1 Wa 2
1 Lè tan pou David mouri an t ap pwoche, li te bay lòd a Salomon. Li te di:
As the day of David's death approached, he commanded Solomon his son, saying,
2 “Mwen prale nan chemen a tout tè a. Pou sa, rete dyanm e montre ke se gason ou ye.
“I am going the way of all the earth. Be strong, therefore, and show yourself a man.
3 Kenbe lòd SENYÈ a, Bondye ou a, pou mache nan tout vwa li yo, pou kenbe règleman Li yo, kòmandman Li yo, òdonans Li yo, avèk temwayaj Li yo, selon sa ki ekri nan Lalwa Moïse la, pou ou kapab vin genyen nan tout sa ke ou antreprann ak nenpòt kote ke ou vire.
Keep the commands of Yahweh your God to walk in his ways, to obey his statutes, his commandments, his decisions, and his covenant decrees, being careful to do what is written in the law of Moses, so you may prosper in all you do, wherever you go,
4 Pou SENYÈ a kapab akonpli pawòl ke li te pale konsènan mwen menm nan, lè l te di: ‘Si fis ou yo fè atansyon nan chemen pa yo, pou mache devan M nan verite avèk tout kè yo e avèk tout nanm yo, ou p ap janm manke yon nonm pa ou sou twòn Israël la.’
so that Yahweh may fulfill his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, 'If your sons carefully watch their conduct, to walk before me faithfully with all their heart and with all their soul, you will never cease to have a man on the throne of Israel.'
5 “Alò, ou konnen tou, sa ke Joab, fis a Tseruja a te fè m, sa ke li te fè a de chèf lame Israël yo, a Abner, fis a Ner a ak Amasa, fis a Jéther a, ke li te touye. Anplis li te vèse san lagè nan tan lapè. Epi li te mete san lagè nan sentiwon senti li ak sou sandal nan pye li.
You know also what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner son of Ner, and to Amasa son of Jether, whom he killed. He shed the blood of war in peace and put the blood of war on the belt around his waist and on the shoes on his feet.
6 Pou sa, aji konsa, selon sajès ou e pa kite cheve blanch li desann nan sejou lanmò yo anpè. (Sheol h7585)
Deal with Joab by the wisdom you have learned, but do not let his gray head go down to the grave in peace. (Sheol h7585)
7 Men montre ladousè a fis a Barzillaï yo, Galaadit la, e kite yo pami sila ki manje sou tab ou yo, paske yo te ede mwen lè m te sove ale kite Absalom, frè ou a.
However, show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, for they came to me when I fled from Absalom your brother.
8 “Veye byen, genyen avè wSchimeï, fis a Guéra a, Benjamit a Bachurim nan. Se te li menm ki te fè madichon sou mwen nan jou ke m te ale Mahanaïm nan. Men lè li te desann bò kote m nan Jourdain an, mwen te sèmante a li menm pa SENYÈ a. Mwen te di: ‘Mwen p ap mete ou a lanmò avèk nepe.’
Look, there is with you Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite of Bahurim, who cursed me with a violent curse on the day I went to Mahanaim. Shimei came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Yahweh, saying, 'I will not put you to death with the sword.'
9 Konsa, pou sa, pa kite li sòti san pini. Paske ou se yon nonm saj. Ou va konnen sa ke ou ta dwe fè a li menm, epi ou va fè tèt cheve blanch li an desann nan sejou lanmò nan san.” (Sheol h7585)
Now therefore do not let him go free from punishment. You are a wise man, and you will know what you ought to do to him. You will bring his gray head down to the grave with blood.” (Sheol h7585)
10 Konsa, David te dòmi avèk zansèt li yo e li te antere nan lavil David la.
Then David slept with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David.
11 Jou ke David te renye sou Israël yo te karant ane. Sèt ane, li te renye Hébron e trann-twa ane, li te renye Jérusalem.
The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years. He had reigned for seven years in Hebron and for thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
12 Epi Salomon te chita sou twòn David la, papa li e wayòm li an te etabli byen solid.
Then Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his rule was firmly established.
13 Alò Adonija, fis a Haggith la, te vini a Bath-Schéba, manman a Salomon. Bath-Schéba te mande: “Èske ou vini anpè?” Adonija te di, “Anpè.”
Then Adonijah son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. She said, “Do you come peacefully?” He replied, “Peacefully.”
14 Epi li te di: “Mwen gen yon bagay pou mande ou.” Bath-Schéba te di: “Pale.”
Then he said, “I have something to say to you.” So she replied, “Speak.”
15 Konsa li te di: “Ou konnen ke wayòm nan te pou mwen e ke tout Israël te sipoze ke se mwen ki t ap wa. Sepandan, wayòm nan te chavire e li te vin devni pou frè m, paske depi nan SENYÈ a, se te pou li.
Adonijah said, “You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel expected me to be king. But things changed, and the kingdom was given to my brother, for it was his from Yahweh.
16 Alò, se yon sèl bagay ke m ta mande a ou menm; pa refize mwen.” Epi li te di li: “Pale.”
Now I have one request of you, and do not turn away from my face.” Bathsheba said to him, “Speak.”
17 Alò, li te di: “Souple, pale avèk Salomon, wa a, paske li p ap refize ou, pou li kapab ban mwen Abischag, Sinamit la, kòm madanm.”
He said, “Please speak to Solomon the king, for he will not turn away from your face, so that he may give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”
18 Bath-Schéba te di li: “Trè byen; mwen va pale avèk wa a pou ou.”
Bathsheba said, “Very well, I will speak to the king.”
19 Konsa, Bath-Schéba te ale kote Wa Salomon pou pale avèk li pou Adonija. Epi wa a te leve pou rankontre li. Li te bese devan l, e te chita sou twòn li an. Li te fè yo ranje yon twòn pou manman a wa a, e li te chita bò kote men dwat li.
Bathsheba therefore went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose to meet her and bowed down to her. Then he sat down on his throne and had a throne brought for the king's mother. She sat at his right hand.
20 Alò, li te di: “Mwen ap fè yon sèl ti demann a ou menm; pa refize mwen.” Epi wa a te di a li: “Mande manman m, paske mwen p ap refize ou.”
Then she said, “I wish to ask one small request of you, for you will not turn away from my face.” The king answered her, “Ask, my mother, for I will not turn away from your face.”
21 Konsa, li te di: “Kite Abischag Sinamit lan, vin bay a Adonija, frè ou a, kòm madanm.”
She said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as his wife.”
22 Wa Salomon te reponn li, e te di a manman li: “Epi poukisa w ap mande Abischag, Sinamit lan pou Adonija? Mande wayòm nan pou li tou—paske li se pi gran frè m— menm pou li, pou Abiathar, prèt la ak pou Joab, fis a Tseruja a!”
King Solomon answered and said to his mother, “Why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Why do you not ask the kingdom for him also, for he is my elder brother—for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah?”
23 Salomon te sèmante pa SENYÈ a e te di: “Ke Bondye kapab fè m sa e menm plis, si Adonija pa gen tan pale pawòl sa a kont pwòp vi pa li.
Then King Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, “May God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.
24 Koulye a, pou sa, jan SENYÈ a viv la, ki te etabli mwen, e ki te fè m chita sou twòn a David, papa m nan, ki te fè pou mwen yon kay, jan Li te pwomèt mwen an, anverite Adonija ap mete a lanmò jodi a.”
Now therefore as Yahweh lives, who has established me and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house as he promised, surely Adonijah will be put to death today.”
25 Konsa, Salomon te voye Benaja, fis a Jehojada a kote li. Li te tonbe sou li e li te mouri.
So King Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and Benaiah found Adonijah and put him to death.
26 Epi a Abiathar, prèt la, wa a te di: “Ale nan Anathoth, pwòp chan pa ou a. Paske ou merite mouri, men mwen p ap mete ou a lanmò nan moman sa a, pwiske ou te pote lach la devan papa m, David, epi akoz ou te aflije avèk tout sa ke papa m te aflije yo.”
Then to Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your own fields. You are worthy of death, but I will not at this time put you to death, because you carried the ark of the Lord Yahweh before David my father and suffered in every way my father suffered.”
27 Konsa, Salomon te revoke Abiathar kòm prèt SENYÈ a, pou akonpli pawòl SENYÈ a te pale konsènan lakay Éli nan Silo.
So Solomon dismissed Abiathar from being priest to Yahweh, that he might fulfill the word of Yahweh, which he had spoken concerning the house of Eli at Shiloh.
28 Alò, nouvèl la te vini a Joab, paske Joab te swiv Adonija, malgre li pa t swiv Absalom. Konsa, Joab te sove rive nan tant SENYÈ a e li te sezi kòn lotèl yo.
The news came to Joab, for Joab had supported Adonijah, though he had not supported Absalom. So Joab fled to the tent of Yahweh and took hold of the horns of the altar.
29 Li te pale a Wa Salomon ke Joab te sove ale nan tant SENYÈ a; epi men vwala, li akote lotèl la. Alò, Salomon te voye Benaja, fis a Jehojada a. Li te di: “Ale, tonbe sou li.”
It was told King Solomon that Joab had fled to the tent of Yahweh and was now beside the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, execute him.”
30 Konsa, Benaja te rive nan tant SENYÈ a. Li te di li: “Konsa wa a te di: ‘Sòti deyò.’” Men li te di: “Non, paske mwen va mouri isit la.” Benaja te pote bay wa a yon pawòl ankò, e li te di: “Konsa Joab te pale e konsa li te reponn mwen.”
So Benaiah came to the tent of Yahweh and said to him, “The king says, 'Come out.'” Joab replied, “No, I will die here.” So Benaiah returned to the king, saying, “Joab said he wanted to die at the altar.”
31 Wa a te di li: “Fè sa ke li te pale a. Tonbe sou li, e antere li, pou ou kapab fè sòti sou mwen ak sou lakay papa m san ke Joab te vèse san koz la.
The king said to him, “Do as he has said. Kill him and bury him so that you may take away from me and from my father's house the blood that Joab shed without cause.
32 SENYÈ a va fè san li retounen sou pwòp tèt li, akoz li te tonbe sou de mesye ki te pi dwat e pi bon ke li menm yo. Li te touye yo avèk nepe, pandan papa m, David pa t konnen: Abner, fis a Ner a, chèf lame Israël la ak Amasa, fis a Jéther a, chèf lame a Juda.
May Yahweh return his blood on his own head, because he attacked two men more righteous and better than himself and killed them with the sword, Abner son of Ner, the captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, the captain of the army of Judah, without my father David knowing it.
33 Konsa, san yo va retounen sou tèt Joab avèk tèt desandan li yo pou tout tan. Men a David avèk desandan li yo, lakay li ak twòn li an, pou kapab gen lapè soti nan SENYÈ a pou tout tan.”
So may their blood return on the head of Joab and on the head of his descendants forever. But to David and his descendants, and to his house, and to his throne, may there be peace forever from Yahweh.”
34 Epi Benaja, fis a Jehojada a te monte tonbe sou Joab pou te mete li a lanmò. Li te antere bò lakay li a nan dezè a.
Then Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and attacked Joab and killed him. He was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
35 Wa a te chwazi Benaja, fis a Jehojada a sou lame a nan plas li e wa a te chwazi Tsadok kòm prèt nan plas Abiathar.
The king put Benaiah son of Jehoiada over the army in his place, and he put Zadok the priest in Abiathar's place.
36 Alò wa a te voye chache Schimeï e te di li: “Bati pou ou menm yon kay Jérusalem, e rete la. Pa deplase sòti la pou ale nan okenn lòt plas.
Then the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, and do not go out from there to any other place.
37 Paske nan jou ke ou sòti travèse dlo Cédron an, ou mèt konnen byensi ke anverite, ou va mouri. San ou va sou pwòp tèt pa ou.”
For on the day you go out, and pass over the Kidron Valley, know you for certain that you will surely die. Your blood will be on your own head.”
38 Alò, Schimeï te di a wa a: “Pawòl la bon. Jan mèt mwen an, wa a te pale a, se konsa sèvitè ou va fè.” Konsa, Schimeï te viv Jérusalem pandan anpil jou.
So Shimei said to the king, “What you say is good. As my master the king has said, so your servant will do.” So Shimei lived in Jerusalem for many days.
39 Men li te vin rive nan fen twazan yo, ke de sèvitè a Schimeï yo te chape rive jwenn Akisch, fis a Maaca a, wa Gath la. Epi yo te di Schimeï “Gade byen, sèvitè ou yo se nan Gath”.
But at the end of three years, two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish son of Maacah, the king of Gath. So they told Shimei, saying, “See, your servants are in Gath.”
40 Epi Schimeï te leve sele bourik li e li te ale Gath kote Akisch pou chache jwenn sèvitè li yo. Epi Schimeï te ale mennen sèvitè li yo retounen soti Gath.
Then Shimei arose, saddled his donkey and went to Achish in Gath to seek his servants. He went and brought his servants back from Gath.
41 Sa te pale a Salomon ke Schimeï te kite Jérusalem pou ale Gath e li te retounen.
When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned,
42 Pou sa, wa a te voye rele Schimeï e te di li: “Èske mwen pa t fè ou sèmante pa SENYÈ a, e avèti ou solanèlman pou di ou ke: ‘Ou va konnen byensi nan jou ke ou sòti, ale nenpòt kote ke ou va, anverite, mouri’? Epi ou te di mwen: ‘Pawòl ke mwen tande a bon.’
the king sent and called for Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by Yahweh and testify to you, saying, 'Know for certain that on the day you go out and go to any other place, you will surely die'? Then you said to me, 'What you say is good.'
43 Poukisa konsa ou pa t swiv sèman bay SENYÈ a ak lòd ke m te mete sou ou a?”
Why then have you not kept your oath to Yahweh and the command that I gave you?”
44 Wa a te osi di a Schimeï: “Ou konnen tout mal ke ou rekonèt nan kè ou, ke ou te fè a papa m, David. Akoz sa, SENYÈ a va remèt mal sa a sou pwòp tèt pa ou.
The king also said to Shimei, “You know in your heart all the wickedness that you did to my father David. Therefore Yahweh will return your wickedness on your own head.
45 Men Wa Salomon va beni e twòn David la va vin etabli devan SENYÈ a pou tout tan.”
But King Solomon will be blessed and the throne of David will be established before Yahweh forever.”
46 Epi wa a te kòmande Benaja, fis a Jehojada a. Li te sòti deyò e li te tonbe sou li e li te mouri. Se konsa wayòm nan te etabli nan men a Salomon.
Then the king gave a command to Benaiah son of Jehoiada. He went out and put Shimei to death. So the rule was well established in Solomon's hand.
