2 Samweli 19
1 Yoabu akaambiwa, “Mfalme analia na kumwombolezea Absalomu.”
And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth 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.”
And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day, The king grieveth for his son.
3 Siku ile watu wakaingia mjini kimya kama vile waingiavyo kwa aibu watu waliokimbia kutoka vitani.
And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people that 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!”
And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O 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.
And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy 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 thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest them that love thee. For thou hast declared this day, that princes and servants are nought unto thee: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee 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 forth and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry a man with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that hath befallen thee from thy 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. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate: and 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,
And 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 is fled out of the land from Absalom.
10 naye Absalomu, tuliyemtia mafuta atutawale, amekufa vitani. Basi mbona hamsemi lolote kuhusu kumrudisha mfalme?”
And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not 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?
And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, [to bring him] to his house.
12 Ninyi ni ndugu zangu, nyama yangu na damu yangu mwenyewe. Kwa hiyo kwa nini mwe wa mwisho kumrudisha mfalme?’
Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh: wherefore then are ye 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.’”
And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room 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.”
And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as [the heart of] one man; so that they sent unto the king, [saying], Return thou, and all thy 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 Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king over Jordan.
16 Shimei mwana wa Gera, wa kabila la Benyamini kutoka Bahurimu, akaharakisha kuteremka pamoja na watu wa Yuda ili kumlaki Mfalme Daudi.
And Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted 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.
And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went through 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,
And there went over a ferry boat to bring over the king’s household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, when he was come over 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.
And he said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy 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 thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come this day 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 and said, Shall 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?”
And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?
23 Basi mfalme akamwambia Shimei, “Hutakufa.” Naye mfalme akamwahidi kwa kiapo.
And the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto 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.
And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither dressed 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?”
And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou 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.
And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go with the king; because thy 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.
And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine 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 didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more unto the king?
29 Mfalme akamwambia, “Kwa nini useme zaidi? Naamuru wewe na Siba mgawanye mashamba.”
And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I say, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
30 Mefiboshethi akamwambia mfalme, “Mruhusu achukue kila kitu, kwa kuwa sasa bwana wangu mfalme amerudi nyumbani salama.”
And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come in peace unto his own house:
31 Barzilai, Mgileadi, pia akashuka kutoka Rogelimu ili kuvuka Yordani pamoja na mfalme na kumsindikiza kutoka huko.
And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over 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 fourscore years old: and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay 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.”
And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will sustain thee with me in Jerusalem.
34 Lakini Barzilai akamjibu mfalme, “Je, nitaishi miaka mingine mingapi, hata nipande kwenda Yerusalemu pamoja na mfalme?
And Barzillai said unto the king, How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king unto 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 this day fourscore years old: can I discern between good and bad? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
36 Mtumishi wako atavuka Yordani pamoja na mfalme kwa umbali mfupi tu, lakini kwa nini mfalme anizawadie kwa namna hii?
Thy servant would but just go over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it 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.”
Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold, thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.
38 Mfalme akamwambia Barzilai, “Kimhamu atavuka Yordani pamoja nami, nami nitamtendea lolote litakalokupendeza. Nawe kitu chochote unachotaka kutoka kwangu nitakutendea.”
And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.
39 Kwa hiyo watu wote wakavuka Yordani, kisha mfalme akavuka. Mfalme akambusu Barzilai na kumbariki; Barzilai akarudi nyumbani kwake.
And all the people went over Jordan, and the king went over: and the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto 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: and 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?”
And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king; and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and brought the king, and his household, over 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?”
And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king’s cost? or hath 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.
And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king; and we have also more [right] in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
