2 Samuela 2
1 Pea hili ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni, naʻe fehuʻi ʻe Tevita kia Sihova, ʻo pehē, “ʻE lelei ʻa ʻeku ʻalu hake ki ha taha ʻoe ngaahi kolo ʻo Siuta?” Pea naʻe pehē kiate ia ʻe Sihova, “ʻAlu hake.” Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Tevita, “Te u ʻalu ki fē?” Pea naʻa ne pehē, “Ki Hepeloni.”
It happened after this, that David inquired of the LORD, saying, "Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?" The LORD said to him, "Go up." David said, "Where shall I go up?" He said, "To Hebron."
2 Ko ia naʻe ʻalu ʻa Tevita ki ai, ko ia mo hono ongo uaifi foki, ko ʻAhinoami ko e [fefine ]Sesilili, mo ʻApikale naʻe mali mo Napale ko e [tangata ]Kameli.
So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite,
3 Pea ko e kau tangata naʻe ʻiate ia, naʻe ʻohake kinautolu ʻe Tevita, ko e tangata taki taha mo hono kaunga nofoʻanga: pea naʻa nau nofo ʻi he ngaahi kolo ʻo Hepeloni.
and the men who were with him, everyone with his household. And they lived in Hebron.
4 Pea naʻe haʻu ʻae kau tangata mei Siuta, pea naʻa nau fakanofo ʻi ai ʻa Tevita, ko e tuʻi ki he faʻahinga ʻo Siuta. Pea naʻa nau tala kia Tevita, ʻo pehē, “Ko e kau tangata ʻo Sepesi-Kiliati, ko kinautolu ia naʻe tanu ʻa Saula.
Then the men of Judah came, and they anointed David king over the house of Judah. When David was told that the men of Jabesh Gilead buried Saul,
5 Pea naʻe kouna ʻe Tevita ʻae kau talafekau ki he kakai ʻo Sepesi-Kiliati, ʻo ne pehē kiate kinautolu, “Ke fakamonūʻia ʻakimoutolu meia Sihova, koeʻuhi kuo mou fakahā ʻae ʻofa ni ki homou ʻeiki, ʻio, kia Saula, pea kuo mou fai hono putu.
then he sent messengers to the lords of Jabesh Gilead, and said to them, "May you be blessed by the LORD, since you showed loyalty towards your lord, Saul, and have buried him.
6 Pea ʻofa ʻeni ke fakahā ʻe Sihova ʻae angalelei mo e moʻoni kiate kimoutolu: pea ko au foki, te u totongi ʻae ngāue lelei ni, koeʻuhi kuo mou fai ʻae meʻa ni.
Now may the LORD show loving kindness and truth to you. I also will reward you for this kindness, because you have done this thing.
7 Ko ia, tuku eni ke fakamālohi homou nima, pea mou lototoʻa: he kuo pekia ʻa homou ʻeiki ko Saula, pea kuo fakanofo au foki ʻe he faʻahinga ʻo Siuta ko e tuʻi kiate kinautolu.
Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me king over them."
8 Ka naʻe ʻave ʻa Isiposeti ko e foha ʻo Saula, ʻe ʻApina ko e foha ʻo Nea, ko e ʻeiki ʻoe kau tau ʻa Saula, ʻo ne ʻomi ia ki Mehanemi;
Now Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, had taken Ishbaal the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
9 ʻO ne fakanofo ia ke tuʻi ʻi Kiliati, pea ki he kakai ʻAsilia, mo Sesilili, mo ʻIfalemi pea mo Penisimani, pea ki ʻIsileli kātoa.
and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Geshurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
10 Naʻe fāngofulu taʻu ʻae motuʻa ʻa Isiposeti ko e foha ʻo Saula ʻi heʻene kamata pule ki ʻIsileli, pea naʻa ne pule ʻi he taʻu ʻe ua. Ka naʻe muimui ʻae faʻahinga ʻo Siuta kia Tevita.
Ishbaal, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
11 Pea ko e kuonga naʻe tuʻi ai ʻa Tevita ʻi Hepeloni ki he fale ʻo Siuta, ko e taʻu ia ʻe fitu mo e māhina ʻe ono.
And the time that David ruled in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
12 Pea naʻe ʻalu mei Mehanemi ki Kipione ʻa ʻApina ko e foha ʻo Nea, pea mo e kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa Isiposeti ko e foha ʻo Saula.
Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbaal the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
13 Pea naʻe ʻalu atu ʻa Soape ko e tama ʻo Seluia, pea mo e kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa Tevita, pea naʻa nau fakataha ki he anovai ʻo Kipione: pea naʻa nau nofo hifo, ko e taha ki he potu anovai ʻe taha, pea ko e taha ki he potu anovai ʻe taha.
Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met them by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.
14 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ʻApina kia Soape, “Tuku ke tuʻu hake ni ʻae kau talavou, ʻo fakavā ʻi hota ʻao.” Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Soape, “Tuku ke nau tuʻu hake.”
Abner said to Joab, "Let the young men now arise and compete before us." Joab said, "Let them arise."
15 Pea naʻe toki tuʻu hake mo ʻalu atu ʻae toko hongofulu ma ua mei Penisimani naʻe lau, ʻaia naʻe kau kia Isiposeti ko e foha ʻo Saula, mo e toko hongofulu ma ua mei he kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa Tevita.
Then they arose and went over by number: twelve of the sons of Benjamin of Ishbaal the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
16 Pea naʻa nau fepukeaki taki taha ʻe he tangata ʻae ʻulu ʻo hono hoa, ʻonau taki taha fetuiʻaki ʻae heletā ʻakinautolu ʻi he vakavaka, pea ko ia, naʻa nau tō hifo fakataha ai; pea ko ia naʻe ui ai ʻae potu ko ia, “Ko e potu ʻae kau tangata mālohi, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi Kipione.”
They each caught his opponent by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called Field of Blades, which is in Gibeon.
17 Pea naʻe fakamanavahē ʻae tau ʻi he ʻaho ko ia: pea naʻe fakavaivai ʻa ʻApina, pea mo e kau tangata ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai ʻo Tevita.
The battle was very severe that day, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated before the servants of David.
18 Pea naʻe ʻi ai ʻae tama ʻe toko tolu ʻo Seluia, ko Soape, Mo ʻApisai, mo ʻAsaeli: pea naʻe veʻevave ʻa ʻAsaeli ʻo tatau mo e ʻanitelope hehengi ʻoe vao.
The three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel. And Asahel was as quick on his feet as a wild gazelle.
19 Pea naʻe tuli ʻe ʻAsaeli kia ʻApina pea ʻi heʻene ʻalu naʻe ʻikai ke feafeʻaki ia ki he toʻomataʻu pe ki he toʻohema ʻi heʻene tulia ʻa ʻApina.
Asahel pursued after Abner, and as he went he did not turn to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
20 Pea naʻe toki sio ki mui ʻa ʻApina, ʻo ne pehē, “Ko ʻAsaeli koe?” Pea naʻa ne pehē atu, “Ko au.”
Then Abner looked behind him, and said, "Is it you, Asahel?" He answered, "It is I."
21 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ʻApina kiate ia, “Ke ke foki atu ki he toʻomataʻu pe ki hoʻo toʻohema, pea ke puke ha taha ʻoe kau talavou, pea ke maʻu ʻa hono mahafu.” Ka naʻe ʻikai afe atu ʻa ʻAsaeli mei [heʻene ]tuli kiate ia.
Abner said to him, "Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and grab one of the young men, and take his armor." But Asahel would not stop from pursuing him.
22 Pea naʻe toe pehē ʻe ʻApina kia ʻAsaeli, “Tafoki atu koe mei hoʻo tuli kiate au: koeʻumaʻā ʻa ʻeku tā hifo koe ki he kelekele? Pea ka pehē ʻe fēfē ʻeku hiki ʻa hoku mata kia Soape ko ho tokoua?
Abner said again to Asahel, "Stop pursuing me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then should I hold up my face to Joab your brother?"
23 Ka neongo eni naʻe ʻikai te ne afe atu: ko ia naʻe hokaʻi ia ʻi hono kete ʻe ʻApina ʻaki ʻae mui ʻoe tao, pea naʻe ʻasi atu ʻae tao ʻi hono tuʻa: pea naʻa ne tō hifo ʻi ai, ʻo ne mate ʻi he potu ko ia: pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻilonga ʻakinautolu naʻe hoko mai ki he potu naʻe tō hifo ai ʻa ʻAsaeli ʻo ne mate, naʻa nau tuʻumaʻu ai.
But he refused to stop. Therefore Abner with the back end of the spear struck him in the body, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place. And it came about that all who came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died, stopped there.
24 Naʻe tuli foki ʻa ʻApina ʻe Soape pea mo ʻApisai: pea naʻe tō ʻae laʻā feʻunga mo ʻena hoko ki he moʻunga ko ʻAma, ʻaia ʻoku hanga ki Kia ʻi he hala ʻoe toafa ʻo Kipione.
But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they had come to the hill of Ammah, that lies before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
25 Pea naʻe fakataha ʻakinautolu ʻe he fānau ʻo Penisimani ke kau taha kia ʻApina, pea naʻa nau hoko ko e vāhenga tau pe taha, ʻonau tutuʻu ʻi he tumutumu ʻo ha potu māʻolunga.
The sons of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and formed a single group, and stood on the top of a hill.
26 Pea naʻe toki ui ʻe ʻApina kia Soape, ʻo pehē, “ʻE tāmateʻi maʻuaipē ʻe he heletā? ʻIkai ʻoku ke ʻilo ʻe ai ha fakamamahi ʻi hono ikuʻanga?” Pea ka kuo pehē, “Pea ʻe fēfeeʻi ʻa hono fuoloa, kaeʻoua ke ke tala ki he kakai ke foki atu mei he tulia ʻa honau kāinga?”
Then Abner called to Joab, and said, "Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long shall it be then, before you ask the people to stop pursuing their brothers?"
27 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Soape, “Hangē ʻoku moʻui ʻae ʻOtua, ka ne ʻikai te ke lea, pehē, kuo ʻalu ʻae kakai taki taha mei he muimui ki hono kāinga ʻi he ʻanepongipongi.”
Joab said, "As the LORD lives, if you had not spoken, surely the people would not have given up the pursuit of their brothers until the morning."
28 Ko ia naʻe ifi ai ʻe Soape ha meʻalea, pea naʻe tuʻumaʻu ʻae kakai kotoa pē, pea naʻe ʻikai te nau kei tuli ki ʻIsileli, pea naʻe ʻikai toe fai ha tau.
So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people stopped, and no longer chased after Israel, and they no longer fought.
29 Pea naʻe fononga ʻa ʻApina pea mo ʻene kakai kotoa pē ʻi he pō kātoa ko ia, ʻi he toafa, ʻonau aʻa ʻi Sioatani, pea nau ʻosiki ʻa e [fonua ]kotoa pē ko Pitiloni, pea naʻa nau hoko atu ki Mehanemi.
Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah; and they passed over the Jordan, and marched the whole morning, and came to Mahanaim.
30 Pea naʻe liliu mai ʻa Soape mei heʻene tuli ʻa ʻApina; pea ʻi heʻene tānaki fakataha ʻae kakai kotoa pē, ko e toko hongofulu ma toko hiva ʻoe kau tangata ʻa Tevita naʻe ʻikai ʻiloa, pea mo ʻAsaeli.
Joab returned from pursuing Abner. And when he had gathered all the people together, there were missing from David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.
31 Ka kuo ʻosi ʻae teʻia ke mate ʻe he kakai ʻo Tevita ʻae kau tangata mei Penisimani, mo e kau tangata ʻo ʻApina, ʻae toko tolungeau ma toko onongofulu.
But the servants of David had struck of the people of Benjamin, from the men of Abner, three hundred and sixty men who died.
32 Pea naʻa nau toʻo hake ʻa ʻAsaeli, ʻonau tanu ia he fonualoto ʻo ʻene tamai, ʻaia naʻe ʻi Petelihema. Pea naʻe fononga ʻa Soape mo ʻene kakai ʻi he pō kātoa, pea naʻa nau hoko ki Hepeloni ʻo feʻunga mo ʻene mafoa ʻae ata.
They took up Asahel, and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was in Bethlehem. Joab and his men went all night, and the day broke on them at Hebron.
