2 Samuel 17
1 Ahitofel ka kyerɛɛ Absalom se, “Meyi asraafo mpem dumien, na mafi ha anadwo yi akɔtaa Dawid.
Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.
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,
I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him will flee. I will strike the king only,
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 to you. The man whom you seek is as if all returned. All the people shall be in peace.”
4 Saa nhyehyɛe yi sɔɔ Absalom ne Israel mpanyimfo nyinaa ani.
The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
5 Nanso Absalom kae se, “Momfrɛ Husai a ofi Arki no mmra na yentie nea ɔwɔ ka.”
Then Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let’s hear likewise what he says.”
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.”
When Hushai had come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, “Ahithophel has spoken like this. Shall we do what he says? If not, speak up.”
7 Husai buaa Absalom se, “Afotu a Ahitofel ama wo no nnye saa bere yi.
Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has 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.
Hushai said moreover, “You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Your father is a man of war, 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.’
Behold, he is now hidden in some pit, or in some other place. It will happen, when some of them have fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will say, ‘There is a slaughter among the people who follow 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.
Even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.
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 I counsel that all Israel be gathered together to 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 Na sɛ yehu Dawid a, yɛbɛtow ahyɛ no so, sɛnea obosu gu asase so, a ɔno ne mmarima no mu baako mpo nka.
So we will come on him in some place where he will be found, and we will light on him as the dew falls on the ground, then we will not leave so much as one of him and of all the men who are with him.
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.”
Moreover, if he has gone into a city, then all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there isn’t one small stone found there.”
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.
Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring evil on Absalom.
15 Na Husai kɔkaa asɛm a Ahitofel aka ne ɔno ankasa adwenkyerɛ no kyerɛɛ asɔfo Sadok ne Abiatar.
Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel that way; and I have counseled this way.
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, ‘Don’t lodge tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over, lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people who are 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.
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En Rogel; and a female servant used to go and report to them, and they went and told King David; for they couldn’t risk being seen coming 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 boy saw them, and told Absalom. Then they both went away quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.
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.
The woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and spread out crushed grain on it; and nothing was 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.
Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman said to them, “They have gone over the brook of water.” When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to 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.
After they had departed, they came up out of the well and went and told King David; and they said to David, “Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.”
22 Enti Dawid ne nnipa no nyinaa tutuu so, kotwaa Yordan. Eduu adekyee no, na obiara atwa Yordan kɔ nʼagya.
Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they passed over the Jordan. By the morning light there lacked not one of them who had not gone over the Jordan.
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.
When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, arose, and went home to his city, set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb 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.
Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over the Jordan, he 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.
Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.
26 Israelfo no ne Absalom tenaa Gilead asase so.
Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
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.
When David had come to Mahanaim, 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 Wɔbrɛɛ no kɛtɛ, nkuku ne nkaka, atoko, asikresiam, nkyewe, asɛ ne asedua,
brought beds, basins, earthen vessels, wheat, barley, meal, parched grain, beans, lentils, roasted grain,
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.”
honey, butter, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and for the people who were with him to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry, weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
