2 Samweli 19
1 Yoabu akaambiwa, “Mfalme analia na kumwombolezea Absalomu.”
Joab was told, “Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.”
2 Kwa jeshi lote, ushindi wa siku ile ukageuka kuwa maombolezo, kwa sababu siku ile vikosi vilisikia ikisemwa, “Mfalme anahuzunika kwa ajili ya mwanawe.”
The victory that day was turned into mourning among all the people, for the people heard it said that day, “The king grieves for his son.”
3 Siku ile watu wakaingia mjini kimya kama vile waingiavyo kwa aibu watu waliokimbia kutoka vitani.
The people sneaked into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
4 Mfalme akafunika uso wake akalia kwa sauti, akisema, “Ee mwanangu Absalomu! Ee Absalomu, mwanangu, mwanangu!”
The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, “My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!”
5 Kisha Yoabu akaingia ndani ya nyumba ya mfalme na kusema, “Leo umewaaibisha watu wako wote, waliookoa maisha yako, maisha ya wanao na binti zako, maisha ya wake zako na masuria wako.
Joab came into the house to the king, and said, “Today you have shamed the faces of all your servants who today have saved your life, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines;
6 Unawapenda wale wanaokuchukia, na unawachukia wale wanaokupenda. Leo umeonyesha wazi kwamba majemadari wako na watu wao hawana maana kwako. Naona kwamba ungefurahi kama Absalomu angekuwa hai leo na sisi sote tuwe tumekufa.
in that you love those who hate you and hate those who love you. For you have declared today that princes and servants are nothing to you. For today I perceive that if Absalom had lived and we had all died today, then it would have pleased you well.
7 Sasa utoke nje ukawatie moyo watu wako. Naapa kwa Bwana kwamba ikiwa hutatoka nje, hakuna mtu atakayesalia pamoja nawe ifikapo leo jioni. Hii itakuwa mbaya zaidi kwako kuliko maafa yote yaliyokupata tangu ujana wako hadi sasa.”
Now therefore arise, go out and speak to comfort your servants; for I swear by the LORD, if you do not go out, not a man will stay with you this night. That would be worse to you than all the evil that has happened to you from your youth until now.”
8 Kwa hiyo mfalme akaondoka akaketi kitini pake penye lango. Watu walipoambiwa, “Mfalme ameketi langoni,” watu wote wakamjia. Wakati huo, Waisraeli walikuwa wamekimbilia nyumbani kwao.
Then the king arose and sat in the gate. The people were all told, “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” All the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.
9 Katika makabila yote ya Israeli, watu walikuwa wanabishana wao kwa wao, wakisema, “Mfalme alituokoa kutoka mikononi mwa adui zetu; ndiye alituokoa kutoka mikononi mwa Wafilisti. Lakini sasa mfalme ameikimbia nchi kwa sababu ya Absalomu,
All the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he has fled out of the land from Absalom.
10 naye Absalomu, tuliyemtia mafuta atutawale, amekufa vitani. Basi mbona hamsemi lolote kuhusu kumrudisha mfalme?”
Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why do not you speak a word of bringing the king back?”
11 Mfalme Daudi akapeleka ujumbe huu kwa makuhani Sadoki na Abiathari, kusema: “Waulizeni wazee wa Yuda, ‘Kwa nini mwe wa mwisho kumrudisha mfalme katika jumba lake la kifalme, maadamu kile kinachosemwa katika Israeli yote kimemfikia mfalme katika makao yake?
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 house, since the speech of all Israel has come to the king, to return him to his house?
12 Ninyi ni ndugu zangu, nyama yangu na damu yangu mwenyewe. Kwa hiyo kwa nini mwe wa mwisho kumrudisha mfalme?’
You are my brothers. You are my bone and my flesh. Why then are you the last to bring back the king?’
13 Nanyi mwambieni Amasa, ‘Je, wewe si nyama yangu mwenyewe na damu yangu? Mungu na anishughulikie, tena kwa ukali, kama kuanzia sasa na kuendelea wewe si jemadari wa jeshi langu mahali pa Yoabu.’”
Say to Amasa, ‘Are not you my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you are not captain of the army before me continually instead of Joab.’”
14 Aliipata mioyo ya watu wote wa Yuda kama vile walikuwa mtu mmoja. Wakapeleka ujumbe kwa mfalme, kusema, “Rudi, wewe na watu wako wote.”
He bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as one man, so that they sent to the king, saying, “Return, you and all your servants.”
15 Ndipo mfalme akarudi, akaenda hadi kufikia Mto Yordani. Basi watu wa Yuda walikuwa wamekuja mpaka Gilgali ili kutoka kwenda kumlaki mfalme na kumvusha Mto Yordani.
So the king returned, and came to the Jordan. Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan.
16 Shimei mwana wa Gera, wa kabila la Benyamini kutoka Bahurimu, akaharakisha kuteremka pamoja na watu wa Yuda ili kumlaki Mfalme Daudi.
Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet King David.
17 Pamoja naye walikuwepo Wabenyamini elfu moja wakiwa wamefuatana na Siba, msimamizi wa nyumba ya Sauli, pia wanawe kumi na watano, na watumishi ishirini. Wakaharakisha kwenda Yordani, mahali mfalme alipokuwa.
There were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of Saul’s house, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went through the Jordan in the presence of the king.
18 Wakavuka kivuko ili kuwachukua watu wa nyumbani mwa mfalme ili kuwavusha na kufanya kila kitu alichotaka. Shimei mwana wa Gera alipovuka Yordani, akaanguka kifudifudi mbele ya mfalme,
A ferry boat went to bring over the king’s household, and to do what he thought good. Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king when he had come over the Jordan.
19 na kumwambia, “Bwana wangu na asinihesabie hatia. Usikumbuke jinsi mtumishi wako alivyofanya kosa siku ile bwana wangu mfalme alipoondoka Yerusalemu. Mfalme aliondoe moyoni mwake.
He said to the king, “Do not let my lord impute iniquity to me, or remember that which your servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
20 Kwa maana mimi mtumishi wako najua nimefanya dhambi, lakini leo nimekuja hapa kama wa kwanza wa nyumba yote ya Yosefu kushuka na kumlaki bwana wangu mfalme.”
For your servant knows that I have sinned. Therefore behold, I have come today as the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.”
21 Ndipo Abishai mwana wa Seruya akasema, “Je, Shimei hapaswi kuuawa kwa ajili ya hili? Alimlaani mpakwa mafuta wa Bwana.”
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, “Should not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?”
22 Daudi akajibu, “Mimi nina nini nanyi, enyi wana wa Seruya? Leo hii mmekuwa adui zangu! Je, leo kuna yeyote atakayeuawa katika Israeli? Je, mimi sijui kuwa leo ndimi mfalme katika Israeli yote?”
David said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should be adversaries to me today? Shall any man be put to death today in Israel? For do not I know that I am king over Israel today?”
23 Basi mfalme akamwambia Shimei, “Hutakufa.” Naye mfalme akamwahidi kwa kiapo.
The king said to Shimei, “You will not die.” The king swore to him.
24 Pia Mefiboshethi mwana wa Sauli akashuka kwenda kumlaki mfalme. Hakuwa amenawa miguu wala kunyoa ndevu zake wala kufua nguo zake tangu siku mfalme alipoondoka Yerusalemu mpaka siku aliporudi ile salama.
Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither groomed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.
25 Wakati alipotoka Yerusalemu kuja kumlaki mfalme, mfalme akamuuliza, “Mefiboshethi, kwa nini hukufuatana nami?”
When he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, “Why did not you go with me, Mephibosheth?”
26 Akasema, “Bwana wangu mfalme, maadamu mimi mtumishi wako ni kiwete, nilisema, ‘Nitandikiwe punda wangu, nimpande, ili niweze kwenda pamoja na mfalme.’ Lakini Siba mtumishi wangu akanisaliti.
He answered, “My lord, O king, my servant deceived me. For your servant said, ‘I will saddle a donkey for myself, that I may ride on it and go with the king,’ because your servant is lame.
27 Naye amemchongea mtumishi wako kwa bwana wangu mfalme. Bwana wangu mfalme ni kama malaika wa Mungu, kwa hiyo fanya lolote linalokupendeza.
He has slandered your servant to my lord the king, but my lord the king is as an angel of God. Therefore do what is good in your eyes.
28 Wazao wote wa baba yangu hawastahili kitu kingine isipokuwa kifo kutoka kwa bwana wangu mfalme, lakini ulimpa mtumishi wako nafasi miongoni mwa wale waliokula mezani pako. Je, ninayo haki gani kumwomba mfalme zaidi ya hayo?”
For all my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should appeal any more to the king?”
29 Mfalme akamwambia, “Kwa nini useme zaidi? Naamuru wewe na Siba mgawanye mashamba.”
The king said to him, “Why do you speak any more of your matters? I say, you and Ziba divide the land.”
30 Mefiboshethi akamwambia mfalme, “Mruhusu achukue kila kitu, kwa kuwa sasa bwana wangu mfalme amerudi nyumbani salama.”
Mephibosheth said to the king, “Yes, let him take all, because my lord the king has come in peace to his own house.”
31 Barzilai, Mgileadi, pia akashuka kutoka Rogelimu ili kuvuka Yordani pamoja na mfalme na kumsindikiza kutoka huko.
Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went over the Jordan with the king to conduct him over the Jordan.
32 Basi Barzilai alikuwa mzee sana mwenye umri wa miaka themanini. Alikuwa amempatia mfalme mahitaji wakati alipokuwa anaishi huko Mahanaimu, kwa kuwa alikuwa mtu tajiri sana.
Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old. He had provided the king with sustenance while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very great man.
33 Mfalme akamwambia Barzilai, “Vuka pamoja nami na ukae nami huko Yerusalemu, nami nitakupatia mahitaji yako.”
The king said to Barzillai, “Come over with me, and I will sustain you with me in Jerusalem.”
34 Lakini Barzilai akamjibu mfalme, “Je, nitaishi miaka mingine mingapi, hata nipande kwenda Yerusalemu pamoja na mfalme?
Barzillai said to the king, “How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
35 Sasa nina miaka themanini. Je, naweza kutofautisha kati ya lililo jema na lililo baya? Je, mtumishi wako anaweza kujua ladha ya kile anachokula au anachokunywa? Je, bado naweza kusikiliza sauti za waimbaji wa kiume na za wanawake? Kwa nini mtumishi wako aongeze mzigo kwa bwana wangu mfalme?
I am eighty years old, today. Can I discern between good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear the voice of singing men and singing women any more? Why then should your servant be a burden to my lord the king?
36 Mtumishi wako atavuka Yordani pamoja na mfalme kwa umbali mfupi tu, lakini kwa nini mfalme anizawadie kwa namna hii?
Your servant will just go over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a reward?
37 Mruhusu mtumishi wako arudi, ili mimi nikafie katika mji wangu mwenyewe karibu na kaburi la baba yangu na mama yangu. Lakini yupo hapa mtumishi wako Kimhamu. Mruhusu avuke pamoja na bwana wangu mfalme. Mtendee lolote linalokupendeza.”
Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold, your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good to you.”
38 Mfalme akamwambia Barzilai, “Kimhamu atavuka Yordani pamoja nami, nami nitamtendea lolote litakalokupendeza. Nawe kitu chochote unachotaka kutoka kwangu nitakutendea.”
The king answered, “Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good to you. Whatever you request of me, that I will do for you.”
39 Kwa hiyo watu wote wakavuka Yordani, kisha mfalme akavuka. Mfalme akambusu Barzilai na kumbariki; Barzilai akarudi nyumbani kwake.
All the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over. Then the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him; and he returned to his own place.
40 Mfalme alipovuka kwenda Gilgali, Kimhamu akavuka pamoja naye. Vikosi vyote vya Yuda na nusu ya vikosi vya Israeli vilimvusha mfalme.
So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went over with him. All the people of Judah brought the king over, and also half the people of Israel.
41 Baada ya kitambo kidogo watu wote wa Israeli wakaja kwa mfalme na kumwambia, “Kwa nini ndugu zetu, watu wa Yuda, wamemrudisha mfalme kwa siri bila kutushirikisha, na kumvusha ngʼambo ya Yordani, yeye na nyumba yake, pamoja na watu wake wote?”
Behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, “Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away, and brought the king and his household, over the Jordan, and all David’s men with him?”
42 Watu wote wa Yuda wakawajibu watu wa Israeli, “Tulifanya hivi kwa sababu mfalme ni jamaa yetu wa karibu. Kwa nini mnakasirikia jambo hili? Je, tumekula kitu chochote cha mfalme? Je, tumejichukulia kitu chochote kwa ajili yetu wenyewe?”
All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “Because the king is a close relative to us. Why then are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king’s cost? Or has he given us any gift?”
43 Ndipo watu wa Israeli wakawajibu watu wa Yuda, “Tunayo haki mara kumi kwa mfalme; sisi tunahusika zaidi na Daudi kuliko ninyi. Kwa nini basi mnatudharau? Je, hatukuwa wa kwanza kuzungumza kuhusu kumrudisha mfalme nyumbani?” Lakini watu wa Yuda wakajibu kwa ukali hata zaidi kuliko watu wa Israeli.
The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, “We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more claim to David than you. Why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?” The words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
