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 out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night;
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 come upon him while he [is] weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that [are] with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:
3 naye abantu abalala bonna ndibakomyawo gy’oli. Okufa kw’omusajja omu yekka gw’onoonya, kulikomyawo abantu bonna nga tebaliiko mutawaana.”
And I will bring back all the people to thee: the man whom thou seekest [is] as if all returned: [so] all the people shall be in peace.
4 Ekigambo ekyo Abusaalomu n’abakadde bonna aba Isirayiri ne bakisiima.
And the saying, pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
5 Naye Abusaalomu n’ayogera nti, “Mumpitire ne Kusaayi Omwaluki, tuwulire ky’anaayogera ku nsonga eyo.”
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
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?
And when Hushai had come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do [after] his saying? if not, speak thou.
7 Kusaayi n’addamu Abusaalomu nti, “Ago amagezi Akisoferi g’abawadde si malungi ku mulundi guno.
And Hushai said to Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given, [is] not good at this time.
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.
For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they [are] mighty men, and they [are] chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father [is] a man of war, and will not lodge 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.’
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some [other] place: and it will come to pass, when some of them [are] overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that 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.
And he also [that is] valiant, whose heart [is] as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father [is] a mighty man, and [they] who [are] with him [are] valiant 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.
Therefore I counsel that all Israel should be generally gathered to thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that [is] by the sea for multitude; and that thou shouldst go to battle in thy own person.
12 Tulimulumba yonna gy’alisangibwa, ne tumugwako ng’omusulo bwe gugwa ku ttaka. Ye newaakubadde abasajja abali naye, tewaliba n’omu aliba omulamu.
So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that [are] with him there shall not be left so much as one.
13 Bw’aliddukira mu kibuga, Isirayiri yenna, balireeta emiguwa, ne tukiwalulira mu mugga obutalekawo jjinja n’erimu.”
Moreover, if he shall have entered into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there is not one small stone 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.
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite [is] better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
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 said Hushai to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have 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, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that [are] with him.
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 stayed by En-rogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a maid servant went and told them; and they went and told king David.
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.
Nevertheless, a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; into which they descended.
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 and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn upon it; and the thing was not known.
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.
And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where [is] Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, they have gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought 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.”
And it came to pass, after they had departed, that they came out of the well, and went and told king David, and said to David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counseled 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 arose, and all the people that [were] with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that had not gone over 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.
And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled [his] ass, and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died. and was buried in the sepulcher 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 passed over Jordan, he and all the men of 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 made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa [was] a man's son, whose name [was] Ithra, an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
26 Abayisirayiri ne Abusaalomu ne basiisira mu nsi ya Gireyaadi.
So Israel and Absalom encamped 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,
And it came to pass, when David had come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir 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 beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched [corn], and beans, and lentils, and parched [pulse],
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 butter, and sheep, and cheese of cows, for David, and for the people that [were] with him, to eat: for they said, The people [are] hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
