2 Samuel 17

1 Pagkatapos sinabi ni Ahitofel kay Absalom, “Ngayon hayaan mo akong pumili ng labindalawang libong kalalakihan at babangon ako at tutugisin si David ngayong gabi.

Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

2 Pupunta ako sa kaniya habang pagod siya at nanghihina at gugulatin ko siya sa takot. Tatakas ang mga taong kasama niya at ang hari lamang ang aking sasalakayin.

And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will strike the king only:

3 Ibabalik ko sa iyo ang lahat ng tao, tulad ng isang babaeng ikakasal na papunta sa kaniyang asawa at ang lahat ng taong nasasakupan mo ay magiging mapayapa.”

And I will bring back all the people unto you: the man whom you seek is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.

4 Kasiya-siya kay Absalom at sa lahat ng mga nakatatanda ng Israel kung ano ang sinabi ni Ahitofel.

And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

5 Pagkatapos sinabi ni Absalom, “Ngayon tawagin din si Cusai ang Arkite at pakinggan natin kung ano ang kaniyang sasabihin.”

Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he says.

6 Nang dumating si Cusai kay Absalom, ipinaliwanag ni Absalom sa kaniya kung ano ang sinabi ni Ahitofel at pagkatapos tinanong si Cusai, “Dapat ba naming gawin ang anumang sabihin ni Ahitofel? Kung hindi, sabihan kami kung ano ang payo mo.”

And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spoke unto him, saying, Ahithophel has spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak you.

7 Kaya sinabi ni Cusai kay Absalom, “Hindi mabuti ang ibinigay na payo ni Ahitofel sa panahong ito.”

And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel has given is not good at this time.

8 Idinagdag ni Cusai, “Alam mong malakas na mga mandirigma ang iyong ama at ang kaniyang mga tauhan at mabangis sila at katulad sila ng isang osong ninakawan ng mga anak sa isang bukid. Ang iyong ama ay isang taong mandirigma; hindi siya matutulog kasama ang hukbo ngayong gabi.

For, said Hushai, you know your father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

9 Tingnan mo, marahil ngayon ay nagtatago siya sa isang hukay o sa ibang lugar. Mangyayari ito kapag napatay ang ilan sa iyong tauhan sa simula ng isang pagsalakay na sasabihin ng sinumang makarinig nito, “Isang malupit na pagpatay ang naganap sa mga sundalong sumunod kay Absalom.'

Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever hears it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.

10 Pagkatapos kahit na siguro ang matatapang na mandirigma, na ang mga puso ay katulad ng puso ng Leon, ay matatakot dahil alam ng buong Israel na isang magiting na tao ang iyong ama at napakalakas ng kalalakihang kasama niya.

And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.

11 Kaya pinapayuhan kita na dapat sama-samang magtipon ang buong Israel sa iyo, mula sa Dan hanggang Beer-seba, kasindami ng buhangin na nasa tabing-dagat at pupunta ka mismo sa labanan.

Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that you go to battle in your own person.

12 Pagkatapos pupunta tayo sa kaniya kahit saan man siya matagpuan at lulukuban natin siya tulad ng hamog na nuhuhulog sa lupa. Wala tayong ititira kahit isa sa kaniyang tauhan, o siya mismo na buhay.

So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falls on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.

13 Kung tatakas siya sa isang lungsod, sa gayon magdadala ang buong Israel sa lungsod na iyan ng mga lubid at hihilain natin ito sa ilog, hanggang sa wala nang kahit isang maliit na bato ang matatagpuan doon.”

Moreover, if he be got into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.

14 Pagkatapos sinabi ni Absalom at ng kalalakihan ng Israel, “Mas mabuti ang payo ni Cusai ang Arkite kaysa kay Ahitofel.” Itinalaga ni Yahweh ang pagtanggi sa mabuting payo ni Ahitofel para magdala ng kapahamakan kay Absalom.

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

15 Pagkatapos sinabi ni Cusai kina Zadok at Abiatar na mga pari, “Pinayuhan ni Ahitofel sina Absalom at ang mga nakatatanda ng Israel sa gayon at sa gayong paraan, pero nagpayo ako ng ibang bagay.

Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.

16 Kaya ngayon, magmadaling umalis at ibalita kay David; sabihin sa kaniya, 'Huwag magkampo ngayong gabi sa mga tawiran ng Araba, pero tiyaking tumawid sa lahat ng paraan, o masasakmal ang hari kasama ang lahat ng taong kasama niya.'''

Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.

17 Ngayon si Jonatan at Ahimaaz ay nananatili sa balon ng Rogel; madalas pumunta ang isang babaeng lingkod at nagdadala ng mga mensahe sa kanila. Pagkatapos aalis sila at sasabihin kay Haring David, para hindi sila makita na pumupunta sa lungsod.

Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a maid servant went and told them; and they went and told king David.

18 Pero nakita sila ng isang binata at sinabi kay Absalom. Kaya nagmadaling umalis sina Jonatan at Ahimaaz at dumating sa bahay ng isang tao sa Bahurim, na may isang balon sa kaniyang patyo, kung saan sila bumaba.

Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; where they went down.

19 Kinuha ng asawa ng lalaki ang pantakip ng balon at inilatag ito sa bukana ng balon at hinagisan ito ng trigo, kaya walang isa ang nakakaalam na nasa balon sina Jonatan at Ahimaaz.

And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.

20 Dumating ang mga tauhan ni Absalom sa bahay ng babae at sinabing, “Nasaan sina Ahimaaz at Jonatan?” Sinabi sa kanila ng babae, “Tumawid sila sa ilog.” Kaya pagkatapos nilang maghanap sa paligid at hindi sila natagpuan, bumalik sila sa Jerusalem.

And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

21 Pagkapos nang umalis sila umakyat sina Jonatan at Ahimaaz mula sa balon. Nagtungo sila kay haring David para mag-ulat; sinabi nila sa kaniya, “Bumangon ka at magmadaling tumawid sa tubig dahil nagbigay si Ahitofel ng gayon at gayong payo tungkol sa iyo.”

And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus has Ahithophel counselled against you.

22 Pagkatapos bumangon si David at ang lahat ng taong kasama niya, at tumawid sila sa Jordan. Pagliwanag ng umaga walang isa sa kanila ang nabigong tumawid sa Jordan.

Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.

23 Nang makita ni Ahitofel na hindi sinunod ang kaniyang payo, nilagyan niya ng upuan ang kaniyang asno at umalis. Umuwi siya sa kaniyang sariling lungsod, inayos ang kaniyang mga bagay-bagay at nagbigti siya. Sa ganitong paraan namatay siya at inilibing sa libingan ng kaniyang ama.

And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and got him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.

24 Pagkatapos dumating si David sa Mahanaim. Samantalang si Absalom, tumawid siya sa Jordan, siya at ang lahat ng kalalakihan ng Israel na kasama niya.

Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

25 Pagkatapos ginawang pinuno ni Absalom si Amasa sa hukbo sa halip na si Joab. Si Amasa ay anak na lalaki ni Jeter na Israelita na sumiping kay Abigail, anak na babae ni Nahas at kapatid ni Zeruias, ang ina ni Joab.

And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.

26 Pagkatapos nagkampo ang Israel at si Absalom sa lupain ng Galaad.

So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.

27 Nang dumating si David sa Mahanaim, sina Sobi anak na lalaki ni Nahas mula sa Rabba na mga taga-Ammon at Maquir anak na lalaki ni Ammiel mula sa Lo Debar at Barzilai na taga-Galaad na mula sa Rogelim,

And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

28 nagdala ng mga tulugang banig at mga kumot, mga mangkok at mga banga, mga trigo at harinang sebada, sinangag na butil, mga patani, mga lentil,

Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched vegetables,

29 pulot, mantikilya, tupa at keso. Kaya maaaring kumain si David at ang mga taong kasama niya. Sinabi ng mga lalaking ito, “Gutom ang mga tao, pagod at uhaw sa ilang.”

And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of cattle, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.