with him, that they are very valiant, and bitter in their mind, as a bear raging in the wood when her whelps are taken away: and thy father is a warrior, and will not lodge with 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 he now lieth hid in pits, or in some other place where he list: and when any one shall fall at the first, every one that heareth it shall say: There is a slaughter among the people that followed 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 the most valiant man whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall melt for fear: for all the people of Israel know thy father to be a valiant man, and that all who are with him are valiant.
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 seemeth to me to be good counsel: Let all Israel be gathered to thee, from Dan to Bersabee, as the sand of the sea which cannot be numbered: and thou shalt be in the midst of them.
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 come upon him in what place soever he shall be found: and we shall cover him, as the dew falleth upon the ground, and we shall not leave of the men that are with him, not so much as one.
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 shall enter into any city, all Israel shall cast ropes round about that city, and we will draw it into the river, so that there shall not be found so much as one small stone thereof.
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, and all the men of Israel said: The counsel of Chusai the Arachite is better than the counsel of Achitophel: and by the will of the Lord the profitable counsel of Achitophel was defeated, that the Lord might bring evil upon 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 Chusai said to Sadoc and Abiathar the priests: Thus and thus did Achitophel counsel Absalom, and the ancients of Israel: and thus and thus did I counsel them.
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 tell David, saying: Tarry not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but without delay pass over: lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that is 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.
And Jonathan and Achimaas stayed by the fountain Rogel: and there went a maid and told them: and they went forward, to carry the message to king David, for they might 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 boy saw them, and told Absalom: but they making haste went into the house of a certain man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court, and they went down 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.
And a woman took, and spread a covering over the mouth of the well, as it were to dry sodden barley: and so the thing was not known.
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 Absalom’s servants were come into the house, they said to the woman: Where is Achimaas and Jonathan? and the woman answered them: They passed on in haste, after they had tasted a little water. But they that sought them, when they found them not, returned into 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 were gone, they came up out of the well, and going on told king David, and said: Arise, and pass quickly over the river: for this manner of counsel has Achitophel given 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.
So David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan, until it grew light, and not one of them was left that was not gone 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.
But Achitophel seeing that his counsel was not followed, saddled his ass, and arose and went home to his house and to his city, and putting his house in order, hanged himself, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
24 Davidi akendeki na Maanayimi, mpe Abisalomi akatisaki Yordani elongo na bato nyonso ya Isalaele oyo bazalaki elongo na ye.
But David came to the camp, and Absalom passed over the Jordan, be 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.
Now Absalom appointed Amasa in Joab’s stead over the army: and Amasa was the son of a man who was called Jethra of Jezrael, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Naas, the sister of Sarvia who was the mother of Joab.
26 Bato ya Isalaele mpe Abisalomi batongaki molako na bango kati na Galadi.
And Israel camped with Absalom in the land of Galaad.
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 was come to the camp, Sobi the son of Naas of Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammihel of Lodabar, and Berzellai the Galaadite of Rogelim,
28 Bamemaki biloko ya kolalela, bambeki, basani, ble, orje, farine, bambuma oyo bakalinga, madesu, mpe misili,
Brought him beds, and tapestry, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and fried pulse,
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, and sheep, and fat calves, and they gave to David and the people that were with him, to eat: for they suspected that the people were faint with hunger and thirst in the wilderness.
