2 Samuel 16
1 Dawid sian bepɔw no pɛ na ɔne Mefiboset somfo Siba hyiae. Na ɔwɔ mfurum abien a wɔahyehyɛ brodo mua ahannu, bobe aba a wɔabɔ no atɔwatɔw ɔha ne nsa nhoma kotoku ma wɔ wɔn so.
and David to pass little from [the] head: top and behold Ziba youth Mephibosheth Mephibosheth to/for to encounter: meet him and pair donkey to saddle/tie and upon them hundred food: bread and hundred cluster and hundred summer and bag wine
2 Ɔhene no bisaa Siba se, “Na eyinom nso ɛ?” Na Siba buae se, “Mfurum no, mo nkurɔfo ntena wɔn so, na brodo no ne aduaba no, wɔmfa mma mmerante no na wonni. Na nsa no nso, momfa nkɔ sare so hɔ, na wɔn a ɔbrɛ nti wɔbɛtɔ beraw no anom.”
and to say [the] king to(wards) Ziba what? these to/for you and to say Ziba [the] donkey to/for house: household [the] king to/for to ride (and [the] food: bread *Q(K)*) and [the] summer to/for to eat [the] youth and [the] wine to/for to drink [the] weary in/on/with wilderness
3 Na ɔhene no bisaa no se, “Na Mefiboset wɔ he?” Siba buae se, “Ɔkaa Yerusalem. Ɔkae se, ‘Nnɛ, mɛsan agye me nena Saulo ahemman no.’”
and to say [the] king and where? son: descendant/people lord your and to say Ziba to(wards) [the] king behold to dwell in/on/with Jerusalem for to say [the] day to return: return to/for me house: household Israel [obj] kingdom father my
4 Ɔhene no ka kyerɛɛ Siba se, “Sɛ saa na ɛte de a, mede biribiara a ɛyɛ Mefiboset dea no rema wo.” Siba buae se, “Meda wo ase awura. Bere biara, biribiara a wobɛka akyerɛ me sɛ menyɛ no, mɛyɛ.”
and to say [the] king to/for Ziba behold to/for you all which to/for Mephibosheth Mephibosheth and to say Ziba to bow to find favor in/on/with eye: seeing your lord my [the] king
5 Bere a ɔhene Dawid ne ne nkurɔfo retwa mu wɔ Bahurim no, ɔbarima bi pue fii akuraa no ase bɛdomee wɔn. Na saa ɔbarima no din de Simei, Gera a ɔyɛ Saulo busuani babarima.
and to come (in): come [the] king David till Bahurim and behold from there man to come out: come from family house: household Saul and name his Shimei son: child Gera to come out: come to come out: come and to lighten
6 Ɔpaa Dawid ne ne mpanyimfo ne asraafo a wɔatwa wɔn ho ahyia no nyinaa abo.
and to stone in/on/with stone [obj] David and [obj] all servant/slave [the] king David and all [the] people and all [the] mighty man from right his and from left his
7 Ɔteɛɛ mu guu Dawid so se, “Fi ha kɔ! Mogyapɛfo a ɔte sɛ wo! Ohuhuni!
and thus to say Shimei in/on/with to lighten he to come out: come to come out: come man [the] blood and man [the] Belial
8 Awurade atua wo ka sɛ wuhwiee Saulo ne ne fifo mogya gui. Wuwiaa nʼahengua, na afei Awurade de ahemman no ahyɛ wo babarima Absalom nsa. Wobɛnom wʼankasa wʼaduru, mogyapɛfo.”
to return: pay upon you LORD all blood house: household Saul which to reign (underneath: instead him *Q(K)*) and to give: give LORD [obj] [the] kingship in/on/with hand: power Absalom son: child your and look! you in/on/with distress: evil your for man blood you(m. s.)
9 Na Seruia babarima Abisai bisaa ɔhene no se, “Adɛn nti na ɛsɛ sɛ ɔkraman funu yi tumi dome me wura ɔhene? Ma menkɔ na minkotwa ne ti.”
and to say Abishai son: child Zeruiah to(wards) [the] king to/for what? to lighten [the] dog [the] to die [the] this [obj] lord my [the] king to pass please and to turn aside: remove [obj] head his
10 Nanso ɔhene no kae se, “Dɛn na me ne mo Seruia mmabarima bɛyɛ? Sɛ Awurade aka akyerɛ no se, ɔnnome me a, me ne hena a metumi aka akyerɛ no se onnyae?”
and to say [the] king what? to/for me and to/for you son: child Zeruiah (thus *Q(K)*) to lighten (for *Q(K)*) LORD to say to/for him to lighten [obj] David and who? to say why? to make: do so
11 Na Dawid ka kyerɛɛ Abisai ne ne mpanyimfo se, “Me babarima a ɔyɛ mʼankasa mogya pɛ sɛ okum me. Na dɛn na esiw Saulo busuani ho kwan sɛ ɔnyɛ saa ara. Munnyaa no, momma ɔnnome, efisɛ Awurade na waka akyerɛ no se ɔnyɛ saa.
and to say David to(wards) Abishai and to(wards) all servant/slave his behold son: descendant/people my which to come out: produce from belly my to seek [obj] soul: life my and also for now Benjaminite [the] Benjaminite to rest to/for him and to lighten for to say to/for him LORD
12 Ebia Awurade behu sɛ wɔreyɛ me bɔne, na ɔde papa atua me nnome a me nsa aka no nnɛ yi no so ka.”
perhaps to see: see LORD (in/on/with eye: sin my *Q(K)*) and to return: pay LORD to/for me welfare underneath: instead curse his [the] day: today [the] this
13 Enti Dawid ne ne mmarima toaa so kɔɔ wɔn kwan a saa bere no, na Simei nso nam bepɔw bi a ɛbɛn wɔn so. Ɔrekɔ no nyinaa, na ɔredome, totow abo bɔ Dawid, tu mfutuma gu wim.
and to go: went David and human his in/on/with way: road and Shimei to go: walk in/on/with side [the] mountain: mount to/for close him to go: went and to lighten and to stone in/on/with stone to/for close him and to throw in/on/with dust
14 Ɔhene ne ne nkurɔfo nyinaa brɛɛ wɔ ɔkwan so nti, woduu Asubɔnten Yordan ho no, wogyee wɔn ahome.
and to come (in): come [the] king and all [the] people which with him faint and be refreshed there
15 Absalom ne Israel mmarima nyinaa baa Yerusalem a Ahitofel ka wɔn ho.
and Absalom and all [the] people man Israel to come (in): come Jerusalem and Ahithophel with him
16 Na Husai a ofi Arki a ɔyɛ Dawid adamfo no, kɔɔ Absalom nkyɛn kɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Ɔhene nkwa so! Ɔhene nkwa so!”
and to be like/as as which to come (in): come Hushai [the] Archite friend David to(wards) Absalom and to say Hushai to(wards) Absalom to live [the] king to live [the] king
17 Na Absalom bisaa Husai se, “Eyi ne ɔkwan a wode wʼadamfo Dawid fa so? Adɛn nti na wo ne wʼadamfo ankɔ?”
and to say Absalom to(wards) Hushai this kindness your with neighbor your to/for what? not to go: went with neighbor your
18 Husai ka kyerɛɛ Absalom se, “Mewɔ ha efisɛ meyɛ adwuma ma ɔbarima a Awurade ne Israel ayi no.
and to say Hushai to(wards) Absalom not for which to choose LORD and [the] people [the] this and all man Israel (to/for him *Q(K)*) to be and with him to dwell
19 Nea ɛka ho bio ne sɛ, hena na ɛsɛ sɛ mesom no? Sɛnea mesom wʼagya no, saa ara na mɛsom wo.”
and [the] second to/for who? I to serve: minister not to/for face: before son: child his like/as as which to serve: minister to/for face: before father your so to be (to/for face of your *LAB(h)*)
20 Absalom dan ne ho bisaa Ahitofel se, “Dɛn bio na menyɛ?”
and to say Absalom to(wards) Ahithophel to give to/for you counsel what? to make: do
21 Ahitofel buaa no se, “Kɔ na wo ne wʼagya mpenanom no nna, efisɛ wagyaw wɔn hɔ sɛ wɔnhwɛ ahemfi hɔ. Ɛno bɛma Israel nyinaa ahu sɛ, woabu no animtiaa a ɛboro nkabom so, na wɔde wɔn ho bɛma wo.”
and to say Ahithophel to(wards) Absalom to come (in): come to(wards) concubine father your which to rest to/for to keep: guard [the] house: home and to hear: hear all Israel for to stink with father your and to strengthen: strengthen hand all which with you
22 Enti wosii ntamadan wɔ ahemfi no atifi baabi a obiara behu, na Absalom kɔɔ ntamadan no mu, na ɔne nʼagya mpenanom no dae.
and to stretch to/for Absalom [the] tent upon [the] roof and to come (in): come Absalom to(wards) concubine father his to/for eye: seeing all Israel
23 Absalom tiee Ahitofel afotu sɛnea Dawid yɛe no pɛpɛɛpɛ. Na asɛm biara a efi Ahitofel anom bae no mu nyansa no yɛɛ sɛnea efi Onyankopɔn anom.
and counsel Ahithophel which to advise in/on/with day [the] they(masc.) like/as as which (to ask man *Q(K)*) in/on/with word [the] God so all counsel Ahithophel also to/for David also to/for Absalom
