2 Samweli 16
1 Daudi alipokuwa amekwenda kitambo juu ya kilele cha kilima, Siba mtumishi wa Mefiboshethi akaja kumlaki akiwa na punda wawili waliokuwa wamebeba vipande mia mbili vya mikate, vishada mia moja vya mizeituni, vishada mia moja vya tini na mfuko wa ngozi uliojaa mvinyo.
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 Mfalme akamuliza Siba, “Kwa nini umeleta hivi vitu?” Siba akajibu, “punda ni kwa ajili ya familia yako kupanda, mikate na matunda ni kwa ajili ya matumizi ya askari wako, na mvinyo ni kwa ajili kunywa watakaozimia nyikani.”
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 Mfalme akauliza, “Na mjukuu wa bwana wako yuko wapi?” Siba akamjibu mfalme, “Tazama, yeye amesalia Yerusalemu kwa maana alisema, 'Leo nyumba ya Israeli itanirudishia ufalme wa baba yangu.”
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 Kisha mfalme akamwambia Siba, “Tazama, yote yaliyomilikiwa na Mefiboshethi sasa yatakuwa yako.” Siba akajibu, “Nainama kwa unyenyekevu kwako bwana wangu mfalme. Na nipate kibari mbele zako.”
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 Mfalme Daudi alipokaribia Bahurimu, akaja mtu kutoka katika ukoo wa Sauli, jina lake Shimei mwana wa Gera. Kadiri alivyokuwa akitembea alikuwa akilaani.
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 Akamrushia Daudi mawe na maofisa wa mfalme, bila kujali jeshi na walinzi wa mfalme waliokuwa kulia na kushoto mwa mfalme.
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 Shimei akalaani, “Nenda zako, toka hapa, mwovu wewe, mtu wa damu!
And thus said Semei when he cursed the king: Come out, come out, thou man of blood, and thou man of Belial.
8 Yahwe amelipa yote kwa ajili ya damu ya familia ya Sauli, ambaye unatawala badala yake. Yahwe ameweka ufalme katika mkono wa Absalomu mwanao. Na sasa umeangamia kwa kuwa ni mtu wa damu.”
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 Ndipo Abishai mwana wa Seruya, akamwambia mfalme, “Kwa nini mbwa mfu anamlaani bwana wangu mfalme? Tafadhari niache niende nikamwondolee kichwa chake.”
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 Lakini mfalme akasema, “Nifanye nini nanyi enyi wana wa Seruya? Pengine ananilaani kwa kuwa Yahwe amemwambia, 'Mlaani Daudi.' Nani sasa awezaye kumwambia, 'Kwa nini unamlaani mfalme.”
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 Hivyo Daudi akamwambia Abishai na watumishi wake wote, “Tazameni, mwanangu aliyezaliwa kutoka katika mwili wangu anatafuta uhai wangu. “Si zaidi sana mbenjamini huyu akatamani anguko langu? Mwacheni alaani, kwa maana Yahwe amemwamru kufanya hivyo.
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 Huenda Yahwe akaangalia maangaiko niliyofungiwa, na kunirudishia mema kwa jinsi nilivyolaaniwa leo.”
Perhaps the Lord may look upon my affliction, and the Lord may render me good for the cursing of this day.
13 Hivyo Daudi na watu wake wakaendelea njiani wakati Shimei kando yake ubavuni mwa mlima, aliendelea kulaani na kumrushia mavumbi na mawe huku akienda.
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 Kisha mfalme na watu wake wote wakachoka, na akapumzika wakati wa usiku walipopumzika wote.
And the king and all the people with him came weary, and refreshed themselves there.
15 Absalomu na watu wote wa Israeli waliokuwa pamoja naye wakaja Yerusalemu na Ahithofeli alikuwa pamoja naye.
But Absalom and all his people came into Jerusalem, and Achitophel was with him.
16 Ikawa Hushai Mwarki, rafiki yake Daudi, akaja kwa Absalomu, naye akamwambia Absalomu, “Mfalme aishi daima! mfalme aishi daima.
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 Absalomu akamwambia Hushai, “Je huu ndiyo utiifu wako kwa rafiki yako? Kwa nini haukwenda pamoja naye?”
And Absalom said to him: Is this thy kindness to thy friend? Why wentest thou not with thy friend?
18 Hushai akamwambia Absalomu, “Hapana! badala yake, yule ambaye Yahwe, watu hawa na watu wote wa Israeli wamemchagua huyo ndiye nitakaye kuwa upande wake na ndiye nitakaye kaa naye.
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 Kwani ni nani ninayepaswa kumtumikia? Je sipaswi kutumika mbele za mwana? kama nilivyotumika mbele za baba yako ndivyo nitakavyofanya mbele zako”
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 Kisha Absalomu akamwambia Ahithofeli, “Tupe shauri lako kuhusu tunachopaswa kufanya.”
And Absalom said to Achitophel: Consult what we are to do.
21 Ahithofeli akamwambia Absalomu, “Nenda ulale na masuria wa baba yako aliowaacha kutunza kasri, na waisraeli wote watasikia kwamba umekuwa kitu kinachonuka kwa baba yako. Kisha mikono ya wote walio pamoja nawe itatiwa nguvu.”
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 Hivyo wakatanda hema kwa ajili ya Absalomu juu ya kasri na Absalomu akalala na masuria wa baba yake mbele za Israeli wote.
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 Nyakati hizo ushauri aliokuwa akitoa Ahithofeli ulikuwa ni kama mtu anavyosikia kutoka katika kinywa cha Mungu mwenyewe. Hivyo ndivyo jinsi ushauri wa Ahithofeli ulivyoonekana kwa Daudi na Absalomu
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.
