२ शमूएल 17

1 त्यसपछि अहीतोपेलले अब्शालोमलाई भने, “अब म बाह्र हजार मानिस छान्‍ने छु र म उठ्ने छु र दाऊदलाई आज राती नै खेदने छु ।

Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Allow me to choose 12,000 men, and I will leave [with them] tonight to pursue David.

2 तिनी थकित र कमजोर हुँदा नै तिनीकहाँ म पुग्‍ने छु र तिनलाई भयङ्‍कर त्रासमा पार्ने छु । तिनीसँग भएका मानिसहरू भाग्‍ने छन् र म राजालाई मात्र आक्रमण गर्ने छु ।

We will attack him while he is tired and discouraged, and cause him to be very frightened. All the soldiers who are with him will run away. We will kill only the king.

3 दुलही आफ्नो दुलाहाकहाँ आएजस्तै सबै मानिसलाई म तपाईंकहाँ फर्काएर ल्याउने छु र सबै मानिस तपाईंको अधीनमा शान्तिमा रहने छन् ।”

Then we will bring back all his soldiers to you, like [SIM] a (bride/woman comes to her husband when she is married). You are wanting to kill only one man; so the other people will not be harmed.”

4 अहीतोपेलले भनेको कुरा अब्शालोम र इस्राएलका सबै धर्म-गुरुलाई मन पर्‍यो ।

Absalom and all the Israeli leaders [who were with him] thought that what Ahithophel said would be good to do.

5 त्यसपछि अब्शालोमले भने, “अरकी हूशैलाई पनि बोलाऊ र उनले के भन्छन् हामी सुनौं ।”

But Absalom said, “Summon Hushai also, and we will hear what he suggests.”

6 जब हूशै अब्बशालोमकहाँ आए, अब्बशालोमले उनलाई अहीतोपेलले भनेका सबै कुरा बताइदिए र हूशैलाई सोधे, “के हामीले अहीतोपेलले भनेका कुरा गरौं? होइन भने, हामीलाई तपाईंको सल्लाह भन्‍नुहोस् ।”

So when Hushai arrived, Absalom told him what Ahithophel had suggested. Then he asked Hushai, “What do you think we should do? If you do not think that we should do what Ahithophel suggests, tell us [what you think that we should do].”

7 त्यसैले हूशैले अब्शालोमलाई भने, “अहीतोपेलले दिएका सल्लाह यस पटक ठिक छैन ।”

Hushai replied, “This time what Ahithophel has suggested is not good advice.

8 हूशैले थपे, “तपाईंले आफ्नो बुबालाई चिन्‍नुहुन्छ र उहाँका मानिसहरू बलिया योद्धाहरू छन्, तिनीहरू तितो छन्, र तिनीहरू मैदानका बच्‍चा खोसिएका भालुहरूजस्ता छन् । तपाईंको बुबा एक योद्धा हुनुहुन्छ । उहाँ आज फौजसँग सुत्‍नुहुने छैन ।

You know that your father and the men who are with him are strong soldiers, and that now they are very angry, like [SIM] a mother bear whose cubs have been stolen from her. Furthermore, your father knows how to fight because he has fought in many battles. He will not stay with his troops during the night.

9 हेर्नुहोस्, यति बेला उहाँ सायद कुनै खाडल वा अर्कै ठाउँमा लुकिरहनुभएको छ । आक्रमणको सुरुमा नै तपाईंका केही मानिसहरू मारिए भने सुन्‍ने जोसकैले भन्‍ने छन्, 'अब्शालोमसँग हुनेहरू माझ नरसंहार भएको छ ।'

Right now he is probably already hiding in one of the pits, or in some other place. [If his soldiers start to attack your soldiers, and] if they kill some of them, whoever hears about that will say ‘Many of the soldiers with Absalom have been killed!’

10 त्यसपछि सिंहको जस्‍तो हृदय हुने सबैभन्दा सिपाही पनि भयभीत हुने छ, किनभने तपाईंको बुबा वीर योद्धा हुनुहुन्छ भनी सारा इस्राएलले जान्‍दछ र उहाँसँग भएका मानिसहरू धेरै बलिया छन् ।

Then your other soldiers, even if they are as fearless [SIM, IDM] as lions, they will become very afraid. Do not forget that everyone in Israel knows that your father is a great/strong soldier, and that the soldiers who are with him are also very brave/courageous.

11 त्यसैले दानदेखि बेर्शेबासम्मका सबै इस्राएल तपाईंकहाँ भेला भएर समुद्रको बालुवा जत्तिकै असंख्या हुनुपर्छ र तपाईं स्वयम् युद्ध गर्न जानुपर्छ भन्‍ने सल्लाह म तपाईंलाई दिन्छु ।

“So what I suggest is that you summon all the Israeli soldiers, from Dan [in the far north] to Beersheba [in the far south]. They will be as many as the grains of sand on the seashore [HYP]. And then you yourself lead us into the battle.

12 त्यसपछि हामीले उनलाई जहाँ भेट्टाए पनि उनमाथि जाइलाग्‍ने छौं र जमिनमा शीत परेझैं हामीले उनलाई छोप्‍ने छौं । हामीले उनका मानिसहरू वा उनी स्वयम्‌ एउटालाई पनि जीवित छोड्ने छेनौं ।

We will find [your father], wherever he is, and we will attack him [from all sides], like [SIM] dew covers all the ground. And neither he nor any of the soldiers who are with him will survive.

13 उनी सहरमा शरण लिन्छन् भने, त्‍यस सहरमा सारा इस्राएलले डोरी ल्याउने छन् र त्यहाँ एउटा सानो ढुङ्गा पनि नभेटिने गरी त्‍यसलाई हामी घिसारेर नदीमा झार्ने छौं ।”

If he escapes into some city, all our soldiers will bring ropes and pull that city down into the valley. As a result, not one stone will be left there [on top of the hill where that city was]!”

14 अनि अब्बशालोम र इस्राएलका मानिसले भने, “आरकी हूशैको सल्लाह अहीतोपेलको सल्लाहभन्दा राम्रो छ ।” परमप्रभुले अब्शालोममाथि विनाश ल्याउनको निम्ति अहीतोपेलको सल्लाह इन्कार गर्ने निश्‍चय गर्नुभएको थियो ।

Absalom and all the other Israeli men [who were with him] said, “What Hushai suggests is better than what Ahithophel suggested.” The reason that happened was that Yahweh had determined that if they would accept the good advice that Ahithophel had given them, [they would have been able to defeat/kill David]. But [as a result of their doing what Hushai suggested], Yahweh would cause a disaster to happen to Absalom.

15 तब हूशैले सादोक र अबियाथार पुजारीहरूलाई भने, “अहीतोपेलले अब्शालोम र इस्राएलका धर्म-गुरुहरूलाई यस्‍तो-यस्‍तो सल्लाह दिए, तर मैले अरू नै सल्लाह दिएको छु ।

Then Hushai told the two priests, Zadok and Abiathar, what both he and Ahithophel had suggested to Absalom and the Israeli leaders.

16 अब चाँडो जाओ र दाऊदलाई खबर गर । उनलाई भन, 'आज राती आराबाको जाँघरहरूमा छाउनी नलगाउनुहोस्, तर कुनै पनि उपायले पारि तर्नुहोस्, नत्र राजाका अनि उहाँको साथमा भएका सबै मानिस समेत नाश पारिने छन्' ।”

Then he said to them, “Send [a message] quickly to David. Tell him to not stay at the place where people walk across the river, near the desert. Instead, he and his soldiers must cross [the Jordan River] immediately, in order that they will not be killed/wiped out.”

17 यति बेला जोनाथन र अहीमास एन-रोगेलको पानीको मूलमा पर्खिरहेका थिए । तिनीहरूले जान्‍नुपर्ने कुरा एक जना दासी गएर तिनीहरूलाई खबर गर्थिन्, किनकि तिनीहरू सहरभित्र गएर देखिने जोखिममा पर्न सक्दैनथे । जब खबर आउँथ्यो, तब तिनीहरू गएर राजालाई भन्थे ।

[The priest’s two sons, ] Jonathan and Ahimaaz, were waiting at En-Rogel [Spring], outside Jerusalem. They did not [dare to] enter the city, because if someone saw them, [he would report it to Absalom]. [While they were at En-Rogel, ] a female servant [of the two priests] would frequently go to them and report to them [what was happening], and then they would go and report it to King David.

18 तर योपल्‍ट एक जना जवान मानिसले तिनीहरूलाई देख्यो र अब्बशालोमलाई बतायो । त्यसैले जोनाथन र अहीमास तुरुन्‍तै गए र बहूरिममा एक जना मानिसको घरमा आए जसको आँगनमा एउटा इनार थियो, जसभित्र तिनीहरू पसे ।

But a young man saw them, and went and reported it to Absalom. [They found out what the young man had done, ] so both of them left quickly and went to stay in the house of a man in Bahurim. That man had a well in his courtyard; so the two men went down into the well [to hide].

19 ती मानिसकी पत्‍नीले त्यो इनारको ढकनी ल्‍याइन् र इनारको मुख ढाकिन् अनि त्‍यसमाथि बिस्‍कुन सुकाइन्, त्यसैले इनारमा जोनाथन र अहीमास थिए भनेर कसैले थाहा पाएनन् ।

The man’s wife took a cloth/mat and covered the well, and scattered grain on top of it in order that no one would know [that two men were hiding inside it].

20 अब्शालोमका मानिसहरू त्यो घरकी स्‍त्रीकहाँ आए र भने, “अहीमास र जोनाथन कहाँ छन्?” ती स्‍त्रीले भनिन्, “तिनीहरू नदी तरेर गाइसके ।” त्यसैले तिनीहरूले वरिपरि हेरे र तिनीहरूलाई भेट्टउन सकेनन्, तब तिनीहरू यरूशलेम फर्के ।

Some of Absalom’s soldiers [found out where the two men had gone. So they] went to the house, and asked the woman, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” She replied, “They crossed the river.” So the soldiers [crossed the river and] searched for them. But they could not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.

21 तिनीहरू गएपछि जोनाथन र अहीमास इनारबाट बाहिर निस्‍के । उनीहरू दाऊद राजालाई खबर दिन गए । तिनीहरूले उनलाई भने, “उठ्नुहोस् चाँडो नदी तर्नुहोस, किनभने अहीतोपेलले तपाईंको बारेमा यस्‍तो-यस्‍तो सल्लाह दिएका छन् ।”

After they had gone, the two men came out of the well and went and reported to King David [what had happened and] what Ahithophel had suggested. Then they said to him, “Cross the river quickly!”

22 त्यसपछि दाऊद र तिनीसँग भएका सबै मानिस उठे र तिनीहरूले यर्दन नदी तरे । बिहान उज्‍यालो हुँदासम्मा तीमध्‍ये यर्दन तर्न बाँकी कोही पनि थिएन ।

So David and all his soldiers quickly started to cross the Jordan [River], and by dawn they had all crossed to the other side.

23 जब अहीतोपेलले आफ्‍नो सल्लाहको अनुसरण नभएको देखे, उनले आफ्नो गधामा जीन-लगाम कसे र विदा भए । उनी आफ्नो सहरमा भएको घरमा गए, आफ्ना सबै कुरा मिलाए र आफूलाई झुण्‍डाए । यसरी उनी मरे र आफ्नै बुबाको चिहानमा गाडिए ।

When Ahithophel realized that Absalom was not going to do what he suggested, he put a saddle on his donkey and returned to his own town. He gave [to his family] instructions about his possessions, and then he hanged himself [because he knew that Absalom would be defeated and that he would be considered a traitor and be killed]. His body was buried in the tomb where his ancestors [had been buried].

24 त्यसपछि दाऊद महनोममा आए । अब्शालोमचाहीं र आफूसित भएका इस्राएलका सबै मानिसलाई लिएर यर्दन नदी तरे ।

David [and his soldiers] arrived at Mahanaim. And Absalom [and all his Israeli soldiers] also crossed the Jordan [River].

25 अब्बशालोमले योआबको सट्टामा अमासालाई फौजका कमाण्‍डर बनाएका थिए । अमासा इश्‍माएली येतेरका छोरा थिए, जो अबीगेलसँग सुते जो नाहाशकी छोरी र योआबकी आमा सरूयाहकी बहिनी थिइ ।

Absalom had appointed [his cousin] Amasa to be the commander of his army, instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Jether, a descendant of Ishmael. Amasa’s mother was Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and the sister of Joab’s mother Zeruiah.

26 तब इस्राएल र अब्बशालोमले गिलादको जमिनमा छाउनी हाले ।

Absalom and his Israeli soldiers set up their tents in [the] Gilead [region].

27 जब दाऊद महनोममा आएका थिए, अम्‍मोनीहरूको रब्बाका नाहाशका छोरा शोबी अनि लो-देबारका अम्‍मीएलको छोरा माकीर र रोगेलिमबाट आएका गिलादी बर्जिल्लैले

When David [and his soldiers] arrived at Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah [city] in the Ammon area, and Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo-Debar [city], and Barzillai from Rogelim [town] in [the] Gilead [region]

28 सुत्‍ने ओछ्यान र ओड्ने कम्बलहरू, भाँडाहरू, जौको पिठो भुटेको अन्‍न, सिमी, दाल

brought sleeping mats, bowls, clay pots, barley, wheat flour, parched grain, beans, and lentils to them.

29 मह, नौनी, भेडा र दही ल्याए, ताकि दाऊद र तिनीसँग भएका मसनिहरूले खान सकुन् । यी मानिसले भनेका थिए, “मानिसहरू उजाडस्‍थानमा भोकाएका, थकित, र तिर्खाएका छन् ।”

They brought honey and curds, sheep, and some cream/cheese for David and his soldiers to eat. They knew that David and his soldiers would be hungry and tired and thirsty [from marching] in the desert.