2 Samuel 19
1 Joab was told, “Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.”
Du ɖo Yoab gbɔ kaba be fia la nɔ avi fam na Absalom.
2 The victory that day was turned into mourning among all the people, for the people heard it said that day, “The king grieves for his son.”
Esi amewo se be fia la nɔ nu xam vevie la, gbe ma gbe ƒe dzidzɔ le woƒe dziɖuɖu wɔnuku la ta trɔ zu nuxaxa gã aɖe.
3 The people sneaked into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
Aʋakɔ blibo la te ɖɔɖɔɖɔ va dua me abe ɖe woɖu wo dzi eye wogbɔ kple ŋukpe ene.
4 The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, “My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!”
Fia la tsyɔ asi mo, nɔ avi fam henɔ gbɔgblɔm be, “Oo, vinye Absalom, oo, Absalom, vinye, vinye!”
5 Joab came into the house to the king, and said, “Today you have shamed the faces of all your servants who today have saved your life, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines;
Yoab yi Fia la gbɔ le eƒe xɔ me eye wògblɔ nɛ be, “Míeɖe wò ŋutɔ, viwò ŋutsuwo, viwò nyɔnuwo, srɔ̃wòwo kple wò ahiãviwo ƒe agbe egbe, ke èle nu wɔm ale eye nèna ŋukpe lé mí abe vo aɖee míeda ene.
6 in that you love those who hate you and hate those who love you. For you have declared today that princes and servants are nothing to you. For today I perceive that if Absalom had lived and we had all died today, then it would have pleased you well.
Èle fiafiam be yelɔ̃ ame siwo lé fu ye eye yelé fu ame siwo lɔ̃ ye. Edze abe míexɔ asi le gbɔwò kura o ene. Nenye ɖe Absalom le agbe eye mí katã míeku la, anye ne àkpɔ dzidzɔ.
7 Now therefore arise, go out and speak to comfort your servants; for I swear by the LORD, if you do not go out, not a man will stay with you this night. That would be worse to you than all the evil that has happened to you from your youth until now.”
Azɔ, do go nàda ŋkɔ ɖe wò aʋawɔlawo dzi elabena metsɔ Yehowa ka atam be ne mèyi ɖakafu wo o la, wo dometɔ ɖeka pɛ gɔ̃ hã matsi afi sia le zã sia me o. Ekema àxaxa azɔ wu ale si nèxaxa kpɔ le wò agbenɔnɔ blibo la me.”
8 Then the king arose and sat in the gate. The people were all told, “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” All the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.
Fia la tso eye wòyi ɖanɔ dua ƒe agbonu. Esi amewo se be, “Fia la nɔ anyi ɖe dua ƒe agbonu” la, wo katã va ƒo ƒu ɖe eŋu. Le ɣeyiɣi sia me la, Israel ƒe aʋawɔlawo katã ka hlẽ: ame sia ame yi eya ŋutɔ ƒe aƒe me.
9 All the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he has fled out of the land from Absalom.
Wode asi nyahehe me le wo ɖokuiwo dome henɔ gbɔgblɔm be, “Fia David ɖe mí tso míaƒe futɔwo ƒe asi me. Eɖe mí tso Filistitɔwo ƒe asi me, ke azɔ la esi le Absalom nu eye wòdzo le anyigba la dzi.
10 Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why do not you speak a word of bringing the king back?”
Míesi ami na Absalom abe míaƒe fia ene, ke wowui le aʋa me. Ekema nu ka ta ame aɖeke madze agbagba ana Fia David natrɔ agbɔ o?”
11 King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, “Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, ‘Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house, since the speech of all Israel has come to the king, to return him to his house?
Fia David ɖo du sia ɖe Zadok kple Abiata, ame siwo nye nunɔlawo la be, “Mibia Yuda ƒe ametsitsiwo be, ‘Nu ka ta miawoe anye ame mamlɛtɔ siwo agbugbɔ fia la va eƒe fiasã la me esi nya si gblɔm wole le Israelnyigba blibo la dzi la ɖo fia la gbɔ le eƒe nɔƒe?
12 You are my brothers. You are my bone and my flesh. Why then are you the last to bring back the king?’
Miawoe nye nɔvinyewo, nye ŋutɔ nye ŋutilã kple ʋu eya ta nu ka ta miawoe anye ame mamlɛtɔ agbugbɔ Fia la vɛ?’
13 Say to Amasa, ‘Are not you my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you are not captain of the army before me continually instead of Joab.’”
Migblɔ na Amasa be, ‘Menye nye ŋutɔ nye lã kple ʋue nènye oa? Mawu nafiam, agafiam ɖe edzi wu, ne tso azɔ dzi yina la, wò Amasa, manye aʋafia na nye aʋakɔ la ɖe Yoab teƒe o fĩi.’”
14 He bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as one man, so that they sent to the king, saying, “Return, you and all your servants.”
Amasa ɖe nya me na Yuda ƒe kplɔlawo katã eye wolɔ̃ abe ame ɖeka ene. Woɖo du ɖe fia la be, “Gbugbɔ va mía gbɔ kple ŋuwòmewo katã.”
15 So the king returned, and came to the Jordan. Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan.
Ale fia la dze mɔ ɖo ta Yerusalem. Esi wòva ɖo Yɔdan tɔsisi la to la, edze abe ame siwo katã le Yuda la, ɖe wova Gilgal be yewoakpee, akplɔe atso tɔsisi lae ene!
16 Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet King David.
Simei, Benyamintɔ, Gera ƒe vi, ame si tso Bahurim la ɖe abla tso tɔsisi la kple ame siwo tso Yuda be yewoado dzaa na Fia la.
17 There were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of Saul’s house, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went through the Jordan in the presence of the king.
Ame akpe ɖeka tso Benyamin ƒe viwo dome nɔ eŋu. Ziba, Saul ƒe subɔla kple Ziba ƒe viŋutsu wuiatɔ̃ kple subɔla blaeve hã nɔ ame siawo dome. Woyi Yɔdan tɔsisi la to be yewoatre afi ma ɖoɖo na fia la.
18 A ferry boat went to bring over the king’s household, and to do what he thought good. Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king when he had come over the Jordan.
Wo katã wona kpekpeɖeŋu fia la kple eƒe aƒemetɔwo kple aʋawɔlawo eye wokpe ɖe wo ŋu ale si woate ŋui. Esi fia la va yina la, Simei, Gera ƒe vi mlɔ anyigba le eŋkume
19 He said to the king, “Do not let my lord impute iniquity to me, or remember that which your servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
eye wòɖe kuku nɛ be, “Nye aƒetɔ kple fia, meɖe kuku na wò, tsɔ nu vɔ̃ɖi siwo mewɔ esi nèdzo le Yerusalem la kem eye nàŋlɔ wo be
20 For your servant knows that I have sinned. Therefore behold, I have come today as the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.”
elabena medze si nye nu vɔ̃ eya ta meva afi sia egbe. Nyee nye ame gbãtɔ tso Yosef ƒe to la me be mado dzaa na wò nye aƒetɔ la egbea.”
21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, “Should not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?”
Abisai, Zeruya ƒe vi, bia be, “Ɖe womawu Simei esi wòƒo fi de Yehowa ƒe amesiamina la oa?”
22 David said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should be adversaries to me today? Shall any man be put to death today in Israel? For do not I know that I am king over Israel today?”
David blu ɖe eta gblɔ be, “Nya kae le nye kple mi Zeruya ƒe viwo dome? Egbe miezu nye futɔwo. Ɖe wòle be woawu ame aɖe le Israel egbea? Ɖe mènya be egbea menye fia le Israel oa?”
23 The king said to Shimei, “You will not die.” The king swore to him.
Fia la trɔ ɖe Simei ŋu eye wògblɔ be, “Mana nànɔ agbe.” Ale fia la ka atam ɖe nya sia dzi nɛ.
24 Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither groomed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.
Mefiboset, Saul ƒe tɔgbuiyɔvi hã yi be yeakpe fia la. Tso gbe si gbe fia la dzo va se ɖe esime wòtrɔ gbɔ dedie la, Mefiboset meklɔ eƒe afɔwo alo fɔ eƒe nuge dzi loo alo nya eƒe awuwo o.
25 When he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, “Why did not you go with me, Mephibosheth?”
Esi wòtso Yerusalem va be yeakpe fia la la, fia la biae be, “Nu ka ta mèyi kplim o, Mefiboset?”
26 He answered, “My lord, O king, my servant deceived me. For your servant said, ‘I will saddle a donkey for myself, that I may ride on it and go with the king,’ because your servant is lame.
Eɖo eŋu be, “Nye aƒetɔ kple nye fia, nye subɔla Zibae blem. Megblɔ nɛ be, bla akpa na nye tedzi nam ale be mate ŋu ayi kple fia la! Wò ŋutɔ ènya be tekunɔe menye.
27 He has slandered your servant to my lord the king, but my lord the king is as an angel of God. Therefore do what is good in your eyes.
Ke Ziba gblẽ nye ŋkɔ gblɔ be, ɖe megbe koŋ be nyemava o. Ke menya be èle abe mawudɔla ene eya ta wɔ nu si nyo na wò.
28 For all my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should appeal any more to the king?”
Ku koe nye kple nye ƒometɔwo katã míakpɔ mɔ na tso gbɔwò hafi, ke le esia teƒe la, ède bubu ŋunye le ame siwo katã ɖua nu kpli wò le kplɔ̃ ŋu la dome! Ekema, nu ka ta malĩ liʋĩliʋĩ?”
29 The king said to him, “Why do you speak any more of your matters? I say, you and Ziba divide the land.”
David gblɔ be, “Enyo, nye ɖoɖoe nye be wò kple Ziba miama anyigba la sɔsɔe ɖe mi ame evea dome.”
30 Mephibosheth said to the king, “Yes, let him take all, because my lord the king has come in peace to his own house.”
Ke Mefiboset gblɔ na fia la be, “Tsɔ anyigba la katã nɛ: nye aƒetɔ ƒe tɔtrɔgbɔ ɖeɖe sɔ gbɔ nam!”
31 Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went over the Jordan with the king to conduct him over the Jordan.
Barzilai, Gileadtɔ la hã tso Rogelim va be yeatso Yɔdan tɔsisi la kple fia la eye wòayi eƒe mɔ dzi tso afi sia.
32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old. He had provided the king with sustenance while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very great man.
Azɔ la, Barzilai nye amegãɖeɖi aɖe: exɔ ƒe blaenyi. Ekpɔ fia la dzi le esime wònɔ Mahanaim elabena enye hotsuitɔ gã aɖe ŋutɔ.
33 The king said to Barzillai, “Come over with me, and I will sustain you with me in Jerusalem.”
Fia la gblɔ na Barzilai be, “Tso tɔsisi la kplim eye nàva nɔ Yerusalem; makpɔ dziwò le afi ma.”
34 Barzillai said to the king, “How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
Ke Barzilai ɖo eŋu na fia la be, “Ƒe nenie gasusɔ nam be manɔ agbe hafi magakplɔ wò ɖo ayi Yerusalem?
35 I am eighty years old, today. Can I discern between good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear the voice of singing men and singing women any more? Why then should your servant be a burden to my lord the king?
Egbe mexɔ ƒe blaenyi; ɖe magate ŋu ade vovototo nu si nyo kple nu si menyo o la domea? Ɖe nuɖuɖu kple nunono agasɔ aɖe dzi na wò dɔla abe tsã enea? Alo ɖe ŋutsu kple nyɔnu hadzihawo ƒe ha agasɔ to me nam abe tsã enea? Nu ka wɔ nye aƒetɔ, fia la aɖe mɔ be nye, wò dɔla, mazu agba na wò?
36 Your servant will just go over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a reward?
Ke wò dɔla atso Yɔdan tɔsisi la kpli wò, ade afɔ mɔ me na wò ʋɛe. Ke nu ka ta fia la natsɔ fetu geɖe sia nam ɖo?
37 Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold, your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good to you.”
Meɖe kuku, na wò dɔla natrɔ adzo, ale be maku ɖe mía dedu me be mate ɖe fofonye kple danye ƒe yɔdowo ŋu. Ke wò dɔla, Kimham, nye esi; na wòakplɔ nye aƒetɔ fia la ɖo, be wòawɔ nu sia nu si nyo eye wòdze la na wò.”
38 The king answered, “Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good to you. Whatever you request of me, that I will do for you.”
Fia la gblɔ be, “Kimham atso tɔ la kplim eye mawɔ nu sia nu si nèdzro la nɛ eye mawɔ nu sia nu si nèdzro la na wò.”
39 All the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over. Then the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him; and he returned to his own place.
Ale ameawo katã tso Yɔdan tɔsisi la kple fia la. Fia la kpla asi kɔ na Barzilai, yrae eye Barzilai trɔ yi aƒe.
40 So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went over with him. All the people of Judah brought the king over, and also half the people of Israel.
Fia la kplɔ Kimham ɖe asi eye woyi Gilgal. Ame geɖewo tso Yuda kple Israelviwo ƒe afã nɔ afi ma be yewoaxɔe.
41 Behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, “Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away, and brought the king and his household, over the Jordan, and all David’s men with him?”
Ke Israelviwo fa konyi na fia la be ame siwo tso Yuda koe kpe ɖe eya ŋutɔ kple eƒe aƒemetɔwo ŋu le Yɔdan tɔsisi la tsotso me.
42 All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “Because the king is a close relative to us. Why then are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king’s cost? Or has he given us any gift?”
Yuda ƒe viwo ɖo eŋu be, “Nu kae gblẽ le nu sia ŋu? Míaƒe to la mee fia la tso, nu ka ta nu sia ado dɔmedzoe na mi? Míexɔ ga aɖeke le esi o. Mena nuɖuɖu alo nunana aɖeke mí o!”
43 The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, “We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more claim to David than you. Why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?” The words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
Israelviwo ɖo eŋu be, “To ewoe le Israel eya ta míawo tɔe nye teƒe ewo le fia la ƒe nyawo me. Nu ka ta miekpe míaƒe ame mamlɛawo o? Miɖo ŋku edzi be míawoe nye ame gbãtɔ siwo do susua ɖa be míana wòatrɔ agbɔ agava nye míaƒe fia.” Wohe nya sia ɣeyiɣi didi aɖe, ke Yuda ŋutsuwo ƒe nyawo ɖu Israel ŋutsuwo tɔwo dzi.
