2 Samwiri 19
1 Yowaabu n’ategeezebwa nti, “Kabaka akaaba era akungubagira Abusaalomu.”
Someone told Joab that the king was crying and mourning because Absalom had died.
2 Ku lunaku olwo obuwanguzi ne bufuuka okukungubaga eri abantu bonna, kubanga baawulira nti, “Kabaka anakuwadde olwa mutabani we.”
All of David’s soldiers became sad. Instead of rejoicing about defeating [the soldiers who had fought with Absalom], they were sad because they heard that the king was mourning because Absalom [was dead].
3 Abantu ne bebbirira ne bayingira mu kibuga, ng’abantu abakwatiddwa ensonyi bwe bafaanana nga badduse mu lutalo.
The soldiers returned to the city quietly, like [SIM] soldiers do when they are ashamed because they ran away from battle.
4 Kabaka n’abikka amaaso ge n’akaaba n’eddoboozi ddene nti, “Mutabani wange Abusaalomu! Woowe Abusaalomu mutabani wange!”
The king covered his face [with his hands] and kept crying loudly, “O, my son Absalom! O, Absalom, my son! My son!”
5 Awo Yowaabu n’alaga mu nnyumba kabaka gye yali n’amugamba nti, “Leero oswazizza abaweereza bo, abawonyezza obulamu bwo, n’obulamu bwa batabani bo ne bawala bo, n’obulamu bwa bakyala bo n’abazaana bo.
Then Joab entered the room where the king was, and said to the king, “Today you have caused your soldiers to be ashamed! You have humiliated the men who saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters and your ordinary wives and your slave wives!
6 Oyagala abakukyawa ate n’okyawa abakwagala. Leero okikakasizza ng’abaduumizi n’abaweereza si kintu gy’oli. Era kindabikira nga singa Abusaalomu abadde mulamu, ffe ffenna nga tufudde leero, wandisanyuse.
[It seems that] you love those who hate you and [that] you hate those who love you. You have caused it to be clear today that your commanders and your officers are not at all important to you. I think that if Absalom were still alive and we were all dead today, you would be happy.
7 Kale nno golokoka ogende ogumye emyoyo gy’abaweereza bo, kubanga nkulayirira eri Mukama, nga bwe wataabeewo musajja n’omu anaasigala naawe ekiro kya leero. Ekyo kye kirisingako obubi okusinga obubi bwonna bwe wali olabye okuva mu buto bwo.”
So, now go and thank your soldiers [for what they did]. Because I solemnly declare that if you do not do that, none of them will still be with you by tomorrow morning and that would be worse [for you] than all the disasters/troubles that you have experienced since you were a boy.”
8 Awo kabaka n’agolokoka, n’addira entebe ye n’agiteeka mu mulyango ogwa wankaaki, bonna ne bajja gy’ali. Mu kiseera ekyo Abayisirayiri baali baddukidde buli muntu ewuwe.
So the king got up and went and sat near the city gate. And all the people were told, “Hey, the king is sitting at the gate!” So they all came and gathered around him. Meanwhile, all the Israeli troops [who had been with Absalom] had returned to their homes.
9 Abantu bonna mu bika byonna ebya Isirayiri baali bakaayana nga boogera nti, “Kabaka yatuwonya mu mukono gw’abalabe baffe, n’atuwonya ne mu mukono gw’Abafirisuuti, kaakano adduse Abusaalomu n’ava mu nsi.
Then all the people throughout the tribes of Israel started to quarrel among themselves. They said to each other, “King David rescued us from the people of Philistia and from our other enemies. But now he has fled from Absalom and left Israel!
10 Naye Abusaalomu gwe twalonda okutufuga afiiridde mu lutalo. Kaakano kiki ekitulobera okukomyawo kabaka?”
We appointed [MTY] Absalom to be our king, but he died in the battle [against David’s soldiers]. So (why does someone not try to bring King David back?/surely someone should try to bring King David back.)” [RHQ]
11 Awo kabaka Dawudi n’atumira Zadooki ne Abiyasaali bakabona nti, “Mubuuze abakadde ba Yuda nti, ‘Lwaki mmwe musembayo okukomyawo kabaka mu lubiri lwe, ebigambo nga byatuuse dda ku kabaka okuva mu Isirayiri yenna?
King David [found out what the people were saying. So he] sent the two priests, Zadok and Abiathar, to say to the leaders of Judah, “The king says that he has heard that all the Israeli people [want him to be king again]. And he says, ‘(Why should you be the last ones to bring me back to my palace?/It is not right that you be the last ones to bring me back to my palace.) [RHQ]
12 Mmwe muli baganda bange, mubiri gwange era musaayi gwange, naye lwaki mmwe musembayo okukomyawo kabaka?’
You are my relatives; we have the same ancestor [IDM]. So (why should you be the last ones to bring me back?/you should certainly not be the last ones to bring me back.) [RHQ]’”
13 Ate mugambe ne Amasa nti, ‘Toli mubiri gwange era musaayi gwange? Katonda ankole bw’atyo n’okukirawo, bw’otobeere muduumizi wa ggye lyange mu kifo kya Yowaabu okuva ne kaakano.’”
And say to Amasa, “You are one of my relatives. I hope/desire that God strike me dead [IDM] if I do not appoint you to be, from now on, the commander of my army instead of Joab.”
14 N’awamba emitima gy’abantu bonna aba Yuda ne baba omuntu omu, ne baweereza obubaka eri kabaka nti, “Mukomeewo, ggwe n’abaweereza bo bonna.”
[By sending that message to them, ] David convinced all the people of Judah [IDM] [that they should (be loyal to him/accept him as their king]). So they sent a message to the king, saying “We want you and all your officials to return here.”
15 Awo kabaka n’addayo n’atuuka ku Yoludaani. Abantu ba Yuda ne bajja e Girugaali okusisinkana kabaka, n’okumusomosa Yoludaani.
So the king [and his officials started back toward Jerusalem]. When they reached the Jordan [River], the people of Judah came there to Gilgal to meet the king, and to bring him across the river.
16 Simeeyi mutabani wa Gera Omubenyamini ow’e Bakulimu n’aserengeta mangu n’abasajja ba Yuda okusisinkana kabaka Dawudi.
Shimei, the man from the tribe of Benjamin, also came down quickly [to the river] with the people of Judah to meet King David.
17 Yagenda n’Ababenyamini lukumi, ne Ziba omuddu w’ennyumba ya Sawulo ne batabani be kkumi na bataano n’abaweereza be amakumi abiri. Ne banguwa okulaga ku Yoludaani kabaka gye yali.
There were 1,000 men from the tribe of Benjamin who came with him. And Ziba, who had been the servant of Saul, also hurried down to the Jordan [River], bringing 20 of his servants with him. They all came to the king,
18 Ne basomosa ennyumba ya Dawudi, era ne bakola ng’okusiima kwe bwe kwali. Awo Simeeyi mutabani wa Gera n’asomoka Yoludaani, n’agwa bugazi mu maaso ga kabaka,
and then they all [prepared to] take the king and all his family across the river, at the place where they could walk across it. They wanted to do whatever the king wanted them to do. As the king was about to cross the river, Shimei came to him and prostrated himself in front of the king.
19 n’amwegayirira ng’agamba nti, “Mukama wange ansonyiwe, aleme okujjukira ebisobyo bye nakola ku lunaku luli, mukama wange kabaka lwe yava mu Yerusaalemi. Kabaka aleme okukijjukira.
He said to the king, “Your Majesty, please forgive me. Please do not keep thinking about the terrible thing that I did on the day that you left Jerusalem. Do not think about it any more.
20 Kubanga nze omuweereza wo mmanyi nga nayonoona, naye leero mu nnyumba eya Yusufu nze nsoose okujja okusisinkana mukama wange kabaka.”
Because I know that I have sinned. Look, I have come today, the first one from the northern tribes to come here to greet you today, Your Majesty.”
21 Awo Abisaayi mutabani wa Zeruyiya n’ayogera nti, “Lwaki Simeeyi tattibwa olw’okukolimira omulonde wa Mukama?”
But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said, “He cursed the one that Yahweh appointed [MTY] to be the king! So (should he not be executed for doing that?/he certainly should be executed for doing that.)” [RHQ]
22 Naye Dawudi n’amuddamu nti, “Kiki ekitugatta nze nammwe batabani ba Zeruyiya, mulyoke mufuuke abalabe bange olwa leero? Lwaki omuntu yenna attibwa mu Isirayiri olwa leero, ate nga mmanyi nga nze kabaka wa Isirayiri leero?”
But David said, “You sons of Zeruiah, what am I going to do with you? (OR, you are not the ones who should decide [what to do to him]). [It is as though] you have become my enemies today. I know that I am the one who has now become the king of Israel, [so I say that] certainly no one [RHQ] in Israel should be executed today.”
23 Awo kabaka n’agamba Simeeyi nti, “Tojja kufa.” Era kabaka n’amulayirira.
Then the king said to Shimei, “I solemnly promise that I will not execute you.”
24 Mefibosesi muzzukulu wa Sawulo naye n’aserengeta okusisinkana kabaka; yali tanaabanga bigere bye newaakubadde okumwa ekirevu kye newaakubadde okwoza engoye ze, okuva ku lunaku kabaka lwe yagenderako okutuusa ku lunaku lwe yakomawo emirembe.
Then Miphibosheth, Saul’s grandson, came down [to the river] to greet the king. He had not washed his feet or trimmed his beard or washed his clothes, from the time that the king left Jerusalem until the day that he returned.
25 Awo bwe yatuuka okuva e Yerusaalemi n’asisinkana kabaka, kabaka n’amubuuza nti, “Kiki ekyakulobera okugenda nange Mefibosesi?”
When he arrived from Jerusalem to greet the king, the king said to him, “Mephibosheth, why did you not go with me?”
26 N’addamu nti, “Mukama wange, kabaka, okimanyi nga omuweereza wo mulema. Nagamba omuddu wange nti, ‘Ntekerateekera endogoyi, njebagale, ŋŋende ne kabaka,’ naye n’ambuzaabuza, n’abulawo.
He replied, “Your Majesty, [you know that] I am crippled. [When I heard that you were leaving Jerusalem, ] I said to my servant [Ziba], ‘Put a saddle on my donkey in order that I can ride on it and go with the king.’ But he deceived me [and left without me].
27 Yajja eri mukama wange kabaka n’ayogera ku muddu wo ebya kalebule. Naye mukama wange kabaka ali nga malayika wa Katonda, noolwekyo kola nga bw’osiima.
And he lied to you about me. But, Your Majesty, you are [as wise] as God’s angel. So do whatever seems right to you.
28 Ab’ennyumba ya jjajjange bonna baali basaanira kufa bufi mu maaso ga mukama wange kabaka, naye nange n’omala gansaasira n’onzikiriza okuba ku abo abatuula ku mmeeza yo. Kale kiki kye sifunye okuva eri kabaka?”
All of my grandfather’s family expected/deserved that we would be executed. But [you did not execute me; ] you allowed me to eat food with you at your table! So I certainly do not have [RHQ] the right to request you for anything more.”
29 Awo kabaka n’amugamba nti, “Lwaki weeyongera okweyogerako? Ndagidde kaakano, ggwe ne Ziba mugabane ettaka eryo.”
The king replied, “You certainly do not need to say any more. I have decided that you and Ziba will divide [equally] the land [that belonged to your grandfather Saul].”
30 Mefibosesi n’agamba kabaka nti, “Atwale lyonna, kubanga mukama wange kabaka akomyewo mirembe mu bwakabaka bwe.”
Mephibosheth replied to the king, “Your Majesty, [I am content that] you have returned safely. So allow him to take all the land.”
31 Baluzirayi Omugireyaadi naye n’aserengeta okuva e Logerimu n’agenda okusomosa kabaka, Yoludaani.
Barzillai, the man from [the] Gilead [region], had come down to the Jordan [River] from [his town of] Rogelim, to escort the king across the river.
32 Baluzirayi yali musajja mukadde nnyo, ng’awezezza emyaka kinaana, era yali agabiridde kabaka ebyokulya we yabeerera e Makanayimu kubanga yali musajja mugagga nnyo.
Barzillai was a very old man, 80 years old. He was a very wealthy man, and he had provided food for the king [and his soldiers] while they were at Mahanaim.
33 Awo kabaka n’agamba Baluzirayi nti, “Somoka nange, tugende ffenna e Yerusaalemi, n’akulabiriranga.”
The king said to Barzillai, “Come with me to Jerusalem, and I will take care of you.”
34 Naye Baluzirayi n’addamu kabaka nti, “Nnina ennaku meka okuba omulamu, ndyoke ŋŋende ne kabaka e Yerusaalemi?
But Barzillai replied, “I certainly do not have [RHQ] many more years to live. So (why should I go with you to Jerusalem?/there is certainly no reason for me to go with you to Jerusalem.) [RHQ]
35 Mpezezza emyaka kinaana, olowooza nkyayinza okwawula ekirungi n’ekibi? Olowooza nga omuddu wo akyayinza okutegeera ky’alya ne ky’anywa? Nkyayinza okuwuliriza amaloboozi g’abasajja abayimba n’abakyala abayimbi? Lwaki nzitoowerera mukama wange kabaka?
I am now 80 years old. I do not [RHQ] know what is enjoyable and what is not enjoyable. I cannot [RHQ] enjoy what I eat and what I drink. I cannot [RHQ] hear the voices of men and women as they sing. So (why should I be another burden to you?/I do not want to be another burden to you.) [RHQ]
36 Omuweereza wo anasomosa busomosa kabaka, Yoludaani, naye nga siraba kiki enkimpeesa empeera eyenkana awo.
I will cross the Jordan [River] with you and go a little further, and that will be all the reward that I need [for helping you].
37 Nkwegayiridde, kkiriza omuddu wo addeyo, nfiire mu kibuga kyange okumpi n’ebiggya bya kitange ne mmange. Naye omuddu wo Kimamu wuuyo. Leka asomoke ne mukama wange kabaka, onoomukolera byonna nga bw’onoosiima.”
Then please allow me to return to my home, because that is where I want to die, near my parents’ grave. But here is [my son] Chimham. Your Majesty, allow him to go with you [and serve you], and do for him whatever seems good to you!”
38 Kabaka n’ayogera nti, “Kale Kimamu anaasomoka nange, era ndimukolera nga bw’olisiima; ne kyonna ky’onooyagala n’akikukolera.”
The king replied, “Okay, he will cross [the river] with me, and I will do for him whatever seems good to you. And I will do for you whatever you want me to do.”
39 Awo abantu bonna ne basomoka Yoludaani, kabaka n’asomoka nabo. Kabaka n’anywegera Baluzirayi n’amusabira omukisa, n’addayo ewuwe.
Then King David and all the others crossed the Jordan [River]. He kissed Barzillai and [asked God to] bless him. Then Barzillai returned to his home.
40 Kabaka n’agenda e Girugaali ne Kimamu n’agenda naye; abantu bonna aba Yuda, n’ekimu kyakubiri ku bantu ba Isirayiri ne bawerekera kabaka.
[After they crossed the river, ] Chimham went with the king, and all the army of Judah and half the army of the other Israeli tribes escorted/accompanied the king to Gilgal.
41 Oluvannyuma lwe bbanga ttono, abasajja bonna aba Isirayiri ne bagenda eri kabaka, ne bagamba kabaka nti, “Lwaki baganda baffe, abasajja aba Yuda, babba kabaka, ne bamutwala ye n’ennyumba ye, ne bamusomosa Yoludaani n’abasajja be?”
Then all the soldiers from the other Israeli tribes came to the king and said, “(Why is it that our relatives, the men from Judah, took you away from us and wanted to be the only ones to escort you and your family across the river, along with all your men?/It is not right that our relatives, the men from Judah, took you away from us and wanted to be the only ones to escort you and your family across the river, along with all your men.) [RHQ] [Why did you not request us to do that]?” [RHQ]
42 Abasajja bonna aba Yuda ne baddamu abasajja ba Isirayiri nti, “Ekyo twakikola kubanga tuli ba musaayi gumu naye. Kiki ekibatabudde mu nsonga eyo? Tulina bye tulidde ku bya kabaka? Oba mulowooza nga tulina ebirabo bye tugabanye?”
The soldiers from Judah replied, “We did it because the king is from Judah. So (why are you angry about that?/you should not be angry about that.) [RHQ] The king has never paid for our food, and he has never given us any gifts.”
43 Awo abasajja ba Isirayiri ne baddamu abasajja ba Yuda nti, “Okusooka byonna, obwakabaka tubulinamu emigabo kkumi. N’ekyokubiri, Dawudi wa ku luganda lwaffe n’okusinga mmwe. Kale lwaki mwatunyooma? Si ffe twasooka okwogera ku ky’okukomyawo kabaka waffe?” Naye ebigambo eby’abasajja ba Yuda ne biba bisongovu nnyo n’okusinga ebigambo eby’abasajja ba Isirayiri.
The men of the other Israeli tribes replied, “[There are ten tribes in Israel, and only one in Judah. So] it is ten times more right for us to say that David [is our king] than it is for you to say that. So why are you despising us [RHQ]? We were certainly [RHQ] the first ones to talk about bringing David back [to Jerusalem to be our king again].” But the men of Judah spoke more harshly than the men from the other tribes of Israel did.
