2 Samuel 15

1 Eyi akyi no, Absalom tɔɔ teaseɛnam ne apɔnkɔ, na ɔbɔɔ mmarima aduonum paa sɛ wobedi nʼanim.

and to be from after so and to make to/for him Absalom chariot and horse and fifty man to run: run to/for face: before his

2 Adekyee biara, ɔsɔre ntɛm na wakɔtena kuropɔn no pon ano. Na sɛ nnipa bi de asɛm bɛto ɔhene no anim sɛ ommu ho atɛn a, Absalom bebisa faako a wofi, na wɔakyerɛ abusuakuw a wofi mu.

and to rise Absalom and to stand: stand upon hand: to way: road [the] gate and to be all [the] man which to be to/for him strife to/for to come (in): come to(wards) [the] king to/for justice: judgement and to call: call to Absalom to(wards) him and to say where? from this city you(m. s.) and to say from one tribe Israel servant/slave your

3 Na Absalom bɛka se, “Wʼasɛm yɛ dɛ de, nanso ɔhene nni obiara a obetie.

and to say to(wards) him Absalom to see: behold! word: case your pleasant and straightforward and to hear: hear nothing to/for you from with [the] king

4 Sɛ meyɛ otemmufo anka mepɛ. Anka nnipa de wɔn nsɛm bɛba mʼanim, na mabu wɔn atɛn.”

and to say Absalom who? to set: make me to judge in/on/with land: country/planet and upon me to come (in): come all man which to be to/for him strife and justice and to justify him

5 Sɛ nnipa pɛ sɛ wɔkotow no a, Absalom remma wɔn nyɛ saa na mmom obeso wɔn nsa, ayɛ wɔn atuu.

and to be in/on/with to present: come man: anyone to/for to bow to/for him and to send: reach [obj] hand his and to strengthen: hold to/for him and to kiss to/for him

6 Absalom yɛɛ saa de nyaa Israelfo no nyinaa wɔ nʼafa.

and to make: do Absalom like/as Chronicles [the] this to/for all Israel which to come (in): come to/for justice: judgement to(wards) [the] king and to steal Absalom [obj] heart human Israel

7 Mfirihyia anan akyi no, Absalom ka kyerɛɛ ɔhene no se, “Ma menkɔ Hebron na menkɔbɔ afɔre mma Awurade sɛnea mahyɛ no bɔ no.

and to be from end forty year and to say Absalom to(wards) [the] king to go: went please and to complete [obj] vow my which to vow to/for LORD in/on/with Hebron

8 Bere a na mewɔ Gesur no na mehyɛɛ saa bɔ no se, ‘Sɛ Awurade de me san ba Yerusalem a, mɛbɔ afɔre ama no wɔ Hebron.’”

for vow to vow servant/slave your in/on/with to dwell I in/on/with Geshur in/on/with Syria to/for to say if (to dwell *Q(K)*) to return: rescue me LORD Jerusalem and to serve: minister [obj] LORD (in/on/with Hebron *X*)

9 Ɔhene no kae se, “Eye, kɔ na kodi wo bɔhyɛ so.” Enti Absalom kɔɔ Hebron.

and to say to/for him [the] king to go: went in/on/with peace and to arise: rise and to go: went Hebron [to]

10 Bere a ɔwɔ hɔ no, ɔfaa sum ase somaa abɔfo kɔɔ Israel mmaa nyinaa kɔhwanyan ɔmanfo de tiaa ɔhene no. Ne nkra ne se, “Sɛ mote torobɛnto nne pɛ a, monka se, ‘Absalom adi hene wɔ Hebron.’”

and to send: depart Absalom to spy in/on/with all tribe Israel to/for to say like/as to hear: hear you [obj] voice: sound [the] trumpet and to say to reign Absalom in/on/with Hebron

11 Absalom faa mmarima ahannu fii Yerusalem kaa ne ho a na wonnim Absalom nsusuwii yi ho hwee.

and with Absalom to go: went hundred man from Jerusalem to call: call to and to go: went to/for integrity their and not to know all word: thing

12 Bere a Absalom rebɔ afɔre no, ɔsoma ma wɔkɔfaa Giloni Ahitofel a na ɔyɛ Dawid fotufo fi ne kurom Gilo bae. Enti pɔwbɔ no mu yɛɛ den na nnipa bebree no ara bɛkaa Absalom ho.

and to send: depart Absalom [obj] Ahithophel [the] Gilonite to advise David from city his from Giloh in/on/with to sacrifice he [obj] [the] sacrifice and to be [the] conspiracy strong and [the] people to go: continue and many with Absalom

13 Ankyɛ, ɔbɔfo bi baa Yerusalem bɛka kyerɛɛ ɔhene Dawid se, “Israel nyinaa atu di Absalom akyi sɛ wɔayɛ adɔm atia wo.”

and to come (in): come [the] to tell to(wards) David to/for to say to be heart man Israel after Absalom

14 Ɛhɔ ara, Dawid ka kyerɛɛ ne mmarima se, “Monyɛ no ntɛm na yenguan mfi ha, ansa na wadu ha, sɛnea amanehunu bɛpare yɛn ne Yerusalem kurow mu no nyinaa.”

and to say David to/for all servant/slave his which with him in/on/with Jerusalem to arise: rise and to flee for not to be to/for us survivor from face: before Absalom to hasten to/for to go: went lest to hasten and to overtake us and to banish upon us [obj] [the] distress: harm and to smite [the] city to/for lip: edge sword

15 Nʼafotufo no buae se, “Yegyina wʼakyi. Biribiara a wugye di sɛ eye no, yɛ.”

and to say servant/slave [the] king to(wards) [the] king like/as all which to choose lord my [the] king behold servant/slave your

16 Enti ɔhene no ne ne fifo sii mu kɔɔ prɛko pɛ a wannyaw biribiara wɔ akyi sɛ ne mpenanom du bi a wɔbɛhwɛ nʼahemfi no so.

and to come out: come [the] king and all house: home his in/on/with foot his and to leave: forsake [the] king [obj] ten woman: wife concubine to/for to keep: obey [the] house: home

17 Ɔhene no ne ne nkurɔfo no faa fam, na wɔfaa kuropɔn no fa bi,

and to come out: come [the] king and all [the] people in/on/with foot his and to stand: stand house: home [the] distance

18 maa Dawid asraafo no betwaa wɔn ho dii wɔn anim. Nnipa a wɔkaa Dawid ho kɔe no yɛ Gitifo ahansia a wofi Gat a ne bammɔfo nso ka ho.

and all servant/slave his to pass upon hand: themselves his and all [the] Cherethite and all [the] Pelethite and all [the] Gittite six hundred man which to come (in): come in/on/with foot his from Gath to pass upon face: before [the] king

19 Na ɔhene no bisaa Gatni Itai a ɔyɛ ɔsafohene no se, “Adɛn nti na woka yɛn ho rekɔ? San kɔka wo nkurɔfo ho, na monkɔ ɔhene Absalom nkyɛn, efisɛ woyɛ ɔhɔho wɔ Israel ne ɔmamfrani a wɔatwa wo asu.

and to say [the] king to(wards) Ittai [the] Gittite to/for what? to go: went also you(m. s.) with us to return: return and to dwell with [the] king for foreign you(m. s.) and also to reveal: remove you(m. s.) to/for place your

20 Wuduu ha nnɛra nko ara. Na ɛsɛ sɛ mehyɛ wo na wo ne yɛn kyin ana? Me mpo, minnim baabi a yɛbɛkɔ. San wʼakyi na kɔfa wo asraafo ka wo ho, na Awurade nkyerɛ wo ne dɔ ne ne nokware.”

yesterday to come (in): come you and [the] day (to shake you *Q(K)*) with us to/for to go: went and I to go: went upon which I to go: went to return: return and to return: return [obj] brother: male-sibling your with you kindness and truth: faithful

21 Nanso Itai ka kyerɛɛ ɔhene no se, “Mede Awurade din ne wo ara wo nkwa ka ntam se, baabiara a wobɛkɔ no, mɛkɔ bi a nea ebesi biara mfa me ho; sɛ ɛyɛ nkwa anaa owu.”

and to answer Ittai [obj] [the] king and to say alive LORD and alive lord my [the] king that if: except if: except in/on/with place which to be there lord my [the] king if to/for death if to/for life for there to be servant/slave your

22 Dawid buaa no se, “Eye, ka yɛn ho.” Ɛno nti, Itai ne ne mmarima ahansia ne wɔn fifo kaa wɔn ho kɔe.

and to say David to(wards) Ittai to go: went and to pass and to pass Ittai [the] Gittite and all human his and all [the] child which with him

23 Awerɛhow kɛse sii asase no so, bere a ɔhene ne nʼakyidifo retwa mu no. Wotwaa Kidron Bon no de wɔn ani kyerɛɛ sare so.

and all [the] land: country/planet to weep voice great: large and all [the] people to pass and [the] king to pass in/on/with torrent: river Kidron and all [the] people to pass upon face: surface way: direction [obj] [the] wilderness

24 Abiatar ne Sadok ne Lewifo no faa Apam Adaka no, na wɔde sii kwankyɛn. Na wɔbɔɔ afɔre wɔ hɔ kosii sɛ obiara senee.

and behold also Zadok and all [the] Levi with him to lift: bear [obj] ark covenant [the] God and to pour: set down [obj] ark [the] God and to ascend: rise Abiathar till to finish all [the] people to/for to pass from [the] city

25 Na ɔhene no ka kyerɛɛ Sadok se, “San fa Onyankopɔn Adaka no kɔ kuropɔn no mu. Sɛ minya Awurade anim adom a, ɔbɛsan de me aba ama mahu Adaka no ne ne ntamadan no bio.

and to say [the] king to/for Zadok to return: return [obj] ark [the] God [the] city if to find favor in/on/with eye: appearance LORD and to return: return me and to see: see me [obj] him and [obj] pasture his

26 Nanso sɛ ɔka se, ‘Mʼani nnye wo ho’ a mepɛ, ma ɔmfa me mfa ɔkwan a onim sɛ eye ma no no so.”

and if thus to say not to delight in in/on/with you look! I to make: do to/for me like/as as which be pleasing in/on/with eye: appearance his

27 Na ɔhene no ka kyerɛɛ ɔsɔfo Sadok se, “Me nhyehyɛe ni: Wo ne Abiatar nyɛ komm nsan nkɔ kuropɔn no mu a wo babarima Ahimaas ne Yonatan a ɔyɛ Abiatar babarima ka ho.

and to say [the] king to(wards) Zadok [the] priest to see: seer you(m. s.) to return: return [emph?] [the] city in/on/with peace and Ahimaaz son: child your and Jonathan son: child Abiathar two son: child your with you

28 Mɛtwɛn wɔ faako a wotwa Asubɔnten Yordan kɔ sare no so hɔ akosi sɛ mɛte mo nkra. Momma mente asɛm a ebesi wɔ Yerusalem, ansa na makɔ sare so.”

to see: behold! I to delay (in/on/with plain *Q(K)*) [the] wilderness till to come (in): come word from from with you to/for to tell to/for me

29 Enti Sadok ne Abiatar faa Onyankopɔn Adaka no de san kɔɔ Yerusalem, na wɔtenaa hɔ.

and to return: return Zadok and Abiathar [obj] ark [the] God Jerusalem and to dwell there

30 Dawid faa ɔkwan a ɛkɔ Ngo Bepɔw so no so a ɔrekɔ no nyinaa, na ɔretwa adwo. Na wakata ne ti so, na ne nan sisi fam saa ara a ɛkyerɛ awerɛhowdi. Na nnipa a wɔka ne ho no nso katakataa wɔn ti so, twaa adwo bere a wogu so reforo bepɔw no.

and David to ascend: rise in/on/with ascent [the] (Mount of) Olives to ascend: rise and to weep and head to/for him to cover and he/she/it to go: went barefoot and all [the] people which with him to cover man: anyone head his and to ascend: rise to ascend: rise and to weep

31 Bere a obi ka kyerɛɛ Dawid se, afei de ne fotufo Ahitofel taa Absalom akyi no, Dawid bɔɔ mpae se, “Awurade, ma Ahitofel afotu nnan nkwaseasɛm.”

and David to tell to/for to say Ahithophel in/on/with to conspire with Absalom and to say David be foolish please [obj] counsel Ahithophel LORD

32 Woduu Ngo Bepɔw no atifi baabi a nnipa som Onyankopɔn no, Dawid huu Husai a ofi Arki a ɔretwɛn no. Na Husai asunsuan nʼatade mu, de dɔte asra ne tirim, de kyerɛ awerɛhowdi.

and to be David to come (in): come till [the] head: top which to bow there to/for God and behold to/for to encounter: meet him Hushai [the] Archite to tear tunic his and land: soil upon head his

33 Na Dawid ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Sɛ wo ne me kɔ a, wobɛyɛ adesoa ama me.

and to say to/for him David if to pass with me and to be upon me to/for burden

34 San kɔ Yerusalem, na ka kyerɛ Absalom se, ‘Afei, mɛyɛ wo fotufo sɛnea da bi hɔ no na meyɛ wʼagya fotufo no.’ Ɛba saa a, wubetumi atia Ahitofel afotu mu, asɛe no.

and if [the] city to return: return and to say to/for Absalom servant/slave your I [the] king to be servant/slave father your and I from the past and now and I servant/slave your and to break to/for me [obj] counsel Ahithophel

35 Asɔfo Sadok ne Abiatar wɔ hɔ. Ka adwene a wɔafa wɔ me ho, pɛ sɛ wɔkyere me no kyerɛ wɔn,

and not with you there Zadok and Abiathar [the] priest and to be all [the] word which to hear: hear from house: home [the] king to tell to/for Zadok and to/for Abiathar [the] priest

36 na wɔbɛsoma wɔn mmabarima Ahimaas ne Yonatan na wɔabɛhwehwɛ me, aka nea ɛrekɔ so akyerɛ me.”

behold there with them two son: child their Ahimaaz to/for Zadok and Jonathan to/for Abiathar and to send: depart in/on/with hand: by their to(wards) me all word which to hear: hear

37 Enti Dawid adamfo Husai san kɔɔ Yerusalem, koduu hɔ bere koro a Absalom nso duu hɔ no mu.

and to come (in): come Hushai friend David [the] city and Absalom to come (in): come Jerusalem