Joab ge Davida ra ǀau
1 Joab ge gao-aob Davidi ra Absalommi ǂama ā tsî ǃoa ǃkhaisa ge mîbahe. 2 Nētis ge dans tsēsa Davidi toroǃkhamaogu hoaga ǃoab tsēse ge ība, gao-aob ǀgôab ǂama ra ǃoa ǃkhaisa gu ge ǁnâu xui-ao. 3 ǁNātsē gu ge toroǃkhamaoga ǃkhamma xu gu ra ǁhâ, o gu tao rase ra ǀkhuriǂgâxa khami ǃnōsase ǃās ǃnâ ge ǀkhuriǂgâxa. 4 Gao-aob ge ǃomkha ais âb ai ǁgui tsî ǃgarise “Ti ôa Absalomtse! Absalomtse, ti ôatse, ti ôatse!” ti ge ǂgaiǂui.
5 Ob ge Joaba gao-aob tawa ommi âb ǃnâ ǂgâ tsî ge mî: “Sats ge nētsē sa toroǃkhamaogu hoaga go tao kai; ǁîgu, sa ûiba go sâuga tsî ǁkhāti sa ôagu, sa ôadi, sa taradi tsî sa xōǀkhātaradi di ûib ona go sâuga. 6 Sats ge ǁkhan tsi hâna a ǀnam tsî satsa a ǀnamna ǁkhan hâ. Sats ge sa ǂamkhoegu tsî toroǃkhamaogu tsîn xū-e harebeba tsi tama ǃkhaisa go ǃgāsa kai. Mû ǁkhā ta ge a, Absalommi ga ûitsama hâ tsî ge ga sige hoage ǁō hâ, o i ga ǃgâiba tsi hâsa. 7 ǂOaxa ǁnâi nēsi, îts sa aoga sī ǂkhîǂkhîǂgao. ǃKhūb ǀons ǃnâ ta ra nūba tsi ǂoaxa tamats ka i, ob nē tsuxuba ǀguib tsîna sats tawa ǃgau tide ǃkhaisa. Ob ge nē tsūǃgâba, sa ûiǁaeb ǃnâts ge ǂgâǃnâ tsūǃgâgu hoagu xa nî kai.” 8 Tsî gao-aob ge ǂoa tsî ǃās dao-ams ǃnâ sī ge ǂnû tsî gu ge aogu hoaga ge mîbahe: “Kō, gao-aob ge ǃās dao-ams ǃnâ ǂnôa.” O gu ge gao-aob di toroǃkhamaogu hoaga ǁîb tawa ge ǀhao.
ǁAes ge Davida ra ǂhâba-oa
Israelǁîgu ge mâb hoaba oms âb ǁga ge ǃkhoeni. 9 ǁNās khaoǃgân ge Israeli ǃhaodi din hoana ǁîǃnābe ǂnoagutsoatsoa tsî ge mî: “Gao-aob Davidi ge sada khākhoen hoan di ǀgaiba xu ge huiǂui da; ǁîb ge Filisteǁîn ǁgâiǀāba xu ge huiǂui da, xaweb ge nēsi Absalommi ǃaroma ǃhūba xu ǁhâ hâ. 10 ǁKhātib ge Absalommi gao-aose da ge ǀnauba torob ǃnâ go ǁō. Tare xū-i ǃaroma i ǀgui khoe-i tsîna gao-aoba oaǀkhī kaisa dītsâ tama?”
11 Nē ǃhoas Israelǁîn ge ūhâ is di ǂhôasab ge Davida ge ǁnâu. Tsîb ge pristerkha, Sadoki tsî Abiatari tsîkha ge haisiba, î kha Judab ǂgaeǂgui-aoga sī dî: “Tare xū-i ǃaroma go kha sago nî ǀuniga khoe, gao-aoba ǁîb omma ǃoa nî oahā kai go? 12 Sago ge a ti khoe, sago ge ti ǀaokhoego. Tare xū-i ǃaroma go sago nî ǀuniga khoe tita nî oahā kai go? 13 Amasaba mîba: ‘Sats ge ti ǀaokhoetsa, satsa ta ga Joab soas ǃnâ ǀamose ti toroǂnubis danase mâi tama io, ab Eloba ǃgam te.’ ” 14 Nētib ge Judab aogu hoagu di ǂgaoga ǁîba ǃoa ge unu tsî gu ge ǁîga gao-aoba ge ǂanǂan: “Oaǀkhī go re, sats tsî sa ǂamkhoegu tsîgo hoago.”
15 Ob ge gao-aoba ge oa; tsî Jordanǃāb tawab ra sī hîa gu ge Judab aoga ǁîba gu ǃgûǃoa tsî Jordanna nî ǃgâu-ūse Gilgals tawa ge ǀhao. 16 Ob ge Gerab ôab, Benjaminǁîb Bahurims dib Simeiba ǃnoesase Judab aogu ǀkha ge ǁgôa, gao-aob Davidab nî ǀhao-ūga. 17 ǀGuiǀoadisi aogu Benjaminni ǃhaos digu ge ǁîb ǀkha ge hâ i. Sibab, Sauli di danaǃgāb tsî ǁîb disikoroǀa ǀgôagu tsî ǀgamdisi ǃgāgu on ge ǁkhāti ge sī. ǁÎgu hoagu ge gao-aob aiǃâ Jordanǃāb tawa ge sī. 18 Tsî gu ge ǃāba ge ǃgâu, gao-aob tsî ǁîb ǀkha hâna gu nî ǃgâuxa-ūse tsî gao-aob ga ǂgao xū-i hoa-e gu nî dīse.
Davidi ge Simeiba ra ǀkhomxa
Jordannab nî ǃgâuseb gao-aoba ra ǂhomisen hîab ge Gerab ôab Simeiba gao-aob aiǃâ ǃgamǃgâ 19 tsî ge mî: “Gao-aotse tā toxopa ti dīsasa ǃgôaba te re, î tā ti tsūdīb Jerusalemsa xuts gere ǂoa tsēs diba ǂâis ǃnâ ūhâba te re. 20 ǂAn ta ge a tsūse ta ge dī ǃkhaisa. Tsî kō, nētsē ta ge tita, Josefi ǃhaos din ǃnâ a ǂguro, gao-aotsa ǃoa ra hāta.”
21 Nēs aib ge Serujas ôab Abisaiba ge dî: “Simeiba kha ǃgamheb tide, ǃKhūb di ǀnausabebab ge ǃhasara ǃkhais ǃaroma?”
22 Xaweb ge Davida ge ǃeream: “Mâ dīxū-e ta sakho ǀkha ūhâ Serujas ôakho, o kho nētsē tita ra khākhoe kaiba? Nētsēs tsîna i kha khoe-e Israeli ǃnâ nî ǃgamhe? Tita kom nētsē ta go Israeli gao-ao kai ǃkhaisa a ǂano.” 23 ǃAruǀîb ge gao-aoba Simeib ǃoa “Nūba tsi ta ra, ǃgamhets tidesa” ti ge mî.
Davidi ge Mefiboseta ra ǃgâidī
24 Sauli ǁnurib, Mefiboseti ge gao-aob ǀkhab nî ǀhaose ge hā. ǁÎb ge gao-aob ge Jerusalemsa xu ǃgû tsēsa xu, danaoseb ge oahā tsēs kōse, ǁanǂai tama i, ǀhō-ammi âba ǂkhomai tama i tsî saran âb tsîna ge ǁā tama hâ i. 25 Tsî Jerusalems ǃnâb ge gao-aob tawa a hā, ob ge gao-aoba “Tare-i ǃaromats ge tita ǀkha ǃgû tama hâ i, Mefiboset?” ti ge dî bi.
26 Ob ge ge ǃeream: “ǃGôahesa gao-aotse, ti ǃgāb ge ge gāxaǃnâ te. Tita ge ǁîba ge mîba, îb dâukiba ǃgaeǃgâba te, î ta gao-aotsa ǃgapisao, ǃhora khoeta a xui-ao. 27 ǁÎb ge tita xa satsa ge ǂhumiba, xawe ǃgôahesatse, sats ge Elob ǀhomǃgā-i khami ī; satsa a ǃgâiba khami ǁnâi dī re. 28 Ti îb surib dida hoada ge sats xa ǃgamhesa a anu, xawets ge sa tāb tawa ǂûsa ge mā-am te. ǃAruǀî ta gao-aots ai nî ǂgan xū-i xare-e ta ge ūhâ tama hâ.” 29 Ob ge gao-aoba ge ǃeream bi: “ǂHâbasa tama aiǃâts nî ǃhoa ǃkhaisa. Tita ge ra mîmā, î kho sats tsî Sibab tsîkho ǃhūǃâsa ǀgoragu.”
30 Ob ge Mefiboseta ge ǃeream: “Sats gao-aots go ǃnorasase oaǀkhī ǃkhais ǂâuba te hâ xuige ab Sibaba hoaraga ǃhūǃâsa ū.”
Davidi ge Barsilaiba ra ǃgâidī
31 Gileadǁîb, Barsilaib ge Rogelimsa xu, gao-aobab Jordanna nî ǁnūǃgâuse ge hā. 32 Barsilaib ge ǁkhaisadisi kurixa ge i tsî kaise ge kaira hâ i. ǁÎb ge ge ǃkhū hâ i tsîb ge gao-aob ge Mahanaims tawa hâ i, o ǁîba gere ǂûmā. 33 Ob ge gao-aoba Barsilaib ǃoa ge mî: “Tita ǀkha Jerusalems ǃoa ǃgû, o ta ge ǁnāpa nî ǃkhōǂhomi tsi.”
34 Xaweb ge ǁîba gao-aoba ge ǃeream: “Mâtikōse ta kha noxopa nî ûi, o ta gao-aots ǀkha Jerusalems ǁga nî ǃgû? 35 Tita ge ǀnai a ǁkhaisadisi kurixa tsî ta ge xū-i xare-i ǃnâ a ǃgâiǃgâisen ǁoa. ǂÛ tsî ta ra ā xūn ǁkhoaba ta ge hō tama hâ. ǁNae-aon di domga ta ge ǁnâu ǁkhā tama hâ. Tarexa ta ǁnâi gao-aotsa nî ǃgomǃgomba? 36 Tare xū-i ǃaromats kha gao-aotsa ra mādawa-am te ǂgao? Tita ge ǂkhari ǃgûdaoro-i ǀgui-e Jordanna xu gao-aots ǀkha ra ǃgû ǂgao. 37 Mā-am te, î ta oa tsî ti ǃās ǃnâ sī ǁō, ti îb tsî ti îs tsîra ǀhobas tawa. Kō, nēb ge sa ǃgāb Kimhamma. Ab ǁîba gao-aots ǀkha ǃgû, îts ǁîba sats ra ǂgao khami dība.”
38 Ob ge gao-aoba ge mî: “Kimhammi ge tita ǀkha a ǃgû ǁkhā tsî ta ge ǁîba sats ra ǂgao khami nî dība. Tita ge satsa ǂgants ka xū-i hoa-e nî dība.” 39 ǁNās khaoǃgâs ge hoaraga ǂnubis tsî gao-aob ona Jordanna ge ǃgâu. Ob ge gao-aoba Barsilaiba ǁoa tsî ge ǀkhae tsîb ge Barsilaiba ǁîb ǃāsa ǃoa ge ǁaru.
Judab tsî Israeli tsîkha ge gao-aob ǂama ra ǂnoagu
40 Gao-aob ge aiǃâb ǃoa Gilgals kōse ge ǃgû tsî Kimhammi ge ǁîb ǀkha ge ǃgû. Judab hoab tsî ǃkhare ǃâb Israelǁîn dib tsîn ge gao-aob ǀkha ge ǃgû. 41 On ge Israelǁîn hoana gao-aob tawa sī tsî ǁîb ǃoa ge mî: “Tare xū-i ǃaroma gu kha sige ǃgâsagu, Judab diga satsa ǃnari tsî gao-aots tsî omaris âts tsî sa aogu tsîna Jordanna go doeǃgâu-ū?”
42 On ge Judab khoen hoana ge ǃeream: “Gao-aob ge a sida ǀaokhoe. Tare-i ǃaroma du nē ǃkhais xa ra ǁaixa? Sida gao-aob ǂû-i xa ǂû da ge, tamas ka io ǀkhaexū-e ǁîb xa māhe da ge?”
43 On ge Israelǁîna Judab dina ge ǃeream: “Sida ge disi ǃnāde ǃnāsa mî-amǃnâ-e gaosis ai ūhâ tsî ǁkhāti Davidi on ai. Tarexa du ǁnâi sida ra sora? Si tamada ǂgurose ge gao-aob nî oaǀkhī ǃkhaisa ǂgan da?”
Xawes ge Judab din di mîsa Israelǁîn dis ǃgâ-ai ge ǀgaisa i.
1 And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom. 2 And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son. 3 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle. 4 But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son! 5 And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines; 6 In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well. 7 Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now. 8 Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.
9 ¶ And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom. 10 And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?
11 ¶ And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house. 12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king? 13 And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab. 14 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants. 15 So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.
16 ¶ And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David. 17 And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king. 18 And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king’s household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan; 19 And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart. 20 For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king. 21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed? 22 And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel? 23 Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him.
24 ¶ And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace. 25 And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth? 26 And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame. 27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes. 28 For all of my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king? 29 And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land. 30 And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.
31 ¶ And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan. 32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man. 33 And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem. 34 And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem? 35 I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king? 36 Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward? 37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee. 38 And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee. 39 And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.
40 Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.
41 ¶ And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David’s men with him, over Jordan? 42 And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king’s cost ? or hath he given us any gift? 43 And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
