1 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: 2 And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only: 3 And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace. 4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel. 5 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith. 6 And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak thou. 7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time. 8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people. 9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom. 10 And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men. 11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person. 12 So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one. 13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there. 14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
15 ¶ Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled. 16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him. 17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David. 18 Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man’s house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down. 19 And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known. 20 And when Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them , they returned to Jerusalem. 21 And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.
22 Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.
23 ¶ And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. 24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
25 ¶ And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother. 26 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
27 ¶ And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, 28 Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn , and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse , 29 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
Hushai ta kotokele Absalom
1 Inapu pita ethimbo ele, Ahitofel sho a lombwele Absalom ta ti:
“Nandi hogolole mo aalumentu omayuvi omulongo nagaali, ndi landule David uusiku mbuka wonena. 2 Otandi ke mu ponokela, manga a loloka nokwa tyololoka. Ota ka haluka, naantu ye ayehe otaa ka ya ontuku. Otandi ka dhipaga ashike omukwaniilwa, 3 nonena ote galulile aantu ayehe kungoye ongomufuko ta galukile kombushiki ye. Owa hala owala okudhipaga omuntu gumwe awike; oshigwana ashihe otashi kala shaa na mbudhi.” 4 Omayele ngaka oga li go opalela Absalom naawiliki ayehe Aaisraeli.
5 Absalom okwa ti: “Ithaneni Hushai, tse tu pulakene shoka ta ti.” 6 Hushai sho e ya, Absalom okwa ti kuye: “Ahitofel okwe tu pe omayele ga tya ga tya, natu ga landule? Ngele hasho, tu lombwela shoka tu na okuninga.”
7 Hushai okwa yamukula a ti: “Omayele gaAhitofel e ge mu pe, kage shi omawanawa. 8 Ou shi shi kutya ho David naantu ye aakondji aanankondo. Oyo aageyentu ya fa emwanka enyali lya yugwa uunimona walyo. Ho omukwiita a pyokoka, nuusiku iha lala paantu ye. 9 Ngashingeyi okwa holama ngiika mekololo lyontumba nenge peha lilwe. David nge ta homona aantu yoye, nena kehe ngoka te shi uvu, ota ka tya, aantu yoye ya dhengwa. 10 Nena omapendafule, aantu mboka ihaaya kukuka ya fa oonime, otaa ka tila, oshoka muIsrael shaa ngoka okwa tseya kutya ho omukwiita omunene. 11 Ngame otandi ku tsu omayele, u gongele Aaisraeli ayehe kumwe okuza kooha dhoshilongo sigo okoonkwawo, oyendjiyendji ya fa ehekevi lyomooha dhefuta, nangoye mwene oto ya wilike molugodhi. 12 Otatu ka adha David nkoka e li, e tatu mu matukile, manga kee shi po sha. Nena ye mwene nenge gumwe gwomaantu ye itaa ka hupa. 13 Nongele te ki ipyologela moshilando shontumba, aantu yetu ayehe otaa ke eta oongodhi, tu hilile oshilando molusilu ponyonga yasho. Nokape na emanya tali kala we kondungu yondundu.”
14 Absalom nAaisraeli ayehe oya ti: “Omayele gaHushai omawanawa ge vule gaAhitofel.” Omuwa okwa tokola, pwaa landulwe omayele omawanawa gaAhitofel, opo omupya gu lambele Absalom.
David ta londodhwa e ta fadhuka po
15 Nena Hushai okwa lombwele aayambi Sadok naAbiatar omayele ngoka a gandja kuAbsalom naawiliki Aaisraeli, osho wo omayele ngoka Ahitofel a gandja. 16 Hushai okwa gwedha po a ti: “Ngashingeyi endeleleni! Tumeni elaka kuDavid, kaa lale poonkondo dhomulonga mombuga, ihe na tokole Jordan meulumo, opo kaa kwatwe noku dhipagwe naantu ye.”
17 Jonatan yaAbiatar naAhimaaz yaSadok oya li ya tegamena poluthithiya lwaEnrogel pondje yaJerusalem, oshoka oya li yaa na omukumo okukala moshilando. Omukalele omukadhona oha yi te ya hokololele shoka sha ningwa po, noyo otaa yi e taa hokololele omukwaniilwa David. 18 Ihe esiku limwe omumati gumwe okwe ya mono e ta ka lombwela Absalom; onkee oya zi po neendelelo ya ka holama megumbo lyomulumentu gwontumba muBahurim. Okwa li e na omuthima popepi negumbo, noyo ya yi mo. 19 Omukulukadhi gwomulumentu ngoka okwa kutha oshisiikilo e te shi yala komuthima e ta aneke po iilya, opo pwaa kale ngoka ta dhimbulula sha. 20 Aambala yaAbsalom oye ya kegumbo ndyoka noya pula omukulukadhi taa ti: “Ahimaaz naJonatan oye li peni?”
Omukulukadhi okwa yamukula a ti: “Oya tokola omulonga.”
Aalumentu oye ya lengalenga, ihe inaa vula oku ya mona nonkee ya galukile kuJerusalem. 21 Konima sho ya yi, Ahimaaz naJonatan oya zi mo momuthima e taa yi noye shi tseyithile omukwaniilwa David. Oye mu hokololele shoka Ahitofel a dhiladhila oku mu kondjitha noya ti: “Endelela, tokola omulonga.” 22 Onkee David naantu ye oya tameke okutokola Jordan. Eluwa sho tali tende, yo oye gu tokola nale.
23 Ahitofel sho a mono, omayele ge inaga landulwa, okwa kutile okasino ke e ta yi koshilando shaandjawo. Sho a tula iinima ye melandulathano, okwi imangeleke. Okwa fumvikwa mombila yezimo lyawo.
24 David okwa thiki komukunda Mahanaim pethimbo ndyoka Absalom nAaisraeli taa tokola Jordan. 25 (Absalom okwa lenge Amasa ondjayi yiita peha lyaJoab. Amasa yaJeter Omuismaeli, yina oAbigal lyaNahash, omumwayina gwaZeruia ngoka yina yaJoab.) 26 Absalom naantu ye oya yungu oontanda mevi lyaGilead.
27 David sho a thiki kuMahanaim, okwa tsakanekwa kuShobi yaNahash a za koshilando Rabba muAmmon nokuMakir gaAmmiel a za kuDebir nokuBarsillai a za kuRoglim muGilead. 28-29 Oye eta uuyo, oombiga, iinguma niikulya kuDavid naantu ye: iilya, uusila, omaha ga yaywa, omakunde, uukunde, omagadhi goonyushi, ehini, olukawe noonzi. Oya tseya kutya David naantu ye oya sa ondjala nenota noya vulwa mombuga.
