2 Samuel 17
1 Ahitofel ka kyerɛɛ Absalom se, “Meyi asraafo mpem dumien, na mafi ha anadwo yi akɔtaa Dawid.
And Achitophel said to Absalom: I will choose me twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night.
2 Mɛto no wɔ bere a ɔbrɛ nti, nʼaba mu abu. Ɔne nʼakofo nyinaa bɛbɔ hu na wɔaguan. Ɔhene no nko ara na mɛbɔ no ahwe,
And coming upon him (for he is now weary, and weak handed) I will defeat him: and when all the people is put to flight that is with him, I will kill the king who will be left alone.
3 na mede nnipa no asan abrɛ wo. Onipa a wohwehwɛ no no wu bɛma wɔn nyinaa asan aba; nnipa no mu biara ho rentɔ kyima.”
And I will bring back all the people, as if they were but one man: for thou seekest but one man: and all the people shall be in peace.
4 Saa nhyehyɛe yi sɔɔ Absalom ne Israel mpanyimfo nyinaa ani.
And his saying pleased Absalom, and all the ancients of Israel.
5 Nanso Absalom kae se, “Momfrɛ Husai a ofi Arki no mmra na yentie nea ɔwɔ ka.”
But Absalom said: Call Chusai the Arachite, and let us hear what he also saith.
6 Husai bae no, Absalom kaa nea Ahitofel aka no kyerɛɛ no. Afei obisaa no se, “Wʼadwene ne dɛn? Yɛmfa Ahitofel afotu no ana? Na sɛ ɛnte saa a, kyerɛ yɛn wʼadwene.”
And when Chusai was come to Absalom, Absalom said to him: Achitophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do it or not? what counsel dost thou give?
7 Husai buaa Absalom se, “Afotu a Ahitofel ama wo no nnye saa bere yi.
And Chusai said to Absalom: The counsel that Achitophel hath given this time is not good.
8 Wunim wʼagya ne ne dɔm; wɔyɛ akofo akɛse, na wɔn ho yɛ hu sɛ sisi a wɔawia ne mma. Ɛno da nkyɛn a, wʼagya nim de wɔ akodi mu; ɔne nʼakofo no rentena anadwo yi.
And again Chusai said: Thou knowest thy father, and the men that are with him, that they are very valiant, and bitter in their mind, as a bear raging in the wood when her whelps are taken away: and thy father is a warrior, and will not lodge with the people.
9 Sesɛɛ mpo, wakɔtɛw ɔbodan bi mu anaa baabi foforo. Na sɛ odi kan tow hyɛ mo so a, nea ɔbɛte biara no bɛka se, ‘Wɔakunkum asraafo a wodi Absalon akyi no.’
Perhaps he now lieth hid in pits, or in some other place where he list: and when any one shall fall at the first, every one that heareth it shall say: There is a slaughter among the people that followed Absalom.
10 Na sɛ ɛba saa a, ɔsraani a ɔyɛ nnam a ne koma te sɛ gyata no koraa, ehu bɛma wabɔ hu. Na Israel nyinaa nim sɛ wʼagya yɛ ɔkofo, na wɔn a wɔka ne ho no nso koko yɛ duru.
And the most valiant man whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall melt for fear: for all the people of Israel know thy father to be a valiant man, and that all who are with him are valiant.
11 “Enti mitu wo fo sɛ, boa Israel nyinaa ano, efi Dan kosi Beer-Seba. Woyɛ saa a wubenya asraafo a wɔn dodow bɛyɛ sɛ mpoano nwea. Na migye di sɛ wʼankasa bedi asraafo no anim.
But this seemeth to me to be good counsel: Let all Israel be gathered to thee, from Dan to Bersabee, as the sand of the sea which cannot be numbered: and thou shalt be in the midst of them.
12 Na sɛ yehu Dawid a, yɛbɛtow ahyɛ no so, sɛnea obosu gu asase so, a ɔno ne mmarima no mu baako mpo nka.
And we shall come upon him in what place soever he shall be found: and we shall cover him, as the dew falleth upon the ground, and we shall not leave of the men that are with him, not so much as one.
13 Na sɛ Dawid aguan kɔ kuropɔn bi so a, wode Israel asraafo nyinaa bɛkɔ hɔ. Afei, yebetumi afa ntampehama de atwe kurow no afasu, akogu obon a ɛbɛn mu, kosi sɛ ɔbo biara a ɛwɔ mu no bɛyam.”
And if he shall enter into any city, all Israel shall cast ropes round about that city, and we will draw it into the river, so that there shall not be found so much as one small stone thereof.
14 Afei, Absalom ne Israel mpanyimfo nyinaa kae se, “Husai afotu no ye sen Ahitofel de no.” Efisɛ Awurade ahyehyɛ sɛ Ahitofel afotu pa a ɔde ama no bɛsɛe, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a, ɔhaw ne abɛbrɛsɛ bɛba Absalom so.
And Absalom, and all the men of Israel said: The counsel of Chusai the Arachite is better than the counsel of Achitophel: and by the will of the Lord the profitable counsel of Achitophel was defeated, that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.
15 Na Husai kɔkaa asɛm a Ahitofel aka ne ɔno ankasa adwenkyerɛ no kyerɛɛ asɔfo Sadok ne Abiatar.
And Chusai said to Sadoc and Abiathar the priests: Thus and thus did Achitophel counsel Absalom, and the ancients of Israel: and thus and thus did I counsel them.
16 Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Ntɛm! Monkɔhwehwɛ Dawid, na monka nkyerɛ no se, ɔnntena Asubɔnten Yordan aworoe so hɔ anadwo yi. Ɛsɛ sɛ otwa kɔ sare no so akyi, anyɛ saa a, ɔne nʼakofo nyinaa bewuwu.”
Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying: Tarry not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but without delay pass over: lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that is with him.
17 Yonatan ne Ahimaas tenaa En-Rogel, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a, wɔrenkɔ kurow no mu na wɔnnsan mpue. Na wɔayɛ nhyehyɛe bi sɛ abaawa bi de nkra a ɛsɛ sɛ wɔde kɔma ɔhene Dawid no bɛbrɛ wɔn.
And Jonathan and Achimaas stayed by the fountain Rogel: and there went a maid and told them: and they went forward, to carry the message to king David, for they might not be seen, nor enter into the city.
18 Nanso abarimaa bi huu wɔn sɛ wɔrefi En-Rogel akɔ Dawid nkyɛn nti, ɔkɔka kyerɛɛ Absalom. Na woguan kɔɔ Bahurim, maa ɔbarima bi de wɔn kosiee abura bi a ɛwɔ nʼadiwo mu.
But a certain boy saw them, and told Absalom: but they making haste went into the house of a certain man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court, and they went down into it.
19 Ɔbarima no yere de ntama kataa abura no so, de atoko guu so te sɛnea ɔrehata no owia so, na obiara ansusuw sɛ nnipa hyɛ abura no mu.
And a woman took, and spread a covering over the mouth of the well, as it were to dry sodden barley: and so the thing was not known.
20 Bere a Absalom mmarima no duu hɔ no, wobisaa ɔbea no se, “Woahu Ahimaas ne Yonatan ana?” Obuaa wɔn se, “Na wɔwɔ ha de, nanso wɔatwa asuwa no kɔ.” Absalom mmarima no hwehwɛɛ wɔn, nanso wɔanhu wɔn nti, wɔsan kɔɔ Yerusalem.
And when Absalom’s servants were come into the house, they said to the woman: Where is Achimaas and Jonathan? and the woman answered them: They passed on in haste, after they had tasted a little water. But they that sought them, when they found them not, returned into Jerusalem.
21 Afei mmarima baanu no fii abura no mu, de mmirika kɔɔ ɔhene Dawid nkyɛn kɔbɔɔ no amanneɛ se, “Fi ha twa asu no ntɛm anadwo yi!” Wɔkaa Ahitofel afotu a ɛbɛma wɔakyere no akum no no kyerɛɛ no.
And when they were gone, they came up out of the well, and going on told king David, and said: Arise, and pass quickly over the river: for this manner of counsel has Achitophel given against you.
22 Enti Dawid ne nnipa no nyinaa tutuu so, kotwaa Yordan. Eduu adekyee no, na obiara atwa Yordan kɔ nʼagya.
So David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan, until it grew light, and not one of them was left that was not gone over the river.
23 Ahitofel huu sɛ nʼanim agu ase, efisɛ wɔamfa nʼafotu no, ɔhyehyɛɛ nʼafurum tenaa ne so, kɔɔ ne kurom. Ɔtotoo ne nneɛma yiye, na ɔkɔsɛn ne ho. Enti owu ma wosiee no wɔ nʼagya ɔda mu.
But Achitophel seeing that his counsel was not followed, saddled his ass, and arose and went home to his house and to his city, and putting his house in order, hanged himself, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
24 Ankyɛ na Dawid duu Mahanaim. Saa bere no na Absalom aboaboa Israel asraafo no nyinaa ano a odi wɔn anim rekotwa Asubɔnten Yordan.
But David came to the camp, and Absalom passed over the Jordan, be and all the men of Israel with him.
25 Absalom yii Amasa de no tuaa asraafo no ano, sii Yoab a na anka ɔyɛ Dawid sahene no anan mu. Amasa yɛ ɔbarima bi a wɔfrɛ no Yitra, a ɔyɛ Israelni a ɔwaree Abigail a ɔyɛ Nahas babea, na ɔyɛ Seruia nuabea, a ɔyɛ Yoab na ba.
Now Absalom appointed Amasa in Joab’s stead over the army: and Amasa was the son of a man who was called Jethra of Jezrael, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Naas, the sister of Sarvia who was the mother of Joab.
26 Israelfo no ne Absalom tenaa Gilead asase so.
And Israel camped with Absalom in the land of Galaad.
27 Na Dawid duu Mahanaim no, Nahas a ofi Raba babarima Sobi Amonni no, kyiaa no fɛw so. Saa ara na Amiel a ofi Lo-debar babarima Makir ne Gileadni Barsilai a ofi Rogelim nso gyee no fɛw so.
And when David was come to the camp, Sobi the son of Naas of Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammihel of Lodabar, and Berzellai the Galaadite of Rogelim,
28 Wɔbrɛɛ no kɛtɛ, nkuku ne nkaka, atoko, asikresiam, nkyewe, asɛ ne asedua,
Brought him beds, and tapestry, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and fried pulse,
29 ɛwo ne nufusu ani srade ne anantwi nufusu a akyenkyen mua. Wɔde brɛɛ Dawid ne ne nkurɔfo a wɔka ne ho no. Na wɔkae se, “Mo nyinaa moabrɛbrɛ, na ɔkɔm ne osukɔm de mo efisɛ moanantew kwan tenten wɔ sare so.”
And honey, and butter, and sheep, and fat calves, and they gave to David and the people that were with him, to eat: for they suspected that the people were faint with hunger and thirst in the wilderness.
