2 Samuel 18
1 David counted the people who were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
Niahe’ i Davide amy zao ondaty nindre ama’eo, vaho najado’e am’ iereo ty mpifelek’ arivo naho mpifehe zato.
2 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.”
Nirahe’ i Davide mb’eo, am-banem-pità’ Ioabe, ty fahatelo’ ondatio naho ambanem-pità’ i Abisaý ana’ i Tseroia rahalahi’ Ioabe ty fahatelo’e vaho ambanem-pità’ Itaie nte-Gate ty fahatelo’e. Le hoe i mpanjakay am’ondatio, toe hindre hionjo ama’ areo ka raho.
3 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.”
Fe hoe ondatio: Tsy hionjo mb’eo rehe, amy te tsy hahoa’ iereo te zahay ro hitriban-day añe, aa ndra te mivetrake ty vaki’ay, tsy ho haoñe’ iereo; fa mañeva ty rai-ale ama’ay rehe: ie amy zao hàmake te zahay ro hampionjone’o hiakatse ty rova toy.
4 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.
Le hoe i mpanjakay am’ iereo: Hanoeko arè ze atao’ areo hahasoa. Aa le nijohañe añ’ ila’ ty lalambey re vaho niavotse mb’eo ki-zato’e naho ki-arivo’e ondatio.
5 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.
Le linili’ i mpanjakay t’Ioabe naho i Abisaý vaho Itaie ami’ty hoe: Ehe ano’ areo mora ty amako i ajalahiy, i Absalome. Songa jinanji’ ondatio ty namantoha’ i mpanjakay i mpifehe rey ty amy Absalome.
6 So the people went out into the field against Israel; and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
Aa le niparatsake añe ondatio hiatreatre am’ Israele; vaho tañ’ ala’ i Efraime ao i hotakotakey.
7 The people of Israel were struck there before David’s servants, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.
Zinevoñ’ añatrefa’ o mpitoro’ i Davideo o ana’ Israeleo, le akore ty fanjamanañe amy andro zay kanao lahilahy ro’ale ty nivetrake.
8 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.
Fa niparaitak’ amy tane iabiy i hotakotakey vaho maro ty nabotse’ i alay te amy fibaray.
9 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.
Ie nifanojo amo mpitoro’ i Davideo t’i Absalome, le niningitse amy borìke’ey t’i Absalome, naho nimb’ ambane’ ty tsampan-kobaiñe jabajaba mb’eo i borìkey, naho nazi’ i kobaiñey ty añambone’e, naho naonjo’e añivon-dikerañey naho ty tane toy vaho nitolom-pilay mb’eo i borìke tambane’ey.
10 A certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”
Niisa’ t’indaty zay le nitalily am’ Ioabe, ty hoe: Inao! nitreako niradorado ami’ ty kobaiñe t’i Absalome.
11 Joab said to the man who told him, “Behold, you saw it, and why did not you strike him there to the ground? I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a sash.”
Le hoe t’Ioabe amy lahilahy nitalily azey: Aa ihe nahaisak’ azey: akore t’ie tsy linafa’o mb’an-tane? fa ho nitolorako volafoty folo reke-piètse.
12 The man said to Joab, “Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I still would not 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.’
Fe hoe indatiy am’ Ioabe: Ndra te ho nandrambe volafoty arivo an-tañako, tsy ho nahitiko mb’amy ana-dahi’ i mpanjakaiy ty tañako, fa am-pijanjiña’ay ty namantoha’ i mpanjakay ama’o naho amy Abisaý vaho am’ Itaie ty hoe: Mitaoa hera eo ty hitsapa i ajalahy Absalomey.
13 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.”
Aa le ho nanoeko afero mamitak’ ate ty vatako, ie tsy ietahañe amy mpanjakay, le ihe ka ho niatreatre ahy.
14 Then Joab said, “I am 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.
Aa le hoe t’Ioabe: Tsy hihenekenek’ ama’o atoy raho. Le ninday ana-pale telo am-pità’e vaho natrofa’e añ’ arofo’ i Absalome, ie mbe niveloñe amy kobaiñey.
15 Ten young men who bore Joab’s armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.
Niarikoboñe aze amy zao ty ajalahy folo mpitàm-pikala’ Ioabe, naho linafa’ iareo t’i Absalome, toe navetra’ iareo.
16 Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held the people back.
Aa le pinopò’ Ioabe i antsivay, vaho nibalik’ ami’ty fañoridañañe Israele ondatio; nitana’ Ioabe ondatio.
17 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.
Rinambe’ iareo t’i Absalome naho navokovoko ami’ty koboñe jabajaba añ’ala ao le nampitoabora’ iareo ty votrem-bato folo-ay vaho songa nitriban-day mb’an-kiboho’e mb’eo t’Israele.
18 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.
Natroa’ i Absalome, ie mbe niveloñe, ty vatolahy añ’ ala-vondrom-panjaka ao ho am-bata’e, ami’ty hoe: Tsy manañe anadahy raho hitiahiañe ty añarako; vaho nitokave’e ami’ty añara’e i vatoy; le atao ty hoe Vatolahi’ i Absalome pak’ androany.
19 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.”
Aa le hoe t’i Akimatse ana’ i Tsadoke: Angao hilaisako hitalily amy mpanjakay, te vinale’ Iehovà fate o rafelahi’eo.
20 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.”
Le hoe t’Ioabe ama’e: Tsy hinday talily rehe te anito, fa andro hafa ty hindesa’o talily; kanao nihomake ty ana-dahi’ i mpanjakay tsy ho talilie’o te anito.
21 Then Joab said to the Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen!” The Cushite bowed himself to Joab, and ran.
Aa le hoe t’Ioabe amy nte-Kosiy: Akia, atalilio amy mpanjakay o niisa’oo. Niondrek’ amy Ioabe i nte-Kosiy vaho nihitrihitry mb’eo.
22 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?”
Le hoe t’i natovo’ i Akimatse ana’ i Tsadoke am’ Ioabe: Ndra te ino ty hifetsake, miambane ama’o, ehe adono hañeañe i Kosiy raho. Le hoe t’Ioabe: Ino ty hilaisa’o, anako, ihe tsy handrambe tambe amy taliliy?
23 “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.
Ndra ino ty hizò, hoe re, Hilay raho. Le hoe re ama’e: Milaisa. Aa le niherereake mb’ amontoñe t’i Akimatse vaho nilosore’e i nte-Kosiy.
24 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.
Ie amy zao, niambesatse añivo’ ty lalambey roe eo t’i Davide; le ie nanganike mb’ an-tafon-dalambey ambone’ i kijoliy mb’eo ty mpijilo naho nampiandra fihaino naho nitalake, le naheo’e te ingo ty lahilahy milay mb’eo ie raike.
25 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.
Nikaik’ amy zao i mpijiloy, nitalily amy mpanjakay: Le hoe i mpanjakay: Kanao mirery re, minday talily am-palie. Aa le niharine mb’eo re.
26 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.”
Nahaisake mpihitrihitry raike ka i mpijiloy: le nikaihe’e ty hoe i mpigarin-dalañey: Heheke ondaty raike ka ty mihitrike mb’etoa. Le hoe i mpanjakay: Minday talily ka re.
27 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.”
Le hoe i mpijiloy: Ataoko ho filaisa’ i Akimatse ana’ i Tsadoke i miaoloy. Le hoe i mpanjakay: Ondaty mora minday talily soa zay.
28 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!”
Nikoike t’i Akimatse, le hoe re amy mpanjakay, Tsy mañahy. Le nidrakadrakak’ añatrefa’ i mpanjakay re nanao ty hoe: Andriañeñe abey t’Iehovà Andrianañahare’o, i nampilesa ondaty nañonjo-haok’ amy talèko mpanjakaio.
29 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 do not know what it was.”
Le hoe i mpanjakay: Mbe tsy mañahy hao i ajalahy Absalomey? Le hoe ty natoi’ i Akimatse: Ie nañitrike o mpitoro’oo t’Ioabe, le nahatrea fivoamboan-dra’elahy raho fa tsy apotako ty tali’e.
30 The king said, “Come and stand here.” He came and stood still.
Le hoe i mpanjakay, Misitsira mb’etoa, le mijohaña ey. Aa le niveve re, nijohañe.
31 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.”
Ingo te niheo mb’eo amy zao i nte-Kosiy; le hoe i nte-Kosiy: Talily ho a i talèko mpanjakay; fa vinale’ Iehovà fate ty azo anindroany amo nitroatse ama’o iabio.
32 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.”
Le hoe i mpanjakay amy Kosiy: Mbe janga hao i ajalahi’ Absalomey?’ Aa hoe ty natoi’ i Kosy: Ee te hanahake i ajalahiy ze hene rafelahi’ i talèko mpanjakay naho ze miatreatre azo hijoy.
33 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!”
Nininininy amy zao i mpanjakay vaho nañambone mb’ an-traño ambone’ i lalañey mb’eo nirovetse, le nanao ty hoe t’ie nimb’eo: O Absalome anako, tiriko, o Absalome anako! ee te zaho ty nisolom-pihomake ho azo ry Absalome amoriko, anako!
