2 Samuele 19

1 Sango ekomelaki Joabi na koloba: « Mokonzi azali kolela mpe asali matanga mpo na Abisalomi. »

And word was given to Joab that the king was weeping and sorrowing for Absalom.

2 Mokolo wana, elonga ebongwanaki matanga mpo na bato nyonso, pamba te bato bayokaki na mokolo wana sango koloba: « Mokonzi azali na mawa makasi mpo na mwana na ye ya mobali. »

And the salvation of that day was changed to sorrow for all the people: for it was said to the people, The king is in bitter grief for his son.

3 Na mokolo wana kaka, bato bazongaki na nkuku kati na engumba lokola mampinga oyo bazali koyoka soni mpo ete bakimi na bitumba.

And the people made their way back to the town quietly and secretly, as those who are shamed go secretly when they go in flight from the war.

4 Mokonzi azipaki elongi mpe alelaki makasi: « Oh mwana na ngai ya mobali, Abisalomi! Oh mwana na ngai ya mobali, Abisalomi! Mwana na ngai ya mobali! »

But the king, covering his face, gave a great cry, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

5 Joabi akendeki kokuta mokonzi kati na ndako mpe alobaki na ye: « Lelo, oyokisi bato na yo nyonso soni, bato oyo bawuti kobikisa bomoi na yo, bomoi ya bana na yo ya mibali mpe ya basi, bomoi ya basi na yo mpe bomoi ya bamakangu na yo.

And Joab came into the house to the king and said, Today you have put to shame the faces of all your servants who even now have kept you and your sons and your daughters and your wives and all your women safe from death;

6 Olingaka bato oyo bayinaka yo mpe oyinaka bato oyo balingaka yo. Lelo penza, otalisi yango polele ete bakonzi ya basoda mpe basoda na bango bazali pamba na miso na yo. Namoni ete olingaki kosepela lelo soki Abisalomi azalaki na bomoi mpe soki biso nyonso tokufaki.

For your haters, it seems, are dear to you, and your friends are hated. For you have made it clear that captains and servants are nothing to you: and now I see that if Absalom was living and we had all been dead today, it would have been right in your eyes.

7 Sik’oyo, bima mpe pesa longonya na basoda na yo. Nalapi ndayi na Kombo na Yawe ete soki obimi te, soda moko te akotikala elongo na yo kino butu eya. Ekozala mpo na yo pasi, koleka makama nyonso oyo ekweyela yo wuta na bolenge na yo kino lelo. »

So get up now, and go out and say some kind words to your servants; for, by the Lord, I give you my oath, that if you do not go out, not one of them will keep with you tonight; and that will be worse for you than all the evil which has overtaken you from your earliest years.

8 Boye mokonzi atelemaki mpe avandaki na ekuke. Bongo tango bayebisaki basoda ete mokonzi avandi na ekuke, bango nyonso bayaki pene na ye. Mpe na tango wana, bana ya Isalaele bakimaki moto na moto na ndako na ye.

Then the king got up and took his seat near the town-door. And word was given to all the people that the king was in the public place: and all the people came before the king. Now all the men of Israel had gone back in flight to their tents.

9 Kati na bikolo ya Isalaele, bato bazalaki kotiana tembe mpe koloba: « Mokonzi oyo akangolaki biso na maboko ya banguna na biso, bato ya Filisitia, ye nde sik’oyo akimi mokili likolo ya Abisalomi;

And through all the tribes of Israel the people were having arguments, saying, The king made us safe from the hands of those who were against us and made us free from the hands of the Philistines; and now he has gone in flight from the land, because of Absalom.

10 mpe Abisalomi oyo topakolaki mafuta mpo ete akamba biso asili kokufa na bitumba. Boye mpo na nini bozali koloba eloko te mpo na kozongisa mokonzi na Yelusalemi? »

And Absalom, whom we made a ruler over us, is dead in the fight. So now why do you say nothing about getting the king back? And word of what all Israel was saying came to the king.

11 Mokonzi Davidi atindaki sango epai ya Banganga-Nzambe Tsadoki mpe Abiatari: « Botuna na bampaka ya Yuda: mpo na nini bosengeli kozala bato ya suka mpo na kozongisa mokonzi na ndako na ye, pamba te makambo oyo ezali kolobama kati na Isalaele mobimba esili kokoma na matoyi ya mokonzi?

And King David sent word to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, Say to the responsible men of Judah, Why are you the last to take steps to get the king back to his house?

12 Bozali bandeko na ngai ya mibali, nzoto na ngai mpe makila na ngai. Bongo mpo na nini kozala bato ya suka mpo na kozongisa mokonzi?

You are my brothers, my bone and my flesh; why are you the last to get the king back again?

13 Mpe boloba na Amasa: ‹ Ozali mosuni na ngai mpe makila na ngai te? Tika ete Nzambe apesa ngai etumbu ya makasi ndenge alingi soki banda sik’oyo okomi te mokonzi ya mampinga na ngai na esika ya Joabi mpo na libela. › »

And say to Amasa, Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God's punishment be on me, if I do not make you chief of the army before me at all times in place of Joab!

14 Makambo oyo Davidi alobaki ekotaki na mitema ya bato nyonso ya Yuda lokola moto moko. Boye batindaki maloba epai ya mokonzi mpo na koloba na ye: « Zonga, yo elongo na basali na yo nyonso. »

And the hearts of the men of Judah were moved like one man; so that they sent to the king, saying, Come back, with all your servants.

15 Mokonzi azongaki mpe akomaki kino na Yordani. Bato ya Yuda bayaki na Giligali mpo na kokende kokutana na mokonzi mpe kokatisa ye mayi ya Yordani.

So the king came back, and came as far as Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, meeting the king there, to take him back with them over Jordan.

16 Shimei, mwana mobali ya Gera, moto ya ekolo ya Benjame ya Bawurimi, akendeki mbangu elongo na bato ya Yuda mpo na kokutana na mokonzi Davidi.

And Shimei, the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, got up quickly and went down with the men of Judah for the purpose of meeting King David;

17 Azalaki elongo na bato ya Benjame, nkoto moko, mpe Tsiba, moto oyo azalaki kosala kati na libota ya Saulo, elongo na bana na ye ya mibali zomi na mitano mpe basali na ye, tuku mibale. Bakendeki mbangu na Yordani epai wapi mokonzi azalaki.

And with him a thousand men of Benjamin, and Ziba, the servant of Saul, with his fifteen sons and twenty servants, came rushing to Jordan before the king,

18 Bamataki na bwato mpo na kokatisa libota ya mokonzi mpe mpo na kosala nyonso oyo ezali malamu na miso ya mokonzi. Tango Shimei, mwana mobali ya Gera, akatisaki Yordani, akweyaki liboso ya mokonzi

And kept going across the river to take the people of the king's house over, and to do whatever was desired by the king. And Shimei, the son of Gera, went down on his face in the dust before the king, when he was about to go over Jordan,

19 mpe alobaki na ye: « Tika ete nkolo na ngai atangela ngai ngambo te, akanisa te mabe oyo mosali na ye asalaki mokolo oyo mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, alongwaki na Yelusalemi. Tika ete mokonzi alongola likambo yango na makanisi na ye.

And said to him, Let me not be judged as a sinner in your eyes, O my lord, and do not keep in mind the wrong I did on the day when my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, or take it to heart.

20 Pamba te ngai, mosali na yo, nayebi ete nasalaki masumu, mpe lelo nayei awa lokola moto ya liboso kati na libota mobimba ya Jozefi mpo na kokutana na mokonzi, nkolo na ngai. »

For your servant is conscious of his sin: and so, as you see, I have come today, the first of all the sons of Joseph, for the purpose of meeting my lord the king.

21 Abishayi, mwana mobali ya Tseruya, alobaki: — Boni, Shimei asengelaki te kokufa mpo na likambo oyo, pamba te alakelaki mabe mopakolami na Yawe?

But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said, Is not death the right fate for Shimei, because he has been cursing the one marked by the holy oil?

22 Davidi azongisaki: — Likambo nini kati na ngai mpe bino bana mibali ya Tseruya? Bokomi lelo banguna na ngai! Boni, basengeli koboma moto moko lelo kati na Isalaele? Nayebi te ete ngai nde nazali lelo mokonzi ya Isalaele?

And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you put yourselves against me today? is it right for any man in Israel to be put to death today? for I am certain today that I am king in Israel.

23 Bongo mokonzi alobaki na Shimei: — Okokufa te. Mpe mokonzi alakaki Shimei na nzela ya ndayi.

So the king said to Shimei, You will not be put to death. And the king gave him his oath.

24 Mefibosheti, koko ya Saulo, akendeki mpe kokutana na mokonzi. Banda mokolo oyo mokonzi abimaki kino azongaki, Mefibosheti atikalaki kosukola makolo na ye te, akataki mandefu te mpe asukolaki bilamba na ye te.

And Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son, came down for the purpose of meeting the king; his feet had not been cared for or his hair cut or his clothing washed from the day when the king went away till the day when he came back in peace.

25 Tango akomaki na Yelusalemi mpo na kokutana na mokonzi, Davidi atunaki ye: — Mefibosheti, mpo na nini okendeki te elongo na ngai?

Now when he had come from Jerusalem to see the king, the king said to him, Why did you not come with me, Mephibosheth?

26 Mefibosheti azongisaki: — Mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, mosali na ngai akosaki ngai. Pamba te lokola ngai, mosali na yo, nazali na mbeba na makolo, namilobelaki: « Nakosenga ete babongisela ngai ane na ngai, mpe nakomata yango mpo ete nakende elongo na mokonzi. »

And he said in answer, Because of the deceit of my servant, my lord king: for I, your servant, said to him, You are to make ready an ass and on it I will go with the king, for your servant has not the use of his feet.

27 Kasi Tsiba, mosali na ngai, akosaki ngai. Akoselaki mosali na yo makambo epai ya mokonzi, nkolo na ngai. Mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, azali lokola Anjelu na Nzambe. Boye sala sik’oyo makambo oyo omoni ete ezali malamu.

He has given you a false account of me: but my lord the king is like the angel of God: do then whatever seems good to you.

28 Pamba te na makanisi ya mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, esengelaki koboma bato nyonso ya libota ya koko na ngai, Saulo; kasi atako bongo, ondimaki mosali na yo na mesa, kati na bato oyo bazali kolia elongo na yo. Boye makoki nini nakoki lisusu kozala na yango ya kosenga eloko epai ya mokonzi?

For all my father's family were only dead men before my lord the king: and still you put your servant among those whose place is at the king's table. What right then have I to say anything more to the king?

29 Mokonzi alobaki na ye: — Mpo na nini maloba ebele boye? Nasili kopesa mitindo ete yo mpe Tsiba bokabola bilanga.

And the king said, Say nothing more about these things. I say, Let there be a division of the land between Ziba and you.

30 Mefibosheti alobaki na ye: — Lokola mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, azongi mobimba na ndako na ye, tika ete akamata na ye ata nyonso.

And Mephibosheth said, Let him take it all, now that my lord the king has come back to his house in peace!

31 Barizilayi, moto ya Galadi, awutaki na Rogelimi mpo na kokatisa ebale Yordani elongo na mokonzi mpe kotika ye kokoba mobembo na ye.

And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went on as far as Jordan with the king to take him across Jordan.

32 Nzokande, Barizilayi akomaki mobange, azalaki na mibu tuku mwambe, mpe ezalaki ye nde asungaki mokonzi na mikolo nyonso oyo mokonzi avandaki na Maanayimi, pamba te azalaki moto ya bozwi mingi.

Now Barzillai was a very old man, as much as eighty years old: and he had given the king everything he had need of, while he was at Mahanaim, for he was a very great man.

33 Mokonzi alobaki na Barizilayi: — Katisa elongo na ngai mpe vanda epai na ngai na Yelusalemi, mpe ngai nakosunga yo.

And the king said to Barzillai, Come over with me, and I will take care of you in Jerusalem.

34 Kasi Barizilayi azongiselaki mokonzi: — Natikali na mibu boni mpo ete nakende elongo na mokonzi na Yelusalemi?

And Barzillai said to the king, How much of my life is still before me, for me to go up to Jerusalem with the king?

35 Nazali sik’oyo na mibu tuku mwambe. Boni, nakoki na ngai lisusu kokesenisa malamu mpe mabe? Mosali na yo akoki koyoka lisusu elengi ya biloko oyo azali kolia mpe komela? Nakoki lisusu koyoka mongongo ya bayembi ya mibali mpe ya basi? Bongo mpo na nini mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, akoki lisusu komitungisa mpo na mosali na yo?

I am now eighty years old: good and bad are the same to me; have meat and drink any taste for me now? am I able to take pleasure in the voices of men or women in song? why then am I to be a trouble to my lord the king?

36 Mosali na yo akokatisa Yordani elongo na mokonzi mpo na mwa tango moke kaka. Kasi mpo na nini mokonzi akoki kopesa ngai lifuti ya boye?

Your servant's desire was only to take the king over Jordan; why is the king to give me such a reward?

37 Nabondeli yo, tika ete mosali na yo azonga mpo na kokufa na engumba na ngai pene ya kunda ya tata mpe mama na ngai! Kasi tala mwana na ngai ya mobali, mosali na yo, Kimeami. Tika ete akende elongo na mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, mpe salela ye makambo oyo yo omoni ete ezali malamu.

Let your servant now go back again, so that when death comes to me, it may be in my town and by the resting-place of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham: let him go with my lord the king, and do for him what seems good to you.

38 Mokonzi azongisaki: — Tika ete Kimeami akende elongo na ngai, mpe ngai nakosalela ye makambo oyo ezali malamu na miso na yo. Nakosalela ye nyonso oyo akosenga ngai.

And the king said in answer, Let Chimham go over with me, and I will do for him whatever seems good to you: and whatever your desire is, I will do it for you.

39 Sima na bato nyonso kokatisa ebale Yordani, mokonzi mpe akatisaki. Bongo mokonzi apesaki Barizilayi beze mpe apambolaki ye. Mpe Barizilayi azongaki na ndako na ye.

Then all the people went over Jordan, and the king went over: and the king gave Barzillai a kiss, with his blessing; and he went back to his place.

40 Tango mokonzi akatisaki na Giligali, Kimeami mpe akatisaki elongo na ye. Bato nyonso ya Yuda mpe ndambo ya mabota ya Isalaele balekisaki mokonzi.

So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went with him: and all the people of Judah, as well as half the people of Israel, took the king on his way.

41 Kasi na mbala moko, bato nyonso ya Isalaele bayaki epai ya mokonzi mpe balobaki na ye: — Mpo na nini bandeko na biso, bato ya Yuda, bazwaki yo na kobombama? Mpo na nini balekisaki mokonzi na ebale Yordani, elongo na libota na ye mpe bato nyonso ya Davidi elongo na ye?

Then the men of Israel came to the king and said, Why have our countrymen of Judah taken you away in secret and come over Jordan with the king and all his family, because all his people are David's men?

42 Bato nyonso ya Yuda bazongiselaki bato ya Isalaele: — Tosalaki bongo, pamba te mokonzi azali ndeko na biso ya mosika te. Bongo mpo na nini kosilika na tina na yango? Boni, tobikaki bomoi na biso mpo na mokonzi? Tozwaki ata eloko moko mpo na biso?

And all the men of Judah gave this answer to the men of Israel, Because the king is our near relation: why then are you angry about this? have we taken any of the king's food, or has he given us any offering?

43 Bato ya Isalaele bazongiselaki bato ya Yuda: — Tozali na makoki kati na mokonzi koleka mbala zomi, mpe biso nde tozali na makoki mingi koleka bino na tina na Davidi. Mpo na nini bozali komona biso lokola bato pamba. Tozalaki bato ya liboso te na koluka ndenge nini kozongisa mokonzi na biso? Kasi bato ya Yuda bazongiselaki bato ya Isalaele na maloba makasi.

And in answer to the men of Judah, the men of Israel said, We have ten parts in the king, and we are the first in order of birth: why did you make nothing of us? and were we not the first to make suggestions for getting the king back? And the words of the men of Judah were more violent than the words of the men of Israel.