2 Saamuʼeel 19
1 Yooʼaabittis, “Daawit mootichi Abesaaloomiif booʼuu fi gadduutti jira” jedhamee himame.
Joab was told, “Look, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.”
2 Sababii guutummaan loltootaa oduu, “Mootichi ilma isaatiif gaddaa jira” jedhu dhagaʼeef moʼichi gaafa sanaa gaddatti geeddarame.
So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the army, for the army heard it said that day, “The king is mourning for his son.”
3 Gaafa sana sabni hundis akkuma loltoota moʼatamanii qaanaʼuudhaan baqatanii magaalaa seenaniitti qaanaʼee magaalaa seene.
The soldiers had to sneak quietly into the city that day, like people who are ashamed sneak away when they run from battle.
4 Mootichis fuula isaa haguuggatee, “Yaa ilma koo Abesaaloom! Yaa Abesaaloom ilma ko, yaa ilma koo!” jedhee sagalee ol fudhatee booʼe.
The king covered his face and cried in a loud voice, “My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!”
5 Yooʼaab gara mootichaa mana ol seenee akkana jedhe; “Ati harʼa fuula namoota kee kanneen lubbuu kee, lubbuu ilmaan keetiitii fi intallan keetii, lubbuu niitota keetiitii fi saajjatoowwan keetii oolchan sana hundaa qaaniidhaan haguugdeerta.
Then Joab entered into the house to the king and said to him, “You have shamed the faces of all your soldiers today, who have saved your life today, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your slave wives,
6 Ati warra si jibban jaallattee warra si jaallatan immoo jibbiteerta. Ati akka ajajjoota loltoota keetiitii fi namoota isaanii wayittuu hin hedne harʼa mirkaneessiteerta. Harʼa utuu hundi keenya duunee Abesaaloom jiraatee ati akka gammaddu ani nan arga.
because you love those who hate you, and you hate those who love you. For today you have shown that commanders and soldiers are nothing to you. Today I believe that if Absalom had lived, and we all had died, then that would have pleased you.
7 Amma gad baʼiitii namoota kee jajjabeessi. Yoo ati gad baʼuu baatte akka edana namni tokko iyyuu si biratti hin hafne ani maqaa Waaqayyootiin nan kakadha. Kun immoo rakkina ati ijoollummaa keetii jalqabdee hamma ammaatti keessa dabarte hunda caalaa hammaata.”
Now therefore get up and go out and speak kindly to your soldiers, for I swear by Yahweh, if you do not go, not one man will remain with you tonight. That would be worse for you than all the disasters that have ever happened to you from your youth until now.”
8 Kanaafuu mootichi kaʼee karra dura taaʼe. Namoonni hundinuus yommuu, “Mootichi karra dura taaʼee jira” jedhamee itti himametti isa bira dhufan. Yeroo sanatti Israaʼeloonni hundi gara mana isaaniitti baqatanii turan.
So the king got up and sat in the city gate, and all the people were told, “Look, the king is sitting in the gate,” and all the people came before the king. So Israel fled, every man to his home.
9 Guutummaa gosoota Israaʼel keessatti namoonni hundinuu akkana jedhanii wal falmaa turan; “Mootichi harka diinota keenyaa jalaa nu baaseera; namni harka Filisxeemotaa jalaa nu baases isuma. Amma garuu inni sababii Abesaaloomiitiif biyyaa baqateera;
All the people were arguing with each other throughout all the tribes of Israel saying, “The king rescued us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines, but now he has run out of the land because of Absalom.
10 Abesaaloom inni nu akka inni bulchaa keenya taʼuuf jennee dibne sun immoo lola irratti duʼeera. Kanaafuu waaʼee mooticha as deebisuu irratti isin maaliif waan tokko hin mariʼanne?”
Absalom, whom we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about bringing the king back?”
11 Daawit mootichis akkana jedhee ergaa kana Zaadoqii fi Abiyaataar lubootatti erge; “Akkana jedhaatii maanguddoota Yihuudaa gaafadhaa; ‘Wanni guutummaa Israaʼel keessatti odeeffamaa jiru gurra mootichaa qaqqabeeraatii isin maaliif mooticha mana mootummaa isaatti deebisuu irratti duubatti haftani?
King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests saying, “Speak to the elders of Judah saying, 'Why are you the last to bring the king back to his palace, since the talk of all Israel favors the king, to bring him back to his palace?
12 Isin obboloota koo, foon kootii fi dhiiga koo ti; yoos mooticha fiduu irratti maaliif duubatti harkifattan ree?’
You are my brothers, my flesh and bone. Why then are you the last to bring back the king?'
13 Amaasaanis, ‘Ati foonii fi dhiiga koo mitii? Yoo ani ammaa jalqabee iddoo Yooʼaab ajajaa loltoota koo si gochuu baadhe, Waaqni waan hamaa natti haa fidu; waan caalu illee natti haa fidu.’”
Then say to Amasa, 'Are you not my flesh and my bone? God do so to me, and more also, if you are not captain of my army from now on in the place of Joab.'”
14 Mootichis akkuma garaa nama tokkootti garaa namoota Yihuudaa hundaa boojiʼe. Isaanis, “Namoota kee hunda wajjin deebiʼi” jedhanii mootichatti ergan.
So he won the hearts of all the men of Judah as one man. They sent to the king saying, “Return, you and all your men.”
15 Mootichis biyyatti deebiʼee hamma Yordaanositti dhufe. Namoonni Yihuudaas mooticha simatanii Yordaanosin ceesisanii fiduuf hamma Gilgaalitti dhufan.
So the king returned and came to the Jordan. Now the men of Judah came to Gilgal to go to meet the king and then to bring the king across the Jordan.
16 Shimeʼiin namichi Bahuuriim ilmi Geeraa kan gosa Beniyaam sunis mooticha simachuuf namoota Yihuudaa wajjin dafee gad buʼe.
Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David.
17 Isa wajjinis Beniyaamota kuma tokko akkasumas Ziibaa tajaajilaa maatii Saaʼol, ilmaan isaa kudha shananii fi hojjettoota isaa digdamatu ture. Isaanis mooticha dursanii Yordaanosin ceʼan.
There were one thousand men from Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of Saul, and his fifteen sons and twenty servants with him. They crossed through the Jordan in the presence of the king.
18 Isaanis maatii mootichaa simachuu fi waan inni barbaadu isaaf gochuuf malkaa ceʼan. Shimeʼiin ilmi Geeraa yommuu Yordaanosin ceʼetti mooticha duratti kufee
They crossed to bring over the king's family and to do whatever he thought good. Shimei son of Gera bowed down before the king just before he began to cross the Jordan.
19 akkana isaan jedhe; “Gooftaan koo balleessaa natti hin herregin. Balleessaa garbichi kee yeroo ati gooftaan koo mootichi Yerusaalemii baatetti hojjete garaatti hin qabatin. Mootichi waan sana yaada isaa keessaa haa baasu.
Shimei said to the king, “Do not, my master, find me guilty or call to mind the wrong your servant did the day my master the king left Jerusalem. Please, may the king not take it to heart.
20 Ani garbichi kee cubbuu hojjechuu koo beekaatii; harʼa garuu ani mana Yoosef hunda keessaa gooftaa koo mooticha simachuuf nama jalqabaa taʼee dhufeera.”
For your servant knows that I have sinned. See, that is why I have come today as the first from all the family of Joseph to come down to meet my master the king.”
21 Abiishaayi ilmi Zeruuyaas, “Shimeʼiin sababii nama Waaqayyo dibe abaareef amma duʼuun isaaf hin maluu?” jedhe.
But Abishai son of Zeruiah answered and said, “Should not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed Yahweh's anointed?”
22 Daawit immoo deebisee, “Yaa ilmaan Zeruuyaa anii fi isin maal wal irraa qabna? Isin yeroo ammaa diinota natti taataniirtu! Harʼa namni tokko iyyuu Israaʼel keessatti ajjeefamuu qabaa? Ani guyyaa harʼaa Israaʼel irratti mootii taʼuu koo hin beekuu?” jedhe.
Then David said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should today be adversaries to me? Will any man be put to death today in Israel? For do I not know that today I am king over Israel?”
23 Kanaafuu mootichi Shimeʼiidhaan, “Ati duʼuu hin qabdu” jedhe. Kanas kakaadhaan mirkaneesseef.
So the king said to Shimei, “You will not die.” So the king promised him with an oath.
24 Mefiibooshet akaakayyuun Saaʼolis mooticha simachuuf gad buʼe. Inni gaafa mootichi Yerusaalemii baʼee jalqabee hamma mootichi deebiʼutti miilla isaatiif eegumsa barbaachisaa hin goone yookaan areeda hin haaddanne yookaan uffata isaa hin miiccanne ture.
Then Mephibosheth son of Saul came down to meet the king. He had not dressed his feet, or trimmed his beard, or washed his clothes from the day the king left until the day he came home in peace.
25 Yeroo inni mooticha simachuuf Yerusaalemii dhufettis mootichi, “Mefiibooshet, ati maaliif na wajjin hin deemne?” jedhee isa gaafate.
So when he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, “Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?”
26 Innis akkana jedhee deebise; “Yaa gooftaa koo mooticha, ani garbichi kee waanan naafa taʼeef, ‘Akka ani yaabbadhee mooticha faana deemuu dandaʼuuf harreen koo naaf haa feʼamu’ jedheen ture. Ziibaan tajaajilaan koo garuu na gowwoomse.
He answered, “My master the king, my servant deceived me, for I said, 'I will saddle a donkey so I may ride on it and go with the king, because your servant is lame.'
27 Inni gooftaa koo mooticha durattis garbicha kee maqaa balleesseera; gooftaan koo mootichi akkuma ergamaa Waaqayyoo ti; kanaafuu waan barbaadde hunda godhi.
My servant Ziba has slandered me, your servant, to my master the king. But my master the king is like an angel of God. Therefore, do what is good in your eyes.
28 Silaa wanni maatiin abbaa kootii hundinuu mooticha irraa argachuu malan duʼa qofa ture. Ati garuu ana garbicha kee warra maaddii kee irraa nyaatan wajjin teessifte. Kana caalaa wanni ani akka naa godhamuuf mooticha gaafachuuf mirga qabu maalii?”
For all my father's house were dead men before my master the king, but you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right therefore have I that I should still cry any more to the king?”
29 Mootichis, “Maaliif dubbii dheeressita? Ani akka atii fi Ziibaan lafa hunda gargar qooddattan ajajeera” jedheen.
Then the king said to him, “Why explain anything further? I have decided that you and Ziba will divide the fields.”
30 Mefiibooshet immoo mootichaan, “Amma erga gooftaan koo mootichi nagaan deebiʼee inni waan hunda haa fudhatu” jedhe.
So Mephibosheth replied to the king, “Yes, let him take it all, since my master the king has come safely to his own home.”
31 Namichi gosa Giliʼaad kan Barzilaay jedhamu tokkos Rogeliimii gad buʼe; innis mooticha geggeessuuf isa wajjin Yordaanos ceʼe.
Then Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim to cross over the Jordan with the king, and he accompanied the king over the Jordan.
32 Barzilaayiin jaarsa dulloomaa waggaa saddeettama ture. Innis waan nama sooressa tureef yeroo mootichi Mahanayiim jiraatetti waan inni nyaatu dhiʼeessaafii ture.
Now Barzillai was a very old man, eighty years old. He had furnished the king with provisions while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very wealthy man.
33 Mootichis Barzilaayiin, “Gamatti na wajjin ceʼiitii na wajjin Yerusaalem jiraadhu; anis sin sooraa” jedhe.
The king said to Barzillai, “Come over with me, and I will provide for you to stay with me in Jerusalem.”
34 Barzilaayiin garuu mootichaan akkana jedhe; “Ani siʼachi waggaa hammam jiraachuufan mooticha wajjin Yerusaalem dhaqa?
Barzillai replied to the king, “How many days are left in the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
35 Ani yeroo ammaa waggaa saddeettama guuteera. Ani waan gaarii fi waan hamaa addaan baasuu nan dandaʼaa? Garbichi kee miʼaa nyaataa fi dhugaatii beekaa? Ammas sagalee dhiirotaatii fi dubartoota sirbanii dhagaʼuu dandaʼaa? Yoos garbichi kee maaliif gooftaa koo mootichatti baʼaa dabalamaa taʼa ree?
I am eighty years old. Can I distinguish between good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be a burden to my master the king?
36 Garbichi kee mooticha wajjin Yordaanos ceʼee xinnoo ishee ni deema; mootichi garuu maaliif haala kanaan galata naaf deebisa?
Your servant would like to just go over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a reward?
37 Akka ani yoon duʼe magaaluma kootti awwaala abbaa fi haadha koo biratti awwaalamuuf garbicha kee dhiisi haa deebiʼu. Garbichi kee Kimhaam garuu kunoo ti. Inni gooftaa koo mooticha wajjin haa ceʼu. Atis waan jaallattu kam iyyuu isaaf godhi.”
Please let your servant return back home, so I may die in my own city by the grave of my father and my mother. But see, here is your servant Kimham. Let him cross over with my master the king, and do for him what seems good to you.”
38 Mootichis, “Kimhaam na wajjin ni ceʼa; anis waan ati jaallattu kam iyyuu isaaf nan godha; waan ati narraa barbaaddu kam iyyuus siif nan godha” jedhe.
The king answered, “Kimham will go over with me, and I will do for him what seems good to you, and whatever you desire from me, I do that for you.”
39 Akkasiin namoonni hundinuu Yordaanosin ceʼan; mootichis ni ceʼe. Mootichis Barzilaayii dhungatee eebbise; Barzilaayiinis gara mana isaatti deebiʼe.
Then all the people crossed the Jordan, and the king crossed over, and the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him. Then Barzillai returned to his own home.
40 Yommuu mootichi gara Gilgaalitti darbetti Kimhaam isa wajjin deeme. Loltoonni Yihuudaa hundinuu fi walakkaan loltoota Israaʼel mooticha ceesisan.
So the king crossed over to Gilgal, and Kimham crossed over with him. All the army of Judah brought the king over, and also half the army of Israel.
41 Yommuu suma namoonni Israaʼel hundinuu gara mootichaa dhufanii, “Obboloonni keenya warri Yihuudaa maaliif nu dhoksanii mootichaa fi maatii isaa, duukaa buutota isa wajjin Yordaanosin ceesisanii fidani?” jedhaniin.
Soon all the men of Israel began to come to the king and say to the king, “Why have our brothers, the men of Judah, stolen you away and brought the king and his family over the Jordan, and all David's men with him?”
42 Namoonni Yihuudaa hundis deebisanii namoota Israaʼeliin, “Nu waan mootichi fira dhiigaa nuuf taʼeef waan kana goone. Isin waaʼee waan kanaa maaliif aartu? Nu waan mootichaa keessaa tokko illee nyaanneerraa? Waan tokko illees ofii keenyaaf fudhanneerraa?” jedhan.
So the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “It is because the king is more closely related to us. Why then are you angry about this? Have we eaten anything that the king had to pay for? Has he given us any gifts?”
43 Kana irratti namoonni Israaʼel namoota Yihuudaatiin, “Nu mooticha irraa qooda harka kudhan qabna; kana malees nu isin caalaa Daawit irraa mirga qabna. Yoos isin maaliif akkas nu tuffattu ree? Akka mootiin keenya nuuf deebiʼuuf kan duraan dursinee gaafanne nu mitii?” jedhanii deebisan. Garuu deebiin namoonni Yihuudaa deebisan kan Israaʼelootaa irra jabaa ture.
The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, “We have ten tribes related to the king, so we have even more right to David than you. Why then did you despise us? Was not our proposal to bring back our king the first to be heard?” But the words of the men of Judah were even more harsh than the words of the men of Israel.
