2 Samwiri 17
1 Awo Akisoferi n’agamba Abusaalomu nti, “Leka nnonde abasajja omutwalo gumu mu enkumi bbiri, ŋŋende mpondere Dawudi ekiro kino.
Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.
2 Ndimulumba mu bukoowu bwe ne mu bunafu bwe ne mutiisatiisa, era n’abantu bonna abali naye balidduka. Ndikuba kabaka yekka ne mutta,
And I will catch up with him while he is weary and discouraged, and will thow him into a panic, and all the people who are with him will flee. And I will strike the king alone.
3 naye abantu abalala bonna ndibakomyawo gy’oli. Okufa kw’omusajja omu yekka gw’onoonya, kulikomyawo abantu bonna nga tebaliiko mutawaana.”
Then all the people will come back to you, as a bride returns to her husband. You seek the life of only one man; then all the people will be in peace."
4 Ekigambo ekyo Abusaalomu n’abakadde bonna aba Isirayiri ne bakisiima.
And the advice seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
5 Naye Abusaalomu n’ayogera nti, “Mumpitire ne Kusaayi Omwaluki, tuwulire ky’anaayogera ku nsonga eyo.”
Then Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Archite, and let's hear what he says."
6 Kusaayi bwe yajja eri Abusaalomu, Abusaalomu n’amugamba nti, Akisoferi, amagezi g’atuwadde ge gano. Tukole nga Akisoferi bw’agambye? Oba nga si weewaawo, ggwe ogamba otya?
When Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom said to him, "Ahithophel has spoken thus. Should we follow his advice? And if not, speak up."
7 Kusaayi n’addamu Abusaalomu nti, “Ago amagezi Akisoferi g’abawadde si malungi ku mulundi guno.
So Hushai said to Absalom, "The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good."
8 Omanyi kitaawo n’abasajja be nga basajja balwanyi era nga bakambwe ng’eddubu erinyagiddwako abaana baalyo. Ate n’ekirala, kitaawo mulwanyi mumanyirivu; tayinza kusula na baserikale.
Moreover, Hushai said, "You know your father and his men, that they are warriors, and that they are as fierce as a bear robbed of her cubs in the wild, or a sow snared in the wild. Your father is expert in war, and will not camp with the people.
9 Ne mu kiseera kino, ayinza okuba nga yeekwese mu mpuku oba mu kifo ekirala. Bw’anaasooka okulumba abantu bo, buli anaakiwulira anaagamba nti, ‘Bangi ku bagoberezi ba Abusaalomu battiddwa.’
Look, he is now hidden in some pit, or in some other place. And it will happen when some of them have fallen first, that whoever hears it will say, 'There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.'
10 Olwo n’omuntu omuzira mu bazira, alina omutima oguli ng’omutima gw’empologoma, anaayongoberera ddala, kubanga Isirayiri yenna bamanyi kitaawo nga musajja mulwanyi, era n’abali naye basajja bazira.
Then even the one who is brave, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a warrior, and those who are with him are brave men.
11 “Naye nze amagezi ge nkuwa ge gano: kuŋŋaanya gy’oli Isirayiri yenna okuva ku Ddaani okutuuka e Beeruseba, mu bungi bwabwe, ng’omusenyu ogw’oku nnyanja bwe guli obungi, ggwe mwene obakulembere mu lutalo.
But, I strongly advise as follows: Let all Israel be gathered to you from Dan to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea in number, and that you personally go into battle.
12 Tulimulumba yonna gy’alisangibwa, ne tumugwako ng’omusulo bwe gugwa ku ttaka. Ye newaakubadde abasajja abali naye, tewaliba n’omu aliba omulamu.
So we will come upon him in some place where he can be found, and we will fall on him as the dew falls on the ground, and of him and all the men with him not one will be left.
13 Bw’aliddukira mu kibuga, Isirayiri yenna, balireeta emiguwa, ne tukiwalulira mu mugga obutalekawo jjinja n’erimu.”
Moreover, if he withdraws into a city, then all Israel will take up ropes to that city, and we will drag it into the riverbed, until there isn't one pebble to be found there."
14 Awo Abusaalomu n’abasajja bonna aba Isirayiri ne bakkiriziganya nti, “Ekiteeso Kusaayi Omwaluki ky’aleese kirungi okusinga ekya Akisoferi.” Mukama yasiima okulemesa ekiteeso ekirungi ekya Akisoferi alyoke azikirize Abusaalomu.
Then Absalom and all Israel said, "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel." For YHWH had commanded that Ahithophel's counsel should be defeated, so that that YHWH could bring Absalom to ruin.
15 Naye Kusaayi n’ategeeza Zadooki ne Abiyasaali bakabona nti, “Akisoferi awadde Abusaalomu n’abakadde ba Isirayiri amagezi bwe gati ne bwe gati, naye nze mbawabudde okukola bwe bati ne bwe bati.
Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, "Here is the council Ahithophel gave Absalom and the elders of Israel, and here is what I counseled.
16 Kaakano muweereze mangu obubaka mutegeeze Dawudi nti, ‘Ekiro kya leero tosula ku misomoko egy’omu ddungu; ssomoka, kabaka n’abantu bonna abali naye baleme okumalibwawo.’”
Now therefore send quickly and tell David, saying, 'Do not stay the night at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over. Otherwise the king and all the people who are with him will be swallowed up.'"
17 Yonasaani ne Akimaazi baabeeranga ku Enerogeri. Baali balinda omuwala okujja okubategeeza byonna, n’oluvannyuma bagende babuulire kabaka Dawudi; baali beewala okulabibwa nga bayingira mu kibuga.
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En Rogel, and a female servant was to go and tell them, and they would go and inform king David. For they were not to be seen going into the city.
18 Naye waaliwo omuvubuka eyabalaba, n’agenda n’abuulira Abusaalomu. Amangwago bombi ne baddukira mu nnyumba ey’omwami omu mu Bakulimu. Yalina oluzzi mu luggya lwe; ne bakka omwo.
But a young man saw them and told Absalom. So they both departed quickly and reached the house of a man in Bahurim who had a well in his courtyard, and they went down into it.
19 Omukyala we n’addira ekisaanikira n’asaanikira ku kamwa k’oluzzi, n’ayiwako eŋŋaano n’agisaasaanyizaako. Ne wataba n’omu eyakitegeera.
And the woman took a covering and spread it over the top of the well and scattered some grain on it, so that nothing could be noticed.
20 Awo abasajja ba Abusaalomu bwe batuuka ew’omukyala ku nnyumba, ne bamubuuza nti, “Akimaazi ne Yonasaani bali ludda wa?” N’abaddamu nti, “Basomose akagga ak’amazzi.” Abasajja ne babanoonyako naye ne batalaba muntu yenna, ne baddayo e Yerusaalemi.
Then Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house, and they asked, "Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?" And the woman said to them, "They have crossed the brook of water." And when they had searched and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
21 Abasajja bwe baagenda, abaali beekwese ne bava mu luzzi ne bagenda ne bategeeza kabaka Dawudi. Ne bamugamba nti, “Golokoka osomoke mangu omugga, kubanga Akisoferi ateeseteese bw’ati ne bw’ati.”
It came about after they had left that they climbed out of the well, and left and told king David. And they said to him, "Get up and cross quickly over the water, for Ahithophel has given such and such counsel against you."
22 Awo Dawudi n’abantu bonna abaali naye ne bagolokoka ne basomoka Yoludaani; we bwakeerera nga tewali n’omu atasomose Yoludaani.
Then David and all the people who were with him got up and they crossed the Jordan. By dawn there was no one left who had not crossed the Jordan.
23 Akisoferi bwe yalaba nga amagezi ge tegagobereddwa, ne yeebagala endogoyi ye, n’agenda ewuwe mu kyalo kye waabwe. N’ateekateeka ennyumba ye, n’oluvannyuma ne yeetuga. N’aziikibwa mu ntaana ya kitaawe.
Now when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went up to his home in his city. Then he set his house in order and hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.
24 Dawudi n’agenda e Makanayimu, ne Abusaalomu n’abasajja bonna aba Isirayiri ne basomoka Yoludaani.
Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom crossed the Jordan, he and all Israel with him.
25 Abusaalomu n’alonda Amasa okuba omuduumizi w’eggye mu kifo kya Yowaabu. Amasa yali mutabani wa Isira Omuyisimayiri eyawasa Abbigayiri muwala wa Nakasi muganda wa Zeruyiya nnyina Yowaabu.
And Absalom had put Amasa over the army in place of of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Jether the Ishmaelite, who had married Abigail the daughter of Jesse, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
26 Abayisirayiri ne Abusaalomu ne basiisira mu nsi ya Gireyaadi.
So Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.
27 Dawudi bwe yatuuka e Makanayimu, Sobi mutabani wa Nakasi ow’e Labba eky’Abamoni, ne Makiri mutabani wa Ammiyeri ow’e Lodebali, ne Baluzirayi Omugireyaadi ow’e Logerimu,
Now it happened when David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the people of Ammon, Makir the son of Ammiel of Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
28 ne bamuleetera ebyokwebikka, n’ebibya, n’entamu, n’eŋŋaano, ne sayiri, n’obutta, n’eŋŋaano ensiike, n’ebijanjaalo, n’empindi, ne mpokya omusiike,
brought couches for sleeping, and covers, and basins, and pottery utensils, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched grain, and beans, and lentils,
29 n’omubisi gw’enjuki, n’omuzigo, n’endiga, ne bbongo, ne babiwa Dawudi n’abantu be okulya. Ne boogera nti, “Abantu enjala ebaluma, era bakooye, n’ennyonta ebalumidde mu ddungu.”
and honey, and curd of the flock, and cheese of the herd. And they presented them to David and to the people who were with him to eat. For they said, "The people are hungry and tired and thirsty in the wilderness."
