2 Samyèl 18
1 Wa David sanble tout moun li yo. Li chwazi chèf pou chak rejiman mil sòlda ak pou chak divizyon san sòlda.
David counted the people who were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
2 Lèfini, li separe lame a an twa pòsyon, yon pòsyon sou lòd Joab, yon pòsyon sou lòd Abichayi, frè Joab la, yon pòsyon sou lòd Itayi, moun lavil Gat. Apre sa, wa a di yo: -Mwen prale avè nou tou.
David sent the people out, a third part under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the people, “I will also surely go out with you myself.”
3 Men sòlda yo reponn li: -Non. Ou pa prale avè nou. Sa p'ap di lènmi nou yo anyen si nou kouri pou yo. Si mwatye nan nou mouri, sa p'ap di yo anyen tou. Men ou menm pou kont pa ou, ou vo dimil (10.000) sòlda tankou nou. Se poutèt sa, pito ou rete isit nan lavil la, kote ou ka jwenn konkou pou voye ban nou.
But the people said, “You shall not go out, for if we flee away, they will not care for us, neither if half of us die, will they care for us. But you are worth ten thousand of us. Therefore now it is better that you are ready to help us out of the city.”
4 W'a reponn yo: -Bon! M'ap fè sa nou wè ki pi bon an. Apre sa, li al kanpe bò pòtay lavil la, pandan lame a t'ap soti, divizyon apre divizyon, rejiman apre rejiman.
The king said to them, “I will do what seems best to you.” The king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.
5 Wa a bay Joab, Abichayi ak Itayi lòd sa a: -Tanpri, fè sa pou mwen. Al dousman ak jennonm yo rele Absalon an tande! Tout sòlda yo te tande lè David t'ap bay chèf yo lòd sa a.
The king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, “Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom.” All the people heard when the king commanded all the captains concerning Absalom.
6 Lame David la soti al goumen ak moun peyi Izrayèl yo. Batay la te fèt nan rakbwa Efrayim lan.
So the people went out into the field against Israel; and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
7 Lame David la bat lame Absalon an byen bat. Jou sa a, lame Absalon an pèdi venmil (20.000) sòlda.
The people of Israel were struck there before David’s servants, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.
8 Batay la gaye nan tout peyi a. Jou sa a, te gen plis moun ki mouri nan rakbwa a pase nan batay la menm.
For the battle was there spread over the surface of all the country, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
9 Absalon al kontre ak kèk sòlda nan lame David la. Li te moute sou yon milèt. Antan l'ap pase anba yon gwo pyebwa, cheve li yo al pran nan yon branch, milèt la menm pa rete, li kouri al fè wout li. Absalon rete pandye anlè.
Absalom happened to meet David’s servants. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak; and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was hanging between the sky and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.
10 Yonn nan moun David yo wè sa, li al bay Joab nouvèl la. Li di li: -Mwen wè Absalon pandye nan yon pyebwa.
A certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”
11 Joab di nonm lan: -Ou wè l'? Poukisa ou pa touye l' la menm? M' ta fè ou kado dis pyès an ajan ak yon sentiwon.
Joab said to the man who told him, “Behold, you saw it, and why didn’t you strike him there to the ground? I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a sash.”
12 Men nonm lan reponn Joab: -Ou ta mèt ban mwen mil (1000) pyès an ajan la nan pla men m', mwen pa t'ap leve men m' sou pitit gason wa a. Nou tout nou te tande lòd wa a te ba ou ansanm ak Abichayi ak Itayi. Li te di: Tanpri, fè sa pou mwen. Pa kite anyen rive Absalon, pitit mwen an.
The man said to Joab, “Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I still wouldn’t stretch out my hand against the king’s son; for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, ‘Beware that no one touch the young man Absalom.’
13 Si m' te pran pòz mwen pa t' tande anyen, epi m' te touye l', wa a t'ap toujou konn sa. Paske li toujou konn tou sa k'ap pase. Lè sa a, ou pa ta janm pran defans mwen.
Otherwise, if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hidden from the king), then you yourself would have set yourself against me.”
14 Joab di li: -M'ap pèdi twòp tan la a avè ou. Li pran twa baton ak pwent yo byen fèt, li al plante yo nan kè Absalon ki te vivan toujou kote li te pandye nan pyebwa a.
Then Joab said, “I’m not going to wait like this with you.” He took three darts in his hand and thrust them through Absalom’s heart while he was still alive in the middle of the oak.
15 Apre sa, dis jenn sòlda ki t'ap pote zam Joab yo tonbe sou Absalon, yo fin touye l'.
Ten young men who bore Joab’s armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.
16 Lèfini, Joab fè kònen twonpèt la pou yo sispann batay la. Se konsa sòlda David yo kite rès sòlda Izrayèl yo al fè wout yo.
Joab blew the shofar, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held the people back.
17 Yo pran kadav Absalon an, yo jete l' nan yon twou nan rakbwa a. Lèfini, yo kouvri l' ak yon gwo pil wòch. Tout rès moun peyi Izrayèl yo te kouri al lakay yo.
They took Absalom and cast him into a great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones. Then all Israel fled, each to his own tent.
18 Depi anvan l' te mouri, Absalon te fè bati yon bèl kavo pou li nan fon Wa a, paske li t'ap di li pa t' gen pitit gason pou leve non li. Jouk jòdi a yo rele kavo a moniman Absalon an.
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar which is in the king’s valley, for he said, “I have no son to keep my name in memory.” He called the pillar after his own name. It is called Absalom’s monument, to this day.
19 Akimaz, pitit gason Zadòk la, di Joab konsa: -Kite m' kouri al fè wa a konnen jan Seyè a rann li jistis, jan li delivre l' anba men lènmi l' yo.
Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, “Let me now run and carry the king news, how the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.”
20 Joab reponn li: -Non. Jòdi a pa gen bon nouvèl pou ou pote. Yon lòt jou va gen bon nouvèl pou ou pote. Men jòdi a, ou p'ap pote ankenn nouvèl bay wa a, paske se pitit gason wa a menm ki mouri.
Joab said to him, “You must not be the bearer of news today, but you must carry news another day. But today you must carry no news, because the king’s son is dead.”
21 Joab rele yon sòlda, moun peyi Letiopi, li di l': -Ou menm, al rakonte wa a tou sa ou te wè ak je ou. Sòlda a bese tèt devan Joab. Lèfini, li kouri, li ale.
Then Joab said to the Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen!” The Cushite bowed himself to Joab, and ran.
22 Akimaz menm t'ap kenbe se pou l' ale, li di: -Nenpòt sa ki rive m', kite m' ale pote nouvèl la tou dèyè moun Letiopi a. Joab mande l': -Poukisa ou vle fè sa, pitit mwen? Yo p'ap ba ou anyen pou yon nouvèl konsa.
Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said yet again to Joab, “But come what may, please let me also run after the Cushite.” Joab said, “Why do you want to run, my son, since you will have no reward for the news?”
23 Akimaz reponn: -Sa pa fè anyen. Mwen vle ale. Lè sa a, Joab di l': -Ale non! Se konsa Akimaz kouri ale, li pran wout ki pase nan plenn Jouden an, li pran devan moun peyi Letiopi a.
“But come what may,” he said, “I will run.” He said to him, “Run!” Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.
24 David menm te chita ant pòtay deyò a ak pòtay anndan an. Yon faksyonnè te moute sou teras anwo miray la, li te kanpe sou tèt pòtay la. Li leve je l', li wè yon nonm ki t'ap kouri vini.
Now David was sitting between the two gates; and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate to the wall, and lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, a man running alone.
25 Li rele pou avèti wa a. Wa a di l': -Si li pou kont li, se bon nouvèl l'ap pote. Mesaje a t'ap pwoche toujou
The watchman shouted and told the king. The king said, “If he is alone, there is news in his mouth.” He came closer and closer.
26 lè faksyonnè a wè yon lòt moun ki t'ap kouri vini tou. Li pale ak nonm ki t'ap fè pòs bò pòtay la, li di l' konsa: -Men yon lòt moun k'ap vini pou kont li tou. Wa a reponn: -Sa a tou, se bon nouvèl l'ap pote.
The watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called to the gatekeeper and said, “Behold, a man running alone!” The king said, “He also brings news.”
27 Faksyonnè a pran ankò: -Sou jan l'ap kouri a, gen lè premye a se Akimaz, pitit gason Zadòk la. Wa a di: -Se yon bon gason. Ou mèt sèten se bon nouvèl l'ap pote.
The watchman said, “I think the running of the first one is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.” The king said, “He is a good man, and comes with good news.”
28 Akimaz pwoche, li di wa a bonjou. Lèfini, li tonbe ajenou devan wa a, li bese tèt li jouk atè, li di: -Monwa, lwanj pou Seyè a, Bondye ou la, paske li lage tout moun ki te leve dèyè ou yo nan men ou!
Ahimaaz called, and said to the king, “All is well.” He bowed himself before the king with his face to the earth, and said, “Blessed is the LORD your God, who has delivered up the men who lifted up their hand against my lord the king!”
29 David mande l': -Ban m' nouvèl ti Absalon an non. Li byen? Akimaz reponn li: -Monwa, lè Joab, moun pa wa a, te voye m' lan, mwen wè te gen yon gwo kouri. Men, m' pa konnen sa ki te genyen.
The king said, “Is it well with the young man Absalom?” Ahimaaz answered, “When Joab sent the king’s servant, even me your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I don’t know what it was.”
30 Wa a di l': -Bon. Kanpe bò la a. Tann mwen. Akimaz mete kò l' sou kote, li rete ap tann.
The king said, “Come and stand here.” He came and stood still.
31 Apre sa, nonm peyi Letiopi a vin rive. Li di wa a: -Monwa, mwen gen bon nouvèl pou ou! Jòdi a, Seyè a rann ou jistis. Li wete ou anba men tout moun ki te leve dèyè ou yo.
Behold, the Cushite came. The Cushite said, “Good news for my lord the king, for the LORD has avenged you today of all those who rose up against you.”
32 Wa a mande l': -Ban m' nouvèl ti Absalon an non. Li byen? Nonm peyi Letiopi a reponn, li di l': -Se pou sa ki rive jenn gason sa a rive tout lènmi monwa yo ansanm ak tout lòt moun k'ap leve dèyè ou pou fè ou mal.
The king said to the Cushite, “Is it well with the young man Absalom?” The Cushite answered, “May the enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise up against you to do you harm, be as that young man is.”
33 Lè wa a pran nouvèl la, sa te twòp pou li. Li moute nan chanm li anwo sou tèt pòtay la pou l' kriye. Antan li prale konsa, li t'ap rele: -Absalon! Absalon, pitit mwen! Absalon! Poukisa se pa mwen ki te mouri nan plas ou! Woy! Absalon, pitit mwen! Absalon, pitit mwen!
The king was much moved, and went up to the room over the gate and wept. As he went, he said, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! I wish I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!”
