2 Saamuʼeel 16
1 Daawit fiixee gaarichaa darbee xinnoo erga deemee booddee Ziibaan tajaajilaan Mefiibooshet harroota lamatti buddeena dhibba lama, bixxillee ija wayinii dhibba tokko, bixxillee ija harbuu dhibba tokkoo fi daadhii wayinii qalqalloo tokko feʼee isa simachuuf itti dhufe.
And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold Siba the servant of Miphiboseth came to meet him with two asses, laden with two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred bunches of raisins, a hundred cakes of figs, and a vessel of wine.
2 Mootichis, “Kana hunda maaliif fidde?” jedhee Siibaa gaafate. Ziibaan immoo, “Harroota akka maatiin mootichaa Yaabbataniif, buddeenaa fi bixxillee ija wayinii akka namoonni nyaataniif, daadhii wayinii immoo akka warri gammoojjii keessatti dadhaban ittiin bayyanataniif” jedhee deebise.
And the king said to Siba: What mean these things? And Siba answered: The asses are for the king’s household to sit on: and the loaves and the figs for thy servants to eat, and the wine to drink if any man be faint in the desert.
3 Mootichis, “Ilmi ilma gooftaa keetii eessa jira?” jedhee gaafate. Ziibaan immoo deebisee, “Inni waan, ‘Manni Israaʼel harʼa mootummaa akaakayyuu kootii naa deebisa’ jedhee yaaduuf Yerusaalem keessa jiraata” jedhe.
And the king said: Where is thy master’s son? And Siba answered the king: He remained in Jerusalem, saying: Today will the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
4 Mootichis Ziibaadhaan, “Wanni kan Mefiibooshet taʼe hundinuu amma kan kee ti” jedhe. Ziibaanis, “Ani akkan fuula gooftaa kootii, fuula mootichaa duratti surraa argadhuuf ofi qabeen si kadhadha” jedhe.
And the king said to Siba: I give thee all that belonged to Miphiboseth. And Siba said: I beseech thee let me find grace before thee, my lord, O king.
5 Akkuma Daawit mootichi Bahuuriim gaʼeen namichi balbala maatii Saaʼol tokko itti dhufe. Maqaan isaas Shimeʼii ilma Geeraa ti; namichi kunis Daawitin abaaraa gad baʼe.
And king David came as far as Bahurim: and behold there came out from thence a man of the kindred of the house of Saul named Semei, the son of Gera, and coming out he cursed as he went on,
6 Innis utuma qondaaltonnii fi waardiyyoonni Daawit hundinuu mirgaa fi bitaan Daawitin marsanii jiranuu hunda isaaniitti dhagaa darbachaa ture.
And he threw stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people, and all the warriors walked on the right, and on the left side of the king.
7 Shimeʼiinis akkana jedhee isa abaaraa ture; “Asii baʼi; asii baʼi; ati nama dhiigaa ti; namicha hamaa nana!
And thus said Semei when he cursed the king: Come out, come out, thou man of blood, and thou man of Belial.
8 Waaqayyo dhiiga mana Saaʼol kan ati iddoo isaa buutee moote sanaa hundaaf gatii kee siif kenneera. Waaqayyo mootummaa kee sirraa fuudhee ilma kee Abesaaloomiif kenneera. Ati sababii nama dhiigaa taateef ni badda!”
The Lord hath repaid thee for all the blood of the house of Saul: because thou hast usurped the kingdom in his stead, and the Lord hath given the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and behold thy evils press upon thee, because thou art a man of blood.
9 Abiishaayi ilmi Zeruuyaa mootichaan, “Sareen duʼaan kun maaliif gooftaa koo mooticha abaara? Ani dhaqeen mataa isaa irraa kuta” jedhe.
And Abisai the son of Sarvia said to the king: Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? I will go, and cut off his head.
10 Mootichi garuu akkana jedhe; “Yaa ilmaan Zeruuyaa, anii fi isin maal wal irraa qabna? Yoo inni sababii Waaqayyo, ‘Ati Daawitin abaari’ isaan jedheef na abaare eenyutu, ‘Ati maaliif waan kana goota?’ jedhee isa gaafachuu dandaʼa?”
And the king said: What have I to do with you, ye sons of Sarvia? Let him alone and let him curse: for the Lord hath bid him curse David: and who is he that shall dare say, why hath he done so?
11 Ergasii Daawit Abiishaayii fi qondaaltota isaa hundaan akkana jedhe; “Ilmi koo kan gudeeda kootii baʼe iyyuu lubbuu koo balleessuu barbaada. Yoos namichi gosa Beniyaam kun hammam kana caalaa hin goone ree! Isa dhiisaa; waan Waaqayyo isa ajajeef inni na haa abaaru.
And the king said to Abisai, and to all his servants: Behold my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now a son of Jemini? let him alone that he may curse as the Lord hath bidden him.
12 Tarii Waaqayyo dhiphina koo argee abaarsa ani harʼa abaaramaa jiru kana waan gaariitti naa geeddara taʼaa.”
Perhaps the Lord may look upon my affliction, and the Lord may render me good for the cursing of this day.
13 Kanaafuu Daawitii fi namoonni isaa karaa isaanii itti fufan; Shimeʼiin immoo isa abaaraa, dhagaa itti darbachaa, awwaaras itti bittinneessaa fuullee isaatiin gaara cina deemaa ture.
And David and his men with him went by the way. And Semei by the hill’s side went over against him, cursing, and casting stones at him, and scattering earth.
14 Mootichii fi namoonni isa wajjin turan hundi dadhabbii guddaadhaan dhufanii achitti aara galfatan.
And the king and all the people with him came weary, and refreshed themselves there.
15 Yeroo kanattis Abesaaloomii fi namoonni Israaʼel hundi gara Yerusaalem dhufan; Ahiitofelis isa wajjin ture.
But Absalom and all his people came into Jerusalem, and Achitophel was with him.
16 Huushaayi namichi gosa Arkii michuun Daawit sun Abesaaloom bira dhaqee, “Yaa mootii bara baraan jiraadhu! Yaa mootii bara baraan jiraadhu!” jedheen.
And when Chusai the Arachite, David’s friend, was come to Absalom, he said to him: God save thee, O king, God save thee, O king.
17 Abesaaloomis, “Jaalalli ati michuu keetiif qabdu kanaa? Ati maaliif michuu kee wajjin hin deemne?” jedhee Huushaayin gaafate.
And Absalom said to him: Is this thy kindness to thy friend? Why wentest thou not with thy friend?
18 Huushaayi immoo Abesaaloomiin akkana jedhe; “Lakki; ani kan nama Waaqayyo, sabni kunii fi namoonni Israaʼel hundi filatanii nan taʼa; isa wajjinis nan jiraadha.
And Chusai answered Absalom: Nay: for I will be his, whom the Lord hath chosen, and all this people, and all Israel, and with him will I abide.
19 Kanaa achi ani eenyun tajaajila? Ani Ilma tajaajiluu hin qabuu? Ani akkuman abbaa kee tajaajile sana siʼi illee nan tajaajila.”
Besides this, whom shall I serve? is it not the king’s son? as I have served thy father, so will I serve thee also.
20 Abesaaloomis Ahiitofeliin, “Mee nu gorsi. Nu maal gochuu qabna?” jedhe.
And Absalom said to Achitophel: Consult what we are to do.
21 Ahiitofelis deebisee, “Ol seeniitii saajjatoowwan abbaa keetii kanneen inni akka isaan masaraa mootii eeganiif dhiisee biraa deeme wajjin ciisi. Ergasii Israaʼeloonni hundi akka ati abbaa kee jibbite dhagaʼanii, harki warra si wajjin jiran hundaas ni jabaataa” jedheen.
And Achitophel said to Absalom: Go in to the concubines of thy father, whom he hath left to keep the house: that when all Israel shall hear that thou hast disgraced thy father, their hands may be strengthened with thee.
22 Kanaafuu bantii manaa irra Abesaaloomiif dunkaana dhaaban; innis Israaʼeloota hunda duratti saajjatoowwan abbaa isaa wajjin ciise.
So they spread a tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and he went in to his father’s concubines before all Israel.
23 Bara sanatti gorsi Ahiitofel kennaa ture akkuma waan namni tokko Waaqa gaafatuutti ilaalama ture. Akki itti Daawitis taʼu Abesaaloom gorsa Ahiitofel hunda dhagaʼaa turan kanaa dha.
Now the counsel of Achitophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man should consult God: so was all the counsel of Achitophel, both when he was with David, and when he was with Absalom.
